Fear the Four

The Underground

The spider raised one of its forelegs up, but Remy sliced it off with his scythe. The spider screeched in pain. "Ha!" Remy laughed. He then sliced another leg off. He raised his scythe up and stabbed one of the spider's eight eyes and pulled his scythe out. He watched as blood oozed from the socket he punctured. The spider screeched and raised. "Still alive, huh?" Remy asked as he punctured another eye and then sliced off another leg. The spider flopped down on its stomach, struggling to get back up and also trying to rub the irritating pain on its eyes. Using the base of his scythe, Remy flipped the spider on its back and buried the blade of the scythe into its abdomen. "How do you like it, huh?" He asked as he pulled the scythe out and stabbed him again. The spider screeched. Remy continuously stabbed the spider and watched as black liquid began to ooze out. After a final stab, he pulled the scythe out and used the base of his weapon to roll the arachnid back on its stomach. The spider struggled to crawl away. "Oh no, I'm not done with you!" He shouted. He punctured the remaining eyes of the spider and now started to stab the beast In the back, black blood squirting and gushing out. He pulled the scythe out one last time and watched the spider writhe and made weak clicking sounds. Remy removed the ring and not only did his skin, flesh, and blood come back, but the armor, the scythe, and the ring vanished also. He reached into his inner jacket pocket, pulled out a handgun, and cocked it. He aimed it at the spider and planted a few bullets into it. The spider then stopped moving. Remy fired at the ceiling and watched the dirt and rocks cave in and crushed the dead beast. Remy smiled to himself when he saw the moonlight. He then climbed up and hauled himself back to the surface of Ponyville. He tucked the gun away and walked down the street. A magic aura surrounded the hole he had made and repaired it, making it look like it was never there to begin with.

The Mirror Maze

The clown lunged at Jack with its dagger, but the young man blocked it with his weapon. "Come on Smiles... I know you can do better than that. He knocked the clown on the head with the weighing scales. The clown yelped and staggered back. Jack knocked the dagger out if the clown's hand with the scales and knocked him on the head again. The clown turned and ran. Jack chuckled darkly to himself and picked up the dropped dagger. "Ok fuck stick" he said with a smile. You were so desperate to kill from the start... Why don't you take this dagger and finish the job?" He asked as he pursued his killer. Scales in one hand, dagger in the other.

Twilight's Library

"Stay away from me!" The doll screeched as it made its way out of the room. Chase hurried over to Princess Twilight and lowered the cloth. She spat out the sock and started coughing. "Chase! The doll!" She gasped. "He's getting away!" Chase smiled as he made an arrow appear out of thin air. He walked over to a window and opened it. He smiled when he saw the doll running away.

"No he's not, Twilight" he said as nocked the arrow. He took aim. No he's not. He fired the arrow and watched it impale through the doll's back. The marionette fell to his knees, gasping. He tried prying the arrow out, but it was lodged into him pretty good. He started staggering away. Chase made another arrow appear, knocked it, and fired it. He watched it impale the marionette in the back, parallel to the first one. He continued to watch the doll stagger.

"Is he dead?" Princess Twilight asked as she used her magic to undo her bonds.

"No" Chase said as he made another arrow and fired it, impaling the marionette. Now it has three arrows sticking out of his chest. He then made four arrows appear and placed them on Twilight's bed. As the doll continued staggering, Chase picked up the first arrow and fired it. It impaled the doll at the back of his head, and out the left eye. He picked up the second arrow, and fired it. Again, he got him in the back of his head. This time, the tip stick out of the right eye. The marionette screamed in pain. Chase quickly picked up the third arrow, nocked it, and fired it. The tip of the arrow that was fired burst out of his mouth. The screams were now muffled and sounded like groans. "Last one" Chase said quietly as he nocked the fourth and last arrow. He fired it and the arrow stuck out of the Dolly's head, between its impaled eyes, silencing him for good. The doll fell to the ground and remained motionless. "Now... He's dead" Chase answered. He removed his ring and the armor, weapon, and ring itself vanished. He closed the window and focused his attention on Princess Twilight. He helped her with her bonds until she was fully untied.

"Thank you" she said with a smile as he laid down next to her.

"I'm not considered your knight in shining armor, am I?" He asked. Princess Twilight laughed as she wrapped a wing around him, pulling him close to her. She then caressed his face with a hoof.

"Yes you are" she cooed. Chase was taken aback.

"Really? Because most knights are--" he was cut off mid sentence as Princess Twilight pulled him closer with her magic. So close, that their lips met. They both closed their eyes and enjoyed each other's company on the bed.

Unknown Location

Slender's tendrils kept lashing out at me. And with every slash I make, a piece I cut off would grow back. Slender charged at me and raised one of its clawed hands at me. I quickly sidestepped and sliced off his hand. Slender screeched and grasped the stump where his hand once hand. I watched as blood poured out if the stump and pored all over his remaining hand and onto the floor. Slender was breathing heavily and retreated into the shadows, leaving a trail of blood behind. "Hey!" I called. "Where's Flutterbat you fuck mook?!" Before I could run after him, I heard a slight noise. I spun around fast and remained still. The noise was ahead of me. I kept walking straight until I reached door. I pressed my ear against it and heard sounds coming from the inside. I opened the door and stepped inside. I gasped at what I saw. "Flutterbat" I whispered.

