Chapter 1 - Meeting the Things that Go Bump in the Night (Part 1)

*Changeling Hive - 1st POV: Toby Rogers (AKA: Ticci Toby)*

I slowly opened my eyes as I put a hand to my head. I didn’t feel any pain, not that I could. I can’t feel any pain due to a medical condition that I’ve had since I was born. I looked around at my surroundings to get an idea of where I was. The place looked kind of weird if you asked me. The place looked like an old dark cave; I could hear water dripping off in the distance. What was strange was that the whole cave had a weird green waxy substance that covered a good portion of the place. As I sat up I spotted my hatchets lying on the ground a few feet away from me, still stained with blood from the earlier fight against Zalgo and his demons.

As I got up and grabbed my weapons, I had the distinct feeling that I was being watched. It felt weird really, considering the fact that it’s usually the other way around when it comes to me and my friends. As I looked around I saw that there were two paths before me. One that went left and the other that went right. Being part of the paranormal world and society you learn a few tricks that help you… along with gaining a few powers that are very useful. One of which I decided to use right now.

“Eeni, meanie, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe, if he hollers let him go, eeni meanie, miny, moe. My mother told me to pick the very best one. And. You. Are. It!” I sung as my finger ended up pointing to the right passage way.

“Right it is then.”

As I ran down the path silently I found a group of strange looking bug people. They didn’t see me which gave me the element of surprise. There were ten of them standing outside of a large jail cell that was built into the wall of the cave. Inside I saw what looked like young girl that had rainbow hair. She had a rainbow colored tail and hoofs were her feet should be along with big beautiful wings that came out of her back. Her skin was completely covered in cyan blue fur which made her look very beautiful in my opinion. She had a muzzle along with pointy horse like ears on the top of her head. She was wearing a black tank top with a pair of blue jeans.

“Hey let me out of here you damn changelings!” She screamed in anger as she grabbed the bars of the jail cell with her hands and began trying to shake them in anger.

“Quiet pony!” One of the guards screamed at her in anger. Causing her to flinch away in fear. She had bruises and small cuts all over body and had a look of defeat which she tried to hide…Wait a minute did that bug guy call her a pony?

As I looked at her I saw that she did have a lot of characteristics of a pony except that she walked on two legs that had hooves as feet and she had hands making her look a little like a human. I think she is what you would call anthropomorphic.

For some reason she reminded me of my favorite character from my favorite TV show of all time, Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic…What?...Can’t a deranged maniac have a relaxing hoppy of watching ponies on television…Just consider us the black ops unit of the brony community. Anyway! She did look a lot like Rainbow Dash, I mean how awesome would it be if she was the real thing! Either way I was going to help her. That’s the difference between me and most of the others. I try to avoid killing others if I can but that’s easier said than done. Don’t get me wrong I am still clinically insane and I have my slip ups…more often than not. My point is, is that I try to help others out if I can. But as I sat their waiting for the right moment to strike, something brought me out of my concentration.

“Toby, are you there child?” The Slender Man’s voice echoed in my head as he talked to me telepathically.

“Yeah Slendy, I’m here.” I replied to him with my thoughts.

“Thank God, are you alright child?”

“Yeah, I’m alright. Any idea where we are Slendy?”

“Uh…Yes about that…You won’t believe me when I tell you this buuuuut-”

“AHA, I KNEW IT!!! YOU’RE SECRETLY A CHRONIC MASTURBATOR AREN’T YOU!?!?!?!?!?” I mentally screamed.

“Yes…WAIT WHAT!? I AM NOT A CHRONIC MASTURBATOR!!! WOULD YOU JUST LISTEN TO ME, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT CHILD!!!” The Slender Man bellowed telepathically into my head.

“Alright, but when we get out of here we are going to have a very long talk about your over excessive urge to ‘pound the salami’.”

“AHHHHHH! WOULD YOU JUST SHUTUP AND LISTEN TO ME ALREADY!!!!!”

“Alright, no need to get so testy, so what do you need to tell me?” I asked my good ol’ pal Slendy who groaned in frustration.

“Ugh… We are currently in another world believe it or not child.”

“Sweet! Do you know where we are exactly?” I asked with excitement. This was awesome in my opinion, I’m mean considering all of the horrible places me and Jeff and the others have gone to in our past adventures. Especially like that time Jeff and I had to fight our way through a morgue that was filled with zombies. Heh heh, that was fun.

“How do I put this…… We are currently in what is known as a changeling hive. It is somewhere in the country called Equestria-”

“Wait a minute! Are you saying that we are currently in the Equestria that is filled with magical talking ponies that is ruled by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna?” I asked with excitement building in me more and more by the second.

“A y-yes…How did you know that? You know what, never mind that; I am currently here with two ponies that are named Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy.

“EEEEK!” I mentally squealed like a little school girl at the news. Now I know what you’re thinking, why is it that I am believing this right off the bat. Simple, 1.) Rainbow Dash is right in front of me and 2.) me and my friends get into some messed up shit, so this is more

“… Anyway. I need you and the others to save the rest of their friends. Are any of the others there with you?” Slendy asked me.

“Nope, just me!” I replied happily.

“Ok well, rescue them and protect them with your life, understood?”

“You got Slendy the Chronic Masturbator!” I screamed mentally.

“I AM NOT A-”

“DON’T WORRY DASHIE, TICCI TOBY’S A COMIN!!!” I screamed as I charged at what I found out to be were Changelings.

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*Twilight and Fluttershy - 15 minutes earlier*

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!” Twilight and Fluttershy were both screaming at the top of their lungs in pure terror as they stared at the master of terror himself. Fluttershy was holding the young twelve year old boy in an attempt to protect him from the Slender Man.

