The slender one.by Gyro SteambassChaptersChapter one.Chapter two.Chapter three.Chapter four.Chapter five.Chapter six.Chapter seven.Chapter eight.Chapter nine.Author Notes: Shit.Chapter one.Chapter one. It was night. He was watching the happy pink one again. She always made him happy with her smiling and cheerfullnes. But he can't smile, he has no face. She was going to Sugarcube Corner, where she makes all her candy and cake. But he can't eat, he has no face. He always wanted to meet her up close, but he would probably scare her again with his faceless white head, his dark suit and his long arms. But tonight, tonight, he was going to try to meet her up close. 'If only I could talk, that would make it a lot easier.' He started walking faster towards her, decreasing the space beteen him and her. "Hm hm hm hm-hm hm- hm?" She turned to see who was behind her but he had already hid behind a corner. She shrugged and started humming again. He started walking towards her again. "Hello?" She turned again but he hid again. "If you're playing hide and seek, you're really good at it!" She turned back... And met face to (?)face with him. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" She screamed as loud as she could, waking up the whole town. Some of the ponies looked outside and saw him in front of her. She started running as fast as she could and he started to chase her. 'Not again...' He was hoping this wasn't going as he thought it was. They reached the town square. He tryed to grab her but instead of catching her, his claws cut through her hind legs like a hot knife through butter. 'Not again!' "UUUUUNNNN!!!!" He screamed in agony but the ponies thought it was a victory scream. If he had eyes, he would be crying. "AAAAAHHHHHH!!!" She screamed in agony. Blood was gushing out of her wounds. 'I messed up again...' He was trying to leave but a purple aura surounded him, preventing him from leaving. "You did this to her!" The purple one was suddenly in his (?)face. He main and tail were frazzled, her left eye was twitching and a malicious grin was spreading on her face. "You're going to pay!" While she was readying her spell, he made himself dissapear in the darkness of the night, leaving the purple one confused. "Where is it!? Where!?" She was looking around like her life depended on it. The she noticed a piece of paper on the place where it was before. "I'm sorry" It said in barely readeble letters. "Is it trying to apologize?" She had calmed down a bit. "Twilight, I'm taking her to the hospital." Rainbow dash had picked Pinkie up. "Yeah... I'll look up what that thing was." Rainbow flew to the hospital and Twilight went to the library to look the thing up. He had returned to the old castle inside of the forest. 'Why does this keep happening!? I never wanted to be like this! Before HE came, I had friends and family. A happy life. But HE had to turn me into this! I don't even remeber my real name anymore. And this voice in my head, telling me to kill them all. Why me?! I just want a friend... Someone that understands me, who isn't scared of me. I just want to go back to my world!' He was freaking out again and was holding his head in his big hands. "Great work, Scootaloo! We're lost!" He suddenly heard the voice of a filly. "It's not my fault! Applebloom should know her way around here!" Another voice. He started walking towards the source of the voices. "That ain't true! Ah only know the way to Zecora!" Another voice. He was close to the source now. 'What are they doing here this late?' He walked through the bushes and saw three fillies. He recognized them. 'Aren't they the Cutiemark Crusaders?' Applebloom looked his way and immediatly started screaming. "What's the matter Applebl-AAAAAAHH!!" Now Scootaloo was screaming too. "AAAAAAHHHH!!" And there goes Sweetie Belle. They started running. The voice started screaming:"Follow them! Get them!" Just to make the voice stop he started chasing them, but without trying to catch them. "It's following us!" "Don't look back!" "AAAAAAHHH!!" All three of them were freaking out. Suddenly, Applebloom tripped over a rock. The other two were to busy running for their lifes to notice it. In a little while the other two were gone and Applebloom was left behind. "Scoots! Sweetie Belle! Help!" She was panicking. He looked at her left front leg and noticed it was twisted. He picked her up and brought her too the castle. She was trembling and crying of fear. 'Ahmgonnadieahmgonnadieahmgonnadie!' The thing had picked her up and was taking her with him. They reached an old castle. "Lemme go! Agh!" She tryed to get out of it's grip but her leg was broken. It sat her down and gestured her to stay still. "Ah need to get out of here!" She tryed to get up but her leg was killing her. "Ahm gonna die..." She started crying again. After a while it came back with some wooden sticks and a piece of cloth. The cloth was white with a mark. It placed the sticks around her leg and started tieing it up with the leaves. 'It kinda looks like sumthing they made at the hospital.' "Uuuh, thanks?" She wasn't expecting it to spare her. And the least she expected was that it would help her. It sat down in front of her and seemed to be waiting for something. She noticed it's long arms, it's faceless head, it's long and slender body and it's dark suit. It started humming some kind of song. "Ummm, who or what are ya?" She wondered if it could talk. It took out some paper and pen and started writing:"I am the Slenderman. I don't remember my real name." "Slenderman? It kinda suits ya." She wasn't as scared as she was first anymore. "I didn't want to look like this. HE came around and turned me into this." "Who's HE?" She lifted an eyebrow. "No one knows for sure. I've been in this form for the last 70 years." "That's long. Could ya bring me back to the town? Mah sister's probably worried." "I'm not sure that's a good idea." "Why not?" She raised her other eyebrow. "Because I almost killed someone in town." He looked sad. "Ya did what?!" Her fear was returning. "I tried to stop her from screaming and running, but instead of catching her, I accidently cut through her hind legs with my claws." "Oh. But who was it?" She knew she wasn't going to like the answer anyway. "Pinkie." He seemed ashamed. "What?!" Chapter two.Chapter two. Author notes: Applebloom's accent is reall hard to do, so I sometimes don't use her accent. Don't be mad... They had been talking for a while now and it was almost morning. "So ya didn't want to hurt her?" He nodded. "Ah hope ya aint lying... Can ya bring me back home? Mah sister is probably worried." He nodded again and picked her up. He seemed to know exactly where to go, even without a face. She also noticed his skin was very cold. He started humming that song again. She only noticed now how tired she actually was. "Ah think ahm going to sleep." The last thing she was thinking of before falling asleep was: 'Where did he git the paper from?' Applebloom had fallen asleep in his arms. 'She looks so... Peacefull. I wish I could sleep.' 'Kill her!' It was the voice that made him kill all those people. 'No! Go away!' 'How? I am part of your mind! Face it, you are just as much a monster as I am!' The voice laughed darkly. 'That's a lie!' 'Maybe it is, maybe it isn't! But one thing is for sure, and that's that I'm real. I will be watching your every movement, every thought and every feeling. I will be controlling you, corrupting you and I'll make sure you WILL do the thing you're supposed to do!' The voice laughed again. Slenderman hung his head in sorrow. 'Why did He turn me into this? I never did anything wrong!' "Dontcha touch mah sister!" He looked up and got a buck in the *ahem* you know where. He dropped Applebloom in pain and shakily stepped back. 'Good thing He took that part away when he turned me into this, or this would hurt a lot more then it does now!' He was surrounded by five ponies which he recognized as Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and... 'Why is Fluttershy here? Poor thing, she's terrified of me!' He dropped his guard by looking at her and Twilight shot a bolt of magic at him, making him step back once again. Rainbow kicked him in the head, Applejack kept bucking him and Rarity made sure Applebloom was okay. And Fluttershy... She looked at him in horror. They kept attacking him until he had enough. He grabbed Rainbow's tail and threw her into a tree. He blocked Applejack's attack and threw her into the ground. He grabbed Twilight by her throat and threw her aside nonchalantly. He noticed the sun had come up so he couldn't dissapear in the darkness of the night anymore. He looked at Fluttershy and saw the building rage in her eyes. 'Uh-oh.' Fluttershy flew towards it so her face was only inches away from its head. "You! How dare you treat my friends like that! First Pinkie, then Applebloom and now Twilight, Rainbow and Applejack?!" She was having one of her very rare rage moments. "Fluttershy! Stop!" Applebloom yelled. She looked at Applebloom and the thing did the same. "He aint no monster! Ya just give him the time to explain!" "Explain what?! He almost killed Pinkie!" Rainbow yelled angrily. "That was an accident! It aint his fault he looks scary!" Applebloom hoped she could convince them he wasn't a monster. "Why are ya siding with him? He broke yer leg!" Applejack seemed angry too. "He didn't! Ah tripped! He actually helped fixing it!" "Darn it! He messed with yer mind!" Applejack didn't believe her. Suddenly a purple see through box appeared around him. Twilight had captured him while he was distracted by the others. "Please don't hurt him!" She trieed to run towards him but was stopped by Rarity. "Hush now darling. You're just confused." "But..." She sighed and just looked sadly at him while he was being taken away by Twilight he looked back and she was sure if he had a face it would have a sad expression. Meanwhile the Doctor had been watching everything. "The Slenderman in Equestria? This can't be good. Let's check out the forest before making any conclusions." He walked into while scanning the area with his sonic screwdriver. "I'm getting readings of recent interdimensional transportation, but it's a new kind of energy. I can't quite describe it, but I'll find out what it is eventually." He reached the castle. "Hmmm... The energy is much stronger here. This must be where he's been transported to. I'll check it out further when I've gathered more information." He suddenly heard a little girl giggle behind him. He turned around and his eyes went wide. It was a little girl, but the whole body was made up out of a dark smoking substance. Her face was the most scary thing about her. The eyes were two bright white dots and her mouth was insanely wide, sick and a glowing white. But there was another thing that was wrong about her: On her stomach were five deep wounds and her insides were hanging out of it. "Dear god... This is bad, very bad!" He started backing up when he saw more things like the girl appear. Most of them were kids with similar wounds but on different places. There were also adults and they had the exact same grin on their faces. There were only a few ponies and they also had the same grin on their faces. And all of them were giggling madly. Their wounds were horrifying. Some of them had lost one or more limbs and some of them had lost half of their heads. Some of them had no lower body and some of them carried their heads. Some of them had no lower jaw anymore, gurgling instead of giggling.They slowly walked towards him and they started singing a song. Slender Man, Slender Man, All the children try to run. Slender Man, Slender Man, To him it's part of the fun. They all giggled again. The Doctor started running, but the things kept following him. Slender Man, Slender Man, Dressed in darkest suit and tie. Slender Man, Slender Man, You most certainly will die. "What are these things!?" They kept following him and they kept giggling. Slender Man, Slender Man, His branching arms are for collecting. Slender Man, Slender Man, His face is empty of expressing. "Almost there!" He kept running and started to get tired, but the things kept going without slowing down at all. Slender Man, Slender Man, He won't let you say goodbye. Slender Man, Slender Man, You most certainly will die. Slender Man, Slender Man, Sometimes hums a lowly drone. Slender Man, Slender Man, He will wander 'round your home. "Almost!" He was almost out of the forest. Slender Man, Slender Man, Blends in well within the trees. Slender Man, Slender Man, In the fog he's hard to see. "Almost!" The things stopped chasing him when he was out of the forest. Slender Man, Slender Man, Dressed in darkest suit and tie. Slender Man, Slender Man, You most certanly will die. They all giggled madly before dissapearing in the darkness of the forest. But one of them just kept staring at him. It was the girl. "Help..." She said with an spooky echoing voice. "I need to find the source of this madness, and quick!" He walked back to Ponyville after taking another look at the forest. He stopped when he heard the roar of a manticore. "What?" He looked back and saw a manticore trying to run out of the forest. He saw a lot of those things holding on to it, tearing it apart and all giggling madly. The manticore dropped down and was being pulled back into the forest after roaring in agony. "They killed a manticore in mere seconds..." Author notes: I'll tell you guys what those things are. But not now. Chapter three.Chapter three. Twilight had just sent a letter to Princess Celestia about what Applebloom calls, the Slenderman, when she heard a Manticore roar. But it sounded like it was in horrible pain. She turned around to look at the Slenderman, and he was looking back at her. 'How does he know where I am? He doesn't have a nose, mouth or eyes! What is he?'She started looking around to see if she had a book about him. She took out a few books about mythological creatures and a few about creatures in general. She also took out a book about Human myths. 'It's unlikely that I'll find anything about him in this book, but it's worth a try. I'll just start reading this one to be sure.' She checked the index and her eyes went wide in surprise. 'There it is! Chapter 49, page 576!' She went to page 576 and found a picture of him, with a description, and listed facts. The Slenderman. Description. Slender Man, is a mythical creature often depicted as a tall, thin figure wearing a black suit and a blank face. According to the legend, he can stretch or shorten his arms at will, and has tentacle-like appendages protruding from his back. Depending on the interpretations of the myth, the creature can cause memory loss, insomnia, paranoia, coughing fits (nicknamed “slendersickness”), photograph/video distortions and can teleport at will. It's victims. It's victims are mostly children but it kills adults from time to time too. People who are being followed or stalked by him have nightmares about him before he kills them. Almost all of his victim's bodies dissapear but some of them have been found. The bodies had straight and clean wounds or the bodies were impaled. Some people who had recovered the bodies, had told others that they'd heard distant giggling. He always stalks his victims before killing them. Origin. Unknown. Some say he was once a normal human but those are just rumors. Extra facts. People have rumored they've heard a song playing around areas that victims were found in. 'Looks like I have to be careful around him.' She looked behind her to make sure he was still in his cage. Her jaw hit the floor when she saw the Slenderman reading books from the library. "How did you get those books?!" He took out paper and pen and started writing something. He turned the paper towards her. It said: "You really should focus less on the book and more on your spell." She blushed in shame when she saw he was right. There were loads of weak spots in the spell and he could easily break free. She removed the weak spots and placed the books where they belonged. She looked back at him and saw his shoulders shake. She was sure that he was laughing at her. She looked at the book again but sadly it contained no more info about him. "Well, at least I know a bit more about you now." She suddenly heard humming coming from the Slenderman. "That song... Is that song the book was talking about?" He nodded but kept humming and he sat down and moved his head back and forth with rhythm of the song he was humming. Suddenly she heard somepony knock on the door. "I'm coming!" She walked towards the door. 