Night was falling on Equestria, and with it a grand celebration was going to be under way for the town of Ponyville, ponies were preparing for a night to remember. Little fillies and colts were dressing up in costumes and adults were as well. The townsfolk were also putting together a nice town center festival full of hay wagons for rides, plenty of games for fun and prizes for both children and adults. There was also the fun tradition of children going to homes and asking for candy in their costumes to entertain the indoor ponies, the night known as Nightmare Night was never complete without that.

However the night was not truly complete without a small visit and appearance by none other than the mare that inspired the holiday with her dark alter ego, Princess Luna, who was a bit busy at the moment at the Ponyville boutique. The night was coming and Luna was currently waiting just outside the unicorn Rarity's bedroom while her son Danny was currently getting his costume adjusted for the big night, this was his first Nightmare night, and nothing was going to ruin this night for him.

All this time was spent getting Danny excited for the night, teaching him the games that were going to be at the small festival in the town center, and he was even allowed to play a little bit with Sweetie Belle in her room. Sweetie Belle even appeared to like Danny a bit; to her it was a bit different having a friend likes him rather than always playing around with her regular friends at school. She even showed him some of the tricks that she could do so far with her magic, but she kept it to a minimum for she was only a novice magic user.

Luna was patient and wore a smile on her face as she placed her crown back on her head so she could make a quick appearance for the townsfolk before she could spend the rest of the night with her beloved son. Such excitement was building for the mother as her smile perked up before she finally heard the opening of the bedroom door and looked to see Rarity peeking through the door and taking notice of her before smile grew nice and wide on her face, for she was excited to show off Danny's costume to her.

"Princess Luna...! It's finally ready...! You may come in and see what a darling he turned out to be, even in a scary costume!” Rarity chirped loudly as she opened the door wider for Luna to enter.

"And don't forget that I helped!” Sweetie Belle called out from the bedroom.

"Yes and Sweetie Belle helped, and trust me you are going to love the way he looks,” Rarity chirped as Luna entered the bedroom of Rarity, “He’s just over there with Sweetie Belle looking at it, and I must say...! That the whole king Sombra thing was tricky, but a well worth while creation!"

Luna looked over and couldn't help but to let out a happy and excited gasp as she saw Danny looking into a mirror at his new self, for he was in a perfect costume that almost represented the infamous Crystal Empire king, King Sombra. The crown was just right and went well with his black hair for it was the same black as the king himself; Rarity even cast a spell that made Danny's hair flicker much like Sombra's.

He was also covered head to toe in a grey fur like suit that gave the impression of pony fur while it was mostly covered up with a fake iron chest plate around his whole body, and was complimented with fake metal horse shoes that were able to fit Danny's feet and fake metal gloves on his hands. His look was then finished with a red cape with white wool on the edges on his back that made him look like the perfect splitting human image of Sombra himself, and needless to say, Luna was impressed.

Danny quickly turned to show himself off to Rarity and smiled brightly as he saw his mother had entered the room and looked more than impressed with his costume, he sure seemed to like it as he rushed to Luna and giggled as he hugged her legs while Luna giggled as well.

"Oh...Danny...! You look so adorable, and so scary at the same time, you're like a perfect human version of Sombra himself,” Luna said before turning to Rarity with a thankful smile, “Thank you for this Rarity, You did an astounding job here this night."

"It was no trouble at all princesses Luna, anything for my cute and adorable friend here...! Oh how I adore him so...!"Rarity chirped as she couldn't help but nuzzle Danny's cheeks.

"Thanks Rarity, I really do like what you made, I look awesome!” Danny said as he switched from Luna to Rarity and hugged her as well.

"Oh...! It was no problem at all Danny!” Rarity exclaimed overwhelmed with cute emotions.

"Well now, it appears that the night is upon us all, shall we make our way out and celebrate this wonderful night?” Luna asked while they all turned to her with smiles of agreement all around.

"You know it! I already got my costume on and I'm ready to go!” Exclaimed Sweetie Belle as she appeared out from a blind in a mummy costume.

"Well done Sweetie Belle, I just hope those are real bandages and not toilet paper you are wrapped in,” Rarity said in a worried tone before turning to the princess and her son,” Princess Luna? Would you like to do the honors?"

