"So, you don't want to be turned into a pony? Are you sure?" Celestia asked, and Andrew nodded.

"I'm pretty sure I want to keep all of my appendages." He reassured himself, Celestia rolled her eyes as they went to Twilight's Library.

"Besides, I don't really think being a pony is my thing. Though, people back on Earth would die to be one." He said, and Celestia nodded.

"Twilight and her friends were worried when you went to the hospital. Luckily there isn't any permanent damage to your rib cage area." Celestia explained while Andrew opened the door for her.

"By the way, how long have I been out?" He asked.

"Just a night. You're in for a surprise tomorrow, it's Nightmare Night." She said.

"October 31st? That's Halloween!" He exclaimed, going inside after Celestia. Twilight came downstairs in a hurry, followed by her friends and the rest of Echo Team. The girls all ran up to hug him, and Andrew's team sat back and laughed at his distress.

"Please get off," Pinkie tried to hug him tighter, only for Andrew to pry her off as a response, "I'm sorry, I'm not much of a hugging type."

"What about the other night?" Rainbow asked defiantly.

"I have reasons why and why I don't. That was because you found something dear to me," Andrew said with a deadpan expression.

"What was that thing she found dear to you?" Celestia mused, Andrew sighed as he took out the locket from his backpack.

"This," He opened it up and gave it to Twilight to look at, "This is all that I have left from my Mother. It's one of my most treasured possessions."

"Well, I can see why you don't hug. Everything gets all sappy." Rainbow said, wiping a single tear from her eye.

Andrew and his team headed back to the Police Station, where they were getting security detail for Princess Luna tomorrow. They all had their Halloween costumes, because their costumes were actually customized body armor to each one of Echo's liking. Jhon was going as a BSAA Agent, while Helena was going as a Blue Police Officer. Nick was going as The Courier, and Andrew had an Advanced RIG, with fully functional Stasis and Kinesis Modules.

"Well, I'm going out to help out preparations for Nightmare Night. I'll see you later." Andrew said, heading out the door.

Andrew helped with preparations, setting up games slowly, and dessert tasting with Pinkie. He then passed by a music store, which happened to sell instruments too. Andrew had a large grin as he went inside. To be welcomed by the owner, who's eyes could not be wider.

"Oh! It's one of you! I never had any humans in my store before! Welcome!" He said, Andrew nodded as he looked around and into the Electric Guitars.

"Do you happen to own a Gibson Les Paul?" Andrew asked, he shook his head.

"We do have a Gibson Les Pony though, a classic." he said, pulling out the white Gibson on display. Andrew tuned it and started to play a few notes of a song.

"Dang man! You can play." Andrew nodded as he put the guitar back in the case.

"How much for it?" He asked.

"With your skill you can have it for half price! 1500 Bits!" Andrew sighed as he took out his coin sack and gave him the money needed to pay for it, the clerk smiled as Andrew walked out of the store.

He was done helping by now, and he even managed to schedule a small gig with Mayor Mare to play tomorrow night. Andrew went on over to the park to try out his new guitar, and decided to play a song just for his entertainment. He sat down on the rim of the fountain, making sure his guitar was tuned just right.

There was a crowd forming around Andrew as he finished, he looked around and saw that they were all staring at him. He smiled sheepishly as he played another song, he wasn't going to sing, because he had to sing tomorrow, and didn't want anything bad to happen.

The crowd started to get bigger, and closer to where Andrew was sitting. He started to pack up and leave, when Rainbow came up to him.

"Hey, you're pretty good with the Guitar." She complimented, Andrew nodded.

"I aim to please. Rock is never dead, as some people say." He said, Rainbow nodded as she looked at the guitar case.

"What type of guitar is that?" She asked.

"It's a Gibson, one of my favorites." Rainbow's eyes widened.

"Wait, was it that white one over at the Guitar Store?" He nodded.

"Yeah, why?"