“Ugh…my head….Who’s screaming?” A young man who was wearing a white mask said as he put a hand to his forehead in pain as he stood up. Luckily for Masky he found his MP5 sitting right next to him. He picked it up and checked it for any damage. When he found that it was alright he slung the gun over his shoulder and checks his dual Berretta pistols that were strapped to his thighs in holsters. They seemed to be in good condition as well.

The two mares kept screaming in terror. As the seventeen year old got up and walked up behind them.

“QUIET!!!” The Slender Man screamed telepathically to the mares which caused them to become silent instantly.

“Y-You’re the Slender Mare.”

“Yes young lady, I am the Slender MAN, and you need not worry child. I will not hurt you or your shy friend there, all I ask is that you please stop screaming. Can you do that?” He asked.

“Y-Yes sir.” Twilight said as she tried to calm down despite her fear. Fluttershy was shaking like a leaf as she held the young boy. She had heard the stories and legends of the Slender Mare, how she comes out of nowhere and takes you away, never to be seen or heard of again. Fluttershy grasped the young boy with the pointy ears and green outfit tighter in fear.

“Y-You said that k-know Princess Celestia?” Twilight stuttered as she tried to put on a brave face. Twilight was very afraid but very intrigued. The fact that a creature thought to be a mere legend and horror story was standing right in front of caused her scientific curiosity to ponder at how this creature could even exist.

“Yes I do, I met her when she was but a teenager and Luna when she was but a child.” When the suit wearing creature said this she was immediately curious but still cautious.

“I just so happen to be her personal student. How did you meet her?” Twilight demanded in a false bravado to which she realized could be taken offensively.

“I’m sorry! Please don’t eat us!” Twilight whimpered.

“For the love of- I will not eat you. You are safe with me child! That is definitely more than anyone could have ever said when they met me!” The Slender Man said in annoyance.

“S-Sorry.” Twilight said while Fluttershy whimpered.

“It’s okay. Just calm down…So you’re her personal student, eh? That’s pretty impressive, what does she teach you?” He asked, trying to calm the mare down.

“W-Well…She taught me magic when I was just a filly and now she is teaching me the magic of friendship.” Twilight said with pride. This caused the Slender Man to face palm at hearing the ‘magic of friendship’.

“She still thinks that she can solve every problem in life with friendship.” Slender Man muttered to himself.

“H-Hello.” Masky said shyly, making the girls jump a couple feet in the air at his presence.

“Ah, Masky! So good to see that you are fine my boy.” The faceless man said as girls turned to see the masked boy.

“H-Hi.” He said shyly to the two mares as he waved nervously only for his nervousness to go out the window when he saw BEN unconscious. He quickly walked over to the mare holding him, she flinched away in fear at seeing the masked man.

“I-It’s okay I-I’m not going to hurt you. I just want to see if my friend is okay. Is that alright?” He said as the mare nervously nodded and set him on the ground gently.

Masky looked at his ghost friend and sighed in relief when he saw that he was only unconscious.

Masky said as he reached into his back pack and pulled out a few bottles and a couple rations of food that he managed to steal from the SCP when he infiltrated one of their bases. He handed them to the two mares.

“H-Here, you two look like you haven’t had a decent meal in days.” He said as the two mares gratefully took the food and water and began to scarf and chug them down. Masky had to admit, he hated the SCP with a passion. But boy did they know how to make a delicious food rations.

“T-Thank you.” They both said as they both licked their fingers clean and gave a sigh of satisfaction.

“Y-You’re b-both welcome.” He said as the Slender Man watched in amusement at the boys actions.

“W-Will he be okay?” Fluttershy asked shakily as she gently stroked BEN’s head.

“Yeah, he’ll be okay. It takes a lot to hurt BEN. Besides…you can’t kill something that’s already dead.” Masky said solemnly which caused the mares confusion, but before they could even ask what he meant by that, Slender Man turned to them and said.

“You might want to stand back for this.”

This confused the two mares but they complied as Masky pulled out a bottle of what and unscrewed the cap.

Despite looking like he was twelve years old, BEN was actually twenty one. He just made himself look like he was twelve years old to lure his victims in. He could easily revert back to his adult form. Masky had asked him once about why he always took on his child form. BEN said that it was because that was the age that he had died at and he had trouble letting go. Thankfully Masky had convinced him to use his adult form which he was doing more and more. But he still favored his usual form.

“Sorry to do this to you old buddy.” Masky said as he poured the whole bottle of water onto the ghost’s face.

As the water hit BEN’s face, the ghost’s eyes immediately shot open he immediately started choking and gasping for air as he shot up into a sitting position and began screaming in terror and panic.

“AHHHHHH!!!! SHIT! SHIT! NOT AGAIN!!! WHY THE HELL DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO MEEEEEEEEEE!!!” BEN screamed at the top of his water logged lungs like a banshee, literally.

This caused the two mares to cover their ears. After a while, BEN stopped screaming and began to look around only to see that it was completely dark. He held out his right hand and snapped his fingers which caused a ball of fire to appear in his hand which he used as a torch to light his surroundings. This caused the girls to gasp at the boy’s abilities. As he looked around, he took in his surroundings and saw that he was not alone. He was relieved to see Masky and the Slender Man. But he was surprised to see two horse girls. He figured that they were from the initial assault they did on Zalgo’s castle. He had to admit that they almost looked like Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle from his favorite show My little Pony.

“Dammit Jeff! You know I hate it when you do that!” BEN shouted in anger as he tossed the fireball into the middle of the room to which it land and acted as a light source for all of them.

“A-Actually…it was me.” Masky said shyly. He turned to the masked man and gave a sour look. But before he could say anything the yellow horse girl quickly pulled him into a hug as his face was pressed against her massive breasts.

