Chapters Twilight looked around her brand new library to find a good book to read before she went to sleep tonight. Spike pointed at rather large book on the second shelf. She picked it up and examined the cover. It was a book on the history of Equestria. She decided that it would be perfect to read.
She and spike went upstairs and she hopped onto her brand new bed while spike curled up in his basket. Her new mattress was much softer than her old rough mattress. She loved this castle. She did miss her old home though. Some of her best memories were there.
She opened up the book to chapter one and began reading. After the first 20 pages her eyes began to grow heavy. She struggled to focus her eyes on the pages and had to reread everything so her brain could actually process it. Finally she put the book down and blew out her candle. She whispered,"Goodnight spike." Then she closed her eyes and went to sleep.
When she opened her eyes she was in a dark forest holding a flashlight with her horn. "Whe-Where am I?" She yelled. "Spike? Fluttershy? Applejack!?" She continued to yell her friends' names until her throat hurt. Then she saw a piece of paper on a tree. She slowly approached it then read what it said out loud. "Don't look or it gets you." Her whole body began to shake. "Wh-What ge-gets you?" She though out loud. Then a chill ran don her spine. She turned around. I could have sworn something was watching me she thought. Then she heard hooves hitting the ground.
"Who's there? This isn't funny!" She shouted. Then she turned around again. She was face to face with a tall white earth pony wearing a tuxedo. It bared its teeth at her and growled. She recovered from her shock and screamed. She then ran blindly through the forest until her legs hurt. The pony didn't bother to case her. It would strike again. Twilight kept on running with terror. Soon it was hard to breathe. She stopped to catch her breath. Then her fear returned. She flew up and looked around the forest below her to make sure the pony wasn't there. She then carefully landed and thought about the situation she was in. She obviously wasn't in Equestria. And this pony was certainly was trying to kill. She decided that she should look around for other ponies. She turned on her flashlight and headed in a random direction. After a few minutes of walking she spotted an old looking building and walked towards it carefully. She saw another note on it. It had a drawing of the white pony and the word no written all over it. She began to shake again. Then she saw the door to the building was open.
Should I go in? She thought. She examined the building closely. Soon curiosity got the best of her and she walked in. It was one big room with just a chair in it. She looked around the room to see if there was anything else. Then when she looked at the chair again there was blood covering it. She turned around to run but the white pony was blocking her way. She slowly backed up against the wall. It approached her slowly and bared its teeth. Then a bunch of black arms appeared on its back. She screamed for help. I'm going to die she thought. Just as the pony was going to luge fear made her teleport out of the building. She turned around and saw that the pony was chasing her. She flew up and darted in a random direction as fast as her wings would carry her. She was so scared that she bumped into a large tree and fell to the ground. She instantly go onto her feat and looked around with her flashlight.
Nothing. Just trees and grass. Then she remembered a book she read about a pony just like the one that was chasing her. It would abduct ponies and no one would see them again. Other times it would scar ponies for life. It was slender pony. The moment she thought that it sent chills down her spine. Her whole body was shaking hard and she found it hard to stand. Then when she looked at the tree she bumped into there was another note. The notes! she thought. In the legends Slender pony played this game where he would set up eight notes. If you find all of them you lived. But you would probably be scarred. If you don't in time, you die. So she had found two so far. She needed six more. I was her only chance at getting out of this nightmare. She picked up her flashlight with confidence. She would find all eight of those notes.
She trotted off into the forest hunting for the other six notes. Soon she stumbled upon a large concrete tunnel. She walked in as slow as possible looking for a note. She then saw a white piece of paper on the wall. Using her magic she carefully picked it up from a safe distance a looked at it. It just had a picture of the pony walking through the woods. She took the note and put it into the pile she had been carrying with her.
"Three down. Five to go!" She said with confidence. But this was Slender pony's game. He wouldn't let Twilight win that easily. Twilight was just about to leave the tunnel when he appeared. She ran to the other side and escaped the tunnel. She glanced behind her while running then hit something warm...She looked forward. She screamed as it growled and lunged at her.
Twilight woke up screaming. Then she sat there with a blank look on her face. She looked like her soul had been ripped out of her. Spike woke up and saw Twilight.
"Are you okay Twilight? Twilight..." She simply sat there. Then Spike saw that her eyes were colorless now. They were just a dull gray. Something was wrong. Very wrong. Spike ran down stairs and out the door for help. Rarity had been standing in front door about to knock so it was quite shocking to see the little dragon run around panicking all of the sudden.
"Well what is the matter my dear?" She asked confused. Spike simply grabbed her hoof and pulled her inside and up to Twilight's room.
"She woke up screaming and then just sat there like this!" He said with worry. Rarity gasped and dropped the drawings she had been holding.
"Get Celestia right now!"
Rainbow dash was taken too that night....
