The timberwolves' growls increased as more than just a pair appeared from behind the thick trees. Granny Smith had terror in her eyes as the wolves got closer and closer.

"Run..." Slenderman thought as Granny Smith looked around frantically.

Suddenly, she bolted with the timberwolves right behind her tail. A timberwolf was close and attempted to take a bite out of Granny Smith. Slenderman could see that the timberwolf could actually bite her. With a quick relax with his tentacles, Slenderman knocked the timberwolf's snout to the side.

The bite became unsuccessful and barely bit her. As Granny Smith sprinted out of the forest, Slenderman stuck out of his tentacles behind the pack, tripping many wolves. Instead of the wolves chasing Granny Smith any further, they looked back - giving enough time what the green mare would do.

Granny Smith grabbed a pot and began to bang a hanging cauldron with all her might. With the wolves confused of their tripped comrades, they got confused even more and shocked with the obnoxious loud noise from Granny Smith. The noise sounded exactly like a tall slender creature that had a bloody story behind it.

Knowing to stay away, the timberwolves backed away slowly from the trees and disappeared as Granny Smith's parents opened the door.

"Granny Smith, what are you doing at this hour?" Granny Smith's mother asked.

Slenderman walked near to the edge of the Everfree Forest and watched the scene unfold itself.

"I've got something in the forest, Mum'!" Granny Smith said, getting the zap apple from her bag. "This!"

The bright multi-colored apple glistened it's colors as Slenderman's head exploded trying to comprehend it.

Zap apples.

Never he had seen them in the Everfree Forest before. How did they appear?

Slenderman walked back deep into the forest to where the zap apples were. With each long stride, Slenderman was before the tall trees that bore the colorful fruit.

"Why haven't I seen the zap apples before?" Slenderman thought to himself as he easily picked an apple.

By being so tall, he could just raise his hand and pick it. With the colorful apple in his pale white hands, the apple seem to grow a bit brighter next to his black suit and skin.

Slenderman naturally wiped the apple near his shoulder and brought the apple to where his mouth would've been. The fruit collided with Slenderman's curved groove of the area of the mouth. Looking down at the fruit, Slenderman crushed the fruit, turning it instantly into pulp with his sheer strength of his hands. He learned that he possessed powerful strength that came with the darkness.

Looking back at trees, the zap apples would just be a mystery like him. Never to know the origin and unknown forever.

Walking away from the zap apple trees, Slenderman walked to the edge of the Everfree Forest and saw the light go off in the house. He then used the shadows to maneuver quickly to the house and looked into the window. Slenderman could see the Smith family sleeping soundly - all except Granny Smith.

Granny Smith looked up to the ceiling and looked to be thinking. However, her train of thought broke as she felt that something was watching him. She looked over to the window and saw nothing. Just the darkened forest.

Sighing and closing her eyes, she would have to wait until morning.

As she closed her eyes, Slenderman appeared back in the window and placed his hand against it.

Should he reveal himself to Granny Smith?

It's been so long since he ever had a conversation with anything.

For the rest of the night, Slenderman stared the sleeping family. Little did he know that he was giving Granny Smith a feeling that something was watching.

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The next morning...

Granny Smith's father dug a hole in the fertile ground and Granny Smith placed a seed - a zap apple seed to be exact in the hole. Her father covered it as the whole time, Slenderman was watching them from the edge of the forest.

Instantly, great bolts of lightning above struck the places where the zap apple trees were planted and grew in less than a second. Great groves of leaves of the trees sprouted up as Granny Smithy were now on top of the trees.

From faraway, Granny Smith started to laugh as her father started to chuckle. Slenderman watched on and wanted to laugh also, but how? He forgotten how to laugh towards a funny and cheerful moment. He only knew how to laugh while killing.

Killing for the thirst of blood.

The zap apple trees were standing tall and strong in vast clusters as the magical zap apples slowly grew small buds. As that happened, Slenderman decided that tonight he would do something that risked the lives of the ponies.

Many hours later...

It was the middle of the night. There was no sign of the moon. Just the pure darkness, a lone house ,and the monster of the Everfree Forest.

Slenderman had watched the Smith family for the past days and felt that he shouldn't interfere. But another part of him yearned to show himself. It was been more than a thousand years ever since he ever talked to anything.

Slenderman's long legs blended with the darkness as his upper body did the same. Soon, his whole form was camouflaged perfectly. Perfect enough...

To kill in silence...

The monster of the forest slowly walked up to the door and began to place his hand on the doorknob. His hands looked gigantic compared to the small knob. With his hand inches away from the knob, Slenderman stopped to calm himself down. The urge of breaking the house apart and killing the family suddenly focused into his mind.

The image of blood crawling onto the floor and up to the ceiling accompanied the idea even more of slaughtering them. Even better, he could just stand there and slowly kill them.

One
by
one...

Slenderman's mind suddenly went into a fit of static as the voice came into him.

"Kill them..."

Slenderman looked up and saw that he was somehow inside the house.

"Wh-wha-No!" Slenderman thought as his mind went hazy in pure static.

He felt a drop of blood coming out where his eye would be and lunged towards the bedroom of the Smiths. In complete silence, Slenderman felt himself dragged towards the sleeping ponies.

