The Midnight Arrives
Forever Roaming
Chapter: 1
The Midnight Arrivals
The Everfree, a place avoided by most ponies and essentially, a big hunting ground. The forest was untamed, its instability was just another matter. The weather controlled itself, the plants grew alone, and worse of all, the animals care for themselves. To the man standing before the forest, this was just a normal thing. He grew use to the changes ponies controlled, weather, the celestial bodies, and could grow food quicker than normal. To him the forest seemed a distant memory of home, but this was not what he was there for.
He was there for his objective, and he was going to stick to it.
He stood tall, decked out in clothing of another home. Dark camouflage pants and a blouse over his chest helped him to blend into the forest with a matching Kevlar helmet. He checked the small pendant around his neck, the badge of his position, his profession.
The bag on his back carried the tools of his trade. His M16A2, his Ruger MK II, a K-bar knife, a set of mysterious blades made for a Pegasus, ammunition, camping materials, rations, and even reading material
He looked onward, a creature, one of the nightmares, was sighted near the edge of the forest. These creatures, created, and controlled, by the Nightmare itself. The creatures were that of your greatest fears, bundled into a being. Nopony went into the forest, its abundance of violent creatures kept them clear of it. Of course, most of the creatures remained in the forest, choosing to stay in familiar territory., Nightmares on the other hand, roamed, explored, and killed what they chose to.
He was there to stop this one, it was considered deadly, but, no description was given about it. He looked at the other guards, all of them Ponies, they were all there on the mission. Only he was the one that at the moment had the tools to fully dispatch this nightmare.
The group slowly moved into the forest they ignored the recent trail they made to Sunny Town, instead they worked forward into a unknown part of the forest. The hunter looked up at the sound of something behind him. He turns to face the sound only to feel himself be slammed into at his chest and he fell backwards only, he wasn’t hitting ground it felt like he was falling from a great height and he could only think of something to do, he clutched the pendant and closed his eyes concentrating on something. His world utterly black.
Through the windows of the car, trees of a forest passed by at a fast rate. The man driving the car looked around him, distracting himself from the road. “I need to hurry before the others get there.” He placed his eyes back on the road, it seemed to stretch on forever.
The man wore cheap blue jeans, a basic brown tee-shirt he bought at Kohls along with size 7 sneakers. He had spiky brown hair to match his carefree attitude and dark blue eyes. He was laid back in his seat to give his legs more space.
On the passenger side seat sat a old styled camera, one that uses film. Inside the car, papers were scattered about, sightings, newspapers, stories, even a couple of books sat inside the car. On top of his camera was a hat, a baseball cap to be exact. It featured some band on it, one named Lord Buck. His friends were in that band and decided to support them by wearing one of their hats.
Though their music wasn’t what he was into, he still enjoyed their company nevertheless. In front of him, just a good distance away, was the end of the road, turning into a parking lot due to the place turning into camping grounds. Pulling into the parking lot he turned his key, shutting off the engine. He then reached over, grabbing his camera and hat. Upon opening the door, the tinted windows no longer supplied him with a cover to the sun, causing him to squint. After adjusting to the light, he slowly looked around. “This should be the place.” He said while looking around. “Looks like I’m the first one here.” In fact, he was. There were no other vehicles in sight, leaving him alone in the woods.
He reached into his pocket, pulling out a small flip notebook from his messanger bag that contained his notes, pictures, film, and camera bag.. “Alright, what was going on around here again...”
He slowly read the paper, listing what was going on and what he should look for around the area. He was a journalist willing to take risks, showing up alone to find out what was going on. He read on the paper of people seemingly vanishing, without a trace. There was also talk of some figure being seen around the woods. Of course this could just be another murderer on the loose once more but still, a story is a story, and he needed the money.
He was there to write what was on the scene and any notes that should be kept to mind, he placed his notepad and pen into his pocket once more. “Lets see...” He looked into the forest in front of him, the trees stood tall, their leaves seemed to cut off light into the forest, leaving the area below to dance with shadows.
“Eeh...” He moaned quietly. “For crying out loud, if this place had blood marks on it, I would think I’m in a horror film.” He said while walking into the forest, camera hanging around his hip by a loop. He studied the area as he walked deeper into the dark forest, passing up a sign at the entrance.
The Forever Free Forest.
Stay out.
“Wow...that has got to be the most stupidest name for a forest I have ever heard. Might as well just remove the space, The Foreverfree forest, For... Everfree.” He shrugged. “Eh, Everfree would possibly be better, Forever Free makes it seem like it was from a Japanese RPG game.”
Paying no more mind to the sign, he ventured onward, over some surfaced roots and small water sources. After walking long enough, he noted no signs of anything going on, no signs of a struggle, blood, marks, chipped wood, not even animals.
