Chapter 17: Nightmare Night

Just a short little chapter about a nightmare night party

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Chuck's Tavern

"And then, when she picked up the phone, the operator said. 'we've traced the call... and it's coming from... inside the house!" I finished my story. Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Cheese Sandwich, Quibble, and I had gotten together mid afternoon on Nightmare Night before the across town festivities had begun for a small Nightmare Night party.

"That's nothing!" Quibble scoffed at my story. "I've got a better one, and get this, it really happened."

"We've all already read that journal you kept." Rainbow Dash laughed.

"Yeah!" Pinkie laughed with her.

"Personally the only fright y'all could give me is that ridiculous costume your wearing." Applejack told him remarking his ridiculous costume. "What the heck are you even supposed to be?" She asked.

"I'm The Pigeon! From Bat-Stallion?" He said. (Shameless parody, I know.) We all head our costumes ready, I donned a costume resembling Gomez Addams, I even went so far as to slick and dye my mane. Pinkie was a jester, who slightly resembled Harley Quinn from the Batman franchise. Cheese was wearing a costume that resembled the band DEVO's plastic yellow uniforms. Applejack had a quite Piratey costume, and Rainbow Dash was wearing a Daring Do costume, you would not believe how long Quibble and her debated over how accurate it was. As my way of helping myself get through listening to them, I poured myself two drinks and put the cost on their tabs.

"Anypony else have a story?" I asked. I was met with shaking heads. "Well, I've got one more. It's a classic." I grinned.

"Can't be worse than your last one..." Quibble said. I brushed off the comment and gave the jukebox a kick. I raised a sly grin on my face as the music began I turned all the lights out but one dim hanging bulb. I stepped under it and revealed my face just before the beat of the song kicked off.

Me: It's close to midnight

Something evil's lurking from the dark

Under the moonlight

You see a sight that almost stops your heart

You try to scream

But terror takes the sound before you make it

You start to freeze

As horror looks you right between your eyes

You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller

Thriller night

And no one's gonna save you

From the beast about to strike

You know it's thriller

Thriller night

You're fighting for your life

Inside a killer thriller tonight, yeah

Ooooh

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You hear the door slam

And realize there's nowhere left to run

You feel the cold hoof

As I sang that lyric I placed my hoof on Quibble's shoulder, it absolutely terrified him, it was pretty difficult to keep from laughing.

And wonder if you'll ever see the sun

You close your eyes

And hope that this is just imagination

But all the while

You hear a creature creeping up behind

You're out of time

Cause this is thriller, thriller night

There ain't no second chance against the thing with the forty eyes, no

Thriller, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

/

Night creatures call

And the dead start to walk in their masquerade

There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time

This is the end of your life

/

They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side

They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial

Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together

I slid in next to Pinkie for the next couple lines

All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen,

I'll make you see

I gave Pinkie a quick kiss on the cheek before jumping in front of everypony again.

That this is thriller, thriller night

'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul could ever dare try

Thriller, thriller night

So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, chiller

Thriller here tonight

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

I can thrill you more than any ghoul could ever dare try

Thriller, thriller night

So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller

I then slipped into the darkness and disguised my voice for the next part.

"Darkness falls across the land

The midnight hour is close at hand

Creatures crawl in search of blood

To terrorize y'all's neighborhood

And whomsoever shall be found

Without the soul for getting down

Must stand and face the hounds of hell

And rot inside a corpse's shell

The foulest stench is in the air

The funk of forty thousand years

And grisly ghouls from every tomb

Are closing in to seal your doom

And though you fight to stay alive

Your body starts to shiver

For no mere mortal can resist

The evil of the thriller..."

As the music ended I laughed maniacally, that is definitely what sealed the deal on making this frightening. I flicked on the lights to see everypony's eyes quite wide.

"And that's a little classic from where I come from for this time of year." I grinned getting back behind the counter.

"Wow." Quibble said with wide eyes. "I'd be lying if I said I underestimated that, so, wow."

"Yeah. It is pretty wow." I said smugly wiping at a dirty mug. "So anyway, you can say that I really know this stuff. I have a passion for a few times of year, this is one of them." I stroked my fake mustache.

"I gotta admit, that was pretty good." Rainbow Dash said.

"Here here." Applejack nodded.

"Thank you, thank you very much." I bowed.

"I didn't take you as the type who enjoyed this kinda stuff." Cheese said.

"It's fun! Sometimes, fun and fear can go quite well together." I replied.

"It's true!" Pinkie nodded. "That little chill that shivers down your spine is sometimes what lets you know: 'Hey! Hey you! You're alive!' Ya know?"

"See! She gets it." I told the others. "In fact, one of my favorite fictional characters found their fun in the frightening."

"Who's that?" Cheese asked.

"Why, Gomez Addams and his whole family!" I motioned at my costume.

"Never heard of him." Quibble said.

"Maybe because I'm from another dimension, c'mon I must've told you at some point!" I told him. "Anyway, his family would delight in the dark and more... macabre side of things, perhaps an example is in order."

