Onyx slowly put on his Cu Chulainn costume, watching as Pinkie dressed as a giant chicken. "Nice costume, Pinkie."
Pinkie smiled before looking at Onyx in a tight spandex shirt and tight pants. "Who are you supposed to be, Onyx?"
Onyx smirked while picking up his fake lance; his runes just could not make it real, but he had a feeling his unknown nightmare was going to make a reality if he took over. "Someone significant to the Rune Warriors of the rune society, you could say."
Pinkie nodded and decided to ask. "What did he do to make him so important?"
"He was the first Rune Warrior, with his teacher being one the first Rune trainers." Onyx explained about the person he was dressing up as. Pinkie nodded as if that made a ton of sense to her; all she got from that is they were super important. "I can see you do not get it, and that is fine."
Pinkie smiled while rubbing her head in mischief. "Well, I can say this he certainly dressed quite provocatively."
"I can see with utmost confidence that this is 100 percent the truth." Onyx nodded his head while smirking. "You should see some of the photos of the teacher."
Onyx was telling a little fib; of course, Pinkie has no way to confirm this, so it is not like anyone will know. Little did he know that Solar Dusk would report this to Celestia, and she would remember that the Rune Society had forgotten and lost the first Rune Maker and Rune Warrior and Onyx was too close to what they looked like, of course, this has no basis in the story at this point in time.
Pinkie looked up at her boyfriend before asking. "Was she a female Onyx?"
"Oh yeah, Scáthach was a woman, she is suspected of giving birth to the runes themselves, but no one was sure how she did it." Onyx dug himself a little deeper in the hole, knowing that no one remembers this later on. Solar nodded in the shadows before looking at the clothes that Onyx was wearing and could not help but wonder why this lady would make her student wear this.
Pinkie nodded while dressing. "Do they know if this Cu person was an Element?"
Onyx shrugged his shoulder and smiled. "There are some theories that he might have been loyalty, but there is no proof because of how far back it was while some others think he was honesty."
Pinkie was curious about why there was such a discussion and looked at Onyx with a question in her eyes. Onyx sighed before deciding that he might as beautifully finish the story about Cu. As Onyx told the story of Cu Chulainn and how he ended up and what he did for his kingdom. Pinkie started crying about halfway through the story. "…and so ended Cu Chulainn who held that army at a single bridge for more than three days."
Pinkie looked at the outfit and realized that this person was significant. "Why do more people not know about him?"
"Because it was a little over 3500 years ago, Pinkie, no way anyone would remember such a story if we did not consider it so important and the story could be false." Onyx informed while walking outside and watching her gather the children up.
Pinkie nodded before looking at the kids who she was taking to get candy. "What are you going to be doing tonight, Onyx?"
"I am going to be checking up on the guys and seeing what they are doing and if they need help." Onyx replied and walked off while waving goodbye and smiled at the children.
---Library---
Twilight slowly posed in front of Pinkie, trying to get her reaction. Pinkie blinked, looking her up and down. "I have no idea who you are meant to be, Twilight, which is really not that surprising because I do not know much about Unicorn history."
Twilight blinked and realized that she might be an obscure character for non-Unicorns. "That is fine Pinkie, I am Star Swirl the bearded."
Pinkie looked up in thought before shaking her head. "No idea who that is, but it looks great, Twilight."
Pinkie quickly took the kids to the next house before she remembered. "You should see Onyx's costume; he is even more obscure than you are."
Twilight was confused by Pinkie's words before deciding she most likely will be able to tell when she meets up with Onyx, who most likely is walking around. As she led Spike to the meeting, she could not help but wonder if she should help her friends learn more about obscure ponies in history.
As they walked into the center of Ponyville, Spike and Twilight saw Onyx and Big Mac talking to each other while they pulled a couple of kids around. Twilight looked at Onyx's costume and could not remember a single pony wearing clothes like that in her entire history lessons. Twilight quickly waved, getting Onyx's attention. "Hey, Onyx."
Onyx nodded at her before saying something to Big Mac, most likely a see you later of some type, and quickly walked over. "Hey Twilight, hey spike, what do you need?"
