Title:           Spooky Quest Day 3 Alrighty folks, ready for another night of SPOOOOOOKY QUES
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First Edit:      Saturday 5th of November 2011 10:57:30 PM CDT
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Spooky Quest Day 3
 
Alrighty folks, ready for another night of SPOOOOOOKY QUEST:  What a horrible night for a curse (No, seriously, shit's fucked yo)?
 
 Here's a recap of last night. It'll be in a few posts; you guys got A LOT done last night.
 
Spike discovered us at Zecora's hut, and we decided to let him in on our dark curse. Some vampire must have molested him as a kid, because he hated us for it and it took some convincing just so he wouldn't bolt and send a letter to Celestia telling her to fry us to a crisp. In an effort to avoid becoming a cold-hearted bloodsucker, we attempted to try drinking animal blood to see if that would prevent us from losing our minds. After a brief stint in the Everfree Forest, you learn that manticore blood tastes like shit and decided to see if non-magical creatures would be any different. Time was of the essence, so Rainbow Dash flew us to Fluttershy's house. She was afraid, not surprisingly, but we managed to get her to trust us enough to let us try biting Angel. Even though the fucker didn't do anything for us either, we accepted the inevitability that sooner or later you would have to look for volunteers. Fluttershy was out of the question; she saw how mindless both Twilight and Dash, and was terrified at the thought of becoming like them. We were getting thirsty, so we sent Twilight and Spike back to the library, Applebloom back to her farm, and had Rainbow Dash fly us and Sweetie Belle to the Carousel Boutique in the hopes that Sweetie could convince Rarity to “volunteer.” We got there just not long after the sun had set, and Rarity decided (dramatically, I might add), that her giving blood was better than us getting it from her little sister.
 
[cont.]
 
At the boutique, we did what normal little girls do: test out our bitchin' new vampire powers. Apparently, at night, we feel awesome, can turn invisible, and hypnotize people. Shenanigans ensued. During our play, both Sweetie Belmont and Scootula got a bit into it and ruined one of Rarity's fine clothes. We told her to dispose of it and that we were sorry, also ordering her to make Sweetie some dinner (because puny mortals still need to eat). That's when we noticed Dash had gone. Remembering that during our play, we might have accidentally said something about going to Zecora's hut, which Dash may have interpreted as a command. We ran straight to the hut (forgetting about Rarity cooking), and discovered that apparently our minions also get more powerful at night. Dash was almost back to her old self, still our slave but mindless no longer, and that she grew fangs and even converted Berry Punch to the club on the way over. Worried about what Twilight might do, we ordered Dash and Berry to never, ever bite Zecora as she continued working on the counter-curse before running straight to the library. [cont., we got a LOT done last night]
 
At the library, we found that Twilight had undergone a similar transformation, locking up Spike in a closet when he objected to Twilight telling him she'd bite the next pony to walk in the library. At this point, we started to get frustrated and decided to take care of Spike so he wouldn't be a thorn in our side any longer. We went full renegade and decide to hypnotize him into forgetting that we turned Twilight into a vampire and sent him on a one way trip to dreamland for the night. Twilight was thirsty, and we needed to find her a victim, otherwise she would probably completely flip out and attack the nearest thing she could find. The name of the game is to be subtle, and an enraged sorceress most certainly isn't. We found Lyra and Bon Bon and made them join the club. Actually, we realized that we could have probably spared Bon Bon, but we decided that simply turning her too would be easier (quite monstrous, don't you think?). However, they didn't go quietly, and one of the town's night patrols would have caught you if it wasn't for the clever thinking of a few Anons. You were extremely close to a bad end, so don't expect it to not have consequences just because you narrowly escaped. We told the now zombified Lyra and Bon Bon to head back to the library to look after (and not bite) Spike, before returning to the boutique. We returned, and though Rarity was regained some of her personality, it seems like she hasn't grown real fangs just yet (though she did bind and gag Fluttershy for us for later), so we were able to breath easy and go to sleep after freeing the timid yellow pegasus.
 
So, we have
 
Twilight, us, Sweetie Belle, Rarity and Fluttershy at the boutique
 
Lyra, Bon Bon, and hypnotized Spike at the library
 
Dash, Berry Punch, and Zecora at her hut
 
Applebloom at her house
 
Global bite ban on Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, Spike and Zecora. Bite ban on Fluttershy for Twilight and Rarity.
 
Still on your first life, glad you made some renegade choices, kept things on edge. You were very close to bad end at the park, the invisibility was genius. You have 1 save left.
 
You're able to sleep somewhat easy. Being full from Bon Bon helped, but what kind of self respecting vampire sleeps at night? Anyways, you wake up in the morning. Looking at the clock, the time is about 8:00 AM. You scan the room: Twilight and Fluttershy seem to both be asleep, and upstairs is quiet, suggesting that neither Rarity nor Sweetie Belle are stirring in their rooms. You wake up and try to shake the grogginess away, taking care to stay away from the shafts of sunlight pouring in from the windows
 
What do you do?
 
>See if there is any orange juice in the fridge. Vampires love orange juice.
 
>Wake everyone up, see if any of the leftovers are good enough for breakfast for Sweetie and Fluttershy.
 
