Chapter 6: Giggle at the Ghosties…..Doesn’t Work

The Everfree Forest is a dangerous place. It’s ever growing, that anypony that walks in can easily get lost. Deep in the forest, a certain unicorn is lying on the ground unconscious. After a few moments, Twilight Sparkle started waking up.

“Oh, my head,” she slowly got up and looked around, only to see darkness at every turn. She then used her magic to light her surroundings.

“Ah, that’s better,” Twilight could see that she was surrounded by trees. Twilight tried to remember what happened before she lost consciousness. First, I was looking around…..what was I searching for? She looked around and noticed her saddlebags on the ground. She then levitated it and placed it on her back. Then she opened the bag and pulled out an envelope. What’s this? She opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of paper.

“What’s this suppose to mean?” she said as she tried to decipher what was drawn on the paper. After staring at it for a few minutes, everything was coming back in her head, “The page! The mission! I have to get all eight pages to stop Slendermane.” as soon as she mentioned his name, Twilight’s head started aching. She slowly remembered what she was doing before she passed out. I was walking then I heard a snap and then I turned around….. THEN I SAW HIM! I looked at his face and then…….nothing.

“I guess staring at his face must have caused me to pass out.”

She started looking around and noticed that she was not in the same place she was before she lost consciousness. “How’d I get here?”

Then she realized that before passing out, she was looking for her friends. She then started calling them out.”

“FLUTTERSHY!”

Nothing.

“RARITY!”

Again nothing.

“PINKIE PIE, RAINBOW DASH, APPLEJACK, SPIKE! CAN ANYPONY HEAR ME?!”

She waited but no one answered her. She tried calling out to them again, but then her head started hurting from all her shouting. To try and dull away the pain, she rubbed her head. After a few rubs she noticed that something was wrong. That’s when she realized, “My element! It’s gone!”

She looked all over the ground, but no matter where she looked, her crown thingy was nowhere in sight.

“What am I going to do? I’m lost, my friends are missing, and my element is gone.”

She started panicking, as she tried to find a solution to her problem. After taking some deep breaths, she started calming down, “This is no time to panic. I have to pull myself together,” she started walking through the forest as she was figuring out what to do.

“First I have to find the rest of my friends, find my element, and then continue finding the rest of the pages. After this, we can defeat Slendermane and save Equestria from this menace once and for all.”

Her horn lighting her way as walked through the darkness as she begins the search for her friends.

“La, la, la, la, la,” singed Pinkie Pie as she bounced her way through the Everfree Forest. After regaining consciousness, Pinkie noticed that she was in a part of the forest that she’s never been and that she was alone. Normally this would cause the average pony to start panicking, but not Pinkie Pie. She simply put a smile on her face and started bouncing searching for her friends. In a way she thought of this as a game, “I get to go on a scavenger hunt and play hide and seek at the same time.”

So off she bounced, searching for her friends and see how many more pages she could find in the process. As she continued bouncing, she noticed that the trees were starting to look menacing. They were bent like some type of towering monstrosity and the branches looked like giant claws, as if they were to snatch up anypony that got too close to them. Most normal ponies would let their fears get the best of them, but of course, Pinkie Pie was far from a normal pony. She kept bouncing with a smile on her face and started humming the song she sang when she and her friends entered the Everfree Forest for the first time.

As Pinkie hummed her song, she saw something in the distance. She bounced faster and after a few moments, she saw what looked like an old wagon.

“Ooohhh,” as she was staring at the old run down wagon, “This would be perfect for camping trips and I can also use it as a storage place for my party supplies as well. It will need some wheels, a few boards, and a good paint job, but it will look better than ever once I’m done with it.” She kept inspecting the cart when she noticed something twinkling coming from the front side of the cart, something shiny. She rushed over there and once she saw what was upfront she had a big grin on her face.

“I found it, I found it,” she bounced in happiness as she found another page. She looked at the picture that was drawn.

“This picture is really cool. The way it’s drawn, makes it look like there’s a giant pony walking around in a forest. Looks like whoever made it didn’t finish it since the pony doesn’t have a face. If I only brought my crayons, I would give a happy face.”

As she continued staring at the page, she once again saw a twinkle coming from under the cart. She looked down and saw what caused the twinkle was her own Element of Laughter.

“So that’s where you were,” she grabbed her necklace on put it back on. Pinkie noticed that her element was missing when she woke up. She figured she would find it as she was searching her friends and the pages. In her head, it was a double scavenger hunt while playing hide and seek. “It’s a good thing I found you, otherwise I would get the mother of all talking to’s from Twilight. I can only imagine how she would react, she would be like, ‘How can you lose your element Pinkie?! They’re very important artifacts that need to be handled with the upmost care. You can’t go all willy nilly with yours and misplace it like it was a pair of socks,’” Pinkie shivered at the thought of angering Twilight, “Twilight really needs to calm down, she acts like she’s my mother. When this is all over, I think Twilight should take a nice loooong relaxing vacation,” she turned her attention back to the page.