"Oh, I do not need anything. I was just wondering about your costume?" Twilight explained while looking at Onyx in curiosity while Spike was inspecting the various bits and bobs of Onyx's costume.
Onyx nodded and quickly kicked his spear and took a pose. "I am Cu Chulainn, the very first Rune Warrior student of Scáthach."
Twilight blinked and searched her memory and found nothing. "I have no idea who those two are."
Onyx smiled and nodded his head as if he expected that. "I do not know much about his teacher, but I know a little bit more about Cu because of how important he is to us."
Twilight nodded and motioned for Onyx to explain his story while they walked. "Please tell me I always love to learn."
Onyx nodded and decided that telling Twilight would not really cause problems and quickly sung Cu's story and his death along with the debate that he had made up, hoping this did not come back to bite him in the ass. Twilight and Spike listened to the story while they walked in interest because it was indeed a quick story. "…And that is the story of Cu Chulainn Twilight; I hope I do not have to tell it a third time tonight."
Twilight nodded her head and realized that it could get tiring telling the same story repeatedly could be before looking at Onyx in thought and wonder how much of that was real and not made up. "So, was that a true story Onyx?"
"Honestly, I have no idea it is the story in the Rune Society, but it is a little over 3500 years old at this point, so we have no true idea Twilight." Onyx explained why he was not guaranteeing it as truth.
Twilight pouted because this was damn near myth-level history. The only people who might know the truth are Princess Celestia and Luna. "I wonder if my teacher knows?"
Onyx thought about it before remembering they only united the ponies 2000 years ago, so they might not know so his lies will not get blown out of the water. "Well, if she knows, make sure to tell me because I am genuinely curious."
Twilight nodded and watched as Onyx walked away, most likely looking for a couple of his friends. Before she peered at Spike and saw that he was looking extremely bored with this before running back into Pinkie and the kids.
As Pinkie and Twilight were talking, Rainbow quickly flew over the two of them and made the cloud; she was on shoot out a bolt of lightning, frightening both Spike and Pinkie, who ran off with the kids. Twilight looked up at Rainbow. "That was mean Rainbow."
"Oh, do not get your panties in a bunch old-timer nightmare night is that best time for pranks." Rainbow waved off Twilights complaints while looking for her next victims.
Twilight scowled at Rainbow, getting her costume wrong like Spike before sighing. "Look what you did to Spike."
Rainbow looked over and saw him on the ground coughing extremely hard while looking like he was choking on something. Rainbow quickly waved him off. "It is all in good fun."
Rainbow quickly spotted another group of people and promptly moved her cloud over while speaking. "Oh! Oh! There is another group to give a good scare to."
As Twilight looked at Spike, who was lying on the ground taking deep breaths, she quickly picked him up and moved on, listing to the sound of lighting and screams of fright.
---Onyx focus---
Onyx was walking around and found Astral Stepper and smiled at his friend. "Hey Astral, what are you up to tonight, and what are you dressed as?"
Astral was wearing something that looked ceremonial and smiled at him. "I am one of the ancient chancellors of Equestria."
Onyx nodded because that looked like the garb but damned him if he could make a guess as to which one. Astral continued on, looking at his young charges running around in excitement. "I am looking after a group of youngsters like your herd mate Pinkie Pie."
Onyx nodded and wished Astral luck before moving on, looking for Cloud Colt, and was surprised to see the man looking up at the sky in thought. Onyx quickly moved over to him and saw that he was wearing what looked like a stereotypical pirate costume. "What is up, Cloud?"
Cloud sighed in annoyance. "Having a fight with Rainbow about something."
Onyx looked surprised before nodding his head. "Want to talk about it?"
Cloud looked at Onyx before shaking his head no. "not really."
Onyx patted his back before he heard Luna speaking in the royal Canterlot voice from the show, which greatly confused Onyx because he thought that Luna got out of talking like that from what he had seen. "Citizens of Ponyville, we have graced your small town with our glorious presence!"
Onyx listened to her from far away and could not help but snicker, wondering why she was talking like this before realizing this was the first time in a while that she had spoken publicly, not to soldiers of Equestria. "So that you may know the true princess of the night!"
