Dark Trance

"Ooh! I always loved Nightmare Night! Don't you Spike?" Twilight said as she slipped in a pair of faux vampony fangs into her mouth.

"Yeah! Think of all the candy!" The little dragon said, drooling.

Twilight smiled and came downstairs.

"How do I look?" She said with a bit of a lisp. Her fangs made it hard for her to talk properly.

"Great Twilight! I'm glad you finally decided to dress up as something that wasn't Magic-related."

"Thankth."

Spike giggled.

"Fang trouble?"

"Yeah, thethe fangth make it hard to talk thometimeth."

Spike giggled again.

"You'll get used to 'em."

*Ding Dong!*

"Oh! Trick or Treaterth! Thpike! Get the candy!"

Spike nodded and ran to the door with a bowl of candy, and Twilight opened the door. She was a little suprised at what she saw.

"Welllll? Whaddya think?" Austin said, showing off his costume.

"Ummmm....what are you thuppothed to be?"

He stood there with his curly pink hair and tail dragging behind him.

"Oh come on! You know! Curly pink hair.....pink outfit?"

"Ummm...Cotton candy monster?" Spike guessed.

"No!! I'm supposed to be Pinkie Pie!! Sheesh..."

"Ummm...that'th great. But why Pinkie?"

"I dunno. I couldn't really find enough resources to dress as any pony else..."

"I thee....Well, nithe idea...I think."

"What are you?"

"A vampony!"

"You mean a vampire?"

"Yeah! A vampire pony!"

"Hm. And Spike is dressed as...."

Austin looked at the dragon's dragon costume.

"....Spike."

Spike rolled his eyes and let Austin inside.

"So when will the others arrive?"

"Thoon, I'm thure....We haven't gotten too many trick or treaterth yet."

"You should maybe take those out when talking...you're all....lispy."

"Thorry. It'th kinda hard talking with fangth. Thpike maketh it look tho eathy."

"The fangs, Twi?"

She fumbled with her fangs and pulled them out.

"Sorry." She grinned sheepishly.

*Ding Dong!*

"Oh! More trick or treaters?" Twilight ran to the door and opened it.

"Hi Twilight!" Rainbow said in her Shadowbolt costume. Pinkie, dressed as a ghost was behind her, and Fluttershy, dressed as a were-pony was behind her.

"Hey girls! Come on in!" She allowed them inside. The ponies got one look at Austin and snickered.

"Who's he supposed to be?"

"Curly hair.....pink outfit....*gasp* ARE YOU A COTTON CANDY MONSTER?!" Pinkie squealed.

"No...I'm supposed to be you Pinkie..." Austin said with a heavy sigh. "Does no one see the cutie mark? I mean it took me a full hour to paint that on!"

Fluttershy just giggled.

"I honestly thought you were cotton candy as well."

Austin crossed his arms and pouted.

"Look, it's just a very bad costume...It would've been better if I had more money." He muttered.

"Anyways, I wonder where the others are..."

"We're right here Twi!" Applejack called as she walked in with Rarity, who was dressed like a witch, and herself, dressed like a scarecrow pony.

They, once again, got one look at Austin's silly-looking sorry excuse of a costume, and snickered to themselves.

"What's he supposed to be? A mass of cotton candy with legs?"

Austin ground his teeth in frustration. Twilight grinned sheepishly and answered for him, seeing how angry he was getting.

"He's supposed to be Pinkie Pie, but the costume...didn't come out as planned."

"Well, I can help with that, darling! Come on Austin! I'll take you to my boutique and fix that drab costume up for you!" She pushed him out the door and towards her shop.

"Well, darling? What do you think?"

"Wow...it actually looks....good!"

Austin's faded, off-pink outfit was now just as pink as the pony he was aiming for. The once limp mass of dyed cotton balls he used as a tail was remade and replaced by a much more life-like, much more bouncy looking tail, that supported itself rather than hanging loosely from his lower back. The once-blonde-but-then-dyed-pink wig that he used was now a real pink wig, and looked very close to the curly, tangled mess that Pinkie's mane is usually in. And the cutie marks, which at first, looked like a child tried drawing balloons on a pink canvas with blue and yellow crayons was now identical to the party mares markings, with a better colouring treatment. (Rarity used fabric paint instead of markers, so obviously it was better.)

Austin looked over his shoulder at the tail that bounced behind him, much like Pinkie's would.

"How'd you get it to stay up?"

"With some wires, glue and a lot of pink cotton." Rarity said with a broad grin. "Well don't just stand here and marvel at yourself! Get out there and show the others!"

"Wait, what do I owe you? I have some bits in my pocket..."

"No no no...It's on the house. Besides, this is better than what you were wearing, no?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, darling. I'm the Element of Generosity after all!"

Austin couldn't really argue with that logic, so he and Rarity ran out to meet the others at the library.

When they arrived, the mares stared in awe at Austin's new costume. They liked it as much as he did.

"Wow Rarity! That looks amazing! It's like if Pinkie was a 6ft tall human!"

Even Pinkie liked it! She was grinning and giggling the whole time. Pinkie pounced Austin in a tackle-hug, squeezing tightly.

"I'm so happy you picked me!"

Austin coughed and choked a bit, quickly losing oxygen from Pinkie's tight hug.

"Okay! Okay! Too tight!"

"Oops sorry."

Pinkie let go of Austin and giggled. Austin stood up and caught his breath.

"So are we going to party at Sugarcube Corner or what?"

"He even acts like Pinkie!" Rainbow said with a snicker.

"Austin, you'd better be careful! Your eyes may turn blue and your tail might start twitching!" Twilight joked.

"Yeah, or your costume could take over your body! You might become a second Pinkie!" Applejack said.

"Oh come on! Weird things happen, sure, but that's a little too weird!" Austin said with a smile. "But enough of that! Let's get to the bakery!"

The mares all left the library to party at Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie held a party for anything, but holidays were her best parties. Birthdays are second best. Nothing was going to ruin tonight!

Or was there?