The Everfree Forest… What a dark and dreary place…
In the daytime, it was barely a normal forest; but with the residing monsters and dangerous plants, nopony would EVER want to step a hoof into it’s wild clutches.
Yet at night...
It was times like these, that only at night you would be able to see the forest’s true beauty; under the light of Luna’s moon.
The fireflies were flitting about the dark trees and brambles; lighting up the dark forest with tiny miniscule lights; like stars.
The crickets chirped their songs as they hopped around the tall untamed grassy clearings.
It was relatively peaceful…
Until the sound of hooves stomping on the ground interrupted that peace…
The trees surrounded the lavender mare as she galloped at top speed; the adrenaline coursing through her body helping to not make her exhausted while she ran for her life.
She galloped through a narrow pathway that was overrun by nature, the branches and roots tripping her up and causing her to slow down significantly.
Her heart raced as she heard the booming sounds of the creature behind her; causing the mare to panic once again.
She lit up her horn and grabbed the branches in a telekinetic grab; moving them out of the way and clearing a path for her.
She ran as fast as her body could go, her muscles and hooves aching from the exertion she was putting them through…
But she can’t stop… not when IT is close to catching her...
And it was such a good day too. She thought to herself as she tried to remember what caused her to run from her campsite.
FLASHBACK
Twilight arrived at the same path she and her friends took to find the Elements of Harmony; her saddlebags full of supplies; and on her back was a rolled up tent that was easy to set up using her magic.
She walked down the uneven path that led her deeper into the woods; looking around the environment with a sense of awe and curiosity.
For centuries there have been strange disappearances of criminals and innocent ponies alike in these woods during the night; and Twilight wanted to see if the rumors of a tall thin creature was the cause of it.
When she was a filly, she once read about a 40 ft tall gangly creature that looked humanoid; except for the head…
Because the head was replaced by two sirens attached to a fleshy pole sticking up from the torso.
When she read that particular legend, the hackles on her neck raised as she stared at a drawn image of said creature.
It was in a forest surrounded by trees as tall as the creature; but you had to squint to truly see the figure, because it blended in so well with the forestry...
She walked for a couple of hours; seeing and studying the flora that the forest provided; until the sun began to set.
Twilight arrived at a small clearing that had level enough ground to set up camp; but froze when she heard a branch snap.
Her heart began to race as the brush to her left began to rustle and shake; as if the creature she was planning on observing was about to jump out at her…
Until a small brown bunny hopped out of the foliage; it’s nose twitching.
Twilight breathed a sigh of relief, rolling her eyes at her own paranoid behavior, and finished setting up her tent.
Once Princess Celestia’s sun was setting behind the horizon; The mare thought it was the best time to get some sleep.
She was about to step into her tent, before freezing.
The mare felt as if something was watching her…
She turned her head to look behind her; expecting one of the Everfree’s creatures to be lurking there...
But there was nothing...
Twilight cautiously looked around as she studied the surrounding trees carefully; trying to see what was watching her.
But all she saw were trees and shrubs…
Shrugging, she went fully into her tent and zipped up the flap.
Twilight set down her sleeping bag and climbed into it; turning onto her side so that she could get comfortable.
It wasn’t long before her eyes started to droop and feel heavy, her mind turning a stop as sleep overtook her into Luna’s realm of dreams.
Soon… I’ll know everything about you… Siren Head… She thought before succumbing to sleep.
What she didn’t see when she went inside her tent; was one of the trees moving away from her campsite, a low buzz of a radio crackling coming from the figure…
CRACK!
Twilight woke up with a start; her eyes snapping wide open at the sudden noise that interrupted her slumber.
She lifted her head up, her ears perked and swiveling around as she tried to find the source of the noise…
But all she could hear was the crickets chirping outside.
Outside… The Alicorn thought to herself as she got to her hooves and began to creep towards the tent flap.
Whatever caused that snap was OUTSIDE her tent!
Twilight’s breath hitched at the dark thought of Siren Head looming in front of her tent; waiting to snatch her up as it’s newest victim in the countless others it no doubt consumed.
Her breathing began to speed up as other scenarios popped up in her mind; all of them with her gruesome death at the hands of all kinds of creatures, not JUST Siren Head.
It could be worse...
Twilight's right hoof shook as she raised it off the tarp covered ground, and reached for the tent flap zipper…
The Mare felt as if she could hear a radio buzzing in her ears, growing steadily louder and louder with every passing second.
Her hoof gripped the zipper and began to pull it around the frame of the doorway; an ominous sound interrupting the buzzing and the sounds of the night that was waiting for her outside in the forest.
Twilight gulped down the lump that formed in her throat and took a couple of breaths; unsuccessfully trying to calm herself down from a panic attack.
Then… The buzzing stopped as the zipper reached it’s end…
Gritting her teeth and gathering her courage, The Alicorn threw open the tent flap and jumped out into the dark woods.
Author's Note
A/N: I've been having this brainwave for the past week; and I'm thinking of a fanfic reading of it when I get done. And NOW I CAN'T GET THE SOUNDS OF THE SIRENS OUT OF MY HEAD!!! HELP MEEEEEE!!!!!!
Chapter 2
The darkness of the night greeted Twilight’s eyes as she stepped out of her tent; the dim light making her squint so that she could see what was around her.
Her eyes were narrowed as she tried to find out where the source of the noise was with a spell.
