I groaned as I began to wake up. I knew something was wrong when I could feel grass under me instead of some bedsheets.

After a few more minutes of just lying there I finally had the wherewithal to get up and looked around.

It was a forest but… It seemed wrong. It seemed to be darker and more… I don’t know sinister, than any forest I ever been in before.

What happened? How did I get here? I wondered

I tried to remember what happened but, I just couldn’t. I remembered getting up and going to the convention, hanging out with my friends, splitting up, that creepy merchant, and getting back together.

What happened next?

“How did I get here?” I asked out loud

It seemed like a normal forest, if a bit creepy. I decide to look over myself, I seemed to have everything but the plastic scalpels.

Why would anyone take those and nothing else? Hell, I still have my wallet, my phone, my watch, as well as the rings and amulet.

I took out my Iphone, no signal, honestly didn’t expect there to be. One can hope I suppose. According to the time it was a little after 8 in the evening.

I look around again and turned it off entirely. I decided to check it every so often to see if I can find a signal. I should make the battery last as long as possible.

I decide to take my chances and explore. One question remained though.

Which way?

The canopy was too thick for me to see the sun or stars and I couldn’t see a path or anything from where I was standing. I decide to simply choose a path at random and begin walking.

I continued walking for about twenty minutes. I really didn’t see anything but trees and the occasional stream of water, though I don’t know what I was expecting beyond some sign of civilization. One thing that was odd and slightly worrying was that there weren’t all the sounds I would have expected to hear in a forest. It took me a while to notice what was missing. Oh sure there was the sounds like the rustling of leaves in the winds, creaking of branches, and running water.

Are there no animals here? I wonder after realizing what was missing.

No chirping of birds, no roaring animals, nothing. It was off putting to say the least, what kind of forest doesn’t have animals?

Five minutes later and I got my answer. As I was walking I heard a rustling coming from my right and it definitely wasn’t the wind. I hid behind a tree to get a look at whatever it was before it saw me.

To say I was unprepared would be an understatement. The thing that appeared looked like some kind of humanoid black blob. The only things I could distinguish was that it was vaguely humanoid and had two white eyes without any pupils and teeth.

I turn to try to quietly leave, only to come face to face with three others that had been behind me.

SHIT!

I looked around and saw another eight or nine at least. I was completely surrounded. All things being what they are? I was regretting not getting that sword. Damn would it have come in handy in this situation.

They definitely knew I was here as they began to tighten their ring. I kept looking around and realized that I could not see a way out. Out of the corner of my eye I saw one of the creatures lunge at me. Out of some kind of instinct I tried to draw my scalpels and throw them at the imp.

To my astonishment, four bluish silver scalpels appeared in my hand and was thrown at the creature. The second that the scalpels hit the creature it was thrown back. When it hit the ground it seemed to explode, leaving behind a bunch of weird stuff on the ground.

Before I could figure out how I even did that, the creatures seemed to take this as a signal to attack, because attack they did. I started to run, using the opening from the creature I killed while trying to keep a tree between me and at least a few of them. I tried to flick my wrist like I did before and sure enough four more scalpels materialized in my hand. I was not stupid enough to stand and fight, it was still at least 12 or 13 of them and I had like, zero combat training.

Of course just as I began to run two imps jumped at me from either side. Almost as instinct again I threw my scalpels at the one on my right. Before I even realized what I was doing I pointed my palm at the other imp. Three scalpels materialized, not in my hand but making a circle a mere inch from my palm.

The imp impacted against some kind of barely visible shield. I knew I couldn’t stop to wonder what had just happened.

I needed help if I was going to survive this. As if responding to that statement, I began to feel this pressure building up from one of the rings. I tried focusing on that ring while still running, it was difficult but I felt something like a pressure being relieved.

‘Ah Master, shall we help you dispatch these pathetic creatures?’ said a voice

‘What, what was that?’ I thought

‘It’s us Master, would you like our help?’ the voice responded to my thoughts

‘What!? Who’s ‘us’ and how did you know what I thought?’ I practically shouted the voice in my head

‘Your speaking to me through our telepathic link. Ever hear of a hive mind? It’s kind of like that, but not. Do you want our help or are you going to keep running like a little girl?’ the voice taunted me calmly

‘Fuck, Fine help me! Get rid of these things’ I responded

With that I suddenly heard a lot of commotion behind me and dared to glance back. I saw those creatures attacking and being attacked by what looked like the darklings from The Darkness. The darklings kept up a kind of hit and run, kiting tactic, blending in with the shadows from the trees then jumping out to hit one of the creatures before running back into the shadows.

