In Mane Melody, Pipp gave a determined smirk, wearing a royalty costume, and looked at the crowd, who were also wearing costumes.

"Who’s ready for a Nightmare Night fright-shion show!?" Pipp called out on the stage through her microphone. The crowd cheered in response as they were ready for the show.

It was Nightmare Night in Equestria, the equivalent of Halloween for the ponies, where they could dress up and have treats or do scary tricks, so Pipp decided to build a party in Mane Melody since this is the first-ever Nightmare Night of all three tribes together after generations.

"Let’s kick off with the Triplets of Terror!" Pipp announced as she pointed to her Pippsqueaks.

Peach Fizz, Seashell, and Glory wore the same blue dresses as they walked on stage with blank, scary looks.

"Aw, adorable, right?" Pipp asked the crowd, finding her Pippsqueaks adorable. The crowd disagreed, finding their looks scary, just as it should be. Pipp smiled as she looked back at the stage with a smirk. "Princess Zephyrina is clear for takeoff!" she announced as the light shone on Zipp.

Zipp, wearing a red archer costume, smirked and flew off. She did a twirl and a loop twice as she flew around Mane Melody, then did a front flip and landed back on the stage with a proud smile as applause was heard from the crowd.

Pipp looked at her paper card and smiled. "Next, it’s the random Rufunzo!" she announced, as Rufus came out of the stage next while hopping around in a silly way.

Rufus' costume was just a silly clown costume, with makeup, a red nose, a rainbow clown wig, a bow tie, and clown boots. He hopped around the stage while making squeaky noises and smiling. Then he hopped into the air, posed, and landed on the stage, making squeaky noises as the crowd smiled at his performance.

"Here’s Hitch as…" Pipp announced as Hitch walked into the crowd, wearing the disco costume he wore to Sunny’s party; he danced around, and the crowd cheered. "... Hitch, but with a mustache!" Pipp finished as Hitch pointed to the fake mustache on his face, which made the crowd cheer him on. "Our next costume is... Ooh! Treasure hunter Knuckles!" Pipp announced with a smile.

Then, Knuckles entered the stage doing tricks with a noose as he wore his cowboy hat, brown variants of his shoes, black gloves with metallic knuckles, and a beige jacket. Knuckles then made a loop on air, putting the noose aside professionally and posing with a smile on the stage as the ponies cheered at him.

Backstage, Sunny looked at her compact mirror and inspected herself in costume.

Meanwhile, Sonic struggled to place the fake sharp teeth in his mouth correctly. "Hurry up, Tails! After Sunny, it is our turn, and I still need to put the spikes on the shoes!" he told Tails, who was dying the tip of Sonic's quills white.

"I know, I know," Tails said, a little annoyed but with a smile. "I'm almost done, don't worry," he assured.

"Trading the Shine of the Sun for the Dark of the Moon…" Pipp's voice was heard.

"Looks like it is my turn..." Sunny said with a smile, closing the mirror and putting it aside.

"Good luck, Sunny!" Tails told her, waving his hand.

"Go get them, girl!" Sonic told as well, raising his thumbs.

"Thanks, guys!" Sunny smiled. "Good luck to you as well!" she told them, heading towards the stage.

"And... there!" Tails announced, as he got down Sonic and the hedgehog looked at himself in the mirror.

"Now look at that. Despite the size, I look exactly like I did when I got the real transformation," Sonic said with a smile. "So, are you ready, lil' bro?" he asked Tails.

"I'm ready! Ready to bring Tails Doll legend alive!" Tails stated with a smile, now putting on the full costume.

"Well, then... let the Night of the Werehog begin!" Sonic stated, now with a deep voice and a smile that showed his fake sharp teeth.

"... Sunny!" Pipp announced to the crowd outside the stage that blue mist had appeared, and so did a shadow figure, Sunny, as she spread her wings.

Sunny walked down the stage as the ponies were frightened by Sunny's costume, while she gave a scowl expression. "Mmm," she hummed, making a mean look and spreading her wings, making the crowd gasp, revealing that Sunny was wearing a Nightmare Moon costume, armor, black wings, and a horn with a helmet to boot. "Hey, everypony!" Sunny called out suddenly with a wave and a smile.

The crowd cheered at Sunny's costume and the performance she did, almost looking so real when she acted like the actual Nightmare Moon.

"Now, two of our visitors from another dimension have brought old legends of their home to life!" Pipp announced on the microphone. "The adorable Tails has embraced a dark and spooky side as... Tails Doll!" she announced in a spooky tone.

