Twilight's Nightmare Night

by Ms Rarity

Rating: mature
Tags: Violence, Thriller, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Horror, Tragedy, Twilight Sparkle
Length: 1021

Twilight Sparkle is about to step in to a living nightmare

What starts off as a good day as Twilight finishes her preparations for nightmare night she decides to gather some joke plant for some light-hearted tricks to play on the local town folk. Whilst picking the joke plants she is suddenly distracted by a disturbing noise from behind her and upon turning back to the plants she doesn't see the dark green oozing from underneath them, they're still good...right?

Published 2024-11-01 05:00:01 UTC
Last updated 2024-11-01 05:00:01 UTC

A-haunting We Will Go!

Twilight Sparkle, the studious and knowledgeable pony of Ponyville, decided to take a break from her regular routine and indulge in the light-hearted mischief that Nightmare Night is known for. She embarked on a journey to the Everfree Forest to gather fresh ingredients for pranks she would later play on her fellow ponies. With a melodic hum and a twinkle in her eye, she ventured off into the forest with her trusty checklist in hoof . She passed some garlic along the way. "Ohh this will be great to put in the cupcakes!" She giggled to herself. "Hmm Black Iris...for Rarity's tea" she rubbed her hoof on her chin as she thought.

Not long after she could see joke plants peaking out from a nearby bush. "Ohh these will be great in some juice! Now let's see..." She jumped startling herself at a high-pitched shrieking out from the canopy. She blushed thankful that nopony was around to see her jump out of her fur. She picked up her clipboard and readjusted her saddlebags before carefully picking up the joke plants in her magic and placing them in their own compartment as not to contaminate the other herbs and plants. After returning back to Ponyville, she spent the rest of the day boiling and concocting a series of innocuous potions, eager to bring some laughter and joy to her beloved town.

Twilight's first potion was designed to make Pinkie Pie's mane stand on end in a comical fashion, making her chuckle as she pictured her friend's surprized expression and the laughter they would share. She moved on to her next concoction was a potion that would make Rainbow Dash's voice squeak like a mouse, imagining the playful banter that would ensue.

As Twilight continued to create her prank potions, she began to notice strange occurrences around her. The trees seemed to sway with a life of their own and the wind whispered her name in a chilling tone. Determined to shake off her growing unease, she reminded herself that it was all part of the Nightmare Night spirit.

Night had now fallen, and Ponyville was bustling with excitement as ponies prepared for the annual festivities. With her prank potions delivered to their unsuspecting victims, Twilight set off for home, her heart filled with anticipation as the shadows grew darker and the whispers grew louder. She suddenly found herself face to face with a group of Nightmare Night revelers - twisted, shadowy creatures that resembled her friends in grotesque and frightening ways. Their eyes glowed with an unnatural light as they cackled and jeered, surrounding Twilight and cutting off her escape. "Hehe good one you guys, you got me...err guys?"

Fear gripped her heart as she realized these were no mere pranksters, but rather sinister beings that had somehow been awakened by her meddling. Tales of Nightmare Night gone wrong echoed in her mind and she began to wonder if her innocent pranks had unleashed something far more terrifying than she could have ever imagined.

In a desperate attempt to set things right, Twilight reached into her saddlebag and pulled out her prank potions. She hurled them at the shadowy creatures, praying for a miracle. The potions struck the creatures and to Twilight's surprize, they began to convulse and dissolve, their unnatural forms disintegrating into wisps of smoke. The remaining creatures, sensing their defeat, fled back into the depths of the Everfree Forest, leaving Twilight alone and shaken.

As Twilight made her way back to Ponyville, she couldn't help but feel a deep sense of guilt and responsibility for the events that had transpired. She knew she had let her enthusiasm for Nightmare Night get the better of her, inadvertently awakening creatures that belonged in the realm of nightmares.

Though the night had been a frightening and humbling experience for Twilight, she emerged from it with newfound wisdom and understanding. She had learned that Nightmare Night was not about summoning fear and darkness but about embracing the lighter side of life and finding joy in the unexpected. And so, Twilight Sparkle continued her journey in Ponyville, armed with newfound knowledge and a renewed appreciation for the balance between fun and caution she snuggled into her warm bed as she blew out her candle and closing her eyes she felt something was watching her. She slowly peaked through the darkness to find her five demonized friends standing over her JOIN US!! They almost sang together.
Twilight's eyes widened in fright she had nowhere, to run her screams were quickly silenced as the demonic ponies pounced on her tearing the flesh and sinue from her body laughing as they were showered with the alicorns blood gushed with sickening determination from Twilight's wounds, as if her own heart sought to pump it from her body...

The cutie mark crusaders cried out hugging each other tight as Rainbow Dash rolled around laughing on the floor. Applejack and Rarity looked to each other trying to hold their nerve at such a terrifying tale. Rarity put her mane right making sure she wasn't shaking before helping Applejack console the foals. "Why Rainbow Dash that was simply frightening for the youngsters you're absolutely awful!" She was taken aback as Dashy laughed harder beating the ground with her hooves. "Applejack put the shaking fillies into their sleeping bags before laying down behind them across their heads and Rarity lay down across their feet. "Simply ghastly darling you've frightened them for life..." She gave up as Dash continued her laughing. "Well blow out the candle will you when you're done. Good night." She said bluntly pulling her eye mask down and got her head down.

Rainbow Dash giggled to herself as she lay down for the night really pleased with the way she'd scared the socks off everypony. As the darkness surrounded her she felt a wave of tiredness wash over her yawning loud and wide. She tossed and turned a few moments feeling like somepony was watching her...she peaked through the darkness to see a demonic Twilight with needle teeth smiling viciously at her...

The End