My Little V/H/S

On the latest TV channel:

"This is the Equestria News Channel reporting in." The female pegasus reporter spoke out loud. "We are on the air to introduce The magic show known as the 'Black Performance' in Las Pegasus. Give it up for.........."

In the the next scene during the News, the TV channel shows a huge outdoor stage somewhere in Las Pegasus. With the crowd clamoring in excitement, the two floodlights aimed towards the red curtains while the drums started beating from off-screen.

Out came from the stage curtains is a light blue unicorn stallion dressed in a black tuxedo, wearing a dark blue top hat, and with a black cape flowing behind his back. As he shows his face, the stallion has a white mane and a white beard.

"Midnight Copperfield!!!!"

With the crowd cheering for him and the floodlights shinning down upon the him, Midnight approaches towards the crowd as his horn lights up in a yellow hue.

"Good evening, every pony. The GREAT AND MIGHTY MIDNIGHT IS HERE TO SHOW WONDERS BEYOND ALL REALITY!!!!" The light-blue unicorn shouted in triumph.

From his horn, Midnight summons 8 tendrils of yellow beam lights that came shooting out to the night sky. As the yellow beams exploded into bright fireworks of gold and red, the unicorn slams his hooves on the stage as black smoke spew out from below. In an instant, the smoke transforms into two pillars of fire as they form into a huge fiery dragon silhouette before it flies above the crowd, much to their amazement.

As the crowd gasps with wonder, the dragon disappears into two red sparks as they circled all around back towards the outdoor stage, leaving behind crackling noises before they clashed into each other at the back of the stage.

At impact, the two red sparks exploded above the stage as it unveiled themselves into showing Midnight's name with bright showers of firecrackers and lights.

Seeing the act clearly, the entire audience clapped their hooves and made whistling noises in amazement as they all started cheering for Midnight, in the midst of an encore.

"Wow!!! Midnight sure knows how to make quite a comeback, doesn't he??" The anchor pony spoke from off-screen.

"Well, according to his recent background check, Midnight Copperfield has earned his honors from Celestia's School of Gifted Unicorns before graduating." The reporter added in. "Soon afterwards, he disappeared about a month ago but came back as Midnight makes his first performances in Las Pegasus."

In other screen, a earth pony is seen interviewing with Midnight Copperfield outside of his breakroom at backstage.

"So Midnight, do you have anything to say about your sudden reappearance?"

"I won't say too much about why I disappeared after graduation, but all I can say is that, I have been longing to find a way how I should start my very first magic performance on-stage. Of course, with some new magic tricks and with new spells I learned along the way, I succeeded in earning 5 noble prize awards from Princess Luna herself!!!" Midnight said, feeling glamorous and elated in his personal pride. "With that, I like to thank everypony for waiting patiently in my hiatus. Any pony that wishes to see my night magic show, feel free to come to Las Pegasus. Don't be late. I'll be performing one week after this interview."

One week later, four hours before Midnight's show......

The camera turns on with the footage on record as it shows Trixie Lulamoon appear inside a room, smiling with glee and excitement.

"Hello, every pony. It's me, the great and powerful Trixie. You probably already know everything about me but for my uncle Midnight Copperfield, I have been longing to catch up on old times. In fact, I have been longing to learn something from him to make my shows become just as powerful and great."

When Trixie turned her back around, she went inside her duffle bag and takes out an invite using her telekinesis. As soon as she went back to her recording camera, Trixie continues with her personal speech in front of it.

"About two weeks ago, I received a small envelope from Mailmare Derpy. It turns out that my uncle invited me over to Las Pegasus." Trixie explained as she shows her invitation up to the camera's screen. "I also relayed this invite with my friends, Starlight Glimmer, her colt friend Sunburst, Maud Pie, Phranyx, and Mud Briar. They were all excited to see my uncle. The more, the merrier as every pony says right? Right now, I'm at Min and Max hotel which is one block away from the outdoor stage."