She wanted to grab the page and move on, but she remembered what happened when she grabbed the first page. Pinkie knew that as soon as she touched the page she would become a target for Slendermane. “If only Twilight or Rarity we’re with me then they could grab the page with their magic. Maybe I should just the leave the page there and come back when I’ve found one of them.” While it sounded like a good idea in her head, Pinkie felt like that wouldn’t work. She didn’t know how long it would be until she found one of her friends and even if she did, the chances of returning to this spot would be difficult with how easy it is to get lost. If she left now without the page, the chances she’ll find it again would be very low. Plus she knew that it was important to find the pages to save the CMC and everypony else as quickly as possible.

“Looks like I’ve got no choice,” she said as she grabbed the page and put it in her saddlebags.

WHOOSH

And just like last time, she felt a big gush of wind blow by and then she heard the drums again. While Pinkie did feel a little bit frightened, wishing she had her friends with her. She tried looking at the situation another way again. Now she was on a scavenger hunt while playing hide and seek with her friends and now she was playing hide and seek with Slendermane. Pinkie prided herself as an excellent hide and seeker, so she figured that she would be able find her friends quickly and avoid Slendermane. I guess I’ve got to get a move on, these pages aren’t going to find themselves. With that thought, Pinkie started on her journey to find her friends and the rest of the pages.

Pinkie kept walking without slowing or stopping. She looked all over her surroundings for any sign of more pages or her friends. Pinkie thought about calling out for her friends but thought against it. Her shouting could attract Slendermane and she wanted to avoid him at all cost. From her last encounter she figured that the louder the drums in her head were pounding, the closer Slendermane was. So far, the drums were pounding softly in the back of her head, the sounds were causing it hard for her to concentrate. To drown out the noise, she started humming her Giggle at the Ghosties song again.

Without a watch, Pinkie had no idea how much time had passed as she kept walking while humming her song. She noticed that she was running out of walking room as the trees around her were closing in all around her. She had to navigate her way around all the low branches that looked like claws. The wind caused them to wave that would give most ponies the creeps, but Pinkie just waved back at the spooky branches.

SNAP

Pinkie stopped as she heard the sound of twigs breaking. It sounded like it was coming behind her. Pinkie turned her head to see what was behind her, she saw that nothing was behind her. Maybe it was just my imagination she thought. The sound of twigs snapping in front of her caused her to turn back quickly. Once again, she saw nothing, Pinkie Pie was starting to get nervous. It was around that time she noticed that the drums were getting louder. The increase in volume was a warning to her that she wasn’t alone, meaning that Slendermane was nearby.

Time to hide she quickly dived into a nearby bush and laying on the ground. The pounding of the drums were starting to hurt her as the kept getting louder. She started to hear hoofstep walking by. Pinkie held her breath as she waited for Slendermane to pass her by. Eventually the sound of the hoofsteps started fading away, but Pinkie stayed in her hiding place as an extra precaution. After waiting in silence for a few minutes Pinkie felt that she was safe, even the drums had faded back to their original volume.

“Pheww, looks like I gave him the slip. I should probably avoid going in that direction for now,” Pinkie was slightly panting after avoided being spotted by her pursuer. “Okay time to get out of this bush and look for my friends. They must be worried about MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” before Pinkie was able to get up, she felt something grab her back hooves and started pulling her away. Pinkie was being dragged very fast. She was panicking as she tried to grab whatever she could to stop. She grabbed a nearby trunk, but a quick tug tore her away. Pinkie digged her hooves into the ground to slow down, this caused the dirt to pile up in front of her. But even that didn’t slow down whatever was pulling her, Pinkie was screaming as she tried to escape. Even with her loud screaming, Pinkie could hear the drums getting louder and louder in her head as she was getting closer. She was then lifted off the ground as she was hanging upside down. She looked up and saw the black tentacle that grabbed her hooves. She followed the tentacles down and saw that Slendermane was standing right in front of her. Pinkie started flailing around trying to escape his grasp.

Slendermane turned her right side up and wrapped his tentacles all around her. Pinkie was completely trapped with no way of getting out. She saw that her face was right in front of Slendermane’s face. Remembering Twilight’s warning, she shut her eyes closed. Her actions were futile as Slendermane used his tentacles and forced her eyes open wide. There was nothing Pinkie Pie could do to stop herself from staring at his face. The only thing that she could do was scream. She stared at his face causing her see images of horrifying things that she couldn’t describe if you asked her. The life in her eyes were slowly going out as well as her screaming. Her screaming would suddenly be replaced by her laughter as she started smiling. Her poofy mane started to deflate while her bright pink coat turned slightly grayish. Slendermane now satisfied with his newly turned proxy, he gently lowered Pinkie Pie to the ground and removed his tentacles off her body while giving her a pat on her head. Pinkie’s maniacal laughter kept getting louder and louder with the lost of her mind, ready to serve her master.

Author's Note

Another Halloween, another chapter. I'm curious, how many of you are still interested in this story? I might post another chapter later in the future before next Halloween.