"You know what to do..." the insane voice said inside his head.

Slenderman's grim fingers went towards sleeping Granny Smith's head and stopped just before he did the unforgivable. He was about to kill a whole innocent family. His fingers and hand trembled as more blood from his eyes slowly slid down, making a grievous mark on the way down his face.

"No..." Slenderman said as he made an effort to not to lay a finger on her. "Just no..."

He slowly backed away as more blood from his eyes streamed down. Not even making a sound of crying, Slenderman knew he couldn't control it at all. Even approaching this house was a very unintelligent move. He grasped his fingers around his head as it slowly started to crack. Tentacles he could barely control started to sprout up.

The voice became absent as a clash of lightning erupted from the sky above.

*CRASH*

A loud clap of thunder roared throughout the dark skies as it filled with bright light inside the house. All the Smiths woke up in shock as Slenderman tried to control himself. Still hidden in the dark, nopony could see him.

"What happened?" Granny Smith's mother asked.

"Ju-just lightning." Granny Smith's father replied. "Nothin' much."

Granny Smith also woke up with a shock and saw a figure in the darkness in front of her.

"Hello?" the green mare asked as she squinted to see what was in front of her.

Another crash of lightning came, illuminating the dark room with Slenderman in it. Just for a second - a split second, Granny Smith saw a long slender black figure. As soon as the lightning crashed again, it was gone.

Confused and in fear if what she saw was actually was, Granny Smith cowered into her covers as the rain pattered on the house. Outside, Slenderman looked into the window watching her, hidden well with the shadows.

The rumble of thunder deep in the clouds accompanied the downpour of the beautiful rain.

The blood and rain water mixed together as Slenderman placed his hand on the window and thought on what he had almost done.

"If I killed her... No Applejack..." Slenderman thought as he saw Granny Smith jump out of bed. "No... Ponyville..."

After more than three thousand years of thinking. Hiding was the best. He had to disappear. He had to hide - even if it took eternity.

Slenderman watched the hard work the Smiths placed in their zap apples. He watched Granny Smith working on perfecting her jam. Watching ridiculous ideas on making the jam, Slenderman knew that Granny Smith's ways were flawless. Something told him that everything she did unfolded the future. Soon, Ponyville would be born.

The monster of the forest watched the green mare paint pink polka dots on the walls as a brew was mixing in a cauldron. And giving a talk to glass jars to talking to the bees, Slenderman himself slowly knew how to make the jam himself.

When he had the time to himself deep in the forest, Slenderman would get a fire going and follow the necessary steps. By not having pink paint, he hoped that animal blood would be a perfect substitute. That however did not work. The jam somehow caught his suit on fire and burnt it off. His skin was perfectly fine as his regeneration regenerated his suit back. The bees would not like him and died instantly he sang a tune.

He never tried it again.

The glass jars somehow got the best of him as he tried to lecture them using Granny Smith's words. He would break them in the end and the Smith family would soon catch on of who stealing the glass jars.

In less than a year, Ponyville grew and grew, leaving Slenderman much more depressed that a civilization growing right in front of him. He hoped that one day he could control his bloodlust - the only thing he hoped. He didn't care on what he looked like. He just wanted to touch something living that embraced him.

To the railroad track installment to the building of the Town Hall, Slenderman watched day by day the growth of the small village.

Slenderman even watched every single Apple Family Reunion.

He remembered the sunny day the relatives came over and did fun events. Things such as the seven-legged race to the obstacle course, Slenderman watched the happy faces of the ponies and felt sad.

Just what made the ponies happy?

He wanted to run out and join them, but that would certainly be a horrific scene. When it came to the picture, Slenderman managed and hoped that he got in the frame.

"Ready, everypony?" the pony behind the camera asked.

In front of the big red barn, the Apple family was small. But with the future knowledge, Slenderman knew that it would grow in size. On the edge of the forest, he hoped that he at least got in the frame. He wanted to because he wanted to share a little bit of his moment with the family he watched grow up.

Nopony would know, just him. And he wanted to keep it that way.

With many reunions to come, Slenderman felt himself to be the part of the family. He watched Applejack born along with Big Macintosh. Slenderman considered to be a part of the Apples.

And he wanted to have that thought until the end of time.

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Author's Notes:

(the morning that after I just published this story)

*wakes up*

*gets on the internet to FimFiction*

I wonder how my stories are doing...

*sees The Monster of the Everfree Forest on the front page*

Huh, that sounds familiar... Why does it?

*clicks on it*

...

Whoa...

Whoa...

Just whoa...

I-I just... I never knew this story was appealing!! This was just a stray idea in my head, so I didn't triple proofread it! (not I do it anyway ) I can't thank you guys enough for the feedback on this story!!

Just, wow! This just became my most popular story overnight! That's fantastic! Amazing! Brilliant! Marvelous!! (Been starting to watch Doctor Who lately. Good show.) I'll be happy to work on this for all you guys! And sorry if this chapter was mumbo jumbo! I kind of rushed on this so you guys could get an update!

And a thousand apologies to my cruel 'joke' on this chapter.

With this story to work on as many as 8 others, my summer will be fun!