*grins* Welcome every pony to the second story of the special! I'm here with Trixie- and it gets worse!
Trixie: Ye-wait what did you just say?!
You heard me. Anyway, I'm afraid that I won't be doing much in my intros other than acknowledging what comes to mind. Meaning, not top comments. If you have any questions you ask through the reviews, I'll answer them. But if not, then I'll just display the disclaimer, explain what's happening that chapter if it's a little hard to figure out just what's going on, and start us out right away.
Trixie: Wait. So, what about me?! You said that I'll be helping with the intros here! It's even in my contract!
Yeah well... If there won't be any intros, than your contract is completely worthless. Sorry Trixie, but I'm the master of binding contracts around here. Nice try, but you're not as good as me.
Trixie: Not as- just you wait Zeke! The Great and Powerful Trixie will find a way to beat you in your intros soon enough!
Yeah?! And how's that gonna happen?!
Trixie: Well, Trixie'll tell you this much. You won't have to worry about the next intro in A Brony Life. I'll get it ready for you after the special ends.
What do you mean, you'll get it ready?... Oh well! Let's just get this intro over with!
But before we go, I'll explain this chapter!
The mane seven (Blitz included), Spike, and the CMC are all taking place in the popular scary computer game Slender! You know, collect 8 pages at different landmarks before Slenderman (Or in this case, Slendermare) catches you! They'll all be in the same fenced-off area, but will all start out at different sides. (Except CMC. They start together)
The pages are a Grand total thing too! So if one of them get a page, that means all of them have 1/8 pages! And it only counts when they collect the page AND send it off via Dragon Lighter! Which, in a nutshell, is a small hoofheld lighter that each of them will have with them that sets the page they collect on green fire like Spike does with Twilight's letters!
Trixie: And one last thing. This will be played 'Discord Style'! Meaning no wings, no magic, no fire breathing from Spike, and no Bionics from Blitz! All they get is a flashlight, limited charge like in the game, and their Dragon Lighters!
So without much else to say, let the chapter begin!
Disclaimer: I don't own MLP. Nor do I own any of the ideas for short stories in this special. Each story is thanks to the reviews you all send in. All I do own is Blitz.
*With Rarity*
Rarity's POV
Ready... The odd text that had appeared in front of me spelled out. It was projected in front of each of us so we would be kept up to speed. Each time some pony collected a page, it would show just how many pages were collected.
Set... The text showed next, fading after a few seconds. It appeared in a way where it wouldn't get in our way, but we could see it no matter where we were or how dark it was. Plus, it said that she wouldn't be able to see it. That way it won't give us away.
Now all I had to do was try and find the pages along with others before I was captured. It was then said that after getting eight pages, we would win automatically. And even the ones who were caught would be safe. And if I found at least one page, it'd help enough. Of course, I didn't want her to get me or any of the others. Especially Sweetie Belle for obvious reasons.
GO!... The text told me, allowing me to start walking forward. I held the flashlight I was given in one hoof, glad it was cleaned since I didn't have my magic to levitate it if I needed to start running. Meaning that I had to put it in my mouth so I could run.
Either way, kept going at a slow steady pace. Knowing that we were all safe until the first page was collected. That was one of the few pieces of information we were told by that mysterious writing that appeared in front of all of us. It had explained simply that she was after us, whoever that was. It also explained that all eleven of us were split apart to different ends of the area, and to escape we had to collect eight pages. It told us that there would be a page at 'landmarks'. I just guessed that it was unnatural locations in this dark and gloomy forest.
Finally, it told us not to look at whatever was coming after us. Saying that if we looked at it for too long, we would be captured and turned to black smoke after being captured. It sounded so dreadful. Especially since the color black does not match my mane. It is such a dreadful and dark color that should not be worn excessively... No offense to Blitz of course. It worked well for him at least.
So anyway, I just had to find a page and hope the others would be able to do the same. Then use this 'Dragon Lighter' to send the page off. Speaking of, I wonder how poor Spikey-Wikey's doing. For a baby dragon to be by himself in this dark forest must be so terrifying. All the more reason to find a page and hurry along. Now there has to be some obvious landmark. A giant pile of wood perhaps? Maybe even a building or two? Or what about-
A giant rocks! "Yes, this is perfect!" I yelled out-loud, picking up my pace as I came to a clearing with giant rocks the size of my home. Quickly, I circled the base of the rocks. Shining my flashlight and scanning the base to make sure that I didn't miss one square inch of space.
And after going one whole rotation, I found a page back where I started. Though a little to the left. A little agitating that I had missed it and wasted my time by turning the wrong way, but it didn't matter. It was the first page so I wasn't any danger.