Onyx quietly let out snickers at her speaking because she had to know that she was terrifying the people around her, or maybe she is just shy or something because this was hilarious. "A creature of the Nightmares no longer, but instead a pony who desires your love and admiration!"
Onyx slowly made his way over to Princess Luna while everyone else panicked, listing to Luna speak and watching some slowly sneak away. "Together, we shall change this celebration from fear to into a glorious feast."
Onyx slowly walked up as Pinkie finished saying something and making the crowd run away in fear; Luna was really confused about Pinkie's words. "What? No, children, no. You no longer have a reason to fear us."
Luna was standing, looking extremely confused while she was speaking, watching the various ponies cower around her. "Screams of delight are all I desire, not screams of terror."
Onyx sighed while he walked up to Twilight, who watched the proceedings and decided to ask her the obvious question. "Does she even realize that she is letting off a massive magical surge and her booming voice is terrifying?"
Twilight blinked before seeing that Onyx was next to her with no panic on his face. "No, I do not think so. How are you fine, Onyx?"
"I trust your Harmonic magic to have cured her, but I think Pinkie is mostly just having fun with the kids, but some of them are looking like they are terrified." Onyx explains while he looked around in thought.
As they watched her walk away with some sadness leaking through her voice. Twilight sighed before looking at Onyx. "Want to go talk to her with me, Onyx?"
Onyx nodded before they were stopped by Spike. "You cannot talk to her, she is Nightmare moon."
Twilight sighed. "No, she is not. I know our magic cured her and made her good."
Onyx and Twilight were quick to take off after Princess Luna and found her in front of the statue of her horrible self. Onyx stepped back and allowed Twilight to step forward. "Welcome back to Ponyville Princess Luna."
Luna smiled, seeing Twilight and Onyx in front of her. "Hello Twilight Sparkle, we wish to commend you on a truly accurate Star Swirl the bearded."
Twilight beamed back before Luna turned her head and looked Onyx over. "We have no idea who you could be, dear Onyx."
"Cu Chulainn." Onyx replied, hoping that she would not ask who he was. "Student of Scáthach."
Luna blinked in surprise before looking the outfit up and down and was able to see Scáthach's influence. "Commendable effort on recreating such old person."
Onyx was surprised that they were people in this reality. "So, wait, Cu and Scáthach were actually real people?"
"Indeed, they were, why would you dress like them if you did not know they were real." Luna looked Onyx up and down in thought.
Onyx quickly made up a lie on the spot. "I found a book in the rune library that speculated they were the first Rune Maker and Warrior."
Luna nodded her head before smiling at Onyx. "Scáthach was not the first Rune Maker, but she was one of the Rune Society founders, and Cu was the proto-Warrior, not the first Warrior; it would be more accurate to say that he was the 0 generation."
Twilight smiled with what she had learned. "That is amazing. Did you meet them personally, Princess Luna?"
Luna shook her head. "Nay, when me and Celestia met the Rune Society, it had already been a hundred years since their death."
Twilight was saddened that she would get no information. "Why were you speaking so loud when you arrived, Princess Luna?"
"The Royal Canterlot voice slipped out when we arrived due to nervousness." Luna said while sitting on the ground-hugging her knees. "We totally messed up our first speech since we had been back if only the soldiers were there."
Twilight was confused. "Why would the military matter?"
Luna looked up with a watery smile. "The military understands our struggles and completely accepted the Royal Canterlot Voice."
Twilight nodded, looking at Onyx for an explanation, Onyx saw Twilight looking at him. "Luna is the warrior of the two sisters Twilight Celestia is a statement."
Twilight blinked and realized why Luna seem more demanding, she was perfect for military matters. "So, you have no problems when in the military, Princess Luna."
Luna nodded her head before flopping to the ground and rubbed her face in annoyance. "We even understand how Nightmare night developed into the candy Celebration, but we do not understand why anyone would want to be scared."
Twilight blinked and realized where Luna was having such a problem. "You do not get why people want to be scared."
Luna nodded before deciding to explain. "In military matters, surprises were something to be avoided, and there was nothing like this when we were around."
As they were talking to Princess Luna, Rarity and Applejack slowly walked up the path. "Onyx, Twilight, everything ok with the Princess."