I noticed that it seemed to take a few hits for the darklings to destroy one of those creatures. But the creatures were able to kill a darkling in one hit. At least three darklings had been killed in only a few seconds and only one of those things.

Are, are you guys those darklings? I tried to ask

I received no response.

‘Hello, are you there?’ I tried again, this time trying to send my thoughts to them

‘Ya Master, were kind of busy and need to concentrate, these things are tougher than they look, give us a few minutes’ it replied

I realized that while they needed to land multiple hits I seemed to be able to kill them with a single hit. I decided to try to do my part, they had already managed to take down five more. There were still about eight more if my count was correct. I threw my scalpels at the creatures that were left. To my surprise even with my lack of throwing skills I still managed to hit two and I was a few feet away with trees in the way.

The creatures seemed to try to switch back and forth between me and the darklings and ended up not going after either of us. I managed to hit three more and the darklings got the rest.

‘That’s the last one Master’ the voice said

“Wait” I Interrupt

“Yes” he asks innocently.

“Not only were you were attacked by over ten imps and got away without a scratch, but managed to destroy them with a single hit?” I ask

“Technically four hits, I found out later I could kill them with only two scalpels” he said nonchalantly

It takes a full squad of trained guards to beat one. He defeated multiple, and defeated them with a single attack? How is that possible? I thought to myself

“Please continue” I say after a moment

“Right, where was I? Ah! That’s right!”

‘That’s the last one Master’ the voice said

‘Good, now I have a few questions’ I respond

‘To answer a few I know you will have, we are known as the Darklings, you are our Master and we are compelled to follow your every order’ It said.

‘Well that's a few questions answered, what is your name’ I ask

‘Name? We don’t have names, we are darklings, we have no need of names’It responds

‘No name, isn’t that confusing? Also are you the only one that can talk?’

‘No, we can talk too Master, he’s just kind of our leader’ a different voice responds.

‘Leader huh, why are you the leader’ I ask, I am not sure how but I just sort of knew I was asking the original voice

‘I was the first you summoned with the others came soon after. The oldest darkling is always the leader, and for your first question I believe you answered that yourself when you spoke directly to me, instead of the one who just responded to you, or all of us at once’ The original voice answered

‘So.. what can you guys do?’

‘We have a few abilities Master, As you already know we have a hive mind like telepathy, we can also instantly move from shadow to shadow so long as we can visually see the shadow we are jumping to as well as being extremely hard to detect while in the shadows, we also have very highly developed senses and night vision. Oh and we also give you a sort of passive ability while there is even one of us summoned. Think of it like a hostility sense, in addition the rest of your natural senses are slightly improved as well.’

‘You said, As long as one of you are here, is there a limit to how long you can say or can you stay indefinitely?’

‘Indefinitely, but there is a limit to how many of us you can have summoned at once’

‘How many?’

‘No idea, just know there’s a limit it answered

‘Ok, that’s enough questions for now, thanks’

‘Before I forget you can also use the telepathic link to actually see and experience things from our perspective, even our memories’

‘Really? That can actually be very useful’

I decided to look at the things that those creatures dropped.

“This looks like, is this Build Grist? And that, that’s Shale Grist” I whisper to myself as I inspect the materials. Sure enough it really does look like the grist from Homestuck. I grab one to examine it closer and it disappears into thin air.

The fuck? I must have collected it or something. Wait, does that mean those things were imps? I think I remember seeing a non prototyped one on the wiki once.

Wait... Egbert had such a hard time dealing with them when he first got into the Median, it only got easier for him when he alchemized that new hammer and then he was able to one hit them. Although those imps were tier 1 prototyped and not the non prototyped ones I just fought

I couldn’t help but sigh.

Ok, let’s recap... I’m in some kind of forest, I assume filled with the imps from Homestuck that drop Grist like in the actual webcomic. I apparently have minions that will obey my commands and give me a few bonuses as well. So… does this mean I’ve started a sburb session?

So many questions, so little answers I think as I rub my temples and let out a yawn.

Now that the adrenaline had worn off, I was starting to feel rather exhausted

‘Hey, how are you guys at scouting’ I ask the darklings

‘Good enough Master, you want us to check out the surroundings?’

‘Yes, if you find a road or something follow it and try to find a town or village’ I respond

I find an open spot at the base of the tree and settle down for the night.

I woke up in a strange place. Well not strange so much as Cthulian. Seriously if you ever saw that episode of South Park where Cthulhu sent the kids to Rlyeh? That’s what this place looks like.