Sneaking into the kitchen, it seems like everything's still good. You were out late last night; you've probably only been asleep for a few hours. Better than nothing, you suppose. You open the fridge to find a bottle of orange juice. Too lazy to pour it in a cup, you drink it straight from the carton. It's not bad, but not good either. It's surprising; you drink a little more because it makes you feel somewhat normal.
 
You decide to rouse everyone. You wake Fluttershy up, since she's closest to the kitchen. She's a heavy sleeper and mumbles "5 more minutes," gently kicking in her drowsy state. You then turn to twilight, who, upon closer examination, seems to have somehow lost her fangs from last night. You wake her, only to be met with that familiar blank stare. "How may I serve you, Master Scootaloo?" You breathe a sigh of relief; at least your thralls seem to be mindless and predictable during the day, which is good.
 
Going upstairs you find Rarity and Sweetie Belle in their respective rooms. Waking both, you return downstairs. Sweetie Belle tells you that she's hungry and asks what's for breakfast.
 
>Tell her that she should probably eat the leftovers. Ask Twilight if she has any spells that could get rid of the food after Sweetie Belle and Fluttershy are done eating.
 
>Ask Twilight if she has any idea how her fangs may have disappeared or where to find that answer.
 
Somehow you don't think it would be a good idea to trust your zombie minions around an open flame, so you tell Sweetie and Fluttershy to eat leftovers. It's like a buffet, Sweetie Belle eats some cold spaghetti and Fluttershy picks one of the many salads. It's only now that you really fully appreciate the tremendous amount of food that Rarity made. You wonder to yourself why she didn't get a cutie mark for cooking or something. You ask Twilight if she can possibly cast a spell to make it disappear. You don't want to have Rarity come back to house full of rotting food when all is said and done. "I can make is disappear, but it would still rot," the purple unicorn responds flatly. "Under StarSwirl's second principle of magic, all matter is conserved. I may be able to dump it somewhere else, if you tell me where you would like me to put it."
 
You ponder it for a bit and ask Twilight if she knew what happened to her fangs. "I don't know, master. When I felt the sun rise, I felt my mind "recede" if that makes sense. Now I'm happy just to serve you again." Maybe night does have a drastic impact on things. Better get your shit done during the day, you note.
 
>check on every one else's state of hunger, including Twilight.
 
You ask both Twilight and Rarity how thirsty they are. They eerily reply simultaneously and tell you they feel nothing. You yourself don't need anything any time soon, though, yesterday, you noticed that you needed more blood during the day than at night. You're still pretty full from Bon Bon. You guess eating too many sweets does make you a little chubby. Meh, you can always work out later in life.
 
>If there is a garbage dump near Ponyville just have her teleport it there.
What do you guys think we should do about the Spike situation? Do we find a way to check up on him, send Fluttershy to see how he is doing, or just ignore him and hope the hypnotism lasts long enough for us to get cured? Should we send Lyra and Bon-Bon instructions to flee if they are found out?
 
>Take some of that spaghetti. when we're cured, we'd better be eating something good.
 
You tell Twilight that you'd like to send it to the Ponyville dump, but before you do, you grab some of that delicious spaghetti for later. You'll want real food sooner or later, and goddamnit you're going to have real food!
 
Still, the situation at the library troubles you. You feel really bad for abusing your powers like you did last night (even though it made you feel totally like the dark queen you are). Still, you don't know what you should do. You're still surprised Applebloom hasn't come yet, especially since you told her that you'd be staying at the boutique before she left yesterday.
 
>If there is some way to get Spike to us or us to Spike, it needs to be done.
 
He is a liability we can't afford not to keep an eye on.
 
>But we can't keep him with as he is right now, either. If he sees us I'm willing to bet his hypnotism will break and he will run away or attack us. We can't hypontise him into our minion until tonight. I'm more worried about what would happen to Lyra and Bon-Bon, honestly.
 
You're really worried about Spike, and considering that a lot of your powers aren't active during the day, your spell might break as soon as Spike wakes up. You decide to head out to the library, but remember that you need to be shielded from the sunlight to get anywhere. You put on your old coat, but it's hot and heavy. You realize, though, that Rarity can make you anything you want. You tell her to make you a cool cloak, and 10 minutes later she hands you a full body cloak that's airy and has lots of pockets. You put it on and admire how incredibly comfortable it is.
 
Everyone seems about ready to head out. Fluttershy tells you that she'd rather accopany you because she wants to be there for her friends, even though they might not be able to listen.
 
Is there anything you want to bring from the boutique before heading to the library? It'll have to be small, these pockets aren't that big.
 
>Does Twilight have a spell to place him in suspended animation? So long as it's reversible we can cast it and stuff him in a closet until latter.
 
>Anyways, let's grab some gems and such to try and bribe Spike with. Make sure we tell Rarity to wait for us in the boutique until we get back or until nightfall, if we aren't back by then then she should head to Fluttershy's and wait for us there. And grab a comb.
 
Your attempts to samefag and be funny fall flat on it's face. Through divine intervention, it's like it never happened.
 
Thinking that nothing will help you on your quest, you head out in the direction of the library. You ask Twilight if she has any sort of stasis spells, and it turns out that she does, but she'll still need to wake Spike up periodically to eat and drink. Unless you order her not to, that is.
 
You head out in the direction of the library. It's on the other side of town, but the streets seem clear. Too clear, in fact: it's Sunday everyone should be out shopping. You see a couple of ponies in the distance head in the direction of the town square.
 
