Title:           Slendernon - Part 1
Author:          namenotannounced
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First Edit:      Friday 12th of July 2013 02:12:11 PM CDT
Last Edit:       Friday 12th of July 2013 02:12:11 PM CDT

>Day Fuck Camping in Equestria
>You are Anonymous.
>You've been coming out to Everfree once a month to go hunting almost since you came here.
>You think salad's are fine and all, but you can't beat a good steak.
>You opted not to tell the girls about it, but they found out about your excursions.
>Thankfully, they didn't catch on that you were out here for blood.
>You gave some spiel about how camping is an important human tradition, and thought that would be the end of it.
>Boy were you wrong. You had never seen Twilight so excited. She wanted to see you in your element.
>She promptly invited herself and her friends on your trip.
>You didn't much much, but you were going to miss the delicious manticore meat.
>Tasted kind of like shrimp, for some reason.
>So here you were, sitting around the campfire with Twilight, Spike, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie.
>Everyone had been pretty pumped to go, except Pinkie.
>Pinkie Pie didn't want to come at first; Sugarcube Corner had gotten a huge order in from Canterlot, and she was up for three days straight baking.
>Just looking at her made you want to curl up and take a nap. Twilight didn't catch on though.
>She told her it'd be like a party in the woods. She perked up immediately at that, but it didn't last too long.
>You guys had decided to pass the time with a few ghost stories, and the girls all went first. Boy were they terrible.
>"And when they opened the door, they found a single black feather, covered in BLOOD!" shouted Rainbow, finishing up her tale.
>The girls all jumped and gave half-hidden squeaks and shouts. If you had eyes, you'd be rolling them.
>"Wow, great story, Rainbow!" declared Pinkie, a bit too loudly.
>"I...I've got to go to the bathroom..." Spike says to no one in particular as he slinks away.
>"Well, I think that about does it for me, I think I'll hit the hay!" she staggers a bit getting up, and starts to trot back to her and fluttershy's tent.
>She doesn't make it far before collapsing on the ground, loudly snoring.
>Rarity sighs. "I told you to leave her be, Twilight."
>Rainbow looks at you with a smirk. "Pretty scary, right?"
"Not particularly. Sorry to say this guys, but your stories kinda sucked."
>Rainbow glared at you. You knew what buttons to press. She was too competitive.
>"Well I'd like to see you do better!" she said, angrily.
>"I agree" Twilight added, "I would love to hear what humans consider to be scary."
>"Darn straight" said Applejack, "What with y'all bein' predators 'n all, ah thought you'd need to be pretty brave."
>"Umm...your stories...don't involve hurting animals, right?" murmured Fluttershy, hiding behind her mane. She squeaks when you give a hearty chuckle.
"No, my dear, that wouldn't really be scary, just sad." You sigh, and stand up and straiten the lapels on your suit jacket and adjust your tie.
>Camping was no excuse to not look dapper.
"Besides, I don't think you all could handle my scary stories" you give a wicked grin. "You're all too soft."
>As soon as you turn, a blue streak cuts you off. Rainbow Dash is in front of you with wide grin on her face.
>"I think you just don't have any stories to tell" She crosses her arms and cocks an eyebrow.
>"In fact, I think you're just looking for an excuse to go cry after hearing my scary story!" She points a hoof at you in mock accusation.
>You cock your eyebr--er, your brow ridge. I guess two can play at this game after all. You smirk.
"Don't say I didn't warn you" you say, in your most wicked voice. Rainbow noticeably jumps after your sudden change in demeanor.
>You immediately swing your leg back over the log you had been using as a seat, and begin adjusting the cuffs of your oxford shirt.
"In my world, we have plenty of scary stories, and monsters." you say, in an almost bored tone. You turn you gaze down to lightly scuffed shoes that house your feet.
"There's the vampire, a demon that sneaks into people's homes at night to drain away their life-force and make them on of them" you add, nonchalantly adjusting your socks.
"There's also the werewolf, an ordinary man who, at the sight of a full moon, becomes a monster that feeds on the flesh of the innocent"
>You glance at the moon, which was full of course, and frown.
"And who can forget the chupacabra? The monster that breaks into the farmers pens and drains their livestock of all their blood?"
>You cast a glance over at Fluttershy, who's eyes widen a bit. Guess you were wrong.
>"Wow" says Twilight, looking a little shaken, "are they...real?"