'Spike is still too scared of the Slenderman to do anything, but he's still a baby Dragon so it's understandable.' She opened the door and in front of her was Doctor Whooves. "Oh, hello Doctor! Sorry, but I'm kind of busy." "Let me guess, it's about the Slenderman?" He had a serious look on his face, which she didn't see often. "How do you know that?" She looked at him in confusion. "I know a lot more than you think. Now may I come in? I need some answers." He looked behind him as if he was being followed. "O-okay." She let him in and he immediately walked towards the Slenderman. "Why are you in this world? You should be in the human world!" "How should I know? I've only been here for three weeks. One day I was walking around the forest, playing a game with the Slender Ghouls and the next thing I know is that I'm in some old castle and all of them were gone." He wrote. "Slender Ghouls? You mean Humans and Ponies made of a dark smoking substance, straight clean wounds on different spots or holes in the body, white glowing eyes and a sick glowing grin, giggling madly and capable of killing a manticore in mere seconds?" This seemed to interest the Slenderman a lot. "You know where they are?! Where?! I need to stop them from killing too many creatures!" The Slenderman had gotten up. "They are in the forest. But why are you worried about them? You killed them!" "It's not like I wanted too. Even though I had killed them, they were the only ones too keep me from going insane. They were the closest things to friends I had." His arms suddenly extended and he broke the spell. He started walking towards the door and broke it down. Ponies everywhere noticed him and started screaming in horror. He kept walking towards the forest, ignoring everything else around him. "Hey! Get back here!" Rainbow Dash tried to attack him but a black tentacle grabbed her. She saw it come out of his back and before she knew it he slammed her through a wall. "O-okay, I'll let you off this time." Twilight, The Doctor and the others (except Pinkie) followed him from a fair distance, not wanting to be killed. The closer they got to the forest the louder the humming and the thicker the fog became. Twilight noticed strange lights in the forest and insane giggling. "What is tha- AAAHHH!" One of the ghouls, a little boy missing the skin on the right side of his head and with a hole in it's chest, suddenly jumped in front of her while saying "Peek-a-boo!" and ran away laughing like crazy. "What was that?" She asked shakily and she felt her heart pound in her throat. She looked around and saw that Fluttershy had fainted. Applejack picked her up and walked forwards. "One of the ghouls. All of them are Slenderman's victims." The Doctor said. Twilight looked around and she saw them everywhere. She even saw a few ponies. One of them seemed familiar, she looked at it's cutie mark and her eyes went wide in shock. It was a lyre. "Lyra!" Applejack was right, but Lyra was grinning like all the others and her throat had five straight wounds. "You... You killed Lyra!" He nodded and picked up one of the ghouls. He threw her up and catched her, making her giggle like a child would when having fun. "That's the girl I saw in the castle!" The girl looked at the Doctor and cocked her head. "Lemme get this straight. Ya are saying he killed all of them?" Applejack stared at the Slenderman in horror and disbelief. "That's right... he killed us all..." Applejack jumped when a raspy voice answered her question. She turned around and saw the most horrifying thing she had ever seen. It was a teenage male Human. His left eye was hanging outside his eye socket. His stomach was teared open and his insides were hanging out of a hole in his gut. A few of his ribs were sticking out of his chest. Parts of his hair were pulled out and the right half of his lower jaw was gone. His left arm was ripped of at the elbow and his right arm was missing chunks of meat. His left leg looked like it's joints were twisted and his right leg was stripped of it's skin. The only parts of clothes he had left were torn and ragged pants and a bloody shirt. Rainbow threw up at the sight of him, Applejack went green, Twilight looked horrified, Rarity was whiter than ever and the Doctor looked at him in confusion. "Heh... Yeah... I know I look horrible... And truth to be told, I've been better... This is what happens if a group of ghouls catches you... Name's Mike... I don't remeber my last name anymore..." He grinned although it was hard to see. "You seem to be more intelligent than the others. How is that possible?" The Doctor asked. "Call me lucky... Call me unlucky... At least I don't feel pain anymore... And believe it or not, Slenderman is pretty good company when you're used to him..." He grinned again. "He is?" Twilight asked. "He is!" She jumped when she suddenly heard Lyra's voice behind her. "Isn't it amazing!? I can't feel pain anymore, I can talk with humans, play games with them and all kinds of other stuff!" Her grin seemed to get even larger. "You call this amazing!? Look at yourself! You look like a walking corpse!" Rainbow retorted. "Okay I'll admit, that's one of the downsides, but what does it matter if everypony around me looks the same!" "Grrrrr..." A Manticore Ghoul walked into sight. It was missing large chunks of meat but those were it's only visible wounds. "Oh, shut it! I don't care if others are afraid of me! They made fun of me because of my hobby, but now I don't have to be around them anymore!" She seemed really happy about her new body and surroundings. "You understand what he says?" "Of course! Every ghoul understands what another ghoul says!" She giggled darkly. "Okay, but why do you stay with him?" "Because he's like our father! He cares for us all and he's really nice!" "You all keep saying he's nice, but why did he almost kill Pinkie?" Twilight asked. "Because he has these really sharp claws! He did it by accident!" Lyra's grin seemed to shrink. "Yeah? I'd say he just wanted her dead." Rainbow said. All of the Ghouls suddenly turned towards the group of ponies. "Nopony makes fun of Slenderman." They said in unison. They all started running towards them, their grins gone and eyes filled with bloodlust. "Join us! Become one of us!" They yelled. "Everypony, here's a word of advice. RUN!" The Doctor yelled. Chapter four.Chapter four. "Ya just had to make em angry, didn't ya?!" Applejack said while running for dear life. "Hey! How could I have known almost all of them worship the Slenderman!" Rainbow retorted. "Speaking of him, where is he?" The Doctor asked. He looked back and saw that the Slenderman was trying to calm the Ghouls down. "He would do a better job if he could talk." The Doctor said. "This is not the time to be talking!" Twilight yelled. "True." "Hey! Over here!" A adult male human called them. They ran towards him and he let them inside a house. "Where are they?!" They heard one of the Ghouls yell. "They went that way!" They heard the stampede of Ghouls leave. The man opened the door and joined the group. They saw he was also a Ghoul, but he didn't have a grin on his face and there were no visible wounds. His hair was short on the front and long on the backside of his head. He wore some kind of bussines suit and wore leather shoes. He wasn't very tall and a bit skinny. "Aren't you supposed to be trying to kill us?" Rainbow said. "Now why would I do that? Admitted, Slenderman isn't too bad but I don't worship him. He did kill me after all." The man had a bit of a low voice but it sounded normal enough. "I would like to know how many intelligent ghouls are there?" The Doctor asked. "They are all intelligent, but some still have their natural intelligence. You've met Mike, Lyra and there's me, my name's Marcus by the way, but there are a few more. Not a lot, in comparison with how many Ghouls there are. I know only five of them, including Mike and Lyra. The six of us don't worship Slenderman but we all agree he's good company. Mike is one of the most intelligent Ghouls." "Six isn't al lot indeed. How many Ghouls are there?" "As far as I know, 20.000. And I haven't even seen all of the ghouls." "Wow. Wait, how come you're a ghoul when you have no wounds?" The Doctor raised an eyebrow. "I do have a wound. I have a hole in the back of my head but my hair hides it." He showed them the wound. "Okay. But why are you helping us?" "Because being a Ghoul has quite a few plus points, but there also quite a few downsides. For example, when you die your body looks the same as when you died. And you can't die again, because you are allready dead! And you can't see your friends and family anymore, because you scare the living hell out of them!" Marcus seemed angry about the last part. "That sounds... Horrible." No one had noticed Fluttershy waking up. "It is. But you need to leave now! It won't be long before they find you again!" He gestured them to get up and told them to follow him. He led them throught the forest and too the forest edge. They came past a house that was all too familiar to them. "That's Zecora's house!" Twilight said. She ran too the door and opened it. Her eyes went wide in confusion. In front of her was Zecora, alive and well, drinking tea with a female human Ghoul. The Ghoul looked like she wasn't much older than twelve and the only visible wound was part of the skin on her jaw being gone. Her hair was long and she was wearing a shirt and torn jeans. "Hello Zecora, Lila." Marcus said. "Hello Marcus. It's a nice day, isn't it?" Lila siad. "Yes, but we need your help. One of these ponies insulted Slenderman in front of a horde of Ghouls." "Hey!" "Of course. But I need to say that was quite dumb of you." Lila looked straight at Rainbow. "Yeah yeah... Wait, why is Zecora still alive?" "Most of the Ghouls fear my masks. They won't hinder me in my tasks." "Okay?" Rainbow looked confused. "Now follow me. It won't be long before night falls again. Time passes different in these woods." Lila stood up and walked outside. "What did she mean with time passes different?" Twilight asked. "I think it's the fog. It messes with time and that's why the night is longer and the day shorter." The Doctor said. "How does that even work?" The Doctor shrugged. "We have arrived at the edge of the forest." "Are you two coming?" Rainbow asked. "We can't. We are bound to this forest. Don't ask why." Marcus siad. "Okay. Well... Bye!" The six ponies returned to Ponyville. Little did they know that the world as they knew it, would soon change. Meanwhile, in Filly Delphia. Ink Scroll, a dark blue pegasus with a black mane, blue eyes and a scroll and quill as his cutie mark, and his family had just returned from a trip to the Neighagra Falls. He and his wife called Paper Pen, a light grey pegasus with a white mane, green eyes and a pen and paper as her cutie mark,were in their bedroom when he woke up. He noticed Paper had stolen all the sheets. He tryed to steal them back as he saw a strange creature at the end of the bed. He focussed and his eyes went wide in horror. "AAAHHH!!" He screamed and jumped out of bed huddling up next to the bed. "What?! What is it dear... What is that?" She looked at the creature. It lookes like a bipedal creature or like a big hairless dog. It looked like it was run over by a chariot or something. She wasn't afraid of the thing but she was concerned about it's condition. Her husband was looking from her to the thing. "Are you okay?" In response the creature moved towards Ink in a flailing sort of motion. It placed it's claw on Ink's hoof and suddenly ran into the hallway that led to the foals room. She screamed and ran out of the bedroom. The light of the bedroom was enough for her to see the creature crouching and hunched over twenty hoofs away. It looked directly at her and was covered in blood. She turned on the lights and saw her daughter Inky Hoof, a light blue unicorn with a green mane, grey eyes and with no cutie mark yet, being heavily wounded. The creature ran down the stairs and dissapeared. "He is the Rake..." Inky said before she passed out. Chapter five.Author notes: Sorry for the late update! I blame School and a lack of concentration! Chapter five. Twilight woke up late in the morning. Spike was still asleep. She made herself some breakfast, only a daisy sandwich and some apple juice (you don't want go know what happened when she tried to bake some eggs.), and sat down to read the newspaper. She nearly ckoked on her sandwich when she saw what was on the first page. "*cough* What?!" Mysterious killer. Last night in Filly Delphia, Inky Hoof, daughter of Ink Scroll and Paper Pen, was attacked by an unknown killer called The Rake, described as an overgrown hairless dog that looks like it was overrun by a chariot, only it's claws are longer than a dog's. It's motives are unclear. The family apparantly had just returned from the Neighagra Falls. The victim nearly died. No further details. "First the Slenderman and now another monster? What's going on?" "That's what I'd like to know too." The Doctor said. "Okay... Wait, how did you get in here?" "Through the front door!" He said sheepishly. "Next time knock and then wait for me or Spike to open the door, okay?" "Sure! But now back to the Rake. I have an idea of where they both came from." "Really?!" "Yes. They are both mythical creatures from the human world. The most logical thing is that a disturbance opened a rift between our world and that of the humans. Unfortunatly, I can't say how many creatures were brought to this world." "How do you know all that? And what do you mean with human world?" Twilight had a look on her face that was a mix of awe and confusion at the Doctor's knowledge. "Let me start at the beginning. I travel through time and space to protect this world and other worlds. Sometimes the barriers between worlds weaken and objects or creatures and sometimes even whole villages or cities get dragged into other worlds. And this book of yours isn't even from this world! All the objects made by humans in thi world were accidently dragged into this world. I can't tell you too much or I would drag you into some kind of mess." "I'll just go along with what you said. But you mean that the Slenderman and the Rake aren't the only ones that have been dragged into this world?" "It's a possibility. But we have no time to waste. Follow me." He got up and walked out the frontdoor. "Where are we going?" Twilight followed him. "To Pinkie. I need to be sure she's alright and I need to find out if she isn't affected by the Slenderman." 'I forgot about her! How could I have forgotten about Pinkie?!' Twilight thought to herself. After a bit of walking the two of them arrived at the hospital. They asked if they could see Pinkie and they were brought to Pinkie. "Hey Twilight!" Pinkie said with her usual smile and bubbly personality. "Thank goodness you're okay. How do you feel?" "Pretty good! He really scared me but he didn't need to cut my legs! He probably did on accident with his sharp claws, but still! He should be more carefull with those! Maybe I can give him a party! I'll ask Rarity to make him some gloves so he can't hurt others that easyily! And maybe a top hat! And a wooden cane! And a monocle! Wait... He doesn't have eyes! Silly me!" Pinkie giggled to her self. "Pinkie, I don't think that's such a good idea." Twilight said. "That might actually be a good idea!" The Doctor said. "It is?" Twilight said, confused at What The Doctor said. "It is?" Pinkie said. "Isn't it obvious? The Slenderman only has ghouls as company and only a few can actually think like they normally did. He's lonely! He could really use a party. But the problem is that he might scare the others." Twilight blinked a few times and thought about what The Doctor had said. 'Maybe he is lonely...' She thought. "Now let's go find The Rake! Follow me!" The Doctor said, already running out the room. "Okay... Wait what!?" Twilight was really getting confused at The Doctor's personality. 