Pretzelparty

what is it we're fighting? a timberwolf?))

The golden-tan unicorn chuckled and spoke,"Wait a sec. Don't the sisters live in Canterlot? do ya mean the old ruins where Nightmare moon was purified?" she said nudging darkness.

Pressy had been caught off guard after suddenly being grabbed by her friend. soon being engulfed by her friend's spell she fell to the ground just as cartoonishly as the earth pony turned unicorn,"... yea good job Ru-- er uncle" Said the mare playfully before poking Rusty's hat. The golden tan mare pulled herself up and coughed a few times,"please... I really don't need a cold right now." she thought to herself before she noticed a few unicorns coming over to the duo. "You and your daughter okay? she looks a bit under the weather" said one stallion before pressy chimed back,"Oh no I'm fine..." she said before going into another series of coughs and sighing,"just somethin' in my throat I think..."

Presteza looked up and soon lifted her head as well,"Relax... right ... relax, the princesses are just ponies like everypony else even if they are insanely awesome!" she thought to herself. The young unicorn took a deep breath and nodded,"Sorry yer highness... I just never got ta see ya up close before, and your here to kiss apples too? I'm here cause well... I wound up fergettin' ta eat or buy food again so I saw that banner back down the road that said we 'ad ta kiss all apples we bought er somethin'" The mare took a second to adjust and tighten her bright blue scarf around her neck and habitually reaching a hoof up to adjust her hat... having forgotten she had eaten it the day before in desperation. The golden tan mare laughed nervously," Erm... honestly I'd say a kiss from the princess as an honor if anythin'! but c'mon she wouldn't kiss some random traveling painter like m-- er wait a second did ya say "too"? " The young golden unicorn thought for a moment, but her train of thought was interrupted by that last whisper from Blueblood, her eyes going wide and gaining a look of pure disbelief and shock before she spoke aloud,"SERIOUSLY?!" she practically shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice cracking a bit as it echoed over the entire line... "Oh no... did I jus' say that out loud?" she said as her face went almost beet red. It took a moment to realize that she technically was in the presence of a princess as well as a prince, She wasn't the type of mare who had daydreams of handsome stallion princes coming to sweep her off her hooves and bring her into the high life. The very idea of some handsome prince rescuing her in away made her stomach churn seeing as she was the kind of mare who prefered to do the rescuing. After a single embarrassed cough and wishing she still had her hat so she could hide her red face,"uh... anyway yer Prince Blueblood, right?"

With the rapid approach of our favorite princess of the night's holiday I figured it'd be nice to see what other ponies,griffons,changelings, dragons etc will be dressing up as if any! I won't lie I'm not even sure what my pony oc will go as just yet... perhaps as one of luna's guards due to her admiration of the princess. Anyway c'mon let's get in the nightmare night spirit and brainstorm and/or speculate as to what your oc is gonna dress up as!

welcome to canterlot! I'm new here too but everyone here seems really nice so im sure you'll like it here!

The mare laughed,"Ya think those earth pony stallions might still help us out?" she said with a playful lap as she watched the pile of plants besides rusty grow. The golden mare shivered again as she felt the cold air get to her. "Stupid windigoes..." she muttered before sniffling and giving her nose a wiggle hoping she doesn't catch a cold from this weather...

Pressy nodded and looked at the forest's edge,"I can 'ardly wait... well let's 'ave our leader... lead!" she said poking Darkness' wing playfully before summoning up a small ball of light to accompany her again.

The silver-maned mare looked to Nightswatch and turned away from the ball of light, bucking it over to the pony and the odd spell clinging to him,"there ya go!... no' sure how long it'll last being away from the caster for a long time so ya might wanna stay close."

Presteza nodded and lifted up paintbrush from her saddlebags. The artistic tool encased in her bright blue magic aura, the head of the brush glowing white as the mare made a jab at the air before pulling the brush back. Soon in front of her a small ball of light appeared over her, it was definately bright enough to illuminate the way for them but it seemed to only gravitate towards her,"If I need ta I can kick it somewhere and make it stick to it like a portable streetlamp too!" she said proudly.

The unicorn looked around and turned to darkness,"so, want me ta try the illumination spell I was workin' on?"

The mare smiled widely and shook his hoof,"Nice ta meetcha!" Eventually after a long shake she let go and looked to the direction of the forest,"So we're goin' in there right? seems pretty dark... we'll need something to light the way don't ya think? I was working on something to light the way in dark places but I'm no' sure how good it'll be" after a brief moment she looked to everypony else,"oh and 'lo ta you too!"

