A Electri-frighting Encounter [En & Stardust] [Dead]

[EN]

It's that time of year again! Tonight was Nightmare Night! Tonight is where all things frightful come out to set ponies everywhere screaming, ponies having fun carrying bag of sweets, fun games to participate, and the time for pranks! What a wonderful festivity! Normally this pony would be out flying or reading his books, but this was something he can't miss! Especially when he just might make a friend. Ahem, not that he needs friends or anything! This year, instead of being at Cloudsdale, Raijin decided to attend Nightmare Night in Ponyville. What was the costume he was wearing? Nothing special, just the fastest superpony ever, Flash! He had a red latex bodysuit on, the lightning marks at their respective locations, and even the ones on the ears. This year he went for a much simpler costume and a little something for kicks. Flash had wings? Of course not! Don't be silly! There's nothing wrong in dressing up as one of his favorite superponies.

Now onto the very friendly and pastel colored town that is Ponyville. Well it would be colorful if it wasn't for all the scary decors hanging here and there. Now mind every pony that this was not his first time in Ponyville. He's been here countless of times, so much it was as if he lived here, which doesn't seem to be a bad idea when ever he saves enough bits to build his own little place to live in. Probably somewhere close to Ponyville and Cloudsdale, but eh this is getting off topic. 'What to do first..? I don't really eat that much sweets, but I could go for a snack. Oh wait! I have this with me! Yeah let's do it!' Raijin wasn't the mischievous type, but it always seems to come up every now and then, especially during a night such as this! The yellow stallion was flying, and hiding, above Ponyville Town Square. He was behind a black grayish cloud hoping no pony would see him as he started picking out his choices. His eyes caught someone white and moving, a pony, or so he thought. He snickered and slowly made his way down without making a noise. At this point other ponies already caught sight of him, but oh well, his target wasn't them anyways.

He was glad whoever this white figure was didn't turn around as he creep closer, from behind, closer...and closer.. With a smile, which is surprisingly rare, Raijin blew and turned the gray cloud into mist form around the figure dressed in white which surrounded him or her. "Muwahahahaa..!" The pony tried his best to create a deep sinister voice as his upper body rose up from the ground, his forehooves moving in a motion like he was going to grab the figure. He was hoping now, whoever this was, would turn around so he can finish his act. Tonight was Nightmare night yes, but this pony was forgetting one thing. With all the excitement, he was forgetting all the different creatures that could appear tonight. Even the one that he fears...ghosts..


(( ooc: sorry if this seems long! I did try to refrain myself though.. o uo; ))

[Stardust]

The dark blue earth pony grabbed a sheet off her bed. Taking a pair of scissors in her mouth, she carefully cut two large holes in the center of it. Now dropping the scissors, she took hold of a corner of the sheet and whipped it around in an arching circle until it landed squarely on top of her. Wriggling around a bit, she got to the point that she could see out of the two cut holes. Nightmare Night had never been a favorite holiday of Stardust, because she never liked to interact with many of the enthusiastic candy-seeking ponies. However, she couldn't just sit around when there were so many costumes to see. Careful not to trip on the long sheet that drug close to her clicking hooves, she made her way out of her humble cottage and down the street. Large spiders hung from transparent threads on many of the building and homes as she walked by. Coming closer to the center of town, more and more fillies were seen walking around in various costumes. There were witches and pirates, princesses and zombies even. She saw a colt wrapped up in tissue paper, masked as a mummy. Stardust smiled under her sheet. Despite her shy nature, she loved to be able to be unrecognized by ever pony and just sightsee around the nightmare-ified town.

Reaching the center of town, Stardust stopped and looked around. She now was surrounded by ponies. Some playing games, some doing sword fights in the middle of the street. She now saw many more characters; superheroes, bumblebees, even a Princess Celestia costume with matching flowing hair. She stood there for quite a while, taking it all in. The normally colorful town was reduced to the gloomiest thing she had ever seen, and she wondered how they put it together so fast.

