Running from Slender

by Undead_Brony

Rating: teen
Tags: Human, Sad, Main 6, Princess Luna, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Comedy, Other, Romance, Adventure, Princess Celestia
Length: 28490

my name is Michael. i went on a hunting trip with a couple of my freinds. worst idea ever.

I change my mind, this story, whilst slightly(incredibly) immature, is amazing and you should read it. Might get a chuckle.

WARNING! THIS STORY SUCKS! I cannot fathom how this got as many likes as it has.

My name is Michael. A couple of my friends took me hunting for my 23rd birthday, which was the worst idea ever. You see, they're dead, some eight armed pasty faced nutsack is chasing me, and all I have left is my dog, Colmillo, a shotty and shells, and a bow with a few arrows(which I don't even like). I think he is close, because I can hear him coming. I only hope Colmillo makes it out okay. I love that dog. And if he takes me, I'll at least go down like a man.

You know what? I don't even like hunting.

Published 2012-11-20 11:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2013-01-12 06:19:31 UTC

Leave. Him. Alone.

My name is Michael. I am 23 years old, 5 days ago. I am 6' 3". I have medium length dirty blonde hair, ice blue eyes, and a scar on my right cheek. I am most likely going to die soon. For a celebration, my 3 friends took me hunting in Canada. They chose Canada because they heard how I always wanted to go moose hunting. I brought my German short Hair, Colmillo, with me. I have had this dog since my mom died, and my dad... disapeared. Yeah, disapeared. Lets go with that. My mom was driving home from the grocery store when an 18 wheeler ignored a red light and slammed into her. Sent her rolling 100 feet away from the force of the impact. Dad somehow managed to find a way to blame me. A few days later he came home shit faced and started getting tough with me. Funny considering that i'm a foot and a half taller than him, and my muscles are the size of his head. Then the next day, poof! He's gone. Hehehe. Anyways, my friends got me Colmillo. I have had him ever since. He has been my constant companion. But now, i'm going to die without him. couldn't ask for any thing worse.

When my friends and I got to the campsite, we found these wierd pieces of paper with some odd things drawn on them. One had an X'ed out circle. Another had a tall stick figure that had the word "no" written along the borders. Some real wierd shit. We burned them all and went hunting the next day. I had my 12 gauge shotgun, my bowie knife, and a bow with about 12 arrows. We decided to split up. I went off with Colmillo. We had been by ourselves for about an hour. Then I heard my friend Jimmy scream. then Jack, then Ollie. Next thing I knew I see some crazy tall guy with no face, a black suit, and red tie. The craziest thing though, was the numerous tentacles coming out of his back. Colmillo, who is normally very brave, hid behind me and growled. I turned and ran with Colmillo on my heels. That was 4 days ago. I think today he's gonna get me. I'll send My dog off without me and offer myself up, and just hope that monster spares him.

I hugged Colmillo, and started talking to him, like I tended to do. "Colmillo, I love you. You're my best friend." I could feel tears starting to roll down my face. "But now I need you to go. Try and find you way out of the forest. If you hear me scream, just run, OK?" He whined and licked my face. I chuckled throatily. "Get goin' bud." he looked at me sadly and started to walk away. He made it 5 feet before turning and looking at me. The tears were flowing freely now.

"Get goin."

'bark!'

"Go!"

'bark! bark bark!

"I said, GO!!!" I stood up and started toward him like I was going to hit him. I never would, but he didn't know that. He took off like a bullet. After he was gone, I sat down and leaned against the tree. I wasn't too worried about him being able to survive. He could run down a rabbit fairly easily, and there are numerous streams running throught the area. He'd be fine. That is, if that fucking freak doesn't get him. I loaded my gun. I reached into a bag I had with me when this all started and pulled out a bottle of whiskey. I took a huge swig of it. Then I chucked the bottle at a tree off to the left of me.

I didnt hit a tree though. What I hit was the monster itself.  It looked just like i remembered. That wasn't what got me though. What got me was the fact he had my friend, my best friend. The one I would lay down my life for without hesitation. Colmillo.

I didn't even realize what I was doing. Before I could blink, I was rushing him with my knife. But before I could reach him, a tentacle lashed out at me. It hit me right in the chest. I flew back at least 5 feet and hit the ground. I felt a burning white hot pain in my gut. I looked down and the knife, which I sharpened daily, was planted there. With a shadowy appendage wrapped around the handle. I looked at the monster and what I saw horrified me. Somehow a mouth had appeared. It looked the the skin was ripped and past it, were hundreds of razor-like teeth. It smiled wolfishly, and brought my dog to my view. I could tell he was knocked out. His left leg was broken, and blood was flowing like oil from BP. Before the monster could react, I pulled my shotgun from off of my back, held in place by a nylon srap. I cocked it and fired. The buck shot smacked into the monster. He dropped Colmillo and was thrown at least 12 feet away. I ripped the blade from my gut and sheathed it. I was so full of fear for my dog and adreneline, that I didn't feel a thing. I ran to Colmillo, picked him up, and ran.

There was no telling how far I ran, or how long. Before I knew it, we were at small creek. I set down my uncocious load and walked over to it. The blade had pierced my hunting jacket, and thick, military grade vest. That monster must be incredibly strong. I took both of them off and cupped some water in my hand so I could wash the wound. I did this, re-clothed myself, and then turned my attention to Colmillo. I examined his leg. It was very badly broken. I winced at the angle it was in. I got up and walked to a near by tree to snap off a branch and make splint. I retuned to my dog and put his leg between the two pieces of wood. I took some twine from my bag and tied the wood together. Unexpectedly, Colmillo awoke with a howl of pain. I finished the splint and wrapped my dog in a hug. He was still whinig but started licking my tear stained face. "I'm so sorry! I should have never made you leave!" I said to my dog who now was licking the tears from my face. "I promise, as long as I live, I'll never leave you! Ever!" he barked happily In response.

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Slender had never been attacked before. Let alone have his prey escape. He was furious. He would find this puny creature and his puny mutt. He would make them suffer. Slender got up and looked around. The hunter and his dog were gone. Fortunatley, the stab wound Slender had inflicted left a small blood trail. Slender grinned and let his mouth close up. He would toy with this human for a few hours. Slender slowly started dissapating into a black mist. after this transformation completed, he flew off into the night sky. Tonight was going to be the most fun he had had in a few millennia!

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I must have nodded off for a few minutes. I looked up and saw Colmillo taking a drink from the stream. I got up and walked over to him. He looked over at me and wagged his tail. I rubbed his head and said "You ready bud?" He barked and I shouldered my Shotgun and picked up my dog. I decided to follow the stream. I must've walked for an hour before I saw a tree with another note on it. I set Colmillo down and unshouldered my gun. Ready to shoot, I walked up to the note and looked at it. It had the monster drawn perfectly and beneath it, it said 'SLeNDeR'. Huh, how fitting. I tore down the note and heard a startled yelp. Quick as a snake, I rounded towards Colmillo and saw Slender holding him again, mouth wide open, ready to engulf him. I ran at the monster and shoulder butted him away. I made sure my dog was okay, excluding previous injuries. satisfied I turned towards Slender, who had gotten back up. I raised my 12 gauge to his head and said "Leave. Him. Alone." Slender shook from, what I thought was fear, but then realised that he was laughing. I fired three times, and each hit its mark. But Slender wasn't fazed. He started walking towards me. I turned, picked up Colmillo, and ran. Striaght into a glowing green portal.

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When I woke up, I could hear birds chirping. I sat up and looked around. I could tell I was in an apple orchard, due to all the apple trees. I heard a whimper to my left, and when I looked, I saw Colmillo looking at me. His gaze shifted to my gut, and when I looked, my knife wound had opened up again. It was bleeding profusley. I took the knife out of its holster and cut the sleeves of my jacket off. I split each in half, and double wrapped the wound. Satisfied, I checked my gear. My shotgun was in good condition, and I still had enough shells to keep myself loaded for a few weeks. My knife was okay. Could use another sharpening. My bow was fine, but I lost half of my arrows. I turned to Colimillo and smiled. He looked at me, and barked happily, despite his broken leg. I patted him on the head and picked him up. I kept my knife out just in case. I started walking. After five minutes, I saw what looked like a farm house. I started walking faster, breaking into a jog. I was eager to get my dog some real help. I made it to the porch. I knocked on the door and waited. After a few seconds the door opened, and what I saw suprised me. So much so, I almost dropped Colmillo. Almost. Standing there, was a 4 and a half foot tall Red pony, with a yoke around its neck. I took a step back and said something along the lines of "HOLY FUCKING ASS CRACKERS!!!!!!" It took stance like it was going to charge. I jumped back and set my dog down. I turned back to the animal, knife ready. "Bring it, bitch!" I said. looking back on it, maybe I shouldnt of said that. It cahrged, head down. Just before it reached me, I grabbed it by the neck and, using its own momentum, swung it into a wall. It loud out an "oof!" Behind me, I heard a voice say "What in tarnation is goin' on here!?!"

Where the Hell Am I?

Slender looked at the human in amusment. And rage. After all, he had just thrown him to the ground over an animal. Slender got up and looked at the human (a feat in and of itself considering he had no eyes) who had his weapon aimed at Slenders head. Slender chuckled silently to hisself. He then heard the pump of the humans weapon. Slender then felt bullets hit his head, but he had prepared this time. Using his tentacles as a brace along his back, he was able to withstand the assault. The human then realised that he wasn't going to wound Slender any more. He turned, picked up his mutt and ran. Before disappearing into a green portal. Slender cursed to himself. He never, EVER, loses his prey. Slender stalked up to the portal and eyed it curiously. It could only be seen from the front and was flat. Slender noticed it getting smaller. He acted quickly and jumped through. Slender never. Ever. EVER. Loses his prey.

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I looked at the orange pony who had a stetson on its head. Or rather, stared, in complete shock and disbelief. The knife dropped from my hand and did a little flip in the air and ended up sticking straight up out of the porch. In my moment of shock, the pony bum rushed me. Before I could react, it spun around and bucked me. Hard. I was out cold before I hit the ground. I hope they leave Colmillo alone...

When I woke up, my hands were bound behind my back. I sat up to survey my surroundings. To my left was a large door. My right, was a wall lined with sharp farm tools. By the smell, I assumed I was in a barn. I tried standing up, but my feet were bound as well. Then I heard excited chattering coming from the door.

"Ah'm tellin' ya Twi, that... THING, is dangerous. It managed to lift mah brother and knock him out. I only got lucky because it seemed suprised I could talk. I say, you send a letter to Celestia, and have her take the thing away." I could tell it was a feminine voice.

Another female voice responded, "And i'm telling you, it was probably worried about its dog." A feeling of shame came over me. I hadn't even thought of Colmillo. "We are going to wait for it to get up, and see if we can find out what kind of animal it is." A feeling of righteous indignation rose in my chest as I heard myself being described as an 'animal'. I yelled "Why don't you come say that to my face?!" Then I heard a suprised gasp or two. The door creaked open and I saw a purple pony peek around the corner. When my eyes met its own, it rushed in faster then you could say 'WTF'. It was followed by the other pony. I looked at it with a look of malice strong enough to strike fear in the heartiest of men. It visibly gulped, despite my being tied up. When I blinked, the purple one was right in front of me, gleaming. "Hi," it said "my name is Twilight Sparkle! What's your name?" I looked at it closer and saw that it had a horn. At that point, I said the smartest thing ever. "You're a Unicorn." It... Twilight, looked at me and said "Yes I am, but what's your name?" I refused to indulge this talking freak of nature by telling her my name. "No. Where is my dog?"

"If you don't tell me your name, i'm not going to tell you where your dog is."

"You sure about that? Think real hard." A few degrees colder and my voice could have frozen dried it. It gulped but continued.

"Yes, i'm quite sure." I grinned and said "Your choice." I snapped the ropes binding my arms with a bit of effort and grabbed her by the throat. She let out a strangled yelp of suprise.  Her freind, the orange one, rushed over to try and kick me again, but this time I was ready. With my free hand I grabbed her leg before it could make contact. I pulled the orange one off balance, and while it tried to regain said balance, I grabbed it by the back of then neck. I brought them both up to my face and said " Listen, I don't want to hurt you, but if you dont tell me where my dog is, i'll kill you with out a second thought. Understood?" They nodded, and i continued. "Good. Now, i'm going to set you both down, when I do, there will be no running, no screaming, and definitley no attacking me. It wouldnt do you any good. Got it?" Again they nodded, and I set them down. As soon as they were free from my grip, they took a few steps back. I looked at them, and they returned the favor. I sat there for a few moments and then undid the ropes binding my feet. They both looked scared at this. after I finished, I stood up and stretched. My bones popped and cracked. I stopped strecthing and looked at them, deciding to re-start the introductions. "My name is Michael. There, now bring me to my dog." Twilight looked at the other, then returned her gaze to me. "Okay, but we have to go through town, and some ponies might get scared." I looked at her and asked "Can all of you talk or..."

"Of course we can all talk! Why wouldn't we?"

"Right, 'cuz I definitley knew that!" I said with much sarcasm.

"Well then why did you ask, silly?" It was apparently lost on her.

"Oh god, never mind. Before we go, can i get all of my things back?" I was missing my shotgun, knife, and bow. she looked at me with a look of suspicion.  "Why? What are they?"

"They're mine. Now can I have them please?" She obliged, pulling them out from behind a field plow. They were covered in a purple glow/aura thingy. They floated over to me and I plucked them out. I sheathed the knife and put my arm through the strap of the shotgun. I but my arm through the bow and shouldered it.

She walked out the door. I followed suite, with the other following cautiously. I turned my head to look at her. She visibly cringed under my gaze. Michael-1, Ponies-0. We continued to walk for about five minutes. Thats when i heard rushing air. My special training kicked in and I tuck and rolled to the right and pulled my shotgun out. On the ground was the most colorful thing I have ever seen in my life. It was a cyan pony with wings and a rainbow mane and tail.

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Slender awoke in a dark forest. It had a dark and evil feel to it. Slender loved it. He stood up and spotted some movement over in a bush. He backed into a shadow and disappeared. Out of the bush came three small equines, one being yellow, another white, and the last orange like. he heard them talking about some thing.

"Ah'm tellin' ya, Zecora's hut is this way!" said the yellow one that had a red mane and hair bow.

"But we've been out here for hours! It's starting to get dark out too! we should just go home!" replied the Orangish one with a purple mane.

"Hey, did you hear that? it sounded like some thing over there." said the white one with grey purple mane. It pointed to the shadows Slender was hiding in. He decided to scare these equines for a bit of fun. Slender stepped out of the shadow with his tentacles writhing behind him. The three equines screamed in terror. They turned tail and ran away suprisingly quick. Slender did not give chase, for he had another target in mind. The human.

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"What the hell?" The rainbow maned pony got up and looked at me. I noticed that it had wings. well that explains how it could fly. It got up and faced me with a shocked expression.

"How did you do that!? There is no way you're faster than me! Are you a spy?" It said with a scratchy feminine voice. I looked at her with my shotgun being reshouldered. I responded, "Are you a spy!?" Michael-2 Ponies-0. She growled and tackled me. Or at least tried to. Before she made contact, I side stepped and knee'd upwards, catching her in the stomach. She grunted and fell to the ground. Twilight gasped and I felt myself being lifted up wards. I looked at the puplre unicorn who looked rather mad. "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!?!" she screamed.

"Hey, she started it! And besides, I didn't do it. My training kicked in."

"What do you mean you didn't do it!? And what training!?"

I took some time to respond to that. I decided that I wouldn't tell them just who I really am yet. "I'm not going to tell you that just yet. It's kinda personal."

She frowned but set me down. I heard a gasp behind me, and when I looked there were three more ponies standing there. A yellow one with a pink mane(and with wings),a white one with a purple mane(and a horn), and a pink one with a poofy, lighter pink mane. They all rushed over to the pony I knee'd.

"W-w-w-what happened Rainbow?"

"Oh darling! are you ok?"

"Would a cupcake make you feel better?"