"I would be happy to oblige...!"Luna replied as she lit up her horn.

Suddenly the room lit up as Danny quickly made a grab for Luna's legs and held on tight while Sweetie Belle held onto Rarity; Luna surrounded all of them in a veil of light before they all disappeared in a flash of dark blue light. After an instant travel through Luna's magic, they all suddenly reappeared in a quick flash of light just outside Rarity's boutique just in time to see the sunset giving Luna the signal to raise the moon, but she didn't do it without Danny by her side to enjoy it.

"I suppose it is time for the night to come, and the true Nightmare Night to begin,” Luna said while looking down to Danny who was waiting eagerly for her to do so, “I hope you will all enjoy this fine night, for it will be extra special this night."

Luna lead the way for them all as she lit up her horn and began walking with the group right behind her, they all watched the sky as Luna directed the magic of her horn to the sky and slowly began to raise the moon into the sky. The moon's glow peeked over the edge of the sky as its light made the town start to glow with lunar light, Danny's very eyes sparkled as the moon was slowly rising into the sky, and at the same time, stars were appearing in the sky and twinkled in Danny's eyes as they appeared everywhere.

Danny felt a warm sensation prickle all over him as if he was overjoyed to see that the night had come, and what wonders it was going to bring with it as the moon felt as if it was gleaming upon Danny himself. His hair shined in the gleaming lunar brightness as Luna took up his hand just as the moon had finally made it into the sky right where it needed to be, Rarity and Sweetie Belle also appeared to be thoroughly impressed with the princess of the night, but they knew they could never be more amazed by the night as Danny was right now.

"That was absolutely one of the best arrivals of the night I've ever seen Princess Luna, you have really out done yourself!” Rarity exclaimed with great respect for the princess.

"It was amazing, what did you think Danny?” Sweetie Belle asked the astonished boy who was still looking to the moon.

"I take it you're enjoying the night that now lays before you as well, I'm glad you liked it Danny,” Luna said to her son while Danny finally was able to look away and smile at his mother,” Now then, how about we all enjoy Nightmare Night together my child?"

"Yes mom, this is probably going to be the greatest night of my life,” Danny admitted as Luna teleported a bag into his right hand,” This was one beautiful you made mom, I loved it, and it was amazing...!"

"Thank you my child, now then, we shall start with a little candy, we must go door to door of the homes and utter these words, Nightmare Night, what a fright, give us something sweet to bite,” Luna explained as she targeted a small house not far from where they now stood,"Ah! There's our first house of the night, and it will be the first of many every pony!"

"Cool! I finally get to go trick or treating.” Danny whispered as they made it to the door.

"You mean this is your very first Nightmare night?” Sweetie Belle asked as they neared the house.

"Yeah, and now I can't believe that I'm going to celebrate it for the very first time!” Danny exclaimed happily as they made it to the door.

Luna gradually knocked on the door with a hard hoof and waited for only a moment before the door cracked open and a mare with a white coat, an electric blue mane, and goggles with purple lenses poked her head out to see Luna at her door.

"Good evening, I believe we have met before Ms. Vinyl Scratch, I have two children I would like for you to meet.” Luna said while the mare chuckled in an upbeat tone.

"Princess Luna...! What is going down? I haven't seen you since your niece's wedding at Canterlot, “Vinyl said as she looked down to Sweetie Belle and Danny, “Whoa...! And who are these two kids, I think I see Sweetie Belle but how could I not remember king Sombra...! But... Did the king change his look a bit because I don't remember him walking on two legs before?"

"Yes Ms. Vinyl, this is my son Danny, as you can see he is not exactly a pony, but he is my child and experiencing his very first Nightmare Night, "Luna answered as Vinyl looked to the two children who were putting on smiles for her, "So I beg you to please make this night one of his best..."

"Sure! No problem there princess, DJ Pon-3 is at your service,” Vinyl exclaimed as she looked down to the boy and filly, “So what can do for this cute little pair on this fine Nightmare Night?"

"Nightmare night...! What a fright! Give us something sweet to bite...!"Danny and Sweetie Belle uttered as Vinyl chuckled at their teamwork.

