Slender Mane had spoken to Luna and she informed Celestia of the problem. Celestia had sent a letter to her pupil to bring herself, friends, and the human, who was bringing his dog. Slender Mane knew that the human had an extreme dislike for Slender Beings, so much so, that Sender Mane had prepared to be attacked viciously. The human and company would be arriving at the castle in a few minutes. But they would be stopped at the train station because of a threat made against Canterlot. Celestia was so worried that she had the captain of her royal guard preform a shield spell. In addition to this, there was a wedding scheduled for the next day. Slender Mane had a bad feeling about this.
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The train had arrived at the castle, which had a large pink bubble around it. I saw the train hurtling towards the bubble, and I expected to be smashed into a pancake. Thankfully, we passed through it. Twilight saw my face as we neared the bubble and she laughed at me. "Don't worry, it was just shield spell, but i'm not sure why it's there. Celestia didn't inform me of something important, other than this whole 'slender' business." I looked at her and shook my head. "Trust me, you'll find out soon enough. Though you may not want to." She looked at me with an uncertain face, and I could imagine what was going through her head. 'Oh, what could scare him? He so cool and such a badass! he must be the strongest thing alive! nothing could beat him!' at least, thats what I liked to think. Hehehe. I am so fucking awesome I amaze myself. Anyways, the train pulled up to the station, and being the only passengers, there wasn't much hassle getting off the train. Until we were surrounded by a group of white coated unicorns wearing gold armor. One of them yelled "Don't move! we are going to restrain that... Thing, and escort you seven to questioning!" Twilight looked a little shocked and responded to the speaker. "Why? We haven't done anything! And neither has he!"She pointed a hoof at me at the last part.
"We have been ordered to detain any suspicious individuals on grounds of conspiracy against Equestria!"
I looked at Twilight and said "Stand back.I'm going to show these punks who they're dealing with."
"Michael! You can't attack them! Then they'll have a real reason to arrest you!"
"First off, they couldn't if they tried. Second, too bad i'm doing it." After I said that I rushed them. They were suprised but Recovered quickly, rushing to meet my attack. I refrained from using my knife or 12 gauge, and my bow... I dont know what happened to it. I round housed a guard, sending him flying. Another guard came up behind me and I kicked back wards and heard a crack. I turned to see what I had done, and the guard had a broken jaw. Thank god, I thought I had broken his neck. I turned back to the fight, but now the guards were wary of me, staying just out of my reach. They all looked to each other and nodded. All at once they rushed me, trying to overwhelm me. I grabbed one by the head and swung him around, taking out all of his friends at once. I took a stepback to survey my work. Unconcious guards lay strewn about. "Chuck Norris would be proud." I said to myself. I turned to face the girls.
"So what d'ya think? Pretty damn good, huh?" They looked at me uncertainly, almost as if to say 'you're kidding, right?' I laughed and found myself being lifted off of the ground by a magical aura. But not the purple one I associated with Twilight, this one was blue! I looked behind me ans saw 10 more guards, one of which's horn was glowing, creating the magical aura. He looked me and said "You... These were some of my best men, how did you take all eight of them out?"
"Well if these are best men, i'd invest in some better trainig routines." He just growled an took off his helmet. Thats when twilight yelled "Shining!" The addressed unicorn looked over to her and Gasped in suprise. "Twily! Aww, it's great to see you but what are you doing with this thing?"
"He's not a thing, he is a human! and his name is Michael! now would you please put him down?"
"Nope, no can do. I have to take him before Celestia for attacking royal guards. Sorry." and with that, he turned and floated me away. Twilight and the girls tried to force their way past the guards, but they couldn't budge the stalwarts. "Don't worry! we were going to see Celestia anyways right? just meet me there!" And with that I was floated around a corner and out of sight of the girls. I saw a large courtyard, with ponies running around and putting up decorations and such. I saw a banner strung across said courtyard, and it read 'Congratulations Shining and Mi Amore'. I remembered Twilight calling the unicorn carrying me 'Shining' and wondered if there was going to be a wedding. I decided I would ask. "Hey, are you getting married?" He looked at me and replied "Yeah, why?"