The lights turned on to show Tails sitting menacingly like an actual doll. He had small white tape around his hands, tails, shoes, belly, and head, a white mask covering his mouth, and a headband with a red jewel in the middle. He then started to spin his tail to fly around the stage but only moved his tail since the rest of his body stood still like a doll. The crowd looked in fright at the performance, scared that Tails could be that scary.

At the end of the stage, Tails himself falls like a doll on the ground, which startled th audience a bit. And then... "BOO!" Tails shouted, standing up quick enough to show widened fake red eyes and fake claws on his hands, which scared the crowd a lot as they screamed. After successfully having scared the crowd, Tails took off his mask on his mouth and smiled at them. "Happy Nightmare Night, everyone!" he said in a cheerful tone, as the crowd cheered at him, too, liking his performance as a scary doll of himself.

"Our second legend from another world, portrayed now by Sonic the Hedgehog: The Werehog!" Pipp announced with a smile on the mic. "I have no idea what that is, though," she muttered to herself, away from the microphone.

Then, smoke came out of the backstage, and a pair of green eyes opened menacingly in the darkness. Then, Sonic started to walk slowly on the stage. His fur was Prussian blue, and the tip of his quills was white. He wore gloves, white fur on his wrists, and big grey hands with sharp claws. His shoes had spikes over the white stripe, and he growled as he showed his sharp teeth.

As he growled, he walked on four legs like a wolf, looking with a scowl at the crowd, who again looked in fright at Sonic's costume. Just to be clear, it is just a costume, but it looks very real. Even some colts and fillies started to shake in fear at the weird costume Sonic was wearing. And once he stopped in front of the the stage, he stared at the rest for a few seconds, until....

"OWOOOOO!" Sonic howled as he showed his teeth at the crowd with a growl, and they all screamed until Sonic started to laugh it up with his usual smirk, still showing his sharp teeth. "Hope you enjoy the party, ya'll!" he said as the crowd cheered at the performance again. Sonic looked sideways at Pipp and winked at her before getting down from the stage, which caused the pegasus to blush and laugh nervously.

At the back of the stage, Jazz was doing Sunny hoof... now hold on a second. Sunny's hoof? Strange, she's out there with the others... right?

"And… Done!" Jazz said with a smile after finishing the hooficure on Sunny's hoof.

"Thanks, Jazzle-Dazzle!" Izzy’s voice spoke as Sunny's hoof waved at her. Izzy the whole time, with a costume on that somehow involved Sunny. "Bye!" Izzy waved as she went out to the stage, and Jazz smiled.

Thank God! I thought I was going crazy for a second...

"Here comes Izzy!" Pipp announced while Izzy came into view to the crowd with sparkling eyes, waving her hoof at them quickly.

Izzy's costume was... something. She was wearing makeup of different body parts of each of her friends: Sunny’s rainbow mane on the left, Knuckles red hair on her right, Sunny's hoof on the left, Hitch's hoof on the right, Zipp's hoof on her right hind leg, Pipp's hoof on her left hind leg, Tails' tails, Pipp's wings on her back and her hooficure on her hind legs were a resemble of Sonic's shoes.

"Ah!" The camera-pony said. He found Izzy’s costume amazing, and the crowd cheered for Izzy.

"Oh-ho-ho, and she's brought all her best friends!" Pipp announced, while Izzy just smiled at the crowd. "And next to the stage, we have Mane Melody's very ooooown... Jazz!" she called out with a smile.

At the backstage, Jazz gasped in panic. Since she didn’t have a costume yet and was trying to see which one was right for her, she scrolled through the style mirror that showed her with a purple mask on.

"Oh, no, no! Come on, Jazz! Pick one!" Jazz frankly said to herself in a panic, checking which one suited her the best while the mirror showed her wearing an eyepatch, then the next one wearing a winking helmet and wig.

Suddenly, Misty sneaked into the product room, wearing a half-peacock mask and a hood as she checked to see if the coast was clear.

Jazz didn't notice since she kept checking for what costume she should wear, while Misty hid behind a costume pile, checking to see if the coast was clear again, then ran out of her hiding spot. "What do I do?! What do I— Whoa!" Jazz cried out as she didn’t see Misty, who didn’t see her either. The two ponies bumped into each other, and Jazz hit a rack of costumes. Some fell on Misty as Jazz rolled away.

"Jazz has come as…" Pipp announced, turning to the stage as Jazz rolled down on it, wearing different pieces of each costume. The ponies gasped at the sight, and Jazz felt dizzy from the rolling. "...whatever this is," Pipp said sheepishly, having no idea what happened.

The ponies cheered at what they saw while Jazz smiled at them. "Awww!" she said as she bowed at their kindness.