Mirror Maze

The clown was walking around the mirror maze. "Come on, Clown Face" Jack said. "You wanted to kill me from the start right?" He asked. "So why don't you get over here, retrieve your dagger, and kill me? But of course I can just evade your attacks and kill you first." The clown started fleeing, trying to find the entrance.

"I'm not running away from you because I'm scared, Jack!" The clown yelled.

"Oh? Then why are you running?"

"Because I fucking can!"

"You still haven't answered my question still. If you're not scared, why not kill me? I recall that you were eager to see my blood on your dagger."

"How about you the one that comes out?" The clown asked challengingly.

"Um no. I prefer this Cat and Mouse game we are playing."

"Cat and Mouse? No, this is more... Cloak and Dagger" the clown said as he pulled out a dagger from his pocket. On the other side of the maze, Jack removed his ring. He was back in his clothing, and he no longer had the weapon. the armor, and the ring, just like what happened to Chase and Remy.

"Cloak and Dagger?... I was thinking more along the lines of... Spider and Fly."

"Let's make this interesting, Jack the clown said as he licked the blade of his dagger. Lets play Search and Destroy. First one to find their opponent, kills them anyway he likes. And no one leaves the maze." He went down the opposite direction, walking back deeper into the maze.

"You're on" Jack said as he zigzagged his way past a few mirrors.

Unknown Location

Flutterbat was tethered to a corner by a black tendril. Her forehooves were bound together, the same as her hind hooves. Another tendril was coiled around her muzzle to prevent her from opening them. Her red vampiric eyes pleaded with me as she made muffled hissing noises. I rushed over to her and sliced through the tendrils. I removed my ring and reverted back to my original clothes. Again, the armor, the ring, and the weapon vanished. Flutterbat rushed over to me and wrapped her forehooves and wings around me. She buried her face into my chest and cried softly as she tightened her grip on me. "It's ok" I whispered over her whimpers. "It's ok..." Suddenly, a black tendril lashed out if the dark and coiled itself around my neck. I choked as I was yanked back and lifted into the air. Flutterbat watched wide eyed as tendrils coiled my hands together and bound my feet together. I felt the tendril tightened its grip around my neck. Slender stepped out of the dark, blood still spilling from the stump. A tendril sprouted from his back and turned into a spike. Flutterbat gasped when she saw Slender stab me with the spike. I let out a strangled scream as the spike plunged deeper into my back, and out of my chest, blood spilling. Slender retracted the spike and loosened the coils around my body, letting it fall lifeless on the wooden floor.

Flutterbat's eyes angered and stared at Slender with rage. Her body began to change from the form of the vampiric bat pony into a feral anthro one. She got down on all fours and hissed loudly. She lunged at Slender and tackled him to the ground. She sunk her clawed hands into his shoulders and her clawed feet sunk into his chest, clinging onto him. She bared her sharp vampiric fangs and bit him in the neck. Instead of sucking his blood dry like a vampire, she did something much more brutal to show what kind of mistake he did when he stabbed me. She bit into his neck and started biting into it like a dog chewing on a bone. Skin, flesh, blood, bone, Flutterbat felt it all with each bite. She continued attacking her catch, blood pooling around her and the body as she snacked on her victim. After awhile, she moved away from my killer and pounced over to my body. She knelt down and hauled my body onto her lap. She began stifling a whimper as she carefully caressed my face with her clawed hand. Tears formed in her eyes as she stared at my pale face. She shut her eyes tight and let out a loud screech of despair as the dead body of Slender and the mysterious house vanished around us. When the body and location fully disappeared, Flutterbat was left cradling my body, in front of the Everfree Forest.

Mirror Maze

"Come on Jack... You know you can't hide forever" the clown said as he walked by a mirror.

"Neither can you" Jack's voice said from one of the sides of the maze. The clown turned around and grinned.

"This is fun, right Jack? Two souls looking for each other in a maze?"

"Feeling claustrophobic from the mirrors? Yeah I say it's fun..." Jack answered sarcastically. He climbed up one of the mirrors and eyed the area from above.

"Tell me Jack" the clown said. Jack grinned when he spotted his opponent moving. "What do you plan to do to me when you find me?" He asked as Jack moved swiftly through the tops of the mirrors.

"Do you really want to know?" Jack asked as tightened his grip on the dagger.

"Yes, I really want to know" the clown giggled.

"Well, I'm planning to put a smile on your face when I'm finished with you."

"That's it?" The clown asked, disappointed. "You're no fun" he pouted.

"Actually..." Jack said. "I am." The young man dropped down behind the clown and clamped a hand over his mouth. "Why so serious, Clowny?" He asked as he stabbed his opponent on the side of his neck. The clown thrashed and screamed as he tried to fight off Jack, but the human continued stabbing the clown's neck, keeping his hand firmly over his mouth. Tremor shook his arm with each stab and he ignored the feeling of the blood cascading down on his hand. He plunged the dagger into his neck one last time and slit it across his throat. There was a gurgling sound and Jack felt the clown spit blood onto his hand. Jack released his hold and let the clown drop on the floor. Jack bent down and looted a handkerchief from one of the clown's pockets and wiped the blood off his hand. "Now..." He said as he stuck the knife into the clown's mouth. "Let's put a fucking smile... On this fucking face." With a quick motion, he slid the blade of the dagger from one end if the clown's mouth to the other so the nasty wound made a smile. Jack tossed the dagger to the side and watched as his surroundings and the clown began to disappear. Soon he found himself standing alone in the middle of the park in Ponyville. "That was fun" he said to himself with a smile.