Tall...slender...no face...Evil. These words describe the Slenderman, many people know the myth of slenderman they see him as a being of evil only wanting death. But they got it all wrong.
What if Slenderman was a mistake, a being made from chaos itself feeling only hatred for what it has become...What if he was banished from Equestria by the princesses to another world...And became a myth of pure evil and wants revenge. Not all is what it seems...1,000 years after the defeat of discord, something was left behind something not fully formed but part darkness and chaos.
"Its coming for me, its coming for me, I didn't listen and now i'm going to die", a voice echoed though the halls. There a women sat sobbing in the bathroom, tears just ran across her face...slowly her tears fell to the white marble floor. Something broke the silence that filled the house, footsteps could be heard coming from outside the bathroom walls.
The footsteps got closer and closer to were the young women was hiding to the point of only being a few steps away from the door. She began to panic not having any other way to escape her staker, her only option was to hid in the cabinet beneath the sink moving slowly towards it not wanting to alert her persecuter. Her hands slowly met with the handle of the cabinet door opening them."CREAK" she winced at the noice the cabinet made...but she realized it wasn't there anymore, she let out a gasp of air as she slowly got up from the floor her feet have fallen asleep but she didn't care as her mind was telling her to open the door and run for it, the young women knew of the danger that was outside.
She should have listened to the warning the townspeople told her "Don't stay in that house...be carefull theres something bad up in these woods" she didn't even listen to sign that was posted in the entrance of the woods, Beware of the Tall man. All she did was think of it as a hoax or simply a myth, she thought wrong cause now that myth is chasing her. She was close to the door now but she wanted to make sure it was gone she peaked though the key hole trying her best not to make any further noise. Her staggering breath was the only noise she could hear "BAM", the door swung open pushing the women back towards the end of the bathroom, she pinned her back against the wall of room. At the doorway stood her assailant...It was taller then the door frame almost hitting his head as he came in slowly, wearing an all black business suit from his shoulders to his feet, she would have mistaken this thing for a man if it wasn't for his face, Christ its face just pure white no eyelids, no lips, no nothing, just a plain white face yet it stares her down as if it had eyes. The women started to feel nauseous as the tall slender figure before it began to move towards her, his footsteps hitting the marble floor as he approached her, "THUMP, THUMP, THUMP", It was now positioned over her just staring her down, waiting. She was looking down at her feet not wanting to see the creature anymore but something forced her to look, she tried her best to stop her head from looking up however she couldn't stop. Her eyes were now looking upon the creatures face, the nauseous feeling was getting worse as she soon felt herself go limp falling on her knees, tears weren't the only liquid running down as blood started to run out of her nose ending up on her lips. Gulping hard she soon fell to all fours as she coughed out blood onto the marble suface.
"S-stop, p-p-please",she pleaded but got no responce from the creature. Breathing became difficult for her as she began to lose counsiousness.
"Why?, w-why are you d-doing t-this", She asked in a wore out voice thinking she would get a responce...She did, the tall creature seemed to be surprised that his victim had asked him a question stepping back a little.
"Why are you doing this, we never did anything to you", Echoed the voice of the mare in front of him as the women in front of him turned to a pony. He tilted back while holding his white empty head with both hands as if he was screaming, he tilted forwards again seeing that the women was still a mare.
I'm sorry can't control myself must FEEEED", he himself hissed as he approched the mare. "Stop it **** This isn't you" echoed the mares voice, he couldn't hear the name which she had spoken. "Y-your right must figh-NOT FIGHT IT MUST FEED!",The mare slowly faded back to the women that he had almost killed still there at the brink of death.
Angered at himself for getting distracted six tentacale sprouted from his back three on each side of his body, the tentacales lunged towards the women wrapping around her lifting her up as she started to scream. He cared not if he didn't get to feed on her he was just angry, the tentacales started to squeeze her like a anaconda killing its prey. Her skin tured purple as the life was being squeezed out of her"crack", THUD", he let her drop on the floor as he heard the cracking of her bones. Each tentacale retreated towards his back disappearing into the darkness of his suit. The lifeless body of the women layed there, eyes wide open blood still driping from her nose. He stared one last glance at his victim, It walked towards the doorway before disappearing instantly.
"YOU GUYS ARE THE REASON SHE'S DEAD", the tall creature hissed.