>Send someone other than Twilight to investigate the gathering and report back. Crowds would be a bad idea and Spike needs to be dealt with.
 
>Uh oh. Ask Fluttershy if she could go investigate what is going on in the town square and go meet us at the library when she finds out. Ask Twilight if she would be able to teleport the rest of us to the library or if that would be dangerous for her to try.
 
>Ask Fluttershy if she could please go check out what's going on and meet us at the library.
Also I hope we didn't forget that map that I said we should grab since we didn't have it last time we needed it.
 
Through time warping, you now have some gems in your pocket. You tell Fluttershy to investigate what's going on and that you'll meet her at the library. She agrees and walks off, but you can tell the crowd will probably make her nervous.
 
You ask Twilight if she could teleport to the library to avoid unwanted attention. She tells you that she could, but teleporting more than one person is EXTREMELY dangerous, but she could handle it if you all go one at a time.
 
You agree, and after a couple of rounds of teleporting, everyone is at the front of the library. The door is closed, but it opens easily. Lyra and Bon Bon are nowhere to be seen. Spike is still sleeping soundly in his basket, snoring away.
 
>Tell them to quietly look for Lyra and Bon-Bon while we find a hidden spot and keep an eye on spike. Once they've found those two have them come and get us.
 
>Apply Stasis to Spike.
 
>He is to be woken once every twenty four hours, during the night when he can be hypnotized, for feeding.
 
You decide to search the whole library for Lyra and Bon Bon. You KNOW you told them to go straight here to look at Spike. They're not here, which means they're out somewhere in Ponyville, if someone found them...
 
You try not to think of it and decide to take care of Spike before he wakes up. You tell Twilight to put the stasis spell on Spike, which she obliges. You see the little dragon covered in a purple aura, his breathing slows, and he just seems to slow down in general. Well, better safe than sorry.
 
You ask Twilight if that's it, and she says that she'll need to stay at Spike's side to refresh it from time to time. The spell she knows only lasts for an hour, and if you want to keep him like that until nightfall, then you're going to have to leave Twilight at the library. You could still wake him up and try to convince him, or leave him sleeping peacefully.
 
You hear a tap on the open front door and jerk your head to see who it is. Fluttershy's back, and she has a worried look on her face. "Um, Scootaloo, did you, um, "meet" Lyra and Bon Bon last night?"
 
>Tell her yes, ask if they got caught or attacked anyone.
 
>Alright, now what the fuck is wrong?
 
Well, shit. Looks like you have even more problems now. "Ugh, what now?" you ask Fluttershy.
 
She looks down at the ground. "Well, it seems like the Mayor called a town meeting, and well, the guards brought them out and said that they had been cursed by someone last night. They, well, looked like Twilight and Rarity, and everyone's really worried. The told anyone who knew anything about curses or who might have done it to step up after the meeting was over. I, I didn't say anything, since I didn't want to hurt anyone."
 
Damn, looks like one of the patrols got to them first (should have took them with you to the boutique). Well, it sounds like nobody suspects you since you've done a good job at keeping yourself hidden, but now everyone will be on the lookout. The guards will probably keep Lyra and Bon Bon in some sort of holding cell, but they might "react" when the sun goes down today.
 
This is troubling. You'd better hope Zecora finishes that counter-curse fast.  
 
>Put all spare stat points into "Hope"
Irregardless, we need to check on Applebloom since we haven't heard from her at all.
Also we need to check on Zecora's progress.
 
>Tell Fluttershy she may want to go home, since if we're caught, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to be caught with us. And ask her if she could keep her eyes out for Applebloom, since we're really concerned about her.
 
You thank Fluttershy, but tell her to go back to her house. If you need her, you'll find her there. Twilight teleports you all to Zecora's hut, but waits for the final word before teleporting herself back. If she teleports back, then you won't be able to reach her unless you walk back, which could take a while.
 
>Do we still have Spike with us? If not then ask her if she can teleport back to the library, teleport Spike to Zecora's, then teleport herself back to Zecora's.
>Don't forget about the part for keeping an eye out for Applebloom.
 
>Check with Zecora and see if there is anything we could do to expedite the brewing process.
Also keep an ear out for approaching ponies and tell Twilight to take Berry to the Library via teleportation and then come back. We don't want to have too many turned ponies here to teleport away if things get hairy.
 
*Thread is suddenly deleted after we spend a while questing.  Basically, we went to Zecora's and she told us we needed Scorpio venom for the cure.  Two guards showed up initially asking for Zecora's help, but after seeing our minions, they think that Zecora is behind it all and arrest her.  A scuffle leads to us knocking out one guard and biting the other.  We travel in the forest, encounter a sleeping Scorpio, and harvest the venom without fuss.  We return to Zecora's and she makes the final component of the cure and tells us to wait until sunrise.  She needs to find a good clearing and goes off to abandon us because she just wants the whole thing to be over.”
 
You call out to Zecora before she leaves, asking her where she had in mind in case you ACCIDENTALLY drive the whole town to hate you and have to run there as soon as possible?
 
"Don't worry, worst comes to worst you should be able to see it from the sky!" The zebra yells gleefully. You doubt she wants to be there with everyone when the sun sets.
 
Your thoughts also turn to Applebloom, and you feel like you should check up on her, but your thoughts also turn to Lyra and Bon Bon. They're in cells, but you know that Lyra is a unicorn and two guards are out of commission. It would be easy for her to telepathically lift a key and free herself while the warden is away on other business.
 
And then there's the matter with dealing with Twilight and her wards. Of course, there is the EASY way out...
 
>Our best bet would be to head to the edge of the forest with our wards, and as soon as we can use our abilities hypnotize Spike into being okay with us being a vampire and then give the other guard the choice of being food or being hypnotized.
 
After that we should decide who should be in our group when we go to rescue Lyra and Bon-Bon because we don't want those two running around town feeding on random ponies.
 
>By the time we could use hypnosis, Lyra will already be self-aware. We could drag them to the precinct, but that'll probably draw some concerned looks.
 
Though you're concerned with being subtle, you decide that fate has conspired against you left no other option. Maybe if you have the guard lead you, then people may assume that you're on some sort of official (weird, but official) business.
 
You have Rarity lift Spike telepathically and have Twilight do the same with the guard (a fully armored and grown stallion requires something stronger, don't you agree?). With gusto, you set off towards the town jail. If only it wasn't in the main square...
 
>Can we come at it from behind? If it is one of the buildings that makes up the main square its going to have a back that is on a side street.
>Shit, no. Leave everyone but Twilight, Rarity, Spike, and our guard minion at near Fluttershy's house and ask Twilight if she can teleport us into an alley by the prison.
 
Upon further review, you feel that being indecisive earlier would have just led you into trouble. Fluttershy's cottage isn't for from the beaten path, and you decide to pay her a visit.
 
You knock, and she opens the door meekly. She seems relieved to see that you're still in one peace, but then she sees the guards and slowly realizes that you MAAAAY be in a little over your head. "Oh my, are those guards? Who will police the streets now?" she asks, covering her mouth in shock. You remind her that it's just for one night, and they'll all be back protecting the citizenry by tomorrow morning. Not to mention, you didn't even bite one of them, and you ask Fluttershy to take care of some of our companions while we rescue Lyra and Bon Bon. She reluctantly agrees, she tells you that, if the young guard wakes up that she'll try her best to keep him calm and tell him that it was all a bad dream.
 
You leave Sweetie, the sleeping guard, Rainbow Dash, and Berry at Fluttershy's place, taking Twilight, Spike, Rarity, yourself, and your spiffy new soldier down to the outpost. You ask Twilight to teleport you one by one down to a back alley, which she does. It was a risk, but nobody seems to have seen you.
 
You take the back road to the jail, putting as much building as you can between you and other ponies in the main square. You can see the back entrance, but it's just across an open road. You'd be highly visible.
 
"Just hide in a box, that always works," you hear Pinkie Pie say as you contemplate. Of course! It's genius. You turn to face her and congratulate her on this brilliant idea. Wait, Pinkie? fuck, where did you come from? Oh jeez, this should be just another fucking barrel of laughs.
 
You think I could write a quest without best pony?  Think again!
 
>Oh uh, hi, Pinkie. What a... pleasant.. surprise... What are you doing back here?
 
>Hah, I thought her absence up to this point was odd.
Tell her that we just need to get ourselves and all the people with us into the jail without anyone noticing. Does she think she could draw everyone's attention the other way for a bit? We'll explain everything to her later if she does. Also, make sure that she understands that we don't want to be seen. Drawing their attention then pointing them at us would be a bad thing.
 
You try to find words. "Uhh, Pinkie, hi, what are you doing here?"
 
"Don't you know? I like prowling around in back alleys. It keeps things exciting. What are YOU doing here?"
 
You decide to be honest with her. "Listen Pinkie, we kind of need to spring Lyra and Bon Bon from prison before sunset. We're trying to cause as little a stir as possible."
 
Pinkie Pie gasps! "Them! Ha! I knew you had something to do with it." She draws you closer and whispers in you ear, "it's always the cute and cuddly ones, huh? Don't tell me though. It's more fun when it's a secret. To be honest, I've been getting the twitches all day, and I set up a nice seat on top of Sugarcube Corner to watch. Something really fun is going to be happening tonight! Don't disappoint me Scoots!" she yells as she hops away.
 
You're still a bit confused about the whole thing, but maybe Pinkie can help you. "Hey, Pinkie!"
 
"Yes, Scootaloo?"
 
"Would you mind causing a distraction for us? You know, if you want to."
 
She gets a sly look in her eyes. "Oh, sure thing Scoots. You can count on me!" She hops off into the main square.
 
Seconds later, you hear what sounds like a marching band, and almost everyone is rushing around the corner to see. Now's your chance, the back door is only 20 feet in front of you.
 
>Let's make sure that no ponies are going to be running down the street while we are crossing and then cross it ourselves. Have the guard be the first on to go inside and then have the rest follow us in.
 
>Peek around first, no blind rushing. That shit causes bad ends, and its crunch time now. If there is no-one who can see us, have Twilight magically open the door first, then run across. We don't want to get out into the open and find that it is locked. Get everyone inside as fast as possible then close the door behind you, and lock it if possible.
 
>Try and be quick about it but no really flashy running or anything that would draw too much attention from the corner of peoples eyes.
 
Alright, multitask time!
 
"Twilight! Unlock that door with a spell!"\
 
"Sergeant Twinkletoes (or whatever your name was)! Go in first, scout for, well, other guards!"
 