'First he's really serious and then he sees it as an adventure! What's up with that?' "What... is that." In front of her was a big blue box. "That's The TARDIS! With her we're going to be in Filly Delphia in no time!" The Doctor said, with a bit too much excitement in her opinion. "How? It's barely big enough for only one pony!" She said, slowly getting more angry. "Follow me!" He suddenly ran in to the box. Strangely enough she heard no crashing. She nervously walked in and her eyes went wide in astonishment. "It's bigger on the inside!" She said, amazed that the inside of The TARDIS was at least six times bigger than it looked on the outside. "I love it when they say that." The Doctor said, having a distant look in his eyes. He shook his head and walked over to some weird machine in the center of the room. After he had flipped some levers and pushed some buttons the machine started making a strange noise. The doors closed and the noise increased in volume. After a little while the noise stopped and the doors opened. When she looked outside her eyes went wide. "We're in Filly Delphia!" She said, not believing her eyes. "Yep! Now here's the plan: you go to the hospital to ask the victim and her parents some questions. Meanwhile, I'll search the house for any clues. If they ask for confirmation of your identity, here's a ID card with your name on it." He handed her a card with her picture and name on it. "But this is a fake! That's against the laws!" She said furiously. "Doesn't matter. Many lives depent on this so a few laws are bound to be broken." He retorted. "Ugh! Fine!" She was starting to get seriously annoyed by The Doctor. "Good! We'll see each other here at ummm... 8 PM. Good luck!" And with that being said they both left, not noticing two glowing red eyes, filled with malicious content, looking at them. "Run my little ponies, run! Run while you can..." Chapter six.Chapter six. While Twilight was going to ask some questions to the victim and her parents and The Doctor was searching for clues in the house, The Slenderman was heading towards Canterlot. He was currently passing Sweet Apple Acres. 'The ghouls can be fun to play with, but I really want to go for a bit of sight seeing. That castle, Canterlot was it?, seems like a nice place. It's 6 pm, so It'll be dark soon.' He took a quick look at the farm and continued walking. "Wait!" A familiar voice called out to him. He turned around and saw a familiar filly with a familiar bow running towards him. "Where are ya going?" Applebloom asked. "To the castle over there." He wrote and pointed at the castle. "To Canterlot? But aint that pretty far by hoof?" The yellow filly asked, raising an eyebrow. "I have long legs." He replied. "Can ah come too?" She started using the puppy eye look, and he knew this was an unfair battle. "Fine, but don't blame me when your sister gets angry. I don't want her to buck me again." He shuddered at the thought. He picked the filly up and continued walking. "Ya know, walking isn't a very fast way ta travel." "I know. Hold on." "Wait whaaaaAAAA!!!" He suddenly started running at insane speed. He was litterally zooming over the land. At was almost like he wasn't touching he ground anymore. The red maned filly was grinning from excitement. "Do you like it?" "How are ya still able ta write?!" She said, still grinning. "Magic." He replied, but the red maned filly wasn't even listening anymore. 'I'll take that as a yes.' The Slenderman thought to himself. He looked around him and noticed a few cities and villages. Suddenly, a all too familiar voice started talking again. Kill her! It said, pure hate and madness eminent in it's voice. He tried to ignore it but after a while he felt the beginning of a headache. He stopped running when they neared another forest and sat down behind one of the trees, putting Applebloom down. Kill her! Rip her apart! I want to hear her *scream*! The headache became worse. "Why did ya stop?" The filly asked, looking a bit worried. "Are ya tired?" Poke her eyes out! Rip her tongue off! KILL HER! The headache became near unbearable. He grabbed his head with both hands and started shivering. "Slendie? Are ya sick or sumthing?" The yellow filly looked scared. "Ittie, bittie, little foal, how I wonder what's your goal!" This time, Applebloom heard the voice too. She started backing up, never losing sight of Slenderman. "I am going to make you pay, no there is no other way!" Applebloom faintly saw chains attached to his body, and all of them were covered in small scribbles, circles with a cross on it. It didn't take her long to figure out they were drawn with blood. She started crying and lie down, practicly scared out of her mind. "Ittie, bittie, little foal..." The voice paused and chuckled madly. At this point Slenderman was in a state of pure panic, shaking madly. When the voice continued it was darker, lower and filled with hatred. NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR SOUL! As the voice finished his mad singing the filly's mind couldn't take it anymore. She fainted and as soon as she lost conciousness, Slenderman's migraine became bareble again. 'How long has it bin since I had one of those moments? And why didit have to be with Applebloom around!' He punched the ground out of frustration and desperation. Frustration, because he had almost decided to kill the red maned filly and desperation because he was sick of it. Sick of being a monster, sick of killing, sick of the mad voice, but most of all, he was sick of being alive. He justed wanted to die, but he could only die if another creature like him destroyed the grip He had on him. 'I hope she'll forgive me.' Good luck with that, *Slendie*... The voice replied mockingly. He walked over to the quiet body of Applebloom. 'She's still alive and in one piece, I hope her mind is too...' He picked the filly up and looked at the sky, noticing it was as good as night, enabling him to move even faster. He took a step... and dissapeared. Applejack was sitting in the dining room, waiting for Applebloom to come home. "When that filly returns ahm going to give her a scolding of a livetime!" She said furiously. She looked at the clock on the wall and noticed it was almost 8 pm, worry replacing her anger. She started pacing anxiously around the room. "Ya sure ya don't want to go to bed? Ah can wait for her if ya want to." Big Mac said, just as worried as his sister. "Ahm not going to bed until that filly is back home again! She didn't even finish her chores!" The orange mare said, angry again. Big Mac sighed. He knew he wasn't going to convince his sister, but he couldn't help but try. *knock knock* It sounded from the door. Applejack walked to it and opened the door. At first she saw nothing but then she noticed a shaky breath. She looked down and gasped in horror. "B-B-Big Mac!" The blond maned mare said shakily. The red stallion walked over and his eyes went wide too. Applebloom lay in front of them, looking pale and breathing shakily. There was a letter next to her. While Applejack carried their little sister upstairs he picked up the letter. I am sorry for the state Applebloom is in and you can blame me if you want to. I wasn't carefull enough and I'm afraid I traumatized her. Again, my cincerest apologies. ~Slenderman. When he finished reading his eyes narrowed and he snorted. 'When ah see that motherbucking creep ahm going to buck him till he's black and blue.' The red stallion thought, and boy was he angry. Slenderman had almost arrived at Canterlot. The sound of the voice still echoed through his head. 'Ittie bittie little foal... Huh... Sounds familiar...' He mentally sighed and hung his head. He didn't notice he was walking towards a wall until he walked into it. Rubbing his head he saw that it was one of the castle walls. He took a step... and was suddenly on top of the wall. 'I never thought it would be usefull in this way. Probably because I didn't get out much.' He thought to himself. He took a look at the city and it's breath taking vieuw. This city was a lot different from those ugly modern cities in the human world. Allmost all the buildings were made of a beautifull white marmer. And the castle, oh, the castle was more beautifull then anything he had ever seen. It was also made out off white marmer, but the form of the castle was simply amazing. 'Let's take a closer look... And I really should stop having mental conversations with myself.' He jumped of the wall just as a night guard came around the corner. The guard ran towards the edge, he looked down and saw nothing but the road. He shook his head and muttered: "I really should take a day off." Before continuing his patrol. Slenderman was walking stealthily towards the castle, taking in the beautifull buildings. When he walked around a corner he saw a young filly sitting lonely next to the road. He backed up a bit to stay out of sight and took a look at her. It was a pegasus with a light blue coat and a green messy mane and tail. Her mane and tail were too long, she was covered in dust and she looked like she hadn't eaten for months. 'She can't be much older then Applebloom! Why isn't anyone helping her?' He thought. A stallion in fancy clothes, carrying saddlebags, with a brown coat and dark brown mane and tail walked towards the little filly. The filly looked up at the stallion and said: "Do you have some food for me mister?" She asked weakly. "And why should I give food to some worthless filth like you? It's scum like you that ruin this society. Now get out of my sight!" The stallion replied. He turned to walk but bumped into something. He backed up to see what it was and in front of him was Slenderman. And Slenderman wasn't happy. The stallion opened his mouth too scream but Slenderman grabbed him by the mouth and took the saddlebags. He tightened his grip on the stallions mouth and the look in the stallions eyes said he had gotten the message: scream, and you'll never scream again. He dropped the stallion and the stallion scurried away as soon as he was standing again. 'I hope not everyone is as stuck-up as that guy.' He turned towards the little filly and saw that she had retreated into an alley and had covered her head with her front legs. He carefully walked towards and sat down in front of her. She took a quick look but retreated again with an 'eep!'. He opened the saddlebags and found some bread and some water. He placed both of it in front of the blue filly and patiently waited. She slowly took away her front legs and slowly crept towards the food, the hunger stronger then her fear. She looked at him, expecting him to attack her but he instead pointed at the food and then to her. The green maned filly slowly started eating, never looking away from him. When the filly finished eating, hegot up and continued his walk towards the castle. 'Poor thing shouldn't be left alone like that.' He thought, actually wanting to help the filly some more. He heard something shuffle behind him. He turned around and saw a bit of green hair poking around the corner. If he could, he would have chuckled at the sight. He pretended that he hadn't seen her and continued his walk, mentally smiling at the blue filly's attempt to follow him. He walked around a corner, waiting for her to come around the corner too. As expected she bumped straight into his legs, making her fall over. She got up and looked at him expectantly. The fear in her eyes were replaced with curiosity. "Tell me, why are you following me?" He wrote. "You helped me out and I have no where else to go, so... I wanted to come with you! Can I please come with you?" He was taken aback from this. 'I'm not turning into some Mary Sue character, right? And how do I even remember what that is?' He shook the strange feeling off and wrote his reply. "Depends on how quickly you get scared. Are you afraid of death?" "Not really. It can't be worse than having to eat rotten fruit for dinner and starving for months." This filly was different from most ponies or people. She reminded him of... 'No! I promised myself to forget her!' "Fine. But I hope you don't mind sleeping in a forest." "Yay! Finally something else to sleep on! The road isn't nice to sleep on." She walked past himntowards the castle. He tapped her on the shoulder. "Where are you going?" "To Canterlot castle! That's where you were going right?" She continued trotting towards the castle. 'She's smart, I'll give her that.' He shrugged and followed her. Author notes: I apologize if you think this was too rushed, if you think it's another unnecessary character or if you think Slenderman is becoming a Mary Sue character. I was planning on adding this character for a while and this was the best way I could think of. Chapter seven.Chapter 7. Author notes I was listening to this while I was writing this. The blue filly, aparently named Blue Breeze, excitedly trotted in front of him. A strange thing was that he wasn't hearing the voice. No distorted insane voice inside his head, just his own thoughts. He just shrugged it of as coincedence and kept following the green maned filly. He knew how to get to the castle in the blink of an eye, but he liked walking a lot more. Teleporting like he did was... weird. It's just like when your arm or leg is sleeping, only it's your whole body and it's twenty times worse. Luckily the feeling stops after less than five seconds. He was amazed at how quickly the little filly had accepted him. 'If only the humans accepted me that easily. It would also be a lot easier if I could talk and If there wasn't a voice inside my head driving me to kill.' He thought to himself. He saw Blue Breeze peek around a corner to see if anyone, or anypony, was around. She gestured hime to come. When he followed her around the corner he saw Canterlot's gate. It was big enough for him to walk through. 'I bet even one of those trucks would fit through this.' "I don't think we can get any further than this without being seen!" The blue filly whispered. "You sure?" He wrote. A little plan had formed in his head. "Do trees grow in a forest? Of course I'm sure! The night guards patrol here! There is no way we're gonna get any closer without being seen!" "Watch me." And with that being said (written), he picked the filly up and started climbing the wall. "I still think this is a bad idea!" She whispered, looking really nervous. He just shrugged and kept climbing. "Even if they catch us, I'll teleport away." He wrote, using his tentacles. ..... ..... "You have tentacles? Cool!" The filly had a look of awe on her face. It was strange how quickly she could get over things that scare her. He climbed into some shadows, making him and the invisible to any normal eyes. He noticed how big the castle actually was. He had probably already reached above fifty meters, but he wasn't even halfway yet. It wasn't as big as a skyscraper, but still. The amount of marble used for this must be insane. "Are we there yet?" 'Oh no. Not this.' "Are we there yet?" 'No. Anything but this.' "Are we there yet?" "No." He replied. ... "How about now?" "Still no." "And now?" "NO." "What about now?" "Please stop asking." "Okay!" 'Wait what? That actually worked? I remember one of the more intelligent ghouls to ask this non-stop, and this was all?' "Are we there yet?" But the filly had other plans. 'I knew it.' He mentally facepalmed. "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "Yes." "Really?" "No. And please, I'm begging you, stop asking." He was starting to get anoyed. "Okay." And this time she did stop. During the climb he noticed quite a few windows. He sometimes looked into one but there were only sleeping ponies in them. Except for one. It was a big window, connected to a balcony. He looked inside and saw a Dark blue unicorn inside. After taking a better look(?) he notice this one also had wings. With shock he realised he was looking at the princess of the night. Luna. She was looking at something at the wall. It looked like a picture, but he couldn't see what or who was on it. He noticed the alicorns left ear flick and he continued climbing as fast as he could. He hid behind an edge and looked to see if the princess would come out, while Blue Breeze was still a bit disoriented by his sudden movements. The alicorn walked out and looked around. "We could have sworn we saw something..." The princess took one more look around and then walked back in. 