"Oh, no reason. Just that Twilight didn't say anything about you getting married, and i'm pretty sure that she would mention something like that." His mouth made an 'O' of suprise and he said "Aw, horseapples! I knew I was forgetting something! I didn't send Twilight an invitation!" I chuckled throatily. It was pretty funny to watch others forgetful-ness. He looked at me and asked "What's so funny? And what did you mean when you said you were already on your way to see the princess?" I looked at him and decided to mess with him. "Oh I was going to enslave her with my powers." with that I unshouldered my 12 gauge and fired at a cluster of balloons. Everyone- er, everyPONY, in the room jumped at the deafening boom. I was abrubtly dropped and surrounded by the guards. They were all unicorns and they charged their horns, ready to attack. I reshouldered my weapon slowly and said calmly "Woah, relax. I was just joking.In fact I need her help, so attacking her wouldn't be in my best interests." The glow from their horns dissapated, but they remained tense. Thats when Shining stepped forward and said "I'm going to need you to hand over that weapon, now."
"And i'm going to need you to fuck off. It stays with me." We got in a staring match that would make grown men quake in terror. Then a glow came from above us and I looked up. l saw what looked like a cross between a pegasus and a unicorn. It had whit fur, a noticibly longer horn than any other unicorns I had seen. Thats when I started shaking. Not out of fear, because I never shake in fear. My right eye twitched. Oh no, I counted the days in my head, I had one on my birthday then I was in the woods for 4 days, then I slept at Twilights... Oh my god, it's been over seven days! I needed my fix bad. Both of my hands were shaking, and I started feeling sick. I dropped to my knees and started dry heaving. I felt a hoof on my shoulder, and when I looked up, Shining was looking at me in worry. "Are you ok? Whats wrong?" It was hard to speak but I managed to get out a few words. "Monster... Need... Drink..." I was really shaking now. Thats when I heard Shining address another pony. "Princess Celestia! This thing... Michael! He's sick! he said something about a drink and monster. I don't know what he means! Help him!" Thats when something poked my scalp. I felt a tingly sensation in the base of my skull. Then I heard a *pop* and when I looked up, I saw the most beautiful sight ever. Three Monster Assaults. I grabbed one and cracked the top off. I chugged it in a quick 7 seconds. I grabbed another and chugged that one too. I felt the shaking stop, and Able to speak clearly. I looked up at a tall pony that eminated power. I got on my knees and kissed her hooves.
"Thank you, Princess. I owe you a huge debt of gratitude. How did you know what a Monster is?" She giggled and said " I didn't, I went into your memories. You also have an odd choice in music. What is Bulls On Parade?" I looked at her and said "Bulls On Parade is a great song." She simply shrugged and she walked into the castle and I followed. This place was huge! And pretty too. She must have noticed my head looking from one to another in amazement because she said "I see you like the castle." I nodded and replied "Uh, yeah. To say the least." She laughed and we continued on. Then l remembered that I had a couple questions.
"Excuse me, Princess?"
"Yes Michael?"
"Well, I was wondering, how come you didn't tell Twilight about the wedding? And whats with the giant pink bubble around the castle?" Celestia looked at me in suprise. "I thought I mentioned that in the letter. Ah, well at least we have time to deal with your problem first. And the bubble is a shield spell. Earlier this week a threat was made against Canterlot and myself." I nodded. Then after five more minutes of walking we came to a great set of double doors. Celestia opened them and I saw two things. Another pony like Celestia, but midnight blue and a tad shorter. The second was a ponified Slender Man. I pulled out my knife and rushed him, only to be stopped by a deep blue magical aura. I heard Celestia say "Michael, this is Slender Mane. He is on your side, so please put the knife down." I begrudgingly followed through, because I figured that if I could trust someone, It was the sun goddess. The knife dropped out of my hands and hit the floor. I was gently set down and adressed by the blue pony, who I assumed was Celestia's sister, Luna. "Hello Michael, I am Luna, goddess of the moon." Michael-4, Ponies-1.
"Hi there. I would introduce myself but, you already know me, which l find a little concerning. Would one of you be so kind as to explain why THAT is here?" I pointed at Slender Mane. Celestia replied "He is here to help you defeat Slender Man. He came here to warn me of the danger promised by him, and I take the saftey of my little ponies very seriously." she said with an icy edge to her voice.