"It was not us and you know it, stop this rampage now and we can cure you", a tall white mare with a multicolor mane flowing with the wind yet there was no wind, wearing a necklace of gold with a single purple gem in the middle. Next to her stood a much smaller pony which had the same flowing mane as its sister just more darker colors. they both had crowns on there heads symbolizing they were royalty.
"Your helping me now, why didn't you help HER, you knew she was about to die and yet you let her DIE", he lunged towards the princeses....
What was happening to him, the slender man strolled though the woods ever sense the women told him that question he's been having flashes of images of what seemed to be himself but can't remember why. Those pony princesses seemed familier to him but can't remember the only thing he sees is he has a burning hatred for them and who was the mare he was taking about he remembers saying her but who. these memorys were abstracted, why they were appearing now after that women that would have tasted so good asked him a simple question, why? To think of it he does not recall ever thinking about something, he never cared for anything nor for what they had he simply killed and feed.
Something seemed to stop him at his tracks, he couldn't move. A small light caught his attention it was coming from the backside of his arm, he moved his arm closer to his expressionless face. Another dot of white light appeared on his arm then another, and another. These lights soon began to widen as if you were burning paper, his arm soon started to disappear holes formed on his torso making him disappear from his body soon the lights expanded burning the slender creatures body. His face was the only thig left, floating in mid air as the light burned his shoulders, his face started to smear as if some one was erasing him the holes soon appeared on his face as he slowly burned away from the face of the earth. Nothing was left except for a circle with a large x across it, but why?
"SPIKE", shouted a lavender pony levitating a bag with stars as the design onto her back, she looked up towards the second floor of her home. "SPIKE!, come on we're going to be late for our picnic with the girls", shouted the pony in a more inpatient tone.
"I'll met you there, I want to finish this chapter I'm on", said the purple dragon popping his head out.
"What book are you reading anyways", asked the lavender pony. Spike soon walked down the stairs with a book clutched between his claws.
"I've been reading this book, see twilight", spike said as he lifted the book up for twilight to read the cover. OLDEN DAY EQUESTRIA: MYTHS AND LEGENDS, read the title of the book.
"Oh spike, you know myths and legends are just make believe, where'd you get this book anyway", twilight asked levitating the book with her magic.
"I found it behind that secret panel with the horseshoe", spike answered jumping for the book grabbing it out of twilights magic grasp.
"Well ok then, just make sure you put it back were it was and meet us later on... Ok", twilight told spike, walking towards the front door opening it. Spike walked up against the door saying," yeah, yeah". Twilight left waving at spike with her hoof, he returned the wave with a smile and closed the door. He ran up the stairs and sat comfortably on twilight's bed flipping the pages of the book. "Here we are", shouted spike as he came to a page labeled Myth Ten: Slender-pony.
"Slender-pony, huh" spike seemed interested in this slender-pony and continued to flip to the next page. "It was tall...very tall...and slender - described by anonymous, spike read out loud. Slender-pony is a mythical creature depicted as being a tall, skinny pony wearing a pure black suit with a long white expressionless face. According to witnesses he can stretch or shorten his legs and hooves at will also able to grow tentacle-like appendages from it's back. The creature may also cause paranoia, constant coughing, and vomiting, reports say prolong exposure may kill you. This creature is also said to teleport at will. Slender-mane is responsible for the disappearances of young fillys and mares during the end of the tyrants era and the beginning of the princesses rule. Nopony knows the origins of slender-mane but he is made up of the same power the tyrant used. It is said that This creature can enter ones mind and haunt the victim till they either become it's proxy or accept defeat and let the creature take hold. Proxy: A pony that is influenced by the slender-mane or forced to obey the slender-mane At the end of the page showed a picture of the slender-mane.
Spike now completely crept out from the story and picture he closed the book immediately and put it away just like twilight said. "He isn't that scary he-he" spike said as he curled up in his bed shivering. Soon he started to fall asleep on his comfortable bed closing his eyes very slowly.
The darkness is are friend...darkness is are friend....DARKNESSSSSSS IS ARE FRIEND FOREVER HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH, JOIN US AND WE WILL AVENGE HER TOGETHER...TOGETHER FOREVER.
The night was silent, no sound, no movement just silence. Clouds began to form atop a field of grass these clouds weren't white but pitch-black no color just black they surrounded around a section of the field. Wind soon followed as the grass swayed back and forth. The small patch of clouds above began to thunder and shake violently as lightning soon shot out in every direction. The lightning stopped... Now the lightning started back up but poured onto one single spot of grass constantly hitting the ground as if wanting to break the earth.