'That almost went horribly wrong.' He checked if Blue was still okay. He would have raised an eyebrow if he had one when he saw her poke a spider. He tapped her on the shoulder and gestured her to hold on. He continued his climb and he noticed how much progress he had made while listening to the filly's anoying questions and his near miss with the night princess. But when he got to the roof, what he saw killed all joy. There was Luna. And she looked pissed. "We knew it." Meanwhile... Twilight and The Doctor were sitting around a table inside the TARDIS. "And Twilight, did you get any information?" The Doctor asked hopefully. "I got nothing. The parents refused to answer or to let me talk to their foal." She laid her head down on the table out of annoyance. "And how about you? Did you find anything usefull?" "Unless you call a bunch of hungry rats usefull, then yes." The Doctor said, his face blank. "So let me get this straight... All that searching in the house and the aurroundings only provided rats?" "Yep." "UGH!" The lavender mare slammed her head in the table out of frustration. "Are you alright?" The Doctor asked. "Maybe you should take a rest." "Oh, I'm fine. I'm totally perfect!" Twilight said, sarcasm dripping from her words. "Really?" Apparently The Doctor was completely oblivious to the sarcasm. Twiligh's left eye twitched in response and her right ear started fluttering. "NO! I'M NOT ALRIGHT! MY FRIEND IS IN THE HOSPITAL, ONE OF THEM IS A GHOUL, MONSTERS ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE, AND, AND, And, and... I miss my brother..." After that she covered her head and started crying soflty. "*sigh* I understand why you are upset Twilight. Do you want to be alone?" "yes, please..." She whispered. "I'll wait in the main room until you feel better." The Doctor walked out the room and closed the door, leaving Twilight alone. ... ... ... ... ... Hello, Twilight Sparkle... You and I, are gonna have a little talk... Chapter eight.An: Sorry if things seem to be getting really confusing, but everything will become clear. Twilight's eyes went wide when the voice started talking. It was a low raspy voice, filled with malice. Twilight jumped up and started looking around frantically. "W-who are you? Where are you?!" She was still looking for the source of the voice. But she didn't need to. I'm behind you. The voice suddenly seeming to come from behind her made her jump. She turned around and there was the owner of the voice. It looked like Slenderman. It stood just as tall as Slenderman, and it's form was the same. There was an antenne on the right side of it's head, poking out of a messy brown mane. It's right eye was blood red and looked like it belonged to a huge bug, skin missing around it and a bit of blood coming from it. However, it's left eye looked normal, but smaller than her eyes, with a blood red iris. It's mouth was filled with large shark-like teeth and it's cheeks seemed torn and ripped apart, a black and red liquid slowly dripping from it's mouth. It's skin was a sick pale and at some places it seemed stretched out. It's long arms almost reached his knees (she had just studied a bit about humans so she knows what those spots are called, how twisted and broken they may seem). Just like Slenderman, it wore clothes. But they were dirty and torn at some places. It wore a black shirt, it's sleeves spread over it's arms. But at the place where normally the mouth would be, was now a huge tear in the shirt and where skin was supposed to be was a gaping mouth. It also wore brown pants, part of the pants torn and spread over it's legs, like he had a sudden growth and became to big for the pants. And instead of feet he had eagle-like claws, only bigger and made of flesh. "W-what are y-you?" She managed to say to it. She tryed moving away from it but it followed. And now it was a bit more out of the shadow, she saw four long, black and thick spiderlegs protruding from it's back. Call me Leech. But enough about me. I'm here to talk about YOU. "W-what do you mean?" She kept backing up untill she bumped into a wall. You, your friends and that pesky Doctor are messing up my plans. Do you have any idea how long it took me to get Slenderman and that spimple minded Rake here? Do you have any idea at all?! He sounded angry and it's eyes were almost oozing with rage. She figured it was an he because of the voice. "So you brought them here!" She exclaimed angrily. Yes, yes i did. And what are YOU going to about it? You're just a dumb little pony! I could kill you right here and now! Yessiree, right here, and right NOW! He raised one of his claws as if to swipe at her. She closed her eyes and braced for the blow. But instead of feeling a claw digging into her, she was lifted of the ground by the neck. When she opened her eyes she was looking into his eyes. But I have better plans for you. Yessiree, better plans. And you're coming with me. He cackled madly when the door opened. "Twilight are you ok.... Oh no. Not you." The Doctor stood there, eyes wide with terror. Oh yes! Allons-y Doc! And before I forget, say hello to Lulu for me. And then he seemed to dissolve into thin air. And so did Twilight. "No... I'm sorry Twilight. I was too late... again." After that The Doctor rushed towards the control panel and entered his next stop: Canterlot. They reapeared in a dimly lit cave, spiders and other creatures scurrying away at their arrival. Welcome to my little home, Twilight Sparkle. He had the grin of a madpony on his face. "W-where are we?" She asked, scared of what was about to happen. Somewhere in the Everfree Forest. But I think you should be more concerned about what I'm going to do. He said cassually. He walked past a huge glass container filled with the same black and red liquid that was coming from his mouth. "O-okay. What are you going to with me?" All I'm goin to tell you is that your brother isn't going to be happy. And neither will your friends or Celly. "How do you know I have a brother?" She asked curiously. I know a lot more than I let onto my dear. And I heard you talk about him with Doc. "Oh. But... Wait, what is that?" They reached some kind of table. It looked like the operating table in a hospital, but this one was rusty and covered with runes. This, is my operating table. But this one isn't for surgeries, although what I'm about to do is similair. "You're going to cut me apart?!" Her pupils dilated at the thought of him cutting her limbs of. Nah. She sighed with relief. I'm only going to cut your head of. "What?!" She barely had time to react before she was slammed into the table. He locked her to the table and said some words she didn't understand, making all the runes glow. He brought a big and shiny razor blade to her throat. Now stay calm and don't move, because this will hurt a lot and it will only hurt more if you move. "N-no... Please..." Sorry, but this is necesary. And with that being said, his grin now gone, he placed the razor blade against her neck and turned it on, Twilight's screams echoing through the cave. Have some battle music! Luna stood there, glaring at him with mad eyes. Just when she fired a blast of magic at him he teleported to a safe place for Blue Breeze to hide. He placed her down and gestured to her to stay put. He knew he wasn't going to be able to outrun the angry princess, so there was only one option left. '*sigh* It seems I have to fight her. Let's hope I don't kill her.' He teleported back and was almost hit by another blast of magic. He sprinted towards her and tried to grab her, missing her by an inch, and getting bucked in the chest. 'And I thought Applejack bucked hard!' He quickly dodged another blast of magic before grabbing her by the tail, lifting her of the ground and smashing her into the ground. She groaned but used her magic to fling him into a tower, cracking the wall. 'She's good.' He got up and dusted of his suit while the night alicorn charged at him. 'But I'm better.' Just when she was about to hit him he sidestepped and gave her an elbow in the back. He quickly backed off to avoid getting bucked again. But instead of bucking him she fired at his left arm. It was a direct hit. "MMMUUUAAANNNNN!!" His arm lay on the ground, twitching and turning before turning into dust. He fell onto his knees, cluthing the stump where his arm was supposed. 'She cut off my arm...' The princess walked towards him with a smug smile on her face. 'She cut off my arm.' "Thou shall come with us." But he refused to move and started trembling. 'She cut off my arm!' "Come." 'SHE CUT OFF MY ARM! SHE WILL PAY!' Black root-like tendrills shot out of the stump, forming into a new arm. The skin on his head started to tighten and at the place where once was his mouth the skin ripped, revealing a mouth almost the size of a beartrap. At the places where once his eyes dents appeared. Black tentacles shot out of his back, pointing at the princess. "Ummm... Come please?" In response the tentacles wrapped around her, squeezing the air out her. She was about to use her magic but one of the tentacles wrapped around her horn, nearly breaking it. She quickly lost conciousness and he slammed her into the ground. And again. And again. And again. And... "What the heck is going on?!" An: I think I made this chapter a bit too dramatic. And like I said: everything will be made clear later on. Chapter nine."Why is it that everytime he comes around, everything gets messed up, weird and disturbing?! This is the fourth time I'm supposed to stop him and it's just as weird! And you two aren't helping!" The Doctor said while pointing at Slenderman, who was still holding an unconcious Luna. Slenderman looked from the princess to him and then placed her down, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "But now I at least know why you and The Rake are here." He walked towards the blue alicorn and poked her with his hoof, waking her up. "Foul beast! Thou shall... Oh! Hello Doctor! It's been a long time!" Luna's expression went from one filled with rage to one of genuine surprise. "Yes it was. Now I need you to stop fighting Slenderman and get Celestia over here A.S.A.P." The look on his face was one of worry, anger and annoyance. "But why?" "It's easier to explain when Celestia is here. I'll tell you this: He is back." "You mean... Of course. We shall get our sister." She quickly left, limping a bit thanks to her injuries. "And you, how many have you killed in this land already?" He asked Slenderman. The tall man grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and wrote something down. His face was almost the same as it was before he went into full rage. "Twenty." "Meh, could be worse. Now, get your little friend and get inside the Tardis. This is important." Slenderman nodded and left to get the blue filly. "I hope I can stop him again this time." Meanwhile, in an unknown part of space... "I should have stopped him. I should have ripped his head off. I'll show that Slenderman not to mess with Luna, and how much I enjoyed seeing him suffer, I shouldn't forget about Leech. He's about to make tons of lifes suffer. I think it's time to send the boys out." A man said, his voice filled with anger. Draw the lines, through the signs. Cut the man, that's the plan. Is what Twilight heard first when she woke up. 'Why am I still alive?' She though to herself. She tried to get up, but couldn't feel her legs. In fact, she couldn't even feel her body. She opened her eyes and saw Leech cutting up a body. The looked a lot like a hairless monkey with clothes. And there was an unsettling amount of blood covering the body. "Why am I still alive?" The purple mare asked. Leech turned around with his torso covered in blood and a mad grin on his face. It was about time you woke up. I had to amuse myself with one of those worthless humans. He picked up the body and flung it across the room, it's innards falling out before being devoured by horrible spiders. And my answer is: magic. Duh. It should be quite obvious. He wiped the blood from his torso and walked towards her. "But why can't I feel my body?" **What, you haven't figured it out yet?** He broke out in insane laughter, making the hairs on her neck stand up. "What do you mean?" She started to suspect what he meant, but didn't want to believe it. It's quite simple. You don't have a body anymore. He started laughing again, while Twilight's mind started catching up. "But, t-that's impossible! How?!" She yelled. I used one of my favorite kind of magic: necromancy. "But why?!" This is the part where it get's confusing. You know that little voice in the back of your head, telling you what's wrong and what's right? He said while walking around her, like a predator stalking his prey. "You mean your conscience." She stated matter of factly. Exactly! But I don't have that! And that's why that pesky Doctor stops me everytime! Because I don't know when to stop! At this ponint he was furiously waving his arms around. Then he stopped and quickly picked her up, holding her in front of his face. But now I have the solution. You. "M-me?" She didn't like the look in his eyes. Yes, you. I have added a few extra spells to your mind, making you act as my conscience. It works as a reflex. Everytime I go too far or I do something that isn't neccesary, you instantly tell me that it's wrong, making me stop. His grip on her loosened a bit. "B-but, why did you have to take my body away?" Because it was in the way. 'And now the most important question.' She thought. "Why me?" In response he held her left ear close to his mouth. I have always liked dark colored hair. He then attached a chain to her neck and hung her around his torso like a purse. "And what are you- I mean, we going to now?" She knew that she was losing it. How else would she accept being a bodylles head used as conscience? 'He must have done something else with my mind too. First of all: let me explain a few things. I am Leech, the spirit of corruption and agony. I am chosen to balance the purity and happiness in the ponies hearts out. But without a conscience I'd bring destruction to this world. Corruption is just as neccesary as love and laughter, you know. "I don't think I undertsand." Let me ask you a question. Is corruption evil? "Of course it is! Why wouldn't it be?" She pointed out. WRONG! She was taken back from the sudden outburst. Why is it so hard for all of you to understand?! Everything has an opposite, or it cannot exist! If there was no evil, how can there be good? If there was no disharmony, how can there be harmony? If there was no darkness, how can there be light? It's as simple as that! What he said actually made sense to her. "You're right. Everything needs an opposite, or there is no balance. You are only doing this because it's neccesary." Finally! Someone gets it! Sadly, this world is almost devoid of corruption. And death is also a form of corruption. A higly corruptive one at that. And that's why I kill. To speed it up. So here is my question: are you ready? There was no joy in his voice. While they were talking he had walked towards the entrance of the cave. "It's not like I have a choice, or do I?" She glanced at his face. There formed a small grin (small for him) on his face. No, no you don't. Now let's get this show on the road. Equestria, here we come! He walked out of the cave and made his way towards the closest village. "*sigh* Let's get this over with." She knew this was going to get ugly. But she could better just work with him. What else was she supposed to do? What else could she do? "-and that's what I know up to this point." The Doctor finished. He had been explaining things for the past thirty minutes. In front of him were the princesses, Slenderman and Blue Breeze, Spike and the mane six, excluding Twilight. "But how are we going to get Twilight back?" Rainbow asked, visibly worried. And she wasn't the only one. Everpony in the room (okay, probably not Slenderman and Blue Breeze) was worried about her. "I'm afraid it's too late for that. He has probably killed her by now." He immediatly regretted those words. That was NOT what they wanted to hear. "B-but we can think about that later! Right now we need to stop Leech from corrupting Equestria. He'll most likely want to do it fast, and the fastest way is by murder. We need to warn everyone in Equestria and we need to ensure everyones safety." He hoped that he could convince to work first and mourn late. "But what about Twilight?" Pinkie asked. She was clearly about to burst into tears and her mane was a bit deflated. "I don't know for sure. But there is a chance she's still alive." "Oh. Okay." "Okay. And now... Do you smell smoke?" Author Notes: Shit.GUESS WHAT?! HUH?! GUESS! ... ... ... ... I accidently deleted everything I had edited. Sorry... But don't worry! I'll do the editing after I finsish the last chapter(s). "So that means that-" I'll be uploading the next chapter soon!