"You're not going to sing again, are you?" Quibble asked as the music on the jukebox began playing.

Me: When you're an Addams

You need to have a little moonlight

When you're an Addams

You need to feel a little chill

You have to see the world in shades of gray

You have to put some poison in your day

Pinkie got up next to me and started dancing along with me.

Pinkie: That's the way

Pinkie and I: When you're an Addams

Me: You need to have a sense of humor

When you're an Addams

Pinkie: You need to have a taste for death

Pinkie and I: Who cares about the world outside

And what it wants from you

When you're and Addams

You do what Addams always do!

When you're an Addams

Me: You gotta have a lotta passion

Pinkie and I: When you're an Addams

Pinkie: You need to really love your mare

Me (Spoken):Several times a day

Pinkie and I: You're happy when your hooves are in the mud

Rainbow and Applejack exchanged looks and grinned.

Applejack and Rainbow: You smile a bit the moment you smell blood

AA-OOOH!

Me/Pinkie/Applejack/Rainbow: When you're an Addams

Pinkie:You need to grab a bow and arrow

Me/Pinkie/Applejack/Rainbow: When you're an Addams

Me: You need a moment to explode

Applejack: Just pour a potion

Rainbow: Flip the switch

Rainbow/Applejack: And wait till things get hot!

Me/Pinkie/Applejack/Rainbow: When you're an Addams

You have to really stir the pot

Rainbow: So keep your sunshine

And keep your glee

Me: Country music and Tennessee

Pinkie: Keep you laughter

Applejack: And MTV

Me/Pinkie/Applejack/Rainbow: And all will be all right

Give us shadows and give us gloom

Broken glass in a motel room

Something fun we can all exhume

And give it all tonight!

After an instrumental break and doing a bit of dancing, Cheese and Quibble looked at each other, Quibble sighed.

"Fine." He said with a slight grin.

Me/Pinkie/Applejack/Rainbow: When you're an Addams

Cheese/Quibble: That's right!

When you're an Addams

Me/Pinkie/Applejack/Rainbow: You have a very special duty

Cheese/Quibble: Late night! Out with the Addams!

Me/Pinkie/Applejack/Rainbow: When you're an Addams

Cheese/Quibble: With one bite

All: You're obligated to the clan

It's family first and family last

And family by and by

When you're an Addams

The standard answers don't apply

When you're and Addams

You do what Addams do or...

Die!

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We all laughed a little as the song ended. "See? Isn't that fun?"

"Sure is!" Pinkie chuckled.

"Alright y'all, I've got to get this place ready for tonight, I promised I'd set up a couple of activities for the foals tonight." I told them.

"Well alright Chuck, it was fun, see ya tonight!" Applejack said as they left. Pinkie stayed behind with me.

"Want to help me set up?" I asked.

"No, but I know you don't want to set up either so I thought I'd keep you company and help out!" She winked.

"Oh, you know me so well." I said as I started getting things ready.

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Ponyville streets: That night

"Come and step in, if you dare! To 'Haunted Hell's Tavern!'" I announced with a maniacal laugh at the door when some foals came to the door. "Nah, I'm just kidding around. C'mon in." I recognized the little fillies to be the cutiemark crusaders.

"Welcome!" Pinkie announced jumping out from behind the counter.

"Hi Pinkie!" The all said in unison.

"Awwww you all look so cute! What are your costumes?" She asked.

"I'm a sheep dog!" Applebloom said.

"I'm a Wonderbolt!" Scootaloo said.

"And I'm a... bee. It would make more sense if Rarity were here. She's a flower. This was her idea." Sweetie Belle said in an annoyed tone.

"Well, I think it's a Bee-utiful costume." I joked stepping behind the counter. "I can only assume you're here for candy?" I asked.

"We certainly weren't here for that joke." Scootaloo murmured to her friends.

"Ha. Ha." I said getting the candy bowl. "Here you go." I placed some candy in each of their little buckets. "Happy Nightmare Night." I smiled.

"Happy Nightmare Night!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Thanks!" They said as they left.

"Foals. Huh?" I said to Pinkie as they left.

"Whoa, whoa, I think it's a little early to think about that huh?" She joked.

"Absolutely." I grinned taking a drink. It was soft after all, I was dealing with young ones. I walked to the door ad looked out.

"You know, I think every foal in town has already hit here, you know what that means..." I said with a grin.

"We eat all the left over candy ourselves?" Pinkie smiled.

"We have a winner!" I smiled unwrapping a candy. "To Nightmare Night!"

"To Nightmare Night!" Pinkie said before tossing her candy into her mouth.

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That's my little Nightmare Night chapter! Just a fun little chapter to get you in a spooky mood for this time of year that will have absolutely no effect any other month of the year. Until next time!

Songs used

"Thriller". By: Michael Jackson.

"When You're An Addams". From "The Addams Family" Broadway musical.