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What the shit was that noise!?!

I look around but I don’t see anything that could have made it.

Guess I will need to keep an eye out for monsters in this place too.

I decide to take a minute to give myself a once over.

“These aren’t my clothes...” I whisper to myself realizing I am now in a royal purple tabard with purple pants and black shoes.

“Dream self” I whisper “This is my Derse dream self!” I said as realization dawned on me. “Though this place does NOT look like Derse at all.”

Well there is nothing else to really do but explore this place a bit. I start walking toward the nearest structure. Looks kind of like a building, maybe. I think I see windows... maybe.

“Wait, can’t I fly here?” I ask myself. Sure enough, yes, I can fly.

̸̡̧̡̼̖̠͖̤̝͕̟̠̪̱͆͑͋ͮ̓͐̓̽̋͐̓ͨ̋̓̍̚P̫̯̜̟͙̜̙͍͚͖͉͍̻͇̣̼̘͓̞̈͐ͬͨ̊͒ͤ͊͑͋͊̈̀̓̎͜͢h̸̸̯̻͍̬͓̼͎̙̺̲̖̼͈̹͎̝̆ͨͯ̆͗̀̚'̶̻̻̞̩̮͔͔̞̪ͪ̋͛̓̾ͭͬ̔̋ͮn̯̰̼̳̩͉̻͍͇͕̬͔̙͇͕̿͛̇ͮ̓̌͌̋͟͟͝g̴̢̨̛͇̤̹̞̙͈̫̺ͬ̆̉̄̔ͣ͛ͫ̒͒ͨ̈̉ͨ̊͂ͥ́l͌̑ͦ̌̓ͦ͊̿ͬ͌̕͏̭͉̹͈̭̩̦͝u̷̲̺͎̳̬̠̬̣͖̥͔̺̪͎̬̖̱̞͑͂͗͋̓̚̕ͅi̡ͯ̄͊̆̑̀҉̸̶̞̣̪̻͔ ̴̷̞̼͓̩̥̄̂̊̄͋̔̐̀̐m͙̯̳̜̱̯̤ͣͭ̒͐̑̕͜͞g̸͚̬̹̼̦͉̲̹̤̗̺̙ͬ̉͑̇ͭ̚͜ḽ̛̲͕͖̮̹̬̻̥̮̞͚͙͈̖͚̠̾̔͌̍̃͂̾ͫͮ̓ͬ̈̀͜͟wͧ̊̑͂̐ͯ͐͋̂̑͊̆̄ͨ̈ͯ̉̈́͗͏̜̠̫̫̼͔̣̣͡'̴͙̬̰̺̭̝̩̲͙̠̗͚͎͔̻̤ͨ̆̊ͦͭ̄ͨͫ͆̄͗̏̔͒̉̇̑̓͢͟͟nͮͬ̌̄ͩ͂ͭ̈̂͏̵̦̲̜̥̞̱̰̝̟͔͇͕̪̺̱̳̪̮͘͝a̶͕̟̗̣͍̰̳̳͈͎͎͓̘̼̙̭̒͌̉̍ͯ́̔̒͒̔̒͛̓̏̓͛͋́̚͡f̊͑ͪͪ̈́ͯ͑͌̓̎̓̀͌ͤ̂̿̀̚̕͢҉̱̪̯̮̱̥̰͈̪̳̖̗̬̤̝̦͡ͅh̛̛͔͖̝͖͉̰͚̲̜͊̍ͮͣ̉̓́̆ͩ͗ͣ̿̀ͯ͊̓ͅ ̵̸̘͉͖̩̼̹̖͍̯̉͑ͮ͗̎̕R̛̎ͮ͐̀̒ͧ́̐͑͂ͩ͆̒̓͛̚҉̸̱̮͇̗̗̹̘̤̗ͅ'̷̯͓͎͔̯̥͈̑͆̌̽͐̐ͦ͆̓͒̄͊ͥ͞͡lͥ͐ͯͬ́̋͌̽͛ͥ̀̓ͦ́͏̴̸̱̥̞͔̭͉̤̻̱̪͚͙͈̭ͅͅy̸̖̹͎̹̜͖̦̰̝̲̬̱̌̃͋̍́e̵̢̛̹̘͓͉̗̙͔͇̪̼͔̳͕͍̥̜͎ͬ̏̉ͫ̋͊̑̐ͮ̊̍͂͑̐͢͢ͅẖ̭̞͙͔͈͖͙̖̜̑̓̏̚̕͝ͅ