“Sh, sh, sh. It’s okay little one, just close your little eyes and rest, when we get out of here I’ll take you home and then you can go to sleep.” Fluttershy cooed lovingly as she cradled the boy and began to rock him gently.

“…When you say ‘go to sleep’ what do you mean exactly?” BEN asked with a raised eyebrow.

“I meant you need your rest after your ordeal… Why do you ask?” Fluttershy asked with concern.

“Whenever a particular friend of mine says ‘Go to sleep’ nothing good ever comes of it.” BEN said referring to a particular hoody wearing psychopath.

At that moment both Fluttershy and Twilight saw that the boy’s eyes were not normal at all. As well as his entire appearance. His eyes were red while the sclera of his eyes were pitch black along with the fact that it looked like he had blood trails running from his eyes and down his cheeks. Giving the appearance that he was crying blood. His clothing along with the rest of his body didn’t seem right either. His skin was extremely pale and his cloths seemed to have water damage along with his entire body. Before they could say anything, the Slender Man broke the silence.

“I think introductions are in order.” He said telepathically as he turned to his colleagues and said.

“This is Masky, my top proxy and the ‘child’ as you called him is BEN.” He said as the two mares.

“I’m Twilight Sparkle, personal student of Princess Celestia herself and this is one of my best friends Fluttershy.” Twilight said with a warm smile. Masky and BEN both went wide eyed at what they had just heard. They just stood there silently until BEN began laughing.

“Hahahahahaha! Oh that’s rich! Next you’ll be telling us that we’re in Equestria!” BEN said while laughing uncontrollably in the yellow Pegasus’s arms. Fluttershy and Twilight were both worried that the child had sustained some kind of head injury or worse, brain damage of some kind which would explain his behavior.

As the boy laughed they could feel chills run up and down their spines as he laughed dementedly. He sounded like he had multiple voices as he laughed which creeped the mares out to no end.

“As a matter of fact, we are in Equestria.” He said to which BEN instantly stopped laughing.

“Wa’ch you talkin’ bout Slendy?” He asked with seriousness in his voice.

“Rabid mood swings, that’s a bad sign. He’s definitely showing signs of a head injury. He also seems to not know what country he’s in. This is even more worrying. His eyes are also disturbing. He looks like he’s crying blood. The head injury must have broken the blood vessels in his eyes. But the scleras are pitch black while pupils are slitted. Is it possible that he uses dark magic? But he’s so young!” Twilight thought to herself as her mind raced.

“I don’t know what he is but he’s just a colt and he needs help. Maybe they can get us out of here. If we can get out of here than we can get him to a hospital.” Both Twilight and Fluttershy thought.

“What do you mean by ‘we’re in Equestria’?” Masky asked with confusion.

“Just like I said, we are in Equestria.” Slender Man said as they the two CP’s stood their slacked jaw.

At that point BEN phased out of Fluttershy’s arms and floated in midair in the middle of the room. Twilight and Fluttershy were baffled at what they had just seen.

“Oh…My…God…IT’S THE REAL FLUTTERSHY!” BEN said as a huge smile spread across his face and revealed his razor sharp teeth causing the mares to gasp. His lower body turned to a smoky mist as he floated in front of the yellow mare as she began to shake with fear.

“Don’t worry; I’m not going to hurt you.” BEN said gently to his favorite pony as he looked into her eyes. As Fluttershy looked into his eyes she stopped shaking. She saw something…Pain, pure pain, loneliness, and betrayal. Fluttershy immediately looked at the young boy and felt deep sympathy, her fear now forgotton.

Twilight snapped out of her stupor and immediately closed the distance between her and the boy.

“How are you able to do that? What kind of magic is that BEN?” Twilight asked as her inner scientist took over. Ben turned to the see the lavender unicorn.

“It’s not magic.” He said seeing where this was going.

“How can that not be magic, the lower half of your body is a mist.” She said with confusion.

“He’s a ghost.” The Slender Man said to which everything came to a standstill. As silence filled the room the two mares looked horrified before Twilight tried to speak up only for the Slender Man to hold up a hand and say.

“Before you say ghosts don’t exist. Take a moment to consider that fact I am standing in front of you, yet I am supposed to be nothing but a scary story, a mere legend… Just like a ghost… and yet here I am.

Twilight tried to say something but nothing came out. She was stumped at what he had just said. The Slender Man began to worry that the mares were going to begin panicking but to his surprise Fluttershy spoke up.

“H-How d-did it h-happen?” Fluttershy said with tears in her eyes.

“What?” Masky and BEN said with confusion.

“H-How did you d-die?” She asked with more tears in filling up her eyes.

“…” BEN was silent with a look of sadness in his eyes.

“…He drowned… He was only twelve.” Masky said to which the two mares gasped in utter shock.

“B-But why?” Fluttershy sobbed.

“Let’s just say, my father wasn’t the nicest guy. Let’s leave it at that.” Ben answered. The mares had looks of pure horror on their faces.

Fluttershy began sobbing as she ran to the ghost and pulled him into a tight hug.

“I’m so sorry that happened to you sweetie.” The Pegasus said to the boy which made him confused at why a she wasn’t afraid of him. But his thoughts were quickly interrupted.

“Ahem, yes I do not wish to sound rude but I think we all need to get out of here. Where are we exactly?” The Slender Man asked.

“We’re in a changeling hive; we were captured by a group of them and split up from the rest of our friends. I have no idea what they plan on doing with us but we would really appreciate if you helped us and our friends out of this place.” Twilight said with a hopeful look.

“P-Please M-Mr Slender Man.” Fluttershy stuttered in fear as she pleaded for the faceless entity’s help. The suit wearing creature could only sigh as he saw the girls giving him puppy dog eyes. He was going to help them from the very beginning but this just caused his heart to ache which was something that rarely happened. Ever.