Suddenly, without warning, a cloud of mist surrounded Stardust, making her sheet seem slightly damp. She thought about which weather pony was tormenting her this time, and she spun around quickly, but only after remembering that under her sheet, no one would know it was her and therefore, it couldn't be one of the regularly bothering pegasus ponies. To her surprise, she saw a muted yellow pegasus on his hind legs towering over her. She gave a confused look, but of course, under her ghost costume, no one would know that.

[EN]

The cloud of mist disappeared. Wait what? The stallion had imagine it to last a bit longer, but whatever, it got what he wanted. He wanted the white figure to turn around. Raijin was hoping to scare who or whatever this...thing was, but his efforts were prove to be naught. Not a single reaction, not a single hint of motion with the exception of it turning around. Nothing! He frowned slightly and lowered himself until his front hooves were touching the ground once again. 'Well that could had gone better. Least say something or show me a little humor. Anything!' The razor headed pony sighed as he thought to himself. Ok maybe this wasn't his best prank and ok, maybe he doesn't usually do stuff like this, but he wasn't going to admit it. "Can you say somet-...!?" Raijin became speechless. His mouth was opened and pupil seem to have shrunk after getting a much more better view as the mist dissipated into nothingness. 'N-no way! They don't exist!' His heart was beating at a faster reach and it was as if it was going to popped out of his chest. Now that might definitely scare somepony, but that wasn't the point right now. "G-g-gh-gho..." He had trouble getting the word "ghost" out of his mouth.

Raijin hated ghosts. He fears them. Those transparent supernatural ghastly beings just sends his mind spiraling into darkness every time. What's worse is that he couldn't even do anything about it. What does one expect him to do? Push them away? Yeah really funny when physical contacts just slip right through them! Not to mention the thought of one of those ghastly beings going through...one pony's body. Ugh! He took a few steps back. Oh how hard he was trying to remain calm, even trying to laugh it away. "Ah, hahaahahaa..." If anything he sounded like he was going a little crazy. His left eye even started twitching! Maybe he was hallucinating? Hay no! This was real!

It wasn't until a group of ponies that walked pass behind the ghost did he realize something. Something was off! "What the... Wait a second...!" Raijin shook his head and peered at the ghost. Why couldn't he see the group of ponies when they walked behind her? Arn't ghosts suppose to be transparent..? Oh for the love of...are those hooves?! Blue hooves?! Huh? Who? WHAT?! The stallion in his Flash costume felt a warm feeling on his cheeks. He was embarrassed at his own actions, embarrassed that this pony turned the scare on him. "Oh you think you're good huh? I suppose you may have struck a nerve or two, but just you wait! I'll scare that sheet right off of you!" Raijin stepped up to the pony in the sheet and stared at the pony in her face, almost inches from touching the equine's face. Was this pony even trying to scare him? Yes! Well...maybe.. Oh fine! No! He was just a little heated up at the moment. He was angry or mad, but whoever this pony wasn't, they almost scare the color on his pelt white.

[Stardust]

Stardust watched, scared at first by this pegasus's odd behavior. He was breathing heavily and shakily, and his eyes squinted and twitched. Then, Stardust became amused. She wiggled in her costume, making the sheet flow around the base of her. Her one mistake was letting it slip away from her hooves, exposing the dark blue coat. She tried to keep her eyes open, letting her bright blue irises entrance the frightened pegasus before her. Everything suddenly clicked. He had been trying to scare her, and play a prank. But without knowing, she had dressed as something he feared, and she took in the reverse role play that was happening before her. Just as quick as the moment had started, it ended with the pegasus looking down at her hooves. His face became puzzled, then slightly angry. He accused her, and said that he would get her back. Stardust suppressed the giggle she had under her sheet as she saw his cheeks flush red.