*ZAP*,*ZAP*, *ZAP*, *ZAP*
Just pounding the grass not stopping. A ball of light began to form under the blasts of lightning expanding in size.
the ball of light itself began to shot lightning at every direction hitting a near by tree setting it on fire. The ball of light started to collapse in itself becoming smaller. It continued to shrink, stopping at the size of an apple."BOOM!" the ball expanded, exploding, burning everything that was around it. The small patch of grass was no more in it's place was a crater. Some spots of dirt still on fire. The clouds have disappeared leaving only dust and ashes, once the dust cleared there in the center of the crater a strange figure slowly lifted itself from the ground. It's feets were abnormally long, all four of them. the being was pale white from his hooves to his face. It was wearing a pure black with the sleeves being as long as it's front legs, on it's hind legs flank was a symbol of a circle with an x though it.
The creature just stood there turning it's head looking towards the forest that was meters away. "EVERFREEEE", hissed the creature looking at the forest. He slowly paced forward heading in the direction of the forest. He came to a halt, he heard a voice a familiar voice yet he couldn't figure out who it was. "Come on were getting closer", said the voice as he came out of the forest trotting happily, he was a male pony, a colt. But as the colt left the forest and on to the clearing he was completely grey no color at all just a dull grey....The creature looked around and saw that everything around him was just grey, the only color the creature saw was his dark black suit and red tie. Looking back at the colt he saw the other pony that he was talking too, SHE had long flowing hair which covered part of her face curling at the end, her eyes were slightly downward as if she was sad yet she presented a smile, but she felt different to the creature then anything "Sage are you sure this is the right why?" said the mare in a loud but quiet voice as she came into the clearing.
"Of course this is the right why sweetie, are you forgetting who your talking to" said the colt placing a hoof on his chest."See there it is!", yelled the colt pointing his hooves towards the creature. The creature stepped back as if he was afraid not knowing how to react. He never felt fear before, why was he even thinking it he would have already killed both of them upon discovering him but he couldn't move he simply stepped back."I told you we'd FIND ITTTTT", continued the colt in a distorted voice as he ran towards the creature disappearing right in front of him. The creature shook his head back and forth rapidly putting a hoof to his face stopping himself. Glancing back up to the forest everything was colored again but the colt and the mare were gone. Feeling weak from everything that was going on the creature ventured into the forest in hope of finding some food to feed on and replenish his strength
"SPIKE", twilight yelled opening the door looking around trying to find spike. She trotted upstairs in hopes of finding spike. "There you are, Spike", Twilight approached the sleeping dragon nudging him to wake up. "SPIKE", yelled Twilight yet again. "SLENDERMANE RUN!", yelled the startled dragon jumping out of his bed scaring Twilight. He ran towards the stairs tripping on his feet hitting every step down the way before stopping at the bottom. "Spike are you okay" asked twilight rushing down the stairs to help spike.
"Yeah, I'm okay", spike said rubbing the bump on his head.
"Spike I told you after you read your chapter you would catch up to up on are picnic", she asked while levitating the dragon off the ground to his feet.
"Oh yeah I sort of forgot, hehe" The dragon said rubbing his head still.
"You forgot", said twilight giving spike a stern stare making spike feel nervous.
"Well you see-" spike was interupted by several knocks on the door, "I'll get it", spike said quickly racing towards the door. Upon opening the door there stood three little fillies with giant smiles.
"Hey spike ya'll ready for our plans today", said the yellow colored filly
"Plans?" questioned spike.
"Don't you remember you said that you would help us get our cutiemark in gem collecting", said the orangeish colored pony next to her.
"Well", spike said looking back at twilight. "lets go right now".
"Really, right now, right now, right now", asked the white unicorn.
"Yes, lets go before twilight stops me", spiked nudged the three fillies to contined on the path to the rock fields.
'Why would twilight try to stop you" asked the white unicorn.
"SPIKE!"
"RUN!", spike yelled running as fast as he could along with the three fillies who immediatly followed. Looking back he could see twilight at the door looking angry at him but knowing twilight she won't chase after him she knows he'll be back after all he does live there.
