Do not fear him. Do not see him. Do not seek him. Whether for study or for personal proof. Some say, do not even speak his name. The following encounter is of a girl name Sarah Whitney. She barley survived her series of encounters with 'Him'. Follow her encounters over the next few chapters, written from a story point of view.

The story begins here,

It was a beautiful day at Horseland Stables. It was so beautiful, Will had decided to skip riding lessons that day, and just take a horse ride up into the woods. Everyone happily agreed that it was a great idea. So everyone packed lunches, and the gang took off.

On the way there, though, Sarah couldn't help but feel uneasy. She told Alma, that something about the area didn't feel right. In fact, she thought it felt down right spooky. When they had reached their destination, Will said, "Okay everyone! We'll start hiking here."

Sarah said what everyone thought, "I thought we were riding up into the woods. I didn't think we were hiking in the woods."

"Sarah's right," started Echo, a new student at Horseland. "What's the big idea Will?"

Everyone was starting to ask the same question, when Bailey came to Will's aid.

"Well, um, Will wanted us to go on a nature walk. Right Will?"

"What? Oh right! Bailey's right! I wanted to take you guys on a Nature Walk."

"That's two you owe me cous'," Bailey whispered to Will as he passed by.

As everyone saw and admired different trees, birds, insects, and other aspects of Nature, horses in tow, something caught Sarah's eye.

"Alma, can you take Scarlet's reigns for a minute?" Sarah asked.

"Sure Sarah," Alma replied. "But why? Where are you going?"

But by the time she had asked any questions, Sarah was walking off on her own.

Sarah took off in the direction of the thing that caught her eye. After ten minutes, she thought that her eyes had deceived her, but when she turned around she gasped in terror.

When Sarah turned around, she saw a man, or what seemed to be a man for he wore, what seemed liked a suit. And he was tall, about 9ft tall. But what scared Sarah the most, was what she saw first. The man's face, was as white as a sheet of paper. And, it was equally blank. The man's head appeared to be bald, in fact, it looked like the head of a store mannequin. His hands, were as white as his face. And he also had four "tentacles" protruding from his back.

He let Sarah get a good look at him. Then he disappeared. Sarah sighed in relief.

"There you are amiga!" Alma came running to Sarah, who had slumped against a tree.

"What happened?" Alma looked slightly worried.

"Nothing. Nothing at all," Sarah replied, getting back up. "We should get back to the group."

"Great idea!"

As the two girls walked back, Sarah saw him again. She shook her head and kept walking. Behind the trees, the figure stood still and quiet, no emotion from his face.

He turned around and began walking, birds following him close by.

"Where the heck were you Sarah!?" Will started, words coated in worried anger..

"I, thought I saw something."

"And?"

"It was nothing," Sarah stood with her head down, waiting for Will's form of execution.

"Do you have any idea what I would have to go through if you went missing?" Will asked.

"Will, take it easy! Sarah just thought she saw something, it didn't turn out. For Pete's sake cous', she's only 12!" Bailey came to Sarah's rescue.

Will, though still angry, turned around and said, "We'll start heading back. And Sarah,"

"Yes, Will?"

Will turned to her. "When we get back, you're gonna be in serious trouble young lady! I'm gonna let Bailey's parents decide your punishment."

"Hey! That's not fair. It's not like you never made mistakes. Give it a rest, cous'!" Bailey started again.

"Bailey, your parents still have to know," Will reasoned.

"But,"

"End of discussion Bailey. Let's get going."

The group got back to Horseland without further incident.

-Breakline-

When the team arrived back at the house, Sarah pulled Alma aside.

"Alma? Can I tell you something confidential?"

"Sure Sarah," the Spanish girl replied. "You know you can tell me anything."

"Well," Sarah began. "I saw this thing. Don't ask me what it was, I don't know. But it wasn't human, it wasn't an animal, and aliens don't exist. I think."

"Can you describe it?" Alma asked, intrigued.

"It was tall, about 7ft. It had on a black something, that looked like a suit," Sarah explained, gesturing vividly.

"Go on…"

"It had four tentacles, and a pale white face. It was like copy paper, or those mannequins at Chic Barn," Sarah finished.

"That sounds unreal," Alma replied worriedly. "I know you're not one to cry wolf Sarah, but you can't blame me for not exactly having confidence in this story."

"I know I saw something. You've got to believe me!"

"Okay, but I'm taking it with a grain of salt. I'll be checking the calendar just in case."

"You think I'm pranking you?"

"Or you could've been pranked," Alma said, a smirk dancing on her lips, "If so, we can prank them back."

Echo stood close by where the two girls were talking. He caught wind of their conversation and gasped. Later that day he went to talk to Sarah. She was sitting on the front porch. Because her parents were away, she was spending the night at the ranch. Echo started.

"Sarah? I'm afraid you are in grave danger. The being you encountered is called the Slender Man. There was an article online, that said in 1953, scientists were, 'experimenting', with human DNA, looking to create a super human. What they made, was not human. It killed all but one of them, who escaped to tell the tale."

"Well," Sarah replied ,"this is a new low, even for you, Echo."

"What? What do you mean?"

"Trying to scare me like that? You should be ashamed of yourself!" Sarah scolded.

"You don't believe me? What did you see?" Echo asked, ready to fire back. "Was it 7feet tall? Four tentacles? Pale white face, like paper!? Wore a suit? You are in danger, and I just wanted to warn you, like a good friend!" Echo stormed off.

When Sarah was going to bed, she saw the figure at her window. "What the?" She turned around and it was in the hall. She got under the covers on her bed, and when she peeked out from them, it was in her room. Sarah screamed.

"Sarah?" Will came racing into her room. "What happened?"

Sarah was still shaking so much, she couldn't answer. From that day, she saw him everywhere, and sadly, that meant everywhere. No matter who she was with, or what she was doing, whether she was with her parents at a gala, or eating lunch in her school's cafeteria, he would find her.

It's trying to get me, Sarah thought. About a week passed, Sarah's parents were still away, and Bailey, along with his parents and Will, went out to eat. They invited Sarah to come, but she refused, and sat in her bed to read. The TV in the guest room was on, but suddenly started become static. Sarah gasped. Her cell phone was dead. She turn towards the window, and He was there.