You play his game

You walk close to the metal gate in this forest. You check your saddle bags for your supplies, flashlight check, batteries check, extra batteries in case the others burn out...Check. You look at the metal gate. You see a sign saying.

Keep out

You sigh as you climb over the gate. "There is no turning back now..." You say as you turn on your flashlight. You start to search for anything that will aid you on your quest for freedom.

You have been haunted by him for months. You have been through sleepless nights fearing if you even close your eyes just for a minute he will be in your bedroom and take you. You have had the feeling of being watched countless times. You even been trying to keep yourself awake for so long, you even ejected yourself with adrenalin to keep yourself awake.

You fear that if you sleep that he'll get you. Your loved one is worried about you...And yet you say to her nothing is wrong and everything is ok.

You should stop lying to her she cares for you and whatever happens to you...Yet you say that your fine...That there is nothing to worry about. But there is something to be worried about.

Worry indeed.

Your being hunted by something who wants to kill you.

Yet you play his game you do what he wants. And he keeps wining if you keep on playing, you have been scared by him countless times.

You keep on doing what he wants. And he likes it that you play his game, he wants to keep you playing just the way how he likes it.

The way how it should be and always be. You still struggle to get your freedom...But you fear if you don't play something terrible will happen to you.

You wish that you can sleep...You wish that you can just go to your nice warm bed and fall asleep.

But when you try to sleep he hunts you in your dreams that is even why your too terrified to sleep at night. He has been ruining your life.

Little by little he steels what you desire. He took them from you just to taunt you as your life gets stolen by him.

And yet you're confused why haven't you have gone insane. Why aren't you insane?

You should be insane and dead by now...But he knows that will free you...

He keeps you from killing yourself...Death is the way out of his sick game that he forces you to play.

But you have tried killing yourself you put a revolver on your head and pulled the trigger so many times. He makes it impossible for you to pull the trigger...

He keeps you from dying...

You tried and failed to end your pain but he wants you to keep playing his game. You have been suffering from him as he ruins your life.

He took away your peaceful sleep. He took away your freedom and you are forced play his game he terrifies you none stop and you're just sick of it. You're sick of playing his game you had enough and now you fight to get your freedom.

You try to be brave and play his game.

"Ready to play god?" You say to yourself as you enter the forest in front of the gate

As you continue walking you find a note on a tree. You know what to do...You know the rules

Collect all 8 pages to gain your freedom

You take the note off the tree. The note send shivers down your spine as you read it.

Can't run, Can't hide, never escapes

You shake your hoof as you struggle to put it in your saddle bag, you levitate your flashlight from the magic of your unicorn horn as you continue your search in the dark forest.

You get the feeling of being watched you've had this feeling countless times this feeling scares you. You turn around nothing there.

You just think that maybe its just a owl watching you or another wild animal just starring at you as you search for more notes.

***

You have collected 3 notes but you seem to know more about him as you read the notes, but the more you know the more he treats you as a threat. But that's not the only thing that plagues your mind.

You think, why is he doing this? Is it just that he can be feared? Or just for entertainment? Or the things that he doesn't have...

Eyes a mouth and other parts of a face. But you saw the other victims a month ago.

They all had their eyes and mouths and etc.

He doesn't want those things he doesn't need them anyways.

But why is he just going after you? He didn't even bother to even go after your friends or family.

He just wants you. But does he wants just to be feared? Or is it for entertainment?

Those questions swarm through your mind as you search for another note.

You found another note but this one you quite like. It doesn't have just him with a bunch of 'noes' on there, or one saying that you can't escape, or even saying 'always watches no eyes' this note seems to calm you down.

This note has just him and some trees.

You take off the note and stuff it in your saddle bag. You have heard many names for him 'the tree man' and even 'slendermane' but slendermane fits well with him, it matches the way he looks.

But you've yet to even know what he looks like you only seen drawings of him in the notes.

And you want to keep it that way, so you don't see the horrors that is hunting you.

