Slenderman had been at the moment of Big Macintosh's birth. In fact, he was now always watching the family as much as he could. He felt to be part of the family.

Now, many reunions had passed to the point where Slenderman knew everypony in the family's name. But the two he was interested in most was Albany Beauty and Aceymac; Applejack's parents.

Something in his mind had no idea where Big Macintosh and Applejack's parents were in his broken memory. Something was very different about them. Albany Beauty was a gorgeous red mare. Big Macintosh got most of his traits from her. Every single time he saw her though, Slenderman would just become very paranoid. And also with her husband.

Aceymac had a golden coat like Applejack and was a very proud stallion. A strange trait he had was having little bits of red on his coat.

The monster of the Everfree watched Big Macintosh grow up to be a strong colt foal as Applejack was born. He could remember the joyous faces of each family member as cries of happiness filled the air. But an uneasy feeling would overwhelm Slenderman the longer he looked at Aceymac and Albany Beauty. Something seemed to be out of place for them.

Aceymac was a country pony that married a gorgeous mare with the name of Albany Beauty. Even with differences, they married and now lived on the far.

Something was kind of fishy, but Slenderman didn't know exactly what.

But nonetheless, he cared for them, just like every living thing. He knew anything in his hand were destroyed and killed. But he had a heart - at least thought he had one. Only from a far could he just not feel like a monster. Was he truly a monster?

Sadly, some questions never become answered.

Slenderman had to be careful and not venture far from the Everfree Forest. At times, he had to stay back when some of the Apples were away. All he could do was to sit back and watch as the days go by. A day passed by each day as weeks turned into months. In Slenderman's eyes, it all seemed instant as he saw all the ponies grow up.

They changed.

He didn't.

Even his suit didn't age and get dirty, which confused him a lot. It seemed like his suit was now a sole part of him. There wasn't much use for it. It just made him look sharp.

He had tried to take it off, but if he did, it would just regenerate. Ripping it to shreds or that one time of making zap apple jam, his suit would just keep on reappearing. Not that he minded it, it was snug and comfortable.

By now, Big Macintosh had just learned to run and Applejack could crawl and somehow walk. Slenderman couldn't help himself but watch them as hours passed by. To him, this was the purpose of his life. There wasn't anything to do but watch. All living things in the forest would stay away and never come in contact. Only hushed silence of the animals in the forest was accompanied as Slenderman approached their vicinity.

Nothing came to him. Only he came to them.

It was just a normal beautiful day as Slenderman just did his usual thing. Watching the Apple family. Time was nothing to him and never knew what day, month, day, or even what year it was.

But he did know the dates of the Apple Family reunions along with Big Macintosh and Applejack's birthday.

A bunch of murmurs were heard as another Apple Family reunion was taking place. Many ponies came into the farm as others came out of the house. Hugs were exchanged as laughs did also. Conversations started as Slenderman watched each pony from the edge of the forest.

The reunion started as usual - without him. Slenderman saw Granny Smith hug Apple Rose as little Big Macintosh and Applejack were accompanied by Aceymac and Albany Beauty. It was such a joyous family.

Many events passed as Slenderman got drawn towards the 'apple-fritters making part' of the reunion. Something told him something was going to happen. As he got near, he observed a grayish stallion with a red mane working on the fritters.

"Where did the all the apple fritters go?" the stallion asked out loud before a noise came underneath the table.

The stallion looked underneath the table to see a little orange foal with two plates along with half-eaten apple fritters around her.

"I'm Applejack! More apple fwitter?" the little foal Applejack said.

The stallion gave a smile and chuckled at the lil' foal. Slenderman remembered something in the future about this, but his brain gave out as the memory faded away.

He grimaced a little to forget such an important thought, but kept his cool. He couldn't let his emotions get the best of him and lash it out on the ponies.

But he knew that Applejack would become a strong young mare. And the thing that got him was what was going to happen afterwards. What did the future hold?

Only time would tell.

As the reunion went on, Slenderman couldn't help himself but try to attempt to take an apple fritter. He knew he couldn't eat it, but he just wanted to see it and handle it.

"Alright everypony!!" a mare's voice said. "Time for the relay race!!"

A bunch of ponies from the fritter stand were talking and began to make their way towards it. Checking if the coast was clear, Slenderman stepped out from the forest and approached the stand of the apple fritters. One of his tentacles popped out of his back and assisted him in grabbing a single apple fritter. He dropped the beautiful hoof-made apple fritter into his hand as it's warmth dwelled on it. This was the closest he could be to feel warmth.

As he was about to go back, he heard a noise underneath the table. Looking towards it, the table jumped out and a red figure scurried out.

It was Big Macintosh.

He wasn't that 'big', but he was a young colt. His red coat went out from under the table as he grabbed a few fritters before realizing that something not somepony, was watching him.