In one deft movement, you're across the street and everyone's inside. The room must be some sort of back storage room. You have the guard move through the small building first, checking rooms and making sure that you reach the holding area undetected. You're stealthy and silent, you bet Applebloom would love this is she was here!
 
The only guard inside seems to be the acting warden, sitting on a bench right outside the prison cells. You almost run into him, but he's engrossed in a book. You're honestly surprised that they actually read, but you have to decide how you're going to deal with him. You peer in from the other room, thinking of how you're going to get rid of the guy.
 
>Let's try hypnotizing him first. Tell Lyra and Bon-Bon not to feed on him without our permission and then have him let them out.
 
>did we ever grab those exploding potions from zecora's? if so, throw one of those somewhere else to draw him away.
 
>Aww hell no. Blowing up a wall is the exact opposite of what we want.
 
>No this is a bad idea. This would draw in tons on ponies wondering why something just exploded in the prison.
 
You can't tell if it's night or not yet. You'll try hypnosis, with a backup gag from twilight if it doesn't go well.
 
You casually trot up to him and sit, waiting for him to notice you. Though you pause for a little bit, he seems incredibly engaged in his book. You clear your throat, and put on your cutest eyes possible.
 
The stallion says, "Can I help you?"
 
You focus on his pupils. "You are getting veeeeeery sleeeeeeepy..."
 
The stallion stares back, seemingly captivated by your eyes. You think it's working, but then he says, "Look, kid, you're not really supposed to be back here. I'll be happy to help if you have a problem, but if you don't then I'll have to escort you back to the public rooms.
 
"Uhh, yeah I have a problem, it's called you! Nail him Twi!" You cringe at how bad that comeback was. Well, at least the failed hypnosis means it's not night yet and you can assume Lyra and Bon Bon will be easy to control.
 
Twilight does the same thing she did to the young deputy, a double dose of a voice muffler and binding his limbs telekinetically. You'd rather not spend time looking for a key, so you call in Sergeant Twinkletoes to free your minions.
 
The bookish guard looks stunned as he sees his commander obey you and free the prisoners. Now, how to deal with him?
 
>Ask Lyra and Bonbon how close they are to starvation, and if they can maintain control of themselves. Actually DONT LET THEM OUT UNTIL WE ARE SURE THEY ARE STILL MOSTLY SANE.
 
You ask Lyra and Bon Bon if they're thristy. They respond in a monotone voice, "We do not feel anything, master" The lack of fangs also means they haven't gone full crazy yet. You have the guard let them out, finally relieved that you have everyone together. Now, you just need to get back to Fluttershy's place.
 
You jump for joy! Too bad your jumping accidentally cause one of Zecora's bombs to come tumbling out of your coat.  You can hear it fizzling, about to explode.  “TAKE COVER!” you yell as everyone dives behind something.
 
>explosions
 
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah.
 
>Nathan I fucking hate you so much
 
Yell for Twilight to use her magic to toss it away from all of us.
 
>Combined. Magic cocoon back in the cell where Lyra was, assuming we are far enough away, like one of those bomb disposal dome things.  Screw you Nathan.
 
>Lucky for us Pinkie was playing the 1812 Overture.
 
I was actually running out of good ideas, thank Nathan
 
You tell Twilight to push the blast as far away from you as possible and try to erect a shield around the blast. She magics it into the corner on one of the jail cells while you tell everyone to hide behind furniture.
 
However, because your little chicken brain is too young to study basic physics, putting the potion in the corner would actually INCREASE it's destructive effect on the surrounding material.
 
Twilight's able to shield most of the blast force on your end, but, looking up from behind the table, the prison now has another doorway. Cutie Mark Crusaders demolition experts?
 
You look in fear as nearly all the ponies in the square looks at your group through the hole. On the horizon, you see the sun finally inch past the horizon.
 
What do you do?
 
>have Twilight teleport us all back to Fluttershy as fast as she can, one at a time. Bring the warden as well, we can always hypnotize him or turn him later.
 
>invisibility.
 
Run.
 
The thralls are about to frenzy, there is nothing we can do. Twilight can't get us out in time nor can she stasis a whole crowd.
 
Ponyville is fucked.
 
>Shut the fuck Nathan, you already ruined everything
 
>No, tell them all to stay still while Twilight teleports us out.
 
In a panic, you turn yourself invisible. Everyone saw you. Welp, no going back from here.
 
"TWI! GET US BACK TO FLUTTERSHYS! NOOOOOOW!"
 
You're all engulfed in a bright purple light. You open your eyes to see you in Fluttershy's living room, along with everyone else. Wow, you thought she said it was dangerous to transport everyone at once. You make a headcount. Sarge, check, Twi, check. Lyra and Bon Bon, check, Spike and Rarity, check, Berry, check, Sweetie and the deputy sleeping on the couch (damn, that girl is a fucking narc), double check. Dash, che.. wait, where's Dash, and Flutterhsy, for that matter?
 
You scan the room looking for them. Through the door to the kitchen, you can see Dash slowly backing Fluttershy into a corner. You curse yourself for forgetting to tell Rainbow not to bite Fluttershy. After wall, she was at Zecora's last night.
 
You you can hear Dash's words from across the room. "Cmon Fluttershy, it's so cool. You'll be so happy and get all sorts of cool perks. Just close your eyes and it'll be over in a second." Fluttershy looks and sounds like she's having a fucking heart attack.
 