The strange pony leaned in close, squinting his eyes and peering at her own. She saw the fear behind his golden eyes, and realized what she had done. She had never intended to scare this stranger so much! In fact, she hadn't even intended to scare him at all! She tried to take a step back, and made her jaw go up and down trying to say sorry, but her movement and words were swept away. A breeze blew through, ruffling her sheet, and so she stood on it with one hoof. When she tried to walk again, however, she had forgotten this detail and went tumbling to the ground. The sheet now lay half on, half off of her as she sat in a heap with her legs tucked under her at odd angles. She wasn't hurt, but extremely embarrassed now.

The white sheet that had hid her face and her facial expressions now only covered her back end, and her upper half was left inches from the pegasus. Her white and blue hair was now flopped around in a mess on the cobblestone street, and her back ached. When her hearing tuned back in, she heard the laughter from the ponies around her, and her face grew hot. When Stardust was boiled up enough, she might just reverse the role-play again. Holding in her anger, she instead felt humiliated and tried miserably to get back up and cover herself under her ghostly sheet. She couldn't bear to make eye contact with the pegasus, but somehow her deep, vibrant blue eyes locked onto his golden ones and she suddenly felt a little more calm.

[EN]

Well now, lookie here! This pony was trying to back away. He was expecting a remark back from this pony in all honestly. It wasn't everyday he would see a pony not talk back to him because of his attitude, not that he has one.. From within the sheet, Raijin could had sworn he saw movements of what it appeared the pony's mouth moving as she took a step back and BAM! A accident happened. The pony tripped over her own sheets and made a scene. Was she trying to say something? He couldn't read mouths, but it sure didn't help with that sheet over her face. How the hay was she moving around in those large sheets anyways, but that wasn't important given the current situation. The stallion heard laughter from the ponies surrounding that was walking by, but least some had the decency to hold it in or snicker silently. What kind of ticked him off was the loud laughter from a group of earth ponies around his age. "Oh ha ha, very funny. Hilarious. Really now..?" Raijin walked over to them and grabbed the cup of juice one of them were drinking from his hoof. He had an unamused expression on his face before the sound of pouring liquid silenced the area. He had just poured the juice over his head. "Well? Think it's funny now? Go on, laugh! I dare you! Laugh and I'll make sure your home get's rained on until next year's Nightmare Night!" Raijin replied loudly and looked around to every pony he eyes could see, glaring at them. Was he serious? Oh yeah! Definitely! At least that's what he's trying to convince all of them and believe him, he can be very convincing.

"Sheesh, what a way to ruin the mood.." The now wet and sticky pegasus, with his neck slouching down a bit, made himself back to the blue pelted pony. He open his mouth to speak, "Seriously, what are we? Little fillies and colts? That stopped getting funny a long time ago." He muttered to himself and studied the pony trying to put her sheet back on. She must be embarrassed, or so he thought. "Are you hurt..?" He asked the mare wouldn't if she hurt herself. "Don't get the wrong idea! It wouldn't feel good to scare you out of your wits if you're not feeling one hundred and twenty percent!" He finished off, trying to avoid eye contact. "Name? You have a name? You can't just tug on the nerves of somepony with that good costume and not tell them your name. I mean, it's not everyday a pony manages to make me a little jumpy." He tried hide the fact he had a fear of ghosts, not to mention this way he might get a name out of this mare.

Even though he still had that not amused expression on his face, he was feeling less irritable. "You picked the wrong time to be clumsy." His eyes went towards her once again as droplets of juice drip down every so often. Raijin wanted to invite this mare to join him in Nightmare Night, but he wasn't sure how to phrase it. "Want to stick together?" He said flatly without even thinking and realized what he has done. "I mean it's a good idea if I do say so myself. Least if you trip again, you won't be alone, and I won't have to feel bad if you do get hurt." Dear Celestia! Just what was sprouting out of this equine's mouth?! He wanted to facehoof himself and he did just that, but only in his mind. On the outside he kept the calm and cool demeanor he was trying to surround himself with. He was rather hoping the mare says yes, but with the way he's speaking he wouldn't be surprised. After all, it wouldn't the first time he got refused.