The creature had been walking for what may have been hours but he didn't care he never cared for anything, but he felt lost to himself like he didn't know what he was. Though he knew nothing of his past nor of himself it felt like he wasn't him. Ever sense he arrived here in this new forest that seemed like it was his own world he couldn't shake the feeling that this isn't him. *sniff* *sniff* "FOOOOD!", The creature smelled a living being the day was still young but that wouldn't stop him from feeding. It was coming from a few meters away so he was close, very close, if he had a mouth there would be a huge smile wiped across his face. without hesitation the tall pony vanished towards the direction of the smell. He stopped *sniff* *sniff* he was nearing his destination as light could be seen penetrating though the trees getting brighter and brighter. Laughter could be heard coming from the other side of the trees the creature slowly popped his head out of the thick trees. He didn't like the sunlight much but he needed to make an exception he has to feed.
Children were laughing, playing about on the playground that stood before the forest such a funny place to put a playground one of the children could easily get lost.
A lone filly was playing by her self bouncing a yellow ball with a blue stripe across it, she wasn't far off the playground but close enough for the creature to make his move. "Oops", The ball bounced out of the fillies grip and rolled in front of the forest, much to the creatures knowledge the girl skipped happily to get her ball. Out of the back of the creature spouted a long tentacle, lowering it down to grab the ball slowly pulling it towards him. "Hey, where my ball go?", said the child as she stood facing the forest wondering where her ball went. The creature held the ball in his tentacle grip wanting to lore the filly into her death.
"W-whos there", asked the filly looking towards the many trees but saw nothing. Her eyes wandered around looking for anypony that would take her ball only seeing the leaves and the whistling of the wind, she glared down to see her ball roll out from the forest trees. She smiled happily at the sight of her ball, but as she approached, the ball rolled around and then headed in the forest. "Hey, come back", she said as she chased the ball deeper in. "Where'd you go now", asked the filly looking around to see where her ball went this time.
"There you are", the filly said as her ball seemingly stopped in the middle of a small clearing. She grabbed her ball spinning it around making sure it was not damaged, to her surprise there was a circle with an x though it on the side of it. *snap* She quickly turned around dropping the ball looking for who ever made that sound. "Hello", she gulped hard not knowing what animal had been there it could have just been a bunny or a squrrial. Looking left and right but found nopony there except...There was white orb that seemed to float by itself.
Curiousity got the best of her she never saw anything like it. As she approached the orb, her head hurt, breathing became hard as her vision began to blurr, she felt sick wanting to vomit. She fell to her sides feeling extermely weak she wanted to cry but she couldn't, her body stiffined not able to move the orb that floated atop her moved closer to her. It wasn't a orb whatever it was had gotten her with these slimy like tentacle which started to wrap around her. "Help", was all the filly could say as the orb took shape. The shape was of a colt but he was abnormally tall with no face. She couldn't look away from the creatures face the sick felling was coming from the direction of the thing. It's face began to stretch out as if it was ripping darkness could be seen coming from hole that was forming its tears looked like teeth and out of the hole came thousands of small tentacles that stretched from its ripped mouth towards her grabbing her. They covered every part of her body except her eyes as if it wanted her to watch, the tentacles pulled her to its gaping mouth that showed only darkness inside. The last thing she could hear was the creature saying something as it tore her apart from the inside of its mouth. "HUSH NOW, QUIET NOW".
"Halt in the name of the princess", yelled out a white coated stallion with golden armor on surrounded by others like him, chasing after a young mare. The young mare ran as fast as she could through the forest trying to get away from her prosecutors. She panted heavily dodging trees to her best trying to get to her destination. A small cottage soon appeared in the distance getting closer to her, she was aiming for its door ready to open it. *SLAM* She shut the door behind her and got the table near the door barricading the door with it. *KNOCK KNOCK* "Open this door in the name of the pri-", the stallion seemed to stop in mid-word as yelling and pounding could be heard coming from the other side. "What is that", "just kill it"....Silence filled the air no more screaming, no more sound, only the natural sounds of the forest were heard. The mare approached the door pushing the table out the way of the door, scraping away at the floor. She slowly opened the door. "Sage", she whispered.
"Mayor mare what do you plan on doing about the disappearances of young fillies", Said multiple pony reporters levitating a quill and notebook throwing questions to the elderly looking mare that stood standing on a stand with a mic pointed at her mouth, sweat poured from her face falling slowly. "Ponies please, calm down one at a time", Requested the grey colored mane mare. Its been three weeks since the first filly disappeared, there have been five more disappearances since then. The mayor tried her best to calm the parents and residents of ponyville. "Everypony please calm down, I know your all worried for your children", The mayor said as she raised her hoof in the air. "We're trying are best to find the missing children and get them home safely", said the mayor.