̷̖͔̥͈̰̲͇̫͙̟͚̺ͤ͋ͣ̉̓͢͠͞͝H̘͙̹̝̺̱̱̝̰̳̝̭̩͙͔͉̥̩͚͐̔̅̆̓͛̏ͨ͋̊̚̕͘͡͝e̷̢͍̜͙̭͐ͦ̏̈́ͣͨ̍̈̐̒̏̓̃r̵̢̟̦̪̜̤̍͑̆͒͑ͩͤ̋ͮ̉̇͢o͆̒̎͋ͨ̌͐͗ͨ̚̚͏̢̗͚̳̦̺̀̀̕!̵ͪ͌̆̈ͮ̈́̓ͩ̇ͤ͏̛͎̩̝̭͚̥̗́͘ ̷̛̲̼̥̪̻̦͉͓̠͖̹͇̄ͤ̂ͣ̋̅͑̃̅̂̌̇͛ͧ̏͂̃̈́͢͝Y̴͈̗̮̘̩̐ͭͥ̍̉ͩ͌ͨ̓͑̃͂̓õ̢͇̩̜̙̭̝̘̥̩͈͙̫͇̝͊ͩ̔̎̾ͮ̋ͦ̂ͯͯ̒͆͋̓̈́͛͌́ũ̔ͫ̃̊҉̢̱̘̺͙̗͜ ̵̡̳͓͓̻̺̮̪ͧͤ̌͑ͩͭ̈́̍̈́̾ͤ̄ͣ̈̀m̈̐͌͊̎ͫ̽ͫ̌͗̒҉̧̱̖͓̞̰͉̤͙̬̣͕̭̱̻̼̖̕ȕ̢̿̽ͥ̊͡͏҉̪̪̰̭̤͇̣̖̝s̶̨̜̺͕̲̭̀ͮͤͥ̾ͪ́̉ͨ̒̿̊ͥ̐̀͟t̲̻̖͔͔̺͔̖̬̲̠̩̲͚̄͋̔̀̆̒̅̌̈́̋͊̉̑̅͘͘̕ ̡͓̪͔̣̤̞̽̈̅̽ͯ͆̍ͯ̒l̨̛ͥ͐ͣ̍̄̚҉̘̥̟͇̗̣̙͈i̴̧͕̫̲̗̼̞̜̫̥͍̳̮̓ͧ͐̃͐͆̚͘̕s͆̒͑ͪ͒̕͞҉͕͇̙̱̺͚̻͖̦͙̦̪ţ̱̲̺͓͕͍͓͙̭͎ͮ͋̄̂͛̓͗ͭ̍̕͢ḛ̺͕̫̗̮̤͉̖̜ͬ̑̓̀ͩͩ̏ͨͥͭ͐͋ͥ́́͟͞ͅͅͅn̸̍͑̈̈́ͤ̏̚͏̛̬̖̺̗̮̩̝̞̝͈̝̫̫͖̗̮͎͠ ̷̢̨̭̟̰̭̜͖̲̦͚͇͈̘̣̫͍͒ͯͧͥ͆ͭ̈͟͜t̷̨̼̗̙̣̬̀̀̊ͫ̒́o̸͚͈̬̥̳͔̭̝͎̮̘̹̻̬̟͛̂̍ͭ̀̂͌̐́̚ͅ ̛̥͖̮̦̻̟̦̱͍̪̐̈́͒̆̅ͩͯͯͦͬͤ̉ͤ̋̌̒̕ͅu̵̡̦̗̙͚̬̭͕̩̖̳ͫ̉̓ͫ̊ͤͣ́́͞s̴͖̯͓͍̙̜̟̳̳̟͍̹̝̝͔̱͖̾͆ͪ͒̉͢͟ͅ