[Stardust]

Stardust finally righted herself, draping the sheet over her back and letting it fall off her face. The pegasus was now dripping with juice, and she wondered what she had missed during her tumble. The laughter had stopped suddenly, and she was actually grateful when conversation started back up. The Pegasus rattled on a couple questions, and she gathered up the courage to answer.

"I'm alright, really. Stardust, by the way. Can't help but be clumsy when you're wearing sheet!" She tried to be light, but instead sounded awkward. She did, though, suppress a smile at the mentioning of frightening the Pegasus before her. She was, quite frankly, surprised when he asked her if she wanted to stick together for Nightmare Night, considering no pony ever wanted anything to do with the shy, clumsy earth pony that was Stardust. She looked at the yellow pegasus, and processed his face. He looked cool as a cucumber, but Stardust was an expert at emotions and this pony was feeling silly. After all, he was dripping juice...

Stardust decided then that she wouldn't be hiding her smiles anymore. Instead, she shone a bright one.

"I'd love to stick together, I guess, but only if you tell me your name."

Stardust stopped herself then. When was she this openly friendly? That was it though; she wasn't. Her social skills were lacking, and now, she thought she might regret his asking. What was she supposed to say to a complete stranger that she was now hanging out with on Nightmare Night? She dropped her head down a little and shook it, face hoofing herself in her head. It was too late to change anything now, however, and so she stood tall and flashed another wide smile.

[EN]

"Well maybe you should have shorten the sheet." The pony pointed a hoof at the white sheet. 'I should probably take this off...' He thought to himself and shifted around a little. His costume was sticky and it felt uncomfortable, but the thought seems to have went away after hearing the mare introduce herself. 'Star...dust. Stardust?' It's a good sounding name, really it is, but he kept it to himself. Raijin was expecting the mare to refuse, but was he in for a surprise. "I'd love to stick together." He heard the mare reply, but at first he thought she said something else. In his mind replays of ponies saying no whenever he tried to ask them for something played over and over again. "Well fine! Not like I wanted company anyways..." The last part was whispered to himself before something clicked. Was he hearing things or did this mare say yes? He was shocked and it almost broke the demeanor he was trying to held. "W-wha.. I mean," He cleared his throat, "Raijin. The name's Raijin." The young stallion was unaware, but there was a slight smile on his face.

What was they to do now, but more importantly, what was he to do? Truthfully he never came across this scenario, so right now he felt like he was in unknown territory. 'Ok, don't mess this up now...' At first he eyes glance around, trying not to make eye contact with Stardust, but when he did he caught her smiles. Her smiles made him worry and he felt his head move back a bit trying to figure out why she was smiling so...widely. "What's...up with you? Is there something funny about me?" If anything was funny, it was probably him and his juice covered self. More importantly...what's up with this mare? Of all the ponies he's encounter what makes her different? Raijin had many questions bouncing back and forth within the depths of his mind, but he had no answers for either of them. "We, should probably get moving. This night won't last forever." Raijin started walking and looked back to see if she was following. "Anything you would like to do first? I mean, there's a lot of things I like to do, but I thought I would be nice and let you choose first."

[Stardust]

Stardust kicked around the sheet hanging on the floor, and hiking it up a little off her back so that it no longer tripped her up. The stallion seemed puzzled by her answer, and she wondered if she had said something wrong. After all, she was known for that. Seeing him falter before stating his name, she figured he might not have that much social experience too, or at least, not in situations where you were just scared out of your wits before being dumped with juice.

