They Walk Among Us

You are confused.

It's been a long day, and you are very tired. But, of course, there's no better way to end the day than by embracing your full-on brony side!

You turn on fimfiction.net, and you sign in to your account. You notice that there are a few notifications about updates of your favorite stories and, like always, They Walk Among Us by NightStallker had been updated. You immediately click on the link.

You immediately begin to read Chapter 19. As you read, mixed emotions boil up within you, yet you still have no explanation for what is was that you felt.

You keep on reading...

And reading...

And reading...

Until alas! The chapter is over. You are ready turn off your computer, but there is a sudden blackout where you are. Everything, even your computer switched off for a short while. And as suddenly as it had disappeared, all the lights came back on.

You feel a bit creeped out, but you are not scared at all. What just happened was very strange, but not as strange as some other things you have encountered before.

But what was truly strange was, your computer was switched on at the exact same state you had left it in.

Wierd, you think.

Then there is a sudden change in your screen. You just got a new notification.

You click on it, wary of anything supernatural that might be going on right then. But you weren't too worried- you didn't really believe in the supernatural.

But then you see that They Walk Among Us had been updated again.

Dafuq is going on? you think, but you immediately click on the link to that story again to see what was going on.

As the link loads up, you realize that it had been updated.

But instead of you seeing Chapter 20, you see...

An Announcement By The Mane Cast.

Mane Cast. You chuckle.

What a lame pun. But you click on it anyway.

This should be fun. you think, still laughing at the lame pun.

Immediately you wish you hadn't.

The light went out again. And it didn't come back on. Instead, you feel a brush of fur on your left side. You daren't move, for fear that this supernatural being might attack you if you do. You stay still and you hold your breath.

You feel the fur on your left side tingling you greatly. You do your best not to twitch. Nor to laugh. Nor to sneeze. Nor to cough. But it was no use. The fur tickled you too much, and there was no holding back the great laughter that you tried to keep in.

You laugh and you laugh, knowing full well that you would be dead in a matter of seconds. But you weren't. You were still alive.

You kept on laughing. The fur was just too ticklish!

And as the laughter died down, you heard something that made the hair on the back of your neck stand on end.

A very high pitched laughter.

It was creepy. You try to back away, but your fear has you frozen in place. You desperately wish to be able to move, but you can't. Not at all. Icy cold fear grips onto your heart as the maniacal, creepy laughter of the beast that was beside you kept going on.

It was not until a few minutes later that you notice a smell that came with the laughter. A strange smell, a smell that was out of place.

The smell of cotton candy.

Who was the beast that was right next to him, laughing their hearts out at this moment? Just as you were about to find out, the beast tackled you, both legs on your chest. You lose you balance, and you fall down to the floor.

You heard your light click on again, but you don't open your eyes, for fear of what awaits you. It was very tempting to see what tackled you, but your common sense and your fear keeps your eyes closed.

"Open your eyes, silly filly!" growled the beast.

Wait... That was no growl.

You immediately open your eyes, and you see...

AN ENORMOUS PAIR OF BLUE EYES STARING INTO YOUR SOUL.

You scream and back up against the wall, but the pink-furred beast just laughed again.

"Oh!' said the beast, crying with laughter. "You're so funny!"

You take a closer look at the beast. Now that you opened your eyes, you daren't close it, as you are afraid of what the beast will do to you with your eyes closed. But as you look closer at the beast, you notice that the beast... wasn't really a beast after all!

It was none other than our friendly neighbourhood baker...

Pinkie Pie.

"You..." you stutter. "You're... Pinkie Pie!"

"Well, duh!" said Pinkie, tilting her head and opening her mouth wildly. "Of course I am!"

"Whaa..." you manage. "What are you doing here?"

"You're funny!" said Pinkie, prancing around your room. "Is this what a bed look like in the human world? They look so much like ours!"

Pinkie Pie went on to explore the room even further, breaking glasses and messing up your closet.

"Pinkie..."

"OH YEAH!" shouted Pinkie Pie, putting both hooves on her cheeks. "You have to come with me!"

You look around. This should be every brony's dream, to actually meet a pony from the show. But this was just plain terrifying.