*Knock. Knock. Knock.*

"Excuse me guys, I think my friends are here." As Trixie says before turning her attention towards the door leading to the hotel's hallways.

Trixie uses her magic to open the doors, she is greeted by a happy Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst.

"Hey Starlight, I was hoping when you all show up." Trixie laughed as she and Starlight both gave a welcoming hug, trading happy smiles to each other.

"Sorry we're late, Trixie. There has been quite a delay when we all took the train from Ponyville all the way here." Starlight said, apologizing to the light blue unicorn mare. "Anyway, I can't wait to see how your uncle is going to show his next performance on stage."

"Twilight could've come too, but her royal errands back at Canterlot is still biting her in the flank every 6 hours." Sunburst added in, feeling guilty that they can't bring Princess Twilight with them.

"It's okay Sunburst. As soon as we finish our visit with uncle Midnight, we'll tell the Princess all about it." Trixie said, making Sunburst lighten up. "Anyway, we still have a few hours before my uncle will start his next magic show down at the stage in Sun Salute Amphitheater."

"The rest of our other friends will all meet us there." Starlight explained. "I already got the tickets for our reserve seats at the front row in the stage's bleachers. I did felt surprised that your uncle heard about us being your friends earlier over the fact that he bought those tickets for us."

"That's perfect, Starlight!!" Trixie chirped in glee. "Let's all get ready. Tonight is the big night for all of us."

As Trixie, who is currently holding the recording camera, makes her way to the seats at the front row, along with Starlight and Sunburst, they met up with Mud Briar, Maud Pie, and Phranyx just as the magic show is about to start.

With all of the lights turned off, except for the flood lights shinning on the stage, a narrating earth pony appeared from behind the red curtains as he makes his announcement.

"Good evening fillies and gentlecolts. Are you all ready to see Midnight Copperfield?!!"

The crowd replied with all sorts of loud "Yes" in which filled the entire bleachers with such positive cacophony. Even though Trixie could hardly hear herself or her friends talking, she still is trembling with shock and awe as she is about to see what her uncle has in store for every pony.

"BEHOLD EVERYPONY!!" The earth pony bellowed in eagerness. "GREAT AND MIGHT MIDNIGHT!!!!"

With the drums beating rapidly from within the bleachers, the curtains unveil themselves as Midnight Copperfield appeared once again from a billowing pillar of black smoke, along with his two assistant mares.

With every pony cheering upon seeing Midnight's grand entrance on stage, Trixie waved her hoof up high with a big "Wo!!"

Midnight then smiled as he takes off his top hat before making a greeting bow towards the excited audience.

Without saying anything else, Midnight ordered his two mare assistants to bring in an iron maiden and a huge purple cannon up on the stage. With determination to impress the audience, Midnight goes inside the iron maiden while one of his assistants lights up the cannon, aiming it up to the night sky.

In a few seconds, the cannon blasts up a 90 degree angle as Midnight appeared up above the crowd as he lights up his horn before spinning forward in mid-air. In a fast-rolling stunt, he lights himself up as a magic beam started shooting straight upward before it slammed down in a short arc that let loose a massive screen of doves that appeared from its light.

As the doves fly off to the night sky, they all faded away. For Midnight, he used his levitation spell to make himself hover upside down before shooting out two harmless magic beams as they both hit the stage, not damaging it. Instead, the beams drew out an illusion Ursa Minor that only danced on its two feet for only a few minutes before Midnight landed safely on the stage.

After that, Midnight used his magic to control the illusion Ursa Minor as it reached its claws up above its head. Just like that, the Ursa minor lets out a crescent rainbow that launched fireworks up 45 degrees upward.

"WOW!! This is so awesome!!" Trixie and Starlight said in unified awe.

As Midnight continued to do more unique magic tricks and stunts for the next 20 minutes, he finally ends his performance by making himself disappear into a sprout of black fire. Just like that, the crowd started clapping their hooves as they realize that it is the end of another magic show.

"That's all for tonight folks. Hope you all enjoy seeing Midnight on stage. Until next time, farewell every pony." The earth pony narrator announced as the lights around the stage turned on again.