She heard his name, but didn't really process it in her head. She was just watching his movements to see if he would ever loosen up. However, unknowingly, she was still grinning like a school pony, and now Sheba d really done herself in.
"What's... Up with you?" She heard him say, and she quickly wiped the smile off her face and stared at the ground. She was making a complete and utter fool of herself. Why she had decided to come out on Nightmare Night was now a mystery to her. Trying desperately to save her own well being, Stardust looked up at Raijin.

"Sorry, there's nothing funny, I was just wondering about the juice..." She trailed off. He had asked another question before this... What had it been? She racked her brain, trying to keep her weak conversation going, when it finally came to her.
"I'm not that familiar with Nightmare Night, so you don't have to be that polite, thank you though. Lead the way to whatever you think is best!" She stretched a hoof out in a sweeping motion to the many activities and things going on around the town. She only hoped that Raijin would take the lead without being to chatty...

[EN]

Raijin watch the mare's smile go away after he asked her what was wrong. It made him think that he just made her feel uncomfortable. "Juice?" Stardust was asking about the juice. "Really?! You mean you didn't see?" Thinking back she was trying to put her sheet back on when that whole situation happened, so he couldn't blame her. "I guess it wasn't much now. I pretty much made a fool out of myself by pouring juice on myself and told if anyone laughs, I would make it rain on them until next Nightmare Night." The pegasus frowned slightly, but not because that Stardust didn't see what he did, but more towards the memories that popped into his head. The memories of when he was attending school during his colt years, how he was always the last pony picked for anything, how the laughter was always at him, how he didn't really make a single friend. Bleh! Bad times, but whatever that was all in the past. "Yeah, it wasn't right for everyone to laugh at somepony's misfortune. I mean, you could had gotten injured." He started speaking more calmly now, but sadly it didn't last long, "It's not like I care or anything! I just didn't find tripping to be funny and for the fact that one could have gotten injured. I know it doesn't feel good being laughed at."

"Hey why don't you smile more?!" Raijin gave the mare a little nudge with his hoof. He wanted to say she looks better in a smile, but instead he replied, "You know it takes more muscles to frown? It's just a waste of energy." What is he? A Orthopedist now?! Together with Stardust, they pass through some stalls. "Hmm.." He was thinking of what to do first. Pumpkin carving? Apple bobbing? Haunted house? "How about this?" The pony pointed towards a bucket full of spiders, toy spiders. "You throw this and try to get them in the center of the web." Raijin picked one up, aimed, and tossed it. He had high hopes it would land in the center, but instead it landed on the lowest part of the web, so much for him showing off. "I wasn't paying attention!" He made an excuse of why he missed and grabbed another, this time missing completely. It even landed on another filly's back causing a little scream to erupt. "I, uh, my costume's sticky I'll have you know!" Yet another excuse was made, but from past experiences he was never really good at this game. Not to mention he would rather not go into his geek mode and start analyzing everything from the weight of the spider to the wind velocity. He could do all that, but what's the fun in that? "Here you try!" He held another toy spider towards Stardust with his head turned away, trying to hide his embarrassment.

[Stardust]

At this point, Stardust didn't know what to think. She felt bad now, about not seeing Raijin's juice encounter, but he then said something that she thought was rather nice. Turned out, that he had dumped juice on himself to divert attention away from the fumbling Stardust. She smiled again, but this time, it was a softer smile, one that seemed more genuine instead of seeming fake. He looked troubled with his own thoughts, before going on about how it wasn't right for the other ponies to laugh at her. Just as quickly as his calm demeanor was there again, it disappeared like the mist cloud, and he fumbled, trying not to sound all sappy. Stardust smiled, without her teeth showing, like a friendly gesture to Raijin, before she said,
"Thanks Raijin. You're actually the only pony that will talk to me without inserting an insult-" she stopped, frowning at her sudden open conversation that surly wouldn't interest a pegasus like Raijin, who seemed more of the less-sensitive type. That's when he started going on about smiling, and how it take more muscles to frown and such. Nudging her, she looked up at him and lifted one corner of her mouth into a little half smile. They were walking now, side by side, and she stole a sideways glance at the stallion. For some odd reason, she felt like she could share the things she normally held back around him, and not be made fun of for them. She opened her mouth to say something when Raijin lifted a hoof at a large spider web in front of them.