Chapter one.Chapter one. It was night. He was watching the happy pink one again. She always made him happy with her smiling and cheerfullnes. But he can't smile, he has no face. She was going to Sugarcube Corner, where she makes all her candy and cake. But he can't eat, he has no face. He always wanted to meet her up close, but he would probably scare her again with his faceless white head, his dark suit and his long arms. But tonight, tonight, he was going to try to meet her up close. 'If only I could talk, that would make it a lot easier.' He started walking faster towards her, decreasing the space beteen him and her. "Hm hm hm hm-hm hm- hm?" She turned to see who was behind her but he had already hid behind a corner. She shrugged and started humming again. He started walking towards her again. "Hello?" She turned again but he hid again. "If you're playing hide and seek, you're really good at it!" She turned back... And met face to (?)face with him. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" She screamed as loud as she could, waking up the whole town. Some of the ponies looked outside and saw him in front of her. She started running as fast as she could and he started to chase her. 'Not again...' He was hoping this wasn't going as he thought it was. They reached the town square. He tryed to grab her but instead of catching her, his claws cut through her hind legs like a hot knife through butter. 'Not again!' "UUUUUNNNN!!!!" He screamed in agony but the ponies thought it was a victory scream. If he had eyes, he would be crying. "AAAAAHHHHHH!!!" She screamed in agony. Blood was gushing out of her wounds. 'I messed up again...' He was trying to leave but a purple aura surounded him, preventing him from leaving. "You did this to her!" The purple one was suddenly in his (?)face. He main and tail were frazzled, her left eye was twitching and a malicious grin was spreading on her face. "You're going to pay!" While she was readying her spell, he made himself dissapear in the darkness of the night, leaving the purple one confused. "Where is it!? Where!?" She was looking around like her life depended on it. The she noticed a piece of paper on the place where it was before. "I'm sorry" It said in barely readeble letters. "Is it trying to apologize?" She had calmed down a bit. "Twilight, I'm taking her to the hospital." Rainbow dash had picked Pinkie up. "Yeah... I'll look up what that thing was." Rainbow flew to the hospital and Twilight went to the library to look the thing up. He had returned to the old castle inside of the forest. 'Why does this keep happening!? I never wanted to be like this! Before HE came, I had friends and family. A happy life. But HE had to turn me into this! I don't even remeber my real name anymore. And this voice in my head, telling me to kill them all. Why me?! I just want a friend... Someone that understands me, who isn't scared of me. I just want to go back to my world!' He was freaking out again and was holding his head in his big hands. "Great work, Scootaloo! We're lost!" He suddenly heard the voice of a filly. "It's not my fault! Applebloom should know her way around here!" Another voice. He started walking towards the source of the voices. "That ain't true! Ah only know the way to Zecora!" Another voice. He was close to the source now. 'What are they doing here this late?' He walked through the bushes and saw three fillies. He recognized them. 'Aren't they the Cutiemark Crusaders?' Applebloom looked his way and immediatly started screaming. "What's the matter Applebl-AAAAAAHH!!" Now Scootaloo was screaming too. "AAAAAAHHHH!!" And there goes Sweetie Belle. They started running. The voice started screaming:"Follow them! Get them!" Just to make the voice stop he started chasing them, but without trying to catch them. "It's following us!" "Don't look back!" "AAAAAAHHH!!" All three of them were freaking out. Suddenly, Applebloom tripped over a rock. The other two were to busy running for their lifes to notice it. In a little while the other two were gone and Applebloom was left behind. "Scoots! Sweetie Belle! Help!" She was panicking. He looked at her left front leg and noticed it was twisted. He picked her up and brought her too the castle. She was trembling and crying of fear. 'Ahmgonnadieahmgonnadieahmgonnadie!' The thing had picked her up and was taking her with him. They reached an old castle. "Lemme go! Agh!" She tryed to get out of it's grip but her leg was broken. It sat her down and gestured her to stay still. "Ah need to get out of here!" She tryed to get up but her leg was killing her. "Ahm gonna die..." She started crying again. After a while it came back with some wooden sticks and a piece of cloth. The cloth was white with a mark. It placed the sticks around her leg and started tieing it up with the leaves. 'It kinda looks like sumthing they made at the hospital.' "Uuuh, thanks?" She wasn't expecting it to spare her. And the least she expected was that it would help her. It sat down in front of her and seemed to be waiting for something. She noticed it's long arms, it's faceless head, it's long and slender body and it's dark suit. It started humming some kind of song. "Ummm, who or what are ya?" She wondered if it could talk. It took out some paper and pen and started writing:"I am the Slenderman. I don't remember my real name." "Slenderman? It kinda suits ya." She wasn't as scared as she was first anymore. "I didn't want to look like this. HE came around and turned me into this." "Who's HE?" She lifted an eyebrow. "No one knows for sure. I've been in this form for the last 70 years." "That's long. Could ya bring me back to the town? Mah sister's probably worried." "I'm not sure that's a good idea." "Why not?" She raised her other eyebrow. "Because I almost killed someone in town." He looked sad. "Ya did what?!" Her fear was returning. "I tried to stop her from screaming and running, but instead of catching her, I accidently cut through her hind legs with my claws." "Oh. But who was it?" She knew she wasn't going to like the answer anyway. "Pinkie." He seemed ashamed. "What?!"
Chapter two.Chapter two. Author notes: Applebloom's accent is reall hard to do, so I sometimes don't use her accent. Don't be mad... They had been talking for a while now and it was almost morning. "So ya didn't want to hurt her?" He nodded. "Ah hope ya aint lying... Can ya bring me back home? Mah sister is probably worried." He nodded again and picked her up. He seemed to know exactly where to go, even without a face. She also noticed his skin was very cold. He started humming that song again. She only noticed now how tired she actually was. "Ah think ahm going to sleep." The last thing she was thinking of before falling asleep was: 'Where did he git the paper from?' Applebloom had fallen asleep in his arms. 'She looks so... Peacefull. I wish I could sleep.' 'Kill her!' It was the voice that made him kill all those people. 'No! Go away!' 'How? I am part of your mind! Face it, you are just as much a monster as I am!' The voice laughed darkly. 'That's a lie!' 'Maybe it is, maybe it isn't! But one thing is for sure, and that's that I'm real. I will be watching your every movement, every thought and every feeling. I will be controlling you, corrupting you and I'll make sure you WILL do the thing you're supposed to do!' The voice laughed again. Slenderman hung his head in sorrow. 'Why did He turn me into this? I never did anything wrong!' "Dontcha touch mah sister!" He looked up and got a buck in the *ahem* you know where. He dropped Applebloom in pain and shakily stepped back. 'Good thing He took that part away when he turned me into this, or this would hurt a lot more then it does now!' He was surrounded by five ponies which he recognized as Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and... 'Why is Fluttershy here? Poor thing, she's terrified of me!' He dropped his guard by looking at her and Twilight shot a bolt of magic at him, making him step back once again. Rainbow kicked him in the head, Applejack kept bucking him and Rarity made sure Applebloom was okay. And Fluttershy... She looked at him in horror. They kept attacking him until he had enough. He grabbed Rainbow's tail and threw her into a tree. He blocked Applejack's attack and threw her into the ground. He grabbed Twilight by her throat and threw her aside nonchalantly. He noticed the sun had come up so he couldn't dissapear in the darkness of the night anymore. He looked at Fluttershy and saw the building rage in her eyes. 'Uh-oh.' Fluttershy flew towards it so her face was only inches away from its head. "You! How dare you treat my friends like that! First Pinkie, then Applebloom and now Twilight, Rainbow and Applejack?!" She was having one of her very rare rage moments. "Fluttershy! Stop!" Applebloom yelled. She looked at Applebloom and the thing did the same. "He aint no monster! Ya just give him the time to explain!" "Explain what?! He almost killed Pinkie!" Rainbow yelled angrily. "That was an accident! It aint his fault he looks scary!" Applebloom hoped she could convince them he wasn't a monster. "Why are ya siding with him? He broke yer leg!" Applejack seemed angry too. "He didn't! Ah tripped! He actually helped fixing it!" "Darn it! He messed with yer mind!" Applejack didn't believe her. Suddenly a purple see through box appeared around him. Twilight had captured him while he was distracted by the others. "Please don't hurt him!" She trieed to run towards him but was stopped by Rarity. "Hush now darling. You're just confused." "But..." She sighed and just looked sadly at him while he was being taken away by Twilight he looked back and she was sure if he had a face it would have a sad expression. Meanwhile the Doctor had been watching everything. "The Slenderman in Equestria? This can't be good. Let's check out the forest before making any conclusions." He walked into while scanning the area with his sonic screwdriver. "I'm getting readings of recent interdimensional transportation, but it's a new kind of energy. I can't quite describe it, but I'll find out what it is eventually." He reached the castle. "Hmmm... The energy is much stronger here. This must be where he's been transported to. I'll check it out further when I've gathered more information." He suddenly heard a little girl giggle behind him. He turned around and his eyes went wide. It was a little girl, but the whole body was made up out of a dark smoking substance. Her face was the most scary thing about her. The eyes were two bright white dots and her mouth was insanely wide, sick and a glowing white. But there was another thing that was wrong about her: On her stomach were five deep wounds and her insides were hanging out of it. "Dear god... This is bad, very bad!" He started backing up when he saw more things like the girl appear. Most of them were kids with similar wounds but on different places. There were also adults and they had the exact same grin on their faces. There were only a few ponies and they also had the same grin on their faces. And all of them were giggling madly. Their wounds were horrifying. Some of them had lost one or more limbs and some of them had lost half of their heads. Some of them had no lower body and some of them carried their heads. Some of them had no lower jaw anymore, gurgling instead of giggling.They slowly walked towards him and they started singing a song. Slender Man, Slender Man, All the children try to run. Slender Man, Slender Man, To him it's part of the fun. They all giggled again. The Doctor started running, but the things kept following him. Slender Man, Slender Man, Dressed in darkest suit and tie. Slender Man, Slender Man, You most certainly will die. "What are these things!?" They kept following him and they kept giggling. Slender Man, Slender Man, His branching arms are for collecting. Slender Man, Slender Man, His face is empty of expressing. "Almost there!" He kept running and started to get tired, but the things kept going without slowing down at all. Slender Man, Slender Man, He won't let you say goodbye. Slender Man, Slender Man, You most certainly will die. Slender Man, Slender Man, Sometimes hums a lowly drone. Slender Man, Slender Man, He will wander 'round your home. "Almost!" He was almost out of the forest. Slender Man, Slender Man, Blends in well within the trees. Slender Man, Slender Man, In the fog he's hard to see. "Almost!" The things stopped chasing him when he was out of the forest. Slender Man, Slender Man, Dressed in darkest suit and tie. Slender Man, Slender Man, You most certanly will die. They all giggled madly before dissapearing in the darkness of the forest. But one of them just kept staring at him. It was the girl. "Help..." She said with an spooky echoing voice. "I need to find the source of this madness, and quick!" He walked back to Ponyville after taking another look at the forest. He stopped when he heard the roar of a manticore. "What?" He looked back and saw a manticore trying to run out of the forest. He saw a lot of those things holding on to it, tearing it apart and all giggling madly. The manticore dropped down and was being pulled back into the forest after roaring in agony. "They killed a manticore in mere seconds..." Author notes: I'll tell you guys what those things are. But not now.
