The Everfree Forest… What a dark and dreary place…
In the daytime, it was barely a normal forest; but with the residing monsters and dangerous plants, nopony would EVER want to step a hoof into it’s wild clutches.
Yet at night...
It was times like these, that only at night you would be able to see the forest’s true beauty; under the light of Luna’s moon.
The fireflies were flitting about the dark trees and brambles; lighting up the dark forest with tiny miniscule lights; like stars.
The crickets chirped their songs as they hopped around the tall untamed grassy clearings.
It was relatively peaceful…
Until the sound of hooves stomping on the ground interrupted that peace…
The trees surrounded the lavender mare as she galloped at top speed; the adrenaline coursing through her body helping to not make her exhausted while she ran for her life.
She galloped through a narrow pathway that was overrun by nature, the branches and roots tripping her up and causing her to slow down significantly.
Her heart raced as she heard the booming sounds of the creature behind her; causing the mare to panic once again.
She lit up her horn and grabbed the branches in a telekinetic grab; moving them out of the way and clearing a path for her.
She ran as fast as her body could go, her muscles and hooves aching from the exertion she was putting them through…
But she can’t stop… not when IT is close to catching her...
And it was such a good day too. She thought to herself as she tried to remember what caused her to run from her campsite.
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FLASHBACK
Twilight arrived at the same path she and her friends took to find the Elements of Harmony; her saddlebags full of supplies; and on her back was a rolled up tent that was easy to set up using her magic.
She walked down the uneven path that led her deeper into the woods; looking around the environment with a sense of awe and curiosity.
For centuries there have been strange disappearances of criminals and innocent ponies alike in these woods during the night; and Twilight wanted to see if the rumors of a tall thin creature was the cause of it.
When she was a filly, she once read about a 40 ft tall gangly creature that looked humanoid; except for the head…
Because the head was replaced by two sirens attached to a fleshy pole sticking up from the torso.
When she read that particular legend, the hackles on her neck raised as she stared at a drawn image of said creature.
It was in a forest surrounded by trees as tall as the creature; but you had to squint to truly see the figure, because it blended in so well with the forestry...
She walked for a couple of hours; seeing and studying the flora that the forest provided; until the sun began to set.
Twilight arrived at a small clearing that had level enough ground to set up camp; but froze when she heard a branch snap.
Her heart began to race as the brush to her left began to rustle and shake; as if the creature she was planning on observing was about to jump out at her…
Until a small brown bunny hopped out of the foliage; it’s nose twitching.
Twilight breathed a sigh of relief, rolling her eyes at her own paranoid behavior, and finished setting up her tent.
Once Princess Celestia’s sun was setting behind the horizon; The mare thought it was the best time to get some sleep.
She was about to step into her tent, before freezing.
The mare felt as if something was watching her…
She turned her head to look behind her; expecting one of the Everfree’s creatures to be lurking there...
But there was nothing...
Twilight cautiously looked around as she studied the surrounding trees carefully; trying to see what was watching her.
But all she saw were trees and shrubs…
Shrugging, she went fully into her tent and zipped up the flap.
Twilight set down her sleeping bag and climbed into it; turning onto her side so that she could get comfortable.
It wasn’t long before her eyes started to droop and feel heavy, her mind turning a stop as sleep overtook her into Luna’s realm of dreams.
Soon… I’ll know everything about you… Siren Head… She thought before succumbing to sleep.
What she didn’t see when she went inside her tent; was one of the trees moving away from her campsite, a low buzz of a radio crackling coming from the figure…
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CRACK!
Twilight woke up with a start; her eyes snapping wide open at the sudden noise that interrupted her slumber.
She lifted her head up, her ears perked and swiveling around as she tried to find the source of the noise…
But all she could hear was the crickets chirping outside.
Outside… The Alicorn thought to herself as she got to her hooves and began to creep towards the tent flap.
Whatever caused that snap was OUTSIDE her tent!
Twilight’s breath hitched at the dark thought of Siren Head looming in front of her tent; waiting to snatch her up as it’s newest victim in the countless others it no doubt consumed.
Her breathing began to speed up as other scenarios popped up in her mind; all of them with her gruesome death at the hands of all kinds of creatures, not JUST Siren Head.
It could be worse...
Twilight's right hoof shook as she raised it off the tarp covered ground, and reached for the tent flap zipper…
The Mare felt as if she could hear a radio buzzing in her ears, growing steadily louder and louder with every passing second.
Her hoof gripped the zipper and began to pull it around the frame of the doorway; an ominous sound interrupting the buzzing and the sounds of the night that was waiting for her outside in the forest.
Twilight gulped down the lump that formed in her throat and took a couple of breaths; unsuccessfully trying to calm herself down from a panic attack.
Then… The buzzing stopped as the zipper reached it’s end…
Gritting her teeth and gathering her courage, The Alicorn threw open the tent flap and jumped out into the dark woods.