"Never saw something like that, but who am I to complain?" Knuckles said with a smile.

Back in the product room, Misty got out of the pile of costumes as she looked at her amulet.

"Okay, Opaline. We're in," Misty said to the amulet. Now that nobody was around, the amulet clicked open, and some dark magic mist emerged from it, forming into Opaline, who yawned tiredly at the long wait.

"Took you long enough," Opaline said to Misty, looking around. She saw some familiar decorations and gave a bored look. "Ugh, puh-lease! Nightmare Night is so—" she got cut off when a Pegasnail flew through her spiritual face, which startled her. "Was that a... flying snail?" she asked in shock and then groaned. "Ugh! This place has gone downhill. Ugh," she groaned, then looked at Misty. "Anyway, tell me the plan again, Misty," she ordered.

Misty smiled at Opaline as she pointed in the other direction. "First, I need to get—" she tried to explain but was cut off when Opaline interrupted and got in Misty’s face.

"Get these ponies to use their magic so we can figure out how it works and then take it from them!" Opaline ordered, then laughed evilly. Misty gave a forceful laugh, wanting to join in with Opaline, but Opaline stopped and looked at Misty with an amused look. "You need to stop doing that. It throws me off," she stated before giving her a serious look. "Now, get. To. Work!" she demanded with an angry look, while the smoke sucked back into the amulet as it closed, with Misty giving a sad look.

Misty sneaked around among the crowd in Mane Melody's main room and smirked.

“Oh, everypony looks great!” Pipp announced to her microphone while flying with a smile.

At a table, Team Sonic watched the whole party going with smiles.

"I can't believe the costumes worked!" Tails cheered. "I was scared they would think it looked poor."

"I guess this guy is easier to impress than we give them credit for," Knuckles pointed out.

"I'm just glad the party's going well so far," Sonic said with a smile. "Aaand I jinx us all..." he added with a bored expression.

"Now, let's get the party started! Hit it!" Pipp announced, but she didn’t hear anything as she turned to Jazz, who smirked at her and blew her hoof. Jazz then played the music, adding wolf howls as she bopped her head to it.

Pipp then got between two ponies as she began to sing with a smirk.

Pipp:
There somethin' kinda creepy
Happenin' tonight

Jazz:
So call your favorite ghoulies
And get your costume right

Rocky:
They may look freaky
But I promise they won't bite

As Jazz sang, Rufus tried to catch an apple tied to a rope in the apple bucket but failed repeatedly as the apple kept moving. Misty was the one moving the rope with her hoof, smiling evilly with an evil chuckle.

Pipp:
And they say the place is haunted
But the dancing's a delight

Pipp sang with a smirk as the ponies around were laughing and dancing to the music.

Pipp, Jazz, and Rocky:
It may look scary
But don't be afraid

The 'Triples of Terror' were taking a drink from a Halloween fountain, their expressions from the stage still present. Misty walked to the fountain after them and turned the dial red.

'Cause nothing's what it seems
At a monster partay

Pipp sang as she flew up, singing to the crowd. Misty chuckled sinisterly at her actions and whistled innocently as she walked off, leaving the fountain to overflow.

It may look spooky
But don't have a fright
'Cause at this monster party
We'll rock all night

As Pipp sang, she stopped momentarily when she saw Rufus still trying to get the apple. He kept failing, and he cried a bit.

Misty kept walking as she muttered to herself. "I am just being normal. Normal! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo-hoo!" she cheered as she began to dance. She could not resist dancing to the music, so she danced around and kicked her hind hooves to the party.

Misty danced backward, and then her flank hit Izzy; with Zipp and Tails next to her, Misty stopped dancing and turned around to see the three friends smiling at her. "Wow! Great mask, Misty," Izzy complimented, with Zipp nodding in agreement.

"Yeah! Did you make it yourself?" Tails asked curiously.

"What, this old thing?" Misty asked with a smile, but before she could go any further, her amulet started to glow and dragged her away from them. "Whoa-oa-oa! I love this song!" she protested to the amulet while the ponies in the crowd saw this, confused.

Izzy, Zipp, and Tails gave Misty a strange look and looked at each other. "That pony’s sparkle is all mixed up," Izzy said, looking suspiciously at Misty.

"And that amulet seemed strange..." Tails said with a raised eyebrow, rubbing his chin.

"Yeah," Zipp agreed with the two, giving a suspicious look as well. "Something's very suspicious about her— Whoa!" Zipp cried out as the fountain drink began to flow to them while the ponies in the party backed up from the overflow drink.