“We will help you and your friends escape but I need to talk to Celestia when we all escape.” He said as he reached up with one of his tentacles and pulled the magic inhibitor off of the lavender unicorn’s horn.

“T-Thank you sir… But what about my other friends?” Twilight asked.

“I can sense the rest of my ‘group’ in the immediate vicinity. Also, you both can call me Slendy. Everyone does.” He replied.

“Others.” Fluttershy wondered.

“Yes, there are three others to our group besides Masky and BEN.” He said.

“Who?” Twilight asked.

“There’s Jeff, Toby, and Eyeless Jack.” Masky said.

“Eyeless Jack? Why do they call him that?” Twilight asked while tilting her head with curiosity.

“Masky would you be so kind as to explain this to the girl-er Mare in this case while I contact the others telepathically?” The Slender Man said as he began to rub his temples in exhaustion.

“Yes sir.” He said as he handed the two mares more food and water to which the two happily accepted and ate and drank, but slower this time.

“Jack is… um… how do I put this... he literally has no eyes.” Masky said which caused Twilight to be shocked and speechless.

“But he can still see.” Masky continued.

“WHAT! BUT THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE!” The unicorn shrieked.

“It is for him. He used to be human but after his…Incident…That all changed.”

“Wait a minute! Did you say a human? Are you a human?” She asked.

“Yes I did, and yes I am a human. For the most part any way.”

“T-This is huge! Humans are supposed to be a myth! A ghost and a human are here with me! I can’t wait to study you both!” Twilight said with excitement as she clapped her hands together excitedly as she shifted from one hoof to the other with happiness.

“I admire your thirst for knowledge but we need to focus on the task at hand.” The proxy said.

“What did you mean by he used to be human?” She asked.

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“Eyelessjack… He’s a zombie. A sentient one.” The proxy said which caused both Fluttershy and Twilight to do a spit take.

“But that’s not possible; zombies are merely old pony tales! It’s scientifically impossible for the dead to come back to life!” Twilight shrieked in horror as Masky took a moment to adjust his mask.

“I hate to tell you this Miss Sparkle, but all of those horror stories, rumors, and urban myths about psychopaths, serial killers, monsters, ghosts, and demons that you hear about in tales and ghost stories… they’re all real… We’re real… and we walk around in broad daylight amongst everyone completely hidden. The most normal of people, even your closest loved ones whom you’ve known all of your life could easily be the most vicious and evil demon that would make even your worst nightmares and horrors seem like nothing and you would never even know it.” He said which caused the two mares eyes to turn to pin pricks, unfortunately Fluttershy couldn’t handle the fear she felt at what she had just heard as she fainted.

“W-We? What do you mean by ‘we’?” Twilight asked

“These horror stories are called ‘CreepyPastas’ in our world and that is what we are called as well…and I am one of them, as well BEN and the Slender Man and the others of our group.” The proxy said with a sad tone.

“Are you a g-ghost?” Twilight stuttered.

“No, I’m not Miss Sparkle. I’m just a proxy. A proxy is an individual that works for the Slender Man after they……On second thought its best that you don’t know how someone becomes a proxy.” He said nervously as horrifying memories started coming back to him.

Twilight didn’t know what to say. She wanted to say that he was lying and that everything that he said was wrong, that he was insane. But here stood the creatures that were said to be mere myths and urban legends. What terrified her even more was that he said that the creatures of the paranormal horror walked amongst them undetected and they could be anypony. Even those close to her. That was the part that made her shake in fear.

“W-What about your other friends?” She asked.

“Toby is… Well he’s very happy go lucky despite everything. He has so much energy that he can sometimes get a little carried away… He’s dangerous, but mainly when provoked or when he’s sent after a target. Unlike Jeff, he actually tries to avoid killing. But in our line of work, that’s impossible. So he tends to find humor in death…Don’t ask why.” Masky explains.

“Wait, who’s Jeff?” Twilight asks with confusion. This causes the Proxy to shiver in fear.

“The most deranged and insane bastard I have ever met in my life. He is literally the most dangerous son of a bitch I have ever met.” He replies in a deadpan expression that was hidden by his mask.

“Why? I mean he really can’t be that bad.” Twilight said as Masky face palmed.

“Miss Sparkle-” he began

“Please, just call me Twilight.” She said which caused him to squeal mentally at being allowed to call his favorite pony by her first name.

“Twilight, you obviously are a very sweet and trusting pers- er pony that always looks for the good in others.” He said which caused the unicorn to blush very deeply.

“But you forgot to do one very important thing when looking for the good in others. Something that could very well save the life of not just you, but of your friends as well.” He continued.

“What’s that?” She asked curiously.

“Looking for the evil in others.” He said which caused the mare to stare at him in shock.

“What do you mean? You always need to look for the good in others!” She asked.

“That is true Twilight. Everyone has good qualities…as well as bad qualities as well. Just because someone is good on the outside does not mean they are good on the inside. Just keep that in mind… I’m sorry for upsetting you. All I am trying to say is that you need to be more cautious, okay?” He said in a sad and apologetic voice.

Twilight hated to admit it but he was right about ponies not always being who they say they are. That’s how they ended up in this situation in the first place. Those changelings played like they were ponies in need of help but were actually there to kidnap them. But that was just a onetime deal right? It’s not like there are others out there that are secretly evil and would want to hurt her and her friends, right?

“O-Okay.” She said shakily.

“But I have to ask… What makes Jeff so bad? It’s not like he really is insane, right?” She asked.

“Jeff is literally and clinically insane. It even says so on his medical documents.” He says which causes the mare to gasp.

“Wait a minute! Are you saying that there is a mentally unstable individual running around unsupervised?” She shrieked.

