Equestrian Nightmare

Rainbow Dash flew through the air, clearing the sky, and allowing the sun to shine upon all the ponies of ponyville. As she bucked the last cloud, she pat herself on the back at her work. "Alright, looks like the sky is clear again, all thanks to Rainbow Da-

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Dash was cut off by a loud, blood-curdling scream coming from the Everfree Forest. A shiver ran through her body as the scream replayed in her head. "I better go see who that was and see if they're okay." Dash said to herself as she flew over the forest. Flying for a bird's eye view wasn't successful. Rainbow groaned and flew back to the entrance of the woods. This place always freaked her out every time she had to enter it. It just made her feel downright uncomfortable. She gulped heavily, then entered the dark forest.

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As Dash entered the darkness, she began to slowly walk past the black rows of trees the passed with every movement she made. Dash shivered when she heard a snake hiss as it slithered across the ground. "Why did the scream have to come from this place, it gives me the creeps." She looked at one of the trees and saw a peculiar sight. She saw what looked like a circle, with an X marked inside.

She cringed at it, then rolled her eyes. How could that harm me, it's just something carved into a tree. She thought to herself. Was she really about to let herself worry over some wood carving? She started to walk away from the tree. As Dash trotted, she saw something lying on the floor. She raised a brow and walked to it. As she got closer, her eyes widened and she gasped. It was a young foal, lying on the ground. It's lifeless eyes were still wide open with the look of trauma and total shock on it's face. It's stomach had been ripped open with it's intestines strung around many trees. She started to sob at the sight. Although she didn't even know the poor foal, and even though she wasn't the one responsible, she still felt terribly sorry for it's untimely, and horrible demise.

As she cried, a major wave of static burst through Rainbow Dash's ears. She held her ears in her hooves and she fell to the ground. The static was delivering Dash great pain. The static finally, after what seemed like an eternity, stopped and she finally felt at peace. Dash got up and looked around. And there, behind a tree, was a tall, thin, seemingly faceless pony in a suit. It rubbed it's hooves against the bark as if caressing the tree.

Her jaw dropped at the sight of this pony. She slowly started to walk away from the faceless terror in front of her, who was now stepping away from the tree and now walking toward Rainbow Dash. The pegasus attempted to fly but she was frozen in fear. Dash heard a quiet, chilling whisper echo through her head. "You will be missed." A shiver ran down the terrified pony's spine. She felt a black tentacle slide against her face. Thankfully, Dash was able to break from her frozen, fearful gaze and smacked the tentacle away. The appendage flinched as Dash slapped it.

This angered the pony in front of her. It started to walk quicker towards te cyan pegasus. When it stopped walking, it was looking down upon Dash. She managed to flutter her wings and hover up to it's head. She had a look of pure anger and determination on her face. After a few seconds, she raised a hoof, and punched her adversary straight in the nose. The faceless pony held it's head in it's hooves. After removing it's hooves, it grabbed Rainbow Dash in it's tentacles and threw her into a nearby tree. Dash fell to the ground, the impact of the tree made her slightly dizzy. After about a minute, she slowly regained her composure and rose to her feet.

Dash scowled and started to sprint toward her target. She swung her hooves at it's legs, making it fall to the ground. Dash was now standing above the creature. She started hammering down on it and punching repeatedly. The creature threw Dash off of it and slashed her in the stomach with one of it's tentacles. Dash began to bleed a little and she winced in pain. She got up again, but as soon as she rose. The creature grabbed Dash in it's tendrils again. It lifted her up. Rainbow Dash was now staring face to face with the terrifying creature. Out of nowhere, a thin line appeared over where the thing's muzzle should have been. The line curved itself into a sick and twisted grin. The smile widened upon the muzzle. Long, thin, sharp teeth appeared in the crevice of the grin. Rainbow realized herself being pulled closer to the hellish thing's teeth as it prepared take a bite out of her. She jerked her head down and bit one of the tentacles embracing her body. It flinched and dropped Dash to the ground.

She landed on her feet and looked back up. The faceless entity had grown taller. She grinned "Is that the best you've got? I've taken worse beatings from Discord himself than you!" Rainbow Dash had her task understood. One way or another, she was going to avenge the foal's death. She spun around, looking for something to damage her adversary with. She found a large stick and grabbed it with her hoof. She flew up to the creature and stabbed the stick HARD into it's shoulder. Dash reached for it's damaged limb. She gripped it and pulled as hard as she could, ripping the appendage straight off of it's shoulder. A dark, thick blood gushed from the wound. Rainbow grinned and stabbed the stick into the entities' neck. The thick blood started to pour from it's throat. Dash had enough sympathy to feel that the creature could die from it's current injuriess. She shoved the entity into the dirt. Blood still seeping from the fresh wounds. She flew as fast as she could away from the gruesome scene and tried to make her way out of the forest.

Five minutes later...

Dash flew to the head of the woods. As she flew, she crashed into a tree. She got up and there was a note nailed to it. She started to read the page.

"Enter area with caution, a tall stallion has been spotted in this forest. The creature is called 'Slendermane'. Enter this forest at your own risk for your very life may be at stake." Dash's eyes widened and she moved away from the tree. The pegasus turned around to see a tall, thin figure standing and staring at her in the distance. She then flapped her wings, ascended, and flew the rest of her way out of the forest.