"But mayor its been three weeks, how do you know the children are still alive", asked one of the reporter ponys.
"I don't", replied the mayor showing a sigh of concern as she said it. "But we can't just give up on them", continued the mayor. "We'll have a search party ready to go as soon as possible. These ponies have volunteered to help search, and I think these next ponies are capable of finding them", the mayor said confidently as she put a hoof to her chest.
"And who might they be", said one of the ponies in the crowd. "They are some of the most helpful, most trusted, ponies in ponyville", mayor mare said.
"Are you guys sure we should continue, I mean with all the disappearances and all", said spike as he pulled a red wagon with a mountain full of jewels with him trying his best not to show fear in his voice still thinking about that myth.
"Oh come on spike, we've been doing this for more then three weeks", said the white unicorn
" Sweetie belle, spike could be right, ma sister warned me not to get to close to the Everfree forest", The yellow colored pony said.
"Stop being a baby applebloom we know not to get to close to the forest, besides we're not that close at all", Scootaloo said pointing towards the forest which was far off in the distance. The group simply nodded to one another showing they agreed with scootaloo.
"Are you getting anything sweetie belle" asked scootaloo as she turned to face the unicorn with her horn glowing a light green color. "Nope not getting any thing", answered sweetie belle.
" I thought you mastered the spell", sighed scootaloo as she laid herself down on the ground.
I didn't master it you dodo, Twilight says it takes time mastering a spell. Sweetie belle huffed as he said that." Wait, I getting something", she added as her horn began to glow more brightier then before pulling her to the right of the group towards the distance.
"Whatcha waiting for, follow that Filly" Applebloom said as she ran towards the direction in which sweetiebelle went off to followed by scootaloo, and spike who had trouble keeping up with them due to the large amount of gems that he was pulling on the wagon. Sweetie belle let her horn do the walking as she let her hooves get dragged on the ground pulling her to her destination. The group contined to follow her until she stopped on a spot of dirt, sweetie belle's horn pointed to the ground, jabbing it. "Right here, theres some jewels here" sweetiebelle said as the rest of the group caught up.
"Start diggin sp-",
"Yeah, yeah", spike interuppted applebloom knowing he needed to dig, besides he wanted to go home, already they had enough jewels for today, well little over what they usually get. Spike stretched out his arms together in an attempt to crack them. Spike began to spin his hands in a clock-wise movement, braking though the earth throwing the dirt behind him going in deeper. The claws of the dragon spike were very useful when it comes to digging, his claw acted like a shovel, not to mention he could use his tail like a jackhammer. Seconds later spike disappeared beneath the ground the three fillies looked down towards the hole wondering were there dragon friend had gone to, only to be surprised by spike popping out with a mouthful and handful of jewels.
"Found them", spike mumbled having the jewels in his mouth making him look like a chimpmunk. Spike hopped out from the hole he dug making some dust fly with him causeing the crusaders to cover their face with their hooves. Spike continued to walk towards the wagon spitting and dropping any gems he had on him.
"I think thats enough for today y'all", said applebloom upon seeing the mountian that was being made by the gems they collected. It was pretty impressive that she and her friends were able to find this many gems, yet they can't seem to get there cutiemarks in gem collecting...Beside if any one was going to get a cutiemark was sweetie belle, it was her spell that she learn which helped them find the gems.
"Hey, maybe we got our cutiemarks now", Scootaloo shouted out as all three fillies turned their heads to look at each ones flank hopping to be a cutiemark of a gem or a shovel or something at least. The three fillies sighed in unison as they stared at thier blank flanks. "Come on girls, we can try again next week", spike broke the silence to comfort the fillies.
" Spike is right we've done a great job so far so what do you say crusaders". Sweetie belle said waiting for a responce from the two mouping fillies.
" All right then lets do again same time, same place!", Applebloom shouted leaping from the dirt floor landing on her hooves. Scootaloo still was hesitant to do this gem collecter thing again, but it was for her cutie mark. Scootallo lefted herself from the ground " OK maybe just one more time". All three fillies jumped in the air simultaneously bumping thier hooves together. The group soon headed for home all of them thinking what to do next in the meantime.
"Their coming back boss", said a small squeakie voice.
"I can hear stupid", said a much more powerful voice but still had some squeak to it.
"So are we getting them when they come next week", another voice spoke haveing a sort of dumb sound to it.
the holes soon appeared on his face as he slowly burned away from the face of the earth. Nothing was left except for a circle with a large x across it, but why?
