//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 - Slender Mane // Story: (Not So) Creepy Pastas In Equestria // by Scratch Board //------------------------------// Twilight smiled as she proudly trotted into the library, carrying a large black book in her saddlebags. Spike walked down the stairs. "Hey Twilight, what do you have there?" He asked, interested in the black book. "It's a collection of scary stories!" Twilight proclaimed. Spike scratched his head. "Scary stories? Doesn't sound that special to me." "Not just any scary stories," Twilight said as she set the book down on the table. "Scary stories from an ancient civilization called the 'humans'." "Ancient civilization?" Spike replied. "Just where did you find this book?" "Deep in the Canterlot library. You should be thankful that humans existed, Spike. It's their technology and language that we use to this very day!" "Never thought of it that way," Spike said. "Anyways, how about we read that book?" Twilight nodded. She looked down at the book and opened it with their magic. Suddenly, every candle in the library went out and the book started floating without help. "Tw-Twilight," Spike stuttered. "W-whats going on?" "I-I don't know, just keep calm." The book started floating towards the door. "Follow that book!" Twilight exclaimed. The two ran out the door, following the runaway book. Outside, they found the book floating higher into the sky The book then opened by itself, releasing a huge beam of green energy into the sky, which lit up the exact same bright color. Then, just like that, the book snapped shut, falling gently to the ground. Twilight stared wide-eyed at what had happened. "Is it over?" She walked over and examined the book. It was not damaged in the slightest. Spike walked up to Twilight. "Twilight, what just happened?" ----- Fluttershy flew around, feeding her animals while whistling a merry tune when she saw the sky light up green. "Oh, my." Soon, it was gone, and the sky was as normal as ever. "That was weird..." She simply shrugged it off and to the backyard, where a peculiar pony was now standing. It was extremely tall, and wore a fancy black suit. The strangest thing though, was that this pony seemed to have no face. No eyes, no mouth, not even a mane. Just a plain blank face. "Um...can I help you?" Fluttershy asked calmly. The pony simply stood there, staring blankly at her. After a couple seconds, it looked away, almost looking confused. "Oh, I don't do staring contests." It turned away for a couple seconds, then flashed it head back at her, staring more intently this time. "Really, you don't want to have a staring contest with me." The creature didn't listen, and kept staring at her, as expecting something to happen. Fluttershy sighed. "You asked for this." The pegasus started staring at the other pony, her eyes growing wide. Almost immediately the pony dropped to the ground, cowering in fear. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't hurt you did I? Here, let's bring you inside." Fluttershy took the pony's hoof and led him into her cottage. ---- Meanwhile, Twilight ran back into the library. "Spike, what's the status report?" She asked. "Well," Spike replied. "We've got a pony yelling at people to go to sleep, some colt in green haunting ponies stereos, some pony in turquoise stalking ponies, the bad part of town is playing creepy music, Pinkie and Rainbow are acting weird, and we've got some tall pony in a suit that was by Fluttershy's place. "Then we'll start there!" With that, the the two set off toward the small cottage at the edge of town. When they got there, they knocked on the door. "Yes?" Fluttershy asked when she answered. "Fluttershy," Twilight started. "We're looking for a tall pony in a suit. Seen him?" Fluttershy nodded with a smile. "He's right here." She led them both into the small house, where the tall pony was sitting. Spikes jaw dropped. "You let that thing in here!?" "Of course," Fluttershy said. "I wasn't just going to leave him!" Twilight levitated the book and opened it to the first page. "Here we go, Slender Man, known to stalk the forest and steal foals from their parents. Spike, ponify his name!" "What?" "Ponify his name so that this won't confuse ponies in the history books!" "Slender....Mane?" "But he doesn't even have a...whatever, good enough. Slender Mane, prepare to back in the book!" Pointing the book at Slender Mane, she opened it, shooting a bright green beam at him, which promptly sucked him back in. "How did you do that!?" Spike asked. "What did you think I was doing when I was gone and you were getting the status report? I was studying. Turns out, this book was never supposed to be put in the library, somepony put it in themselves." "But how?" "No idea, but all we have to worry about now is putting these scary stories back in the book! Let's go! Bye Fluttershy!" And the two were off, not noticing that the pegasus fainted in shock. "So what's next?" Spike asked. Twilight opened the book. "Well, didn't you say something about a pony yelling 'go to sleep'?" "Yeah, he's hitting people with a stick. Why?" "He's next." "He could be dangerous." "What's he gonna do, hit me with a stick?" And so, the pair was off to send the evil back to it's story.