̶̡̨̫̖̫̹͎̯̱̟̪̫̼̃̿̈ͯ̅̃̾̐̾̂̎̎ͦ̇̉̚C̳̮̟̱͎̫̹̼̮̻̥̭̠̤̝̜̭̬͐ͦ̐ͬ͘ͅt̺͔̥ͣͩ̏͊̔̽ͬ̃͜͠͞h̨̛̟͉̎̐̽͑ͭ̄̕ͅu̸̧̯̗̫̞̰͔̬̲̫̪̪̹̫̐̓̐̃ͣ͆̋l̷̠̙̱͔͔̹̪̫̼͔̦͎̼̱̬͗͑̉ͣ͆ͤ͜͢͢ͅh̫̺͓̻͍͕͌͛ͩ̓̂ͮͤ̅ͭ͗ͯͭͨ̅̈́̂͑̕͘͢ų̶̦̗͚͕̫̺͍̦̞̘̬͙̘̖͕̯̅̏ͫ͋̾̆ͭ̎ͤ̒́͞͡ ̶̪̝͔̭͎̿͒̓̚͟ ̨͈̗͉̘͍͉̦̜̣̳͔͙͈ͧ̐̄͒̋͑̆͐̚̕w̸̡̞̦͙̦̰̲̜̋͂̏͆̊́̓͊͂́͂ģ̵̸̨̭̖̰̬̰̯̻̝ͩͯ͗̃́a̧͔̮͉̹̠̱̖̻͓̫͎͉ͯ̉̓ͮ̎̚͝͞h̴̛͓̭̣̜̣̩͓͎̟̭͙̘̥̼͖̺͑̈ͤ͋̚͢'̢͋̽͑̐͛̉̍̽ͬͦ̿ͮ҉̯̱̳̺̘͜͞n̴̸͒̇̎͑͆͗͒̄̉͊͡͏̮͉͙͔̞̬̥ͅa̯̥̭̭̖͍̟̼͉̲͙̜͔͉̔̽̅̌̋̔͆ͥͫ͆ͧ̓͛ͬ̔̎͜͝g̷̷̥̘̤̪͊̃̀̏̑̆̿̋͂ͪͤ͛́͆̚l͎̹̗̰͚̠̟͈̱̻̫̖͔͔̲͉̲̿ͦ̓͗̀͠ ̴̢̮̝͚̣̙͌ͫ̒́f̡̧͈͔̭͙̟̼̈͐̉ͧͯ̅͊̾͟͢͞h̞̞̩̳̲̻̩ͯͤͬ͆ͭ̀̚͠ṭ̷̨͙̮͎ͣ̃͊͑̏͂͆ͮͦ̎ͩͧͧ̑͜͜a̯͕̮̱͈̖͓̠ͫ̉̋ͯ͛ͯ͌͂ͣ̉͐͒̎̔̂̄̑̑ͨ̀͢g̻̖͖̹̭͕̻̠̹ͭ̾ͮ̄͒̽ͯ̐ͣ́̿̽͢ͅn̸̵͎̯̤̼͓̜̭͓͚͉̾̓̔̉̈̍̉͂͠ͅ

“SHIT!” I say clutching my chest.

It’s like a fucking auditory jump scare.

I still see no signs of life or anything around. Actually that seems to add to the creepiness of this place.

After looking through the thing I thought was a building, I found nothing of interest.

Hmm where should I go next?

After looking around I decide to head to the largest structure so at the very least I could get a bird’s eye view of this place.

Holy shit is that a quest bed? Looks like God Tier is a thing then.

P̸̨͙̬͔͔̭̗̺͉̼̤͇̿̒ͤ̽ͤ̅̈́̐ͦ̋̏͋̐̀̚̕h̷̵͛̈͐̿̄̍̅͛͛ͤ̾ͬ͐ͭͮ̔̈́͏̷̖̦͈̲̻̲̬͖̼̳̞̺̭̲̖͚'̴̢̲̥̠̯͇̮̣̫̘̝͙͙̺͔̦̓ͧ̾̑ͤͦ́̈́̇͐̇ͯ͐͠͞ͅn̶̴̙͖̲̯̑ͣ̿̓̓̏̔̔ͦ̊ͭ̽̅͆̒̔̔̕͟͠ġ̛̲̺̭̥̘̮̩̦̔ͫ̂́̃̈̀͒́́͘͢l̢̨̟̪̙̟̜͍͚̿̓̈͋̄ͨ̃͆̅̇͘͟͢ư̡̡̜̰̟̙̻͍̲͚̰͇̹̹̘͍̹̹̙ͨ͆̇̀̉ͮ͆̈ͫ̍ͥ̄̍͑͑͐̌ͩ̏̀͞ͅí̵̛̹̲͓̯̦̫͎̗̖̐͆̓͠ͅ ̶̡̬̺̻̺̳̄̇͒̓͊̂̈́ͤ̑̊̍m̨̗̬̳̠͍̰̳̩̘̗̗̮̙̫͍̟̬̥ͨ̊̐ͦͪ̏ͦ̊͒̔̊͋͛ͣ́̚͞g̡̪̼̙̭̖ͥ́͛̔͂̎ͭ̂ͪ̐̀̀͜͢l̵̢̡̞̬̙̳̩̥̭̝͔̹͎̰͐̂͐ͣͪ͆͑ͪͥ̀̓̅̿ͯ̚̕͝w̐ͦ̈́́ͭ̾̄ͭ͊͑͆̇̒͏̡̼͉̲̠͎͕̝̺̱͟͢'̀ͥ̃̂́̈́̎͋͛̅͆͞҉̨͉͔̱̜͔̗̖̞̩̖̟̠͍͓̗n̡͍͔̲̱̙͎̘̜̣͚̠̖̦̜̖̞̙ͤ̐̉̌͑̎̕a̡͚̪̲̝̲͉̻ͤ͂ͤ́̏̈͛̆ͪ͒̉̋͂͌ͨ͠͡f͚̤̰̫̫̔ͭ̈́͒̑́͡ͅĥ̸̵̡͙̯͔͕͉̯̦͍͔̝͖͇̭̌̈̃̌̓̚͡ͅ ̽̔̒͐ͮ̊̂̽̏̚҉̵̹͉̯̥̼̪͓̝̥̝̥̜͓̮̭͖̜̻͢Ṙ̸̡̛̺͚͉̝͉̫̺̙̙̬̬̪̺̘͇̯͎̖̉̾̑͊̾̃̎̅̔̏̓͋̊̌ͧͤͮͮ̀͜ͅ'̠̯̖̭̻̻̖̰͇̔̀ͥ̾̽̌̚͟͢l̬̦̭͇̓̒ͮͣ̀ͮ̎ͯ̈̈ͧ̚͘͟y̴̡̫͉̖̪̱̗̦̞̬̯͔̣͍̯̳͛̏̈́̄ͣͦ̊ͬ̑͌́͢ͅe̷̠̞̳͈͎ͫͤ͋̏̎̀h̔ͦ̆̋҉̡̺̭͍̞͘͟

