Secret of the Stallion (Otherwise known as Devious Intent)

“YoU sHaLl FeAr Me

YoU sHaLl Be DrIvEn MaD

YoU cAn’T StOp Me

FoR I aM oNe WiTh EvErYtHiNg”

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Chapter One:

Exploration and Plot

We need to get going Aeron,” Said a light blue mare. “It’s not safe here after dark.”

Aeron was a few steps ahead of her, and he turned back and noticed she looked a little scared. Trotting over to her he grinned and she looked at him, nervously.

“It’ll be ok Star,” Aeron said, confidence in his voice. “I’ve been in the Everfree forest at night, we’ll be out of here soon.”

She nodded and began to trot along the trail, Aeron next to her. Silence filled the air as they went along the trail as the sun set behind them. Just as the sun set, almost instantly, there was sound coming from every direction. Star stopped in her tracks, and looked around, then noticed Aeron had started getting ahead of her and galloped after him.

Panting, she noticed that the trees and vines were clearing up. “Are we close to the edge of the forest, or is that just my imagination?”

Aeron shook his head. “Nah, that’s the edge of the for-” He stopped mid sentence when he saw a stallion near the clearing.

Aeron stopped in his tracks when he saw that the strange stallion had no face, he was wearing a clean business suit with a red tie. The stallion seemed to be looking at him, not moving an inch. Aeron jumped slightly when Star poked him in his side.

“Umm, are you alright,” She said, poking him again. “You look like you just saw a ghost.”

Aeron looked from Star back to the clearing, and noticed the stallion was gone. “You didn’t see that?” Aeron asked looking back to her. “That strange stallion that was near that clearing?”

Star shook her head and started toward the clearing, Aeron followed closely behind her. “No, nothing was there...are you sure you’re okay?”

Aeron nodded in return and kept following Star again. A few minutes later they were out of the Everfree forest, and headed towards their house in Ponyville. As they walked through the small town, they saw a few houses with lights on, and a few ponies doing some small chores outside. They arrived at their house, a nice 2 floor home, colored with various shades of brown.

“Home sweet home,” Aeron said, opening and holding the door for Star. “It’s been a long day, I can’t WAIT to hit the hay.” He yawned, closing the door behind her.

As the two ponies headed upstairs and climbed into bed, Aeron rolled over, to look at Star, who was grinning. “You know,” She said, the grin still on her face “I’m glad we met.”

Aeron pulled her close and gave her a kiss, then said “I’m glad we met too, and I’m happy I get to call you my mare-friend.”

She giggled a little and wiggled closer to him. “Good, because I feel the same way,” Then she looked up at Aeron. “We’d better get to sleep.”

Aeron nodded and soon enough they passed out in each others hooves.

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Aeron looked around at his surroundings, and noticed he was back in the orphanage he had been raised in. ‘Why am I here?’ He thought to himself as he began walking through the room and headed towards the door. Suddenly, he felt the sensation that someone was behind him, he spun around quickly and saw that it was the strange stallion from before, standing still as a board, his face truly did not have any features at all.

“YoU ArE hErE aT lAsT,” The stallion said, his voice echoing in Aeron’s head. “yOu ArE tHe OnE tHaT wIlL LeAd ThE wOrLd InTo MaDnEsS.”

“How are you doing that” Aeron began stepping back a bit, scared. “and what do you mean I’m going to die, and leading the world into darkness, are you crazy?”

The stallion just stared at him “YoU cAn CaLl Me sLeNdeRmAnE, AnD yEs AlL I sAiD iS tRuE”

Aeron shook his head, denying what the stallion said. “No, that’s not true at all, why...hell, HOW would I do that...even IF I were to help you?”

“YoU sHaLl SeE…” Slendermane said, just as everything started to fade.

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Aeron woke with a start, panting he rolled over to see Star looking at him, concern on her face. “Sorry hun, it was just a bad dream.” He said, letting out a sigh.

Star laid back down, and stared at the ceiling, rays of sunlight danced around as the sun began to rise. Finally she rolled over and faced Aeron, moved close to him, and held him.

“Well, you woke up at a good time anyways,” she whispered “Suns up already, I swear it feels like it should still be nighttime.”

Aeron nodded in agreement as he sat up quietly and got out of bed. “Well, we may as well get the day started.” He moaned as he stretched out, yawning a little.

Star rolled her eyes as she too got out of bed, and walked towards the nearby bathroom. Aeron grinned as he walked downstairs to prepare breakfast, but stopped suddenly when he saw the familiar pale pony standing at the bottom of the stairs. He slowly backed up the stairs, Slenderpony following him with his non-existent eyes. Aeron shook his head in denial ‘He’s not there, its just a hallucination…’  he thought. After a minute or two, he decided to make his way back downstairs to the kitchen. To his surprise the Slenderpony was gone, and everything was normal ‘See, it was just your nerves.’  he thought to himself again, walking into the kitchen and beginning to prepare breakfast.

Soon enough, Star trotted into the kitchen, the smell of pancakes filled the air. “Mmmm, that smells delish!” She happily said, trotting up next to Aeron, and grabbing plates, she began to set the table.

After setting the table, she decided to make some coffee, so she started the coffee machine and sat down waiting for the food to be finished. The smell of coffee and pancakes lingered in the air and filled the kitchen, making Star hungrier than she was.

Aeron walked over to the table, placing a plate full of pancakes in the middle. “Here ya go, fresh made pancakes and some coffee!” he said, filling his cup with coffee, and digging into the fresh pile of pancakes.

Smiling, Star helped herself happily to a cup of coffee and a pancake. “Smells delish,” She said. “so what’s the plan for the day?”

Aeron looked up from his plate, food shoved in his mouth, and swallowed quickly. “Well I have the day off, maybe we can go run some errands today?”

Shaking her head and giggling, she nodded and continued to eat her food. “You are one strange, silly, stallion.”

~~~~~Meanwhile in a secluded cave~~~~~

“He Is StIlL dEnYiNg EvErYtHiNg, BuT nO mAtTeR...He WiLl CoMe ArOuNd SoOn EnOuGh.” Slendermane said, standing before a large circular table surrounded by 3 other stallions, their faces shrouded in shadow.

“GoOd, GoOd… ThAt BoDeS wElL fOr Us,” Began one of the stallions. “We MuSt GaThEr ThE oThErS.”

The stallions face came into view, its eyes sunken deep into his face, surrounded by black paint, his face completely white, but the most prominent feature was his smile, his mouth was wider than normal, stitches held the outer parts closed, it looked as if someone had taken a knife and cut from the corner of his mouth upwards.

“PaTiEnCe,” Began one of the other stallions “He WiLl Be OuRs SoOn EnOuGh KiLlEr.”

The pale faced pony turned his head towards the stallion who had spoken. “ThAt’S JeFf To YoU, YoU UnGrAtEfUl LiTtle-”

“ENOUGH Of YoUr BiCkErInG JeFf...YoU tOo LuCiFeR.”The final stallion said, looking from Jeff to Lucifer.

“ThAnK YoU KrUeGeR,” Slenderpony said, annoyance in his voice. “CaN wE gEt ThIs MeEtInG uNdErWaY?”

Jeff, Lucifer, and Krueger nodded and fell silent as Slendermane began to fill them in on the details of their plan.

~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~