***

You start to feel tried your legs feel when you walk for too long. You see a building close to some huge containers you head towards the building just to get some energy back before you continue your search for the remaining notes. But you'd best keep a eye open just in case if HE comes.

You enter the building the only light source is yours and a busted hallway light. You find a chair and you sit you try not to fall asleep.

You think to yourself that you can sleep when it is all over. You fill up with excitement as you think about that.

But it all goes away when you remember who's after you.

Damn.

You think as the excitement dies away. Your legs feel better and you feel less tired. You get up and you sigh as you exit the building.

You see a note on the exit of the building. You pick it up and read it.

You start to feel anger as you read the words on the note.

HE WAS WAITING FOR YOU!

FOOL!

You crumple the note and you put it in your saddle bag. You think to yourself Was he really waiting for me the whole time?Could he been planing this before I arrived?

You think and you think as those thoughts plague your mind.

Then your flashlight starts to flicker. You look at it as the light turns on and off. Your heart starts pounding it even skipped a beat.

Then the light turns off. You get frightened he might even be right behind you. You realized that you have extra batteries.

You take out the batteries and replace the old ones with the new ones.

When the light turned on you smiled. You looked where light was pointing.

It pointed at a black tie.

He was there in front of you. Terror fills up your body you're even too scared to even stop smiling.

You are frozen in terror like a statue.

Your hearing is consumed by ringing and your vision is blinded by static.

You realize what is happening and you run.

You run as far as your hooves can carry you.

You run from the horror that will forever haunt you, you'll never be able to get that image out of your head until you reach the end of your days.

What you saw was tall as a 8-10 feet tall tree. It wears a black suit and tie. And has no face. You can never get that image out of your head as long as you try.

It'll be there forever.

***

You run and run. You turn your head to see if he is after you.

"Gone..."

You said in relief. You head to a near by tree and you lean on it.

You only found 4 notes but you need 4 more to gain your freedom. The questions from earlier about, does he wants to be feared? Or does he want entertainment?

They plague your mind once again.

You shine your flashlight on something white and crisp.

Another note but the note is at a tree far away from you.

You frown and made a annoyed sigh as you head to the note.

You pick up the note and this one gives shivers down your spine as you read.

Don't look or he takes you

That's it? Just don't look at him? That's all I have to do? Just don't look?

You think to yourself as you finish reading the note.

You feel that your being watched for a second time. He is behind you.

You close your eyes like in a fillies mind that if they pull the blankets up to cover their body that they think the monsters can't get them because they are protected by the warmth of their bed.

You hear something talk to you.

Open your eyes he isn't there.

The way it spoke was so calming yet soothing. You lose the sense of being watched.

You think of what spoke to you.

It spoke again.

Just open your eyes trust me hes gone.

You think of doing it.

You decide to check if he is there. But if he is just run.

Those thoughts swarm your mind.

You didn't know what to do. Just stand there for about hours with your eyes closed, or check to see if he is gone.

You take a deep breath and take that risk.

Your eyes flutter open.

He is still there. You stare at his face. But no face can be found not even a piece of anything that belongs on a face.

Those voices lied to you, you trusted them, they said it so nicely like how a angle should, but they lied you believed in them but they brought you to your fate.

The voices started laughing, calling you names, saying how easy it is to trick you, how foolish you are.

Foolish indeed.

Ringing played in your ears, static blinded you.

Then...

Nothing...

You couldn't see, you couldn't feel, you could't hear, you couldn't even move.

You entered in the world of oblivion.

You start to feel unimaginable pain, even you couldn't feel at first but some how you are.

The pain is unbearable not even Princess Celestia can handle so much pain.

You played his game...

And...

He wins...

You painfully say your final words before your never ending suffering begins...

God up in heaven please...

Teach me how do die...

Then your never ending suffering begins...

But before you entered oblivion, when he took you...

You saw him doing something while he was starring at you...

Even he has no face...

You saw him...

Smiling...