It had been a couple of months since Monika had taken in Prism Hurricane. Radiant Hope and Sombra got along with her really well. Tonight was the first Nightmare Night in Equestria’s history, Sombra was dressed up in a black suit of armour that covered his body from head to to hoof with his glowing green eyes the only things seen. Radiant Hope was using a powerful illusion that she learned from Celestia to make her coat a darker green with hideous snakes sticking out of her mane.

Prism was wearing material enchanted to look like rotting flesh with blood ripping off, Monika’s group assisted by Monika’s powers had very unique transformations. Monika was a huge withered brown bear, Yuri was a huge blue withered bunny, Sayori was a yellow withered chicken and Natsuki was withered red fox with a hook. All of them had razor sharp teeth and claws, looking like foul apparitions found in a Nightmare.

They would be scary if it wasn’t for foals and adult ponies wearing horrifying costumes of their very own. Monika clapped her metal claws with glee, glad she was able to keep their voices the same “Are you all ready to go?”

Sombra and Prism bounced excitedly “Of course we are, we even have our baskets!” Both had large baskets for collecting candy.

Radiant Hope was much more nervous “I don’t feel comfortable doing this, what if they try to attack us? We don’t even know these ponies.”

Sayori hugged her with a smile “That’s why we are going out with you, it is irresponsible to let foals your age to wander around at alone at night without supervision. I promise should anything happen we will protect you.”

Natsuki chuckled “If they do I will certainly make use of my hook, they won’t know what hit them.”

Yuri frowned “We will not be killing anyone okay, Luna needs us to act responsibly. This is a big moment for her, to get some recognition rather than having ponies attacking her during the night.”

Monika smiled at the three foals “But that doesn't mean we can’t have some fun, there are going to be plenty of games. It will be a really fun night.” The Doki Doki family as they had been called by many a pony wandered around the streets with smiles on their faces.

There were a bunch of ponies dressed up as skeletons dancing with a group of Thestrals. There was game where they dunked ponies in pools of water, a pony cheered as Luna dunked them only for the Night Princess to get dunked herself a minute later. The Night was about get properly scary, several Manticores ran into the town. Luna and her Night Guard sprung into action, Luna leapt in front of a filly cornered by three Manticores.

Luna blasted one away with her horn, before slamming the second with her fist. She caught the third as it leapt at her and slammed it into the ground before obliterating it. She then obliterated the other two with ease, the other four Manticores were slain by her Night Guard. The mother of the filly galloped over with a smile “Thank you Princess for saving my daughter, how can I repay you?”

Luna laughed “Relax, party on and be merry. My Night Guard and I are ready to defend you during the darkest nights, it is our duty.”

Sombra knocked on a door with Radiant Hope and Prism Hurricane behind him, two ponies were at the door. One was a young bipedal grey unicorn mare and the other was a young quadrupedal bright yellow Pegasus stallion. The mare put a generous amount of candy in each basket, she smiled “This Nightmare Night celebration was a great idea, allowing us to see more of the foals living in the area. I’m Light Star and my husband here is Shining Storm.”

Sombra boasted “I’m Sombra, one of the most skilled Dark Mages in Equestria.”

Radiant Hope smacked him on the back of his head “Mum could probably count the number of dark mages in Equestria on one hand so it’s not much of an accomplishment.”

Prism laughed “You two are a real blast, you know that right.”

Sombra groaned “I’m glad you delight in my misfortune Prism.”

Shining Storm chuckled “Well you three better join your family, there are plenty more houses in the streets. Wouldn’t want to miss out on more candy would you?”

The three foals rushed back to their family with grins on their faces as the coupled laughed heading back inside. Radiant Hope’s eyes glistened at all the candy “I have never seen this much candy in my life.”

Sayori giggled “Well there’s more where that came from, come on before all the other fillies and colts get all of it.”

Sombra burst into a gallop excitedly shouting “Last pony there is a rotten egg.”

Prism shouted running after Sombra “I’m going to get there first!”

Radiant Hope burst into a gallop “Wait for me, I can’t gallop as fast as you two. Slow down!”

Monika frowned running over picking her up and joined the three of them “You know it’s not really fair leaving Radiant Hope behind when you compete, she is not as fast as you two.”

Sombra and Prism stopped, Sombra gave Radiant Hope a hug “I’m sorry sis. I should be more careful with you, I promise not to do this again.”

Radiant Hope smiled “It’s okay to be excited but please understand that I can’t always keep up with your excitement all the time.” She then smirked “Also your manners do leave something to be desired.”

Prism laughed as she joined in the hug “This is why I love hanging around you two, you’re so full of life.”

Soon the foals went to another house, Monika frowned as she created a soundproof bubble “I hope things stay this way. You know how it was back home.”

Yuri grimaced “Yes, it was just the four of us against the world back then. We have done some truly horrid things haven’t we.”

Natsuki frowned “That man deserved just what he got, he burnt the orphanage to the ground and raped countless children. He deserved what he got.”

Sayori frowned “His daughter didn’t deserve what we did to her. I’m sure you remember her screams don’t you.”

Monika nodded as she remembered the blond child’s face, her screams as she cooked alive in the oven. She remembered the man’s face as they took turns feeding him the body of his charred daughter while he cried. There was a special place in Hell for all of them should any of them ever leave this world. Monika frowned “What we did back home is past, we can’t change it now. We have a family to support here and we will not allow them to go down the same path we did.”

The group of four nodded silently as Monika removed the sound proof barrier, they knew what they had to do now more than ever.

Author's Note

This story is earning that dark tag.