>Your head can only just contain the grin that's currently smeared accross your face.
"Of course"
>Rarity shivers. They all look unsettled. Time for the killing blow. The grin immediately falls from your face, and you look up forlornly.
"But I'd rather spend the day with the lot of them if it meant keeping away from the Slenderman." Rainbow doesn't look amused.
>"That doesn't sound very scary" she says. Her voice gives away her unease.
"The Slenderman isn't like the others at all," you say, mostly ignoring Rainbow. "the others want to kill you, to hunt you." You turn to the group, who have relaxed a bit.
"The Slenderman doesn't care about you, he doesn't hate you or even want to cause you harm." Rainbow cracks a slight smile. She looks like she's about to say something, but you continue.
"You're far too insignificant for him though. Expecting Slenderman to care whether you live or die would be like expecting Celestia to check the ground before she steps out into the garden.
"But when he chooses you," you say slowly, leaning forward "there's no escape. He can be anywhere, he sees everything."
>Your voice cracks slightly at this and demeanor appears to falter. You always believed presentation was ninety percent of a story.
"He hunts you down like an animal, sometimes pursuing you for years before finally ending it."
>Twilight looks spooked, but she speaks up. "What...What does he do to them?" she hesitantly implored. You give a slight shrug.
"No one knows for sure. The Slenderman leaves no evidence of his hunt. There are theories."
>You stand and begin to pace around the camp, almost tripping over Pinkie. You bend down and scoop her up. As you carry her to her tent you speak up.
"Some say he just kills his victim to feed on their flesh, but others say that he feeds on something else entirely."
>As you place Pinkie in her bag, Twilight lunges forward and shouts "WHAT? WHAT DOES HE FEED ON?" Her curiousity and fear were mixing in a very interesting fashion.
"Misery, they say. Others say fear." You reach into the rucksack laying by the log and pull out a bottle of cider. You take a sip of your cider.
"They say that he whisks you away to his home so that he can feed on your suffering for eternity. That is, if he doesn't enlist you."
>Rarity speaks up this time. "Enlist? Whatever do you mean?"
"Sometimes he changes people, warps their mind and takes away their free will. They become his slaves, forced to turn their friends and family."
>Rarity shivers again. "That sounds simply dreadful. I'm thankful such horrors are confined to your retched planet." She quickly adds "No offence, dear."
>You burst out laughing, louder and fiercer than you have ever laughed before. The girls practically jump out of their fur.
"You think that will stop him? You your safe here!?" your raving now. You look like a madman.
"He can be anywhere. Crossing that dimensional border would be trivial to him, fuck he probably wouldn't even noticed he'd done it."
>You practically leap forward into Rainbow's personal space and get face-to-face with her. She tries to pull back, but you just push forward.
"It doesn't matter how fast you are--" you turn to the others and start pointing to them in turn.
"Or how smart, or strong, or kind, or generous you think you are, it doesn't matter to him. If he decides that it's your time, stopping him would be like trying to stop the sun from rising."
>You take a step back and admire your handiwork. They look like they're going to shit themselves. Perfect.
>You look down at the weakly smoldering coals and frown slightly. Fluttershy decides to squeak up; "U...Um, uh...that's really, um, scary." She's hiding behind her log.
"Yeah, scary stuff. I'm going to go get some firewood before it gets too late."
>You pick up your trusty woodsman axe and start to head out into the forest. "W-Wait, y-you're leaving u-us here?", Rainbow stammers.
"You're free to come with me." you say gesturing to the impossibly dark, monster-filled Everfree Forest behind you.
>"N-no, thats okay, j-j-just make it quick, okay?" She's shaking like a leaf, looking around like the trees are going to strangle her if she turns her back to them.
>"Wait now, hold on a sec there pardner," Applejack was keeping it together far better than the others, but she was still obviously afraid.
>"What if he comes by here while you're out? How we suppose ta know if it's him? What's he look like?"
>You're starting to feel the effects of the night, so you just tell her rather plainly.
"He's a really tall humanoid with skinny limbs, he has no face, and he wears a pressed suit at all times."
>They stare at you for a second, before their pupils constrict so small that you can barely see them. The color drains from their coats almost instantly.
>Huh, you didn't expect to get that reaction...
"Uh, I'm going to go get that firewood now, be back in about half an hour or so."
>They don't respond. They just stare. You start walking towards to woods and drag your hand down your smooth, featureless face and mutter to yourself.
"These ponies man."