The mare chuckles and takes Rusty's hoof,"so... wot's next on the list... and do ya think those fakes were serious about what they said?"

Coming down the road was golden-tan mare with a curious looking conical hat made of straw and long but messy silvery-white mane. On her back were a pair of saddlebags and on her neck she wore a brilliant bright blue scarf that fluttered slightly in the wind. In the mare's mouth she held one of the fliers that darkness had sent out. She dropped the flier down on the ground and held it in place with her hoof. "Yer darkness right?" she asked the pitch black pegasus.

could i join as my traveling painter, presteza?))

The mare turned to the prince and spoke rather nonchalantly,"Oh weren't we supposed ta kiss the bushel of apples we bought 'er somethin'?" she asked before pausing a few moment. "Don' I know ya from somewhere...oh wait yer Prince Bluebloo--" The mare went wide eyed as she laid eyes upon the princess her jaw nearly dropping off her face. She could hardly believe what she was seeing... in fact she proved how little faith she was having in her sight at the moment by rubbing her eyes and blinking a few times. "A-are you-- oh what am I sayin' o' course yer you! oh by ... uh yer name, where'd my manners go?" she practically stammered these words before taking a deep breath and bowing to the Radiant alicorn,"Y-yer highness. It's an honor ta meet ya in person I-I'm Presteza I mean if you wanted to know my name I mean." she cracked a nervous smile as she looked up at the Princess of the sun and day. Her attention entirely removed from the prince and now focused on the Princess before her. This may be the only chance in her life she might be able to ask for permission to paint her, although now she was starting to have doubts. The princess was even more amazing up close! Did she even have the right kind of paints? Could she find somewhere that sold a canvas large enough for the size of the painting she intended to do? Despite all the thoughts and questions buzzing in the silver-maned mare's head she remained in line and at this point it wouldn't be too presumptuous to think she was now physically unable to lift her head up off the ground.

The golden-tan unicorn blushed a bit and smiled,"Aw... C'mon Rusty yer makin' me blu-- Waah!" the mare promptly tripped over a large plant tumbling into a small field of the things. pressy coughed and poked her head out of the tall plants and almost shouted,"Oh fer pete's sake! 'ow many times am I gonna trip taday?!" she shouted at the heavens before she pulled herself up and looked all around. She coughed a bit as she realized that she stood in a field of the flowers they needed. "huh..."

"Oi! I'm sure you did plenty o' stupid stuff as a colt!... but yea it was pretty bloody dumb." she chuckled. "But yea... I got lost in the snowstorm and almost froze ta death in it until I found a cave to rest in. Me and Silverheart got in a fight and I was sure 'e was just gonna leave me out there..."the mare hung her head slightly as she remembered how horrible it was to think such a thing,"I was freezin' my plot off even in that cave and I was scared that the cave might've belong to some bear who wouldn' o' been fond o' seein' me in there... but then Silverheart came and found the cave and kept me safe throughout the storm... when I starting to catch a cold 'e gave me this scarf ta keep me warm." she smiled warmly at the memory, looking back as a filly she was too stubborn to just accept the scarf and it took a lot of insistence to get her to wear it. "Eventually I grew old enough to travel on my own... and I could even fight as well as any earth pony could and had the strength ta back it up so 'e went back home... but gave me this scarf as a gift,"

The mare smiled a bit as they walked,"Well... ya see it belonged ta my big brother, Silverheart. Ya see I didn' always travel alone. I used ta travel with ma big brother since I've been traveling since I was a filly. 'E used ta try and help me learn ta cast magic but once 'e learned I wasn't destined ta learn magic the normal way and go to the school fer gifted unicorns 'e was a bit bitter. My parents told 'im ta travel with me and teach me 'ow ta defend myself. 'E was gonna be part of the Royal guard before all this stuff came up so 'e was a bit annoyed with me, we'd travel fast between towns once i decided what i wanted to paint." She chuckled a bit at the memory. "But on one trip ta the Northern mountains I got angry with 'im and ran off in the middle of a snowstorm ta find the best place ta see an' paint the peaks... and well I got lost..." she said shivering as she remembered how cold it was that night.