Quickly ripping it free from being stuck to the rock, I observed it. And once I did, I felt my face heat up with embarrassment and anger all at once. For on the page, it was a picture or me. Kissing a rock slightly bigger than myself. With a heart drawn around me and the boulder. And under that little picture read: "Rarity and Tom. Together forever..." I read out-loud, venom in my voice for how infuriated I was. Whoever had made this drawing somehow knew about...That little faze I had gone through.
I quickly took the Dragon Lighter that I had coiled inside my tail. Ready to quickly get out if I needed to. I then used my anger as the perfect drive to set that paper in green flames. And after it had completely engulfed in flames within just a few seconds, the text appeared in front of me. Saying:
Pages Collected: 1/8 -Rarity
That's when I heard it. A sudden thump. It was like something heavy had hit the ground...Heavy like a rock. And every twenty seconds or so... The faint, sudden thump would sound off again. Each time just getting on my nerves again.
I smiled in slight victory, putting the lighter back in my tail. Still, that had gotten under my coat. And now I had a personal goal of mine. Win. Win and show up whoever made that picture of me and...Ugh...Tom.
*With CMC*
Sweetie Belle's POV
"Way to go Rarity!" I cheered, all three of us running through the forest to try and find a landmark.
"Shh!" Scootaloo shushed me, looking worried. "Are you crazy?! Be quiet or she'll hear you!" She told me in a whisper. She kept looking around us to make sure that whatever was following us wouldn't spot us.
"Calm down Scootaloo!" Applebloom told her, none of us stopping to talk as we just kept running. Our flashlights all pointed in one direction. "That weird written' in front a our faces said that she's gonna get more and more dangerous with each page that's collected!" She reminded us.
"Yeah!" I agreed with a nod. "Wait...Why is that a good thing?"
"Because we've only found ONE page! It ain't that dangerous yet! We should only be scared after a bunch a pages get collected!" Applebloom explained to us.
"Yeah..." Scootaloo said, going over that in her head. "Yeah, you're right! There's nothing to be afraid of yet! Besides, this place is huge! We'll probably find one of the others before we find whatever's after us! Who knows! We might even find Rainbow Dash after collecting a few pages!"
"Hey! Maybe that's what our Cutie Marks will be!" I said, excitedly. "Cutie Mark Crusaders, Page Collect-OOF!" I yelled out in pain, running face first into a tree. "Ow..." I said, rubbing my head in an attempt to make it feel better. Good thing I didn't have my horn at the time.
"Woah..." Scootaloo said, walking around the tree I ran into. "Look at the size of that tree!"
"It sure is a big one... If it was an apple tree, Applejack would probably fall in love with it er somethin'..." Applebloom said, in awe at the size of it.
I got up and went around the smaller tree I ran into. Seeing the tree. "It's not that interesting. It's just a tree..." I said, not really caring about trees right now. Besides, it looked like a dead tree anyway. Guess it didn't get enough water since it's so big.
As they just kept marveling at it, I shook my head and walked up to it. Checking it out. And looking at it, I could tell that this was a landmark.
"Do you think that our Cutie Marks could have something to do with trees?" Applebloom asked. "Like maybe Cutie Mark Crusader Lumberjacks?"
"I don't know. But I know where we could get a few hatchets after this page thing..." Scootaloo said, both of them thinking of a way that our Cutie Marks could be about trees.
I just scoffed at the idea of a dumb tree being my Cutie Mark and went around the base. Spotting a page on the other side. "Yes!" I screamed out in a whisper, giggling at how easy that was.
That's when I ripped it down and looked at it. Only to frown at the sight of what it had on it. It was a drawing of the three of us looking at our flanks in hopes of getting our Cutie Marks. Only, we were frowning at how we failed again. Along the top of the picture, it said: 'Cutie Mark Crusader: Blank Flanks!' And at the bottom of the picture, it had a picture of a tiara and a silver spoon. The Cutie Marks of the two that always made fun of us.
I frowned and pulled out my Dragon Lighter, setting the paper on fire before the others could see it. Might as well keep them from knowing.
Pages Collected: 2/8 -Sweetie Belle
At that moment, I heard a weird thump sound, followed by two voices giggling to one another. I knew those giggles anywhere. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. But...What were they doing out here? And, why would they be giggling right now? Whatever the reason, every once in a while, I could hear the giggling and that thumping sound. And it was starting to scare me a little...
"Alright Sweetie Belle!" I heard Scootaloo call out back where I had left them. Both her and Applebloom cheering in victory for me. I couldn't help but smile in glee as I started rounding this big tree to celebrate with them. "Wait, who are you?..." I heard Scootaloo ask with a confused tone. This making me stop in my tracks in fear.