Chapter three.Chapter three. Twilight had just sent a letter to Princess Celestia about what Applebloom calls, the Slenderman, when she heard a Manticore roar. But it sounded like it was in horrible pain. She turned around to look at the Slenderman, and he was looking back at her. 'How does he know where I am? He doesn't have a nose, mouth or eyes! What is he?'She started looking around to see if she had a book about him. She took out a few books about mythological creatures and a few about creatures in general. She also took out a book about Human myths. 'It's unlikely that I'll find anything about him in this book, but it's worth a try. I'll just start reading this one to be sure.' She checked the index and her eyes went wide in surprise. 'There it is! Chapter 49, page 576!' She went to page 576 and found a picture of him, with a description, and listed facts. The Slenderman. Description. Slender Man, is a mythical creature often depicted as a tall, thin figure wearing a black suit and a blank face. According to the legend, he can stretch or shorten his arms at will, and has tentacle-like appendages protruding from his back. Depending on the interpretations of the myth, the creature can cause memory loss, insomnia, paranoia, coughing fits (nicknamed “slendersickness”), photograph/video distortions and can teleport at will. It's victims. It's victims are mostly children but it kills adults from time to time too. People who are being followed or stalked by him have nightmares about him before he kills them. Almost all of his victim's bodies dissapear but some of them have been found. The bodies had straight and clean wounds or the bodies were impaled. Some people who had recovered the bodies, had told others that they'd heard distant giggling. He always stalks his victims before killing them. Origin. Unknown. Some say he was once a normal human but those are just rumors. Extra facts. People have rumored they've heard a song playing around areas that victims were found in. 'Looks like I have to be careful around him.' She looked behind her to make sure he was still in his cage. Her jaw hit the floor when she saw the Slenderman reading books from the library. "How did you get those books?!" He took out paper and pen and started writing something. He turned the paper towards her. It said: "You really should focus less on the book and more on your spell." She blushed in shame when she saw he was right. There were loads of weak spots in the spell and he could easily break free. She removed the weak spots and placed the books where they belonged. She looked back at him and saw his shoulders shake. She was sure that he was laughing at her. She looked at the book again but sadly it contained no more info about him. "Well, at least I know a bit more about you now." She suddenly heard humming coming from the Slenderman. "That song... Is that song the book was talking about?" He nodded but kept humming and he sat down and moved his head back and forth with rhythm of the song he was humming. Suddenly she heard somepony knock on the door. "I'm coming!" She walked towards the door. 'Spike is still too scared of the Slenderman to do anything, but he's still a baby Dragon so it's understandable.' She opened the door and in front of her was Doctor Whooves. "Oh, hello Doctor! Sorry, but I'm kind of busy." "Let me guess, it's about the Slenderman?" He had a serious look on his face, which she didn't see often. "How do you know that?" She looked at him in confusion. "I know a lot more than you think. Now may I come in? I need some answers." He looked behind him as if he was being followed. "O-okay." She let him in and he immediately walked towards the Slenderman. "Why are you in this world? You should be in the human world!" "How should I know? I've only been here for three weeks. One day I was walking around the forest, playing a game with the Slender Ghouls and the next thing I know is that I'm in some old castle and all of them were gone." He wrote. "Slender Ghouls? You mean Humans and Ponies made of a dark smoking substance, straight clean wounds on different spots or holes in the body, white glowing eyes and a sick glowing grin, giggling madly and capable of killing a manticore in mere seconds?" This seemed to interest the Slenderman a lot. "You know where they are?! Where?! I need to stop them from killing too many creatures!" The Slenderman had gotten up. "They are in the forest. But why are you worried about them? You killed them!" "It's not like I wanted too. Even though I had killed them, they were the only ones too keep me from going insane. They were the closest things to friends I had." His arms suddenly extended and he broke the spell. He started walking towards the door and broke it down. Ponies everywhere noticed him and started screaming in horror. He kept walking towards the forest, ignoring everything else around him. "Hey! Get back here!" Rainbow Dash tried to attack him but a black tentacle grabbed her. She saw it come out of his back and before she knew it he slammed her through a wall. "O-okay, I'll let you off this time." Twilight, The Doctor and the others (except Pinkie) followed him from a fair distance, not wanting to be killed. The closer they got to the forest the louder the humming and the thicker the fog became. Twilight noticed strange lights in the forest and insane giggling. "What is tha- AAAHHH!" One of the ghouls, a little boy missing the skin on the right side of his head and with a hole in it's chest, suddenly jumped in front of her while saying "Peek-a-boo!" and ran away laughing like crazy. "What was that?" She asked shakily and she felt her heart pound in her throat. She looked around and saw that Fluttershy had fainted. Applejack picked her up and walked forwards. "One of the ghouls. All of them are Slenderman's victims." The Doctor said. Twilight looked around and she saw them everywhere. She even saw a few ponies. One of them seemed familiar, she looked at it's cutie mark and her eyes went wide in shock. It was a lyre. "Lyra!" Applejack was right, but Lyra was grinning like all the others and her throat had five straight wounds. "You... You killed Lyra!" He nodded and picked up one of the ghouls. He threw her up and catched her, making her giggle like a child would when having fun. "That's the girl I saw in the castle!" The girl looked at the Doctor and cocked her head. "Lemme get this straight. Ya are saying he killed all of them?" Applejack stared at the Slenderman in horror and disbelief. "That's right... he killed us all..." Applejack jumped when a raspy voice answered her question. She turned around and saw the most horrifying thing she had ever seen. It was a teenage male Human. His left eye was hanging outside his eye socket. His stomach was teared open and his insides were hanging out of a hole in his gut. A few of his ribs were sticking out of his chest. Parts of his hair were pulled out and the right half of his lower jaw was gone. His left arm was ripped of at the elbow and his right arm was missing chunks of meat. His left leg looked like it's joints were twisted and his right leg was stripped of it's skin. The only parts of clothes he had left were torn and ragged pants and a bloody shirt. Rainbow threw up at the sight of him, Applejack went green, Twilight looked horrified, Rarity was whiter than ever and the Doctor looked at him in confusion. "Heh... Yeah... I know I look horrible... And truth to be told, I've been better... This is what happens if a group of ghouls catches you... Name's Mike... I don't remeber my last name anymore..." He grinned although it was hard to see. "You seem to be more intelligent than the others. How is that possible?" The Doctor asked. "Call me lucky... Call me unlucky... At least I don't feel pain anymore... And believe it or not, Slenderman is pretty good company when you're used to him..." He grinned again. "He is?" Twilight asked. "He is!" She jumped when she suddenly heard Lyra's voice behind her. "Isn't it amazing!? I can't feel pain anymore, I can talk with humans, play games with them and all kinds of other stuff!" Her grin seemed to get even larger. "You call this amazing!? Look at yourself! You look like a walking corpse!" Rainbow retorted. "Okay I'll admit, that's one of the downsides, but what does it matter if everypony around me looks the same!" "Grrrrr..." A Manticore Ghoul walked into sight. It was missing large chunks of meat but those were it's only visible wounds. "Oh, shut it! I don't care if others are afraid of me! They made fun of me because of my hobby, but now I don't have to be around them anymore!" She seemed really happy about her new body and surroundings. "You understand what he says?" "Of course! Every ghoul understands what another ghoul says!" She giggled darkly. "Okay, but why do you stay with him?" "Because he's like our father! He cares for us all and he's really nice!" "You all keep saying he's nice, but why did he almost kill Pinkie?" Twilight asked. "Because he has these really sharp claws! He did it by accident!" Lyra's grin seemed to shrink. "Yeah? I'd say he just wanted her dead." Rainbow said. All of the Ghouls suddenly turned towards the group of ponies. "Nopony makes fun of Slenderman." They said in unison. They all started running towards them, their grins gone and eyes filled with bloodlust. "Join us! Become one of us!" They yelled. "Everypony, here's a word of advice. RUN!" The Doctor yelled.
Chapter four.Chapter four. "Ya just had to make em angry, didn't ya?!" Applejack said while running for dear life. "Hey! How could I have known almost all of them worship the Slenderman!" Rainbow retorted. "Speaking of him, where is he?" The Doctor asked. He looked back and saw that the Slenderman was trying to calm the Ghouls down. "He would do a better job if he could talk." The Doctor said. "This is not the time to be talking!" Twilight yelled. "True." "Hey! Over here!" A adult male human called them. They ran towards him and he let them inside a house. "Where are they?!" They heard one of the Ghouls yell. "They went that way!" They heard the stampede of Ghouls leave. The man opened the door and joined the group. They saw he was also a Ghoul, but he didn't have a grin on his face and there were no visible wounds. His hair was short on the front and long on the backside of his head. He wore some kind of bussines suit and wore leather shoes. He wasn't very tall and a bit skinny. "Aren't you supposed to be trying to kill us?" Rainbow said. "Now why would I do that? Admitted, Slenderman isn't too bad but I don't worship him. He did kill me after all." The man had a bit of a low voice but it sounded normal enough. "I would like to know how many intelligent ghouls are there?" The Doctor asked. "They are all intelligent, but some still have their natural intelligence. You've met Mike, Lyra and there's me, my name's Marcus by the way, but there are a few more. Not a lot, in comparison with how many Ghouls there are. I know only five of them, including Mike and Lyra. The six of us don't worship Slenderman but we all agree he's good company. Mike is one of the most intelligent Ghouls." "Six isn't al lot indeed. How many Ghouls are there?" "As far as I know, 20.000. And I haven't even seen all of the ghouls." "Wow. Wait, how come you're a ghoul when you have no wounds?" The Doctor raised an eyebrow. "I do have a wound. I have a hole in the back of my head but my hair hides it." He showed them the wound. "Okay. But why are you helping us?" "Because being a Ghoul has quite a few plus points, but there also quite a few downsides. For example, when you die your body looks the same as when you died. And you can't die again, because you are allready dead! And you can't see your friends and family anymore, because you scare the living hell out of them!" Marcus seemed angry about the last part. "That sounds... Horrible." No one had noticed Fluttershy waking up. "It is. But you need to leave now! It won't be long before they find you again!" He gestured them to get up and told them to follow him. He led them throught the forest and too the forest edge. They came past a house that was all too familiar to them. "That's Zecora's house!" Twilight said. She ran too the door and opened it. Her eyes went wide in confusion. In front of her was Zecora, alive and well, drinking tea with a female human Ghoul. The Ghoul looked like she wasn't much older than twelve and the only visible wound was part of the skin on her jaw being gone. Her hair was long and she was wearing a shirt and torn jeans. "Hello Zecora, Lila." Marcus said. "Hello Marcus. It's a nice day, isn't it?" Lila siad. "Yes, but we need your help. One of these ponies insulted Slenderman in front of a horde of Ghouls." "Hey!" "Of course. But I need to say that was quite dumb of you." Lila looked straight at Rainbow. "Yeah yeah... Wait, why is Zecora still alive?" "Most of the Ghouls fear my masks. They won't hinder me in my tasks." "Okay?" Rainbow looked confused. "Now follow me. It won't be long before night falls again. Time passes different in these woods." Lila stood up and walked outside. "What did she mean with time passes different?" Twilight asked. "I think it's the fog. It messes with time and that's why the night is longer and the day shorter." The Doctor said. "How does that even work?" The Doctor shrugged. "We have arrived at the edge of the forest." "Are you two coming?" Rainbow asked. "We can't. We are bound to this forest. Don't ask why." Marcus siad. "Okay. Well... Bye!" The six ponies returned to Ponyville. Little did they know that the world as they knew it, would soon change. Meanwhile, in Filly Delphia. Ink Scroll, a dark blue pegasus with a black mane, blue eyes and a scroll and quill as his cutie mark, and his family had just returned from a trip to the Neighagra Falls. He and his wife called Paper Pen, a light grey pegasus with a white mane, green eyes and a pen and paper as her cutie mark,were in their bedroom when he woke up. He noticed Paper had stolen all the sheets. He tryed to steal them back as he saw a strange creature at the end of the bed. He focussed and his eyes went wide in horror. "AAAHHH!!" He screamed and jumped out of bed huddling up next to the bed. "What?! What is it dear... What is that?" She looked at the creature. It lookes like a bipedal creature or like a big hairless dog. It looked like it was run over by a chariot or something. She wasn't afraid of the thing but she was concerned about it's condition. Her husband was looking from her to the thing. "Are you okay?" In response the creature moved towards Ink in a flailing sort of motion. It placed it's claw on Ink's hoof and suddenly ran into the hallway that led to the foals room. She screamed and ran out of the bedroom. The light of the bedroom was enough for her to see the creature crouching and hunched over twenty hoofs away. It looked directly at her and was covered in blood. She turned on the lights and saw her daughter Inky Hoof, a light blue unicorn with a green mane, grey eyes and with no cutie mark yet, being heavily wounded. The creature ran down the stairs and dissapeared. "He is the Rake..." Inky said before she passed out.
Chapter five.Author notes: Sorry for the late update! I blame School and a lack of concentration! Chapter five. Twilight woke up late in the morning. Spike was still asleep. She made herself some breakfast, only a daisy sandwich and some apple juice (you don't want go know what happened when she tried to bake some eggs.), and sat down to read the newspaper. She nearly ckoked on her sandwich when she saw what was on the first page. "*cough* What?!" Mysterious killer. Last night in Filly Delphia, Inky Hoof, daughter of Ink Scroll and Paper Pen, was attacked by an unknown killer called The Rake, described as an overgrown hairless dog that looks like it was overrun by a chariot, only it's claws are longer than a dog's. It's motives are unclear. The family apparantly had just returned from the Neighagra Falls. The victim nearly died. No further details. "First the Slenderman and now another monster? What's going on?" "That's what I'd like to know too." The Doctor said. "Okay... Wait, how did you get in here?" "Through the front door!" He said sheepishly. "Next time knock and then wait for me or Spike to open the door, okay?" "Sure! But now back to the Rake. I have an idea of where they both came from." "Really?!" "Yes. They are both mythical creatures from the human world. The most logical thing is that a disturbance opened a rift between our world and that of the humans. Unfortunatly, I can't say how many creatures were brought to this world." "How do you know all that? And what do you mean with human world?" Twilight had a look on her face that was a mix of awe and confusion at the Doctor's knowledge. "Let me start at the beginning. I travel through time and space to protect this world and other worlds. Sometimes the barriers between worlds weaken and objects or creatures and sometimes even whole villages or cities get dragged into other worlds. And this book of yours isn't even from this world! All the objects made by humans in thi world were accidently dragged into this world. I can't tell you too much or I would drag you into some kind of mess." "I'll just go along with what you said. But you mean that the Slenderman and the Rake aren't the only ones that have been dragged into this world?" "It's a possibility. But we have no time to waste. Follow me." He got up and walked out the frontdoor. "Where are we going?" Twilight followed him. "To Pinkie. I need to be sure she's alright and I need to find out if she isn't affected by the Slenderman." 'I forgot about her! How could I have forgotten about Pinkie?!' Twilight thought to herself. After a bit of walking the two of them arrived at the hospital. They asked if they could see Pinkie and they were brought to Pinkie. "Hey Twilight!" Pinkie said with her usual smile and bubbly personality. "Thank goodness you're okay. How do you feel?" "Pretty good! He really scared me but he didn't need to cut my legs! He probably did on accident with his sharp claws, but still! He should be more carefull with those! Maybe I can give him a party! I'll ask Rarity to make him some gloves so he can't hurt others that easyily! And maybe a top hat! And a wooden cane! And a monocle! Wait... He doesn't have eyes! Silly me!" Pinkie giggled to her self. "Pinkie, I don't think that's such a good idea." Twilight said. "That might actually be a good idea!" The Doctor said. "It is?" Twilight said, confused at What The Doctor said. "It is?" Pinkie said. "Isn't it obvious? The Slenderman only has ghouls as company and only a few can actually think like they normally did. He's lonely! He could really use a party. But the problem is that he might scare the others." Twilight blinked a few times and thought about what The Doctor had said. 'Maybe he is lonely...' She thought. "Now let's go find The Rake! Follow me!" The Doctor said, already running out the room. "Okay... Wait what!?" Twilight was really getting confused at The Doctor's personality. 'First he's really serious and then he sees it as an adventure! What's up with that?' "What... is that." In front of her was a big blue box. "That's The TARDIS! With her we're going to be in Filly Delphia in no time!" The Doctor said, with a bit too much excitement in her opinion. "How? It's barely big enough for only one pony!" She said, slowly getting more angry. "Follow me!" He suddenly ran in to the box. Strangely enough she heard no crashing. She nervously walked in and her eyes went wide in astonishment. "It's bigger on the inside!" She said, amazed that the inside of The TARDIS was at least six times bigger than it looked on the outside. "I love it when they say that." The Doctor said, having a distant look in his eyes. He shook his head and walked over to some weird machine in the center of the room. After he had flipped some levers and pushed some buttons the machine started making a strange noise. The doors closed and the noise increased in volume. After a little while the noise stopped and the doors opened. When she looked outside her eyes went wide. "We're in Filly Delphia!" She said, not believing her eyes. "Yep! Now here's the plan: you go to the hospital to ask the victim and her parents some questions. Meanwhile, I'll search the house for any clues. If they ask for confirmation of your identity, here's a ID card with your name on it." He handed her a card with her picture and name on it. "But this is a fake! That's against the laws!" She said furiously. "Doesn't matter. Many lives depent on this so a few laws are bound to be broken." He retorted. "Ugh! Fine!" She was starting to get seriously annoyed by The Doctor. "Good! We'll see each other here at ummm... 8 PM. Good luck!" And with that being said they both left, not noticing two glowing red eyes, filled with malicious content, looking at them. "Run my little ponies, run! Run while you can..."