“And he’s armed.” Masky added.

“WHAT THE BUCK!!! CAN THIS GET ANY WORSE!!!” She screamed.

“Yes it can.” He sighed as he began to rub the temples of his head.

“HOW COULD SOMEPONY LIKE THAT POSSIBLY GET ANY WORSE!!! NEXT YOU’LL BE SAYING THAT SERIAL KILLERS ACTUALLY EXIST!!!” She shrieked.

“…Actually they do exist, and Jeff just so happens to be one, Twilight.” He said.

“That’s an understatement.” BEN laughed only to receive a glare from his friend.

“…I…I…” She didn’t know what to say at this. Everything he kept telling her was getting worse and worse by the second. She wondered how an individual be so deranged that they take the life of not just one but of many. She was brought out of her state of shock and horror by the proxy.

(End Song)

“Twilight, listen to me. I’ll protect you, okay?” He said as he as he couldn’t believe what he was saying to his favorite pony. Masky was a shy guy by nature and he just so happen to be a brony as well. But unlike Jeff, he wasn’t ashamed to say it.

“O-Okay.” She said with nervously.

“Besides, you and your friends are probably the safest out of anyone when it comes to Jeff.” He said. Jeff was one of the biggest brony’s that ever existed. He thought that nobody knew his secret but it was obvious. Especially that time when Jeff was trying to teach him some martial arts. Jeff and was trying to teach Masky a couple of throws and what to do when being thrown. When Jeff threw him across the room he grabbed the psychopath’s hoody and accidently yanked it off when he fell. When he did, he couldn’t believe what he saw. Jeff was wearing a t-shirt that underneath his hoody that said ‘Pinkie Pie is Best Pony!’. Needless to say that Jeff was pissed. When Masky went to ask about the shirt Jeff was wearing, Jeff simply said “I’m out!” and jumped out the third story window, shattering the glass on the way out. But thanks to Jeff being a brony, Masky knew that Jeff wouldn’t hurt the Elements of Harmony.

At that moment the silence was broken by the Slender Man.

“Well I have just contacted the others Twilight Sparkle and they will rescue your friends and keep them safe. We will meet up with them.” He said to the mare.

“Thank you so much Slender M- I mean Slendy!” She said with a huge smile.

“No problem child.” He said with a laugh.

“Uuun, what happened?” Fluttershy said as she began to wake up.

“The Slender Man and his friends are going to rescue us and get us back home!” Twilight said with happiness to which Fluttershy jumped up with happiness at the news. When she turned around she saw BEN staring at her. She was honestly terrified of BEN, mainly due to the fact that he’s a ghost. But her maternal instincts were just barely out weighing the fear she had. But she was still very scared none the less. It took everything that she had just to keep from fainting in fear.

“H-H-Hi B-BEN.” She said with fear clearly in her voice.

“Hi.” Was all BEN was able to say before the Slender Man spoke up.

“Okay everyone, were getting out of here right now, is everyone ready?” The Slender Man asked to which everyone nodded.

“Good, BEN bust us out of here.” He said.

“Me? Why me? I hardly have any energy from the battle. How do you expect me to get us out of here? Why can’t you do it?” BEN demanded.

“Oh, I’m sorry, but I was in the middle of fighting ZALGO HIMSELF!!!” The Slender Man said, screaming the last part.

“Oh screw you faceless bastard! We were fighting against Dr. Lockear! That bastard nearly killed us!” He shouted to which the Slender Man simply sighed in response.

“I didn’t want to do this, but you leave me no choice.” He said to the ghost boy.

“BEN…There are bats in this cave.” He continued.

“…W-What?” The ghost boy said with nervousness.

“Either you get us out of here or you’ll be stuck in here with the bats that are everywhere in this cell. Got it?” Slendy said with a serious tone.

BEN began to look around the cell when all of a sudden he heard a screeching sound that only a bat could make.

At that point BEN began to shake uncontrollably. What most people didn’t was that BEN suffered from chiroptophobia, the fear of bats.

*SCREECH*

“TAKE THAT YOU WINGED SPAWN OF SATAN!!!” BEN screamed as he threw a black fireball at one of the bats on the ceiling, causing a loud boom sound to echoe.

*SCREECH*

“DIE DEVIL BIRD!!!” He screamed as he threw another fireball which caused another boom as the girls and Masky all ducked in fear.

As the ghost boy looked up he saw hundreds of yellow beady eyes staring at him as they all screeched and flew around the room. At the sight of this BEN did the only thing he could do, he screamed like a little girl.

“AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” He screamed girlishly as he blasted through the cell doors and flew out of the cell, creating an escape for the others.

The Slender Man, Masky, Twilight, and Fluttershy all came running out of the cell completely fine and unharmed. Fluttershy and Twilight could not help but watch the young ghost boy as he screamed while he was swatting at his head with his hands.

“THEY’RE IN MY HAIR, THEY’RE IN MY HAIR!!! OH GOD, THEY EATING ME ALIVE!!! OH GOD IN HEAVEN HELP ME!!!” BEN screamed at the top of his lungs.

“There is nothing in your hair. Also, you’re already dead, how can-” Slendy said with an annoyed tone.

“OH GOD THEY ALREADY KILLED ME!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!” He screamed while still in his state of panic. Twilight and Fluttershy could only watch the ghost’s antics with pure shock and confusion.

(Start at 1:17, Imagine the whole thing like this)

“This is going to be a long day.” Slender Man said as he ran a hand down his face in frustration.