Then the pony called 'Rainbow' spoke up. "Uuuhh... That thing... Hit me... Hard." then she passed out. The three ponies turned and looked at me. Then the pony I least expected to act, did. The yellow one walked over to me and started to hover at my eye level. "How dare you!? HOW DARE YOU HURT RAINBOW DASH?!" Her eyes got all huge and she seemed a little mad. All of the other ponies looked at her and I, and it looked like they expected something to happen. I looked at the m and then to the pegasus pony in front of me and smirked. "Is this supposed to intimidate me? 'Cuz its more adorable than any thing else." The assembled ponies gasped. The one in front of me lost her look and dropped to the ground. "H-h-h-how did you withstand my Stare?!"

"'Cuz I am a badass. Now, Twilight, you said you were taking me to my dog? This has been a long enough distraction." She looked at me with pure amazement. "Ok. Lets go." the way she said it was hilarious. I laughed heartily. We started walking. But one question nagged at the back of my mind. Where the hell am I?

WHAT!?!?!?

Slender walked through the woods curiously. He knew that the portal had taken him to another dimension, because he knew there were other dimensions. What excited him was the fact that he might get to meet another Slender being! You see, in each dimension, there is another being just like you. So if Slender can find Slender #2, he can make the human's life hell times two! He walked eagerly through the dark forest searching for his counter part. Then he came upon some thing unexpected. A manticore! He didn't know they existed in this dimension as well! But apparently, they weren't very intelligent in this dimension. It attacked Slender ferociously, but didn't anticipate the tentacles. They wrapped around its limbs and head keeping its gaze fixed upon Slender. He walked up to the struggling animal and forced a tentacle down the creatures throat, suffocating it while stealing the fear and life force from it. The manticore tried biting but couldn't move its jaw muscles. It slowly stopped its fight until it had nothing left. Slender dropped the creature which was now half its original size and weight. This meal would hold Slender over for a while. He continued searching. After three hours, he was getting a bit irritated. 'How big is this damned forest!?' he thought. Then he was suddenly attacked... By tentacles!?!

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As Twilight and I walked throught the town, I caught quite a few stares from ponies who saw me. Most ran away, but a few fainted. Which I thought was pretty damn cool. Twilight disagreed. Soon, we reached her abode, which was a huge tree. She opened the door and walked through. I followed, but had to crouch to get through. Inside, I was thown to the ground. By Colmillo! the dog's leg was healed somehow, and was as energetic as ever. "Colmillo! Oh I missed you too, bud!" He whined and kept licking my face. I gently pushed him off of me and sat up. Colmillo sat and looked at me. Then i grabbed him and hugged him. He put his head over my shoulder. We sat like that for a few minutes. Then Twilight coughed and I looked up. She stood there with a genuine smile on her face. "I fixed his leg for you. And I really hate to break you two up, but I would really like to learn about what you are."

"Thanks. And fine, as long as I have my dog, I could care less what happens." She seemed a bit bothered by that, but like I said, I didn't care. She shrugged and continued. "All right, first question. What are you?"

"I am a human." She wrote some thing down on a piece of paper

"Next question, Where are you from?"

"I am from Earth."

Where is that?"

"Ummm... I'm not sure where I am right now, so I couldn't tell ya."

She wrote on the paper some more. I could tell, this was gonna take a while.

A few hours later, after a vigorous Q&A session, I got some answers. Apparently, I was in some place called Equestria, in a town called Ponyville. They have a dictatorship led by two princess' who have both wing and horn. The first is called Celestia, who raises the sun, and rules during the day. The second is her sister, Luna, who raises the moon and rules at night. I couldn't care less if I tried. The name's of the other ponies I met were Applejack, the one who kicked me, Rainbow Dash, the one who tried to tackle me, Fluttershy, the one who thought she was tough, Rarity, the one with the purple mane, and Pinkie Pie, the pink one as her name suggests. In Equestria, there are Unicorns, Pegasi, and Earth Ponies. Again, I didn't care. Then Twilight told me that I could sleep on the couch in her library. I agreed and went to sleep with Colmillo sleeping next to me.

When I woke up, it was just beginning to lighten outside. Colmillo was still asleep, and lightly snoring. I chuckled and lightly patted his head. I then got up and walked to the window. The town was quiet. Too quiet. Nah, i'm just fuckin with ya. It was peaceful. But you know that feeling you get when something bad is going to happen? Yeah, I got that feel. I decided to Check my weapons. Everything was in fine condition. So, I sat on the couch for awhile. An entire army of questions had my brain in a siege. How did that portal bring me here? What am I going to do? Am I safe here? Will my past follow me? *sigh* To many questions and no answers in sight. I fell back into sleeps welcoming embrace.

I was woken again, but this time by a slamming door. I sat up immediately, as did Colmillo. I heard a voice of a small boy say "Twilight! I'm back from Canterlot!" When I looked, I was... For lack of better words, confused. What I saw looked like a small lizard. It was puple for the most part, aside from its green belly. I must've made a noise because it looked at me. Then yelled "Twilight! There's something in the library!" It went on all fours and hissed. Colmillo got up and growled, excited at the challenge. He walked to the lizard and they both circled each other. My dog lunged, but the reptile was quick it dogded to the side and swiped a claw. Colmillo jumped back and bared his teeth. Then the reptile suprised me. It blew a green flame at my dog. It didn't connect, thank god, because I didn't want my dog to be missing a patch of fur. I ran over to the thing and grabbed it, making sure to keep its mouth closed. Then Twilight rushed down stairs. And the first thing she see's is me. Holding a fire breathing lizard. "PUT DOWN SPIKE!!!" Her horn flares up. Fuck my life.

The thing she called 'Spike' was wrenched from my hands. I felt my self getting lifted off of the ground. She seems mad. "That is it! I shouldn't have believed you when you said that you didn't mean to hurt Rainbow Dash! Well, i'm not giving you another chance to hurt my friends! I'm gonna throw you so far into the Everfree, you'll never be found!"

I shrugged and looked away idly. "Whatever."

"Then i'm going to feed your dog to the timber wolves!"

That got me. My gaze snapped back to Twilight at breakneck speed. My eyes were trained on the thing that just threatened my dog. I turned my body to face her I strained to get out of her hold so I could destroy her. I could see her straining. I pushed harder. And harder still. Then I dropped. I got up and rushed her. She tried running. Pointless. I caught up with her, grabbed her by the throat, and started squeezing. She let out a gurgle. I felt the life force leaving her body. Then, with her last effort, she let out a blast of energy. It hit me and blew me across the room. I smacked into the wall hard, and knocked all the books off of it. My last thought before sliding into Unconciousness? 'Have to kill it.'

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Slender couldn't believe it. He was being attacked by his counter part! Slender also couldn't believe how much trouble he was having defending himself against the assaulting tentacles that sliced through trees with ease. Then he managed to subdue them all with his own. He yanked forward, and his counter part, A faceless equine wearing a suit and red tie was brought forward from the shadows it hid in. Slender started mind speaking to it.

'why have you attacked me?'

'you are evil and should be destoyed.' It responded.

'what?! we are the same!'

'no. you kill for sport as well as nourishment. i kill to feed my self, and only creatures that pose a threat to the inhabitants of this dimension. i will not allow you to hurt anypony.'

'i only wish for your help to kill the human that has traveled here. then i shall leave.'

'no! if it has traveled here, then it is now under my protection! i will defeat you.'

'fine! if that is how you want it, that is how it shall be! i am going to kill you, the human, and all of your ponies!'

Slender Man threw the Slender Mane to the ground. His tentacles sharpened into blades. Slender Man thrust down wards and pierced... Nothing? Slender Pony must've shadow traveled away. Slender Man went on a rage, cutting down trees and a couple manticores down in the process.

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Slender Mane appeared in front of the castle of the royal princess'. He had to warn them of the danger Slender Man had promised upon the ponies and human. He walked up to the gates and was met by a squad of royal guards. "Identify yourself, creature!" yelled one of them. He mind-spoke to them all at once. 'calm yourselves, ponies. i only wish to speak to Celestia and Luna. i promise that i have no ill intentions.'

The guard ponies were suprised by the voice that slithered through their heads. They all lowered their guard, albeit slowly. The one who seemed to be the leader walked up to him. "You promise that you will not try to attack the princess'?"

'yes.'

"All right, follow me. Princess Celestia is asleep right now, but Princess luna has just gotten out of Night court. I'll take you to her."

'thank you guard.'

"Don't worry about it."

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I woke up. My head was throbbing and my back felt like I fell off the empire state building. I was laying on the couch in Twilights house/library. I sat up and found myself facing Twilight, her freinds, and the lizard, Spike. Before I could say any thing, Twilight spoke. "Sorry I threatened you and your dog. It's just, when i saw you holding Spike, I thought you were going to hurt him."

"Well I wasn't going to."

"I know Spike told me what happened. And spike told me that he and Colmillo were just assessing each other as a threat." Then Spike said "Yeah, Colmillo would beat me in a fight." I looked at him.

"First off: what are you, and you can understand Colmillo?"

"Yeah," he said rubbing the back of his head " I can talk to dogs. And for your other question, i'm a dragon. Just a baby though." I looked at him. Of course there are dragons here, why wouldn't there be? Then Twilight spoke. "Right now, we have something else to talk about. Princess Celestia sent me a letter. It said that I needed to bring you to the castle to talk about the saftey of Equestria. She also told me to tell you: Slender followed you." I looked at her. Then I responded "WHAT!?!?!?"

History Lesson

Slender Pony was waiting in Princess Luna's chamber until she got out of Night court. He stepped out on to the balcolny and looked over to the small town of Ponyville, a place he had very close to his heart. It was where he originated from. Well, it wasn't called Ponyville at the time, in fact it wasn't called any thing 2,000 years ago. It was just a patch of rugged land next to a dangerous forest. He had moved there per order of Princess Luna, but he wasn't told why. When he got there, he was met by Luna herself. "We thank you for coming, my love." He looked at her and smiled. Her eyes met his and they embraced for a minute or two and broke apart. She looked like she wanted to say some thing but was nervous. He asked "Luna, is something bothering you? If there is, then I want to help you." She looked at him, with tears rolling down her face. "White Mane, I love you. But Celestia told me that she and I are not allowed by our parents to have relation ships with anypony who is not an alicorn. I'm sorry." Her tears were flowing down her cheeks. White Mane looked at her, his eyes pools of sadness. "Well, it seems my timing is terrible." He pulled out a hoof sized box and opened it. Inside was a silver and gold streaked wedding band. Luna looked at the beautiful object, then back to her lover. He asked "Luna, will you marry me?" He had a slight well of hopefulness in his eyes. "Yes! Yes I will!" Then she tackled him in a flying hug. They looked into each others eyes and shared a deep kiss. They had planned to take it further when an ear splitting howl disrupted the couple. Their eyes went to the tree line that was only 50 yards away, and what they saw terrified them. Standing at the edge of the forest was a very large dog like creature. It had no fur, grey skin, beady black eyes, and huge claws. Luna whispered to her soon-to-be, "The Rake... It is real!?" White Mane looked at her with a determined fear in his eyes. "Run my love. I will deal this creature."

"White Mane, no! It will kill you!"

"Most likley. But I can die at ease if I know you are safe."

Their eyes locked for one last time. Luna nodded, with tears staining her face. They kissed one last time and she left in a flash of deep blue light. White Mane let a tear slide from his eye and turned to face the demon that cost him his love. He would make it pay. Dearly.

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I must have have passed out from yelling so much. I think its becoming a habit... I could tell I was on a train because, well... Its kinda hard to miss. I was leaning against a window and I could see a large castle hanging off the side of the mountain. This place defies physics at every turn. I turned away from the window and looked across the aisle. Colmillo was sitting there with Spike, and they seemed to be communicating in animal speak. I got up as quietly as I could because I thought that Colmillo could use some friends and they seemed to really be interested in whatever they were talking about. I snuck out of the car and in to the one behind us. Twilight and her friends were discussing something quietly when the pink one, what was her name? Pinkie Pie, saw me and got up quick as greased lightning and was in front of me before I could say something witty. "HI MICHAEL!!!! HOW ARE YOU??? DO YOU WANT A CUPCAKE???" Her voice was so loud I heard her voice box groan. "Turn off caps lock, jesus!" She looked at me and said, "I'm not a computer silly!"

"Wait how do you know what a computer is?"

"I know alot of things! Like for instance," her voice darkened and her mane went from poofy to hanging straight down " I know what you did last summer." Her eyes went from dark and scary to cheery and michievious and her mane was back to its poofy self. It took me a couple seconds to realize what just happened, but when it clicked, I double face-palmed. "Oh dear lord, that was shit." Michael-2, Ponies-1. She looked at me and smiled. "Any other questions Staff Sergeant?" This time I fell flat on my ass and looked up at her. How did she know?! She shook her head, walked over to me and gave me a light hug.

"It's ok, mikey, your secret is safe with me. After all, I know you have payed for it a hundred times over."

"Th-thank you, Pinkie. Thank you."

The others in the room just looked at us in bewilderment. Twilight asked very tentatively, "Umm, what is she talking about Michael? You seemed rather shocked." I looked at them uncertainly. Should I tell them? Dammit, If i'm going to be living here, I might as well. I stood up and motioned for them to gather around for story time.

"Hope you're up for a history lesson. It starts about four years back in Mogadishu, Somalia. I was a navy SEaL, one of the most elite fighting forces on Earth. We had gotten a tip from an unknown source that there was a band of pirates based out of an old warehouse next to the coast. Keep in mind, when I say pirates, I don't mean wooden ships and cannon balls, I mean small rubber dingies and small firearms. Anyway, back to the story. The U.S. Military had decided that they would send us in and wipe them out. Our orders were to kill everyone inside the building, blow it up and leave. The whole point of the operation, besides getting rid of another group of pirates, was to send a message. The message being 'Violence against the U.S. and its allies would be delt with, severley.'

"Anyways, When we got there, we split our group up between myself and my friend GySgt. Sean Taylor. Our group only consissted of him, myself and four others. I went around the building to come in and suprise the enemy, while Sean breached the front. When my squad got to the back we heard Sean give the command to attack. We busted in and we were met with the gun barrels of at least 50 pirates. My squad fell back and took cover in a dilapitated building 20 yards away. We managed to get there but the pirates followed us. We all opened fire, taking down a good chunk of them in 10 seconds flat. But there were still more. We managed to hold out for a few more minutes, but then one of them pulled out an RPG, or rocket propelled grenade, which blows up on impact. he fired it and it flew past us and hit a support beam. The building started coming down around us, and my squad mates ran out, only to be cut down by enemy fire. I figured i'd rather let the building crush me then give them the pleasure of killing another SEaL. It came down hard and I felt a chunk of cement land on me. I was being buried alive. I passed out.

"When I woke up, I was tied to a chair. There was only one source of light, an old cliche overhead lamp. Then a door opens off to my left and my buddy Sean is thrown into the room, outcold. I yelled his name a couple times but to no avail. I sat there for what seemed like hours. Then a Man walked into the room asking for information. Being a SEaL, I wasn't about to give anything away. So he started beating me. After a solid 10 minutes of abuse he pulled out a gun and put it to Sean's head. He told me he would kill him. I couldn't give anything away and we were dead anyways, so I refused. 'Your choice' he said, then pulls the trigger. Sean's head exploded into paste. The guy gets up and then points it at me. Asks for information again. This time, I spit in his face. He shoots me point blank."

Thier eyes were rapt with attention. Twilight started "Thats terrible Michael! I'm so sorry that happened to you! But i have to know, how did you survive. From the way you explained it, guns are extremely dangerous."