H̪̠̫͍̩͂ͭ̊̾͌̃ͫͦ̃ͮͭ͒̓͛̅͢͢ͅê̶̾̉͋ͧͪ̉͛̐̈́̽̊̈́̚͞͏̹̦̼̭͈r̨̂̌̓̋̑̀͡҉̤̙̹̲̞͟ͅo͑ͩ̄̏̓̿͂͞҉̷̲̩̪͎ ̴͍̭͎̜͖̪̫̫̝͔͉̯̱̭̠̭ͬ̅̒͂̆ͯͭ̃ͯ̒̃̇ͧ̑̑͟P͗̋ͮ̊̈́̐҉̸̦̗̖͍͈͎̝̼̱̹͉̪͘ͅl̵̸̶̶͖͓̻̞͓̙̠̬͖̅̑ͩ͂̐̅̒̉̌̋̚͝ẽ̱̪̘̣̑̋̑̀͠a̩͎̯͍͔̣͓̥̝ͭ̿̂ͮ̀͟ͅͅs̵̯̜̻̠͕̬͔͎͕̎ͮ̌ͦ̓̽͊́͜e̛̜̭̬̳͇͖̤͓̭͖̗̹͙͙̟͑̓ͣͥͯ̅͌͠ ̴̧̛͎͚̗̤̜̞̪̟̹̝̟̯͎͌̃̓͋͂̀̅͆̈́ͤ̽͊ͯ͆̾ͅl̷̹̝͉̭̱̮̟̭̽ͦ́̊ͪͨ͊̓̏ͭ̕į̛̩͉̣̦̯͎̭̤͇͚̰̙̘̳͍͔̜͚̰̾ͮ̓͊͐̓͘͢͡s̸͖͕̝̗̎̿̂ͪ͐̋ͤ̑̕ţ̵̹̞̗͚͎͇̦̜̲̝̹̩̝ͭ͒͆̓̂͛͛͑̐͒̀̚e̶̛̥̜͚̯̘̹̳͍̥̬̮̤̊̓̑͗͗̀̒̒̏͋ͬ̐ͭ̓̅̑͛̈̌͟n̴̼͕̤̟̮̻̗̹̭̝͙̺̝̣͆ͯ̐̅ͨ̌̎ͭͮ́ͬ̈́͝ͅ ̡̹͇͇̥̦̺̲̙͎̼͙̿̃̔̄ͮ̀̌͛͒͌̀̚͘t̛̿͐ͭ̋ͤ͑̓ͭ͂ͣ̒̑̑͊ͥ̆ͭͬ҉͕̫͇̖̠̳̟̬̲̩̱̯̘̲̻̙ơ̸̛̩̤̬̙̼̦̰͔͎̰̩̲̥̣̜͈̊͐ͨ͗ͮͤ̈̆̇͒ͭ͂͗̾͐͜ ̨̨̫̥͎̱̭͚̙͕̳͙ͣ͋ͮ̅̽u̷̢͎̠̖͍̔̍ͯͫ̃̔̉ͨ̾̽́s̶̨̘̤͚̺͇̲̭͕͍͚̹̥͕̫͔̄̂̃̀͂̄̈͒͋͋̚͢͜͟!̴̴̛̠̲̫͈̮͇̗̯̣̰̝̫ͤ̂̌̂͆͐͆ͩͪ̔ͫ̍ͪ̆̅̒̑̒̇̀͝

