The Mane Six Play: Slender

"So, you're SURE this isn't, y'know, gory or anything?" Twilight asked.

"Nope, it's still supposed to scare the pants off ya though!" Pinkie answered, bouncing up and down with excitement. "Well, you're not wearing pants, though... Now that I think about it, ponies really don't wear pants that often. Why did ponies start sayi-"

"That's enough, sugarcube" Applejack said. "It don' make much sense, but let's talk about the game and not why ponies don' wear clothin'."

At midnight in the library, the study was pitch-black except for the small amount of light coming from the computer screen that illuminated the faces of six ponies. The room was covered in a blanket of darkness as Twilight opened the ominously titled "Slender". Suddenly, the title materialized upon the dark background in a crude, but frighteningly so, font. As swiftly as it had come, the title disappeared, and Twilight found herself in a forest, with a mission to "Collect all 8 pages".

Well, let's do this." Twilight said resolutely, her steps echoing loudly in the small clearing.

"Oh my, this forest is simply FILTHY, those branches on the ground must be scratching your hooves with every step!" Rarity complained.

"Oh, please, will you GET A GRIP?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, looking extremely exasperated.

"Well SOMEPONY has to care about their appearance, because you obviously don't!" Rarity huffed.

"And SOMEPONY ELSE has to STOP caring about their appearance for FIVE SECONDS!" Dash exclaimed.

Twilight ignored her friends' bickering and focused on fining the first page.

"I think the first page is over there!" Pinkie yelled. Everyone whipped their heads around to spot the page.

"Ah see it too!" Applejack blurted out as soon as she spotted it.

"Okay, okay, I see it." Twilight said calmly, lowering her flashlight to sprint towards the first page, stopping to read it. "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO? That's.... creepy." Twilight shifted uncomfortably.

Suddenly, a loud note made everypony jump as Twilight spotted a tall pony wearing a black suit, with a black tail, no mane, a white head.... and no face.

"IT'S HIM!" Pinkie screamed she shoved Twilight off of the chair and sprinted away before static could consume the screen. "Ohnononononononono!" she vociferated. Finally, when she couldn't dash anymore, she slowly turned around, and saw nopony there. Everypony let out their held breath while Fluttershy and Twilight emerged from under the desk.

"BAHAHAHA!" Dash screamed with laughter as she watched Twilight wipe dust out of her mane. "Too scary Twi'?" the rainbow-maned pony said.

Rarity turned to Dash. "Yes, for you." Facing Twilight, she giggled "You should have seen it, she simply toppled over!" Rarity burst into laughter. Dash simply said "Hmph" and turned back towards the computer.

After another minute or so of walking, the group came to an foreboding brick-walled building in the middle of the dirt path. "I'm pretty sure that there's another page here!" Pinkie exclaimed. "But we have to be careful, he can corner you in here!"

"I suppose you can jus' pop in an' out, right?" AJ asked "There's nothin' stoppin' ya from goin' back out, is there?"

"Nope!" said Pinkie, entering the enigmatic structure. Turning through the dark halls, the flashlight fell suddenly upon a dark shape that made Dash jump into Applejack.

"YIKES!" she screamed, jumping into Applejack

"Uh, tha's just a chair." AJ explained, smirking.

Oh, um- yeah,I TOTALLY knew that, just testing your reflexes." Dash responded.

"And I TOTALLY knew that you just freaked out" Twilight said, trying to hide her laughter. Dash hmph'd again, once again turning to face the computer.

"Hey, I think I've got it!" Pinkie yelled in excitement.

"Hmm..." Rarity said "Can't run? What in Equestria is that supposed to mean?"

"Nose twitch, double nod? That's new..." Pinkie suddenly saw static approach the edges of the screen. "OH NO!" flashlight off, Pinkie ran to the next room, just to see Slenderpony right in front of her. Rarity almost fainted in shock, realizing the meaning of the note, and everypony else was too scared to move, except for one.

"Move aside!" Applejack yelled as she pushed Pinkie aside and took control. Static flooding the screen, AJ almost went down, but her quick reflexes found the right keys fast enough and sprinted out of the brick building, glad that they'd never have to return to the dark, enclosed space. "Ah think he's gone..." AJ mumbled.

"eep...." Fluttershy managed to say.

"Well, at least we've got two pages." Twilight muttered. Looking back at the building, the night only getting deeper, Applejack noticed a small white speck in the entrance, and ran away with all the speed the virtual pony could muster.

Now that they had two pages, they glimpsed Slenderpony in between the trees once more, but the mysterious figure was far away at the moment. Rainbow Dash put it well, "This is, like, really boring until you're terrified out of your pants."

"Well, we're not wearing pants, though... Now that I think about it, ponies really don't wear pants that often. Why did ponies start sayi-"

"Now's not the time, Pinkie." Applejack said, a look of intense concentration on her face as she scanned her surroundings for any sign of the menacing figure.

"What's that?" Rarity inquired.

"Uh.. A tree?" Applejack responded, utterly confounded by Rarity pointing out a random tree.

"Don't you see what's on it?" Rarity hissed, her voice becoming a whisper as she pointed out the third page.

"Ah see it now!" AJ realized that there was a small piece of paper stuck to the trunk of the odd-looking tree.

"Don't look or it takes you..." Pinkie read.

"scary..." Fluttershy whispered from behind Twilight.

"Well, no use frettin' about it. It's only a game after all."  Applejack reassured her.

"Fine, but it's my turn!" Dash knocked AJ off the chair and sat down, adjusting her grip on the mouse.