"I was about to tell you. After I had been shot, they dropped my body at a U.S. Military checkpoint. I was found and rushed to hospital. They were able to dig the lead out of my head and fix me up. I was sent home with a puple heart, a medal to commemorate courage and bravery in the face of adversity and danger. But after what they did to me, I wasn't ready to forgive and forget. I started buying weapons and ammunition. I bought bullet proof vests and leggings, along with the very knife I have now." I pulled it out for dramatic effect. "I moved to Mogadishu with all my new toys and started planning. After three months, I found the village that the man who shot me was staying in. I got ready and moved. I walked throughout the town, placing explosives at certain strategic points. Then after I cleared the blast radius, I detonated the explosives. I got my gear on and waded through the town shooting all the people who were trying to get to the hospital. I finally came to the mans house. I kicked open the door and walked in. There was no one in the house and I was about to leave, when I saw a door that lead to a basement. I opened it and walked down. He was there with his daughter and wife. I shot his wife in the head with a pistol. I grabbed his daughter and slit her throat. Then I pulled off a gas mask i was wearing and looked him in the eye. He recognized me and asked 'How? I thought you were dead?' I put the gun to his head and replied 'Geuss you were wrong then, huh?' He looked at me and asked me to make it quick. I looked at him and realized that killing him would give him the pleasure of living with his family in the after life. 'No. No you live with it.' I said and left."

They all looked at me in horror except for Pinkie, who was sitting next to me patting my back. I reached up to rub my eye and my hand came back wet. I hadn't even realized I was crying. Fluttershy walked up to me and hugged me. Followed by Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight. They sat there hugging me and I hugged back. "The people I killed, I see their faces every night. I went back home, to Minnesota. No one knew it was me, and the government just chalked it up to a terrorist attack. I lived with my parents, Because all my money had gone to weapons. Then my mom died in an accident. My dad somehow blamed me. One night he tried killing me with a knife. I brought mine out and I fought back. I had to lose both of my parents. Seeing as it was self defense, I wasn't arrested. I had to watch both my parents get lowered into the ground. Thats when my friends caught me trying to commit suicide. I had swallowed a handful of diet pills and chugged a bottle of whiskey. They held me down and induced vommitting. The next day I got a little puppy, Colmillo. He brought me back from the darkness, and gave me reason to live. I would never let harm come to him." Thats when I heard the door from the train car I woke up in open, and when I looked, Spike was holding the door open and Colmillo walked in. The girls let go of me as Colmillo ran to me and I opened my arms and he tackled me. He licked my face as he l laughed. The gathered ponies and dragon D'AAAWWWWWWWWed so hard. Michael-3, Ponies-1. Then a voice came over the intercom. "We will be arriving in Canterlot in 5 minutes, please find your seats."

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White Mane rushed The Rake and tackled it. A song came into his head as he fought. The rake swung a large clawed hand, and knocked White Mane away. He tried getting up, but The Rake was on him before he knew it. The Rake looked almost sympathetic, but that didn't stop it from slashing White Manes throat. He blacked out in only a few seconds.

When he opened his eyes, he was in a field of black grass with a blood red sky. "Where am I?" he asked outloud. When he heard a raspy voice behind him say "The valley of death." He jumped almost ten feet into the air. He turned to the speaker. It was The Rake. "What do you want?"

"I saw your love for the Night Princess. I could not let you live, but I can grant you something that will allow you to live as long as her. You will be able to see her, but not SEE her. You will be able to speak to her, but not SPEAK to her. You will never be able to tell her who you really are, but you will still get to be near her if that is what you wish. Will you accept my offer?" He thought about what it could mean. Seeing Luna, but not? Speak but not speak? But the chance to be near her was to tempting.

"Yes. I accept."

"Excellent. Now stand still, Master."

White Mane did a double take. Master? What could that mean? Suddenly, shadowy mist rose out of the grass and smothered him. It got in his nose, mouth, ears, and yes, even... even there. The pain was immense, tearing his insides apart, sealing his mouth, eyes, and nose. He lost his mane and tail. He fell to the ground and passed out.

When White Mane woke, he was at least 3 feet taller, and wearing a black suit and red tie. "Ah you're awake Master! Wonderful, now we can begin!"

To spare the gory details, which were quite gory, for years White Mane, whose new name was Slender Mane, simply killed like he was told. Then he realized, he could do good for the ponies of Equestria! He killed The Rake, and stopped killing ponies. he visited Luna every now and then, but never for very long. It hurt to much. Little did he know that he was the real reason Luna turned into Nightmare Moon.

A Good Villain?

Slender Mane had spoken to Luna and she informed Celestia of the problem. Celestia had sent a letter to her pupil to bring herself, friends, and the human, who was bringing his dog. Slender Mane knew that the human had an extreme dislike for Slender Beings, so much so, that Sender Mane had prepared to be attacked viciously. The human and company would be arriving at the castle in a few minutes. But they would be stopped at the train station because of a threat made against Canterlot. Celestia was so worried that she had the captain of her royal guard preform a shield spell. In addition to this, there was a wedding scheduled for the next day. Slender Mane had a bad feeling about this.

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The train had arrived at the castle, which had a large pink bubble around it. I saw the train hurtling towards the bubble, and I expected to be smashed into a pancake. Thankfully, we passed through it. Twilight saw my face as we neared the bubble and she laughed at me. "Don't worry, it was just shield spell, but i'm not sure why it's there. Celestia didn't inform me of something important, other than this whole 'slender' business." I looked at her and shook my head. "Trust me, you'll find out soon enough. Though you may not want to." She looked at me with an uncertain face, and I could imagine what was going through her head. 'Oh, what could scare him? He so cool and such a badass! he must be the strongest thing alive! nothing could beat him!' at least, thats what I liked to think. Hehehe. I am so fucking awesome I amaze myself. Anyways, the train pulled up to the station, and being the only passengers, there wasn't much hassle getting off the train. Until we were surrounded by a group of white coated unicorns wearing gold armor. One of them yelled "Don't move! we are going to restrain that... Thing, and escort you seven to questioning!" Twilight looked a little shocked and responded to the speaker. "Why? We haven't done anything! And neither has he!"She pointed a hoof at me at the last part.

"We have been ordered to detain any suspicious individuals on grounds of conspiracy against Equestria!"

I looked at Twilight and said "Stand back.I'm going to show these punks who they're dealing with."

"Michael! You can't attack them! Then they'll have a real reason to arrest you!"

"First off, they couldn't if they tried. Second, too bad i'm doing it." After I said that I rushed them. They were suprised but Recovered quickly, rushing to meet my attack. I refrained from using my knife or 12 gauge, and my bow... I dont know what happened to it. I round housed a guard, sending him flying. Another guard came up behind me and I kicked back wards and heard a crack. I turned to see what I had done, and the guard had a broken jaw. Thank god, I thought I had broken his neck. I turned back to the fight, but now the guards were wary of me, staying just out of my reach. They all looked to each other and nodded. All at once they rushed me, trying to overwhelm me. I grabbed one by the head and swung him around, taking out all of his friends at once. I took a stepback to survey my work. Unconcious guards lay strewn about. "Chuck Norris would be proud." I said to myself. I turned to face the girls.

"So what d'ya think? Pretty damn good, huh?" They looked at me uncertainly, almost as if to say 'you're kidding, right?' I laughed and found myself being lifted off of the ground by a magical aura. But not the purple one I associated with Twilight, this one was blue! I looked behind me ans saw 10 more guards, one of which's horn was glowing, creating the magical aura. He looked me and said "You... These were some of my best men, how did you take all eight of them out?"

"Well if these are best men, i'd invest in some better trainig routines." He just growled an took off his helmet. Thats when twilight yelled "Shining!" The addressed unicorn looked over to her and Gasped in suprise. "Twily! Aww, it's great to see you but what are you doing with this thing?"

"He's not a thing, he is a human! and his name is Michael! now would you please put him down?"

"Nope, no can do. I have to take him before Celestia for attacking royal guards. Sorry." and with that, he turned and floated me away. Twilight and the girls tried to force their way past the guards, but they couldn't budge the stalwarts. "Don't worry! we were going to see Celestia anyways right? just meet me there!" And with that I was floated around a corner and out of sight of the girls. I saw a large courtyard, with ponies running around and putting up decorations and such. I saw a banner strung across said courtyard, and it read 'Congratulations Shining and Mi Amore'. I remembered Twilight calling the unicorn carrying me 'Shining' and wondered if there was going to be a wedding. I decided I would ask. "Hey, are you getting married?" He looked at me and replied "Yeah, why?"

"Oh, no reason. Just that Twilight didn't say anything about you getting married, and i'm pretty sure that she would mention something like that." His mouth made an 'O' of suprise and he said "Aw, horseapples! I knew I was forgetting something! I didn't send Twilight an invitation!" I chuckled throatily. It was pretty funny to watch others forgetful-ness. He looked at me and asked "What's so funny? And what did you mean when you said you were already on your way to see the princess?" I looked at him and decided to mess with him. "Oh I was going to enslave her with my powers." with that I unshouldered my 12 gauge and fired at a cluster of balloons. Everyone- er, everyPONY, in the room jumped at the deafening boom. I was abrubtly dropped and surrounded by the guards. They were all unicorns and they charged their horns, ready to attack. I reshouldered my weapon slowly and said calmly "Woah, relax. I was just joking.In fact I need her help, so attacking her wouldn't be in my best interests." The glow from their horns dissapated, but they remained tense. Thats when Shining stepped forward and said "I'm going to need you to hand over that weapon, now."

"And i'm going to  need you to fuck off. It stays with me." We got in a staring match that would make grown men quake in terror. Then a glow came from above us and I looked up. l saw what looked like a cross between a pegasus and a unicorn. It had whit fur, a noticibly longer horn than any other unicorns I had seen. Thats when I started shaking. Not out of fear, because I never shake in fear. My right eye twitched. Oh no, I counted the days in my head, I had one on my birthday then I was in the woods for 4 days, then I slept at Twilights... Oh my god, it's been over seven days! I needed my fix bad. Both of my hands were shaking, and I started feeling sick. I dropped to my knees and started dry heaving. I felt a hoof on my shoulder, and when I looked up, Shining was looking at me in worry. "Are you ok? Whats wrong?" It was hard to speak but I managed to get out a few words. "Monster... Need... Drink..." I was really shaking now. Thats when I heard Shining address another pony. "Princess Celestia! This thing... Michael! He's sick! he said something about a drink and monster. I don't know what he means! Help him!" Thats when something poked my scalp. I felt a tingly sensation in the base of my skull. Then I heard a *pop* and when I looked up, I saw the most beautiful sight ever. Three Monster Assaults. I grabbed one and cracked the top off. I chugged it in a quick 7 seconds. I grabbed another and chugged that one too. I felt the shaking stop, and Able to speak clearly. I looked up at a tall pony that eminated power. I got on my knees and kissed her hooves.

"Thank you, Princess. I owe you a huge debt of gratitude. How did you know what a Monster is?" She giggled and said " I didn't, I went into your memories. You also have an odd choice in music. What is Bulls On Parade?" I looked at her and  said "Bulls On Parade is a great song." She simply shrugged and she walked into the castle and I followed. This place was huge! And pretty too. She must have noticed my head looking from one to another in amazement because she said "I see you like the castle." I nodded and replied "Uh, yeah. To say the least." She laughed and we continued on. Then l remembered that I had a couple questions.

"Excuse me, Princess?"

"Yes Michael?"

"Well, I was wondering, how come you didn't tell Twilight about the wedding? And whats with the giant pink bubble around the castle?" Celestia looked at me in suprise. "I thought I mentioned that in the letter. Ah, well at least we have time to deal with your problem first. And the bubble is a shield spell. Earlier this week a threat was made against Canterlot and myself." I nodded. Then after five more minutes of walking we came to a great set of double doors. Celestia opened them and I saw two things. Another pony like Celestia, but midnight blue and a tad shorter. The second was a ponified Slender Man. I pulled out my knife and rushed him, only to be stopped by a deep blue magical aura. I heard Celestia say "Michael, this is Slender Mane. He is on your side, so please put the knife down." I begrudgingly followed through, because I figured that if I could trust someone, It was the sun goddess. The knife dropped out of my hands and hit the floor. I was gently set down and adressed by the blue pony, who I assumed was Celestia's sister, Luna. "Hello Michael, I am Luna, goddess of the moon." Michael-4, Ponies-1.

"Hi there. I would introduce myself but, you already know me, which l find a little concerning. Would one of you be so kind as to explain why THAT is here?" I pointed at Slender Mane. Celestia replied "He is here to help you defeat Slender Man. He came here to warn me of the danger promised by him, and I take the saftey of my little ponies very seriously." she said with an icy edge to her voice.

"Hey, Celestia. Slender where I come from is evil. And you say that this Slender is good. What makes yours good and mine bad?"

Celestia then got a thoughtful look on her face at that moment. "I'm not too sure. I think it has something to do with his will. He doesn't want to hurt ponies. The evil that makes him the way he is is very strong, and he must hold something very dear to his heart if he can overcome it." Slender Manes head twitched over to Luna for a moment when Celestia said that, but turned back to me quickly. They didn't notice, but I did. I asked him "So, you want tot help me kill Slendy, huh? Waht makes you think I need your help?" I really wished I hadnt asked, because thats when a cold voice slithered through my head.

'you need my help because your slender is a shadow being like me. without my help, you will fail, and you shall die alongside your dog.'

I walked over to him and said "Well then I don't have a choice. So, how are we going to do this? Am I going to hunt him down and you ambush him or wha-" I was Interuppted when one of his tentacles touched my forehead and I passed out.

I opened my eyes and Celestia was standing over me. "Michael!? Michael! Can you hear me?" I sat up and replied "Yeah i can hear you. What happened?" But she didn't seem to hear me. Then I heard that Cold voice in my head again. 'they cannot hear you. your soul is parted from you body so that we may speak privately.' I looked over and Slender Mane was sitting there looking at me with his blank face. I got up and walked to him. "Was this necessary? I mean we couldn;t have just asked them to leave the room? Or could you not stand to be away from Luna?" I said woth a smirk.

'i do not know what you mean! we are simply aquaintances!'

"Drop the act. I could see it as clear as day. You got a thing for Luna." I laughed. I heatd Slender Mane sigh in my head. "All right enough fun for now, but we are going to continue this later. How were you planning on beating Slender Man?"

'simple. i am going to enter your body and together we will defeat him.'

"Woah, hold on there! You keep those tentacle where I can see 'em pal!" His head turned to the side. 'i do not know what you mean. i was going to become apart of you by melding minds.' I sighed in relief. I thought he meant he was gonna... You know. "Fine, but will this be permanent?"

'unfortunatley, yes. but it is the price we must pay to protect the inhabitants of this world.'

"Hey, i'm not in this for the ponies. I'm here for my dog and that is it." Slender Mane shrugged and said 'so be it, but i will have control over half of your body.' And with that he turned into a shadowy cloud and flew at me. I gasped in suprise and he took the oppurtunity to fly into my mouth. I started choking on the shadowy substance. This is going to sound dirty, but, it was so thick and I couldn't breath. I was gagging one moment, then the next my eyes opened. I saw Celestia standing over me. "Michael! Oh thank Faust! We thought you were dead!" Luna was looking over Celestia's shoulder with concern. I saw her in a different light, like she was radiant, and... attractive!?! Oh hell no!

'Hey you in there?'

'yes i am. you have some odd things in your memories. and why am i craving this drink called Monster?'

'Thats because I want a Monster! And stop making me see Luna like that!'

'i can not help it! i was going to marry her! we were in love!' That gave me pause. Slender Mane and Luna?

'When was this?'

'2,000 years ago.'

"Sweet Jesus!" I exclaimed that one out loud by accident. Celestia looked at me in suprise, as did Luna. Luna looked and said "Something wrong Michael? And what happened to Slender Mane?" I looked at her, and then to Celestia. "How old are you two?"Celestia looked at me in suprise, but responded. "I myself am almost ten thousand millennia old, and Luna is only a few younger than me. Why?" I looked at them in complete shock. Millennia!? Damn, and I thought betty white was old. I stood up, and looked at Luna. "Luna, Slender is in my head." She took it well. I looked at Celestia. She wasn''t. Her eyes were twitching violently, and her legs were shaking. Her gaze was fixed on something behind me. When I turned to look, I almost wish I hadn't. I could see what looked like pony shaped bugs. They all had an average height, except for one who was as tall as Celestia. Thy all had wing and horn. In front of them, chained up and on the ground, were the girls, Spike, and Colmillo. The tallest bug-pony laughed and said "Now Celestia, it is the changelings time to rule!"