>Tell everyone the are not to bite Flutteryshy, Sweetie Bell, Zecora or Applebloom.
 
>Ugh, well, Fluttershy doesn't want it, do tell Dash to stop. If someone absolutely needs sustenance, we have a nice jailer and a guard for them
 
Make everyone aware of all of the banned victims, accidents should be avoided.
 
>Check on Lyra and Bon-Bon, see how they are doing. They should be all sentient and stuff now.
 
"DASH! STOP!" you yell before the blue pegasus can advance any more on Fluttershy. The blue pony holds her ground and just turns her head, "But why master? I mean, Fluttershy's my friend. I'll be extra gentle with her. You can trust me."
 
"No Dash, she doesn't want it, look at her!" you point to Fluttershy, who probably wants to faint but is too afraid.
 
The blue pegasus puts on a sour face. "Fine," she says as she hovers back into the room.
 
You leap onto a chair! You are their queen and you will address them as such. "Everyone! Listen to your master!"
 
All of your minions focus on you. On each face you see a set of fangs. Wow, those things really grow quick. "Listen, ground rules! Rule number 1! Do what I say! Rule number 2! You must never, EVER bite Fluttershy, Zecora, Spike, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle. Rule 3! Um, well, just try to behave yourselves."
 
You collapse in the chair. You've been going all day and you're exhausted. You look over everyone in the room: a tankish thug, the fastest flier in the world, 3 sorceresses (one of which is one of the most powerful ponies you've ever known), an expert cook, and, well, a drunkard. They're all looking at you. You can tell they're thirsty. Now that you think about it, you're thirsty too. You have you're own private little army willing to do whatever you command them to, and a rockin' cloak that completes the image.
 
Begin reign of terror, y/n?
 
>There is probably going to be a mob heading to Fluttershy's very soon. Warn her about this and advise her to take to the sky and find Zecora and then stay with her until this is all over. Then hypnotize Spike into being alright with all of us being vampires. Then let the two hungriest of our minions feed on the two guards. Then go stealthily get Applebloom, we've left her out of too much already.
 
After all that let's see if we can't hunt an angry mob.
 
>Well, it's certainly tempting. I am terrified of making decisions I can't go back on, so I'll say leave our options open. We don't yet know the repercussions of the jailbreak sighting, and it would kind of suck to tell Zecora she can leave off the cure then have the whole town kick the not out of us for being evil and not trying to cure ourselves.
 
Its only barely after sundown, and we don't need to get cured or not until dawn.
 
>What we need now is some reconnaissance. Twilight expressed a desire to learn invisibility, lets teach her and anyone else who will learn, especially Dash.
 
>Go to Applebloom's.  Hopefully she hasn't watched “Let the right one in.”
 
 
You ultimately decide that beginning a reign of terror, though it sounds extremely fun, would just lead people to hate you. Besides, there's probably an angry mod on their way the cottage as well. Perhaps you shouldn't have shouted the name of your destination where everyone could hear. Oh well, you were in a panic. And you can say that you accidentally did it without putting on your scrunchy face.
 
You decide that you need to act, and act fast. Otherwise, you're going to have a private little army that WILL being a reign of terror without you. You tell Rainbow Dash and Twilight to feast on the captured guards: you'll need them on your side most of all. You walk over to Spike and prod him with your hoof. "Wake up, sleepyhead. You say, irritated." The baby dragon opens his eyes, only to be caught in a blast of your hypnosis. "Spike, we're vampires, you're okay with it, okay?"
 
The purple dragons responds with a groggy, "Gotcha!"
 
You tell Fluttershy that it would be best to probably take Spike and lay low for a while. She wholeheartedly agrees; of course, she'd agree to anything that gets her as far away from your cabal as possible.
 
You think and think about where you should go. Hmm...
 
Of course! Applebloom has a big barn! We can hide out there. You peer out the window and see that the mob hasn't reached you..yet. You tell everyone in the room (including your two new soldiers) to follow you and to not stray off under any circumstances. You open the door and head out.
 
>Let's hightail it to Sweetapple Acres. Make sure we use whatever tree cover we can.
 
>Head straight for Sweet Apple Acres, watch out for torchlight or other signs of the mob.
 
Upon arrival see if big mac, AJ or Granny smith is available for easy feeding.
 
What is Apple Bloom's status at this point? This is my first real involvement here.
 
>Applebloom's status is the same as Sweetie Belles: Just along for the ride.
 
>Make sure that we tell our two newest converts not to bite Fluttershy, Zecora, Spike, Applebloom, or Sweetie Belle
 
You head off to Sweet Apple Acres, trying to take shortcuts and paths that are the most obscured by trees and hills.
 
You arrive to see the fields empty. It's past sundown, so of course the fields would be empty. You walk up to the front door and knock hard. Applejack answers. "Oh hey, Scootaloo, you here to see...." her voice trails off when she sees your collection of minions staring at her.
 
"I'll just go get Applebloom. I'll be right back."
 
She's better hurry, because you're starting to remember that apples ARE your second-favorite fruit.
 
>When she gets back ask her if she wants to be a vampire for the night, tell her that she will be cured along with the rest of us in the morning.
 
You pound your back leg, impatiently. Applebloom finally answers the door. Man, she looks good (enough to eat). "Scootaloo! Ah'm sorry I could meet up with you today, Applejack wouldn't let me get out of working without a good reason and, well, ah know you wanted to keep everything a secret."
 
