"♪" "(frustrated growl)" "(smack)" "What's wrong, Twilight?" "(sigh)" "I've gone through every book in Ponyville, Spike, and there isn't a single mention of the mysterious chest that came from the Tree of Harmony." "Nor anything about keys to unlock it." "But something tells me that opening it is pretty important." "I hope Princess Celestia has some ideas." "If the Library in Canterlot doesn't have anything," "I don't know where else to look." "Ahhhh!" "(crash)" "(blah)" "My dearest Twilight, while it would be perfectly lovely to have you in Canterlot once more," "I have another option in mind much closer to Ponyville..." "CELESTIA:" "As you know, the ancient Castle that I once shared with Princess Luna lies mostly in ruins deep in the Everfree Forest." "But if you look carefully, you may find a book that could prove helpful to your research hidden somewhere in what's left of the Castle library." "(gasp)" "Wow!" "Look at all these ancient books." "It's a veritable gold mine of information." "I can't believe it!" "Woo-hoo!" "Whoa!" "(crash)" "Gah!" "Heh, heh." "So, Twilight." "Uh, ready to head home?" "Are you kidding?" "This place is PERFECT!" "(chattering)" "(buzzing)" "RAINBOW DASH:" "I'm not gonna move." "You move." "APPLEJACK:" "Uh-uh." "There's no way I'm moving." "This is the most daring dare any pony ever dared dare another pony to dare." "BOTH:" "Huh?" "It's exciting!" "(buzzing)" "What y'all doing?" "Rainbow Dash and Applejack are competing for the title of Most Daring Pony." "This is the final test." "The Bee Stare." "Last pony to blink wins." "I'm gonna need my bees back." "But then we'll never find out who the Most Daring Pony is." "Sorry about that." "(beckoning whistle)" "Well, what do we do now?" "Don't worry ladies, I've been keeping excellent score all day." "Hmm. move the decimal, carry the two, and ..." "Congratulations!" "You're tied!" "Tied?" "You can't be tied for the Most Daring Pony." "I don't know." "Numbers don't lie." "I'd love to stay and keep keeping score, but I promised to help test the new school bell." "I get to ring it all week non-stop." "And I don't even have to take turns because no one else volunteered!" "(giggle)" "OK." "No problem." "We just have to come up with another daring dare." "Right." "I think I might have an idea of what we can do." "Um..." "Rarity, don't you think it's a little late in the day to be walking through the forest?" "It is Star Spider season, after all." "Though I'm sure you have a very good reason..." "Simply the most important reason I've ever had in my entire life." "Oh." "Well, then I'm happy to help." "What is it?" "I've heard rumors that the Castle of the Two Sisters is filled with the most gorgeous of ancient tapestries in all of Pony History." "It pains me to think of those magnificent creations rotting away in those old ruins, totally unappreciated." "I see." "I require your help in borrowing one or two to bring back to the boutique where I can restore them." "Maybe I'll even use the patterns as the inspiration for a new line." "That does sound... very important." "Yes, well, maybe not the most important thing in my entire life, but retro-ancient classical will be all the rage next season, so it's nothing to sneeze at." "(sneeze)" "♪ (eerie)" "Um, are you sure you need those tapestries?" "But, of course." "Although, I must admit, these ruins are a fright." "Look at all the dirt everywhere." "Ew." "(gasp) Angel!" "♪ (threatening)" "RARITY:" "Goodness!" "It's practically an artistic treasure trove of ancient good taste." "Angel, you really shouldn't have run off like that." "Ancient ruins are filled with all sorts of things that can hurt you." "You could stub your toe or trip on a loose stone." "You have to be careful." "SPIKE:" "I don't think I'll need all these candles, Twilight." "I was really only scared for a second." "Oh, these aren't for you, Spike." "We're going to be studying late into the night and we're going to need all the light we can get." "Oh." "Great." "APPLEJACK:" "Well?" "Here we are!" "Eh ?" "What's so daring about this place?" "This is where we got the Elements of Harmony." "When I was just a filly, Grannie Smith told me of an ancient legend..." "When Nightmare Moon was banished, not every last bit of her dark magic went with her." "Grannie used to say when night falls on the Castle, that magic takes the form of..." "THE PONY OF SHADOWS." "You mean like a ghost?" "(ghostly voice) No pony knows." "Ugh!" "(gasp)" "This one is perfect!" "Well, it certainly