Rainbow dash retrieved her daring do book and hopped in to bed. She opened it up and eagerly read the book. She was lost in the adventure and excitement of the book. She felt like she was there fighting of bad guys and retrieving stolen treasures. I can't believe I used to hate books! She thought. She kept on reading and reading. Soon she began to grow tired but she forced her tired eyes to stay open and keep on reading. She ended up falling asleep on her book. Slenderpony then appeared in her bedroom. He grinned and set his cold white hoof against her neck. She opened her eyes and looked around. Her eyes were now a dull gray. She was in Slenderpony's game.
Rainbow dash opened her eyes to a dark forest. She quickly got to her hooves and looked around. Why was she in a forest? She shrugged and began to walk around blindly. She didn't even notice the flashlight that she left behind. That's when she began to hear noises. A tapping noise. Almost like a hoof being smacked against a rock. She turned around nothing. She looked forward again. Still nothing. Just a tapping noise. Minutes passed by and the noise was still there. Minutes turned into hours. Hours of that same tapping noise. Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap She was going insane. Just as she was about to flip it stopped. Dead silence surrounded her. She sighed. What a relief. Tap She screamed. She darted up and flew away. She flew so fast she did a sonic rainboom. Then she landed. She was in the exact same spot she was in a few seconds ago.
Then she looked up. There was a tall white earth pony towering over her. She screamed and tried to run. But Slenderpony grabbed her tail. She then tried to kick the pony with her hind legs. They went straight through him. This only scared her even more. She kept struggling and fighting until he finally let go. She had been flapping her wings so hard that when he let go she crashed into a tree and it fell down. For some odd reason though she felt no pain. Almost like she was in a dream...
The moment she realized this the forest began to fade. She heard the pony screech and try to get her but she was back in her bed. She felt something stiff and cold on her neck. She darted out of bead and looked at Slenderpony. He bared his teeth and lunged. He managed to bite her flank. She shrieked with pain and collapsed. He flank was covered in crimson blood. He put his hoof on her neck again and she was back in the forest. She attempted to stand but fell to the ground. She had to stop the bleeding. She tried escaping the dream again. Slenderpony was prepared for this and he jabbed his hoof into her neck harder suffocating her. When she stopped fighting the dream he stopped. Now she could never escape. Maybe if she stopped the bleeding in her dream though it could stop the bleeding in the real world.
She saw some spiderwebs. She remembered a daring do book where daring do had used spiderwebs to patch up a wound. She limped towards them and grabbed a mouthful. She prayed that there were no spiders in her mouth as she pressed them against her flank. It stung badly but soon the bleeding had begun to slow down. In a few minutes it had stopped altogether. She sighed and begun to relax. But Slenderpony was still in forest. Rainbow dash got to her feet slowly and limped off. After a few minutes of walking she saw a piece of paper on a tree. She slowly limped towards it and examined it carefully. It had a picture of the earth pony that was chasing her and the word no written all over it. Her body began to shake. Calm down Rainbow dash. Its just a stupid note She told herself. But when she looked at it again it was gone.
"Wh-Who's there?" She yelled. Then she spotted a building in the distance. Other ponies! She thought. I'm saved! She limped as fast as she could towards the building. She charged inside only to find a large room with a chair in the center. Then she blinked. When she opened her eyes there was red writing all over the walls. When she looked at the chair blood was dripping off of it. She nearly vomited. When she blinked again. Now there was a pool of blood surrounding the chair. This time she did puke. When she was done vomiting she read some of the writing on the wall. On the back wall it said in large letters, turn around Rainbow dash She almost passed out with fear. She slowly turned around. Behind her was a sight unbelievable.
Slenderpony was holding her head in his hoof. She screamed. He dropped her head and slowly approached her. Rainbow dash found herself cornered. He slowly made his way to her. Each step he took was like dying to Rainbow dash. He bared his teeth and growled. It sounded like Hell. It finally was close enough to strike. He slowly leaned his head towards her. He smiled and went for her neck.
The next morning she woke up screaming like Fluttershy and Twilight. And just like them her eyes were a dull gray. She would be like this for hours. No one would even notice Rainbow dash was lost until a few days later. When the ponies did find her they would all know that Slenderpony is back. He is the only reasonable explanation for the scarring of the ponies. Slenderpony was doing this to each of the mane six. He was scarring all of them. Why? I hear you asking. Well you will find out later...
Applejack trotted upstairs and in to her room. After a day full of work she felt she deserved a peaceful and uninterrupted sleep. She had bucked nearly half of the trees in Sweet Apple Acres. She yawned and climbed in to bed. "Ah nother' day of hard work has come to an end." She yawned again. "And now its time for sleeping." Her eyes grew heavy. She rolled around to get comfortable and then closed her eyes. But she heard trotting. Clop clop clop clop clop She quickly jumped out of bed. Nothing got past her. Nothing. She kicked her door open and looked around the hall. The she heard a breaking noise. She looked forward.
Applebloom and her two other friends had all dropped their glasses of water and were staring at Applejack with shock. "I though I told you to not have a sleep over tonight!" She yelled. They all put on their innocent faces.