That’s when he noticed the lack of animals in the forest. Normally this forest was home to a plentiful source of animals, ranging from squirrels to bears but, at this moment, there was nothing, no creatures, no marks, no anything, not even an echo of sound. Slowly this began to unnerve him as he started to walk again, this time back in the direction he came from. Suddenly he realized something.
“Oh you gotta be kidding me...”
He had ventured to the point in which he has no idea where he ended up.
Slamming his palm against his forehead in frustration, he let out a long sigh. Slowly he began to walk once more, heading in the direction he hoped was the right way.
He kept an eye on his foot placement, not wanting to take any nasty falls on the large amount of surfaced roots and rocks that laid scattered about the forest floor. He walked for what seemed to be hours, possibly days, but in reality perhaps a couple minutes. The silence unnerved him. Where are the animals, why can’t I hear anything in this forest. He thought to himself. He raised his hands and clapped them together, the sound echoed through the woods, taking out the possibility it was him somehow going deaf.
A twig snapped, slowly he looked to his feet, but realized he didn’t step on anything. Slowly one more, he turned around, a dark figure stood behind him, its features were unable to be seen. It then took a step forward, slowly towards him.
With fear in heart and the urge to live pounding into his mind, the man took off on a sprint, turning the other way. He ducked and weaved through the trees, some clipping him, causing him to get his shirt to get ripped and take his hat off. He could always get another one, panic was too set in for him to even turn around.
”I’m sorry I didn’t believe in you Slenderman!!” He yelled, screaming for his life.
While running his mind ran through everything, the blood that ran down his arms, shoulder, and even a little on his head. The forest wasn’t very kind to him. He noted the stream to his left, the rocks to his right, but what he failed to notice was the large root that was surfaced right before him.
His foot slammed into the root, causing him to lunge forward, in a quick motion he placed his arm in front of his face for the blow of the forest floor.
But it never came.
Equestria seemed to be having a calm, sunny day. The Everfree on the other hand seemed to be growing its own thunderstorm. The clouds were rumbling and lightning arcing around the clouds themselves. Something was off, and a certain group of ponies decided to investigate.
“Twilight, that weather is looking really rough.” Rainbow Dash spoke eyeing the storm clouds with an eye of expertise.
“I know, that’s why we were asked to find what is causing the disturbance. The Everfree forest has been flowing with a powerful source of magic as of recently and it is causing some of the creatures to act wild.” Twilight said.
“Oh...d-d-d-dear.” Fluttershy stuttered and hides behinds Applejack.
“Don’t ya worry Fluttershy,” AppleJack says, trying to calm her friend, “I am sure ya would be able to handle any critter in that dern forest.” AppleJack turned to Twilight, “Twilight, what is exactly going on in the Everfree forest.”
“Well, Princess Celestia sent me a letter saying that there is a strong magical disturbance in the Everfree Forest. She asked us to investigate the forest to see what is the root of this strong magical disturbance.” Twilight informed to all present
“Well whatever it is, I am sure we can handle it” Rainbow Dash boasted, brimming with confidence.
“And after we do stop it, I can throw a giant party for all of us to celebrate!” Pinkie Pie gleefully exclaimed.
The group of ponies each went into the forest to face the unknown danger that might await them on the other side of the trees.
While the man tried to lock his concentration the sensation of hitting the ground finally caught up with him, throwing him off his game. Upon opening his eyes he looked to his chest in a flash looking at the location he got hit. To his surprize he found nothing there, not a scratch, nor creature.
“Stupid Nightmares.” The man muttered as he rolled to his side as he began to scan the forest, his first realization was that he was missing his entire squad. In fact he seemed to be in another part of the forest.The wind was cold, and the forest darker than what it was before. Some water fell on his head causing him to look up and notice the large amount of clouds overhead, electricity snapping around them.
“Well, that was not there before.” he muttered at the sky. He began to look around for his gear. “Better find shelter before that storm breaks.” He found his gear laid on the floor, feet away from him. He picked it up, testing its weight and checking inventory to make sure he did not lose anything.
After finding that all was in order he placed the rucksack onto his back and began to use the compass to get his way out of the forest, his first stop was Ponyville. He shivered, something felt off to his mind. Shaking his head, he began his trek, quickly moving towards where he believed was the exit.
He moved slowly, his rifle in a semi raised position. He was slowly stepping forward. He didn’t recognize the surroundings, but he could see. Seeing he knew in the Everfree was a good thing. His steps were cautious. He would ever once in awhile stop at a tree and rap out a sound. He was looking for something while still keeping bearing around him.
A sudden flash to his right followed by a thud alerted him, causing him to quickly raise his rifle, pointing in the direction of it. There on the ground was a bipedal creature, seemingly human, on the floor, his arms raised to his head mumbling something loud enough to be heard.
“PleaseDon’tKillMePleaseDon’tKillMePleaseDon’tKillMe-” He cried at a rapid pace.