"Yeah, that's great Applebloom, but you remember what you said earlier about volunteering in case things got desperate? Yeah, well, things are desperate, as you can clearly see. Wanna join the club?" You smile encouragingly, somewhat too distracted to really pay attention to what you're saying.
 
Applebloom begins shifting her eyes. "Well, um, Scootaloo, well, I guess, if you have to..."
 
You hear the words "I guess," and that all enough for you. You leap on your friend and sink your teeth onto her strong neck. It's tough from doing hard work since she was old enough to walk.
 
Applejack screams and tells you to let go of her sister. You're not really in a good position to see, but you can tell your minions are flooding into the house around you. It's a madhouse, that's for sure. In the chaos, you can hear Sweetie Belle's high-pitched voice yell, "COOL!"
 
You regain your sanity a few moments and look over what happened. You see Rarity pinning down Applejack as Lyra and Bon Bon giggle as Lyra lifts a struggling Bic Mac into another room telepathically.  He's big enough to share, anyways. Granny Smith is till in her rocking chair, you think Berry got her, but she was just going to sit in that chair anyways, so you guess it doesn't really matter. Applebloom rises to your side. Okay, you think, that's only leaves the guard left to feed, at this point not really too worried about what you need to do to satisfy your thrall.
 
Sweetie Belle's in a pretty good mood, you never knew she had such a macabre sense of humor. You wonder if she'd like to participate in it, though. You need one more person, and then it's just hiding out until sunrise.
 
>OK, if this is happening, then we might as well do it. Ask if Sweetie want in, all the cool kids are doing it, and it would really help us out.
 
After that, can we finally see whether the rest of them can learn the invisibility trick? Might as well try hypnosis too.
 
Also, we should probably get a better hiding place than the farm itself. In every horror movie ever, someone realizes that that poor farming family is out there all alone and the mob goes to check on them.
 
 
captcha: psycho- seversit.
Spooooooky~
 
>Ask Sweetie Belle if she wants to join the club. Let's teach our minions how to turn invisible now.
 
 
"Oh Sweetie Belle!" you call with a calculating tone.
 
"Hey Scootaloo, can I become a vampire? You guys are just so cool!"
 
Really?  Oh, good. You call Sergeant Twinkletoes over to give Sweetie a nip on the neck. The white filly gives a little, "Ow" before her eyes roll into the back of her head.
 
Now that you're sane again, you can critically look at the situation: You have a dark legion over a dozen strong, and you kind of bit your friends, something you REALLY didn't want to do. Well, it looks like all you can do is wait until sunrise. If last night was anything to go by, you only need to feed once. You decide to gather all you minions to try and teach them to become invisible. Standing at the head, you feel like your teacher, Ms. Cheerilee.
 
"Alright everyone, we're going to perform an experiment. Just try and picture yourself invisible and think really hard about it." It goes no where fast. You suppose your minions don't get the same perks you do.
 
Suddenly, the front door is kicked in and Pinkie leaps into the room wearing a medieval get-up and brandishing a whip.
 
"DIE MONSTER, YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!"
 
No, Pinkie, we've already used that joke once, we're busy right now. She seems sad, "Oh, okay." and she walks out in awkward silence.
 
>Ask Pinkie Pie if she wants to hang with us tonight, vampirism is optional. Have Dash take to the air and see if she can locate the mob and locate Zecora.
 
"Hey Pinkie!" you yell. She turns her head around curiously. "Wanna hang out with us tonight?" Before you know it, she's at your side. "OOH, OOH! Can I be the dark overlord?" Meh, why the Hell not.
 
You order Dash to take to the air to search for a mob while you party with Pinkie. Things go well, Berry finds out where Applejack keeps her apple cider (it really is her special talent, you suppose), and Pinkie sets apple cupcakes to bake. Dash dances her way back into the house. "Well master, I have good news and bad new."
 
You're so desperate for good news that you ask for it first, "Good news is, there's no mob. Apparently the citizens of Ponyville are too apathetic to even form a good ol' torch and pitchfork mob"
 
Very, very good you think. "What's the bad news?"
 
"Aww, it's nothing. Some chariots flying right at us from Canterlot, but I'm sure we have nothing to worry about."
 
You can feel the spaghetti falling out of your pocket again.
 
>Leave a quick "I am very sorry about turning ponies into vampires and will be cured come morning and if not I will come right back here and wait for you to do whatever you need to do to me" note and then hightail it out of here with our minions. Tell Pinkie to turn off the stove and follow us.
 
>Aww dicks. Its either the Princesses or a dispatch of Royal Guard. Neither are good.
 
If its the princesses, our only hope is probably fucking book it through the trees into the Everfree Forest and hope that the lack of pony control means that they don't have any real power there.
 
If it's guards, we might be able to take them in a fight, but that is something we don't want to do. As it is now, we haven't really done any lasting damage, except to the wall of the jail.
Hiding is still probably the best bet. What time is it now?
 
>Oh boy you smell them cupcakes? They smell like bad end. OH MAN THEY SMELL SO GOOD.
 
>Something tells me that if Celestia or Luna is in one of those chariots they will be able to tell that Twilight is teleporting ponies.
 
Oh shit oh shit. You've seen the God-Empress angry, and it's not a pretty sight. Okay, so you may have went crazy in a bloodlust these past few hours, are you really to blame. You tell Pinkie to turn off the stove and head out. "But the cupcakes aren't even halfway done yet!" she protests.
 