"We were just...um....eating pie?" Scootaloo said. Sweetie bell and Applebloom raised their hooves to their faces creating a smacking noise. Applejack sighed. Foals will be foals. Nothing she could about it.
"Make sure this never happens again." She then glared at the foals. The trio of fillies nodded and darted into Applebloom's room. They then slammed the door shut and Applejack heard a clicking noise. They probably locked the door. She trotted back in to her room and curled up in bed. She waited a few seconds to make sure nothing else would interrupt her before closing her eyes. Then the nightmare begun.
Applejack woke up to a dark forest. She scrambled to her feet and looked around. Her breathing got faster along with her heart beat. Fear filled her. She tried to calm herself but she was too scared. Why was she here? What was going to happen to her? She couldn't take anymore and she screamed like a little filly. She then ran off into the trees trying to find her friends. "Twilight! Fluttershy! Rainbow dash! Any pony at all?!" She continued galloping through the forest in search of her friends. Slender pony was going to have fun with this one.
He took the form of Twilight Sparkle. "I'm over here Applejack!" He yelled. Applejack heard Twilight's voice and she ran towards it. When she Twilight she calmed down. But not for long. Twilight screamed as cockroaches crawled out of her eyes. Applejack screamed and nearly vomited at the same time. She tried to run. Twilights began to surround her. They then turned into Sombra. Then in to Nightmare moon. Then in to Discord. They were turning in to all of her worst enemies. And the ones she feared the most.
"You little foal." The kept on chanting. Applejack was shaking. She found it hard to stand. Why can't they just kill me already? She thought. Then one of them grabbed her hind leg. She screamed and tried to kick it off but it slowly pulled her closer to it. It changed in to Slender pony. All the other ones vanished. It kept on dragging her closer to its open mouth. She screamed and kicked but it was no use. She was going to die. She braced herself for her certain doom. She closed her eyes and waited. Nothing. She waited longer. Still nothing. She slowly opened her eyes.
Mere inches away was the hideous face of Slender pony. She screamed as went for the kill.
Applebloom opened the door to her sister's bedroom. She was supposed to be up three hours ago. "Applejack?" She asked. No reply. She opened the door a bit more. When she saw her sister she screamed. Big Mac came running up. When he saw Applejack he nearly screamed. "Should go get Twilight and the others?" Applebloom asked. Big Mac nodded.
"Eeyup."
After Fluttershy Goes to Sleep...
Twilight was not the only pony to be taken that night. Slenderpony took Fluttershy too...
Fluttershy made sure that all the animals had nice clean blankets and pillows before she went to bed. She also gave Angel a big carrot to eat before he went to bed. "That's for you because she have been so good today!" She said. She pet Angel lightly on the head and headed into her bedroom. She curled up in her fluffy blanket and laid her head on her soft pillows. She then blew out her candle. She closed her eyes and sleep took over her.
Fluttershy opened her eyes to a dark forest. She looked around confused. She had just been in her bed a minute ago. She also had a flashlight in her hoof. She didn't even own a flashlight. She got to her feet and looked around. "A-Angel?" She whispered. Then she heard a twig snap behind her. She yelped. "Who's there?" Her hooves began to shake making it hard for her to stand. She could see a pony shaped figure in the distance. She slowly began to back away from it never looking away. She began to think about how she could escape. Then it looked her way. It had no eyes. She screamed and ran in the opposite direction as fast as she could. While doing so she dropped her flashlight. She ignored the scary trees and creepy sounds and just kept running and running. Her hoof then hit a rock and and she did a front flip into the dirt. She scrambled to her feet and looked around. It was very hard for her to see in the dark. Then she heard a voice.
"Death..." It said. "Death to Fluttershy." She was crying now with fear. She was shaking hard. She managed to look around again. The pony was back. It pointed its hoof in her direction. Then the voice spoke again. "You are next." Then the pony slowly began to approach her. This time Fluttershy could not take her eyes off the pony at all. She slowly backed away as the pony walked towards her. Then she hit a tree. She looked around for an escape then looked up again. Now the pony was face to face with her. I don't want to die yet She thought. Fluttershy was to scared to scream. She could feel each breath the pony took. Then it bared its teeth. Fluttershy then managed to scream,"HELP!" as it lunged at her.
Somehow she flew over the pony and ran away as fast as she could. She wished that she was back at her house with Angel by her side calming her down. She then saw a note on a tree. She forced herself to stop and she looked at it. It said no no no no no with a picture of the pony on it. She fell to the ground and nearly passed out with fear. When she looked up the pony was back. This time she wouldn't escape. It put its hoof on her to make sure of this. She screamed with both pain and terror. It growled then went for her neck.
Angel heard screaming and ran to Fluttershy's room. He kicked the door open and looked around for danger. Then he saw Fluttershy. She was sitting up in her bead motionless. Her eyes were a dull gray. Something is wrong Angel thought. Angel darted out her bedroom and ran outside to get help straightaway.