Chapter six.Chapter six. While Twilight was going to ask some questions to the victim and her parents and The Doctor was searching for clues in the house, The Slenderman was heading towards Canterlot. He was currently passing Sweet Apple Acres. 'The ghouls can be fun to play with, but I really want to go for a bit of sight seeing. That castle, Canterlot was it?, seems like a nice place. It's 6 pm, so It'll be dark soon.' He took a quick look at the farm and continued walking. "Wait!" A familiar voice called out to him. He turned around and saw a familiar filly with a familiar bow running towards him. "Where are ya going?" Applebloom asked. "To the castle over there." He wrote and pointed at the castle. "To Canterlot? But aint that pretty far by hoof?" The yellow filly asked, raising an eyebrow. "I have long legs." He replied. "Can ah come too?" She started using the puppy eye look, and he knew this was an unfair battle. "Fine, but don't blame me when your sister gets angry. I don't want her to buck me again." He shuddered at the thought. He picked the filly up and continued walking. "Ya know, walking isn't a very fast way ta travel." "I know. Hold on." "Wait whaaaaAAAA!!!" He suddenly started running at insane speed. He was litterally zooming over the land. At was almost like he wasn't touching he ground anymore. The red maned filly was grinning from excitement. "Do you like it?" "How are ya still able ta write?!" She said, still grinning. "Magic." He replied, but the red maned filly wasn't even listening anymore. 'I'll take that as a yes.' The Slenderman thought to himself. He looked around him and noticed a few cities and villages. Suddenly, a all too familiar voice started talking again. Kill her! It said, pure hate and madness eminent in it's voice. He tried to ignore it but after a while he felt the beginning of a headache. He stopped running when they neared another forest and sat down behind one of the trees, putting Applebloom down. Kill her! Rip her apart! I want to hear her *scream*! The headache became worse. "Why did ya stop?" The filly asked, looking a bit worried. "Are ya tired?" Poke her eyes out! Rip her tongue off! KILL HER! The headache became near unbearable. He grabbed his head with both hands and started shivering. "Slendie? Are ya sick or sumthing?" The yellow filly looked scared. "Ittie, bittie, little foal, how I wonder what's your goal!" This time, Applebloom heard the voice too. She started backing up, never losing sight of Slenderman. "I am going to make you pay, no there is no other way!" Applebloom faintly saw chains attached to his body, and all of them were covered in small scribbles, circles with a cross on it. It didn't take her long to figure out they were drawn with blood. She started crying and lie down, practicly scared out of her mind. "Ittie, bittie, little foal..." The voice paused and chuckled madly. At this point Slenderman was in a state of pure panic, shaking madly. When the voice continued it was darker, lower and filled with hatred. NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR SOUL! As the voice finished his mad singing the filly's mind couldn't take it anymore. She fainted and as soon as she lost conciousness, Slenderman's migraine became bareble again. 'How long has it bin since I had one of those moments? And why didit have to be with Applebloom around!' He punched the ground out of frustration and desperation. Frustration, because he had almost decided to kill the red maned filly and desperation because he was sick of it. Sick of being a monster, sick of killing, sick of the mad voice, but most of all, he was sick of being alive. He justed wanted to die, but he could only die if another creature like him destroyed the grip He had on him. 'I hope she'll forgive me.' Good luck with that, *Slendie*... The voice replied mockingly. He walked over to the quiet body of Applebloom. 'She's still alive and in one piece, I hope her mind is too...' He picked the filly up and looked at the sky, noticing it was as good as night, enabling him to move even faster. He took a step... and dissapeared. Applejack was sitting in the dining room, waiting for Applebloom to come home. "When that filly returns ahm going to give her a scolding of a livetime!" She said furiously. She looked at the clock on the wall and noticed it was almost 8 pm, worry replacing her anger. She started pacing anxiously around the room. "Ya sure ya don't want to go to bed? Ah can wait for her if ya want to." Big Mac said, just as worried as his sister. "Ahm not going to bed until that filly is back home again! She didn't even finish her chores!" The orange mare said, angry again. Big Mac sighed. He knew he wasn't going to convince his sister, but he couldn't help but try. *knock knock* It sounded from the door. Applejack walked to it and opened the door. At first she saw nothing but then she noticed a shaky breath. She looked down and gasped in horror. "B-B-Big Mac!" The blond maned mare said shakily. The red stallion walked over and his eyes went wide too. Applebloom lay in front of them, looking pale and breathing shakily. There was a letter next to her. While Applejack carried their little sister upstairs he picked up the letter. I am sorry for the state Applebloom is in and you can blame me if you want to. I wasn't carefull enough and I'm afraid I traumatized her. Again, my cincerest apologies. ~Slenderman. When he finished reading his eyes narrowed and he snorted. 'When ah see that motherbucking creep ahm going to buck him till he's black and blue.' The red stallion thought, and boy was he angry. Slenderman had almost arrived at Canterlot. The sound of the voice still echoed through his head. 'Ittie bittie little foal... Huh... Sounds familiar...' He mentally sighed and hung his head. He didn't notice he was walking towards a wall until he walked into it. Rubbing his head he saw that it was one of the castle walls. He took a step... and was suddenly on top of the wall. 'I never thought it would be usefull in this way. Probably because I didn't get out much.' He thought to himself. He took a look at the city and it's breath taking vieuw. This city was a lot different from those ugly modern cities in the human world. Allmost all the buildings were made of a beautifull white marmer. And the castle, oh, the castle was more beautifull then anything he had ever seen. It was also made out off white marmer, but the form of the castle was simply amazing. 'Let's take a closer look... And I really should stop having mental conversations with myself.' He jumped of the wall just as a night guard came around the corner. The guard ran towards the edge, he looked down and saw nothing but the road. He shook his head and muttered: "I really should take a day off." Before continuing his patrol. Slenderman was walking stealthily towards the castle, taking in the beautifull buildings. When he walked around a corner he saw a young filly sitting lonely next to the road. He backed up a bit to stay out of sight and took a look at her. It was a pegasus with a light blue coat and a green messy mane and tail. Her mane and tail were too long, she was covered in dust and she looked like she hadn't eaten for months. 'She can't be much older then Applebloom! Why isn't anyone helping her?' He thought. A stallion in fancy clothes, carrying saddlebags, with a brown coat and dark brown mane and tail walked towards the little filly. The filly looked up at the stallion and said: "Do you have some food for me mister?" She asked weakly. "And why should I give food to some worthless filth like you? It's scum like you that ruin this society. Now get out of my sight!" The stallion replied. He turned to walk but bumped into something. He backed up to see what it was and in front of him was Slenderman. And Slenderman wasn't happy. The stallion opened his mouth too scream but Slenderman grabbed him by the mouth and took the saddlebags. He tightened his grip on the stallions mouth and the look in the stallions eyes said he had gotten the message: scream, and you'll never scream again. He dropped the stallion and the stallion scurried away as soon as he was standing again. 'I hope not everyone is as stuck-up as that guy.' He turned towards the little filly and saw that she had retreated into an alley and had covered her head with her front legs. He carefully walked towards and sat down in front of her. She took a quick look but retreated again with an 'eep!'. He opened the saddlebags and found some bread and some water. He placed both of it in front of the blue filly and patiently waited. She slowly took away her front legs and slowly crept towards the food, the hunger stronger then her fear. She looked at him, expecting him to attack her but he instead pointed at the food and then to her. The green maned filly slowly started eating, never looking away from him. When the filly finished eating, hegot up and continued his walk towards the castle. 'Poor thing shouldn't be left alone like that.' He thought, actually wanting to help the filly some more. He heard something shuffle behind him. He turned around and saw a bit of green hair poking around the corner. If he could, he would have chuckled at the sight. He pretended that he hadn't seen her and continued his walk, mentally smiling at the blue filly's attempt to follow him. He walked around a corner, waiting for her to come around the corner too. As expected she bumped straight into his legs, making her fall over. She got up and looked at him expectantly. The fear in her eyes were replaced with curiosity. "Tell me, why are you following me?" He wrote. "You helped me out and I have no where else to go, so... I wanted to come with you! Can I please come with you?" He was taken aback from this. 'I'm not turning into some Mary Sue character, right? And how do I even remember what that is?' He shook the strange feeling off and wrote his reply. "Depends on how quickly you get scared. Are you afraid of death?" "Not really. It can't be worse than having to eat rotten fruit for dinner and starving for months." This filly was different from most ponies or people. She reminded him of... 'No! I promised myself to forget her!' "Fine. But I hope you don't mind sleeping in a forest." "Yay! Finally something else to sleep on! The road isn't nice to sleep on." She walked past himntowards the castle. He tapped her on the shoulder. "Where are you going?" "To Canterlot castle! That's where you were going right?" She continued trotting towards the castle. 'She's smart, I'll give her that.' He shrugged and followed her. Author notes: I apologize if you think this was too rushed, if you think it's another unnecessary character or if you think Slenderman is becoming a Mary Sue character. I was planning on adding this character for a while and this was the best way I could think of.
Chapter seven.Chapter 7. Author notes I was listening to this while I was writing this. The blue filly, aparently named Blue Breeze, excitedly trotted in front of him. A strange thing was that he wasn't hearing the voice. No distorted insane voice inside his head, just his own thoughts. He just shrugged it of as coincedence and kept following the green maned filly. He knew how to get to the castle in the blink of an eye, but he liked walking a lot more. Teleporting like he did was... weird. It's just like when your arm or leg is sleeping, only it's your whole body and it's twenty times worse. Luckily the feeling stops after less than five seconds. He was amazed at how quickly the little filly had accepted him. 'If only the humans accepted me that easily. It would also be a lot easier if I could talk and If there wasn't a voice inside my head driving me to kill.' He thought to himself. He saw Blue Breeze peek around a corner to see if anyone, or anypony, was around. She gestured hime to come. When he followed her around the corner he saw Canterlot's gate. It was big enough for him to walk through. 'I bet even one of those trucks would fit through this.' "I don't think we can get any further than this without being seen!" The blue filly whispered. "You sure?" He wrote. A little plan had formed in his head. "Do trees grow in a forest? Of course I'm sure! The night guards patrol here! There is no way we're gonna get any closer without being seen!" "Watch me." And with that being said (written), he picked the filly up and started climbing the wall. "I still think this is a bad idea!" She whispered, looking really nervous. He just shrugged and kept climbing. "Even if they catch us, I'll teleport away." He wrote, using his tentacles. ..... ..... "You have tentacles? Cool!" The filly had a look of awe on her face. It was strange how quickly she could get over things that scare her. He climbed into some shadows, making him and the invisible to any normal eyes. He noticed how big the castle actually was. He had probably already reached above fifty meters, but he wasn't even halfway yet. It wasn't as big as a skyscraper, but still. The amount of marble used for this must be insane. "Are we there yet?" 'Oh no. Not this.' "Are we there yet?" 'No. Anything but this.' "Are we there yet?" "No." He replied. ... "How about now?" "Still no." "And now?" "NO." "What about now?" "Please stop asking." "Okay!" 'Wait what? That actually worked? I remember one of the more intelligent ghouls to ask this non-stop, and this was all?' "Are we there yet?" But the filly had other plans. 'I knew it.' He mentally facepalmed. "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "Yes." "Really?" "No. And please, I'm begging you, stop asking." He was starting to get anoyed. "Okay." And this time she did stop. During the climb he noticed quite a few windows. He sometimes looked into one but there were only sleeping ponies in them. Except for one. It was a big window, connected to a balcony. He looked inside and saw a Dark blue unicorn inside. After taking a better look(?) he notice this one also had wings. With shock he realised he was looking at the princess of the night. Luna. She was looking at something at the wall. It looked like a picture, but he couldn't see what or who was on it. He noticed the alicorns left ear flick and he continued climbing as fast as he could. He hid behind an edge and looked to see if the princess would come out, while Blue Breeze was still a bit disoriented by his sudden movements. The alicorn walked out and looked around. "We could have sworn we saw something..." The princess took one more look around and then walked back in. 'That almost went horribly wrong.' He checked if Blue was still okay. He would have raised an eyebrow if he had one when he saw her poke a spider. He tapped her on the shoulder and gestured her to hold on. He continued his climb and he noticed how much progress he had made while listening to the filly's anoying questions and his near miss with the night princess. But when he got to the roof, what he saw killed all joy. There was Luna. And she looked pissed. "We knew it." Meanwhile... Twilight and The Doctor were sitting around a table inside the TARDIS. "And Twilight, did you get any information?" The Doctor asked hopefully. "I got nothing. The parents refused to answer or to let me talk to their foal." She laid her head down on the table out of annoyance. "And how about you? Did you find anything usefull?" "Unless you call a bunch of hungry rats usefull, then yes." The Doctor said, his face blank. "So let me get this straight... All that searching in the house and the aurroundings only provided rats?" "Yep." "UGH!" The lavender mare slammed her head in the table out of frustration. "Are you alright?" The Doctor asked. "Maybe you should take a rest." "Oh, I'm fine. I'm totally perfect!" Twilight said, sarcasm dripping from her words. "Really?" Apparently The Doctor was completely oblivious to the sarcasm. Twiligh's left eye twitched in response and her right ear started fluttering. "NO! I'M NOT ALRIGHT! MY FRIEND IS IN THE HOSPITAL, ONE OF THEM IS A GHOUL, MONSTERS ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE, AND, AND, And, and... I miss my brother..." After that she covered her head and started crying soflty. "*sigh* I understand why you are upset Twilight. Do you want to be alone?" "yes, please..." She whispered. "I'll wait in the main room until you feel better." The Doctor walked out the room and closed the door, leaving Twilight alone. ... ... ... ... ... Hello, Twilight Sparkle... You and I, are gonna have a little talk...