Hello there! I'm a fan of the persona series by shin megami tensei one of my favorites in the series being persona 4 because of the way the titular personae are obtained. Namely by facing your own darkest natures and the feeling you have that you don't wish to acknowledge. An example would be how one of the early main characters named chie is confronted by her shadow who says the only reason she hangs on to her softspoken and more traditionally attractive friend is because she doesn't wish to lose the feeling of control she has over her in their friendship. Anyway! Since the ponies of mlp and your own Ocs likely have their own faults and foibles and things in their life they'd rather not talk about or acknowledge this could be a nice chance to get these things fleshed out. here are some things you could talk about. What would your shadow pony confront you with? Immaturity? an inferiority complex to somepony else? how would they act since they tend to embody your Oc's negative traits dialed up to eleven? What would it take for your Oc to face themselves?! Don't be shy and step right up in fact I'll go first. My Current only oc would be my unicorn, Presteza. Her shadow would likely confront her with the fact she hates her parent's lifestyle as richponies in trottingham (and by extension) , even when she does love them greatly. Other things she would bring up is how she is unable to do magic normally or control her magic without the aid of her favorite paintbrush. Last but not least it would tell her she could never achieve her dream of being Equestria's greatest artist because of all her faults such as her headstrong nature and tendency to act before thinking. Also she would call her out for being jealous of unicorns who can cast spells normally and have more skill with traditional magic than she does.

Presteza had been on the road for a while, with very little to eat to the point she had to eat her hat again. The mare's stomach kept giving those annoying growls and she was already beginning to feel the effects of having gone awhile without food. Finally she had made it to ponyville and the while the scents of the delicious confections from the Sugarcube Corner were extreme tantalizing to her sweet tooth she knew it was better to get something more nutritious and given her hunger she'd have to get plenty of what she chose. She idly walked through the town until she saw the banner. Apples would be perfect and seeing as these were from the crop of the apple family so surely these would be delicious... but what was this about apple kissing? Would she have to kiss every apple she intended to buy? Seemed like a small price ta pay in addition for the bits she had from selling portraits in the last town. The mare took the saddlebag off of her and rifled through it finding quite a few gold bits, surely this was enough to buy at least a bushel. With gusto the young unicorn galloped off towards what seemed like a line in the distance. The golden-tan mare skidded to a halt as she saw herself nearing the line stopping just short of bumping into Carrot top. Presteza was about to speak up but she noticed the other mare was already in conversation with somepony else so she decided she may as well wait until she was noticed or she saw a gap in their conversation.

"I learned how ta make my hat from my idol... although I val-- A-ha!" The mare triumphantly picked the paintbrush up in her teeth and smiled, looking like she was ready to cry tears of happiness before she put the artistic implement back in her saddlebag. "Er anyway My idol tried teachin' me how to make a hat like hers and I wound up making this cone shaped hat instead... one day I'm gonna make a real Sunhat like 'ers! oh and my mark and the brush came from her too... I painted ma first piece with this brush!" she said excitedly at the memory,"Me and my friend Atelier went to the park where she said she was gonna make somethin' amazin'. Since I was always ready ta see new artworks I decided to tag along. When she got there though she said that she wanted me to try my hoof at painting, I was really nervous but eventually she convinced me. I first tried paintin' with the brush in my teeth but that didn' go well and neither did trying to keep the brush 'tween my hooves either... so she said I should try my magic and it worked!" the mare smiled proudly as she recalled the smiles and happy looks of the ponies who saw her work,"and then I got ma mark." the mare thought for a moment,"How about I tell ya the rest while we walk outta hear?"

Presteza nodded and went over to the bush she'd seen her darker self toss it into. The mare parted some of the bushes with her hooves and looked around,"so... ya said your idol gave ya yer hat right?" she asked as she searched through.

The mare looked at rusty a moment, inspecting his legs,"Are ya okay,Rusty?" she said curiously. "oh yea sure!... but we gotta find that brush first... I can't leave without it..." she said sadly.

Pressy rolled over on the ground and almost growled as she stood back up,"Wot's the matta ya don' think ya can take me with out some fancy magic?!" she said with a smirk. "hm... ya got a point, I mean I am you after all... so I could just beat ya senseless without this worthless brush!" with that the dark mare tossed the paintbrush into the bushes beside the road, pressy stood there her mouth agape bbefore she grit her teeth and furrowed her brow in anger,"I can't believe you... you don' deserve ta be me!" she shouted before charging at her darker self, lowering her horn in attack, while it may not have been as good for casting it was still useful for any charging attack, the dull grye mare mirrored her move and charged in return, the grey unicron closed her eyes as she braced for impact. The true presys smirked and lowered herself down as she saw her dark self close her eyes and got under her to flip her over and leave the dull grey mare dazed. with that she went over and grabbed the mirror in her teeth, bringing it over and dropiing it on her darker self's muzzle leaving herself petrified in stone before he took her scarf right back.