could use some restoration." "Be a dear." "Fly up there and lift it off that hook." "(struggling whimpers)" "Maybe from below?" "(clatter)" "(rumble)" "(slam)" "I don't see what's so daring about an old legend." "Plus, I don't believe in ghosts." "You might wanna re-think your position on that." "(frightened screams)" "(screams)" "(thunderclap)" "(high-pitched screams)" "(high-pitched screams)" "(thunderclap)" "You saw that, right?" "RUN!" "(rumbling)" "(slam)" "Ow, I think I hurt my wing." "Oh, my dear, I am so sorry." "That tapestry is far too heavy." "We'll just have to find a smaller one." "Oh." "Of course." "Where, pray tell, did you disappear to?" "What do you mean?" "While you were struggling under that fabric, the entire wall spun around." "You must have activated a secret door." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I suppose these ruins are chock-full of them." "Really?" "Absolutely." "We must use the utmost care as we... (screams)" "(slam)" "(panting)" "RAINBOW DASH:" "OK." "So maybe the legend is true." "Well, that's why I brought you here." "I guess only the most daring pony of all could stay in this castle all night without being scared off." "(skid)" "Scared?" "I'm not scared." "Well, me neither!" "Then it's settled." "Whoever stays in the Castle the longest is the Most Daring Pony." "Deal!" "(click)" "But it's gonna take a lot more than some shadowy ghost pony to get me to leave." "Me, too." "Find anything, Spike?" "(thud)" "Uh..." "Nope." "Nothing yet." "Aaaaaah!" "(rumbling)" "Angel?" "What are you doing here?" "(whoosh)" "(gasp)" "The Journal of the Two Sisters." "Maybe this is the book Princess Celestia was talking about!" "I sure hope you're not afraid of the dark, Applejack." "I can't say that I am, but even if I was," "I'd be at least fifty percent less scared of it than you, Rainbow Dash." "I don't know how all that math works because" "I'm not scared at all." "Me neither." "Huh?" "What's the matter?" "It's just a dark hallway full of disembodied pony legs." "Yeah." "Nothing creepy about that." "RARITY:" "I'm starting to wonder if maybe this castle doesn't want my expertise." "Oh, dear." "Angel?" "Rarity, have you seen him?" "I'm not sure he made the trip down with us, dear." "Oh, goodness." "We have to find him." "An ancient castle is no place for a bunny." "He could get hit by falling debris or the floor could give out under him." "Oh!" "He could be trapped in a dark place with no way out." "I can only imagine how that might feel." "Hmmm." "♪ (ominous)" "Applejack, if you're scared, you can just admit it." "You don't need to put your hoof around me." "APPLEJACK:" "Uh..." "I'm over here." "(screams)" "(gasp)" "Rarity, what is it?" "I felt something." "ALIVE!" "Angel!" "(whirring)" "Well, tapestries or no, I have had just about enough of secret passages, mysterious presences and unappreciative castles." "But we can't leave now." "Not with Angel lost somewhere in this dangerous old Castle." "He could be trapped under a crumbling statue or stuck high in a tower without food or water" "(sobbing) or any friends at all!" "(crunch)" "Spike, you've got to hear this." "I love to duck behind the paintings and though the Hall of Hooves still gives her a bit of a fright, the trap door slide is Luna's favorite." "Hall of Hooves?" "Soon the Organ to the Outside will be finished." "I can hardly wait." "What's the Organ to the Outside?" "I have no idea." "♪ (blasting chord)" "(skid)" "You hear that?" "You mean the creepy sound of a haunted pipe organ?" "Uh..." "Maybe." "I don't know what you're talking about." "♪ (pipe organ chord)" "Uh, Twilight?" "Did you hear something?" "Oh, Spike." "Quit being such a scaredy dragon." "This castle is thousands of years old and half of it was destroyed by Nightmare Moon." "Of course it makes strange sounds;" "it's practically falling apart." "(clatter)" "(giggle)" "OK." "Angel?" "Angel?" "I'm sure we'll find him." "Angel?" "(Rarity shouts)" "Did you find Angel?" "Is he OK?" "(gasp)" "They are perfect!" "No castle in its right mind could possibly object to my restoring such exquisite works of art." "Oh, they're lovely, Rarity, but I have to keep looking for Angel." "I hope he doesn't think I've given up on him." "I'm right behind you." "Won't be a moment..." "APPLEJACK:" "Do you think there's a single room in this Castle that isn't filled with terrifying things?" "Whoa!" "Heh heh." "It's just old pony armor." "What's the big deal?" "Yeah." "It's not like it's going to come to life or