Chapter eight.An: Sorry if things seem to be getting really confusing, but everything will become clear. Twilight's eyes went wide when the voice started talking. It was a low raspy voice, filled with malice. Twilight jumped up and started looking around frantically. "W-who are you? Where are you?!" She was still looking for the source of the voice. But she didn't need to. I'm behind you. The voice suddenly seeming to come from behind her made her jump. She turned around and there was the owner of the voice. It looked like Slenderman. It stood just as tall as Slenderman, and it's form was the same. There was an antenne on the right side of it's head, poking out of a messy brown mane. It's right eye was blood red and looked like it belonged to a huge bug, skin missing around it and a bit of blood coming from it. However, it's left eye looked normal, but smaller than her eyes, with a blood red iris. It's mouth was filled with large shark-like teeth and it's cheeks seemed torn and ripped apart, a black and red liquid slowly dripping from it's mouth. It's skin was a sick pale and at some places it seemed stretched out. It's long arms almost reached his knees (she had just studied a bit about humans so she knows what those spots are called, how twisted and broken they may seem). Just like Slenderman, it wore clothes. But they were dirty and torn at some places. It wore a black shirt, it's sleeves spread over it's arms. But at the place where normally the mouth would be, was now a huge tear in the shirt and where skin was supposed to be was a gaping mouth. It also wore brown pants, part of the pants torn and spread over it's legs, like he had a sudden growth and became to big for the pants. And instead of feet he had eagle-like claws, only bigger and made of flesh. "W-what are y-you?" She managed to say to it. She tryed moving away from it but it followed. And now it was a bit more out of the shadow, she saw four long, black and thick spiderlegs protruding from it's back. Call me Leech. But enough about me. I'm here to talk about YOU. "W-what do you mean?" She kept backing up untill she bumped into a wall. You, your friends and that pesky Doctor are messing up my plans. Do you have any idea how long it took me to get Slenderman and that spimple minded Rake here? Do you have any idea at all?! He sounded angry and it's eyes were almost oozing with rage. She figured it was an he because of the voice. "So you brought them here!" She exclaimed angrily. Yes, yes i did. And what are YOU going to about it? You're just a dumb little pony! I could kill you right here and now! Yessiree, right here, and right NOW! He raised one of his claws as if to swipe at her. She closed her eyes and braced for the blow. But instead of feeling a claw digging into her, she was lifted of the ground by the neck. When she opened her eyes she was looking into his eyes. But I have better plans for you. Yessiree, better plans. And you're coming with me. He cackled madly when the door opened. "Twilight are you ok.... Oh no. Not you." The Doctor stood there, eyes wide with terror. Oh yes! Allons-y Doc! And before I forget, say hello to Lulu for me. And then he seemed to dissolve into thin air. And so did Twilight. "No... I'm sorry Twilight. I was too late... again." After that The Doctor rushed towards the control panel and entered his next stop: Canterlot. They reapeared in a dimly lit cave, spiders and other creatures scurrying away at their arrival. Welcome to my little home, Twilight Sparkle. He had the grin of a madpony on his face. "W-where are we?" She asked, scared of what was about to happen. Somewhere in the Everfree Forest. But I think you should be more concerned about what I'm going to do. He said cassually. He walked past a huge glass container filled with the same black and red liquid that was coming from his mouth. "O-okay. What are you going to with me?" All I'm goin to tell you is that your brother isn't going to be happy. And neither will your friends or Celly. "How do you know I have a brother?" She asked curiously. I know a lot more than I let onto my dear. And I heard you talk about him with Doc. "Oh. But... Wait, what is that?" They reached some kind of table. It looked like the operating table in a hospital, but this one was rusty and covered with runes. This, is my operating table. But this one isn't for surgeries, although what I'm about to do is similair. "You're going to cut me apart?!" Her pupils dilated at the thought of him cutting her limbs of. Nah. She sighed with relief. I'm only going to cut your head of. "What?!" She barely had time to react before she was slammed into the table. He locked her to the table and said some words she didn't understand, making all the runes glow. He brought a big and shiny razor blade to her throat. Now stay calm and don't move, because this will hurt a lot and it will only hurt more if you move. "N-no... Please..." Sorry, but this is necesary. And with that being said, his grin now gone, he placed the razor blade against her neck and turned it on, Twilight's screams echoing through the cave. Have some battle music! Luna stood there, glaring at him with mad eyes. Just when she fired a blast of magic at him he teleported to a safe place for Blue Breeze to hide. He placed her down and gestured to her to stay put. He knew he wasn't going to be able to outrun the angry princess, so there was only one option left. '*sigh* It seems I have to fight her. Let's hope I don't kill her.' He teleported back and was almost hit by another blast of magic. He sprinted towards her and tried to grab her, missing her by an inch, and getting bucked in the chest. 'And I thought Applejack bucked hard!' He quickly dodged another blast of magic before grabbing her by the tail, lifting her of the ground and smashing her into the ground. She groaned but used her magic to fling him into a tower, cracking the wall. 'She's good.' He got up and dusted of his suit while the night alicorn charged at him. 'But I'm better.' Just when she was about to hit him he sidestepped and gave her an elbow in the back. He quickly backed off to avoid getting bucked again. But instead of bucking him she fired at his left arm. It was a direct hit. "MMMUUUAAANNNNN!!" His arm lay on the ground, twitching and turning before turning into dust. He fell onto his knees, cluthing the stump where his arm was supposed. 'She cut off my arm...' The princess walked towards him with a smug smile on her face. 'She cut off my arm.' "Thou shall come with us." But he refused to move and started trembling. 'She cut off my arm!' "Come." 'SHE CUT OFF MY ARM! SHE WILL PAY!' Black root-like tendrills shot out of the stump, forming into a new arm. The skin on his head started to tighten and at the place where once was his mouth the skin ripped, revealing a mouth almost the size of a beartrap. At the places where once his eyes dents appeared. Black tentacles shot out of his back, pointing at the princess. "Ummm... Come please?" In response the tentacles wrapped around her, squeezing the air out her. She was about to use her magic but one of the tentacles wrapped around her horn, nearly breaking it. She quickly lost conciousness and he slammed her into the ground. And again. And again. And again. And... "What the heck is going on?!" An: I think I made this chapter a bit too dramatic. And like I said: everything will be made clear later on.
Chapter nine."Why is it that everytime he comes around, everything gets messed up, weird and disturbing?! This is the fourth time I'm supposed to stop him and it's just as weird! And you two aren't helping!" The Doctor said while pointing at Slenderman, who was still holding an unconcious Luna. Slenderman looked from the princess to him and then placed her down, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "But now I at least know why you and The Rake are here." He walked towards the blue alicorn and poked her with his hoof, waking her up. "Foul beast! Thou shall... Oh! Hello Doctor! It's been a long time!" Luna's expression went from one filled with rage to one of genuine surprise. "Yes it was. Now I need you to stop fighting Slenderman and get Celestia over here A.S.A.P." The look on his face was one of worry, anger and annoyance. "But why?" "It's easier to explain when Celestia is here. I'll tell you this: He is back." "You mean... Of course. We shall get our sister." She quickly left, limping a bit thanks to her injuries. "And you, how many have you killed in this land already?" He asked Slenderman. The tall man grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and wrote something down. His face was almost the same as it was before he went into full rage. "Twenty." "Meh, could be worse. Now, get your little friend and get inside the Tardis. This is important." Slenderman nodded and left to get the blue filly. "I hope I can stop him again this time." Meanwhile, in an unknown part of space... "I should have stopped him. I should have ripped his head off. I'll show that Slenderman not to mess with Luna, and how much I enjoyed seeing him suffer, I shouldn't forget about Leech. He's about to make tons of lifes suffer. I think it's time to send the boys out." A man said, his voice filled with anger. Draw the lines, through the signs. Cut the man, that's the plan. Is what Twilight heard first when she woke up. 'Why am I still alive?' She though to herself. She tried to get up, but couldn't feel her legs. In fact, she couldn't even feel her body. She opened her eyes and saw Leech cutting up a body. The looked a lot like a hairless monkey with clothes. And there was an unsettling amount of blood covering the body. "Why am I still alive?" The purple mare asked. Leech turned around with his torso covered in blood and a mad grin on his face. It was about time you woke up. I had to amuse myself with one of those worthless humans. He picked up the body and flung it across the room, it's innards falling out before being devoured by horrible spiders. And my answer is: magic. Duh. It should be quite obvious. He wiped the blood from his torso and walked towards her. "But why can't I feel my body?" **What, you haven't figured it out yet?** He broke out in insane laughter, making the hairs on her neck stand up. "What do you mean?" She started to suspect what he meant, but didn't want to believe it. It's quite simple. You don't have a body anymore. He started laughing again, while Twilight's mind started catching up. "But, t-that's impossible! How?!" She yelled. I used one of my favorite kind of magic: necromancy. "But why?!" This is the part where it get's confusing. You know that little voice in the back of your head, telling you what's wrong and what's right? He said while walking around her, like a predator stalking his prey. "You mean your conscience." She stated matter of factly. Exactly! But I don't have that! And that's why that pesky Doctor stops me everytime! Because I don't know when to stop! At this ponint he was furiously waving his arms around. Then he stopped and quickly picked her up, holding her in front of his face. But now I have the solution. You. "M-me?" She didn't like the look in his eyes. Yes, you. I have added a few extra spells to your mind, making you act as my conscience. It works as a reflex. Everytime I go too far or I do something that isn't neccesary, you instantly tell me that it's wrong, making me stop. His grip on her loosened a bit. "B-but, why did you have to take my body away?" Because it was in the way. 'And now the most important question.' She thought. "Why me?" In response he held her left ear close to his mouth. I have always liked dark colored hair. He then attached a chain to her neck and hung her around his torso like a purse. "And what are you- I mean, we going to now?" She knew that she was losing it. How else would she accept being a bodylles head used as conscience? 'He must have done something else with my mind too. First of all: let me explain a few things. I am Leech, the spirit of corruption and agony. I am chosen to balance the purity and happiness in the ponies hearts out. But without a conscience I'd bring destruction to this world. Corruption is just as neccesary as love and laughter, you know. "I don't think I undertsand." Let me ask you a question. Is corruption evil? "Of course it is! Why wouldn't it be?" She pointed out. WRONG! She was taken back from the sudden outburst. Why is it so hard for all of you to understand?! Everything has an opposite, or it cannot exist! If there was no evil, how can there be good? If there was no disharmony, how can there be harmony? If there was no darkness, how can there be light? It's as simple as that! What he said actually made sense to her. "You're right. Everything needs an opposite, or there is no balance. You are only doing this because it's neccesary." Finally! Someone gets it! Sadly, this world is almost devoid of corruption. And death is also a form of corruption. A higly corruptive one at that. And that's why I kill. To speed it up. So here is my question: are you ready? There was no joy in his voice. While they were talking he had walked towards the entrance of the cave. "It's not like I have a choice, or do I?" She glanced at his face. There formed a small grin (small for him) on his face. No, no you don't. Now let's get this show on the road. Equestria, here we come! He walked out of the cave and made his way towards the closest village. "*sigh* Let's get this over with." She knew this was going to get ugly. But she could better just work with him. What else was she supposed to do? What else could she do? "-and that's what I know up to this point." The Doctor finished. He had been explaining things for the past thirty minutes. In front of him were the princesses, Slenderman and Blue Breeze, Spike and the mane six, excluding Twilight. "But how are we going to get Twilight back?" Rainbow asked, visibly worried. And she wasn't the only one. Everpony in the room (okay, probably not Slenderman and Blue Breeze) was worried about her. "I'm afraid it's too late for that. He has probably killed her by now." He immediatly regretted those words. That was NOT what they wanted to hear. "B-but we can think about that later! Right now we need to stop Leech from corrupting Equestria. He'll most likely want to do it fast, and the fastest way is by murder. We need to warn everyone in Equestria and we need to ensure everyones safety." He hoped that he could convince to work first and mourn late. "But what about Twilight?" Pinkie asked. She was clearly about to burst into tears and her mane was a bit deflated. "I don't know for sure. But there is a chance she's still alive." "Oh. Okay." "Okay. And now... Do you smell smoke?"
Author Notes: Shit.GUESS WHAT?! HUH?! GUESS! ... ... ... ... I accidently deleted everything I had edited. Sorry... But don't worry! I'll do the editing after I finsish the last chapter(s). "So that means that-" I'll be uploading the next chapter soon!
