//------------------------------// // Confessions of Past // Story: Slendermane // by Darkswirl //------------------------------// Do you remember when we first met? No, stop this, Pinkie Pie. You looked so lonely just sitting there at the edge of the forest, watching all the younger ponies play with each other... I SAID STOP! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME, MY POWER IS TOO GREAT! And do you remember what I said to you? "Hi, my name's Pinkie Pie and you look lonely, so I'm gonna make you smile!". Do you remember that? He did. He remembered it ever so clearly. He could never forget that memory. And do you remember what you said to me? I said, "Hi Pinkie Pie, my name is...Well, I don't know my name..." That's right. You didn't have a name back then. You simply existed and you were content with that for a while. Do you remember what we tried naming you? Longlegs the Stallion, Tallmane the Slender, Slenderpony... And then? ...Slendy... That's right. You and I both agreed on Slendy. And do you remember what we did the whole day? We talked. We just talked, nothing more, nothing less. We talked about each other, about what we saw, where we've been...You had lived your whole, short life in the Everfree Forest back then. But you came everyday to the edge just to watch the other ponies. You watched them in envy, wishing to go down and play with them; but you were too afraid, too shy. And then Pinkie Pie came along and dragged you, literally, down the hill and out of the forest to the other ponies. Of course they would be nervous at first; you were a new pony with no face. You can hardly blame them for that. But they all opened up when they saw that I had brought you along. And then they laughed at me behind their backs and came up with tricks to humiliate me. There was a silence between the two again as Pinkie Pie sighed sadly. True, and for that I'm sorry; Pinkie Swear. I never meant to hurt you...I didn't mean to make you cry, but tonight I'm cleaning out the past. We're starting anew, Slendy. Those ponies are gone and the world is a different place. We can't change the past and how much it hurts, but we can push for a better future. To the rest of Equestria, you're just an old mare's tale; no offense. Nopony knows if you even exist or not, but you can show them that you do. And you can show them who you really are: A pony, just like them and a friend...A friend to me. They'll just laugh and hurt me again, Pinkie! Why can't you see this?! Oh Slendy...Take a minute to look at my friends that you've captured. They've all done things that earned them a glare from other ponies, you can't please everypony, but then they went out of their way to make things right and were forgiven. You can't just give up, Slendy. If you do that then every other pony will give up on you and we'll be back at square one. You have to push for what you want in life, and you and I both know that you don't want to keep capturing ponies and trying to force them to be your friends in your head; you want real friendship, friends who you can trust even if you don't have control over them in your head. Friends who you can hold when you're feeling sad or lonely, or just plain ol' snuggly. Do you trust me to be your friend and do you trust yourself to try your hardest to make friends? Slendermane thought long and hard, his thoughts hidden from the prying eyes of the pink pony he kept shut inside his head. With a sad sigh, he opened his mind and dumped the ponies he had absorbed out into the forest floor. --- --- --- Shaking her head to clear the wooziness, Pinkie Pie stretched and looked around. Sure enough, every single pony that had gone missing over the last two weeks was sound asleep on the forest floor; save for her very bestest friends who were in the same state as she was. But as she finished surveying her work, her eyes searched for another pony; one she still had one last thing to do with. --- --- --- "Slendy?" "..." "Slendy?" Pinkie continued quietly, hopefully. Slendermane turned his head towards Pinkie Pie while still aiming it down at the ground in defeat and sorrow. Pinkie Pie smiled softly and pulled a box of crayons from her mane. If Slendermane had eyes, they would be shining brighter than the sun. "W-What are you doing?" he asked, falling into step with his younger self from the past. Pinkie did the same as she drew a mouth on Slendermane's snout. "I can't kiss you if you don't have a mouth, silly." Pinkie Pie said, matching the exact tone from all those years ago and even planting the kiss in the exact same spot; although this time it lasted a bit longer. When Pinkie Pie had finished, Slendermane paused for a moment just like he did back then before asking for a red crayon; to which Pinkie Pie happily gave him. And so he drew blush on his cheeks. Special thanks to Shadow Bolt for finding this picture and posting it for me!