Chapter 1: A begining, and a return.
Long has he been hungry. hiding in the Everfree Forest. But now he had no reason to hide. The one mare who had found his weakness was dead. He could finally feed again.
He moved through the forest making no sound nearing the opening he paused to check if IT was there. It was gone. At last he was free!
He moved along though the town searching for prey. He came at last to the home of his prey. with his long spider like limbs he climbed though the foolishly open window. Standing over his prey he touched her forehead marking her as his.
Then he vanished into the night.
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Mac opened his eyes. The sun was shining in his face. He rolled over and climbed out of his bed. Today was his date with Cherilee, the ponyville school teacher, he had been waiting all week for this. Nothing could go wrong.
As he walked down stairs he noticed AppleBloom drawing a picture in the kitchen.
"Ya'd better get to school, AppleBloom." he said to her. She nodded and stood up to follow him.
The two walked out the door and set out for town. Strangely neither said a word to the other. Normally Applebloom would have chattered away while Big Mac' nodded and said an occasional "Eyup" or "Nope".
Big Mac was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice Applebloom's strange silence. His mind was fully on Cherilee.
But Applebloom's behavior did not go unnoticed.
The Rider awoke inside of Big Mac'. He watched as Applebloom walked along silently. Why is she so quiet? He rarely had seen her like this. The last time he had she was this bad she was longing for her cutiemark, which now shown brightly on her flank, this was unlike her.
For the first time in ages the Rider was, worried.
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Big Mac' and Cherilee sat on a picnic on top of a hill in Sweet Apple Acres together. Empty plates and cups set for two lay stacked in an old rugged picnic basket. She leaned against him his hoof wrapped around her shoulder.
Suddenly The Rider's voice roared through his head: "Your sisters are in DANGER!" He had finally realized the danger Applebloom was in and he knew that they must hurry is they where to save her and AppleJack.
Mac leap to his hooves, "The Rider." he said to Cherilee quickly. She nodded understanding his meaning. He had told her of the Rider and how he had come to be possessed by the grin angel of justice.
It had happened one year ago. Mac had learned that Granny Smith had be diagnosed with cancer. That news had hit him so hard he had retreated into the orchard to think.
There the devil had come to him. He had offered Mac his Grandmother's cure from cancer, in exchange for him to become his bounty hunter. Mac at the time had no idea what the devil had meant and had agreed only to be backstabbed as Granny Smith had died in a fire the next day.
Then the devil had come to collect. He forced the unwilling spirit of the Rider in Mac's body, transforming him into the Rider for the first time.
Mac and the Rider formed an unlikely friendship and fought the devil sending him running. Ever since The rider has rode out every night to avenge or defend the innocent.
And to punish, the Guilty.
Author's Note
Well the first chapter of my Halloween special is finished (and on Halloween night too) Anyway I'd like to say that this story was inspired by Captain Unstoppable's Big Mac the Ghost Rider story (which I highly recommend to any fans of the Rider or Mac)
Anyway my story is about what would have happened if Mac had not run away from his home after Granny Smith died in the fire. And if he had been honest with his friends and family about what happened.
And since I think SlenderMan is a great villain I decided he was the best for this story.
Anyway I'm going to create some awesome art for the cover of the story soon. hope you enjoyed the first chapter. :) The second will include the "Mature" content.
Chapter 2: into the woods.
Mac rushed towards the large red barn. He barreled though the door and stood there.
All was quiet. Too quiet. there was no sound at all besides his breath. He looked down and saw the picture Applebloom had draw that morning. Walking to it, he looked down and saw a pony without a face. Long tentacles protruded from his back. The phrase "LEAVE ME ALONE" written in red crayon was etched at the top of the paper.
No. Not again. The Rider's voice echoed through his head. He's returned.
"Who? Who has returned?"
An ancient evil that feeds on the innocent. He tortures them and relishes in their pain. He is without mercy.
Mac's mind suddenly went back to a story. A story Granny Smith had told him. Of a merciless monster called the Slender Mane. He remembered that she had said that if he every noticed any of his family missing to check under the floorboards of her bed, for there lay the secret of how to defeat the Slender Mane.
Within an instant Mac was up the stairs and in his deceased Grandmother's room. He push her bed aside and ripped up the floor. There lay a small box. He opened it and found a note:
Dear Mac/ AppleJack
If you are reading this note I may be dead, or taken by the Slender Mane. Many years ago I stopped him from ever leaving the everfree forest. I lit a huge bonfire the stretched across the entrance to his section of the forest. You probably remember those nights when I dragged you out of bed to help keep it going.
The reason I knew when he was coming is because he marked me when I was a filly. And after I was marked I could feel him and could sense when he was coming. The first time he came for me, I panicked and built a huge fire. And watched in fear as he approached.
The flames burned him and he was forced to retreat into his dark home.
After that day I set a bonfire whenever I sensed his approach
Your Grandmother: Granny Smith
Mac knew at the instant he finished reading that the Rider would be able to stop this monster.
He walked out to the barn and pulled a tarp off a huge black motorcycle. He climb on and revved the motor. It roared loudly and the tires screeched as it took off for the forest.
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Mac drove like a demon through the dark Everfree Forest. His mind worked feverously as he formed a plan. The Rider directed Mac towards the Slender Mane's hideout. He could sense the evil that lay there.
Suddenly a tree trunk fell in front of him, swerving Mac came to a hault in front of it. He looked around and saw the source of he fallen tree.
A hideous doglike creature sat on a nearby tree trunk. At the end of his front-legs long rake like claws protruded.
Let Me out! That is Rake, he's a slave of the Slender Mane! The Rider roared through mac's head.
"Shhh stick to the plan..." Mac hissed.
The creature leaped towards him and he turned the bike and rode off with the creature in pursuit. He looked ahead and saw the very thing he didn't need: A gouge, a large wide gouge. The trees perverted Mac from steering away. "hope this works..." Mac muttered as he let the rider's hellfire incase the bike and himself. With a rev that sounded like an explosion the bike rocketed across the gouge and the creature, running to fast to stop, plummeted into it. As he landed The Rider changed back into Mac.
"That was to close." He reved the motor drone on.
Author's Note
Well the second chapter's done. Oh just so you know the name of the creature that chased Mac is Rake. He is a canon Slender Man character.
Just so you know.