Oh, The Boogieman is Real...

Slender Man had gotten out of his rage fit long ago. But that doesn't mean he wasn't still mad. Not only had he almost been beaten by his inter-dimensional counter-part, when he got the upper hand, Slender Mane ran. Slender Man had promised destruction, and he would oblige with as much haste as possible. His only hope was that Slender Mane and the human don't join forces against him. If that happened, then he would be hopelessly out matched. When the human first attacked Slender Man, he felt it. The human held so much pent up rage and pain, that if a Slender Being fed off of him, they would be destroyed from an overdose of emotion. But if they melded beings, then the human would gain shadow powers and become unstable in situations of high emotions. Slender Man knew that the human hated him, and would most likely hunt him when given the chance, and if he has a Slender inside him, then the entire area surrounding the battle would be bathed in burning shadows. Any creature that came into contact with these shadows would be fed upon subconciously. Slender Man hoped that the human would kill Slender Mane when they met. For the sake of life of all here, he hoped. After all, even he isn't THAT evil.

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Luna gasped and Celestia growled. I simply stood there like an idiot, gawping at the... The INSECT, that had chained my dog like a, well, for lack of a better analogy, a dog. The bug thing laughed and said "What, nothing witty to say? And do tell, what is that thing with you?" she pointed a hole riddled hoof towards me at that last part. I was already pissed, but she -I decided she was female by the pitch of her voice- was calling me a thing? She must not have a mirror. I turned my head to the princess' and said "Celestia, Luna. Leave now. Unless you wish to be mentally scarred for the rest of your life. Take Colmillo and the girls with you." The sisters looked at me in fear. They nodded and in a flash of yellow magic they were gone. The bug looked around in suprise. "Where did they go with my prisoners, shadow creature!?" I looked down at myself and saw that she was partially right. Shadow-flames were dancing across my clothes, which had turned white with black trim. My boots were now white as well, with black laces and eyelets. My shotgun had disappeared, but my knife had turned into a five foot long katana. I took it out of its new holster that I aquired somehow and admired it. It was sharp enough to cut diamond laced steel dipped in titanium. I reholstered it and stalked up to the bug. The room darkened considerably, leaving just enough light to see by. I got face to face with her and said "I'm not sure, but they're lucky that they don't get to see what i'm going to do." She laughed and exclaimed "HA! Who do you think you are? My changeling army is near unstoppable with all the love they have aquired!"

"Love? Huh, well, when you chained up my dog, you signed your own death warrant. Because I... I am powered by pure unbridled hate now." I chuckled and dissapated into mist. She whipped around and yelled "Show yourself and die with honor!" My chest boomed with laughter. The lights came up some and I was back in my original position by the throne. "Bring it, insect." She hissed something at the bugs behind her and several of them rushed me. I turned to mist once more and forced my way into their minds. Once in, I started showing them terrible images of war, death and destruction. I whispered fear into their sub-concious. I left and re-assembled. The 'changelings' dropped to the floor and started having spasms of insanity. I then willed shadow tendrils to rise up from the floor, and they dragged the creatures down through the floor. I looked at the bug. "What's your name? I would like to know it before I crush everything you stand for." She looked at me with a way to confident smirk. "I am Queen Chrysalis! Ruler of the changelings, future ruler of Equestria!" I rolled my eyes. "How about we continue the fight. I'm getting incredibly bored listening to you." Chrysalis growled and hissed at her army, and this time, they all rushed me. I grinned and pulled out my katana. Time to get physical.

I rushed to meet their attack head on. the first to me was sliced down the middle, its momentum propelling it behind me after being halved. I swung my sword in a 360, cutting down at least eight changelings at once. I threw my katana in the air, peircing a few on its way up. While I waited for gravity to kick in, I grabbed a changeling by the horn and snapped it off. It screeched in pain and tried to bite me with its suprisingly large fangs. I jabbed upwards with the horn and it went in its mouth, and out its forehead. It slumped to the floor just in time for me to catch my katana by pure luck. Shaking it, the attached corpses were cut into peices. I ran at the amazed crowd of changelings who crowded around me in a circle. Charging through the crowd, I cut down countless enemies, one after the other. Their black flesh left a discernible path behind me. All the changelings pulled back at the sound of a loud, ear peircing screech. I turned toward the source of the noise and saw a furious Chrysalis. The changeling subjects cowered, while I stood there like a boss. Chrysalis marched up to me and put her face to mine.

"Enough! At this rate, i'll have no subjects left! I challenge you to a fight to the death!" I looked at her with a straight face. Then I burst out laughing like a maniac. "HAHAHAHAH!!! You challenge me? HA! Didn't you know this already was one?" With that I punched her in the face. She tried getting up, but I walked over to her and stepped on her back, pinning her. I leaned down  and whispered in her ear "You are going to watch as I destroy every one of your followers, and there'll be nothing you can do about it." I took my foot off of her back and stomped on one of her legs. She screamed in pain. I did the same to her other legs, with much the same result. After I crippled her legs, I slowly tore off her wings. If she was loud when I broke her legs, she was twice as loud when I snapped off the first wing. I left the other one their to save time. I grinned maniacally at her then turned to her cowering followers. I thought about painful ways to kill, and suddenly, tendrils of shadow emerged from the floor and walls. They set to work massacaring the changelings as they tried to flee out the windows. Tendrils laced through the holes in their legs and dragged them back, only to rip their legs off. The screams of pain echoed like thunder throughout the castle. I saw one paticular changeling get impaled through its head. After a few minutes of such violent acts, all that was left were chunks of insects and blood, none of it mine. I looked at my body to see if I had sustained any wounds at all. My body was radiating black shadows as if I were a beacon of darkness. My hands had developed into claw like appendages and my clothes had managed to stay pearly white despite all of the carnage. I decided I would question I later and turned to my crippled enemy, Chrysalis. When I walked up to her, she tried to crawl away from me, and she was shaking in fear. Tendrils gently dragged her back to me and made her look into my eyes. Tears were flowing from her profusely.

"W-w-what are you? Who are you?"

"What am I? I am every nightmare you've ever had. I am the destroyer of worlds. I am your worst nightmare come true. As to who I am, well... You know me. Everyone knows me. Oh, the boogieman is real, and you found him." With that, a shadow tendril wrapped around her and lifted her to my eye level. I cupped her head in my hands and looked straight into her pupils. I then entered her mind like I did her first subjects. Images of the deaths I caused in Somali. The mans daughters blood seeping through my gloves. The pain of my suicide attempt. All of the pain and suffering I had ever experienced and caused were coursing though her skull. It proved to much for her to take and she started screaming and sobbing. I had driven her insane with emotions. Seeing her like that made me feel terrible. I looked around the room to see what I had done. Changeling remains were everywhere, and there were gouges in the marble floor from when I attacked with my sword. I suddenly felt sick and dropped to my knees. This was worse then when I tried to quit drinking Monster, and that had been BAD. This felt like bile had replaced my blood, and my muscles had lost all coordination. I started having spasms and I realized that I was having a stress seizure. Then the doors of the throne room were thrown open and a contingent of guards stromed in ready to fight. The only problem was that I had done their job for them. Then Celestia and Luna walked in, trailed by the girls and Colmillo. They spotted me writhing on the floor and rushed over to me. I could tell they were startled by my looks by their faces, which were contorted in fear. I looked up to them and whispered "Help..." and then I passed out.

NO MEANS NO!!!

Slender Man was walking through the forest looking for a meal to hold him over. Then he spotted a hut with a trail of smoke coming out of the top. He didn't know that any of the inhabitants of this world would live here with the dangerous animals. SLender Man walked over to the hut and peered through a window. Inside was what looked like a zebra balanced on its head on a staff. He was still hungry, seeing as he hadn't found an animal yet, so he decided this would do. He moved to the front door and lightly rapped on the door. Slender Man then stepped back a few paces and blended with the trees. The door opened and the zebra's head poked out. "Who was it that I heard, that knocked on my door without a word?" Slender Man's head turned to the side. Rhymes, really? Oh well. He snapped a branch with a tendril and the zebra's head looked in his direction. She stepped out and said "I think I heard a branch break, I wonder, is my life at stake?" Slender Man chuckled to himself. It had no idea. He stepped out, and before the animal could react, he gripped it with his tendrils. It started screaming unintelligible words that didn't ryme. Slender Man forced a tendril down its throat and gripped it's heart. The emotions started flowing into Slender Man, making him feel stronger. The animal was slowly losing it's will to fight, and eventually just went limp. Slender Man finished feeding and walked off into the forest. Ten seconds later he heard the scream of a young girl with a southern twang. "ZECORA!!!"

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I woke up to the sound of a rhythmic beeping. I was under an extremely soft blanket, but I could tellI was naked. I felt some things connected to my arms and when I looked I saw surgical tubing that led up to one of those things that feed fluid to unconcious people. I grabbed it and gently worked it out of my arm. I got out of the bed, bare-assed, and wrapped the blanket around me like a toga. I looked around for my clothes but I couldn't find them, or my weapons. Then I heard the door behind me open and when I looked, Celestia was standing there looking at me with a faint blush on her cheeks. "I heard you moving around, so I came to check on you. Sorry about your clothes, but when you passed out, the black flames on your body burned them off and disappeared. We all saw... you know. It was alot to take in." I looked at her with a straight face and said "Hung like a horse."

"A horse? Please, more like a rhino!" I grinned widely. That came from a horse! I shook my head in amusement and popped a squat on the bed, making sure my legs were closed. "So, would you be so kind as to regale me of what happened after I passed out?" She nodded and said "Well, I told Twilight and her friends to go back to Ponyville and prepare for the Gala, then Luna and I brought you to our private infirmary in the castle. Oh, and your dog, Colmillo is with Applejack on her farm." I nodded and then did a double take, her words dawning on me. "What!? Why!? Couldn't he have stayed here!?" She shook her head and replied "Michael, you've been unconcious for a week. Applejack offered to watch him for you." I looked at her and begrudgingly nodded in agreement.

"Fine. So, whats the gala?"

"Oh, the Grand Galloping Gala. It is one of canterlots biggest festivities, and Twilight and her friends are going to be there along with myself and Luna. And I would like to know," she put her head down a little and rubbed the back of her neck "would you go with me as my guest?" I shot her a questioning look. "S'cool with me. Long as I can get some new clothes, 'cuz I ain't going wearing this." I stood up and gestured to my make-shift toga. At that moment, a royal guard stuck his head in the room. "Your Majesty, I..." He stopped when he saw me standing there. I grinned mischievously at Celestia then turned to the guard with a serious look. In a deep voice I said "Bring me your virgins, for I... Am... GOD!!!!!!!!" And I laughed Manically. The guard ran out of the room screaming. My side rocked with laughter, and Celestia feebly attempted stifling a giggle. After a minute of goofy laughter, we settled down, and Celestia started talking. "Well, Rarity can make you some clothing, and I can offer you a room at the castle. If thats all right with you of course."

"Oh it's cool, but I'm going to need Colmillo here."

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An hour later, I was standing in a large guest room in the castle, with Rarity taking my measurements. I still had my toga on, but I could tell that Rarity kinda wanted me to take it off. When she tried to sneakily make it fall off 'by accident', I smacked her hoof away. "No! Bad Rarity!" She made a pouty face and I laughed. "So what are you going to make me?" She smiled and said "Oh i'm going to make you a dashing navy blue suit and some suede shoes! You're going to look marvelous darling!" Then a voice in my head said 'no, black suit, white undershirt, and red tie. black leather shoes. tell her.'

"Hey Rarity? Slender Mane is telling me that he wants a black suit, a white undershirt, a red tie, and some black leather shoes." She looked at me in shock. "Slender Mane? He's here?" I looked at her and pointed to my head. "He is in here. He told me the only way to beat Slender Man was to meld beings, so I agreed. And thats what he wants to wear." She looked at me skeptically but then shrugged and agreed. She started writing down what I had asked for but then said "Wait, leather!? Oh thats repulsive!"

"What? Why is it repulsive?"

"Its made out of dead cattle! What's not repulsive? Plus, ponies don't use leather. Gryphons do though, and if you really want to use leather, then I can order some."

"Please do. Slender Mane really likes leather."

She nodded and wrote on some paper. Then she turned to me and said "Ok, you're done. You can move now." I nodded, got off of the pedastal I was on, and stretched, producing several loud pops. Rarity looked at me in concern but I waved it off. She nodded and gathered up her things. "Well, I suppose I'll see you at the Gala then?"

"Definitley. Oh and could you make me a shirt and some denim jeans with those measurments? I'd like something to wear around the castle besides a toga." She laughed and replied "Of course. See you later darling!" She waved her hoof and I waved back. After she left, I layed down on the bed and fell asleep.

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I was being led to Celestia's chambers by one of her personal guards, Steel Hoof. Apparently, Celestia had urgent business to discuss with me. I was wearing a white beater and some black jeans that Rarity had made me, but I didn't recall her giving them to me. Odd. Anyways, we were walking from my room, which is right underneath of Celestia's. As you can imagine, it took only a couple minutes to reach her room. Once there, I saw her waiting outside of her room with about 4 guards. My left eyebrow went up questioningly, but she smiled reasurringly. "No need to worry, Michael. They're just here to make sure we aren't interrupted." The way she said 'interrupted' sent a chill up my spine. She opened the door to her room and motioned for me to enter. I obliged and when I walked into her room, She whispered somthing to her guards, and they closed the door behind her and I heard a bolt slide into place, effectively locking us in. Celestia's eyes had taken on a predatory look, and her smile was unnerving. "Ohh... Michael. I've been waiting for this ever since I met you. Such power, such confidence, and such a large... heart." She grinned mischieviously. Heart? I started backing up as she started prowling forward. "Celestia, I don't want to sound harsh, but I don't have... THOSE feelings for you. I see you as a peer, not a lover." She shook her head and laughed. It was one of those crazy laughs that promised violence if you crossed her.

"Ha, you're acting like you have a choice! Isn't that funny Luna?" As she spoke her sisters name, Luna stepped from a shadow with the same type of grin. "Oh, yes Celly, absolutely hilarious!" I was ready to fight my way out by this time. It was already dark in the room, so, I made tendrils emerge from my back and I grabbed the royal sisters and lightly chucked them to the side of the room. I ran to the door and tried opening it, to no avail. Then I heard a *POP* behind me, and when I turned, I wished that Chrysalis had managed to kill me. Luna was wearing leather instead of her usual regalia, and Celestia had a ball gag and riding crop in her magical grip. "OH HELL NO!!!" I used all of my strength (which was a considerable amount) to break the doors down. They flew off the hinges and landed in a heap of scrap across the hall. With tendrils whipping the guards away from me, I sprinted down the hall. More guards poured after me but it was futile. I was on a mission. A mission to keep myself from being raped. Then I saw the exit of the castle after many turns and dead ends. I felt hope fluttering in my chest, and just when I thought I was home free, I was encased in a magical yellow aura. I was turned to meet Celestia's and Luna's predatory gaze.

"Michael, you know resistance is futile. Why bother?"

"Because I don't want to get molested!"

"Molested? I am apalled you would think I would do such a thing. After all, you can't rape the willing." She started walking toward me with her horn lowered, and a faint magic aura visible. Then I realizeed, she was going to brainwash me, then use my unwillingly willing body. Beforenshe reached me, Tendrils broke from my back and knocked them away. I turned to run, but was tackled by a blue and white blur. I was flippe to my back to see Celestia and luna frowning at me. "Enough," said Celestia "of these interruptions! It's time to see what else those tentacle can do..." Luna ripped off my shirt and she started licking me from my belly button to my neck, and she was joined ny Celestia a second later. Luna asked without really asking "I wasn't there when your clothes burned off; can I see it?" with that she started yanking my pants off and...

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"AAAAHHHHHH!!!!" I jumped out of my bed and out of that horrible nightmare. I scooted to the corner of my room and started sobbing into my hands. Then I heard my bedroom door open and I looked. Celestia had poked her head into my room with a worried look on her face. "Michael, are you okay? I heard you scream." I stood up and yelled "NO MEANS NO!!!" and with that I ran into a shadow and came out of another in Twilights library. I walked to the couch, layed on it, and cried myself to sleep.