"How about this?" he said.

Since Stardust only came out on Nightmare Night for the sights, she had never played any of the games around the Town Square, and so she listened and watched the yellow pegasus intently. She saw him pick up one of the stuffed spiders, and toss it with a thrust of his hoof. It stuck to the bottom edge of the web, and Stardust heard his excuses. She tuned them out, however, and just watched his second attempt. The fuzzy thing landed on a mare's back, and she shrieked, running through the square trying to shake it off. At this, Stardust giggled. Unsuspecting, she suddenly had a pair of beady, black eyes in her face as Raijin handed her one, telling her to try. He wasn't facing her, however, and she couldn't see his face. She suspected it to be pink, though.

Taking the spider in hoof, she stuck her tongue out the side of her mouth and focused on the web. Tossing it with barley enough force, it landed right next to Raijin's first toss. Without letting him make a comment, however, she reached into the basket and pulled out another. This one, she thrust too hard, and it caught the top of the web, rolling behind it. She huffed hair out of her eyes and groped in the basket for the last spider. Positioning her hooves, she bent low and tossed the spider just to the left of the center. She was probably taking it to seriously, but she didn't care at the moment. Standing straight once more, she beamed at Raijin, closing her eyes and breaking her face into a grin that reached her ears. She had never actually succeeded in doing anything before that involved another pony, and she savored the moment. Opening her eyes again, she said,

"So, where to now?"

[EN]

The pegasus watched as Stardust begin tossing the toy spiders, looking hard to see if she would do better than he had done. The first one landed next to his, the second one almost got on, and the last one...came closer than he ever did. "Not bad I suppose." Raijin found himself smiling after seeing Stardust's grin. Yeah, him of all pony was smiling. "I'll give you that one, but wait the next one!" He really wanted to know what he was doing. Was he doing something different? No, that's not it. This pony puts no act for anypony! "Least you could try to act different!" He recalled what one pony said to him two weeks ago. He would much rather stay true to himself than putting on a mask just to get ponies to like him. If they didn't like him for who he was, then oh well.

After Stardust ask him where they should go now, he give it some thought. "Well, we can crave some pumpkins, go bobbing for apples..." He started walking again, gesturing the blue pelted mare to come along with his head. He pointed over to some of the places he just mentioned along the way as he glance around for more. "Two please." The pegasus stopped by stall selling caramel apples and traded the owner bits for two sticks. "Caramel apple? They're pretty good." He offer one towards Stardust. He didn't realize this yet, but little by little he was starting to warm up to this mare. "So what were you saying earlier? Something about ponies and insult..." He paused and took a bite of out the caramel covered fruit. "Insult... Insults? There are ponies insulting you?!" He replied suddenly after swallowing. Raijin's face was showing off a rather concerned look, but at the same time he held a irritated expression. He thought some ponies around them was talking about her so he started looking from left to right. Thud. Something or somepony bumped into him. He didn't see anypony at first but after looking down he saw a little colt sitting down rubbing his head. With his head going down, Raijin stared at the colt, his face still in the same expression. Was he going to say something rude like he would sometimes? "I'm sorry, are you ok? I should have paid more attention." That frown he had was replaced with a gentle smile as he helped the colt up to his hooves. "Uh...w-what? Seriously, I'm...not too sure about that." The colt he bumped into just now asked for his help, not to mention another one of his friends showed up and asked him the same thing. What was it? Oh, they just ask him to test out this dunking booth they had set up for halloween.

