The reason why I stayed
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Before we began the story, I just need to put some notes to clear the story it, PLEASE READ IT :
1. SIX IS THE LADY'S DAUGHTER AND THE FATHER WAS THE HANGED MAN IN THE FIRST ROOMS SHE ENTERED.
2. THE RUNAWAY KID'S NAME IS SEVEN.
3. SIX AND THE RUNAWAY KID HAS MET A FEW TIMES BEFORE BEGINNING THEIR STORY IN BOTH MAIN/DLC.
that's all about it, pshh...
Please do enjoy the story, and be alert of the spoilers if you haven't finish/watch both stories of the game~! Btw, I DON'T OWN LITTLE NIGHTMARES!
Chapter 1 : The struggle
For the children who has been raised or brought to the hell on earth called 'The Maw', they have lived in terror for god knows how long. Everyday they hear the screaming of the Maw's engine, waiting to be fed with their fear, the blind janitor who had been taking care of them while giving them the nightmares every night by the vision of those long hands that drags them whenever they do something off, and there's only one child among the others who suffered more than the rest.
Seven woke up after hearing the sound of a horn in the children's chambers. He saw the others woke up from their beds and lined up in front of the door, waiting for the janitor to open it and take them to the cafeteria. He sighed. None of them dare to talk to each other, fearing the janitor to hear them and bring them towards the place where they will face of their deaths.
He lined up at as the last person on the line. He look up towards the children across him. Boys and girls were all wearing the same thing, handcuffs or footcuffs. They were slaves here, no point to deny it.
"Hey," he called towards a girl in front of him, "I know, we've been roommate for a long time, but, what's your name?"
The girl in front of him flinched, "S-s-shhh! He's coming!" she stuttered, looking at him with pure fear.
Seven fell silent as they heard the loud groaning of the Janitor coming towards their way. The door was opened and everyone straighten their backs. Looking terrified at the blind monster who opened large door for them. His smile gave them the nightmares they always have at night. So, Seven looked away as they walked slowly towards the cafeteria.
Once they sat at their own places at the cafeteria, they were waiting in silence for the janitor to bring them food. There were a lot of children here and no one dares to talk to each other. They all hung their heads down for no reason at all. or maybe, it has became the habit since the janitor always keep his ears on them all the time.
Seven had made up his mind not to be like them since he was taken away from his village by those bad guys and ended up here at the Maw. It was a long time ago, but, as a child, those memories seems so fresh to his brain. He looked around to see if Six is here today.
He met Six a few while ago. When he first arrived here, he was so terrified and almost ended up like those children. But, Six saved him. She talked to him through a piece of paper and a small pencil where she wrote, 'Hello, I'm Six. Nice to meet you and please don't scream or talk, or else he's going to find out what we're doing.'
It was weird, though. Seven met her the first time he entered this cafeteria. She wore a yellow raincoat then dresses like other little girls in the Maw use. And sometimes, she didn't show up for days to eat and all. That's why she was so thin than other kids too.
But, this day, Seven found her sitting alone at the edge of a table near the bars. He saw her holding her pencil and a piece of paper. Looks like she was waiting for him. He quietly looked around to see the janitor wasn't around and sprinted softly towards Six.
He sat down across her and smiled at her. He took the pencil and paper from her hand and her side of the table to write, 'Hey, Six! where have you been?' He shove it to her side of the table and placed the pencil softly.
Six hasn't looked up to him at all. She stayed quiet like a statue.
He gave her a worried look, and pulled the paper again, 'Six, are you okay?' he wrote and pushed the paper.
Seven was getting very worried when he watch Six didn't move an inch for a while. Not until a few drops of water came out from the dark side of her shadowed face. He flinched and reached out for her, but the door of the cafeteria opened and the janitor walked in, he brought breads in some large pot.
He sat back, but, much to his surprise, he saw Six wiped her tears off and grab the pencil and paper. She wrote something Seven couldn't see because she covered it with her other arm. The janitor came with breads and gave two to their table. Just for him and Six.
He took their breads and handed one to Six, but, she seemed very focused to her writing, so he put it in front of her covering arm. He ate the bread quietly, thinking what could possibly Six is writing.
When Six was done writing, she took the bread and stood up quietly, she handed the paper to Seven and when Seven took it, she started to sneak away towards the exit door. Seven didn't know where Six's room, but, he was scared to get caught by the Janitor. He watched silently as Six exited the cafeteria and read what Six wrote.
'I'm getting out of here tomorrow. Seven, You should get away from this place too. I'm sorry to leave you, right now, but, I can't stay here anymore. I want to be free from this home.'
Seven read it with sorrow. Did his only friend left him just like this? She's going to be killed! He put the paper down and the scary vision of Six being killed by the dangers who roam this place, which none of them knows, made him want to throw up.
He wasn't going to let any of that happen. He was 12 years old. He was older than Six, but, Six has the courage enough to run away from this place. And so will he. He has to run away from this place too and help Six to get away from here.