"You got it there little filly and colt, some sweets are coming right up, "Vinyl said before temporarily reaching for something back into her home before pulling something out, "Here you go my little ponies, some awesome shocking sweet and sour candies, they're sure to get you really going for Nightmare Night!"

"Thank you...!" Danny and Sweetie Belle said together as three pieces of candy went into each bag.

"You are very welcome kids! Stop by some other time so I can give a shout to you all, DJ pon-3 is out my friends...!" Vinyl announced before going back into her house.

The kids both looked into their bags and saw their bags now had three pieces of candy in them, a great start to an amazing Nightmare Night, Danny was getting more excited by how this had gone so far as he looked to Luna. She was smiling and very pleased to see her son enjoying his Nightmare Night with family and friends, that pain filled and sad child appeared to be fading in his eyes as he put the bag over his shoulders as he waited patiently for them to continue on.

"Well done children, that was a great start, but there are still many more homes to visit and we mustn't keep them waiting." Luna said happily as she took the lead.

"I could not agree with you more princesses, let us move on to the next, and then onto the games...!"Rarity announced as she followed the princess.

The children were next to follow the mares as they went off in search of more houses to receive sweet candy from the Ponyville townsfolk, needless to say this was turning into the funnest night of Danny's life. He was having fun practically celebrating Nightmare night with his mother and friends, no more yelling and no more pain, just happiness and sweet candy.

They were now traveling from house to house in pursuit of more candy and treats, and the ponies of Ponyville were more than willing to oblige as their bags were getting constantly filled with candy, and that was not going to be the end of the night. There was much more for young Danny to experience, for Luna had a plan to introduce him to games and even more fun at the town center where games and treats were all taking place, this was the true heart of Ponyville's Nightmare Night.

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Castle Canterlot

Meanwhile back in the city of Canterlot, the night had fallen for the city and the citizens off Canterlot were enjoying their Nightmare Night as well, many children were out and about the streets of the city for trick or treating as well, and all was peaceful for the city. Celestia herself was enjoying her alone time as she sat in her castle throne room doing a little last minute paper work while admiring the very beautiful night her little sister had put together for this glorious holiday.

All was quiet in the throne room, and everything was nice and bright for the princess of the day to enjoy, the work she was doing was easy to dispense with and in no time at all she was finished. She let out a sigh as she made the papers disappear in a flash of golden light, she then looked to the night sky out the massive window next to her and smiled brightly at the night, knowing and feeling that Luna and Danny were enjoying themselves.

Suddenly as she was about to rise from her throne and retire to her bedroom for the night, the doors to her throne room swung open and a guard came in, he certainly looked like he was in a hurry as he ran to her. He then grinds to a stop right in front of Celestia and saluted while Celestia raised an eye brow in interest.

"Good evening my loyal royal guard and how are you this fine evening?” Celestia asked while the guard removed his helmet.

"My night is going great your majesty and well... We've discovered some things from that Stone Heart investigation you placed us on, "The guard said while the princess suddenly gave him a serious look, "We... Have discovered some evidence of possible foal abuse, physical so far, possibly mental as well, but it's not enough to arrest Stone just yet."

"Then you must get the evidence, bring photographers and all to that house and get hard evidence so we can arrest him,” Celestia decreed as she stood tall and authoritative, "My nephew has been telling the truth this whole time I'm assuming, and we mustn't allow foal abusers in our beloved city...!"

"Yes princess! Right away your majesty! “The guard said quickly with a salute before putting his helmet back on.

As the guard left the throne room as quickly as he came, Celestia was then left to her thoughts about the whole investigation of Stone Heart and his daughter Hershey Sprinkle, and she should have known Danny was telling the truth about him. There was now some evidence and she felt like this investigation was soon going to be a success, but she needed some more hard evidence to convict, and that's when a certain idea struck her and made her smile again.

"Hmm... I doubt Hershey would want to speak of her father to us... But I think I know some ONE who she may feel comfortable talking to,” Celestia said as she made a quill pen and paper appear in a flash she began to leave the throne room, “I think I will bring her over for a little visit with Danny, perhaps that could work."

With that plan quickly thought out she left the throne room finally to make a little letter to a certain some pony she will insist that comes to the castle, and she knew the father would have no choice in the matter, Danny was about to have a fun day tomorrow with his first friend.

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