The Soldier blinked and while keeping his rifle raised pointing at the figure, barked out. “Who are you!” The mumbling human ignored what the man said and continued crying to himself. The Soldier growled out as he stepped forward. “Cease your babbling or you’ll draw upon us all the terrors of this forest.” His voice sharp, hard, and hissed out now as he looked around in worry at the way too silent forest.
The person stopped his crying and turned around to see a man geared up for a tour of duty. “Who are you and what do you mean by terrors of the forest?” Then his eyes widen as he starts to panic. “Are you here to kill Slenderman?”
The soldier just looked at the other person, mentally he was happy, though confused at hearing English, after hearing Equestrian for a while now. “Slenderman? No, but I had to fight the Slenderpony.” His facial expression softened. “What’s your name? What are you doing in, How did you get into the Everfree?” he paused and looked very worried. “Actually, can you walk? Move?”
The person seemed to calm down after seeing a friendly face. “Yea, My name is Chris Olsen. I think I can walk fine and what about a skinny pony?” Chris speculated at the idea of a slenderpony.
“Skinny Pony?” The soldier asked before shaking his head, “Come on Chris, let’s get you to Ponyville medical, they can look at you there.” He paused and raised his pendant he had around his neck to his eye and Chris saw the pendant, a green eye with a black dragon slit in the middle. Making it look like a dragon’s eye that was glowing a dull green. “Good you are not infected. They didn’t get you.” he paused. “But then, how did you get into Equestria?” he got up from kneeling and moved to watch the surrounding. “Let’s move out.”
Chris stands up and starts to follow the soldier. “Okay but first, where is ponyville, what is the weird pendant you’re wearing and what did you do with it, and why did you think I was a zombie?” Chris asked.
The Soldier blinked and looked back at Chris. “A zombie would have been a better fate than what I feared what might have happened to you.” He paused and shivered. “Still I am glad you are not a zombie either.” He paused a little and looked around then at a compass before moving off in another direction. “Ponyville is at the edge of the Everfree, the largest in the Equis valley. Saddle River flows through it.” He spoke with with smile. “The pendant? Sorry that is classified.” He paused at another point and then looked at Chris. “Name’s William.”
“Okay William, I can understand if you don’t want to tell me about the pendant.” I am going to find out eventually. Chris devilishly thought. “but I think you have the name of our current location wrong. You mean the Forever Free forest, not the Everfree forest.”
William paused and looked back at Chris. “My fine person, I do not think you are in Kansas.” he looked at the forest and pointed at a small patch of a strange blue flower. “See that?” He pointed at the plant. “It is dangerous, and not in earth. That is called Poison Joke.” He looked around the forest. “We will have to move around the patch. Don’t walk through it, touch it, or anything else. Understood?”
The soft sound of crunching leaves alerted them to a new presence. They both turned towards the sound and in the distance a group of ponies seemed to be exploring, looking around. They were not noticed by the group at the moment.
Chris’s mouth was agape at the sight of colorful ponies. He notices that two of them have wings and that another two had horns. I think I just found proof that unicorns and pegasus exist!” Chris takes out his camera and gets it ready. I am going to make a fortune off of this discovery! That or I might be crazy.
“Stay right here. Don’t move, I am going to move on ahead. It looks like they sent in the E-team.” He actually placed his rifle into a safe setting before moving forward looking like he is going to approach the group.
Chris grabs his shoulder and pulls him back. He whispers to him, “What are you doing! You are going to scare them away!”
“Scare them? If I do not anything, we could be attacked by them.” He shivered and moved forward. “If you get this tight at seeing just six, wait till you see Ponyville.” he chuckled a little and moved forward a little. Chris sighs and follows behind him.. William took a breath. “HEY Twilight! This Sector’s clear of nightmares, How was your search with Luna?” He didn’t want to say that he got attacked and separated from his squad. Chris blinked, did William just speak another language?
The ‘E Team’ froze, locking their sights to the two humans, one standing with some object in his hands, the other with the hand to his forehead.
William was confused at their frozen sights and he steps slowly towards them and shoulders his weapon. “Uh... You were sent here to help with nightmare clean up, right?” his voice becoming unclear. However to Chris, William was still speaking another language from what he had been using with Chris. Chris was just confused as to what he said.
“Did you just try to speak to a bunch of colorful ponies with gibberish?” Chris asked William in a harsh whisper.
Twilight placed a hoof to her chin, slowly she began to speak in the same language.
“Just, what are you two?”
A certain cyan colored mare decided to interrupt their moment.
“Uhh, Twilight. Could you translate for us?”
William stopped and froze, tilting his head at Rainbow Dash. “Dash... when did you learn English?”
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can't wait to see more
Hmm, guess I have to read the other 2 stories that the two humans takes place in. A little confused at the end.
let me get this straight you took rick from before he went to the MLP world and william from after he came to the MLP world?