Y͍̝̝̼̱̘̮̝̰͎̮͚̳̖ͮ̃ͣ̅͊͗ͬ̄͘͟͝ͅo̷̷̧̞͇̪̳̱̺̳͉̲͎͐ͯ̂ͥ̎̿̎́̋̕ṵ̸̝̳͈̠͉̥̥̠ͭͩ̓̓̒͋̆ͮ̒ͪ͆́͘͜ ̡͔̝̠͚̲̦͍̜͈͕̯͇͇͔̺̽̍̈̎̽ͩ̒͒̽̆̅́̚̚ͅă̶͉͓̘̜̲͚̜͔̲͇̹̦̞͎͖̲͇͆́ͨ̚͞r̸̤̖̖̯͖̤̺̱͔͇͚̩͖̫̞͚ͪ̓͛̏ͬͥ̎ͮ̚̚͜͟͜͢e̵̺͔̖͕͉̤̰͇̎̌̉͗̍ͯͣ͘̕͢͟ ͂ͧ͐͑͌̃͒ͩ̐̑̉ͧ̓̓ͭ͒̏͏̧͍͉̙̞̘̯͟͝ḯ̢ͮͨ́̎̎ͦ̈́͌̒͜͏̗͓̦̬͔͚̝̰͓̦̩̞͔̭͕̻̘n̛̜̺͎̤̩̬̩͍̪̤̠̖̂̂͒̏̾͗̀͛͐̽̽̄̓͗͐̈́͆ͅ ̶̹̜̙̻̦̺̱̥̟̳̠͙̠̽͂̄͑ͣ͟͝Ğͦ̎́̃̚͏̴̗̮̥̦͜r̷ͯ̆̿̃̈̿̒̏͏͢҉̠̲͚͙̞̫̤̠͔̤̜̭̙͍̜̱̫a̢̡͈̱̳̘̖̥̦͍͗̉͆ͪ̊͢͞ͅv́̃̏͋̏̂ͫ̔͜͠҉͉̟̜̤̺̪̻̪͉e̴̴̸̛͒̾́̽̋̐̎͋͒ͥ̚҉͍͇̦̰̗̱̺̳̯̩͈̥̥̳̝ͅͅ ̶̵̛͉̹̪̖̲̱̞̹̦̙͖̮̳͈ͬ̋ͮ͊̿ͦ̈̏̃̾̓̆͠͝D̴̜̙͉̟͚̖̥̬̱̗͆̔̆̏ͦ͂̎̉̎̔ͬͧͧ̂̆́ͭ̑͝ͅͅạ̸̩͚̙͔̙̜̰̹͙͉̮͍͕̹̲̱͚͕̍ͥͣ̉ͨͨ̀̀̚͢ņ̶̹̜̟͇̔̒͂̓̏͋͐͗͂̓ͮ͛̓̕̕͝g̨̈́ͩ̓ͬ͒ͦ̿ͩ͗̓̊ͯͯͧ͌̕͟҉̝̙̪̗͈͡e̝̭̥̹ͤ͛̋̆ͭ̊̋͊̏ͫͨͩ̂͌̂͐̈ͤ̀̚͝͞r̨͙̪̗̯̱̰͇̜̺̭̤͇̘̝̖̈̎ͧ̄̊͆͛̃̂̈̔̔͆̂͆̏ͪͮ̀͜͝ͅ