But, he wondered, where had Six been to for the last few days? Six told him she was locked in here longer than he's been. Does she knows this place well enough to escape? But, she didn't look like she wanted to leave this place the first and few times she had met him. She looked so familiar with this place because she told him a lot about here. She told him that we were in a ship and we're very deep under the sea. She said her room was far bellow than theirs.
She's seemed to be the only one to live longer here than other children. She and Seven met a few times at the playroom too. But, when play time is over, Six stayed while the others left. And the janitor left her be!
He looked up to the paper again and noticed something off.
'Did Six wrote 'this home'?'
The day after tomorrow came, Seven woke up after a horrible nightmare about him swimming through cold waters and darkness when suddenly a long hand grabbed his leg and dragged him to drown. He saw a glinch of a monster with the face of a old women's face.
He heard some ruckus down bellow and he realized that this day was the moment where Six would run away from the Maw. He quickly stood up and looked towards the door of his room. He should hurry so he could probably catch up with Six.
He jumped down from the bed and ran quickly towards the door. When he walked out of the door, he quietly saw some children trying to ran away but got caught by the Janitor. He ran towards the other side of the rooms where lies a room with a hole on it.
When he reached the room, he jumped down and landed in a bed where apparently, the room bellow the other room. He slowly stalked outside to see the janitor was no longer there and quickly ran towards bunches of cages at the edge of the wooden floor. He stepped down and the eye who watches them and turn them into a stone to keep them from running away was turned on. He saw another girl around his age with a flashlight was waving at him and silently signing him to follow her.
He studied the pattern of the light and slowly make his way towards the girl. The girl had left him enough distance so he could catch up with her. When he made it out of the light towards the play room, he saw the girl was dropping out some tightly tied sheets and tossed it out of the air vent. He quickly climbed the boxes and slowly descend it after the girl did. He was hoping Six was still in her room.
He quickly ran towards the only place the bridge has to offer and hoped Six was there. But, no other door was opened and the only one available is a pipe towards down bellow. He slowly thought that this must be why Six passed days to eat. It's because her room was very down bellow!
"Don't worry, Six! I'll save you!"
And without no hesitation, Seven jumped down the long pipe and landed safely at the water where he dreamt of dying.
Six woke up with a horrible nightmare of the women she used to call 'Mama'. The way she stared at her beneath the mask she wore after she bore her, the lullaby she sang for her became the melody to summon her nightmares, and the words that stings her after her father decided to save her and bring her to the cruel world where he hope for her to find happiness.
Six shed a few tears remembering the moment where she and her father was hunt down by one of her mother's workers and tossed her down here a few days ago and hung her father at his room where he kept her all this years from her mother.
Her mother, the Geisha, married her father and had Six, so she could one day rule the Maw like what her mother's line always do. Keep the madness of this place, maintained. But, her father was a loving father and didn't want Six to do what she doesn't want to do. So, she agreed with her papa but, her mama was so furious, she throws them towards the deep prison.
Her papa can't leave his room because the janitor would kill him if he does, but, her mama let her eat with the other prisoners. A few months ago, she had met a new person named, Seven. Her first friend beside her papa. She became very fond of him because he told him a lot about the world outside the Maw. In return, she told papa about Seven and his stories about the world outside.
A few months later, her papa made a huge plan to run away from the Maw and bring her towards the outside world. That made her so happy and they did manage to escape all of the trouble including her mama.
She saw the beautiful world outside and she did enjoyed it with her papa all the time. But, the happiness didn't last long enough. She got separated from her papa and all the people in the world turned their back against her. Adults were looking at her as if she was a monster and called her a piece of garbage that shouldn't exist. She ran to find her papa but, the ferryman, one of her Mama's employee found her and brought her back to the Maw.
She met her mother before was led down back to the Prison, she was so scared that her mama was going to kill her at the moment but, then when her mama saw her and say those words that haunts her every time she closed her eyes.
"You foolish, girl... You have seen the true sights of the dark world you've been living in... and that damned father of yours have payed his price for making you leave this place..."
And true to her words, when she was dumped down here in a briefcase, she turned towards her father's room and saw him hanged up dead.
Such a family irony...
After that she finally realized it the hard way. Her family was cursed. Happiness doesn't come by it's own or else someone will pay for it.
She will escape this place. She will. Even if she dies trying. She will see the world her papa and Seven told her about. Maybe, once she's free from this place, she'll come to save Seven too. Six stood up from her briefcase and packed up her father's lighter in her pocket.
"It's time to get away from here."
She quickly ran out towards her father's room and saw him there, unmoved and dead. She jumped in a chair and touched his leg, "Papa, Six will get out from here. So, don't worry and rest in peace, okay?" She smiled at her Papa and quickly jumped away to go onwards to her journey.
Okay, Chapter 1 completed!
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