//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Stuck Between Good, Evil,and Insanity // Story: Equestrian Legends: The Slender Stallion // by Avery //------------------------------// Night has made it's way through the sky, the moon shined bright like on Nightmare Night. Twilight and Applebloom walked through Ponyville and towards the Everfree forest, most of the ponies have either gone home to bed or walking in the park. "Twilight, do you think that he might go on that "Blood-lust' or whatever it's called tonight?" Applebloom asks "I'm not sure Applebloom, he may or may not but I still don't like the idea that we're doing this." Twilight answers "Oh...okay" On the way to the Everfree forest, Twilight stumbled upon note after note of the similar hoofwriting of the Slender Stallion, the writing slowly becomes more unstable every two notes. The Vibe of tonight...I'm not liking it My head...it hurts not now, I need to repay for what I did I don't know....SHOULD I give it to them? Dear oh dear....my eye sight is red now....hurry please The bottle....I know I had it somewhere.... This way.... The last note was found near Fluttershy's gate "These notes, are from the Slender guy, but it seems that he was looking for something in Ponyville." Twilight says looking at the notes. "I wonder what it was" Applebloom says peeking over Twilight's shoulder "Anyways, we're here...let's go" Twilight says walking to the entrance to the Everfree forest Applebloom followed close behind. The Everfree seemed to have the same feeling of that on Nightmare Night, which made Twilight worry. At the entrance lay a bottle filled with clear liquid and a envelope. Twilight took them both and opened the envelope, it only read this: Stay away, from me, please.... I don't want to kill you too.... As Twilight finished reading it she heard Applebloom say "Blood..." She looks over to see that Applebloom was in fright and looking to the Everfree forest. She looked to the entrance, nothing was there, she looked at the ground, two trails of blood trailed along the path almost barely visible. Twilight slowly walks to the entrance with Applebloom following. The trails go in different directions, one straight and the other to the right. Twilight took the straight trail and followed it through the Everfree forest. The light from the moon didn't help much at all, Twlight used a light spell to guide her way. The sounds from the forest were eerie, because there wasn't any sound, no chirps, no roars, nothing. After a twenty minutes of following the trail, what stopped at its end was horrifying. There lay Scootaloo, her eyes clouded, not breathing, her chest sliced, and blood spelling out "WHY?" on a nearby tree. There was a moment of silence, then Twilight started crying her eyes out. Applebloom looked at Scootaloo, then to the letters. "...no...please no.....don't tell me..." Applebloom said quietly Twilight got up and pushed Applebloom back towards the entrance. Once there. Applebloom took off following the other trail. "Please...no..." It wasn't long before Applebloom saw Sweetie Belle impaled through a tree branch from her neck, and "WHY?" put on the tree nearby. Applebloom started crying more than Twilight did. Twilight came from behind Applebloom and held onto her, trying to comfort her. And then, the Slender Stallion slowly comes out from the tree Sweetie Belle is at. In one swift movement, his tentacles pieced through Twilight and Applebloom. They both gasped as the tentacles went through their bodies and through their organs, blood trickled down the black tentacles as they tried to free themselves. After a few minutes, they stopped moving. They were then thrown down to the ground like a rag doll. The Slender Stallion looked at his doings and just stared. The moon dimmed its light and the creatures started to be active once again, the Slender Stallion suddenly looked up and then back down to Twilight and Applebloom. He then backed up to a tree, putting a hoof to his "mouth". He looked down and slowly gathered the bodies that were killed with his hooves. After gathering, he then buries them and puts a momento down. The momento says: Here lies four unlucky victims that almost surpassed the curse of the Slender Stallion The Slender Stallion then leaves after placing a single flower for each grave. He goes through the Everfree passing more graves with flowers. He arrives at a cave and enters, on the cave wall beside it was writing. Read this before entering, and heed it's warning Below it was papers, this is what they said: My name was sir Grand Blade, and I was one of the knights that served under the rule of our fair Princess Celestia for 37 years. Many of the knights called me "no face" since I always wear a helmet, if they said it now...they would be shocked by what they saw. One day, an old unicorn came to palace. Her name was Skull Cauldron, and she was a witch. I didn't know it at the time, and she offered me a gift for being such a loyal knight. It was a simple treat, a cupcake. I ate it without letting a crumb fall to the floor. Later that night, I felt strange, like I was changing. My face felt as if it was fire and my body felt like it was being torn apart. After it was over, I ended up being a tall, white figure with no face. My Cutie Mark changed from a shield and sword, to a X crossing over a circle. Everypony ran away from me, and Princess Celestia sent me to the Everfree forest. Every Nightmare Night and on nights it feels like it, I have a sudden Blood-lust and go out into the Everfree Forest to search for anything to kill. I can't control myself when it happens, I don't kill randomly for fun, I protect. I've kept myself hidden away from everything in this cave ever since that night 200 years ago. That witch put a curse on me and now, I roam around known as the "Slender Stallion" and now I'm immortal. If you enter, I'll welcome you. If you enter on Nightmare Night, I'll kill you. Oh god....Why must I be messed with by some damn fucking witch...I'm sorry, I truly am. Inside the cave, tally marks were scribbled against the wall. The Slender Stallion was near a wall with his head against it and his hoof on it. He then proceeded to bang his head against it very strongly, causing his head to break open. He kept doing it, breaking his head more and more. After that, he then proceeds to walk to a corner and sit. Black tears come from his "eyes" and leave a message on the ground with his blood I'm Sorry