It may look scary
But don't be afraid
'Cause nothing's what it seems
At a monster partay
It may look spooky
But don't have a fright—

Misty kicked a pumpkin, messed up the decorations, and ripped off some stickers around Mane Melody. Rufus finally managed to grab the apple, but then Misty yanked the rope tied to it, causing Rufus to fall into the apple bucket. This wet the ponies around it, and Rufus emerged with an irritated look and his clown makeup undone.

Misty pulled a plug that turned off all power in Mane Melody, and the music stopped. The ponies started murmuring to themselves, wanting to know what had happened, as Misty gave a sinister chuckle.

"Everypony, stay calm!" Pipp announced through the microphone on stage to get everypony to calm down. "We can fix this!" she assured them.

"Yeah, you jinxed us, Hedgehog," Knuckles said, looking around confused.

"Be glad my claws aren't real, Knucklehead," Sonic told him with a frown as he showed his fake teeth, and Knuckles did get a bit scared while they both got on stage to stay away from the overflow.

Behind the stage, Misty took out the amulet. "Well?" she asked Opaline about all this through the amulet. As the amulet clicked open, Opaline’s spiritual figure appeared again as she looked around at what Misty had done.

"No one loves ruining a party as much as I do, Misty," Opaline said to Misty as she smiled. "But I'm here to see them use their magic, remember?" she reminded her with a frown.

"Wait for it…" Misty said with a smirk.

At the apple bucket, Rufus ducked his head many times to grab an apple, but when he finally caught it with his teeth, his hooves touched the bottom of the buck, accidentally activating his earth pony magic. And then, a giant plant grew out of the bucket, with Rufus at the top.

Opaline gasped with a smile at this outcome while the ponies murmured to themselves. The fountain bubbles overflowed, and the Pegasi flew out of range.

"Oh, no!" Zipp cried out, seeing the decorations begin to overflow. "Pipp's decorations!" she cried out.

"Don't worry, Zipp!" Izzy called out with a determined smile on the stage walk, with Sunny, Hitch, and Team Sonic behind her. She used her magic to levitate the decorations off the stand but accidentally hit the Pegasi.

"Ah!" Zipp cried out while dodging one of them. "Izzy, watch out!" she pointed out.

A pumpkin then fell into the fountain bubbles, and Izzy covered her face when it made a splash. Knuckles then pulled out his noose, used it to grab some of the decorations, and pulled them back.

"Tails, hold me up!" Sonic told the fox as he jumped to stand on his hands, and Tails grabbed him from his feet. He then carried Sonic around as the hedgehog grabbed as many decorations as possible to put them on safety.

Opaline laughed at this outcome. "I've seen all I need to see. Look at this chaos," she said to Misty with a smile. "Once I have that dragon fire, none of these ponies could ever challenge me!" she confidently stated. "And Misty?" she called out, as Misty gave a smile with sparkling eyes. "Don't dawdle on your way home this time," she said with a bored expression as the amulet closed, leaving Misty sad since Opaline didn't thank her for her hard work.

"Left a bit…" Zipp's voice spoke, and Misty turned to see Zipp telling Izzy where to put the decorations while Izzy strained herself as she used her magic. "All right! Now, Izzy!" Zipp told her with a smile as the unicorn placed the decorations correctly.

Then, the pegasi and Tails laughed as they used their wings and tails to create dust and wind, clearing out the overflow bubbles and clearing Mane Melody, while the ponies gasped at the clean sight.

"Whoa!" Misty called out in awe with sparkling eyes.

Rufus finally chomped on his long-deserved apple, ate it, and climbed back down. The 'Triples of Terror' gasped in amazement at Rufus as they giggled. But then Rufus sneakily came behind them and honked his red nose horn, causing the fillies to scream in fright from the sudden noise, turning and gasping, startled when they saw Rufus behind them, then giggled at his sudden scare as Rufus took a bow.

Then, Pipp walked towards Jazz, next to the music player, and she plugged it back in. "Jazz, you know what to do," Pipp said with a smirk.

Jazz smirked back and pressed the play button. The music continued, and Pipp began to sing again.

Pipp, Jazz, and Rocky:
Bah-dah-dah-dah-dah
'Cause at this monster party
We'll rock all night
Bah-dah-dah-dah-dah

The ponies in Mane Melody began to dance to the music again, as Hitch and Sunny danced close to each other while Tails and Zipp did the same.

Misty looked around at this, and then Izzy dragged her back to the party as the two unicorns danced close to each other. The ponies around started to laugh with one another at the party.

THE END

Author's Note

Thanks to JD1 for editing this chapter!