"That was autographed by Gibson Les Pony himself! I've been trying to get it for months now!" She said, Andrew smiled sheepishly. She pouted and crossed her front legs together, Andrew sighed as he took the guitar out of the case. He looked and saw that there was an autograph on it, in silver Sharpie no less.

"Do you want it? I have a pretty good job to pay for another one, so it's not a big deal." He asked. He put it back in he case as he handed it to Rainbow. Rainbow's eyes could not get any bigger, she took it cautiously and slung it over her back.

"Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" She said, and went up to him to hug him.

"Uh, no problem. Really." He said, trying to be subtle while prying Rainbow off of him.

"Hey, it's getting a bit late, you want to get something to eat?" Andrew said, putting a hand on the back of his head, stretching. Rainbow looked down at her stomach as it grumbled, she nodded.

"Cool! It's a date!" She said, Andrew had a serious blush on his face.

"Uh, no. It's not a date, sorry I'm not planning to be in a relationship anytime soon." He responded, Rainbow was also blushing, noticing her mistake.

"Uh, I didn't mean it like that! I meant... uh... like the date of today! Yeah! I'm so excited for tomorrow!" She said, Andrew raised and eyebrow, but brushed it off as if it was nothing.

The two headed over to a Diner a little away from the town square, it was rather busy, and usually full of teenagers and young adults. Andrew looked around the place, but he never imagined it to be so... pink. It had a little place dug in the corner, where ponies would read books or use their laptop. On the other side it had a sports bar, where ponies would watch sports of some sorts. The only think that probably wasn't pink was the bar itself, which had neon alcohol signs and a blue neon color to it.

"I'm going to get a drink, do you want anything?" Rainbow asked, Andrew shook his head as he sat down at a nearby booth. He sat down and got relaxed, he almost fell asleep while doing that, but the waitress came before he could do so.

"May I take your order? Sir?" Andrew shot up and shook his head in a fast motion.

""I'm sorry what was that?"

"May I take your order?" He looked on the place mat menu.

"I guess I'll have the Buttermilk Pancakes and hash browns. I think the mare over there is getting, the Minestrone soup." She wrote that down and happily trotted off. Rainbow came down to sit with Andrew, and she looked like hammered shit.

"Damn Rainbow, you look like shit." He said, she nodded in a sluggish way.

"Yeah *hic* when you drink Applejack Daniels it *hic* can do stuff to ya. Here, give it a try." She offered him the bottle, and Andrew slowly pushed it out of the way.

"Sorry, I'm the designated driver tonight." He said with a straight face.

"C'mon! Just a little sip." She said.

"Well, someone's gotta get you home. I thought drinking and flying was illegal here." He said crossing his arms, once their food arrived Andrew's mouth started watering from just the smell of it.

Andrew literally choked down his meal, he hasn't eaten since yesterday at lunch, and Rainbow just sat there, watching him in horror. She had a smirk on her face as she sobered up, and eventually cracked up laughing. Andrew shrugged and scarfed down more food, and damn was it good.

"Ah, that hit the spot." He said, patting his stomach area. Everypony in the Diner went back to their normal routine after watching Andrew eat, especially Rainbow, who was on her second bottle of Bourbon.

"Alright, that's enough drinking Rainbow. Let's get you home." Andrew carried her over his shoulder, she wouldn't go willingly so he had to.

"But *hic* I live in a cloud house *hic* I can't get home unless *hic* I fly there *hic*." Andrew put a hand on his chin, and he snapped his fingers together.

"We have spare beds in the Police Station. You can sleep there for the night, kay?" She shrugged, probably because she wasn't thinking straight. Andrew put her down on the top bunk, and he undressed into his sleeping clothes. She was already fast asleep, and so were the rest of his team.

"I can say that this has been one helluva day. Can't wait to see what tomorrow's like." He said as he put the guitar down next to the dresser, in an upwards position.

Author's Notes:

Alright, so Nightmare Night is coming up for Echo Team, and I was somewhat vague with the costumes. Well, at least I was vague with Nick and Helena, because I want you to think of what they would look like in their costumes. If they would look like a badass Nick, or a sexy Helena.