Chapter 2
The darkness of the night greeted Twilight’s eyes as she stepped out of her tent; the dim light making her squint so that she could see what was around her.
Her eyes were narrowed as she tried to find out where the source of the noise was with a spell.
A concentrated beam of light shot out the tip of her horn and lit up the are in front of her, like a flashlight.
Twilight looked around, her ears swivelling as she swore she heard a low guttural groan come from the woods.
The lavender mare played it off as her imagination and continued looking around her campsite...
Her thauma illumination beam landed on the right of her tent, a large tree branch snapped in half; the bark looked as if something powerful rammed into it and the bark had small indentations, like scratch marks.
Twilight tensed as she felt something watching her again, this time much stronger than when she first arrived.
She whirled around 360 degrees, frantically looking for whoever, or WHATever, was spying on her.
Nothing but the dark forest trees…
The Alicorn felt her heart begin to beat faster as the feeling didn’t subside, causing her hackles to raise and her eyes to dilate.
She could’ve sworn one of the trees swayed in an unforseen wind, a faint crackling coming from it.
Stop it, Twilight! She berated herself, trying to take a couple deep breaths to slow her heart rate.
Maybe a song would calm me down. She thought absently, desperately trying to think of one.
But she couldn’t…
Then her mouth opened.
” I’m not crazy, just a little on edge…
I’ve been seeing something in the trees and the hedges
It may be only my fantasies
But I know what I saw, I know what I see
Away in the trees, he’s watching me
The mare’s heart began to beat slower and slower as she relaxed her muscles, her body slightly swaying with the song.
She didn’t know where it came from… But it sounded…
...CATCHY...
With a small smile on her face, she continued...
Getting closer to your curious sounds
Getting darker and darker as I’m walking around
And every trace of blood I find along the way
Brings me nearer to you
Might I die too?
What will you do?
Then something behind her snapped a branch, causing Twilight to whirl around and gasp; her eyes turning to pinpricks as she slowly looked up.
She craned her neck and her ears went flat against her head as the creature of legend towered over her.
It’s head was only a pair of sirens facing two opposite directions, with fleshy mouths fitting inside the metal structures; saliva dripping from the gaping orifices.
Twilight gulped as she began to back away, her hooves crunching in the leaves as she didn’t take her eyes off of the monstrosity before her.
Then It leaned forward a bit, a sound of static coming from It’s head...
Predator so humanoid
She stopped suddenly as she heard the voice coming from the sirens…
HER voice.
Sirens wail, I might as well be dead
The paranormal makes me paranoid
In the detail, beyond the veil
It’s the urban legend, Siren Head
Twilight gulped, heart in her throat as she heard the faint crackling grow louder as the seconds went by.
Then the creature roared at her, causing the mare’s head to reel back, ears to lay flat against her head as they throbbed with pain.
Twilight couldn’t stay here… she had to run!
She turned around and began galloping away from Siren Head as fast as she could, the creature following with a dreadful sound coming from it's mouths.
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She dodged trees and shrubs of various sizes and appearance, her eyes darting back and forth as she tried to find a way out of the forest.
IT’S FOREST...
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Twilight had been running for Celestia knows how long, her breath becoming short and fast she she tried to get enough oxygen flowing through her bloodstream.
She stopped in a small clearing and sat on her haunches, hyperventilating in terror.
Her legs were aching from the extended period of running away from the creature known as Siren Head.
She couldn’t get the image of it’s towering form leaning down on her small body; it’s grotesque hand reaching out to snag it’s newest victim.
The sirens were always blaring as her vision goes dark...
The mare felt tears prick at her eyes, and wiped them away with a hoof; carefully making sure to not poke her eyes out.
Her heart was thudding like a war drum in her rib cage, her sides ached from a couple of pulled muscles that happened when she was running.
WhatdoIdo, whatdoIdo?! Twilight thought frantically, desperately trying to seek out a solution to her problem.
Then a thud came from behind her in the forest, the warning sound getting louder and louder with every passing second.
The lavender mare whirled around, her eyes wide in their sockets; before quickly looking around for a place to hide.
There!
There was a hollowed out log just sitting at the edge of the clearing; and it was large enough for her to hide in…
Twilight galloped as fast as her aching body would go, cutting off her magic as she dove into the hollowed out log with a grunt.
She listened carefully as the creature burst into the forest, the sirens attached to its fleshy pole of a neck crackling and groaning.
“Twiliiight…” said a voice that sounded familiar to her.
The mare in question wracked her brain to try and identify the voice, but couldn’t pinpoint it.
[b]" Wwhherrre Arre Yoouuu… Twiilliiigghht!” Said the creature, it’s gangly 40ft tall form turning in place as it tried to look for it’s prey.
Goawaygoawaygoawaygoaway!!! She shouted in her head as the stomping of the creature grew louder.
“Coommmee ouutt, Coommmeee oouuuttt, whheree evveeerr yyoouuu aaaarree!”
She placed her hooves over her muzzle, trying to breathe through her nose to lessen the chance of the creature hearing her breathing.
It was unlikely… But Twilight didn’t want to take any chances.
The lavender Alicorn saw the shadow fall over the end of her hiding place, and her ears picked up the sound of faint static.
Please don’t find me…