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*POV: Jeff the Killer – Present Time*

“HAHAHAHAHA! Well, well, well, what do you think of my ‘art’? Come on buddy, what’s wrong? Too scared to talk?” Jeff asked the last remaining changeling with a sadistic grin on his face as he drew the knife close to his face. The changeling that was covered in cuts and blood could not stop shaking in fear as he stared into the young man’s cold lifeless eyes. The whole area was now filled with corpses that either littered the ground or were hanging from the ceiling by their intestines which were wrapped around their necks like a hangman’s noose.

“Y-You’re a monster!” The changeling cried in fear and anguish as Jeff laughed sadistically as he jammed the knife blade into the changelings left leg causing him to scream in agony. As he twisted the blade into the changelings thigh, he heard a familiar voice come into his head.

“Jeff, are you there?” The voice of the Slender Man echoed through the young murderer’s mind.

“Kinda busy at the moment Slendy.” Jeff answered as he ripped the blade out of the changeling’s leg, causing the changeling to scream in pain and beg for mercy.

“This is important! We are in another world!” The Slender Man bellowed. Jeff stopped his blade in mid strike just inches away from the changeling’s belly.

“Come again?” He said stepping away from the insect.

“You heard me. We are not on earth or even the under realm.” This caught Jeff off guard.

“W-What are you talking about? Where are we?” He demanded as his grip on his knives tightened.

“You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you, but here goes nothing… We are in the country of Equestria.” He said.

“…You’re fucking with me, aren’t you?” He asked a deadpan expression.

“Nope. If you don’t believe me I can easily show you through telepathy.” The faceless creature said.

“Slendy, I have a bullshit meter and it’s going DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!”

At that moment the Slender Man forced an image of what he was seeing into Jeff’s mind. When the killer saw the two mares, he immediately identified them as Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle. But what he also saw made him laugh, he saw Masky pouring a bottle of water on BEN’s and face followed by the ghost’s reaction.

“Ha, good job Masky…Wait a minute…H-O-L-Y S-H-I-T!!! WE’RE IN EQUESTRIA!!! FUCK YEAH!!!”

“…Anyway. There are two mares here by the names of Twilight Sparkle Fluttershy. I need you and the others to find their friends and rescue them. PROTECT THEM WITH YOUR LIFE AND DO NOT HARM THEM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!!!”

“You got it bucky!” Jeff said giddily as he turned to the changeling only to see it was gone. He quickly looked back and forth for his victim and spotted him limping towards another room. Jeff quickly closed the distance only for the changeling to turn around and fired a green blast of magic at him from his horn. The blast struck him directly in the face, causing his head to tilt back slightly.

The young man stood there silently for a few seconds before he spoke.

“What the hell was that? You fired a ball of light at me… Is that really the best you can do?” Jeff said as he slowly walked towards the changeling who was now shaking.

“W-What the hell! That was my strongest offensive spell, it should have blown your head completely off!” The changeling shouted at the teenager as he lunged at him. Luckily for the changeling he managed to get into the room and slam the door shut just in time, locking it.

*BANG!*

The steel door shook as the deranged murderer rammed his body into said door with full force.

*BANG!*

As Jeff rammed into the door again the changeling began to panic as he tried to barricade the door with anything he could find. He didn’t know what this guy was, but whatever he was, he was extremely strong, fast, and deadly. He took out an entire squad of twenty-five changelings. Yet they were all decimated…and the monster that did it enjoyed every moment of it.

The changeling was trying think of everything anything he could do as he hid in the room. While every time the serial killer rammed the reinforced steel door, it would dent and inward with a mighty ‘BANG’.

But after a few more hits the banging stopped. The changeling prayed that the killer was gone but knew that it would be foolish to check. This was obviously a ploy, he knew that deranged bastard was still out there and he wasn’t falling for it.

“I know you’re out there you psychotic bastard!” He shouted.

“…”

“…Marco!” The Changeling shouted.

“Polo! Wait a minute… Dammit!” Jeff shouted in anger at falling for the trick. He was getting tired of this and he needed to end this and get on with his mission. But an idea suddenly came to him as he gained a demented smile.

Jeff remembered when he was fighting Dr. Locklear and how he had slender walked for the first time in his life. If he could do it once, he could most certainly do it again he thought. He remembered asking Masky once about how he did it. Masky told him that you basically think about where you wanted to go and focus hard on it, then to imagine his body turning into a shadow and focus putting energy into it.

Jeff took a deep breath and focused on getting inside of the room that the wounded changeling was hiding in. In that moment his body became a misty shadow and passed straight through the door and reappeared behind the unsuspecting changeling.

“There’s no way you can get past that door-”

“I just did jackass.” Jeff interrupted the changeling as his hand shot forward and grabbed the changeling by the throat in a vice like grip while his other hand grabbed the insect’s horn, preventing him from using his magic.

“Now, you’re going to answer my questions or I’m going to tear off this thing that’s sticking out of your fucking and shove it up your ass.” The killer barked to which the his victim gave an angry glare.

“Where are the elements of harmony?” He demanded in a deadly tone.

“Fuck you!” The changeling spat.

*CRACK!*

The changeling screamed as Jeff delivered a bone shattering kick to his knee cap.

“Now, where are they?” The killer asked again with anger in his voice.

“T-Two of them are down t-the east tunnel in a cell. I don’t know where the rest of them are. N-Now let me go!” The changeling said with fear in his voice to which the killer seemed satisfied with the answer.

“No.” Was all Jeff said as he quickly tore off the changeling’s horn and stabbed the sharp appendage into the changeling’s windpipe as he was screaming in agony.

“Go to sleep.” He said as he dropped the changeling that was now choking on his own blood.

In a matter of mere seconds the shape shifter was dead.

“Well, time to go save some ponies.” Jeff said with a smirk as he ran down the east tunnel cave.

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POV – Toby: 3rd Person

As Dash sat there in her jail cell she felt absolutely helpless despite how much she hated to admit it.