"Well, Pinkie, I promised you I'd let you be the dark overlord tonight, and you know what, dark overlords take everyone and go to Zecora's hut" He even toss your bitchin' cloak on Pinkie's back. It doesn't fit her, but she likes it anyway.
 
"ONWARD MINIONS! THY MASTER'S DARK WILL BE DONE! HAHA!" she squeals as she leads everyone out. You make sure to leave a note for the Princess, after all it would be rude to just shaft her like this. You try to blend in with your thralls; maybe, JUST MAYBE you'll get lucky and Celestia won't notice that you're the one who turned everyone else and think Pinkie's the real ringleader.
 
>Run and hope we don't get caught by an angry sun goddess.
 
>Well then as soon as we get clear of the chariots have Dash take to the sky again and find Zecora then lead us all to her.
 
You trot up to Pinkie. "Hey Pinks, you know, dark overlords don't really walk when leading their thralls around, they run, really really fast."
 
"Really, oh okay!" And Pinkie breaks into a gallop. You tell Rainbow Dash that you'll be cutting straight through the Everfree Forest and to find Zecora and tell her to prepare the ritual. Once she knows where Zecora drew her power circles, fly above us and lead us to it. With a wink and a nod, Dash is off. You can only hope that your little legs can run fast enough. If only you had your scooter...
 
>See if we can ride one of the guards, have two other ponies give Sweetie Belle and Applebloom a lift as well.
 
Wait a second, you're a dark queen! And dark queen gets to ride their minions! "Hey Sarge! Me. your back, NOW!"
 
He lifts you and gallops fast, following Dash as she signals you from above the thin canopy. Suddenly, the tree line breaks, and you can see Zecora putting the finishing touches on some intricate designs on the ground. You'd be impressed if you weren't terrified out of your skull.
 
>Ok, no wrecking the designs. Tell everyone to not step on them or anything.
 
Don't interfere until Zecora tells you what to do, but make it known that you need to fucking hurry.
 
>Wait for Zecora to finish, tell everyone to be careful to not ruin the designs. Once Zecora is ready for us ask her how this cure is going to work exactly.
 
You rush over to Zecora, careful not to break the designs on the ground. She sees you and tells you that she just finished getting everything ready. She pulls out a blue powder from her bag, "You must eat this"
 
You gobble it down. It's tastes horrible, but right now curing yourself takes precedence over not blowing chunks. She tells you to stand in the center of the largest circle and turn to face the rising sun. You do so and look back at the chariot. You can actually see it now, and you beg for the sun to rise soon.
 
It does, really fast. Unnaturally fast, actually. At first you're happy to see the sun, to see that you'll finally be rid of this curse.
 
Then you remember the sun fucking hurts. You feel like you're body is being incinerated. Darkness consumes you.
 
[cont.]
 
 
You wake up wtih the sun in your eyes. You're still groggy, but you're happy in doesn't burn. It worked! It worked!
 
Your eyes focus on the small orange gem laying in the grass in front of you. You leap back, actually afraid of it for all the pain it has caused you. You back up into something, and looking up shows that it's none other than Princess Celestia herself. She looks angry. Uh oh.
 
"I'll take take that," she says, deftly reaching down and picking up the orb, placing it in a strange looking pouch. She then turns her eyes down towards you. Man, you never really appreciated how gigantic she is compared to you. The princess speaks again, "You know why I'm here."
 
You look down. You DO know why she's here. You were a bad girl who almost turned Ponyville into a nightmarish Hellhole. You didn't mean to, but you suppose that that's the way things just happened.
 
"I'm very disappointed in you, young one." Her words sting. "You've committed serious crimes these past few days, and for that you will be punished." You can't say you don't deserve it. "For a period of no less that two weeks, you shall remain imprisoned in the Ponyville jail. In addition to this, you must also help to rebuild the wall you "accidentally" destroyed." You can't help but feel impressed. When Celestia tells someone, they get TOLD.
 
"Lastly, and most importantly, you must swear to never play around with dark curses ever again."
 
"I promise, princess."
 
"Good" Her cold demeanor begins to melt. "I'm sorry I have to do this Scootaloo, but you'll thank me later. Without law, there can be no order. Now, why don't you have breakfast with me. You'll do good to enjoy it. It'll be the last good meal for a while." She chuckles.
 
Looking around, you see that everyone has returned to normal. Most of them glare at you, though. Somehow, you don't think that they conveniently forgot everything while they were enthralled.
 
[end]
 
Aaaaand that concludes Spooky Quest: The Legend of Scootula.  You got a good end; you lived, cured everyone, and didn't let anyone else die, but your renegade tactics and abusing your powers made you get found out and receive punishment.  Not everyone may like you after being enthralled, but though hard work and sincerity you can win back everyone's trust and respect. You guys never died, impressive. I'm surprised what was meant to be a silly Halloween oneshot turned into a full-blown three day quest. It was fun, and next time I think I'll do Werewolf Applebloom or Ghost Sweetie Belle. Or, something original.
 
DMing is extremely fun, and I think I'll do it semi-regularly. I need a bit of a break though. Thanks everyone! If you have any questions, I'll stick around a bit to answer.
 
(Question thread: http://arch.413chan.net/co31134726.html#31138573)