In the Midnight's break room, with the camera rolling in front of the two ponies, Trixie was the first to meet up with her uncle in person while the rest of her friends are waiting outside. Once alone, Trixie takes a deep breath before making her personal conversation with her uncle while they both sat on their chairs in front of each other.

"Hey there my little showoff. It's been so long hasn't it?!" Midnight smiled as he held a cup of coffee with his hoof.

"I was about to say the same time too, uncle Midnight." Trixie squeed. "I really want to be just as great as you are."

"Don't you think you over accomplished yourself my dear?!" Midnight asked his niece. "I already heard about how your friendship with Starlight Glimmer saved Equestria from the Changelings not too long ago. Well, I do apologize for not being there with you."

"Oh it was nothing. Besides, Starlight was the real hero here. After all, she was Twilight's student." Trixie said.

For several more minutes of trading conversations between Trixie and her uncle, Midnight soon is getting a little too comfortable with her around.

"Care for some coffee, Trixie?" Midnight asked.

"Sure thing, uncle."

As Midnight turned his back towards the coffee maker, he starts murmuring to himself in a sinister tone.

"That stupid mare. She doesn't realize that her uncle's soul belongs to me now. She'll never see him again and very soon, her soul will be mine. The same goes for all of her friends' souls!!!!

"Excuse me, uncle. Did you say something??" Trixie asked as her one eyebrow lifted up out of curiosity.

"Oh, nothing. I mean, uh...." Midnight stammered as a few drips of sweat came down from his forehead. "I'm just trying to rehearse on my next speech for my next audience. Hehehehheh."

Confused, Trixie tilted her head to her side not understanding where her uncle is getting at.

As Midnight turned around again to face the coffee maker, his head started to wrack with insecurity.

"She and her friends will never get away from me. They can run, but they cannot hide!!!!"

"Actually, uncle. I do need some sleep. May be perhaps we can talk tomorrow." Trixie said as she made a small yawn while trying to cover it with her right hoof.

"Yeah, go ahead Trixie. I'll seen you around."

"Thanks, uncle." Trixie smiled as she gets up from her chair and makes her way out of Midnight's break room.

After Trixie disappears, his camera from the left corner is now showing Midnight alone as he started laughing menacingly to himself as his eyes started to turn into an ominous black, with small cracks coming down from his pupils.

"Now that I am currently possessing this body, I shall devour them all and swallow their souls to make my magic performance stronger!!!"

Cackling to himself, Midnight takes out a huge, black ball from underneath his cape, revealing it to himself as it starts to emit a blood-red aura, much to his excitement.

In the next morning, back to her recording camera, Trixie was back in her hotel room as she makes her way to the little dinning room to have breakfast. Just as Trixie is about to take a sip of her orange juice, she heard a loud ear-piercing scream coming from the hallway.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Hearing this, it forced Trixie to spit out her drink as it spread all over the kitchen table. Ignoring the mess, Trixie runs straight towards the doorway to see what is going on in the hotel hallway. Once Trixie's door opens, Starlight and Sunburst appear again, this time with frightening looks on their eyes.

"Guys, what in the name of Faust going on??" Trixie asked out of concern.

"Trixie, it's Maud and Mud Briar. THEY'RE BOTH FOUND DEAD IN THEIR OWN HOTEL ROOM!!!" Starlight exclaimed in terror.

In a frantic reaction, Trixie runs back to grab her camera before making her way towards where Maud and Mud Briar are at, along with Starlight and Sunburst. As soon as they got there, they see a gruesome crime scene before their very eyes. At the doorway, a yellow tape was shown to keep all unauthorized personnel from entering the crime scene. Inside the room, an investigation team is exploring the crime scene as they are taking pictures of evidence to collect. Nevertheless, Trixie uses her magic to levitate her camera to see what is inside the other room, turning it invisible at the same time.

Once inside, Starlight casts a small projection screen to see what Trixie's camera is seeing right now, with Sunburst watching as well. Through the camera and Starlight's magic projection, they see that the whole room is covered in blood, the walls, the furniture, the bed, and the floors. On top of the bed, the bloodied corpses of Maud and Mud Briar are both seen lying on their backs in a horrific state.

Maud's face is turned to her right with her whole body ripped apart from the inside as her intestines and her heart both fell out as they slid down from her exposed entrails; while her face is seen with a white blank, deathly stare.

For Mud Briar, a chuck of his throat was missing as it was gushing out blood from its fresh wound while his body was missing a right hoof. For the rest of his fatal wounds, his chest was ripped apart with his heart missing.

Seeing all this Trixie couldn't hold back her vomit as she teleports her camera back to her while Starlight disengaged her projection spell. In seeing the gruesome sight for a few minutes, Trixie vomited on the floor as she loses the very breakfast that she just had.

Starlight patted on her back while trying to comfort her. For Sunburst, he makes his grim suggestion to the girls.

"Girls, I think we need to get Pharynx and tell him what happened here." Sunburst said as his marefriend and Trixie turned towards him.

Late Afternoon......

Outside of the Hotel, Sunburst, Pharynx, Starlight, and Trixie gathered themselves at a picnic table as the 3 ponies told the changeling what happened to Maud and Mud Briar. After the discussion, Pharynx felt horrified by such a nasty sight happening in the same hotel.

"Say Trixie, when you went to talk to your uncle after his performance yesterday, did you notice anything strange about him?" Pharynx asked.

"Well, he was muttering to himself something about 'souls.' I don't know what to make of it but I did have a nightmare while I was trying to sleep.." Trixie said in a chilling tone. "I find myself inside a black dimension along with my uncle. But before I knew it, my uncle went under a hideous transformation. He was spewed out limbs coming from his back, his teeth became as sharp as a baboon, his hooves turned into long claws, and his eyes turned red. Instantly, he leaped at me at full speed; just like that I woke up, drenched in sweat."

"I wonder if this gruesome murder has something to do with your uncle in your nightmare, Trixie. He might be hiding something that might put this whole city in danger." Sunburst pointed out. "I did read several pony news articles in the lobby and I learned that the has been reports of ponies being murdered in a similar fashion in Filly Delphia, Canterlot, and in Appleloosa over the past several months, right after Midnight made his performances in those places."

"That's insane." Starlight added in as she is talking to Trixie next. "While you were in your uncles break room, I could hear a dark sinister voice inside my head which is coming in from the same room that you both are in."

"I think we need to investigate Midnight's break room during his next performance." Trixie said as she makes her decision.

"I guess it will be settled then." Starlight said, agreeing with Trixie's decision. "Pharynx, you still go to see the performance and keep a close eye in case he is heading to backstage. Me, Sunburst, and Trixie will sneak into the break room to see what is her uncle really up to."

As the camera from the bleachers is recording the footage, another of Midnight Copperfield's performance is beginning. From within the cheering crowd, Pharynx is up at the top bleachers keeping a close eye on Midnight as he appeared on the stage while holding his ear bud.

"Trixie, Midnight is now on stage. You and your friends are clear to proceed." Phryranx whispered, trying to make sure no pony else is listening to the wind of their plan.

Back to Trixie's camera, she, Sunburst, and Starlight came down into the hallway backstage to make their way to Midnight's break room.

Just when they reach the corner that leads to the breakroom, Trixie's camera catches a glimpse of two earth stallions doing their job as security stallions, wearing dark shades and communicating buds held onto their ears.

"Starlight, time to do a knock out!!!"

In a silent response, Starlight's horn lit up as she aims her magic at the two unsuspecting security earth ponies. In an instant, Starlight fired a silent spell that put both of them into a deep sleep. Once they're down, the three ponies make their way towards the breakroom as Trixie uses her magic to do a lockpicking spell on the door knob. With one click, Trixie succeed as she slowly opens up the door, letting both herself, Starlight, and Sunburst into the break room quietly.

As soon as they slowly close the door, Sunburst used his magic to put the whole room into a silent, invisible lock down so that no pony or creature can hear or see what is going on inside Midnight's breakroom.

From the surveillance camera at the bleachers.......

After spending 15 minutes watching, Pharynx keeps his eye onto Midnight as he does another magic trick that involves an illusion of a dragon doing acrobatic mid-air stunts.

Feeling a bit anxious by sitting on the bleachers with no one to talk to, the changeling felt a chill crawling up his spine as if he is being watched by some pony else from within the crowd.

I don't know why, but something doesn't seem right here. Pharynx thought.

Back to Trixie's camera, which is placed on top of the Midnight's desk......

While the three unicorns are searching all over the room for clues, Trixie soon finds a small, golden chest big as a buckball inside the closet. Once Trixie uses her magic to take it out and place it on the floor, she opens the top lid to reveal a strange black orb.

In a startling display, the unicorns didn't know why would there be a black orb hidden away in a closet. Of course, it isn't until Sunburst notices a small inscription on top of it. As he starts to read it, Trixie listens closely to what Sunburst had to say.

"For any pony soul collected, this orb will grant the user gifts beyond their wild imagination. Should they fail to pay the bargain in exchange for their power, the soul of the user will be sacrificed."

After hearing what Sunburst just read, Trixie realized something bad happened to her uncle during his disappearance.

"Guys, I think my uncle is not who I think he is!!" Trixie spoke in a grim revelation. "He must've invited us over to Las Pegasus as if we are pigs for slaughter."

"We have to warn Pharynx!!" Starlight gasped. "He's still up on the stage!!!"

Back at the stage surveillance cameras, Pharynx hears a small voice coming out of ear bud. He teleports himself away from the bleachers and behind the structure.

"What did you uncover, Starlight?"

"We found a strange orb that is meant to collect souls of ponies in exchange for granting the user dark magic. I think Trixie's uncle is setting us all up on the day we got invited by him to Las Pegasus." Starlight's voice whispered.

"Well, I guess I should......."

Before Pharynx could finish his sentence, he turns around to see Midnight staring straight at him with an evil menace in his eyes. The unicorn went into a diabolical transformation. Midnight is now seen with razor sharp teeth growing out of his mouth, his eyes turning demonic red with black cracks, bloody talons jutting out from his front hooves, while his entire outfit rips itself apart as spikes came out of his back.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK OF THE BLEACHERS, YOUNG MAN?!" Midnight snarled in a monstrous voice.

As Trixie is holding onto her camera, she sees that Starlight is trying to listen to Pharnyx. Unfortunately, they could hear only snarls and growls coming for her earbud. Before they knew it, they heard screams coming from their changeling friend.

"NO!! PLEASE. GET AWAY FROM ME!!! GET BACK!!! DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

Disturbed by the screams coming from Starlight's earbud, she stood there in front of Trixie and her camera with horrified silence.

In the next minute, the black orb shoots out a dark pillar of magic up to the ceiling of the breakroom making all of Starlight's and Sunburst's spells disappear.

Realizing this, the unicorns are now in trouble because their cover just got blown.

*SLAM!!*

As the doors slammed widen open, an angry, demonic Midnight enters the break room. Aside from his transformation, the color of his horn turned dark red as he menacingly approached the frightened unicorns.

"You not my uncle are you?! I should've known. That invite you sent earlier, it was actually all a trap, wasn't it?! YOU SET US ALL UP!!! You killed Maud and Mud Briar!! " Trixie hissed, realizing Midnight's deceit. "Where's Pharnyx? WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?? YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT I THOUGHT YOU DID, DID YOU?!"

As Midnight spew out a demonic laugh, he hurled Phranyx's severed, bloodied head towards Starlight. Starlight screamed as the changeling's severed head rolled right in front of the mare's hooves. When Midnight laughed more, he makes his brief explanation.

"I met your uncle two years ago in the desert near Saudi Arabia during his so-called disappearance, while entrapped inside the black soul stone you just found in MY BREAK ROOM. He said that he was struggling in learning how to be an independent magician too before he first performed here. So, I gave him a bit of my dark magic as a test drive in exchange for pony souls. He didn't really mind at first when he took the souls of bad ponies. However, after a year of collecting souls that he offered to me, I grew tired of devouring impure souls. Instead, I have a sweet tooth for pure souls, the pure souls of innocent ponies. Of course, hearing this, he felt guilty for being naive when I was helping him get what he wanted. So, he eventually wanted to start over again without me. But by doing so, he threatened to end our contract. So, I showed him the error of his ways."

"YOU MONSTER!!!" Trixie shouted as tears came down from his eyes. "WHERE IS MY UNCLE??"

"Your uncle is dead, Trixie. Since he refused to pay me back my debts further, his body and his soul are now mine!!! And now that you expose my secrets, you and the rest of your friends shall join your uncle IN TARTARUS!!!" The Demon snarled as more demonic limbs came out of his body.

In a sudden move, the pony demon attempted to make multiple strikes at the three unicorns. However, Starlight and Trixie, who put her camera onto the floor, used both of their magic shields to block the demonic limbs from reaching their faces. However, the demon refused to give up as he intensified his strikes harder and harder in trying to break down their magic barrier.

However, for Sunburst, he teleported himself behind the demon as he fired a powerful sunbeam spell that set the demon on fire, hitting him in the back straight at the tendrils.

"AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!"

"Your foul soul collecting ends NOW!!!" Sunburst roared as he continued to rain sunlight all over the pony demon, burning him from the inside out.

Instantly, Trixie teleports herself next to Sunburst as she launches the same burning spell at the demon. With both unicorns hitting the demon with their combined spells, they made him disintegrate into nothingness.

"This is for my uncle!!!" Trixie exclaimed in triumph.

Upon defeating the demon possessing Midnight's body, his Black Performance came to an end. However, now that Trixie lost three of her friends in Las Pegasus, she sends them back to their respective homelands so that their families can give a proper burial to Pharnyx, Maud, and Mud Briar.

For Starlight and Sunburst, they were to first to take the train back to Ponyville.

After bidding farewell to both of her friends, Trixie takes the black soul stone outside of Las Pegasus. Once she stops, Trixie uses her magic to destroy the stone as it disintegrates into black smoke, disappearing into the wind. Afterwards, she went back to her hotel room to prepare for her return trip to Ponyville.

The moment Trixie sees herself on her camera footage, she makes her last remark.

"It was sure a living nightmare to get drawn out into a web of woes and lies. Now that the demonic doppelganger is dealt with, I can only hope that my uncle will finally rest in peace." Trixie huffed in relief. "In the meantime, this is my chance to pack up for my return trip."

Just when her nightmare is over, she heard a knock coming from the hallway. As Trixie leaves the camera on top of the dining table and facing the doorway, she opens up the door only to find no pony in sight. She felt confused at first. But before she closes the door, Trixie heard a demonic voice whispering throughout her dorm.

"I'm.....just.....getting........started!!"

Before Trixie knew it, a black blurring essence came out from the hallway as it struck the blue unicorn in the face.
Feeling the impact, Trixie's face started convulsing as she started screaming in pain.

"AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!" Trixie shrieked as her head started to have small, black and red lighting bolts shower all over the room as it struck and broke several dishes and all of the mirrors in the kitchen and bathrooms.

At the same time, the camera footage started to flash on and off through a static effect before the screen went back to normal.

After one minute of screaming, Trixie is seen face-flat on the floor before taking a breather. When she got up, Trixie's grinning face is shown on the camera only to reveal that her eyes have turned red, her teeth turned into fangs, and her horn turned into a demonic red color.

As a demonic-version of Trixie stares at the camera screen, she starts snickered and laughing menacingly.

"Every Pony's soul will be mine!!!" The demonic voice of Trixie Lulamoon spoke as she laughed like a maniac.

*Camera footage ends.*