"Hey, Celestia. Slender where I come from is evil. And you say that this Slender is good. What makes yours good and mine bad?"
Celestia then got a thoughtful look on her face at that moment. "I'm not too sure. I think it has something to do with his will. He doesn't want to hurt ponies. The evil that makes him the way he is is very strong, and he must hold something very dear to his heart if he can overcome it." Slender Manes head twitched over to Luna for a moment when Celestia said that, but turned back to me quickly. They didn't notice, but I did. I asked him "So, you want tot help me kill Slendy, huh? Waht makes you think I need your help?" I really wished I hadnt asked, because thats when a cold voice slithered through my head.
'you need my help because your slender is a shadow being like me. without my help, you will fail, and you shall die alongside your dog.'
I walked over to him and said "Well then I don't have a choice. So, how are we going to do this? Am I going to hunt him down and you ambush him or wha-" I was Interuppted when one of his tentacles touched my forehead and I passed out.
I opened my eyes and Celestia was standing over me. "Michael!? Michael! Can you hear me?" I sat up and replied "Yeah i can hear you. What happened?" But she didn't seem to hear me. Then I heard that Cold voice in my head again. 'they cannot hear you. your soul is parted from you body so that we may speak privately.' I looked over and Slender Mane was sitting there looking at me with his blank face. I got up and walked to him. "Was this necessary? I mean we couldn;t have just asked them to leave the room? Or could you not stand to be away from Luna?" I said woth a smirk.
'i do not know what you mean! we are simply aquaintances!'
"Drop the act. I could see it as clear as day. You got a thing for Luna." I laughed. I heatd Slender Mane sigh in my head. "All right enough fun for now, but we are going to continue this later. How were you planning on beating Slender Man?"
'simple. i am going to enter your body and together we will defeat him.'
"Woah, hold on there! You keep those tentacle where I can see 'em pal!" His head turned to the side. 'i do not know what you mean. i was going to become apart of you by melding minds.' I sighed in relief. I thought he meant he was gonna... You know. "Fine, but will this be permanent?"
'unfortunatley, yes. but it is the price we must pay to protect the inhabitants of this world.'
"Hey, i'm not in this for the ponies. I'm here for my dog and that is it." Slender Mane shrugged and said 'so be it, but i will have control over half of your body.' And with that he turned into a shadowy cloud and flew at me. I gasped in suprise and he took the oppurtunity to fly into my mouth. I started choking on the shadowy substance. This is going to sound dirty, but, it was so thick and I couldn't breath. I was gagging one moment, then the next my eyes opened. I saw Celestia standing over me. "Michael! Oh thank Faust! We thought you were dead!" Luna was looking over Celestia's shoulder with concern. I saw her in a different light, like she was radiant, and... attractive!?! Oh hell no!
'Hey you in there?'
'yes i am. you have some odd things in your memories. and why am i craving this drink called Monster?'
'Thats because I want a Monster! And stop making me see Luna like that!'
'i can not help it! i was going to marry her! we were in love!' That gave me pause. Slender Mane and Luna?
'When was this?'
'2,000 years ago.'
"Sweet Jesus!" I exclaimed that one out loud by accident. Celestia looked at me in suprise, as did Luna. Luna looked and said "Something wrong Michael? And what happened to Slender Mane?" I looked at her, and then to Celestia. "How old are you two?"Celestia looked at me in suprise, but responded. "I myself am almost ten thousand millennia old, and Luna is only a few younger than me. Why?" I looked at them in complete shock. Millennia!? Damn, and I thought betty white was old. I stood up, and looked at Luna. "Luna, Slender is in my head." She took it well. I looked at Celestia. She wasn''t. Her eyes were twitching violently, and her legs were shaking. Her gaze was fixed on something behind me. When I turned to look, I almost wish I hadn't. I could see what looked like pony shaped bugs. They all had an average height, except for one who was as tall as Celestia. Thy all had wing and horn. In front of them, chained up and on the ground, were the girls, Spike, and Colmillo. The tallest bug-pony laughed and said "Now Celestia, it is the changelings time to rule!"