Here, Have a 12 Gauge

Slender Man was having orgasm of happiness. He had figured out how to gain some inter-dimensional allies! He had withdrawn to the deepest reaches of his mind to probe for any forgotten knowledge that could help him, and did he ever! A Slender Summoning Circle! With it, he planned to bring hundreds of Slender Beings to help destroy the human and his mongrel. But first, lunch!

He walked on the edges of the forest near a small town looking for prey. He was taken aback by how colorful and peaceful this place was compared to his domain of Earth. It was not to be so in a few days when he would summon his allies. He walked on towards a farm house he had spotted from a distance. When he neared, he heard the whispers of what sounded like small children. He moved on to the direction of the noises, and was rewarded when he saw a small tree house with a light emerging from it. He blended with the trees to get a look inside. What he saw pleased him.

A trio of small ponies -fillies- were inside talking hushedly. "Ah'm tellin' ya, the thing that got Zecora is the same thing we saw!" said the yellow one.

"How do you know? Were you there?" said the orange one.

"You two are missing the point. We need to find out what that thing was, and why it killed Zecora, or if it killed her at all." said the white one. Slender Man chuckled loudly enough for the trio to hear. They stopped talking and looked out the window in his direction.

"Hello?" asked the yellow one "who's out there? Don't make me get Big Mac!" Slender Man chuckled again, and began mind speaking to them.

'no one can save you.'

They screamed and ran out of the treehouse and towards the farm. They were deafiningly loud, and he didn't even have ears! He chased them to the house, but found that they had made it inside, and were attempting to wake the other residents. He would get these fillies and feed off of them, and nothing could save them. They must not have read his notes before...

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I woke up an hour later to a faint but shrill scream. A voice in his head urged 'michael! we must leave to the sweet apple acres now! slender man is hunting three small fillies!'

I got up like lightning on roller skates and ran up to Twilights room and yelled "Twilight! Farm, Slender Man, Trouble, now!!!" With that, I ran out of the library and sprinted faster than I had ever ran before. I figured that with only an hour of sleep, that would only make it half way before I was exhausted. My muscles were actually larger than they were before I went to sleep.

'do not worry. i have simply been supplementing your body with magic and shadows.'

"Wow, for real? Thats pretty badass."

'i only did it to make sure the events of your dream don't come to fruition.'

"I thought you loved Luna?"

'i do! but... celestia was there. eww.'

I laughed. He had a loved Luna, but thought Celestia was gross. Funny.

I arrived at the farm to see the house being attacked by Slender Man. He was tearing boards off with his tentacles and trying to smash down the door. I could hear the screaming of the occupants over the chaos. My blood started boiling, like it did when I faced Chrysalis. I felt my body coursing with a warm heat. I looked down and my clothes had changed to what they were with the changelings. My katana was back, and I planned to use it well.

"SLENDER MAN!!! WHY DON'T YOU PICK ON SOMEONE WHO CAN FIGHT BACK!?!?!?" he stopped attacking the farm and slowly turned to face me. He looked just like I remembered him. I trust that I shouldn't have to describe him. He walked in my direction, and I unsheathed my blade. My totally NOT diamond edged blade. He stopped five feet from me and I heard his voice crawl through my skull.

'so, i see you melded with slender mane? coward.'

"I'm not here to fight fair. I just wanna watch you burn."

I charged forward, like I was accustomed to doing with Slender Man, I swung my katana, aiming to decapitate him. Unfortunately, he moved. Quick as a snake, he dodged to the left and struck me with a tendril. I staggered back, but recovered quickly. I lunge and feinted right, but just before attacking, I 360'ed and chopped off an arm. A mouth ripped open and a gutteral roar errupted forth. With doubled strength and renewed anger, twenty more tentacles sprouted from his back and whipped the air furiously. He was striking at me, and I was just barely managed to parry his strikes. I was losing! with a last ditch effort, I threw my katana at him and got lucky. It speared him through the abdomen, but if it hurt, he didn't show it. My blade dissolved into him and his tendrils each gained a bladed edge to it. Fuck.

He advanced, and I backed up. He launched a tendril at me and I ducked. I asked Slender Mane, "Hey, are there any ways to fight him without getting close?"

'yes. here, have a 12 gauge.'

On my back, appeared my shotgun, but it was different. Instead of the grey metal, it was black as coal. The wood stock was replaced by some type of material I couldn't identify. it was red and the whole thing looked sweet as hell. I unshouldered it and took aim. I fire off a round and damn near broke my collar bone. It kicked back, and a ball of flame shot out, much like a movie I had seen. It blew a hole in his chest and made him stumble back. he regained his stance and the wound closed up within seconds. He advanced again, with more speed this time. He yanked the gun out of my hand and snapped it like a banana(I feel like the twig, toothpick, and stick phrase are over used).

He rushed forward unexpectedly and quickly. He picked me up and started carving me up like a turkey. The pain was immense and I was straining my throat with the force of my screams. Then, in a blinding flash of light, Slender Man was thrown back and roaring in pain. He had black steam coming from his body and was writhing in pain. When I looked to the source of his pain, I was estatic.

Standing there like a complete boss, was Celestia. There was a yellow glow emanating from her horn and she looked mad. She marched to Slender Mans writhing body and pointed her horn at him. He grinned, turned into smoke, and dissapeared. Celestia growled in annoyance, and turned to me with a worried expression.

"Michael, how bad are you hurt?"

"...Are you blind? look at me!"

"Watch your tone with me."

"Ok, mom."

She picked me up and walked me to the farm house. She knocked on the door and waited patientley. After a minute, the door opened a crack, and a pair of green eyes peeked out. Then a gasp, and the door opened. Applejack jumped out, bowed, and spoke.

"Princess! Is that thing gone? And what happened to Michael? Is he gonna be okay?"

She lifted her hoof for silence, and was given that silence. "Applejack, show me to your guest room please." Applejack nodded and led Celestia upstairs past the rest of the family who were still cowering from fear. Apple jack walked past two rooms and opened a door. Inside was a bed, a small writing desk, and a window.

"Leave us please." Commanded Celestia. Applejack nodded and left the room. I would like to point out that I was bleeding profusely, and barely awake. She set me on the bed, and pulled the blanket over me. Then with a flash of her horn, she healed my wounds. I started to fall asleep, and Celestia leaned forward and kissed me on the cheek. I was welcomed into sleeps swee embrace.

Diabetes

Slender Man walked back to a cave where he decided to stay until he got back to his realm. He was wounded, but it might have been worth it. When the human had thrown his blade at Slender Man, it was absorbed into his body and it made a pronounced difference on his tentacles. They had developed a knife edge and had done quite a number on the human. He would've killed him and been done with it already, except that goddess had shown up and burned him with light. Slender beings have few weakness', but light is one of them. It seems that he was going to need all the help he could get if the human had a god on his side, along with being half Slender.

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I could feel a warmth against my chest and my side. When I opened my eyes, I was estatic and worried at the same time. On my chest, was Colmillo, sleeping peacefully and OH MY GOD THE DIABETES!!!! Now, as to why I was worried. The warmth next to me, was of course, Celestia. She had her muzzle snuggled into the crook of my neck, and her warm breath tickled the hairs on my neck. I'm gonna' be honest, it was physically comfortable, but mentally uncomfortable. I tried wiggling my way out, but Celestia's arm layed over my chest and gripped me. She sighed contentedly, and nuzzled me. I was starting to get REALLY uncomfortable. Thank God my clothes hadn't burned off like last time, or this would've been way worse.

Then, Colmillo came to my rescue. He woke up, saw me awake, and went batshit crazy. He started barking happliy and whining and licking my face. The commotion he made woke Celestia, and when she saw the position she was in, she jumped out of the bed as gracefully as she could.

"Michael! You're awake! I.. Umm... What I mean to say is... I didn't want to leave you here in your condition, and so I decided to stay, but..."

"It's fine Celestia. You were just tired and got into the bed with good intentions, right?" I asked with an encouraging smile.

"O-of course. That's it." The obvious disappointment in her voice made me cringe. I didn't have any feelings for her like that, but I didn't want to flat out friend-zone her. Colmillo whined, and I turned my attention to him. He jumped off of me, trotted to the door, and scratched at it. I threw the covers off of me, and walked over to the door. Before I reached it, though, Celestia gasped.

"Michael! Your arms! What happened to them?! They're all marked up!"

I looked down and saw she was right. There seemed to be ritualistic markings up and down the length of my arms. They were emanating heat and pulsating between black and grey. I reached down and stroked them, but didn't feel anything. I couldn't remember if I had them when I woke up to fight Slender Man, and I know they couldn't have happened when I was sleeping, because Colmillo or Celestia would've woken up and absolutley destroyed the artist.

'i made those. after the battle with slender man, i realized that we would not be able to beat him as we were, so i made these on your body. they will make your shadow abilities stronger whilst i leave to practice my own power. i shall see you soon, michael.' said the oh-so specific voice in my head.

"Wait! What do you mean you're going to practice? Slender Mane? Hello-o?"

Celestia asked "Umm... who are you talking to?"

"Slender Mane. He made these marks to strengthen my abilities with shadows while he goes off and does... Whatever he does."

"Oh." I returned my attention to Colmillo, who was waiting impatiently at the door. He yapped and pawed at the door.

"All right, chill. I'm coming." I walked up to the door, opened it up, and he bolted down stairs. I walked out of the room. I looked behind me, and Celestia was standing like a statue staring at the floor.

"Uh, Celestia? You comin with?"

"Hmm? Oh yes, I'll be there in a minute." She sighed mournfully and sat on the bed. I groaned inwardly. Closing the door, I set off after Colmillo down the stairs to the main living room of Applejacks home. Upon reaching said room, I saw Twilight and her friends sitting around with their attention on my dog as he playfully romped with a smaller dog that was brown and white. It looked like a border collie, but I could've been wrong. For such a small dog, it could really hold its own against my german shorthair.

"So, I see you've found Colmillo someone to spar with. This shall be interesting."

Six heads snapped in my direction and six bodies tackled me to the ground with the exclamation yell of "MICHAEL!!!!!" They held me down while they laughed, scolded and cried at the same time.

"All right, all right, get off me. But you do know that I saved all of YOUR," I thrust a finger in Applejacks direction "family from certain death right?" She looked at me gratefully.

"You saved my life,along with five others, at the risk of your health and life. Thank you."

She hugged me tight. I gingerly hugged her back, not wanting any other ponies to get ideas in their head. She let go of me, backed up, and walked to the stairs leading up.

"All right everypony, you can come down and meet him, he's up!"

Then I heard hooves clop along the floorboards, and three little bodies zoomed down and stopped just short of me. There was a orange-ish one with a purple mane, a yellow one with a red mane and pink bow, and a white one with a grey-purple and pink mane.

"HI!!! WE'RE THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!!"

"HI!!! NEVER YELL AT ME LIKE THAT AGAIN, UNDERSTOOD???"

They shrunk back a bit, but then rebounded and nodded enthusiasticlly, and ran out the door with as much energy as an atom being split. I chuckled, along with the others. Then, a small and shriveled green pony and a large muscly red pony walked down. The green one didn't seem too fazed, but the red ones ears laid back a bit and he smiled sheepishly. The green one said "Well, it's nice to meet the stallion that saved my family and friends! My name is Granny Smith."

"First off, i'm not a stallion, i'm a man. Secondly, you're quite welcome, and it's a pleasure to meet you."

She smiled and gestured to the red one next to her and introduced "This here is Big Macintosh, the actual owner of Sweet Apple Acres!"

He again smiled sheepishly and held out his hoof. I gripped it and said "Oh, we've met. Hopefully this time it'll be under better circumstances."

"Uhh... Yeah, sorry 'bout that mister. But, I ain't never seen somethin' like you b'fore. I was worried about my family. Can you forgive me?"

"Yeah, don't worry about, we're cool."

He sighed gratefully and a visible weight was lifted from his shoulder. Everyone just stood there for a few minutes looking around with absolutely nothing to say. Then I turned to Rarity.

"Hey, how's it coming with my threads?"

She looked at me confusedly, but then a perverbial lightbulb went off, and she reached into a bag I hadn't noticed. She pulled out a medium sized parcel and handed it to me. Hoofed it? Huh...

"Here you are darling! The clothes you asked for for wearing around! I made a couple extras just in case one rips, or if you need to wash one. I should have your suit done in a few days. I just need to wait for the... Leather... To arrive."

All of the assembled ponies looked at me with a look of pure disgust and shock. At the exact same time, "LEATHER!?!?!!? WHAT THE HAY!?!? THAT IS DISGUSTING!!!" Or some variant of that.

"Hey, where I come from, it is socially acceptable to wear leather. Believe me, if you found out a humans eating habits, you'd have an anurism."

They accepted that for an answer, but their faces gained a sickly green tint. You couldn't really tell with Granny Smith, but she had a grimace that said every thing her color couldn't. With package in hand, I asked Applejack where the restroom was.

"It's upstairs, just past the room Celestia put you in. Why?"

"So I can take a massive shit." I pointed to the parcel and said "What do you think?"

She made a face at me and I walked up the stairs to the designated room. Upon opening the door and closing it behind me, I ripped off my tattered and ripped clothes with a laugh of triumph. I opened the package and pulled out a black shirt, black jeans, and some black, red, and white, flat bottomed shoes that looked suspiciously like Vans, and socks. I put them on and looked into a small mirror on the wall.

"Not too shabby." I said to myself. I walked out just in time to see Celestia's tail turn the corner and descend the stairs. I walke after her and and saw her sit down and start talking to Twilight. I couldn't hear them, but apparently they didn't want me to know what they were talking about, because Celestia turned her head and then shushed Twilight.

"Shhh, he's coming!" I heard her whisper. They both turned to me and tried looking as imperceptible as possible. The only problem was that they looked so inconspicous, that they looked conspicous.

"So, conspiring against me, I see? Well i'll have none of it! two weeks in the dungeon!" I swept my hand over the two and they burst into uncontrollable giggles. They *snrked* alot trying to contain themselves, but failed, finally exploding into hysterics as I made a funny face.

"Okay! Stop being funny! I can't breath!" Huffed Celestia, which made me laugh. Twilight had tears coming out of her eyes. I couldn't really see what was so funny, but... To each his own.

After a few minutes, they calmed down enough for me to ask a question so important, that the fate of this world and others depended on me asking it.

"Where can I get some food?"

Twilight put a hoof to her chin and said "Well, there's a cafe in town, but I don't think they'll have anything for you. You could go to Sugarcube Corner where Pinkie works. They serve cupcakes and muffins."

"Why wouldn't the cafe have anything for me?"

"Because they serve vegetarian only, just like every establishment in Equestria. The only places that serve meat are in the gryphon territories."

"Oh, damn. Well, lets go get some sweets." I stood up, pointed at the door, and exclaimed "Ponies, away!" and I ran out the door. Only to be stopped by Celestia popping into existance right in front of me. Unfortunately, I was moving too fast to stop, and I crashed right into Celestia. Ending up with me laying on top of her and giving her an unintentional kiss.

PISSED BLOOD!?!?!

It had been three hours since his fight with the human, and Slender Man had already healed, fed, and began his art. He had fed upon a small pack of wooden wolves that had taken him for easy prey.

After about five minutes, Slender Man had finished his artwork. He had drawn a Slender Summoning Circle, and now only needed one more thing. The blood of an innocent. Preferably, they needed to be below the age of five, because their blood tended to be more rich and powerful. Slender Man got up and walked to the mouth of the cave he was inhabiting to admire the cold glow of his new bladed tendrils. They were wicked sharp, and had made dealing with the local wildlife much easier. That aside, He still needed an innocents' blood. Or more specifically, An innocent to sacrifice over the drawn circle. The incantation that was also required was quite... Disturbing. It went some thing like:

"Now you rise, before our eyes, tendrils waving, happiness staving. We bring our pain, you bring us gain, and we will honor your existance. If we don't you can rape us with your tentacles."

Slender Man didn't fully understand it, but he didn't really want to. None of the promises in it had to be kept, and Slender Man knew he wasn't going to use his tentacles like that. Either way, He needed an innocent.

Slender Man crept towards a small house under the cover of darkness. He got to the front door just in time to hear: "Go to sleep Twist! You have school tomorrow!"

"Yes mom!"

He waited about ten minutes before turning to mist and traveling through the lock. Once inside, he floated to the closest room and reassembled. He opened the door and found the restroom. Slender Man turned and went to the next door, finding a closet. He started getting fustrated, and when he got frustrated, bad things happened. He walked to the next door, and was rewarded. Inside was a sleeping filly with a red poofy mane and butter like coat. He picked up the small creature gently with a tendril, making sure to cover her mouth in case she awoke.

Slender Man left the room, carrying his sleeping bundle, and walked to the front door. Then he got a vicious thought. Why not leave a message? He set the filly down, and walked to the only unopened door in the residence. Upon entering, he saw a bed with two sleeping ponies, a stallion and a mare. Slowly, he wrapped knife edged tendrils around their necks, and then constricted.

Their heads were seperated insantly, causing blood to spurt from their necks. He dipped a tendril in the blood and wrote a message on the wall. One that could not be misunderstood if you tried.

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"WHAT THE HAY IS THIS!?!?!"

I looked over to the door of Applejacks house, where Colmillo and an enraged Twilight stood. She was looking at Celestia and I, whose lips were still locked. I quickly got off of her as gently as I could, seeing as I could have knee'd her.

"Chill, it was an accident. She transported in front of me and I was moving to fast to stop. It ain't like that."

Celestia, whose face was as red as a cooked lobster, added "Yes, it was my fault. I should have been more careful."

Twilight looked at us suspiciously, but accepted it for an answer.

"Okay, but you better not be lying to me."

I shrugged and Celestia nodded. Twilight nodded in self satisfaction.

"So," I asked " are we still going to get sustenance?"

Twilight responded first "Yes, i'm kinda hungry myself. What about you princess?"

"Oh, why not? I'm quite a fan of Pinkies cupcakes."

"Excellent!"

Twilight and Celestia started off towards the town, but I held back with Colmillo, who looked at me confusedly. Slender Mane had talked about practicing his powers, why shouldn't I practice myself? I realized how easily Slender Man had moved, like water flowing. I figured I might as well practice my agility and speed.

"Uh... Hey Twiligt?"

She and Celestia turned with questioning looks. "Yes Michael?"

"What does Sugarcube Corner look like?"

"Well, it's made out of ginger bread, so it would be next to immpossible to miss it. Why?"

I nodded. "I think i'll meet you two there. Colmillo, follow them!"

Twilight asked "Where are you going?"

"To do a little parkour. See ya!"

And with that, I took off, not giving them another turn to debate. I leaped over the fence, and continued on. When I made it to the edge of the town, I started passing by a few suprised ponies. Most of them just looked at me with mild curiosity, while others ran away screaming. I laughed. Continuing on, I decided to get some elevation. I lept onto a nearby cart, and sprung up to the roof of a building. I caught the edge, pulled myself up, and kept going. Even though I was moving faster than I ever had before in my life, I wasn't even halfway winded. Indeed, I felt as if I could keep going until the sun ran out of gas. But, with my knowledge, that wasn't going to hapen soon.

I kept going, leaping over a chimney or two, and a gaps between buildings. I finally decided to stop and just look for Sugarcube Corner, seeing as Celestia and Twilight would be there, and i'm asuming Colmillo would have to wait outside. I jumped off a rooftop, and landed next to a mint green unicorn. I looked at her (I could tell it was a her because fuck off) and raised an eyebrow. She just stood there staring at me, which was rather unnerving.

"Uhh... Hi?"

"What are you?"

"A human."

Her eyes grew three sizes that day, and she gave all the presents back to the Who's! I'm lying, that didn't happen at all. Well, her eyes got real big, and she smiled like I had seen in a certain dream and NOPE!!! I took off towards a ginger bread house about fifty yards away. There was a rather large line of ponies, but I didn't have time to wait. I pushed through the door, and then a stallion said "Hey, ever heard of a line, freak?"

I rounded on him and said "Hey, ever been dragged to the sidewalk by your nuts and been beaten till you PISSED BLOOD!?!?!"

He shrank back and his pupils dialated in fear. "please continue..."

I *harumphed* and walked upto the counter where Twilight, Celestia, and Colmillo were watching me with shock.

"Michael," began Twilight " what the hell was that about?"

"Hey! He called me a freak!" I said defensively. She sighed and turned back to the counter, where Pinkie Pie had fragically (fragically= freakin magically) appeared, and she was holding a cupcake so big, my friend johnny got a bit jealous.

"Hi mikey!! Do you want to try my new super cupcake? It's really good!"

I looked at it suspiciously. It had at least three inches of frosting, and was covered in chocolate sprinkles. I think she had even poured sugar on it. Either way, I shrugged.

"Sure, why not?"

I grabbed it and stuffed the whole thing in my mouth and swallowed(If your mind went there, may god have mercy on your soul). I smacked my lips.

"So, what do ya think? Pretty good huh?" asked Pinkie.

"I think, now bear with me here, I think it tastes like diabetes."

They all looked at me with unsure looks on their faces. Now, call me crazy, but I don't think they know what diabetes is in this world. But thats impossible! There is no way they don't have diseases like that, Because that wou-

"What's diabetes?" Asked Celestia.

"Don't worry about it. There is way too much sugar in this for me."

Pinkie looked a little down for a moment, but then perked right back up. "Okie dokie lokie!!!" and with that, she bounced towards what I assumed to be the kitchen. I shook my head along with every single pony in the room, who had watched the entire exchange.

The three of us, including Colmillo, sat at a table outside of the bakery talking about absolutely nothing at all, when a blood curdling scream cut through the calm of the midday atmosphere. I was up and running towards it with Celestia and Colmillo before Twilight could even respond.

We arrived at a house that had yellow police tape, ponies in blue uniforms, and an ever geowing crowd of onlookers. We were spotted by one of the uniformed ponies and ushered through the crowd.

"Thank Faust you're here Your Majesty! I've never seen anything like this in my whole life, and thank you for that." said the police pony.

"What is it my loyal subject? What has happened here?"

"I think you'd better see for yourself."

He led us into the house, and immediately, we were hit with a foul stench. It smelled of decay and death. We walked to an open door, and inside was the second most gruesome thing I had ever seen. There were two ponies on a bed, but they had been decapitated, and the mattresswas soaked with their blood. The most disturbing part however, was what was written on the wall in the deceased's blood.

"Oh my god..."

"No! NO!"

"Why? Who?"

Only one being was sick enough to do something like this. Slender Man. For written on the wall... Was...

Third Option.

Slender Mans sacrifice had awoken a little over an hour ago, and she would not shut up! Crying, screaming, and begging seemed to be the only means of communication for her. He had hit her multiple times, but she only got louder. Slender Man got up, walked to her, and put a tendril to her forehead, and she immediately fell into unconciousness.

It was a simple shadow spell that clouded the mind into thinking it needed to rest, and all Slender Man was her body alive, not awake.

He picked up the unconcious filly and walked her to the circle. He set her in the center of it and put a bladed tendril to her throat. He said the cadence and cut her throat, her blood soaking the ground and being absorbed into it. Her eyes never once opened, and she would leave this world in a dreamless sleep.

A warm heat began to emit from the Circle, and the cave started rumbling. Suddenly, a white light burst through the circle, surrounded in a shadowy smoke. Slender Man stepped back, and then he was thrown to the ground. He looked up into the face of- Belay that! He looked into the faceless head of another Slender Being. This one looked like a biped, but had three legs, making it a triped. Right?

He got up and surveyed the cave. It was filled with Slender Beings of all shapes and sizes were filling the cave! He had a perverbial victory orgasm. Allies! Those who he can use to destroy the human! But first...

'hear me, slender beings! i am the slender man! an inhabitant from my dimension, a human, has been brought here, here being a dimension full of ponies, by an unknown force! the slender being in this dimension, called slender mane, has allied himself with the human, who has allied himself with a goddess that controls light! i require your help to right this inter-dimensional conundrum by killing the human!'

After he finished mind speaking to them, a Slender Being, one resembling a sphinx, stepped forward. 'you seek to right this by bringing more of us here!? are you an imbecile? you have just made it worse, you buffoon!'

Slender Man saw a few others nodding their heads in agreement, and he knew he would have to act fast to salvage the situation.

'not only for that reason have i brought you here. there are so many dimensions, yet none are home to us! we are mere cleaners for those who get curious about other dimensions, and to feed ourselves! well i say no more! we can take this place for our own, make it a haven for any other new born slenders who know not what to do! what do you think? our own home world, rich with prey! think!'

He saw that they were debating amongst themselves heatedley. Some agreed, saying that they had been denied a home for too long, while others said that are the way they are for a reason, and that they should just return to their homeworlds.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, a chosen representative stepped forth. It looked like a mix btween a shark and a horse, and began speaking. 'we have thought hard about your proposal, slender man. we have come to an agreement. we will aid you, and in return we will get this world for our home. are we clear?'

'indubitably.' said Slender Man with so much malice, the assembled Slender Beings shuddered.

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"THE HuMan or ThIS WorLD"

This was the message painted in blood. Two innocent ponies had died to deliver a message of five words. Five. Words. Was this all the ponies were worth to Slender Man? Actually, I didn't fucking care. All I wanted was to beat the everliving shit outta him. I felt the tattoos on my arm tingle and start to warm. When I looked, they had turned red and were glowing very brightly. It felt like I just had twenty adrenaline injections. The smell of death had gotten sharper, like I could smell better. Then,I caught a faint tang on the air. It was a bit bitter, and not exactly unpleasant. I looked at Celestia, and her face had twisted into one of fear.

"What's wrong with your arms?"

Thats when it hit me. The bitter smell, was Celestias fear.

"Don't know, don't care. I'm gonna find Slender Man, and I am going to smash seven shades of shit out of him."

I turned to leave and made it to the front door when an officer pony yelled "No sign of the daughter!"

If you listened closely, you could hear a *SNAP* eminate from my head. I kicked the door, and it defied physics by going straight over the crowd, and landing somewhere in the forest, which Twilight had called 'The Everfree Forest'. Supposedly, to go in there is really dangerous. You know what else is dangerous? Pissing me off.

I ran to Applejacks farm house and ran in. I walked around looking for her, and found her sitting with Applebloom in the dining room. They had some papers on the table, and I caught something about ' 24x82 '. I walked up behind them and said "1,968. Applejack, where is that package that had my clothes in it?"

She turned and said "Michael! She is s'posed to be learnin' this herself! And you left them up in the bathroom so I put em' in the guest room. Why?"

"I need to go and beat up Slender Man"

I watched my language that time due to the small filly who was eagerly writing down the answer I had given her. Applejack responded "Oh. What happened?"

"Ask Twilight. I'd tell you, but this isn't a conversation for kids."

She nodded understandingly, and I walked upstairs to the addressed room. Like she said, it was laying on the bed, and I pulled out a set of spares. After all, If i'm going to fight, don't want to wake up naked.

'michael, be wary. i sensed something... wrong... in the forest. and you've been wondering why you pass out after fights and wake up nude? the shadow powers you contain drain you of energy and life force. the longer the fight, the more chabce you have of dying. keep that in mind. oh and don't worry, i'll keep your clothes intact.'

I put the spares back on the bed and sighed in annoyance. "You couldn't have told me that on the way here? That would've saved me so much time!"

'applebloom needed help with her homework. so shut up and go kick ass.'

I huffed and walked down stairs. Apple bloom was putting the papers in a bag and when she saw me, she attacked. With a hug. I was caught off guard, but returned the gesture.

"Thanks for the help! It would've taken me all night to figure that out!"

"Don't thank me, thank Slender Mane."

With that, I shook her off and shot out if the house.

I was wandering through the forest searching for my prey. I had run into a wierd looking lion with wings and a scorpion tail, but it was like fighting a toddler. After I dispatched it, I blew it up with tiger balm! No i'm LION!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Then I heard A branch behind me break, And I twirled around and came face to face with my foe. He was a bit shorter than I remembered, and his tendrils weren't sharp anymore. Maybe it was temporary? Either way, he was going to die.

I rushed him, and sent tendrils at his face, chest, and legs. He was caught off guard, and only managed to block his face and chest. My tendrils wrapped around his legs and pulled them out from under him. He hit the ground hard, and was dazed for a few seconds that would cost him. I chucked him into the air, and on his way down, I tackled him. He threw a tendril at my face and when it hit, Nothing happened.

I grabbed his tendril, ripped it off, and wrapped it around his throat. I dragged him to the nearest tree, and threw the tendril over a branch. I pulled it, and he was lifted off of the ground. He started thashing around trying to get loose, but it was no good. I remember getting my knot tying badge when I was an eagle scout! I was so proud that day, it never occured to me that the skill would help me hang a monster that murdered people in the woods.

After a few minutes of him thrashing and me beating him, he went limp, and died(again, I knew he was dead because fuck off). I cut the tendril and he fell to the ground. Then I heard a chuckle from behind me. I turned, and damn near pissed myself.

Slender Man was standing there, flanked by at least fifty other creatures that had similar coloring and no faces. They all had tendrils, but Slender Mans were sharpened. I looked at the dead one behind me, and it had turned into a gelatinous mass.

'a slender being from a doppleganger universe. i really must thank you for killing him. he was starting to get on every ones nerves.'

The other Slenders' heads nodded in agreement.

"Where the hell did they all come from? You too scared to fight me yourself, pussy?"

'i could ask you the same thing for joining with slender mane, human.'

I laughed. "Really? I was just evening the playing field. Now, You all get to die."

My words were met with silence. Then an unbearably loud hissing static smashed through my head. All of the Slender Beings were rocking with laughter!

'hahahahaahahaha! do you really think you could beat all of us by yourself? oh, i haven't laughed this hard in ages! thank you!'

I smirked. "I don't think I could beat all of you. I know I can."

I rushed at the group, and Slender Man nodded his head. Three indescribable Slenders met my attack. I lashed out with my tendrils much like I had with the doppleganger. With less success than I had hoped. I only managed to hit one in the middle in the chest. It was sent back at least eight feet, while the other two made it to me. They split up and went on either side of me and they nodded at each other. Their next move was insanely predictable, but what wasn't predictable was the third Slender I had forgotten about.

I was tackled to the ground and held there by all three. Slender Man walked over and leaned his face over mine.

'i thought you said you could beaat us? shame. well, we'll kill you, then every living creature. oh and don't worry. we'll pay special attention to your dog.'

My face went blank. There was no expression. I started to feel the familiar tingle on my body. Flames of  SILVER were leaping off of me. The Slender Beings let go of me and backed up. I got up and took my shirt off. The tattoos that ran down my arm also covered my body, and they were no longer red. They weren't black either. They were silver as well, and my body temperature had dropped. Slender Man shook.

'no! immpossible! you have only been melded for a couple weeks, you shouldn't be this strong already! i have been this way for eons, and i haven't reached that strenght!'

I didn't grace him with a response. I walked to him, but he ran, along with all of the other Slenders. Except for one. It was large, at least twelve feet tall, and had the body of a bear. It rushed me, thinking it could take me. No dice.

He swung a massive arm at me. I held my hand out to block it, and when it made contact, a mouth opened on it and it screeched in pain. The part of its arm that I had touched was burned off. I walked up to it and threw a punch. It hit a tree, and slumped down, unconcious. I pierced its skull with a tendril. A hole ringed in silver was left, and I left a message on its body, a response to Slender Man.

"THIRD OPTION: YOU."

The 'Ch-ake'

Slender Man was shocked into fear and fury. If it had only taken a few weaks for the human to reach that strength, In another week, how powerful could he be then? Two weeks? To many questions, not enough answers. The best thing would be to get him sooner rather than later. Perhaps the large party at the abode of the gods? Yes, he would get the humans dog, and force the human to choose between the lives of all the innocents, or an animal. Genius! Oh look, It's raining.

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I stumbled through the forest, in a blurry stupor. That fight had taken alot out of me, and I was starting to feel the effects. My arms felt like lead, My head was pounding, I felt like I was going to be sick, and I just felt like over all shit. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, It fuckin' did.

It started to rain. You know, if I hadn't felt so bad, I would have started singing.  But I did, so I didn't. I kept walking in the direction I thought Ponyville was in, and hoped I was right. I felt close to passing out from exertion, and this forest probably wasn't the best place to do so.

I walked on, right into a goddamned tree. I fell back straight on my ass in the mud. I gave the tree the evil eye and stood up. "Fuck you, Mr. Tree!" and I whipped it out and pissed on the tree. Some may find my actions a bit... Peculiar, but in all honesty, no one asked their opinion, so they can shut their whore mouths! Moving on...

After relieving myself on the tree, I got up and walked towards what sounded like a hiss. It sounded like it was emanating from a bush, and of course, like the giant tard I am, I walked towards it. Out popped a chicken snake! Now, because of my fight with the 'Slender Militia' as I had dubbed it, I was drained of energy. That had left me quite hungry, and I had always heard that rattlesnake tasted good so... Yeah.

I walked up to the 'ch-ake' and reached for it when its eyes started glowing red. Of course, shit has to happen to me. The thing screeched and knocked me to the ground. Then it got up in my face and gave me the death stare.

I felt my arms- or rather, didn't feel my arms, and my feet. I looked down and they started to look like they were grey. Great a chicken snake that turns people to stone. I tried lifting my arms to throw it off, but it must do something to your nuerons, because my arms were going nowhere fast.

The stone was spreading and I honestly thought this was the end. Taken out by a chicken with a snake tail. Oh, they'll sing tales of my heroism.

Fortunately, it wasn't my end, thanks to a certain pegasus.

"HIYA!!!"

The snake chicken was thrown off of me by a blue blur. Yeah, thats right, BLUE. You thought I was talking about Fluttershy, didn't you? Hahaha, well FUCK YOU YOU'RE WRONG!!!!

Rainbow Dash tackled it off and then bucked it into the depths of the forest. She nodded in satisfaction and then turned and trotted back to me.

"Hey, you OK? You're lookin' kinda' beat up there."

"No shit, Dick Tracy."

"Who?"

"Nevermind."

My limbs started feeling limber and I was able to move them again. I pushed myself up and looked at her.

"Hey, you think you're strong enough to drag me to the nearest bed?"

"Why?"

"Because of this."

I fell backward and passed out. The last thing I heard was "Oh, horseapples!" You know, these ponies need some better swears and curses. I think I could really help them with that.

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I woke up to the sound of cheerful humming, and to be honest, I absolutely hated it. Anything that sounds happy and peppy in a musical manner just pisses me right off. I sat up from the bed I was in and looked for the source of the humming. I seemed to be in  small cottage and *BAM*!!! I was pushed back down on to the bed by a small high speed projectile. I looked at it and and glared at the small rabbit.

It was white, crossing its arms, and glaring at me. It's eyes were a little unnerving, but I have faced way worse. I grabbed the little basard of of my chest and set him on the floor. I got back up and, Lo and behold, I got pushed back down again. I grabbed him and slid him across the floor.

This time, I was able to get up. Yet, the rabbit tried again to knock me down. But this time, I caught him with a tendril, and brought him up to my face.

"Listen you little prick, Knock. Your. Shit. Off. Or I will make soup."

He just kept glaring and then slapped me.

"OH THAT IS IT!!!"

I grabbed him by the neck, but I was interuppted.

"W-w-what are you d-doing to my Angel?!"

I looked over at the timid pegasus, and groaned. Oh god, her face! Adorable to the max!

"I was just going to teach him to not be such a punk. No need to worry."

"Oh, Angel isn't a punk, he's just mischievous." She said with a smile.

I blank faced her. "Really? 'Mischievous'? No, he is  a punk and a brat. I think you need to be more strict, then he wouldn't attack your guests."

She looked down guiltily. Great, now I made her feel bad. I set down the rabbit and walked over to her. I cupped her cheek and said "Look, I didn't mean anything by it, but you need to be more strict with him or he'll keep being a brat, okay?"

She nodded her head and smiled. Then, She hugged me. I hugged back, and said "This would've been way more awkward if my clothes had been burned off."

She jumped back with an intense blush on her face, and I laughed maniacally. The blush on her face reduced to a faint pink, and she laughed with me. I got up, stretched, and looked around. Her abode was small, but quite cozy, and there were small animals everywhere. I located the front door, and turned back to my host.

"Well, I thank you for letting me sleep here, Fluttershy, but now, I must... AWAAY!"

I ran out of her hut and sprinted into town. Why was I sprinting? I just felt like stretching. Iran, and tripped on Iraq! AHAHAHA!! I am a great comedian.

I made it to town in only a few minutes, which is pretty fast considering the distance. I walked towards Twilights library and got stopped by that one mint green unicorn. She just stared at me with a menacing grin.

''My name is Lyra! I always wanted to meet a human, that way I could check out their hands! And I can't wait to check yours out!"

"Pshh, Yeah that'll happen."

I tried pushing past her, but she was like an unmovable object. But I am an unstoppable force! And what happens when these two meet? I go over! I used my tendrils to throw myself over her and kept walking. I smiled and looked back at her, but my smile vanished immediately. She was sitting there with her face in her hooves, shaking from sobs. There were tears hitting the ground. Damn.

I walked over to her and put my hand on her shoulder. She looked up at me with tears streaming down her face.

"Hey, If you really just want to look at them, or maybe make a cast of them, then i'm cool with that."

"*GASP*!!! Really?"

I nodded with a smile on my face. She *SQUEE'D* and took off, motioning for me to follow. I sighed, asking myself 'what have I done?'. I followed, not having any trouble keeping up, seeing as she was a pony. Eventually, we arrived at what I assumed was her house. She walked to the door, but before she got there, it opened.

A beige earth pony with a purple and pink mane walked out. She saw the unicorn and said "Oh hey Lyra! What're you doi-" That is when she saw me.

"Lyra. What is that?"

"Hey Bon Bon! It's a human! I told you they were real! Now you owe me the ultimate backrub, just like we bet!"

The earth pony, Bon Bon, face went all sultry and mischeivous.

"Oh, you didn't need to find a human to get that..."

Lyra's mouth made an 'O' of surprise, but then she beamed. She turned to me and said "Hey, can we do this some other time? I kinda..."

"Yeah sure. And My name is Michael, by the way." I said with a smile.

She beamed at me then walked up to Bon Bon and they both went into the house for some private time. I shrugged and started walking away. Befor I got out of earshot though, I heard "OH YES!!! YES!!!" I laughed to myself.

"Ha. Ponies are wierd."

Douchette

Slender Man and his allies sat outside of the castle that jutted out of the hill. They had been waiting for one of the Slender Beings to return from discovering the exact time of the party. The plan was the same as it had been before. Wait until midswing of the party, attack, force the human to choose between his dog and the party goers.

It was dark out when the Slender Scout returned, and he brought good news. It would be starting today just before dark! If they attack in the middle of the party, it should be dark out, which would make them stronger! Unfortunately, it would also make the human stronger. Hmmm...

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I walked to sugarcube corner to get a bite to eat before going to the library, cuz' making Twilight worry is funny. I walked through the town, and I caught some angry glares and hisses from any ponie that were out and about. One yelled "It's your fault!" and they chucked a rock at me. It caught me right in the cheek, just above my already existing scar. I felt blood run down my cheek. Great. Now I have to cut a bitch.

I started towards my assailant, a charcoal grey pegasus with a blue silver man and a rain cloud with lightning as his cutie mark. Before I reached him however, he was tackled by a red blur. He hit the ground with Big Macintosh on him, and fear was evident in his amber eyes.

"Next time ya' hit one a my friends, i'll kick your pegasus ass."

Big Mac threw a punch, If thats what you can call it. I mean, is that what they refer to it as? They cant flex their actual hooves, so what do they call it? To save confusion, i'll call it a punch.

Big Mac threw a punch(?) into the pegasus' face, and drew blood. He then got up and walked over to me, leaving the pegasus on the ground.

"Dude, you're pretty badass when you want to be, huh?"

"Eeyup." He walked off.

"All right."

I resumed my walk to Sugarcube Corner uninterrupted. When I got there, only one customer stood in line. Him. I walked in and stood right behind Him. I breathed heavily on his neck just to freak Him out. He turned slowly, and when He saw me, He sqeualed in fear.

"AAHH!!! H-h-here, t-take my s-spot! P-please don't k-kill me!!"

"Run now, fool! NOW!!!"

The stallion ran out of the confection shop, most likely with thoughts of pissing blood. I chuckled with much malice in my voice. I turned to the counter behind me to see a mare with a cerulean coat and pink mane looking at me with mild concern.

"Umm... Can I help you?"

"Yeah, can I get a blueberry muffin?"

"Yes, one moment."

She turned to a previously unseen display case and pulled one out. She set it on the counter and said "That'll be 2 bits please."

"Ummm... No."

I grabbed the muffin and ran out of the store laughing like an idiot. I heard her shout... something, I couldn't tell exactly what. Didn't matter, I had a muffin! I bit into it and savored the soft buttery goodness and the taste of bluberries on my tongue. For the first time in a while, an actual tear slid out of my eye. It was just so delicious... I finished it off in a few ravenous bites, realizing, that that was the first actual food I had had that didn't numb my tongue from sweetness in almost a week (I had eaten a bologna sammich at my camp on earth). I continued to Twilights and arrived a short minute later.

I walked inside to find it quiet, like every library should be, but I could see no unicorn reading doing other nerd stuff. I walked up to the main desk and saw a folded peice of paper with 'Michael' written across the top. I picked it up and opened it.

"Michael, I have gone to Rarity's to pick up my dress for the Gala. I would bring back yours, but i'm not going to, just because.

*Sigh*. Douchette. Apparently the fact that I don't know where Rarity lives has escaped her. I started to leave, but I noticed that she was working on something called a 'Creation' spell. The notes she had pointed that she was attempting to pull something out of ones memories. I guess Celestia hadn't told her of that spell. She had some numbers written down, and there was one I recognized. 3.14159265359, Pi. I picked up a pencil and changed it to 3.15149265953 for some revenge. A dish best served without the target ever knowing.

I left the library promptly, laughing to myself, not knowing what would happen when she tested it out. Who cares, it'll be awesome! I walked around Ponyville looking for, I dont know what. Fortunately, I ran into Big Mac again. He was standing behind a stand with apples on it and a sign that said 'Apples 2 bits a peice'. I walked up to him and said "S'up Big Mac attack!"

"Umm... What?"

"Not sure. Where does Rarity live?"

"Down the street to the left. It's a buildin' called 'Carousel Boutique'."

"Thanks, man."

"Eeyup."

I waved and walked off in the direction he directed. Sure enough, It was there, Carousel Boutique. A white building that looked like its namesake. I walked in and saw Twilight and her friends talking about something, wasn't sure what though. I coughed and they all turned to me. Then, at the same time, they all exclaimed "OH MY GOSH!! WHAT HAPPENED??"

"Nothing, don't worry about it."

"Don't worry about it? You're bleeding from your face and you already have a scar!" Exclaimed Fluttershy in her soft tone.

"No, I had that one. None of you really noticed that? Huh."

"Yeah, none of us ever saw it." Responded Dash.

"Oh. Well, yeah, I already had this, and I don't think im going to get another."

"How d'ya get it?" asked Applejack.

"Well, you asked, and you shall be told."

They all scooted in, expecting a story filled with twists and turns that would leave them speechless. Ha.

"I got this a year ago when I was making Colmillo and I some pancakes. I tried flipping them like a boss, but the pan slipped out of my grip and the hot metal caught me on the cheek. I didn't get any pancakes either, Colmillo grabbed them off the floor and ate 'em."

They all fell back in surprise. Their faces went from 'rapt with attention' to 'for real?'. I laughed at these silly ponies.

"Well..." Rarity broke the silence "That was rather anti-climatic." All the others nodded in agreement.

"What? Not all my life is dangerous and full of near death experiences. I can be normal, at times."

They all looked at me with dead pan faces, then out of nowhere, they burst out laughing. Dash was holding her sides, ROTFL. Rarity was giggling like a stoner. Pinkie was guffawing. Fluttershy was laughing normal. Twilight chuckled. Applejack was laughing like this one guy I knew that lived in Louisiana. I narrowed my eyes and barked at Rarity "Just go get me my suit."

She got up still laughing and walked to a rack with my suit on it. She put it in a bag with dress shoes and socks, a red tie, and a white dress shirt. She walked to me and handed it to me, still laughing.

"Fuck all of you."

And with that, I walked into a shadow and appeared back in my room in the castle. I was promptly tackled by Colmillo. He looked sleek and shiny, like he had had a bath. He smelled better than usual, and his claws didnt feel as sharp. Who the hell fucked with my dog!?!

"Ah, I see you have met the new Colmillo."

I looked at the door and Celestia was standing there with a smile on her face. I got up and walked over to her with a serious look.

"Celestia. I found Slender Man. He had friends. I couldn't find the daughter."

Her face fell. "A summoning. He sacrificed her to bring his allies."

I clenched my fist in RAGEMELON and growled. Thats when Celestia gasped in surprise.

"Michael, What happened to your cheek?"

I looked at her nonchalantly. "Ponies are blaming me for what happened to that family. Nothing to worry about."

"This will not stand."

She walked out on the balcolny and her horn glared. "You may want to get close to me."

I grabbed Colmillo and walked over to her. Her horn flared up brightly, and a wave of light went out over the horizon, as far as the eye could see.

"What was that?"

"A memory spell. I wiped the entire incedent from everypony's mind."

I looked at her in shock. "Really? Aren't you overreacting just a little bit?"

"No."

My eyes widened. Huh. I heard a knock at the door and we both looked. a guard stood at attention.

"Your Majesty, the Gala shall be beginning soon."

"Thank you, Hard Hoof."

He nodded and walked out of the room. Celestia looked at me and suddenly noticed the bag in my hand. She smiled lightly as she started to walk out of the room. She motioned her head towards the nightstand next to the bed. "I got Colmillo a collar and leash. If you plan on taking him to the Gala with you, he'll need it."

"Really?"

"Yes. Sorry, but it must be that way."

With that, she exited the room, leaving me to get dressed. I put everything on and it all fit snugly and Man did I look bad ass. Celestia even made sure the collar and leash went with my Suit. It was black and white, and together, we both looked awesome.

"Lookout Gala, here comes trouble."

This Time It's Different!

Slender Man had three teams. One would be in the garden and scare all of the ponies there, into the main hall. 2nd and 3rd would go through the windows when the attack would begin. The stage had been set, all thy needed now, was the darkness.

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I walked through the halls towards the event with Colmillo. He was acting a bit strange, always flicking his ears and his head would snap in the direction of nothing, like he was seeing and hearing things. I brushed it off and counted it towards the fact that we were possibly in a new dimension.

We saw a line of ponies in suits and some had monocles which was, in my opinion, pretty damn funny. Then I saw two ponies, A stallion and mare that walked by them and straight in. The stallion was white with a blue mane and mustache, while the mare was a white with a light pink mane. I smiled and followed them through the door without the line. I assumed they were important, and seeing as I am important as all hell, I went through it(Ze door). Only to be yelled at by almost every pony in the line.

"You can't go through there whelp!"

"Get in line, scoundrel!"

"Trash!"

I looked at them with a smile and pulled out a card Celestia had left taped to the door. On it was written 'V.I.P'. That right there shut them up. Still smiling I flipped them off and walked through the door. Inside was... The most boring party ever! Light classical music and no alcohol in sight. Fair enough on  that last one, because when I drink, violent things play out in my mind.

I looked around and saw Celestia greeting geusts, Luna chatting with a guard in purple armor, Pinkie trying to have fun but getting waved away, Twilight was standing next to Celestia lookin down, Rainbow Dash was trailing some Pegasi in blue uniforms, Rarity following a stallion with a blonde mane, and Fluttershy and Applejack not in sight. They must be outside. Well, time to liven this party up.

