"John! Hurry up or we'll be late to the Nightmare Night party!" I heard Cheery call downstairs as I was putting on the last bit of my costume.

"Just about done, Cheery!" I put on the last piece of my costume before going downstairs. Once I made it to the living room, my breath was caught in my throat at the sight of her costume. "Wow."

Cheery giggled and did a little twirl in her princess costume. She may be dressed as one tonight, but to me, she'll always be my princess. "I thought you would like it." She then looks at my head and sighs. "Where's your helmet?" We decided that we'd go in a Couples costume. Her as a princess, and me as her knight. The only drawback, they ran out of helmets.

"They sold the last one. There was one left, but this little colt wanted it for his first Nightmare Night. So, you can see why I had to let him have it," I told her while patting my thigh.

Cheery smiled before kissing my cheek. "Truly, you have the heart of a knight." She then pushes past me and goes into the kitchen. "Still. A Knight must have a helmet. Even if it is," She comes over and brings over a pot of all things. "This."

I took the pot and gave it a look over. I let out a chuckle before placing the pot on my head. "Just call me Pothead." We both laughed at the joke before we left her uncle's house.

"Have fun you two but not too much!" Her uncle called out as we left the house and found ourselves on the bustling streets of Canterlot. Despite being a home for the elite, the city was no stranger to Nightmare Night as spooky decorations were put up on every street and neighbors everywhere were giving out candy to the foals passing by.

"This is amazing!" I said as we headed towards the castle.

"Shining and Primrose said they'd met us at the castle stairs. Let's not keep them waiting." I took Cheery's hand and we raced for the castle.

When we arrived, we saw many of the guests dressed in elaborate costumes, some looked spooky while others looked either silly or downright mesmerizing but nothing could keep me from staring at my marefriend. I don't know if it was the moonlight or the way she just smiled but each time I looked at her it was a knockout.

Cheery pushed my arm with a giggle. "John. Quite staring. People will think I have something on my face or something."

"Forgive me, my princess," I did a low bow, earning me a small slug in my arm. "Haha! Can't blame me for trying."

"Hey, you two!" Cheery and I looked over to see Shining and Prim walk up to us. Prim was dressed as a zombie with a fake clever on her head and fake blood on her clothes. Shining, in an ironic twist of fate, or as a joke, dressed up as a farmer, wearing overalls, a straw hat, and a piece of wheat in his teeth. "Howdy, ya'll"

"You look like my cousin, Cotton Eye." I brought Shining in a hug while Prim and Cheery hugged each other.

"Wow, Cheery. You look like a real Princess," Prim complimented as Cheery did a little twirl.

"Thank you, Prim. And I love your costume. You look really.... dead," Cheery said, not knowing what else to say.

"Thanks. It took me forever to look for a fake clever." Prim then stares at my head. "Where's your helmet?"

Before I could answer, Cheery came to my side and took my arm in hers. "He gave it up, so a little colt could have it for his first Nightmare Night. So, as his princess, I bestowed upon him a very special pot-shaped helmet."

We all had a good laugh as I gave the pot a few taps. "And the best part is, I can cook my meals in it too!" I joked as we headed towards the party and began to hear festive music.

"Coming through! Excuse us!" A few foals shouted as they raced down the street, their bags nearly filled with candy.

"The quest for candy never ends," Shining laughed as the doors to the castle opened.

Out from the doors, a cadre of guards came out and positioned themselves along the stairs. Then, in all her glory, Princess Celestia came out with her wings spread out, ready to greet us. What we didn't expect, was the fake arrow going through her head, making us all laugh.

"Uhh Princess, what's with the arrow?" I asked when she started to breathe in dramatic fashion with a hand on her forehead.

"I...I...I made it myself!" She smiled while removing the prop from her head.

We laughed at her joke, and even some of the guards started to snicker.

Clearing her throat, she gestured inside. "Now then, let the party begin."

"After you my lady." I tried to sound distinguished as I helped Cherilee through the door.

"Why thank you, kind sir." She replied, sounding like a posh princess as we stepped in.

Our acting was interrupted when a witch came over to scare us all before leading us on. "Hehehehaha! This way, my pretties. The best candies are this way." She gestured to a large room where we were amazed to see small houses and towers made of candy and sweets.

"So many options, so little time," I said while rubbing my hands in anticipation as we gazed at the buffet of sweets.

"Want my opinion, start with the cookies." Shining Armor suggested before popping one into his mouth. "Mm, it's my mom's recipe."

"Ugh! No wonder it's the worst dish here." We all turned to see Blueblood was the one to badmouth Mrs. Velvet's cookies. He was dressed as a king, a delusion no doubt, since I don't see Princess Celestia giving up the throne anytime soon. Especially not to that prick. "Can't believe Auntie allowed common fare to be put in the mix. Might as well have caramel apples."