The pegasus was currently sitting on a plank, as ponies of all ages walk on by, some staying to look. "Of all the things to set up, they choose a dunking booth." He sighed to himself, thinking back to what just happened. "Fine fine, but only once you hear! Now stop looking at me with those eyes! You're lucky I could use some water to get this stickiness out." That was what he heard told them and here he is, waiting. He was waiting on a certain blue pelted mare to do him in. Maybe he'll get lucky and she'll miss, since she did miss hitting the center during the spider toss game. "Come on Stardust, you get three tries! Bet you can't land a single one!" The pegasus's face was full of confidence and he even stuck out his tongue playfully at her.



(( ooc: Thought this could be interesting so I went for it. The stage is yours now, miss, hit, hit twice, or hit all three times, even a fourth is great xD ))

[Stardust]

Raijin seemed to perk up a little, letting a smile slip onto his lips. Gesturing for her to follow, he began listing things like pumpkin carving and apple bobbing, but he stopped suddenly at a green and brown cart with a sign reading, carmel apples. Dropping some bits onto the counter, he received two sticky fruits. Stardust was about to refuse, since she didn't want people to be paying for things for her, but he held a stick out to her and so she took one, saying "Thank you, really." before taking a large bit out of the juicy fruit. She was quite sure that she had carmel stuck in clumps around her mouth, but the carmel was so sweet and the apple so crunchy, she did not care at the moment. Gobbling down the treat very quick, Raijin started to ask her about the comment on insults she had made earlier. She could see the wheels turning in his head as he processed the information, and it was as if something clicked.

"There are ponies insulting you!?" he asked, concerned. Stardust felt like she had finally found a friend that she could trust. Wiping a hoof across her sticky mouth, she said,

"Well, really, I think that they are just mean. It isn't usually words, but more of things like unicorn magic suddenly lifting my animals and I off our feet..." she let her words sink in, but instead of feeling odd for sharing this information, she felt good letting some pony know. Now she had someone that could maybe understand. Raijin suddenly stopped, and she heard him say, "I'm sorry, are you ok?"

Turning to look, she saw a small colt rubbing his head. She smiled as they showed their big, pleading smiles and led him to a big tank full of water. Walking behind, she saw him turn and look at him. She gave an encouraging smile as he positioned himself on the wooden plank. When he had readied himself, she heard him shout,

"Bet you can't land a single one!"

She suddenly stepped up to the tank and one of the colts handed her three, round, green balls. Taking one in hoof, she took a stance and threw with great force. It bounced off the wall behind the button, and Raijin gave her a cheeky smile. She stuck her tongue out playfully. Taking the second one, she bent her leg and tossed. This one, to her surprise, actually, landed in the center of the button. Raijin fell into the water, flapping his wings futily. Stardust grinned smugly, but didn't want to be rude so she put on the same grin she did after she landed the spider. Now, she was having fun. 

[EN]

The pegasus had been sitting on the plank and under him was a tank of water deep enough to submerge the pony completely, if he was on all four of his hooves. At first he was beginning to think this was a bad idea, but he already agree with the little ones that he would help them out so he couldn't back away now, especially not in front of Stardust. His expression didn't change, but he was feeling nervous. The situation was so sudden and at any moment the plank could drop down, sending the yellow pony into the watery abyss. It was as if he could already feel it happening, but luckily the first shot from Stardust missed. Raijin almost sighed in relief until he noticed she was aiming for another shot. 'Oh yeah...she gets three tries doesn't she? Well, I'm not worr-!' His thought was stopped short when he heard a bell noise. Ding. "Oh n-!" As if the plank under him had gave out from his weight, the wooden board dropped and he found himself flailing his hooves and wings, with quite an expression on his face. He was trying to grab a hold of something, anything, but all he felt was air. 'Wait I have wing-...' It was all too late when he remembered his own race. SPLASH! Raijin's body hit the water.

