Title: Don't Fear The Reaper
Genre:
Horror/Supernatural
Rating:
M
Pairings:
None
Warnings:
Horror/Supernatural stuff, Gore, Pyscho/crazy-ness, OOC-ness (but will be explainable)
Disclaimer:
No, I don't own Mother 3 or the idea/existence of Slender man.
Summery:
Lucas, alone in the woods, makes a strange friend. He plays games with him and feels peaceful in general. Everywhere Lucas goes; his friend is there to watch over him. But soon enough, things start to go for the worse. Children disappear, only to found dead in impossible ways and Lucas seems to be changing in a disturbing fashion. What is this dark figure that has made the Sunshine Forest his home and can anyone stop him?

Don't Fear The Reaper

Chapter One: Friend

It was a rare time when Lucas would be without his twin Claus. While they might not be identical twins they were still thick as thieves and each other's best friend. Today though, Claus had come down with a rather bad cold and Hinawa wanted the eldest to stay in bed and shooed Lucas away so he wouldn't get sick.

So, Lucas was alone and wandering the woods. He had gone to Fuel's house in hopes that maybe his friend could play but Lighter had answered the door, telling the blonde haired child that Fuel was sick also. Lighter said he probably caught it from Claus and Lucas was positive of it too. So with a few more words, Lighter sent Lucas off and told the boy to be careful in the woods.

He sighed, bored and unsure of what to do. He couldn't go home, as his mother would just send him away again, and he wasn't really friends with any of the girls so he wasn't about to head to town. Sighing in dismay, Lucas slumped to the ground against a tree. What was he to do then? He couldn't think of any games to play that only involved one person, and he couldn't imagine any interesting things like Claus did.

Lucas pulled his legs to his chest and put his head down. He let out a deep sigh and closed his eyes. Maybe if he closed his eyes he could imagine something. All he had to do was clear his mind and breathe. In. Out. In. Out. Soon enough Lucas forgot all about being alone in the woods.

He fell asleep.

XxXxXxXx

The blond haired boy woke up hours later. He had shifted from his back against the tree to the ground, all curled up. The first think he realized was how dark it was. The sun had just gone down as the last of the day's sunlight was still peaking over the horizon as if urging Lucas to hurry home. He had never been alone in the woods at night before, heck, he had never been outside at night by himself before.

Fear flooded the boy's system, making him breathe heavily but in short spurts. What was he going to do? He wasn't sure which was out now because of the darkness. How was he going to get home? His stomach rumbled loudly and Lucas sobbed. He was so scared and now he was hungry. What else could go wrong?

There was a rustle in the woods and Lucas' heart was suddenly caught in his throat. He suddenly remembered every horrible monster Claus and Fuel had told him that existed in the woods. He closed his eyes and covered his face with his hands. Maybe…Maybe if he didn't see it, it would just go away.

The sounds of something moving stopped but Lucas waited, and waited, and waited. Finally, after what he guessed was a good enough, he opened his eyes.

He saw black. Black pants to be exact. Lucas' heart jumped again and he looked up fearfully, trying to see who was the owner of the pants.

Lucas blinked. Oh.

"L-Leder? I-Is that you?" Lucas asked softly, his heart finally starting to slow down.

It was dark so Lucas couldn't see properly, but the only person he knew that was that tall was Leder. Besides, Lucas has never heard Leder speak before, and he wasn't saying anything yet.

Lucas let out a bit of short nervous but happy laughter. He had been so scared, but it had only been Leder. Man, if Claus had been here, he would've laughed at Lucas big time. Claus. Thinking of his brother made Lucas realize of where he should be at the moment.

"O-oh no. I need to get home. Leder? Do you know the way out? I think I'm lost."

The blond haired boy looked up at the tall man, still unable to see the tall man's face.

Leder said nothing as usual, but he didn't make any motions to move either. He seemed to be watching Lucas and the boy got the strange feeling that he was looking through him. He was just about to say something else when Leder finally turned and started heading down a path. He stop momentarily though to turn halfway and hold his hand out to Lucas.

