The creeps

Another flash of bright white lightning revealed 2 alicorn fillies,  both of which had an umbrella, their only shield from the heavy forest rain. A large gust of wind blew strait toward the two, which blew Namira's umbrella off her back. She tried to hold on, but eventually, the umbrella part snapped off, swirling around in the whirling torrent. She sat there, being drenched. But then the rain seemed to stop falling. Namira looked up to see her long time friend, glimmer, standing over her with her umbrella.

" This stinks. Hey how much longer until we get to the party?" Asked the slightly shy alicorn,barely visible in the night.

"Let's check the slightly creepy invite sent to us by our anonymous host." Said glimmer, barley audible in the storm.

"Oh. We're here. Party's in that castle." Glimmer pointed a hoof at an old abandoned castle atop the mountain.

"Wait glimmer. Isn't that place haunted?" Asked a nervous namira.

"Seriously? That's just an old pony's tale. It's not haunted. Trust me."

"Ok then..." Squeaked Namira. The pair then galloped up the dirt road and climbed the slick stone steps to the doorway. Upon reaching the doorstep they noticed a brown box with a note tied on.

"It's for us." Said glimmer, picking up the note.

"It says 'wear me'." They glanced at each other.

"Wear me." They said in unison, glimmer opening the box with her magic, a dark purple surrounding her horn. Inside were two masks, one a fox mask, the other a plain green mask, both covering nothing below their muzzles. The pair stepped inside only to meet an empty stairwell in the center, a door on the right, and a hallway on the left.

"Hello, is anyone here?" Glimmer called out, hoping they hadn't arrived too early.

"Why hello Glimmer." Sounded a voice from the living room down the hall. Namira and Glimmer trotted down the hall and into the living room, four others already awaiting their arrival.

" Princess Cadence, is that you?" Asked Glimmer.

"Why yes indeed. But according to the invitation, we're supposed to use mystery names. Mine's... She sighed. Lady quietbottom." Cadence blushed in embarrassment.

"My name is duchess-" Luna's face was completely red. "D-d-duchess gummybuns." Sputtered Luna.

"I'm professor pent." Said chrysalis.

"I'M DERPY HOOVES!" Shouted the gray mare. Luna, annoyed and embarrassed, backhooved Derpy.

"What's the name on your invite!?" Shouted a commanding Luna.

"OOOhhhh,I get it. It's guy farting." Said derpy with not a care in the world.

"Princess hotbun at your service." Said Glimmer with a bow.

"I'm randy butternubs." Said Namira, tossing the invite over her shoulder and sitting down on the couch next to chrysalis.

"So, who's our host anyway?" Asked the star princess.

"Nopony knows." Replied cadence.

"Maybe it's a hot stallion with big money." Said Luna.

"Tut Tut Princess Luna. What would your mare friend trixie say?" Said Namira.

"Trixie and I broke up a long time ago.Duh." Said Luna.

"Now's my chance." Said derpy.

"No.bucking.way." Shouted Luna.

"But I can make you happy." Replied Derpy, taking Luna's hoof in hers.

"Give UP you bitch!" Yelled Luna in her canterlot voice, slapping derpy.

"Okay." Whimpered a disappointed derpy,walking over to admire a painting. Little did she know, there was an envelope taped to her back.

"Excuse me guy farting, but there's an envelope on your back." Said cadence.

"Where, where?" Said derpy trying to get the envelope.

"Here, let me." Said Glimmer, reaching up to get the envelope.

"Did YOU put that envelope on her?" Asked cadence, eyeing Luna.

"No." Said everyone on the couch.

"What does it say, princess hotbun?" Asked cadence. Glimmer began to read.

"I am your host. I am a ghost. By the time you finish reading this, I will have possessed one of you, and will youse your body to murder everyone in the house." Read Glimmer, who got an " I told you so " look from Namira.

"No no no NO! We have to get out of here!" Screamed derpy, who bolted toward the door, tugging on the brass handles.

"Derpy wait! It says anyone who tries to leave will die!" Shouted Glimmer. But it was too late. Another bolt of lightning shot down, then the power went out. When it came back on, derpy hooves was nothing more than a lifeless skeleton.

"She's DEAD!" Said everypony.

"Oh come on you guys. Glimmer, you remember when I pulled this trick on your birthday. I used the fake skeletons to make you think every pony was dead. Classic move." Said namira, holding derpy's skull.

"Namira, I swear I'm not pranking you. Derpy is dead. At this, Namira frowned and dropped the skull. Five minutes later everypony was sitting down in front of the stairwell."now,time to find out who's hiding a ghost inside their mortal body. Chrysalis use your ghost detecting magic to screen everyone." And so the scanning began. She started with Luna, who blinked when the spell was cast. Next cadence, who blinked also. Lastly, Namira,who's red eyes remained open while the bright green magic hit her. "Hmmm..." Said chrysalis. "Whaddya mean hmmm?" Asked Namira, shooting the changeling queen a death glare, her crimson eyes pulsing purple for a moment (like when Trixie was wearing the alicorn amulet, but backwards).

"Nothing..." Said chrysalis, sending Namira a return glare.

"So, who's the ghost?" Asked The young princess, eager to put an end to whatever was going on.

"Umm...I don't know. Cadence and Luna were clean, but I couldn't get a reading off your filly freind. Something was blocking my scan spell." Replied chrysalis.

"I have an idea." Said the pink crystal pony. "If there really is a ghost killer, we should find a light so if the lights go out again, we will be able to see who killed who." Said cadence, proud of her brilliant idea.

"That's a good idea. Namira, Chrysalis, you take the dungeon. I will search this floor. Got it?"

With that, Namira and chrysalis slowly trotted down the spiral steps to the dungeon, chrysalis' green magic lighting the way. Once the pair reached the bottom, they began their search. Namira approached one of the cells, and saw nothing save the rotting carcass of a peagasus, wings severed off and laying next to it. Queen Chrysalis however, was having much better luck. A solitary box sat in the corner, wet and stained red from blood. Chrysalis carefully opened the box with her magic, revealing a single candle.

"Namira darling, I found it." Called out Chrysalis. The black filly had to wrench herself away, as seeing and smelling a body just made her hunger pangs that much worse. She arrived at the queen's side, taking the candle in her magic, her horn glowing a bright crimson, matching her 'dragon eyes'. She quickly lit the candle, illuminating a small area.

"Namira, HELP!" Yelled queen chrysalis. The shadow princess whipped around to see her queen, her adopted mother after her brother's defeat, get sucked into the bloodstained walls.