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- >Today was the day you’ve been waiting for.
- >Halloween, or Nightmare Night as these lame-o’s call it, has arrived.
- >The two holidays were so similar it was just perfect.
- >You could fill your wildest dreams and write it off as part of the tradition.
- >And you can have some fun with it at the same time.
- >Rope was a secret weakness of yours.
- >The sound of straining fibers against muscle.
- >The bite of a thick knot against skin.
- >The scent of stale desperation.
- >The sight of bound struggle.
- >The taste of sweat ridden futility.
- >Rope provided so much, and you’ve been wanting to tie up some of these ponies for a long time.
- >It’s been hard to restrain yourself, especially with Applejack twirling her lasso around.
- >You’re bet she’s familiar with a monkey’s fist.
- >Oh the things she’s probably done with a cow hitch.
- >In due time, but you have to earn it.
- >Just to spice things up you’re going to play a little game.
- >Something from home that fits perfectly with this special day.
- >The hand-made costume was easily tailored by you.
- >You’re no specialist, but the design was rather simple.
- >A black onesie served as the base, followed by grey boots and gloves.
- >The cowl was grey as well, with a simple stitch pattern akin to barbed wire.
- >Two eye holes, and a pointed tip gave your mask a nice oval shape.
- >Only one final piece of paraphernalia remained.
- >A candle and holder.
- >Oh, and don’t forget the rope.
- >Yes, tonight you were the infamous Candlejack.
- >If any pony said the name you would be free to tie them up, and drag them away.
- >No matter how quiet they tried to be, no matter how hushed their whispers you would still find them.
- >In a land of magic, even a human has its methods.
- >Giddy with excitement for the little game and the prospects the night would later bring, you do the jitterbug out the door.
- >The early hours of the evening made for the perfect setting, the ponies going all out with the decorations.
- >How innocent and cute their little costumes were. Tiny ghosts, and witches, pirates, zombies, zombie pirates.
- >They were all quaint.
- >And of course Nerdlight Sparkle, who thought this was some sort of LARP, and dressed as some boring old wizard or whatever.
- >Sure, wizards used to count, but when magic is a part of every life they get disqualified at being scary.
- >Unless they were a necromancer. Necromancers were still cool.
- “Hello Twilight.”
- >”Oh, hey Anon. What are you dressed up as?”
- “It would be no fun if I just told you. Why don’t you guess?”
- >You’re biting your bottom lip pretty hard underneath that mask. Your free hand readies the rope.
- >”Um….you’re a ghost!”
- “Nope.”
- >”A specter.”
- “No.”
- >”A wraith.”
- >At least try.
- “Those are all basically the same thing!”
- >”How about a hint?”
- >That still falls within the rules.
- >You point at the candle in your hand.
- >”Candle ghost!”
- >Ugh
- “No, and don’t you dare say candle specter, or wraith, or spirit.”
- >”Candle something.”
- “You’re on the right track.”
- >How can you hint at the second word?
- >You start doing some jumping jacks.
- >”Candle leaper, candle jumper, bouncy candle person.”
- >”Oh, oh, are we playing charades? I love charades!”
- >Pinkie Moose flies out of left field.
- >Her head was poking out of the neck, and the costume’s face had a mask of its own.
- >It was a paper mask with a green head and black question mark.
- >Clever girl.
- “Hello Pinkie, Twilight is just trying to guess my costume.”
- >”Can I play?”
- “Absolutely.”
- >Come on Pinkie, you can do it.
- >Let’s pit all of that energy against some rope.
- >”But first you have to guess my costume~”
- >Making you work for it, huh?
- >That’s fine. Makes it all the more enjoyable.
- >You’ll even tease her a little.
- “Well, you’re a moose.”
- >”Kinda.”
- “But not just any ol’ moose. Some sort of unknown moose.”
- >She starts grinning as you work your way towards the answer.
- “Not any moose, but maybe a –non- y moose.”
- >Her shark tooth smirk is hiding something.
- >”Close, but no cigar.”
- “You’re not Anonymoose?”
- >”Not a non y moose or Anonymoose. I’m a Nony~moose!”
- >Doh ho ho.
- “Nice one, Pinkie. Now it’s your turn.”
- >Twilight pushes back in next to Pinkie.
- >”It definitely has to do with a candle, and it’s not a ghost.”
- >”Do that second thing again.”
- >You resume your impromptu exercising.
- >”Candle hopper.”
- >”Candle skipper.”
- >”Candle quaker.”
- >”Candle Candleston of the Waxy Express.”
- >This isn’t going to work.
- >Stopping to catch your breath you just point to Applejack.
- >”Candle Apples!”
- >”Caramel Candle Apples!”
- >It’s going to be a long night.
- >All throughout the celebration ponies gather and try to guess your costume.
- >The closest any of them got was Candle Applejack.
- >You were damn near willing to take that one.
- >It was supposed to be a simple affair, but now you don’t even care anymore.
- “It’s Candlejack! How do none of you know the name?! Aren’t you at least familiar with the nursery rhyme?!”
- >”Hey, look! There’s two Nony’s!”
- >”Helloooo.”
- >Oh freakout.
- >Hoisted with your own petard you weightlessly float in the air at the end of Candlejack’s rope.
- >One of the ponies calls out from the crowd.
- >”Do you want any help Anonymous?”
- “No, I’m fine. A blue retard in red underwear will save me shortly.”
- >Candlejack and you float into the forest stopping by a fire.
- >”Nice costume.”
- “Thanks.”
- >”LET ANONYMOUS GO, CANDLEJACK!”
- >Oh NOW they say it.
- >Looking at where the cries come from is a bunch of blue ponies wearing red spandex.
- >The assembled bunch looks like a group of power rangers who due to a clerical error only had one color.
- >Rainbow Dash, Minty/ Colgate, Trixie, Lyra, Vera, Mrs. Cake, and Snips stand at the ready.
- >Well you won’t fault them for trying. They all fit the bill, at least in the second category.
- >You and Candlejack share a knowing glance.
- >The retards already lost.
- Epilogue
- >The next day you are enjoying a sandwich with your new best friend.
- >Twilight spots you and trots over, apparently surprised to see you.
- >”Hi, Anonymous. I heard about what happened. How did you escape?”
- “My friend Cosgrove here took care of everything.”
- >”I’m glad everything worked out, and you even made a new friend. By the way I think I figured out what your costume was. Was it Candle Stomper?”
- >You turn to Cosgrove and softly shake your head.
- >He points at Twilight.
- >“Hey, cut it out.”
- >Twilight hangs her head and starts to walk off.
- >”I’m sorry.”
- “I love you man.”
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