But of course, you had no choice. Pinkie immediately bit your arm and brought you toward your own computer.

"Awrgh youf reahgky? asked Pinkie, her mouth still biting your arm.

"Wait..." you said. "Where are we going?"

Pinkie then shouted what sounded like a muffled 'OKAY', and both of you jumped into the computer.

You try to scream, but no sound came out. You enter your computer screen, where you felt as if you were being pulled like crazy towards a single point. You felt like vomiting, but the pressure on your body didn't let anything out. You couldn't move at all. This was too much for you.

So you did what every normal human being would do.

You fainted.

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"What did you do, Pinkie?" asked a female voice.

"I just did what you told me to do, Twilight!" said Pinkie, followed by what sounded like bouncing.

"Are you okay?" asked a male voice.

You slowly sit up, your right hand rubbing your head. You still wanted to vomit, but absolutely nothing could come out.

"I'm fine." you say, as you open your eyes. "Thanks for-"

You scream very loudly.

"Get yourself together!" said another female voice. You immediately recognize it as Rainbow Dash's.

"I understand you are a little disoriented, but..."

"No!" you say. "No! No! Stop talking!"

You look at the source of the male voice. A pony. A gray pony with a dark blue mane and scars across his eyelids.

Steven Reilly?

"Listen, we have to tell you something."

Still disoriented, you stumble around. Your back finally touched something. You immediately put your hand on it to hold yourself up.

"Boo!" shouted the object. You fall flat on your face.

"Pinkie!" said Twilight. "I'm so sorry."

"Come on, sugahcube." said a southern female voice from in front of you. "This'll only take a second, then ya can go back to yer human world."

"Just..." you say, annoyed and frustrated. "Just tell me what's going to happen."

"Well..." said Steven. "We're going on a break."

You look up at him, not understanding what he meant.

"A really really super long break!" said Pinkie Pie.

"!0 days, to be exact." said Twilight.

"Wait, when you mean 'break', what do you-"

"There will be no new chapters for 10 days."

"WHAT?" you ask. Reading Chapter 19 made you really anxious to see what was going to happen at Chapter 20. All weirdness aside, you begin to ask questions.

"What do you mean, no new chapters? I was really looking forward to it!" you say.

"We're very sorry." said Steven. "But even fictional characters need breaks."

"And its only ten days!" said Rainbow Dash. "Come on..."

"You must forgive us, dear reader." said Rarity. "But we need these ten days."

You see the characters from the story begin to form a line right in front of you. For some reason, you were knew who everyone was- they looked exactly like you imagined them to be. Alan, Chen, and even Bill Gates was standing there!

"Ten days?" you ask, no longer flustered. "It's fine. It's alright"

"Thank you so much for understanding, darling." said Rarity. "Now we best get you back to your own world."

"Yes." said Steven. His horn immediately lit up, and you can see a portal appear behind you all of a sudden.

"WAIT!" you shout. "THERE ARE STILL SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO ASK YOU!"

"Sorry." said Steven. "But NightStalker only allowed us to tell you this much. Everything other than that would make the announcement need a SPOILER ALERT banner!"

"NO!" you shout. All that trouble just to tell you that? You wanted to spend much more time with the characters, maybe make friends with one or two of them. But deep down you knew that it wasn't possible. A real human can't be friends with a fictional character. But then, are they real or fictional?

You fly back into the portal, feeling the same yanking feeling that you felt before. Steven was right- that feeling really was annoying.

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"AHHHHHHHHHH!" you scream, getting out of bed.

Why were you in bed? Were you sleeping? What happened?

And there you were left, wondering if the previous events really transpired or if everything was just a dream. But you could smell cotton candy on your left arm....

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Hahaha...

In all seriousness, however, I won't be able to make any new chapters for 10 days.

I'll be going to Shanghai for a Study Trip (learn Mandarin and all), so I won't get the chance to write anything. But I'll be sure to think up many new ideas for the story. We're already at the 3/4th mark of our journey!

Well, I guess I'll see you guys later.

10 days, to be exact

                                                           Sincerely,

NightStalker

P.S. If any of you are in Shanghai right now, tell me! We can meet up somewhere!