He looked to his side to see a white creature in a suit staring at him. Before he could shout, Slenderman brought a finger where his mouth and would be and gave a universal sound of silence.

"Shhh..."

Big Macintosh nodded frantically as he blinked his eyes multiple times. As he did, within a blink of an eye, the creature was gone. The red colt dropped the apple fritters from his mouth and started to panic a little.

What should he do? Tell somepony? His parents? Who?

He then shook his head because no pony would believe him. He would just have to keep his mouth shut and never speak of what he saw.

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Years have no passed ever since that reunion. Big Macintosh grew into a stronger colt as he could now do the daily chores much easily than before. Barely saying a word to anypony, Slenderman knew he was the reason why he became such a quiet pony. Applejack also grew as Apple Bloom was born.

That was a momentous moment of a birth on a monstrous scale of biblical proportions.

Maybe not.

But it seemed like that with every moment to Slenderman.

He could see that Albany Beauty and Aceymac along with Applejack, Big Macintosh, and Granny Smith were very cheerful to see a new edition to the family. A new life in the world is something that he had to think about.

But what about him?

Anytime he thought of anything, he would always question his existence.

With Big Macintosh giving a hoof to the farm, Applejack and Apple Bloom were already growing rather quickly. Soon, the little filly could walk and just gargle nonsense. But nonetheless, he knew how she was going to be when she grew up.

"Hey, Big Macintosh!" Applejack said, trotting beside the red colt. "Can I try?"

It was a bright sunny day, either it be rain or shine, it was work on the farm. Applejack looked up to her older brother in eagerness to help.

"Nope."

"Why not?"

Big Macintosh shook his head and kept on plowing, leaving his little sister enraged. As she started to snort from her nostrils, she calmed down as a foal's cry was heard in the house.

"Waaaah!"

With a smile upon young Applejack's face, she sprinted into the house to see her young sister crying. In Albany Beauty's hooves, Apple Bloom was bawling as Albany tried to calm her down.

She hummed a soft tune that easily calmed foal Apple Bloom down. Applejack's face was lit up in delight to help, but saw that her mother didn't need it. About to walk away with her head down, Albany spoke up.

"Applejack dear, can you fetch me Apple Bloom's bottle?" she whispered, pointing her heads towards a milk bottle.

Applejack's face went into delight again and zipped to the bottle to get it.

And right by the window, Slenderman was watching as always. Even without any eyes, he could see anything clear as day - even in the sheer darkness of the night.

He started to think of his mother - or at least have the thought of having a mother. All he could imagine was having a mother by her side, smiling always.

"Can I feed her, ma'?" Applejack whispered as Albany looked over to her.

She smiled warmly and gave the end of the bottle to Applejack, who gladly held it.

Just the smiles made Slenderman a bit angry. How could he smile? He didn't have face, a mind, and was just crazy. He wanted to smile just like them. With that thought, his slender fingers started to clench as a blood tear drop began to slowly slide down his face.

"Hey, ya'll!" a stallion's voice said as he came in.

Slenderman looked towards the door where Aceymac stood, He walked over to his wife and pecked a kiss on her cheek as he looked towards their baby.

"Hey wittle Apple Bwoom!" he said as Apple Bloom was now sleeping soundly.

He looked towards Applejack and kissed her on the head,

"And ya' too, sugar!" the stallion said with enthusiasm.

"What are you doing deary?" Albany Beauty asked. "Working on the field?"

"EEEYUP!!" Aceymac said proudly. "Big Macintosh can actually handle a field on his own! So less work for me!" he joked.

Albany Beauty and Applejack laughed silently as Apple Bloom slept on. Somehow, she wouldn't wake up no matter how her father was. As long it was her father, she never wakes up.

"I'll be off!" the stallion said, gulping down a glass of water.

"Be careful, dear!" Albany Beauty said quietly so she didn't wake Apple Bloom up.

He nodded as he exited out, giving a bright smile.

The rate of blood continued to flow as Slenderman's fists gripped even tighter to the point his skin started to crack.

Clouds suddenly slowly started to form above as thunder clashed softly high in the sky. As the clouds got closer and closer, a downpour ensued. The bright sunlight was no more as the sun was shielded instantly by the thick dark clouds. The thunder rumbled quietly as the rain followed as it pecked at the ground with each individual drop. All of the sudden, the lightning dropped it's bass as the awesome sound of thunder now rung.

*BOOM*

Applejack was terrified by the sudden change and hugged her mother tightly. Albany Beauty saw her daughter scared and whispered something into her ear. Applejack looked up to her mother and smiled, in which Albany Beauty smiled back.

Slenderman's face started to pour out blood as the lightning crashed again.

"Kill them..." a dark and insane voice said inside Slenderman's head.

"I wonder where your father is though..." Albany Beauty said as she worryingly looked outside the window.

The window she looked at was where Slenderman was just at. The rain landed on the window as visibility was now gone. Big Macintosh walked in rather slowly as he wiped the water from his face.