anything." "Right?" "♪ (pipe organ chord)" "Huh?" "(thunk)" "(scream)" "♪" "(squeal)" "(scream)" "♪" "(pop)" "♪" "(frightened shout)" "(thunderclap)" "Whoa!" "(gasp)" "(shrill scream)" "♪ (organ)" "♪ (eerie)" "(thunderclap)" "(gasp)" "Now, you look here, Castle." "You are very old and very scary, but your wall art is in an atrocious state" "(whistling wind) and there is nothing you can do to keep me from my sacred task of restoration." "Uh, Applejack?" "If you went back to Ponyville, that means I win." "Right?" "(clatter)" "(crash)" "(scream)" "Rarity?" "I know hiding isn't really your sense of humor, but please let this be a joke." "♪ (organ blast)" "(scream)" "(shout)" "Rainbow?" "Hello?" "I guess if I don't find you, I win by default." "Right?" "(crashing)" "Oof!" "(growl)" "(squeals)" "Of all the castles in Equestria, this is by far the most ungrateful." "Oof!" "(thunderclap and whistling wind)" "(whisper) Angel!" "Rarity?" "Oh, I hope you two are together." "(rumbling)" "(frightened shout)" "Haunted statues, creepy armor..." "Come on, Castle, is that all you got?" "(thunderclap)" "(screams of terror)" "(whimpers and shouts)" "I was only trying to restore ancient (sobbing) art!" "(thunderclap)" "(gasp)" "Angel?" "(grunts)" "(cracking)" "(crash)" "ANGEL!" "What it the world is that?" "Oh, you know." "Probably just more strange sounds of this old castle falling apart." "No one likes sarcasm, Spike." "(screams)" "What got into them?" "(screams)" "It's OK, Angel." "You're OK." "YOU'RE OK!" "(yell)" "Shadows everywhere!" "(screams)" "(sobbing)" "Angel!" "All right." "Everypony STOP!" "Twilight?" "Must." "Save." "Angel." "Oh." "Fluttershy?" "What are you doing here?" "She's with me." "Thank you!" "Have you all spent the whole night running around scaring each other?" "Well, that depends." "On what?" "On whether or not you're the Pony of Shadows?" "What's the Pony of Shadows?" "Oh, that's just an old pony's tale." "♪ (pipe organ)" "Then who's playing that?" "We're going to find out." "♪" "(collective gasp)" "THE PONY OF SHADOWS!" "♪" "Hey, you guys." "Did you know I can totally play the organ?" "Because I didn't." "PINKIE!" "Check it out." "♪ (baseball cheer)" "You're the Pony of Shadows?" "The Pony of what?" "See?" "What did I tell you?" "I thought you had to ring the school bell all week." "Oh, yeah." "I only had to ring it for like, five minutes." "They said that was good enough." "I can't imagine why." "(clanging)" "So, then I decided to throw a" "Finished Ringing The School Bell party, but I didn't have any bluebells and you can't throw a Finished Ringing The School Bell party without bluebells so I went to Everfree forest to pick some, but it started to get so chilly" "I had to wrap myself up in the tarp I was gonna use to gather flowers" "And then I saw Fluttershy and Rarity, but they went into the Castle before I could invite them to my party." "Luckily, I followed them inside so I could help you all with your party." "What party is that?" "Uh, The Everypony Come To The Scary Old Castle" "And Hide From Each Other While I Play The Organ Party." "(boing)" "(thud)" "Duh!" "I swear this is going right back where I found it just as soon as I've returned it to its former glory." "Now don't go running off again." "Ooh." "I can't believe I was so frightened." "I guess I let my imagination get the best of me." "I think we all did." "I always let my imagination run away from me." "Then it comes back with cake." "Well, it's good to know that whenever your imagination is getting away from you, a good friend can help you rein it in." "And even though I didn't find anything out about the mysterious chest," "I'm glad I was here to help all of you." "You certainly did that, Twilight." "Yeah, why weren't you scared?" "Reading Celestia's diary made it hard to be afraid because I knew what it was like when she and Luna lived here." "Knowing something about the past made it easier to deal with my problems in the present, even the scary ones." "(murmurs of agreement)" "I just thought of a great idea!" "Why don't we keep a journal?" "Just like the Royal Pony Sisters?" "All of us?" "Sure!" "That way we can learn from each other." "And maybe someday other ponies will read it and learn something too." "What a splendid idea!" "I know what my first entry will be." "Dear Diary, I'm glad Grannie Smith's legend wasn't true." "Me too." "Me three, because that means you two are still tied for Most Daring Pony!" "Ha!" "Shadow ponies." "How ridiculous is that?" "♪ (eerie)" "♪"