//------------------------------// // WHERE'S THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?!?! // Story: Markiplier Murders Everyone's Faces // by ThunderCracker //------------------------------// It was a calm day in Equestria. Celestia's sun was shining brightly, the townsfolk conversed and, the market was busy as usual. The fillies and colts played happily at the park while their parents watched. The pegasai were making weather plans, and Luna had planned for a full moon tonight. Everything was normal, everyone was happy. Equestria was at peace. Little did they know about the nightmare that was about to be unleashed upon them, this very night. When Luna's full moon rises high in the sky, a beast unlike they've never seen will emerge from the forest, and hunt down his most hated victim. The blacksmith. Speaking of which, the smith sat at his shop making another steel bar to add to the door for extra security. He let out a sigh as he wiped the sweat from his brow and levitated the hot beam into the water. Steam rose from the water, warming the smithy's face. He levitated it over to the door and brought a few nails and bolts with him. As he worked on the door, the sun began to set. Celestia's sun lowered from the sky, and Luna's full moon arose. The blacksmith only had a few finishing touches to add to the door. Meanwhile, a stallion and a mare walked into the forest standing close together. They both wore smiles and kept glancing over at one another from time to time. They came across a clearing with a small pond. The two sat next to the pond and looked up at the sky and started talking lovey-dovey to each other. As they talked, something rustled in the bushes behind them. A large, billowing figure towered over the unsuspecting couple. The mare gasped at the beast and the stallion whirled around and stood in front of the mare. "W-who are you?! What do you want, show yourself!" He shouted. The beast stepped into the moonlight, striking fear into the hearts of the two ponies. He stood on two legs with two muscular limbs growing from his body. His head craned slightly, muscles and veins bulging from his neck and forehead. His eyes were filled with blood-lust, his breathing was heavy and loud. He raised his arms and shouted... "WHERE'S THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?!" The scream echoed through out the night, waking everypony up. The mare and stallion were petrified. "Uhh, I-I-I d-don't kn-kn-know!" The stallion stammered. "I WILL MURDER YOUR FACE!!!" The beast roared. It charged full speed at the stallion and crashed his fist into the stallion's face, sending him flying into the ground. He continued punching him the face while screaming the same question. The mare screamed and galloped away from the scene. As she ran, she heard trees and loud footsteps approaching behind her at a fast pace. The mare let out one final scream, which was quickly cut off as the beast tackled her to the ground, punching her in the face repeatedly while screaming the same question... "WHERE'S THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?!" The blacksmith's ears flickered as he heard something from the woods. He looked around and listened closer. After a while, he shrugged it off as the wind. But as he sat down, he heard it again, and he looked towards the forest and listened even closer. "WHERE'S THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?! He sort of recoiled at the odd sound. Although he couldn't quite hear it, he knew it was somepony. He just couldn't hear what they were saying. Then he heard a mare screaming. Then another, but it wasn't finished. The blacksmith approached the forest slowly, before freezing in place. "WHERE'S THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?!" The blacksmith backed away from the forest and galloped back to his shop and worked faster on the door. As he worked, the sound of trees crashing and breaking got closer. Everypony gathered around the forest entrance. The blacksmith finished his work and slammed the door shut, locking the door, the three dead-bolts, the two chain locks and three steel bars, along with the plank of wood. Next he went around locking and barricading all the windows. He walked into the bedroom, where his wife and little filly sat on the bed. "Daddy, what's going on?" The filly asked. "Shhh, hush my dear. Whatever you hear, whatever happens, promise me you won't make any noise okay?" He asked. "Okay." She replied. "Honey, what's happening?" His wife whispered in his ear. The smithy grabbed her and brought her to the other side of the room. "There is something coming, and it's coming for me." He whispered. "Why you?" She asked. "I have no idea, but all I know is that we're safe in here. As long as we don't make a peep." The smithy answered. The sound of a tree crashing down startled the three ponies. The smithy grabbed his family and brought them down into the cellar, where they hid from the beast. Everypony let out a scream as a tree flew from the forest and crashed down on one of the houses. They looked at the wrecked house. The sound of loud footsteps and loud breathing from the forest caught their attention. Everypony turned around to see a large, towering, muscular figure standing at the edge. He took a deep breath and bellowed, "WHERE'S THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?!" The ponies screamed and ran for their lives. The beast let out a roar before sprinting around, punching everyponies faces into the ground while shouting the same question, "WHERE'S THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?!" over and over like a mantra. The location of the blacksmith seemed to be the only thing the beast wanted, apart from murdering everything's faces. "I WILL MURDER ALL OF YOUR FACES!!!" One of the ponies ran up to the beast. Her horn began to glow with a purple hue. She shot out a stun spell which collided with the beast's chest. It didn't seem to have an effect, other than angering the beast. It let out a loud roar and grabbed the purple mare and lifted it up to its face. "WHERE THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?!?!" The mare wiped the saliva from her face and pointed behind him. The beast turned around to see the blacksmith's house. It turned around to look at the purple mare. "THANK YOU!!!" It shouted before punching her face into the ground. The beast sprinted full speed at the large steel door of the blacksmith's house and began banging and ramming its head into it. The beast screamed, shouted, bellowed, and roared at the blacksmith to let him in. He even promised him that he wasn't going to murder his face. Even though we all know, he didn't mean it. The beast continued trying to get into the blacksmith's house, testing every possible angle. The blacksmith sat in the cellar with his wife. He had the ears of his filly plugged, along with a few toys for her. The wife and smithy listened to the angered screams of the beast as he continued trying to get inside the house. This night seemed to never end for the family as the beat continued tormenting them. The smithy let out a sigh of relief as he wondered what would've happened if he hadn't installed the steel bars. His face would probably be getting murdered at this very moment. As Luna's moon set, Celestia's sun dawned. As it rose, it shed light on the chaos and destruction the beast had caused. Since he couldn't get into the blacksmith's house, he went around destroying everypony else's. There wasn't a single pony who's face wasn't buried into the ground. The beast stumbled around and shielded his eyes from the sun. It let out a frustrated grunt as it ran back into the dark forest. The smithy woke up and unlocked his door cautiously. He poked his head through the doorway. Once he had confirmation that everything was clear, he got his family and they stood outside. Celestia herself came down from Canterlot and offered them a place to live in Canterlot, as well as protection. The family gladly accepted and boarded the first train to Canterlot. It is said, that every full moon, you could hear the angered screams of the beast getting louder and louder, as he continues hunting his victim while shouting... WHERE'S THE BLACKSMITH?!?!?!?!