"Kill them... That is right!" the voice said with a persuasive tone.

"Is he at the farm, Macintosh?" Albany Beauty asked to her son.

"Eeyup."

"With pleasure..." Slenderman said darkly as the blood formed a creepy face on his face.

The blood soon formed eyes on Slenderman's eyes, making him much more creepier than ever. The rain continued to pour down as the lightning crashed. The bright light lit up the scene as his smile got bigger by the moment.

The lightning crashed again, leaving the place Slenderman once stood, gone.

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A few days later...

Albany Beauty was sobbing into a handkerchief as a few police-ponies looked horrible. They had their hats off and looked sympathetically towards the crying mare.

"Ma'am, we are still going to search the town again!" a police-pony spoke up as his two buddies nodded in agreement.

"Yes, we are, ma'am!"

"We're giving it our best!"

"Th-thank you." Albany Beauty sniffed as Big Macintosh and Applejack were listening from the stairs beside the living room.

"Where did dad go?" Applejack asked towards her older brother.

"I don't know." Big Macintosh replied with a frown, hearing his mother's cries.

"Do you think he got foal-napped or er, stallion-napped?!" Applejack asked towards her big brother.

"I just don't know, A.J." Big Macintosh said, looking towards her little sister.

She was pestering him with questions, but she was just scared where their father went. Big Macintosh understood as he answered honestly to his little sister.

"Do you mind if we look there again, ma'am?" a police-pony asked.

"N-no, not at all."

"T-thank you, ma'am."

A bunch of hooves clopped on the ground as the three police-ponies went towards the crime scene.

"Let's see what they have, A.J." Big Macintosh whispered. "We can find pops ourselves."

Applejack smiled to her wise older brother and nodded.

"Yeah!"

"Be quiet though, we don't want ma' to see us."

"I know you can do that!" Applejack teased, knowing her brother's quiet nature.

The two Apple siblings easily made their way out the back as the three police-ponies walked towards the farm house.

"You know what we always find, Buckingham! Nothing!"

"Hey, we still have a chance." the one with the name 'Buckingham' replied. "We can't let Mrs. Beauty down."

"Yeah, you're right." the third stallion said. "I hope we find him, it pains me to see Mrs. Albany Beauty cry."

"Me too, brother." Buckingham replied.

The first stallion nodded in agreement as they promised Albany Beauty they were checking again.

"Remember," Buckingham said, "Don't touch anything. Even the slightest movement of the tools can get us offtrack!"

"Yes, sir." the two other stallions replied.

The three ponies entered a quarantined barn that was labeled 'Keep Out'. Big Macintosh and Applejack followed the stallion stealthy and very quietly.

"Look at that, Buckingham..." the first stallion sighed. "No movement of any tools, nothing, nathan, nada!"

"Nothing is touched and boom!- he's gone!!" the third stallion exclaimed. "Do you think this is the same one that took the fillies and colts?"

"Let's not jump to conclusions, Heavyweight." the first stallion replied. "Also, how's Featherweight doing?"

"He's doing fine! But ever since the foal-napping of four kids, I've been on somethings to keep me awake! What if it took my Featherweight?!"

"The guy is only taking grown up fillies and colts, man." Buckingham replied.

Applejack and Big Macintosh looked at each other as they were 'grown up fillies and colts'. Colt to Big Macintosh and filly to Applejack though.

"Whatever who the criminal is, I want to bring him to justice!!" Heavyweight said.

"But we don't know..." the first stallion said. "Nopony knows..."

Little did the police-ponies know they were being overheard by a colt and filly. The colt and the filly hearing over the police-ponies were also unaware that they were 'heard' also. A figure not that far from the edge of the forest, was watching them.

A figure with no eyes.

That accompanies a blank face.

But the face wasn't blank anymore.

Blood accompanied it. With death bu it's side.

Author's Notes:

What happened to Applejack's parents??!! Or actually, Aceymac??!

Comment below on what you think happened/happens.

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Now I'm thinking that you guys are wondering why I chose the names of the parents: Albany Beauty and Aceymac because of the following reasons below!

Albany Beauty apples is a red apple. Big Macintosh gets his red coat from his mother, Albany Beauty. Red is because of the color of Albany Beauty. Albany sounds red, is it not? The eye and mane color system of the Apple family is too bucking complicated. So I'm going to stay away from that.

Aceymac apples is similar to Big Macintosh apples. I chose Aceymac as a name because it fits well. Aceymac apples are very close relatives with the Big Macintosh apples. Aceymac does not have a red coat.

I have no idea why I chose Aceymac though. Maybe because 'Mac' is in it.

Also, I placed in the reason Big Macintosh became the stallion he become. He doesn't speak much because he met Slenderman!!

And I'm flattered you guys are liking this! Thank you for commenting, favoriting, and all that good stuff! I couldn't work on this as I was away for a few days.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter!