//------------------------------// // 3: The Forest // Story: The SLENDERMANE and the eight pages // by Fire-D-Brony //------------------------------// Twilight and The cutie mark Crusaders were wondering around the forest trying to find the rest of the notes, Twilight was saying to the CMC that their were 8 Notes, well there were 7 now, since they had picked up one already. Twilight was still cross with the Cutie mark crusaders, but it was her fault of telling them were Slendermane was, after a few hours of searching they found the 6th note it had a rough sketch of the slendermane and on both sides of the note is said "NO NO NO NO NO NO" Twilight knew that they were getting close to him, then suddenly they heard Hoof steps, coming toward them, Twilight froze into place "Girls don't move" the Cutie mark crusaders froze into place, then they all saw a shadowy figure walk pass them, it was the slendermane, it was very tall skinny and faceless, it did not see Twilight and the CMC behind the trees, then he stopped for a second it turned its head around slowly and then walked off. Twilight was relieved that he was gone "Ok he's gone" Twilight grabbed the 6th note and put it in Her Saddlebag, so the Cutie mark crusaders and Twilight all kept going to find the rest of the pages, The cutie mark Crusaders are now wishing they never came in the Ever free forest, then Twilight had a plan "You three i have a plan but your not going to like it" The CMC were not sure of listening to the plan but they need all the help that they get, "Well, what's your plan Twilight?" Scootaloo asked, Twilight was not sure of what the cutie mark Crusaders would say but she said it anyway "If we are going to find these notes before dawn, we have to split up" the cutie mark crusaders stopped, and thought to each other and they agreed, "Ok, Twilight" Twilight gave them directions, "Ok Applebloom you go left, Scootaloo you go right, Sweetie belle you go forward, and i'll go further on" So the four trotted to their positions, the owls were hooting, the trees were rustling in the wind, the forest was quite was quiet Applebloom was finding her way around and came across some old oil tanks, she shined her torch light on them it had a label saying "Equestria oil refinery" Applebloom inspected the Oil tanks a bit more, then found the 5th page it said "HELP ME" applebloom was in shock, but she didn't let paper get her off guard, she picked it up and put it in her saddlebag before she could think of anything else, she saw the Slendermane...Right...In...front...of...her, Applebloom stopped right in her tracks, there, she was face to face with the SLENDERMANE, Applebloom had no idea, on what to do, she slowly walked backwards, not taking her eye of the Slender mane, then Applebloom tripped over a log, and then when she looked back at the slendermane- "Wait, he's gone" Applebloom thought. Sweetie Belle, was wondering around shaking of fear the entire time, but then she found a building that looked like and old bathroom, Sweetie Belle without thinking ahead, trotted right in the Building, the building was old and it was cold, it's been here for years, Sweetie Belle searched the Building high and low, she could not find it, then she heard Hoof steps it was not the sound of hoof steps on the dirt and grass, it sounded more like tile hoof steps, and Sweetie Belle found out that the building she was in, had a Tile floor. The Hoof step sounds on the tile floor, gave Sweetie Belle the shivers and Sweetie Belle didn't think anymore she just ran out of the Building as fast as she could, Then as she was still running, she saw the 4th page on the tree next to her, there was two things that Sweetie Belle could do, she could Grab the page and most likely get caught, or she still keeps running for her life.