I walked towards Celestia and was stopped by the couple of ponies I had seen go through the V.I.P entrance. The stallion introduced hisself and his wife.

"Hello there, My name is Fancypants, and this is my wife, Fleur de Lis. I must say, I have never seen a creature like you before."

"Cool story bro."

He looked taken aback as well as his wife who was hanging off him at a wierd angle. "Well... Would you mind telling me what you are exactly?"

*sigh*"Fine. I am a human. My name is Michael, and I am really busy trying to make this snorefest somewhat fun."

"Oh really? Well We could help with that."

I looked at them scrutinously. "You two don't strike me as the rowdy type."

"Yes, well despite being 'High-Society' " he said with a distasteful face "when we have some cider in us we are quite the opposite." His wife nodded.

"Cider?"

"Yes, it really does do quite a number on us, and we take it better than most ponies."

My face was indescribable. Cider is what passes for drinks here? Wow. Doesn't really matter to me, but I bet the ponies are hilarious when they're drunk. I thought about it for a few seconds and decided to accept their help.

"All right. You two procure some 'cider' and get set up in plain view. I am going to get permission from Celestia and get some better music."

They nodded and went off to get the cider and I continued to Celestia. Colmillo was wagging his tail now, all nervousness from earlier gone. I wonder why he was nervous... Anyways, I got to Celestia and she was talking to the never ending line of ponies. I tapped her on the shoulder and she turned to me and said "One moment Michael."

"Kinda important Celestia."

She looked at me, nodded, and turned to the line. "Leave."

The ponies in the line were just as surprised as I was at her change in tone. They walked away slowly and grudgingly shooting me dirty looks. Celestia turned to me with her usual demeanor and said in a sweet tone "How may I be of service?"

"Uh... Okay, can I get permission to make this party fun?"

Her eyes narrowed a bit. "Define fun."

"Well, Some friends are getting cider, and I need your help to get some of my music."

She seemed to mull it over in her head for a moment and then she spoke. "All right, you have my permission to get my ponies drunk and listening to your music... That sounds terrible out loud."

"To late you agreed! Now go into my memories and pull out my Ipod and its cable!"

She grumbled about how I shouldn't be able to tell her what to do, but put her horn to my head. A warm tingling went through my noggin and then I thought 'why not?'

"While your in there can you get me some more Monster?"

A moment later my Ipod was in my hand and in my other was Colmillo's leash and a Monster Assault. I put my Ipod in my pocket and cracked open the Monster. I took a swig and sighed in bliss. Delicious...

"Uh, Michael? Would it be all right if I tried a sip of that drink?"

I looked at her with narrowed eyes, then said "G'head." and passed her the can. She took it in her magic and tried a sip. Then it got wierd.

Her pupils dialated, her left eye twitched, and her breathing started coming in quick bursts. She looked at the can with a manic smile and downed the rest of it faster than I could when not in a crazed stupor. she put her horn to my head and pulled out three more cans and walked away, cracking the first one open and drinking it. I think I may have broke her...

"Michael? Where is Celestia going?"

"No clue Twilight. No clue. If you'll excuse me, I hafta get some good tunes goin'."

I walked away leaving Twilight standing there looking a bit lost. I mad my way to the source of the boring classical music and saw five ponies in suits playing instruments. With their hooves. You know what? I don't care anymore. I walked over and adreesed one who seemed to be the conductor.

"Hey buddy, why don't you and your musicians take a break? Go socialize. After all, this is the Gala."

He nodded and turned to the players. He cut the air with his baton thing and they stopped playing. They promptly got off the stage and walked into the crowd of ponies. I moved to the back of the stage and thank God, there were speakers. Even luckier, there was an outlet that fit my Ipod cable perfectly. I plugged it in and scrolled through my music. Picking a song that would be just right for when the 'alcohol' arrived, I looked for those two that were getting said alcohol. I spotted them looking at me and nodding signaling that I could put my plan into motion. I stepped onto the stage and grabbed a conveniently placed microphone.

"Excuse me everyone, but Could I get your attention for just one moment?"

All eyes turned to me and they got silent.

"Thank you. When I walked into the ballroom here, I couldn't help but notice how... uptight you all seemed."

A gasp cut through the room.

"I got permission from Princess Celestia to hand out cider over there" I pointed to where the two I had met earlier were standing with around ten barrels with spickets on them "and I am going to play some music that is favored for parties."

I pressed play on my Ipod and the beats started.

The gathered crowd seemed hesitant, until a certain alicorn got on the dance floor. She was a blur on the dance floor, moving in exact sync with the song, which, by the way, is one of my favorites ever. Seeing Luna on tearing up the marble was inspiring to the others, and they comically tried to match her. They failed so hard I felt a part of myself die from it. I sighed and went to where the two ponies were serving the alcohol.

There was a line of ponies who were smiling and actually looking like they were having a good time. They saw me and smiled and waved, all the animosity from the murder gone. Well, Celestia did preform that spell, so it wasn't really surprising. I made my way to the stallion and mare and they smiled when they saw me.

"There you are! I must say, I quite like your choice of music, it's rather energetic."

"I guess. Pass me a cup of that cider."

They did as I asked, and downed it in one go. They gasped as I asked for another.

"Are you sure? Most ponies here can barely manage one glass let alone two."

"Yeah well I ain't a pony." I grabbed a glass and topped it off, only to be poured down my gullet. I looked at my hand, which was devoid of a nylon cord, more commonly known as a leash. I walked away without another word. Having a height advantage was a blessing, but it didn't help. I couldn't find him. I was getting a bit panicky until I saw Fluttershy petting him.

I walked over to her and she smiled when she saw me. "Oh hello Michael. I found Colmillo and he said that he was looking for 'the tall one'. I think he meant you."

"He better not have! I have had him for almost three years, he better know my name by now!"

Colmillo whined and looked at me with his soft eyes. Hnnnnggggg... I popped a squat next to Colmillo and put my arm around him. He looked at me and his tongue flicked out and licked the tip of my nose. Then he shot off into the crowd like a bullet. Fluttershy gasped, but I wasn't worried about him. He can be vicous as a rabid tiger.

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"Michael... Would you be a darling and go beat up that stallion for me?"

"What did he do?"

"He was born!"

"Ok."

I walked over to the specified stallion, the one Rarity had been following earlier, and started talking to him. "How's it goin' pal?"

"And just where did you get the idea that you could speak to me, peasant?"

If there was anyone who was asking for an ass whooping, it was him. My fist shot out and clocked him right in the jaw. He looked dazed for a moment, then he hit the floor with a thud. I walked back to a Rarity who had a rather adoring look on her face. She hugged me, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and took off. I stood there with a confused expression for a minute before the lights went almost completely out. The music stopped, and the windows shattered. Slender Beings jumped through and started grabbing random ponies and holding them. On the stage, Slender Man appeared with a few other Slender's and he was holding Colmillo by the throat. Aw hail no.

I stared walking towards him, but then his voice slithered through my head.

'think about that carefully. if you charge me, your dog might get hurt. if you don't the ponies might get hurt. which is more important, the ponies or the mutt? choose quickly.'

I stayed put. All at once, The Slender Beings started slaughtering the ponies, and Slender Man shoved a tendril through Colmillo's skull. I tore off my jacket and undershirt to reveal my silver glowing tatoo's. "YOU FUCKED UP NOW!!!"

***

Celestia and Luna combined their magic along with the help of Twilight and a few other unicorns to teleport the ponies out of the castle. In a flash, the gore stopped, All of the ponies appearing outside of the castle in the town square. Celestia called to Luna "I'm going back to help Michael!" and she dissapeared in a yellow flash.

"Be safe, sister..."

***

I was grabbed by a tendril, but I grabbed it and yanked a Slender Being into my waiting fist. Another tried to spear me throught the chest, but I side stepped and yanked the tendril, causing the Slender Being to fall on his face(?). Then I felt a warm glow on my back, and saw it reflected off the pale faces(?) of the Slenders. I turned around, and Celestia was there, pointing her horn at the entire group, ready to fire a blast of light.

"NO!!! THIS IS MY FIGHT!!! LEAVE!!!"

She looked at me with surprise, but agreed, and dissapeared. I turned back to the crowd Of shadows. 'are you sure about that? she might have been you're only chance to survive this fight.'

"Oh I have no intention of leaving this room alive. None of you are either."

'we shall see. one question though. why would you sacrifice yourself like this?

"Because all the other times I fought you, it was to keep Colmillo alive. This time it's different."

I rushed forward.

Gotta Admit, It Was Pretty Funny

[fight song]

I rushed forward.

Two Slender Beings rushed at him, and he delivered a falcon kick to the first, which sent it flying into the second. I ran to them, and said, "Tell your dentist i'm sorry!" and stomped on their faces! Another Slender Grabbed me with his tnedrils and lifted me into the air. My tatoo's pulsed, and he dropped me with a savage cry, emitted from a torn open mouth. I tackled him, took his head in my hands, and snapped it sideways. A tendril shot out of a group of theem, and it peirced my arm. I cried out, not in pain, but anger. I made a tendril shoot out of my back and it peirced at least two Slenders in the crowd the tendril had come from.

I was an absolute beast, tearing through the entire crowd of Slender's in only a few minutes. By the end, only three others were in the room. Slender Man and his surviving lackeys. He started applauding and said 'congratulations! you have single-handedly defeated an army of slender beings! unfortunately, it was in vain. you will not defeat me.'

"in your words, We Shall See."

I rushed at him, pulling a katana out of a passing shadow. He took a stance and sharpened his tendrils. I swung with precicsion at his leg, only to be parried away. He swung two tendrils that, if they caught me, i would have been halved. I jumped straight into the air at least 8 feet, and avoided such a fate. Then I got thrown back by a tendril I hadn't seen.

'hahaha! you talk big, but you fail to live up to your words. you can't even defend yourself! i'm surprised that your dog even made it past being a pup!'

For the second time that day, he fucked up. I got up, and grabbed he and his friends in my crushing tendrils. Slowly, I started to glow silver. I kept getting more and more intense until It hurt to keep my eyes open. But I forced mysef to do so, I wanted to watch these three die as painfully as possible. The light was starting to sear my skin, and it was doing even more damage to the Slender's. They were writhing and screaming in pain. They tried to escape my vise like grip, but it was pointless. This was their end. Suddenly, I heard a voice in my head.

'michael! you have to stop! if you don't, this entire castle will explode, along with the surrounding area's!'

"I don't care! They killed my dog! I would burn this entire world to see them die an excrutiating death!"

'what!? if you let this happen, Colmillo won't get buried!'

That made me think. Colmillo? Not getting a proper burial?

"FFFUUUUUUUUUCCCKKKK!!!!!!!!"

With a burst of strength, I etched a message to Celestia on the marble wall, and cocooned myself and the slenders in tendrils. There was a flash, then nothing. Silence. And a crying goddess.

***

Celestia watched Michael scream in anger, then he carved something in the marble, and dissapear in a flash of silver. She started to cry. She sat in the doorway where she last saw him and cried. After a few minutes she got up and walked out to the crowd of ponies. She composed herself and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Citizens of Equestria! There is no need to fear! The threat has been vanquished, and it will never return again!"

They broke out into wild cheers and applause. Then they started chanting "Ce-les-tia, Ce-les-tia, Ce-les-tia!!!" but she silenced them.

"I am not the one who defeated the Slender Army."

Luna stepped forward. "Sister, where is Michael?"

Celestia looked at her and shook her head. The crowd suddenly realized what had happened in the castle, and they bowed there heads in respect for the human who had saved their lives.

***

It had been three years since Michael had sacrificed himself so his dog could be buried. The castle had been repaired, but Michaels last words had been left in the marble, a way to honor him.

Colmillo had been given a hero's burial. A grave in the roayal garden where he played while Michael had been in a coma was granted, along with a statue of himself and his master, which stood in the town square of Canterlot. A plaque was placed at the feet of the two, and on it was Michaels message. 'Stand Up For What You Believe In'.

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He woke up in a seemingly familiar forest. It was night, and he couldn't see very well. Behind him was a fence, and next to him was a flashlight and a note. On the note was 'Don't let me catch you'. He stood up and tried to climb the fence, but when he did, he fell backwards. He picked up the flashlight. 'allright, ill play your game'.

He walked around, not really sure of what he was supposed to be doing. Then he saw a peice of paper on a tree. On it was written, 'don't stop moving'. He figured it would be a good idea to listen to this note. He moved on, and soon found himself facing an old truck and a dilapitated shed. he walked around to the back of the shed and found another note.

It didn't say anything, but rather had a crudely drawn dog with blood around the neck area. He ripped it down and stepped on it, feeling animosity towards the drawn dog. Then he heard what sounded like a bass. It sounded familiar, and he felt like he should like the noise, but it almost... scared him. He kept moving.

Soon, he came upon what looked like oil silo's. What they wer doing out here, he had no idea. He started to walk towards them, but then he heard footsteps behind him. He turned and clicked on the flash light and saw... Nothing? He could have sworn he heard something...

He made his way to the silo's, although much more wary now. He walked around the silo's, until he saw yet another note. On it was 'don't turn around'. He turned around. He saw what looked like a bathhouse, but off to the side of it, was... something else. it was taller than him, and had tendrils that gripped onto the trees around it and lifted it off. He got really scared, terrified even, and ran into the bathhouse.

He tried to hide in one of the rooms, but he found a note in the room he chose. this one said 'dead'. he felt a tap at his shoulder, and he knew this was the end. He turned and what he saw was... The most terrifying thing ever. It's face had a fresh glasgow smile, with blood leaking from the cuts, and its eye were pitch black, with a red pupil in the left eye. He backed up as much as he could, but when he did, the thing just put its face closer. 'what are you?' He asked.

"I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have set a punishment such as I upon you."

It's voice was low and grumbly, but it also sounded like there were many voices speaking at once. He tried to close his eyes, but found that he had no eyes. He tried to scream, but he had no mouth. The thing just lifted a tendril, and stabbed him through the stomach. He fell to the floor, and passed out from blood loss.

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I took the contacts out of my eyes and wiped the paint off the side of my mouth. I pulled my tendrils back into my body, and palced a hand on Slender Mans wound, healing it. Then I grabbed him by the feet and started dragging him back, my tendrils replacing the notes, and making everything as it was. I soon got back to the face with the unconcious prisoner. I left him there, and walked through a portal that had opened up.

I found myself back in the familiar room my new friends War, Pestilence, Famine, and Death were playing Halo. I sat down on the couch and picked up a Monster. I opened it and took a swig. Death got up and yelled "Dammit! Why Do I Even Play This With You War?"

"Cuz youre a dumbass!" Responded War.

"Hey, could you guys keep it down a bit? I ain't felling to go- BLARGH!!" Pestilence just threw up.

"Hey guys? Why doesn't he have a bucket or something?" I asked. They all looked at me, then at each other, and back to me. "Why Didn't I Think Of That?"

"I told you, youre a dumbass!"

Death tackled War and started punching him in the face. War just kept laughing while Death beat on his face. I got up and used my tendrils to pull Death of him, and Death said "Hey, I saw What You Did In There With Slender Man. It's Getting Pretty Creepy What You Can Do With Those Powers."

"I know. I love using them to scare him."

"Hey, Do have to do that to him? I mean, you've done that every day since you got here." Pointed out Famine.

"He deserve's it! And you gotta admit, it was pretty funny."

"Yeah all right, you got a point."

I got up off the couch and walked to my bedroom. Before I reached the door, I turned back to the whole group and said "Hey i'm going to sleep. If any of you think of coming into my room... Don't."

They all nodded and went back to fucking with each other. I opened the door to my room and closed it behind me. Laying on the bed, I couldn't help but think of Colmillo. Death explained to me that since he was an animal, he passed on another plane of existance. There was nothing that could be done to go and see him, and he wasn't going to try breaking the unspoken laws of necromancy. So, I just pulled his picture out of my wallet and taped it on the ceiling above my bed. It was of me holding him, while he held onto a pheasant that he had caught while hunting one time. It was my favorite picture of him.

Fin