Lucas smiled and took Leder's much larger hand with his own small child one. As they walked down the path, Lucas swinging their interlocked hands together happily. He was safe, he told himself. Leder would take out of the woods safely and soon enough he would get home and sit down and eat dinner.

Holding Leder's hand was very different then holding his mom's or dad's or even Claus' hand. While his parent's hands were always bigger than his, Ledger's hand was different. His fingers were thin and almost spider like as they nearly wrapped the entire way around his hand. His skin felt ice cold, and it made Lucas worry for the man. Did he not have any gloves? Maybe he should remember to ask his mom to make gloves for Ledger when he got home.

Suddenly the tall man stopped, causing Lucas to stop as well.

"Leder?"

Lucas looked up at the man and noticed there was a spray of moonlight on his chest, giving the boy a little visibility of his tall friend except the sight of a red tie. That didn't matter at the moment though, because moonlight and Leder stopping meant the same thing: he was at the opening of the forest.

"Yes!" Cheered Lucas before turning around to look at Leder who was still in the shadows of the trees. "Thank you Leder! I would have never found my way out for you."

The blond boy paused though, looking at the tall man with a furrowed brow. The light was getting better, and Leder was stepping out from the safety of the shadows and into the moonlight.

Lucas gasped. This person was Leder at all. In fact, he didn't think it was a human even. Unnaturally tall (he realizes now, it is so much taller than Leder), pale as the moon skin, and a very, very slender body. It wore a suit, as if hoping to blend in with humans, and a blood red tie. It's most noticeable feature was actually none at all.

It had no face. No eyes, no mouth, no nose. Though it had no eyes to see, Lucas felt like it was looking right through him, through his soul. Lucas said nothing, he felt nothing. It was as if all his emotions had been sapped from him and he was an emotionless husk, ready to be buried in the ground.

Strangely enough though, it turned and walked back into the forest and simply,

Disappeared.

Lucas isn't sure how he got back home, but the next thing he remembers is the front door opening and his father's surprised and relieved look on his face. He hugs Lucas, but for the life of him, Lucas can't remember if he hugged back. His mother and father spoke to great lengths to him that night, but everything was a blur. Suddenly he was in the spare bedroom (his brother was still sick), getting tucked into bed by his mother and father. They kissed him goodnight and he fell to the land of nod.

He wakes up later, not sure why but knows immediately why when he sees the corner of the room. It is standing in the corner, watching him. He doesn't know why, but he just knows that it likes to watch. Lucas doesn't feel the fear from before. The mind and body numbing fear he had felt before wasn't there and instead, he finds a comfort of sorts.

It is watching over him. It is protecting him.

Lucas lays his head back down and speaks a small "Goodnight" to his protector.

It stood in the corner, waiting.

XxXxXxXx

The next day Lucas visited the forest alone again. Claus was still sick but for the first time in a long while, the boy thought of himself before his brother and went to play.

It was there again, only this time it was completely bathed in the light of the sun. He didn't look so scary in the daytime, Lucas thought to himself as he walked towards it. The fear from the night before was all gone, and instead, Lucas found himself glad to have met it. It had saved him and led him home and even watched over him at night. He was a friend.

A friend.

Lucas smiled at his new friend, and he could almost imagine the new smile on his new friend's face.

It watched the blond boy and pulled the strings surrounding this boy tighter and the boy did what he wanted.

What a good boy.

TBC…

Inumaru12: FIRST OFF: For those of you who don't know what Slender Man is, go to TvTropes(dot)Org and check out the page there. While Slendy won't be exactly as others imagine him, I'm going to try and keep him as in character (as in character as a nightmare giving monster can be). Hopefully this peaks your intrest and you want to read more. I love horror, especially writing it and I feel like I hardly have the change to write it anymore. (All I see to write is angst or fluff stuff)

Please keep in mind that this is going to get violent soon. Also, there will prob. be less than ten chapters. I wanna keep this short. Hope you like it! Tell me what you think! :)