“Hey let me out of here you damn changelings!” She screamed in anger as she grabbed the bars of the jail cell with her hands and began trying to shake them in anger.

“Quiet pony!” One of the guards screamed at her in anger. Causing her to flinch away in fear. She had bruises and small cuts all over body and had a look of defeat which she tried to hide.

She sat there as she tried to figure a way out but as she looked around the cell she heard somepony shout at the top of their lungs.

“DON’T WORRY DASHIE, TICCI TOBY’S A COMIN!!!” Screamed a lone stranger who was wearing a strange mask that covered his mouth along with wearing a strange set of goggles. He charged the ten changelings with nothing but two hatchets which were held tightly in his gloved hands.

The changelings turned to see the boy but before any of them could even ready their weapons or use their magic, the teenager slammed one of his hatchets into the first changelings skull with a sickening crack. As the changeling fell to the ground he laughed which came out distorted due to his mask’s voice built in voice changer.

“Come on, I thought you little roaches were supposed to be strong. But I guess I was wrong. I mean look at you, it takes ten of you to capture one mare. But it’s not like you stand a chance against her anyway. She is the legendary Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer in all of Equestria and future Wonderbolt after all. You’re out of your league!” Toby laughed as the Changelings snapped out of the shock and charge at him with weapons drawn and magic at the ready.

Rainbow Dash was surprised at what she had just heard and saw. An unknown stallion came to her aid and seemed to know who she is. Was he sent to rescue her? She didn’t know.

As three of the changelings charged the teen, he simply front flipped over the first one and legged sweeped it’s legs out from under him causing the insect to fall on his back. Before the changeling could even get up, a razor sharp hatchet came crashing down on the insects neck, severing it’s head in one swipe.

The two others came at the teen with swords slashing at him at high speeds only for him to dodge every single strike as if they were nothing. Toby ducked under a sword slash and slammed his hatchet into the enemy’s skull, splitting it wide open as brain matter began to ooze out of its skull. As Toby pulled the blade out of its skull as he turned to the second one and drove his hatchet into the changeling’s chest, splitting his heart in two.

As the fifth and sixth ones fired a series of blasts at the axe murderer, their blasts found their marks on his torso and face. But Toby did not stop his charge as he hurled both of his hatchets at the two assailants, lodging themselves into his targets necks.

As another changeling charged him, Toby ducked under the sword swipe aimed for his head and drove his fist directly into the changeling’s windpipe, crushing it as if it were nothing. A second enemy swung his sword at him, this time managing to slice the teen’s left shoulder. But the boy didn’t react as he slammed a kick into his enemy’s stomach, breaking three of his ribs. Toby quickly got behind his enemy and snapped the changeling’s neck and retrieved his two hatchets from the skulls of the two dead changelings as he rushed the last two who were trying to grab him with their magic, only to fail miserably as Toby lopped their heads off as if they were nothing. As the blood sprayed all over his body, he slowly turned to the now terrified cyan Pegasus and said in a cheerful tone as if nothing was wrong.

“Hi, I’m Toby!” Toby said as cracked his neck multiple times.

The mare stared at the blood soaked teen for a few seconds before she broke the silence.

“UUUUUURRRRGH!!!” Was the only sound that came out of her mouth as she threw up a jet stream of vomit at what she just saw.

“Hm? Must be under the weather.” Toby said while scratching his head.

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POV – Jeffery Woods AKA Jeff the Killer: 3rd Person

Jeff was swiftly but silently made his way down the east tunnel. He ran down the tunnel for ten minutes until he came to a room that opened up into a large cavern.

As he came into the cavern he saw changeling sentry walking in his direction. Before the sentry could see he him, he silently dove behind stalagmite and watched as the guard passed by closely. In that instant Jeff grabbed the sentry and clamped a hand over the sentry’s mouth as he drove a knife into his throat and silently took his life. Jeff quickly pulled his body into the shadows and hid it.

He checked to see if the coast was clear; when he was sure that no one else was present he quickly continued his way down the path until he saw a jail cell off in the distance as he stuck to the shadows.

As he looked around he saw five changeling guards walking around, keeping guard over the occupants of the cell. As he looked into the cell, he saw a familiar looking party pony and apple farmer. They were hugging each other and talking. Jeff watched the girls for a few seconds before he turned his attention to the guards.

He pulled his hood up and quietly chuckled to himself as he memorized the guards patrol patterns.

“Time to get to work.” He said to himself as he reached into the pocket of his hoody and pulled out a throwing knife from his collection. He took in his surroundings and rechecked the sentries’ positions one last time before he went into action.

He hurled the knife into the first sentry’s skull as he walked behind a rock pillar, causing him to crumble to the ground dead. The second changeling was standing at the edge of a ledge. The sentry reached into his armor and pulled out a cigarette. As he was about to light it Jeff quickly rushed the insect and slit his throat and threw him over the ledge.

“So far so good.” He said to himself as he hid behind a stalagmite.

He saw the third changeling leaning against a wall looking bored out of his mind. This helped to ease Jeff’s nerves as he saw that they didn’t realize what was going on. He stuck his head out and whistled just loud enough for the changeling to hear him. The insect got up and began to look around until he heard.

“Yo, fuck nut! Over here!” Jeff said as the changeling became suspicious and readied his horn with magic only to be pulled behind the gigantic stalagmite. Jeff clamped a hand over the sentry’s mouth and stabbed him in the chest repeatedly. The insect’s eyes rolled back into his head as he died. As he let go of the corpse he saw a set of keys on his latest victim’s body.

Snatching the keys and putting them in his hoody’s pocket, he saw the last two guards making small talk with each other. Jeff drew a second kitchen knife as he lunged at the last two and slashed their carotid arteries at the same time. As blood sprayed everywhere Jeff turned his attention to the two mares who still talking in their cell, oblivious to what just happen. He felt a smirk spread across his face.