"Who's there?" I heard Applebloom call out to whoever they saw. "Hey, come out from behind that tree!" After thinking to myself a few seconds, I didn't know what to think. "Blitz...Is that-Woah Nelly!"
I went wide-eyed at Applebloom's sudden cry for help. "A-Applebloom! What happened?! What's going-AH! It's her!" Scootaloo yelled out, before some weird white noise sound started to form. And after a few seconds, I couldn't hear either of them anymore.
Players Collected: 2/11 -Slendermare
My jaw dropped at the writing I just saw. Applebloom...Scootaloo...They were both caught! "AHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed out in fear, making a mad dash in the direction I was facing, Not daring to look back a little. This 'Slendermare' got the other Crusaders! I was all alone! This was only the second page! It was too much!
I just kept on running. Not wanting to be collected either. I had to find some pony else before Slendermare caught me!
*With Blitz and Rainbow Dash*
Blitz's POV
"Man, there has to be a landmark somewhere!" I said in anger, me and Rainbow having walked for seven minutes now. "At this rate, Slendermare's gonna find us before we even find a landmark!"
"No kidding! This would be so much faster if we just had our wings!" She yelled out, agreeing with me. I wasn't really that angry though because I knew why we haven't found a landmark yet. We had been walking the length of the fence the first five minutes. We both had the same idea once we started, and after finding one another, we decided to walk directly away from the fence. Probably going off towards the middle of the whole place the last two minutes.
Still, it kept our minds off of that last note we got saying Slendermare got two of us. It was a weird number though since every pony started off alone. Only the CMC being grouped up. So, who were the two missing? The number just didn't add up.
"Hey! There's something over there!" Rainbow Dash called out, pointing ahead. "Looks like some kind of building..." She acknowledged, looking at it as we came towards it.
"Quick, turn the flashlight's off." I told her, turning my light off. She did the same and we kept heading for the building. Not wanting to be found. With how dark it was, I wasn't going to be found that easily. Especially since they took my metal tail and ear. Not to mention, wrapped my leg up so I couldn't use it as a weapon either. So all and all, I was camouflaged with only my yellow mane to worry about.
Rainbow Dash on the other hoof, was blue and had a rainbow mane and tail. I was ready to sneak in the shadows, she had more colors than a clown. This meant that we had to try and stay hidden as much as we could without any pony seeing us.
"Wait a second." Rainbow Dash said, us stopping in front of the entrance to the building. Which looked like it only had two or three exits. "Maybe we shouldn't go in there."
"What do you mean, we shouldn't go in there?!" I asked in an annoyed whisper. We were out in the open where any pony that was looking hard enough could see us, and she didn't want to go in?!
"Isn't it obvious?!" She asked in a whisper, frowning at me. "A creepy, dark building?! This is just screaming 'trap'!" She told me. "We go in there, we're definitely gonna get caught!"
"Ugh..." I said, face-hoofing at what she said. She did have a point though. It didn't exactly look like a welcome center. "Okay, look. It's pretty small. And with how obvious a trap it is, there has to be a page in there somewhere. So, here's the plan. We go inside. I take right side, you take left. Meet on the exit on the other side over there." I said, gesturing at the exit that we could see through the one we were at. It was a short hallway followed by a clear exit.
"Okay fine. But if you spot Slendermare, give some kind a signal. That way, the other one can get out in case there isn't a page." She said, adding onto it. We both nodded and hoof-bumped. Ignoring that weird giggling that came from nowhere. That, along with the thumping, was just getting annoying at this point.
So without so much as another word, we headed on in and split up inside the building. Me going right and her going left. As I went down the side of the building though, I went ahead and turned on my flashlight. Knowing that if Slendermare was in here, then it wouldn't matter if she saw the light or not. She would see me either way.
But turning the light on, I saw a chair right in front of me in the middle of the hallway. And trying not to make any noise, I tried to jump away from it before I tripped over it. Sadly, since I didn't get much of a chance to jump out of the way in time, I tripped over myself. Falling to the floor. Still, my metal hoof was wrapped up and the other metal parts of me were taken, so I didn't make any sound from falling over. Though, hitting my head on the ground wasn't exactly fun. It hurt a lot from the tiled floor. And to add insult to injury, now it looked like I just got up from rolling around all over the place.
"Great..." I said, standing up. Still, I didn't really care that much over everything as I just kept on going. Checking my side of the building to make sure that it was all okay. And as I came to the end of the hallway, I saw that there was a room. It was all pretty empty really. Except for another oddly placed chair and- A Page!