"I'm about two seconds away from going Prench on him, and put his ass in the guillotine." I cracked my knuckles and was about to give him a piece of my mind when Cheery stopped me.

"Johnny, don't let that prick get to you. Let's just have fun," Cheery told me.

"And for the record, we don't just have caramel apples." Shining winked as he took a bite out of a chocolate-dipped apple and went to a different section of the party to let me and Cheery have some time together.

"Did... was he trying to give us some alone time?" I asked, more to myself than anyone else.

"You know, that isn't such a bad idea," Cheery said before taking my hand and leading me over to the candy tower. "Be my knight~."

Hearing her say that, I took the nearest soda and chugged it, though it happened to be Bluebloods. "Hey!"

"Do something about it, punk!" I told him before leading Cheery over to the tower.

To say I wasn't excited would be a lie. My heart was racing the whole time we were alone together and despite it being a costume she looked like a real princess.

"I heard all these candies are made by the royal chefs, it'd be a crime not to leave with just a few," Cheery suggested.

"A few? Cheery please, I'm a pro." I smirked before pulling out a small piece of cloth from my pocket and unfolding it to reveal a sack big enough to fit a few hundred bits. "Let's fill this up before anyone sees!"

For the next few minutes, Cheery and I went and tore pieces of the tower off and stuffed them in the bag. When we got to the candy cane candlestick, we both grabbed it and our hands touched. We both laughed before Cheery tackled me and stared down at me. "Let me get at those lips." She then dove down and we started to make out.

"MMM?!? MMM!!" I muffled a scream as our lips met and without warning, my hands started to caress her back before gently bringing her into an embrace. It was magical.

We spent ten minutes in there, exploring each other's mouths with our tongues. "Mmm, you truly are my knight in shining armor."

"And you, my princess," I told her before we stood up. I grabbed the bag and gave Cheery's cheek a kiss. "Shall we join our friends?"

"Let's." Cheery smiled as we left the tower with our stolen goods to rejoin the party to find Shining talking with some of his schoolmates around the punch bowl.

"There you two are, we were thinking you'd left." He smiled while pouring us some drinks.

"We're not about to leave our friends in the middle of a party," I told him before we heard a commotion over by the fondue station. "What's going on over there?" The three of us raced over to the disturbance and saw that Princess Cadance was yelling at her boyfriend.

"We're through! You don't listen to me, you flaunt me around to your friends, and you're always trying to get me to jerk you off!" Cadance yelled at Buck, making a few of us cringe or laugh.

"You know what, whatever!" He scoffed while getting in her face. "Mares like you are a dime a dozen, I only dated you cause you're the princess's niece. I could have ANY mare I want! They all want me and Colts want to BE ME!"

"He serious?" Shining couldn't believe the arrogance he was spewing.

"And for the record, the head cheerleader does a better job than you. Yeah, that's right, I had a little something on the side." Scumbag.

"Shining, I hate to be the one to suggest this, but now would be a good time to sucker punch him." I patted his back before pushing him toward Buck.

"Gladly." Shining took a quick swig of punch and as Buck turned around, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his muzzle and his world began to spin before he suddenly found himself staring at the ceiling.

"OH SNAP!! SHINING JUST FLOORED BUCK!!" A colt from the crowd shouted after a collective gasp from a few spectators.

As Buck started to regain consciousness, Shinging stomped his chest with his hoof. "You listen and listen good! If you ever!!! Talk to Cadance like that again! I will curb-stomp your balls to the point you quit the Buckball team and join the choir!"

"You better listen to him, he's crazy!" I said as Buck crawled away and Cadance came over to Shining.

"Shining that was..."

"AWESOME!!" One of Shining's cadet friends shouted as the crowd let out a cheer. Seems Buck wasn't as popular as he thought he was.

"I've been waiting to do that," Shining said with a sigh of relief while watching his rival grab as many napkins as he could plug his bleeding nose.

While his cadet buddies were cheering for him, Cadance slipped him a piece of paper. "Call me sometime. If you want to, that is." She then surprised Shining and all of us when she gave him a peck on the cheek. "Later, farmer brown," She joked before joining her friends.

Cheery, Prim, and I walked up to Shining to congratulate him, only for him to fall backward and into our arms. "If this is a dream, don't wake me up." He then loses consciousness.

"If a kiss on the cheek makes him faint, Imagine what would happen if he'd got some tongue?" I joked as we dragged him out.

Author's Note

Okay, sorry this was so late, and by the time I finished, I lost the holiday spirit. So, I made it into a relationship fic.

Once again, I'd like to thank Valiant Charge for helping me.

Still, a Halloween clip is deserved.