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POV - Pinkie Pie and Applejack: 3rd person

Inside the jail cell was Pinkie Pie and Applejack who were both shivering as they hugged each other tightly for both warmth and comfort in the cold dark cave as changelings patrolled the area surrounding their cell.

“Don’t worry Applejack, we’re going to make it out of here, someone’s going to come and rescue us, my Pinkie sense says so. My knee is itchy along with my ears flopping, my hoofs tapping, fingers going twitcha twitcha, oh and my tail is also going twitcha twitcha too.” Pinkie rambled with a mile long smile.

“Don’t ya mean somepony?” Applejack asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Nope!” She exclaimed very excitedly.

“Pinkie ah appreciate your optimism, but ah don’t think anypony is comin’ ta save us. Ah know Spike probably got a letter sent to the Princess. But that will take a while for even the Princesses to save us. I know ya mean well, Pinkie but… I’m just… Scared.” Applejack said with a sigh only to feel Pinkie Pie tighten her grip on her.

“It’s okay Applejack. We’ll be okay.” Pinkie Pie said in a gentle and loving voice as she lovingly stroked the apple farmer’s mane in an attempt to comfort her.

“I hope so Pinkie… I hope so.” The farm mare said only to look around and see that the changelings that were guarding their cell were all gone.

As they both looked out through the bars of their cell they saw a strange figure standing in the shadows of the cave. He wore a white hoody with blood stains all over it and black combat pants along with a pair of combat boots. They could barely see him as he stood in the shadows. When they tried to see his face they noticed that it was covered by his hood which was pulled over his head.

“Told you.” Pinkie said with smile.

“What in tarnation?” Applejack said only to see the hooded figure hold a finger to his lips signaling her to stay quiet as he walked up to the cell with the keys and pulled down his hood, revealing his face, causing both mares to go wide eyed at what they saw.

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POV – Eyeless Jack: 1st Person

“Child, can you hear me?” A familiar voice said to me while I was unconscious. There was only one guy I knew that could talk to someone even while they were unconscious and this wasn’t the first time that it had happened to me.

“Yes, I can hear you Slendy.” I answered back with an annoyed sigh.

“I am glad that you survived, I have an important assignment for you that is of top priority.” Slendy answered back to me.

“Well I am already dead so that kind of makes it hard to kill me. Anyway, what is it that you need me to do Slendy?” I asked.

“I need you to rescue someone or in this case somepony.”

“What?” I asked with confusion at hearing this. Slendy went on explaining how we were in an Anthropomorphic Equestria and how he we needed to help save the Elements of Harmony. I was giddy to say the least.

“So you understand your mission?” He asked me.

“Yeah Slendy, I do. I’ll get to it… after I get ten more minutes of sleep.” I said as I closed my empty eye sockets.

“If you don’t get to the mission now I will take your Rarity plushy that you always sleep with.” He said to me in an very serious tone.

“…You bastard.” Was all I could say as he forced me awake.

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As I opened my empty eye sockets I saw a gorgeous white unicorn woman with a purple mane styled elegantly standing over me with a worried look on her face.

“Hello… Can I help you Miss?” I asked, causing her to jump slightly.

“O-Oh, I’m terribly sorry, my name is Rarity… Are you alright? You don’t look to well.” She said nervously, causing me to go wide eyed at what she just said.

“Oh my God! It’s really her; she’s like my favorite pony! I thought the Slender Man was just bullshitting me!” I screamed mentally as she stared at me.

“Yeah, I’m fine… Names Eyeless Jack.” I said as I stood up and did a bow to the lovely young mare.

“My, my, what a gentle colt…wait did you say your name is Eyeless Jack? Why are called that?” She asked with curiosity.

“Oh, this is why.” I said as I absentmindedly reached up and pulled off my blue mask.

Rarity screamed at the top of her lungs as she saw my empty eye sockets. After screaming for ten seconds straight she fainted and passed out on the ground.

“Dammit! BEN’s right, I really need to stop doing that!” I said as I face palmed.

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Location: ???

“I am tired of the Slender Man and his lackeys always getting in my way. But out of all of them, I hate that bastard Jeff! He has ruined things for the last time.” Zalgo roared in anger as Dr. Locklear, the SCP soldiers, and the Creepypasta’s that were on his side were setting up their new headquarters in Equestria.

“You three! You have experience with Jeffery Woods, prove your loyalty to me and make sure that he sure that he dies. Should you succeed, you will be rewarded.” Zalgo said as he turn to three young men who went by the names Randy, Troy, and Keith.

“Of course, we’ll make sure that Jeff dies. I can’t wait to kill that bastard after what he did to us.” Randy said with a sadistic grin.

Author's Note

Hey everyone, I finally posted another chapter. Sorry it took so long.

Not really much to say except that I will be posting the chapters for this fic irregularly, mainly because I am putting my main focus on A Swordsman’s Path to Redemption. Expect more chapters for A Swordsman’s Path to Redemption to come out more often and faster. Also don’t worry, Seeing is Believing will continue that’s for sure, but like I said I will be mainly working on my Rurouni Kenshin fic for the time being because that is my main focus. Seeing is Believing will be updated when I have the time. I will try to update regularly when I can.

Anyway, thanks for the favorites and comments. This month marks a year since I first began writing fics on this site and I am happy. Hard to believe that I stumbled on this site almost a year and a half ago. Don’t you worry I will continue to write on this site for years to come. Also I plan on making A Swordsman’s Path to Redemption over 2 million words long…At least… Then comes the sequel...and another… and another, and you see where I am going with this. It is going to be A very, very, very LONG saga/fic.

Anyway, see ya and God bless

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