C̸̢̛̻͓̺̼͉̥̯̺̺̋̎ͯ̍͂ͤ͆ͧͭ͗ͤ̔̊ͣ̑̑́ͫͫ̕͠t́̊̐̃͂̿̈́ͨ͒̈́̌̏͆͏̪̬̻̞̪͙̜̤͔͡h̶̢̳̪̙̯͖̩̬͙̝̘̩̪̗͉̫͚ͫͤ͋ͦǘ̴͎̙͖͍̥̥͇̠͖̼̼̏̉̾́̀͜͡ļ̲͔͉̺̼̥̟̤̹̥̙̾̎̉̿̊ͨ̔̍́ͮ̿͆͑͜͠h̳̺̱̦̘̺͇͂ͭͪ̿ͥ̓̍͡͠u̥̲̲̙̣̤͇̞̼̤̥̩̒͊ͭ̃̓͛ͭͩ͂͊͐͆́̎͘͟ͅ ̵̢̤̳̭̠̤̱̱̺̙̠̘̲̘ͣͫ̏ͨ̑ͩͯͩ̑͂̌̒͊͑̾͊͋̏ ̷̢̮͔͓̣̼͕͇̣͉̹͚̦͎͈̹̝͙̔̓̋͑͌͡͡w̢̍ͯ̎̋͒̓ͯ͊̉ͩ̌͞҉̢͖̱̫͓̬͈̯̖̯̪̙̻̤̞͘ġ̵̸̵̖͙͙̩̥̥̥͎͆̉ͯ͐͊ͭ̎ͭ̂̊͑̀a̸̛̱͓̞͇͙͍̥̖̠̠͖͉͇̐͒̑͗͝͞h̟͈̮̙͔̣̠̹̠̩̦̤̤̹̲̻͎̓̾ͩͣ͂ͮͩͫ́͟͡͡ͅ'̷̰̲̖̱̰̖̺̥̦̙̝̇̐͗̂ͧ̒̾̂͊̍̚ͅn̡̢͖̫͔̗͍̖̭̓ͯͯ̒̆ͬ̌̿̅ͥͥ͂̓̄͂̌a͓̰̞̝͓͚̘̘̹̤̲̥̗̪ͬ́ͤͣ̎ͧ̊͝g̮͙͖̣͓͕̹͈̣͇̐͆̾ͧ͐̿̂̽͒̏ͬ̈̔̚͠ļ̴̧̨͖̻̫̺̘̬͉̱̝̜̭ͧ̋̇̋ͮͮ̓̔ͥ̆ͮͪ̈́͑͌ͣ̈́͘ ̶̳̪̬̈̈́ͯ̇͌̆̐̔̃́̑̏̂̉ͭ̀͞ͅf̨̢͓̪͓̩͍̠̻̖͓̖̻̪̰̰̻̆̃̀̋͐͒ͮ̓ͫ̋̃͛̚͠ͅͅḩ͙̼̣͚̦̘͙͎̫̱͇͈ͣ͑ͪ̀̔ͧ̽̎̓ͤ̏̌̄̉̌̕͟ͅť̙̭͔̗̞͖̲̎̉ͨ͒ͬ̊̎̓ͣ͂̀̚ą̵̻̬̮̫̣̟̠͕͒̑̓͋̉ͩ͆̃ͨͥ̄̏͜͟g̮̼̥̦̣ͮͦ̎̃͊ͤ̀n͐̂͂̓̊̇̚̚҉̸̛̬͓̤̻̰͎̗ͅ

“GAH!” I shout trying to slow my heart rate down.

“GOD DAMNIT CUT THAT OUT!” I shout

I decided to try shouting my objections to the heavens and see if that would make that noise stop. So I looked up

A God woke from it’s self imposed slumber and began to silently laugh. A mistake from before time was about to be repaired. The world was about to get very interesting.

A God was startled and worried but she felt a sort of necessity from the sensation. She continued with her daily routine keeping an eye out for any problems.

A God was startled out of bed when she felt something she recognized. Something she dreaded. She began to prepare for the battle she knew was coming.

A lavender unicorn awoke with a start. She looked around but did not see nor feel anything out of the ordinary. Assuming it was just part of the dream she was having and promptly went back to sleep.

A cyan pegasus bolted out of her bed, eyes wide and searching. She saw nothing, but preceded to do a full inspection of her home. A Wonderbolt is never caught unaware, she reasoned. Returning to bed only when nothing was found.

A pink pony giggled in her sleep, knowing she was about to meet a very unique new friend.

A orange pony groggily opened her eye, she wasn’t sure what she felt, but decided it was almost time to get up anyway.

A yellow pegasus shivered in her bed but did not awaken from her dreams.

A white unicorn woke up in a cold sweat. Her intuition telling her that something huge was about to happen. Something important. Something dangerous.

Something... necessary.

I woke up in a cold sweat, trying to wrap my head around what I just saw.

“What. The. Actual. Fuck. Did I just witness.” I said breathlessly

‘Good Morning Master! We found a village like you asked. Oh and the ruins of some old castle as well’

Author's Note

The thing I used for the HorrorTerror speak seems to be kind of hit and miss... Hopefully I got it to work right.