This is Nightmare Night (Open)

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Lucky loved Nightmare Night for two reasons. One was the fact that there was always a chance that Princess Luna would actually talk to him. The other was the idea of creating costumes out of the villain characters in his stories. After all, originality is a huge step in the right direction in costume making.

This year, Lucky donned a mauve hood with personal crafted wings, unicorn horn, and deer antlers attached in the spots they would be placed on his body if they were real. He had made a mixture of choclate pudding and green food coloring for the purpose of freezing it solid to make a dark geen skull like mask. To make the whole thing even more terrifying, he had built a voice changer that made him sound like the character voice he had given the character all the time. There was Lucky, dressed up as THE HORNED ALICORN and giving people the willies with a voice that sounded like an demonic John Hurt.

As Lucky walked through the carnival, he knew the voice changer was a good idea. That voice coupd give anypony the willies without even meaning to.

"Here's hoping I don't scare Princess Luna or Pinkie away," he thought to himself.

As he thought of this possibility, he noticed a perfect person to be the first intentional scare of the night.

"Speaking of which," he muttered, grinning mischievously.

[Silver Tongue]

Being a story teller already, Silver had an advantage over most.  Not only could he spin a tale to scare the little colts and fillies with relative ease, but his Illusion magic and shape changing just added to the scares.  He grinned at the trio of colts standing in front of him as he continued his tale.

"It's said that on Nightmare Night...  The monster is set free from his bindings to wander where he pleases.  He looks for little fillies and colts to feed on until he rests once more."  He said, creeping around the trio as they shivered.  "The only way to tell him apart from any other pony... Is his empty black eyes and stitched face..."  A quick flash of green and Silver returned to standing in front of the trio, staring down at them with the face he had just described, letting out a bellowing laughter before the trio scattered.

Another quick flash of green and his face was back to normal.  "That makes... Six... Foals are too easy."  He said to himself with a proud nod.  As he turned around, he came face to face with... Well, he wasn't exactly sure what he was looking at.  Dark Green skull.  Wings, horn, and antlers.  He took a step back, not exactly sure what to make of this costume.

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"Good to see a fellow storyteller at work," Lucky said, turning off the voice changer, "Wish I could do magic and create effects like that."

Lucky noticed the confused look on Silver's face and decided his costume needed some explination.

"You dare not recognize me?! he said, turning the voice changer back on, "I am THE HORNED ALICRON, MASTER OF THE CHAMBERPOT BORN!!! THE ULTIMATE EVIL OF THE LAND OF COLTAYN"

Lucky chuckled evily before turning off the voice changer.

"Cool voice, right?" he asked in his normal voice, showing a picture of the voice changer that was currently inside his mask, "Built it myself. This character's gonna be a big hit with the kids. You see, I tell stories to the foals around here every week. The Horned Alicorn is the villain of my latest epic, The Black Chamberpot."

[Silver Tongue]

Silver nodded at the 'Horned Alicorn'.  "Yeah.  Making up stories is kinda my specialty."  He said with a grin.  "Granted, back in Canterlot it was to get bits off of some poor sucker.  It's good to see I can use my abilities for good."  He chuckled.

He took a step back at the voice and gave an impressed nod.  "That is pretty nice.  Voice manipulation spell, I presume?"  He mentioned, looking the costume over and tapping the skull softly.  "That's an interesting mix... Not completely realistic, too shiny to be a real skull.  Pretty nice otherwise, though."  Silver nodded, looking around for a moment before grinning.  "The magic I do is unique.  I don't think you'd be able to comprehend the grand scale of it."

He looked around once more before grinning at the pony infront of him.  A green flame surrounded Silver and he grew slightly, a pair of wings sprouting from his back before folding back in.  His face shifted to resemble that of the mask that Lucky was wearing.  A horn and two antlers adorning the top of it.  "Mere Mortals can NOT compare to my gifts."  The voice was deep, only slightly mismatching the voice coming from the manipulator.  He held he form for a few moments before reverting back to his /normal/ unicorn form.

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As Silver began to use his powers, Lucky stepped back a little. He put two and two together, realizing he was talking to a Changeling.

"That some magic ya got there," he said, "Then again, only natural for one of your background.

Lucky looked around to see if anypony was within earshot.

"Speaking of which," he whisperd 'if anypony asks how you did that last stunt, I'll say you're really good at disguise magic. Your secret's safe with me."

[Silver Tongue]

Silvers eyes widened slightly as he realized Lucky knew what he was.  But he didn't seem frightened in the least.  "Heh, I guess I should have known that a fellow Storyteller would have been able to figure that out pretty easily.  Most ponies around here don't question shapeshifting during Nightmare Night, and I keep it to a minimum otherwise."

He turned, staring out over the crowds,  pondering for a few moments.  "I'd trot around in my... Normal form, but I don't know if they're ready for that...  The Attack wasn't too long ago."  He mused, looking back to Lucky after a few moments.

"So, You tell kids stories, then?  An admirable quality for sure."  He said, starting to walk along.  "More admirable than telling stories to con people out of their Bits.  I'm kinda coming down off of my villain streak now that I'm here in Ponyville."  he said with a light chuckle, then shrugged.  "It's a different life to be sure."

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Lucky couldn't help but feel sorry for Silver. Being part of a race that could never get a second chance sounded real tough.

"No matter how horrible whatever you did was," Lucky said with his hoof on Silver's shoulder, "we all deserve a second chance, no matter what you are. You seem like a nice guy to me. A bit rough around the edges, but a nice guy none the less."

Lucky went over to the punch bowl for a second and came back with two cups.

"Here," he said, raising his glass, "Here's to Nightmare Night. L'chaim."

[Silver Tongue]

"Not many ponies are as trusting as my rice right off the bat as you are.  You're a different one, indeed."  Silver chuckled, taking the drink offered to him and raising it.  "Cheers~" he said, before downing the drink.

He set his drink down on a nearby booth, looking around.  He gave Lucky a light nudge on the shoulder, grinning.  "You've got kids to tell stories to.  And I've got mischief to get into."  He chuckled, giving Lucky a wink and gesturing to a small group of foals that were slowly approaching Lucky.  "Have fun, friend."

Silver turned, his horn flaring once and he was gone, leaving Lucky to his 'work'.