When he surfaced he held the rim of the tank with his forelegs, casually spitting out some water. The pegasus had a small frown when he finally got out of the tank he made his way over to Stardust who was grinning like she did over by the spider toss earlier. The ponies surrounding them was having their laugh towards this wet pony and he was annoyed, but only acting like he was. One second he was frowning and the next he held a devious smile, "You know you should give it a try. Let me just...shake myself dry!" Raijin, hoping to catch the mare off guard, started shaking his body from left to right and water from his body started flying; it was as if each of the many droplets was trying to assault the blue pelted mare. Wow tonight was going splendidly well! The frightfully wonderful festivity to the many costumed ponies trotting around was a great combination, and it was all wrapped by the starry skies. Raijin found himself looking into the sky, admiring the stars, "Princess Luna really outdone herself tonight. Don't you agree?"

[Stardust]

Handing the ball back to the small colt, she watched as Raijin hauled himself out of the tank. Spitting water, Stardust giggled. The small question that ran through her head was slowly dissipating, but it wouldn't completely leave her mind. What was she doing?

She pushed it back once more as the soggy pegasus approached her. She bore a smile, but reserved it just enough. She had learned now that Raijin could take things seriously, so she was nervous when he held a smile on his face after his wet encounter. Stardust held her breath, waiting for something to happen.

Sure enough, the pegasus started to shake from left to right, his wings flinging around spraying water everywhere within 10 feet of him. Each droplet was like a projectile, headed directly for her. Letting out a small shriek, she lowered down to her front hooves and covered her eyes, her tail sticking up in the air. When he was quite done, she stood back up and gave him a look. He smiled before looking up at the inky sky. Shaking her mane out, she watched a stallion in a wizard costume give Raijin a dirty look before shaking out his strapped-on beard. She smiled, before staring into the stars herself.

"Princess Luna really outdid herself tonight. Don't you agree?" he said, still facing the sky. Stardust nodded, but since he wasn't looking, she said, "It's incredible. The way they twinkle like that-" she gazed into the white orb. "And the moon. Hard to believe something that beautiful could have held something like Nightmare Moon. I suppose without her, this night wouldn't exist huh?" she sat her rump down onto the cold street, looking down at her hooves. The ponies around her were having pleasant conversation, and she flicked her tail, sighing as she locked back onto the glowing thing. "Incredible." she said again.

It was as if some shell had just broken off of her, letting her words flow free from her mouth without anything interrupting them. Like a turtle suddenly coming out from its little home. She smiled to herself. She liked her new self better anyhow. 

[EN]

"Yeah without Princess Luna-..." The pegasus paused after catching a hint of white flopping around, not to mention a rather rude stare by a stallion in a wizard costume. "Oh sorry..." He apologized to the stallion and watch him walk away. "Sheesh, least you wasn't the one getting dunked." He stuck a tongue out at the wizard pony, glad the pony didn't turn head to see his action. "But yeah, without her there wouldn't be a moon. We would have to live in complete darkness if that happens." Raijin found himself chuckling and imagining the sight of ponies bumping into one another in the darkness. It would be funny, least only for a little bit. If that would to happen, Princess Celestia could always bring the moon like she has done in the past, but he wasn't thinking about that. The yellow pony was more focused on the current scenery.

He found himself glancing over to Stardust, watching as the mare's eyes on the moon high above them. He was liking this night. This Nightmare Night is probably the best one he's had! All the other times he was always enjoying it alone. "Well, we should probably get going. We can still find things to do or would you prefer to find a better place to enjoy the scenery?" Raijin had thoughts about going into the haunted house after overhearing a couple of ponies, but after giving it a second thought, it wouldn't be a bright idea. Least not for him anyways, after all he doesn't want another freak out like he almost did when he first encounter Stardust. "I think it's your turn pick something this time. You sure there's nothing you would like to do? Anything's fine really." The stallion give her a small smile. He wasn't thinking about it, but he was definitely more comfortable around the mare now, it's like the hard shell that surrounded Raijin was starting to crack little by little.