Quickly, I ran over to it and looked at the page. Not really picking it up because I could see it just fine. Although, after looking at it I just got angry at what was on it. A picture of me and Rainbow Dash. Making out on the ground. And on the top of the page, it said: 'A Shocking Couple'
I glared at the paper, angry that it looked like some kind of fan art people would make about the TV show. Knowing that I couldn't let any pony else see this page, I took out my Dragon Lighter and tried to flick it on. Only for it to only spark and not hold a flame.
"Oh come on..." I said, trying to make it work again. Each time it failed only made me more and more agitated. Eventually, I just held it up beside my ear and started shaking it. Trying to see if it had any lighter stuff inside of it, whatever it was. And hearing that there was some inside, I started shaking it violently next to my head as I tried again and again to set it off.
And after the hundredth time, it finally worked! Only for it to burn the side of my neck. Making me flinch in pain as I dropped the lighter right onto the page and the chair it was sitting on. Setting them both on fire and sending them both away...Along with the lighter itself.
Pages Collected: 3/8 +chair -Electric Blitz
"This is just not my day, is it?" I asked myself quietly, feeling my neck were I burnt it. It had to be red and sore already being that the flame was as hot as a dragon's. How was I going to explain that to every pony else?
Either way, I got the page. So I picked up my flashlight and headed for the exit me and Rainbow Dash agreed to. Only, when I got there I heard her screaming from her side of the building in fear.
"Rainbow Dash!" I called out, taking a step forward. But I stopped before I headed down there, not sure if she was giving a signal to leave or not. And after a few seconds, the text still hadn't appeared saying that Slendermare had caught her.
"Rainbow Dash are you-" "AHHHH!" She screamed out, rounding the corner quickly. Not having any time to stop as she kept on running. Ramming into me with enough force to send us flying out of the building and tumbling to the ground outside. Her on top of me and hugging me tightly in fear.
"What are you doing?!" I asked, still trying to piece together what had just happened. She was screaming like a nut-job as if she had seen a-
"Slendermare...Right behind me..." She said in between breaths. Not letting me go. "All fuzzy...Barely got away..." She finished, sounding out of breath and terrified.
"It's uh... It's okay now Rainbow?..." I said, petting her head awkwardly. Not able to do much else since she was right on top of me.
Of course, once she came to her senses, she looked right at me with a glare. "Don't pet me." She said, angry that I had done that.
"Uh...Am I interruptin' something?" We both looked ahead of us to see Applejack looking at us weirdly.
"What are you talking about?" Rainbow asked, now giving her a confused look.
She then chuckled once at us. "Just look at yerselves." She told us with a 'knowing' smirk.
Confused, we both looked at one another. Rainbow Dash was on top of me with her hooves wrapped around me. I had my hoof on top of her head with both our heads just a few inches apart. Our manes looked messed up from coming out of the building. Rainbow Dash was out of breath. And to top it all off, I had a mark on my neck that looked like a-
"AH!" We yelled out in unison, realizing just what AJ was talking about. And after scrambling to our hooves, we looked very embarrassed. "It's not what it looks like!" We both continued to yell out in unison.
"I burnt my neck with the lighter!" "I was running from Slendermare!" "I fell over a chair!" "I ran face first into a wall from running from her!" I got knocked to the ground!" "I tripped!" "You came at a bad time!" "It was all totally out of context!" "IT IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS-"
"Will you two quiet down!" She told us with a forceful whisper, covering our mouths up with her hooves. "Look. Make-out when we're outta here, but right now, we gotta get the rest a them pages and try ta find the others! So stop yammerin' and come on!" She told us with a whisper, walking in one direction.
We both just looked at each other without another word, looking away as we ran to catch up to AJ. At least we got the page and it was over. Sadly for us, after collecting the third page, we could hear the faint sound of two ponies tumbling to the ground. This not letting us forget about what just happened.
*With Pinkie*
Pinkie Pie's POV
"Bum...Bum bum..." "thump!" "Bum...Bum bum..." "hehehehehe..." "Bum, bum-bucka-" "tumble-tumble..." "Bum...Bum bum..." "thump!" "Bum...Bum bum..." "hehehehehe..." "Bum, bum-bucka-" "tumble-tumble..." "Bum...Bum bum...Bum...Bum bum..."
As the three sounds kept coming, I just added them to my song. Beat-boxing really slow to the sounds that just kept coming! And it was coming along really well too! It just needed a little something...
Oh well, guess I'll have to find a new page to try and get it! If only that chair Blitz burned up counted. Then I could really have something going here. Didn't matter though! Guess what did matter was finding that other page!