A concentrated beam of light shot out the tip of her horn and lit up the are in front of her, like a flashlight.
Twilight looked around, her ears swivelling as she swore she heard a low guttural groan come from the woods.
The lavender mare played it off as her imagination and continued looking around her campsite...
Her thauma illumination beam landed on the right of her tent, a large tree branch snapped in half; the bark looked as if something powerful rammed into it and the bark had small indentations, like scratch marks.
Twilight tensed as she felt something watching her again, this time much stronger than when she first arrived.
She whirled around 360 degrees, frantically looking for whoever, or WHATever, was spying on her.
Nothing but the dark forest trees…
The Alicorn felt her heart begin to beat faster as the feeling didn’t subside, causing her hackles to raise and her eyes to dilate.
She could’ve sworn one of the trees swayed in an unforseen wind, a faint crackling coming from it.
Stop it, Twilight! She berated herself, trying to take a couple deep breaths to slow her heart rate.
Maybe a song would calm me down. She thought absently, desperately trying to think of one.
But she couldn’t…
Then her mouth opened.
” I’m not crazy, just a little on edge…
I’ve been seeing something in the trees and the hedges
It may be only my fantasies
But I know what I saw, I know what I see
Away in the trees, he’s watching me
The mare’s heart began to beat slower and slower as she relaxed her muscles, her body slightly swaying with the song.
She didn’t know where it came from… But it sounded…
...CATCHY...
With a small smile on her face, she continued...
Getting closer to your curious sounds
Getting darker and darker as I’m walking around
And every trace of blood I find along the way
Brings me nearer to you
Might I die too?
What will you do?
Then something behind her snapped a branch, causing Twilight to whirl around and gasp; her eyes turning to pinpricks as she slowly looked up.
She craned her neck and her ears went flat against her head as the creature of legend towered over her.
It’s head was only a pair of sirens facing two opposite directions, with fleshy mouths fitting inside the metal structures; saliva dripping from the gaping orifices.
Twilight gulped as she began to back away, her hooves crunching in the leaves as she didn’t take her eyes off of the monstrosity before her.
Then It leaned forward a bit, a sound of static coming from It’s head...
Predator so humanoid
She stopped suddenly as she heard the voice coming from the sirens…
HER voice.
Sirens wail, I might as well be dead
The paranormal makes me paranoid
In the detail, beyond the veil
It’s the urban legend, Siren Head
Twilight gulped, heart in her throat as she heard the faint crackling grow louder as the seconds went by.
Then the creature roared at her, causing the mare’s head to reel back, ears to lay flat against her head as they throbbed with pain.
Twilight couldn’t stay here… she had to run!
She turned around and began galloping away from Siren Head as fast as she could, the creature following with a dreadful sound coming from it's mouths.
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She dodged trees and shrubs of various sizes and appearance, her eyes darting back and forth as she tried to find a way out of the forest.
IT’S FOREST...
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Twilight had been running for Celestia knows how long, her breath becoming short and fast she she tried to get enough oxygen flowing through her bloodstream.
She stopped in a small clearing and sat on her haunches, hyperventilating in terror.
Her legs were aching from the extended period of running away from the creature known as Siren Head.
She couldn’t get the image of it’s towering form leaning down on her small body; it’s grotesque hand reaching out to snag it’s newest victim.
The sirens were always blaring as her vision goes dark...
The mare felt tears prick at her eyes, and wiped them away with a hoof; carefully making sure to not poke her eyes out.
Her heart was thudding like a war drum in her rib cage, her sides ached from a couple of pulled muscles that happened when she was running.
WhatdoIdo, whatdoIdo?! Twilight thought frantically, desperately trying to seek out a solution to her problem.
Then a thud came from behind her in the forest, the warning sound getting louder and louder with every passing second.
The lavender mare whirled around, her eyes wide in their sockets; before quickly looking around for a place to hide.
There!
There was a hollowed out log just sitting at the edge of the clearing; and it was large enough for her to hide in…
Twilight galloped as fast as her aching body would go, cutting off her magic as she dove into the hollowed out log with a grunt.
She listened carefully as the creature burst into the forest, the sirens attached to its fleshy pole of a neck crackling and groaning.
“Twiliiight…” said a voice that sounded familiar to her.
The mare in question wracked her brain to try and identify the voice, but couldn’t pinpoint it.
[b]" Wwhherrre Arre Yoouuu… Twiilliiigghht!” Said the creature, it’s gangly 40ft tall form turning in place as it tried to look for it’s prey.
Goawaygoawaygoawaygoaway!!! She shouted in her head as the stomping of the creature grew louder.
“Coommmee ouutt, Coommmeee oouuuttt, whheree evveeerr yyoouuu aaaarree!”
She placed her hooves over her muzzle, trying to breathe through her nose to lessen the chance of the creature hearing her breathing.
It was unlikely… But Twilight didn’t want to take any chances.
The lavender Alicorn saw the shadow fall over the end of her hiding place, and her ears picked up the sound of faint static.
Please don’t find me…
Author's Note
A/N: Hey Folks, WhalenJP here! Hope you enjoyed the second chapter of the Siren Head fic, and we only have One More to go! I think you're gonna like it. It has a HELLUVA TWIST! Hope you guys are staying safe, washing your hands and all that crap!
Love you folks!
~ WhalenJP