Luna was surprised that more people were coming to check up on her. "Thank you for coming to see me, Elements."
Applejack smiled at the Princess. "Na, it doesn't matter; Princess Luna always happy to check up on a friend."
Rarity was quick to nod in agreement before looking at Twilight and Onyx. "So, any idea what Pinkie is doing?"
Onyx sighed while slowly lying down on the ground. "She is making the kids have fun while scaring them, but she is not thinking about the Princess Feelings about this."
Luna was surprised that Onyx was able to have such an accurate guess. "Is that truly what she is doing, Onyx?"
Onyx nodded while the girls sighed in annoyance at Pinkie. Twilight rubbed her temples in annoyance. "That is totally what Pinkie is doing."
Onyx looked at the sky before deciding. "If there is anyone who can help, it is probably Fluttershy."
The girls nodded before deciding to head over to Fluttershy's, as they slowly moved over, they talked with Princess Luna about the things she had been doing since she had been back. Onyx watched them walk before following behind because this was already different than before.
---Fluttershy's House---
Twilight quickly knocked before hearing Fluttershy scream out. "No, Candy here! No visitors on Nightmare Night!"
Twilight was confused before looking at her friends for a reason. Applejack sighed before remembering. "Some punk showed up in a really disturbing costume and terrified poor Fluttershy."
Twilight nodded before knocking again and saying to Fluttershy. "It is just us and a single guest that needs your help Fluttershy."
Fluttershy was quick to peek out and was surprised to see Princess Luna. "Princess Luna, what could you need help with?"
Fluttershy walked out, worried for her friend, that is typically far away. Luna had to stop herself from choking up in tears. "We used the Royal Canterlot Voice on accident and terrified the Children of Ponyville."
Fluttershy was confused. "I do not know what that is, Princess."
Luna looked at Fluttershy and figured that she should be able to handle it and quickly released it at her. "This is the Royal Canterlot Voice."
Fluttershy was slowly pushed back in fear. "Oh my, I see that is totally outside of my expertise, isn't it."
Luna looked at Fluttershy, hoping that she would be able to help her. Fluttershy was quick to ask. "What caused you to use it, if I may ask?"
Luna sighed looked around. "We got nervous on our very first speech that did not involve the military and accidentally used it while addressing normal people."
Fluttershy nodded her head and figured out what was probably happening. "Is there a reason you did not explain this to the children?"
Luna looked even angrier. "Pinkie is causing them to fear being near me, so I can explain."
The girls watched Fluttershy work through Luna's problems on her own, Onyx let out a low whistle. "Fluttershy is fearless when her friends are having problems."
The girls nodded in agreement watching the proceedings and watching Pinkie walk up with the kids. Pinkie called out a line to make the kids run before Fluttershy said something. "Pinkamena Diane Pie front and center."
Pinkie practically teleported in front of Fluttershy and Luna, Onyx let out a low snicker watching Fluttershy berate Pinkie in such a low tone of voice. "She still has the best mom voice out of all of you."
The girls could not help but nod their heads in agreement. Pinkie was quick to speak up. "I know she was cured, but the kids are having fun, so I thought there would be no harm."
Luna was confused. "I do not understand why they would be having fun with fear."
Pinkie was surprised before thinking about it in words she would understand. "Fear princess is like an adrenaline rush; it gets their heart rate going; the kids are having massive amounts of fun, aren't that right, Pipsqueak, the pirate."
Pipsqueak peaked at the Princess and nodded his head. "Sorry about making you feel bad, lady Princess; we thought you were on the same page as us."
Luna looked at the small child in surprise. "Tis True?"
Pipsqueak was confused before nodding his head. "Would you mind coming back next year so we could have just as much fun?"
Luna nodded her head before watching the kids runoff. "We will be scaring you eventually, for this night is not over."
Pinkie smiled and chased after the kids. Onyx smirked at her while she taunted him back. Onyx stood up and started walking off. "Well, I am going to go do something else now that this is looking under control."
The girls giggle while watching Onyx walk away and quickly moved off to do stuff with Luna while Fluttershy went back inside of her house to hide.