"Now let's see... According to the map I found on my hayPhone 5, it says that there should be a silo somewhere... But where..." I asked, looking around. But not seeing it, I decided to turn around. Only to see Slendermare behind me. "Oh! Hey Slendermare!" I said, bouncing over to her. "Can you tell me where the silo is? I'm kinda lost!" I told her, giving her a friendly smile.
Only, once I got to her, I just started hearing some weird white sound. "Oh Slendermare! Are you still using dial-up?!" I asked her. "Here, let me help!" I said, jumping onto her back and hitting her blank head a few times. Making the static stop after enough knocks. "There you go! Good as new!" I told her, jumping back in front of her.
And when I did, I saw the silo right behind her. "Oh, there it is! Thanks for the help Slendermare! You keep on scaring those newbs now! BYE!" I told her, bouncing on ahead to the base.
"Let's see... It should be at the base of the silo... Maybe on the other side!" I said, bouncing to the other side to check. But after going all the way around, I saw that there was nothing. "Huh! Now where is it? It should be here somewhere..."
Suddenly, I started hearing that static from Slendermare. And turning around, I saw that she was right behind me. On her hind hooves with her front hooves up in the air.
I jumped right back on her back again and knocked on her head a few more times. This time, a little harder to make sure. "Seriously, get Windows 7 at least!" I told her. "Oh, right! Hey Slendy?! Do you know where the page at the silo is?!" In response, she just raised her hoof up and into the air while standing dizzily. I bet I could guess why though. Trying to switch from Dial-up to Windows 7 could be SO stressful, you know?!
So I looked up, my flashlight in my mane so I didn't have to hold it all the time. And after looking up, I could see something glowing near the top of the silo. A page!
"Aw dang it! Those darn programmers have another bug huh?! Don't they play Game Dev Tycoon?! You have to iron out ALL the bugs before you give the game to the public! Else whys, you'll just lose because you left your garage too soon!" I said with a shake of my head. "Oh well, nothing an undiscovered mod can't fix!"
I then jumped off of Slendermare's back and up to the silo, where I opened the hidden door up that led to the spiral staircase. Where I then skipped up the stairs as quickly as possible to get to the top. Where I opened up the window on top and saw the page that was at the top of the silo.
I then ripped it off an saw a picture of me. Holding a chainsaw in the middle of a traced outline of a cupcake. Where at the top of the page it said 'Pinkamena' and at the bottom it said 'Cupcakes'!
"Aw, I love this picture! Whoever drew it must really know me! I can't believe that they know my whole first name, the fact I love cupcakes, and that I make ice sculptures in the shapes of cupcakes with a chainsaw every year before we need to clean up winter!" I said, reciting everything that fit with this picture. Of course, Rainbow Dash knows that I love making those ice sculptures all too well. It's okay though! The ice melted fast enough, so her wings were freed before winter was even over that year!
So even though I really wanted to keep this cute little picture, I knew that I had to send it off. So I pulled the Dragon Lighter out from my mane and lit the picture. Sending it off!
Pages Collected: 4/8 +chair -Pinkamena Diane Pie
"Rum-namnamnamnam..." I heard faintly. Recognizing it as a chainsaw revving up.
"Yay! More sounds for my beat-boxing song!" I cheered, closing the window and turning around to see Slendermare back. Everything going fuzzy now.
"OH! So that's what that was!" I said out-loud, not realizing the whit-noise was Slendermare trying to catch me. "Whelp! Ya got me Slendy! Good game!" I told her before getting caught. Turning into a puff of black smoke. Losing the game.
Players Collected: 3/11 -Slendermare
And so concludes part one of this match up! With three players caught, half the pages collected, and a chair collected, it's still any pony's game! Let's see who's remaining:
Applejack/Blitz/Rainbow -1 page (Last seen at Multiple Bathrooms)
Twilight -0 pages (Last seen heading towards Tunnel)
Spike -0 pages (Last seen heading towards Brick Walls)
Fluttershy -0 pages (Last seen heading towards Rusty Tankers)
Sweetie Belle -1 page (Last seen at Spooky Tree)
Rarity -1 page (Last seen at Giant Rocks)
And now let's see who's been caught:
Scootaloo/Applebloom -0 pages (Caught at the Spooky Tree from cheering too loudly)
Pinkie Pie -1 page (Got caught inside the Silo from hacking in a few temporary mods and annoying Slendermare)
I'm afraid that we're ending it off here! Since more than one reviewer asked for this, it got two parts! Last part coming later! This dare was asked by 'Swift Lightning' and 'TheWizardOfCol'
See you all next short story!
