My Imaginary Friend
Rated T-M
Disclaimer: I do not own Slenderman. Also, I do not encourage any actions taken to summon Slenderman, for he is merely fiction.
Please remember that, while I go describe gore in my storied involving Slenderman, I, in no way, condone the actions that take place. It is merely creative writing and should be portrayed as such. That being said, I do hope you all enjoy my story.
Chapter 1
"What are you drawing, Kathy?"
The little girl looked up at the blonde nun smiling, showing a few missing teeth.
"I'm drawing a picture of me and my friend, Sister Helen. See?"
The adorable little girl happily showed the young woman her drawing:
A picture of her in the forest.
"How nice…" With a small smile, Sister Helen gently took the picture and looked at it.
She saw cute little animals, pretty flowers, and a bright sun...but something was off.
Sister Helen narrowed her eyes to get a good look of it.
In the far back of the picture, there was a man: very tall, pale, and wearing a black suit.
"Who's the man, Kathy?" She asked softly, leaning down to show her.
"Oh." Kathy grabbed the picture to point. "That's my friend! I call him Mister!"
"Well, why is he in the back and not with you and the animals? Doesn't he want to play?"
"No," Kathy replies, shaking her head. "He doesn't like to come out of the woods very much. He says he likes it better there."
Sister Helen raised an eyebrow amusingly but said nothing.
It was probably just an imaginary friend; nothing serious, she assumed.
"Well, it's a wonderful drawing, Kathy." She complimented, smiling sweetly and patting the little girl's blonde head.
"I think it would go nicely on the orphanage's billboard near the playground; that way, it can be there with all the other children's. Would you like that?"
Kathy excitingly shook her head 'yes'.
"Well, c'mon then. Let's go do that. And then you can play with the other children, okay?"
Kathy took her hand softly, and they both walked down the hall towards the playground.
"So Kathy," Sister Helen started, looking down at the little girl. "When did you meet 'Mister'?"
"I met him last May, when we had the big picnic. He helped me out of the forest when I was lost."
"Ohh. He must be a very good friend, then?"
Kathy nodded, her big eyes shinning. "He even gave me flowers."
She dug into her pocket of her pink dress and pulls out daisies. "Lookie!"
"Those are very nice." Sister Helen pauses and then inquires: "What does he look like?"
"Well...He's skinny and very white like a snowman and very tall, like a building! And, and he's wears a black suit like from " .Black" and he's bald and—"
Sister Helen was smiling as Kathy continued on.
'Such an overactive imagination.' She thought to herself fondly; it always pleased her to see the children so creative here at the orphanage.
However, something immediately caught her attention.
"—and he has no face!"
That almost stopped her in her tracks; Sister Helen turned to gaze at Kathy, eyes slightly widen in confusion.
"No face?" She chuckles. "W-Well then, how does he talk to you?"
"He doesn't!" Kathy explains innocently. "He speaks to me in my mind."
"Y-Your mind?"
"Yeah! Though, I can't really understand what he's says all the time…It's like he's speaking backwards."
"BACK-wards…?" The young nun didn't know if that was normal for an imaginary friend, but it was pretty adorable to see Kathy so excited about him.
"Yep! But it's weird…even though I can't understand him…I know what he's saying."
"And what would that be?"
Kathy looks up at Sister Helen, her eyes serious for a minute.
"I'm coming for you. That's what he always says before leaving." Then she smiles softly, smiling to the nun sweetly.
"Does he mean that he wants to adopt me? That we'll be friends forever, Sister Helen?"
Softly narrowing her eyes, Sister Helen squeezes Kathy's hand gently and gives her an assuring smile.
"I'm sure he would love to, sweetie."
She tugs her to the playground, seeing many of the child already playing.
"Now let's go join the others."
Kathy nodded happily, following after the nun and hoping to see Mister soon.
They walk towards the playground, where the rest of the orphan children are playing cheerfully.
Kathy walks over excitedly and soon blends in with the other children, happily shouting and running around.
Sister Helen watches with the other nuns before she calmly walks to the billboard and places the drawing there with thumb tacks.
'There.'
She stood back and admired the picture, smiling softly. She thought back to Mister and what Kathy said about him.
'...A tall man with no face…where do children come up with these things?'
"Good afternoon, Sister Helen."
The blonde turned to the soft spoken voice and nodded in acknowledgement to the redhead.
"Hello Sister Anna."
They settled down on the porch near the sandbox, watching over the smaller children, and chattered away happily.
The woods loomed ahead over the children, but they all stayed in the surrounding area of the playground getting along well.
Kathy played care-freely with an older girl Gina and the red-headed twins Sarah and Kyle; currently, she was showing them her daisies given to her by Mister near the slides.
"Oooh, pretty~!" Sarah cooed, rubbing on the yellow flower petals delicately. "Where did you get them? I though daisies didn't grow around here."
''Mister gave them to me!" Kathy responded boldly, holding the flowers with pride."He's my best friend!"
"Who's Mister?" Kyle asks, holding his rubber ball in his tiny hands.
"He lives in the forest over there." She pointed and the others gazed to the dark woods overlooking the swing set.
"He helped me when I was lost. And he always comes to play with me."
"Wow~! What does he look like?" Sarah asked, her green eyes twinkling and her face showing amazement.
"He's wears a black suit and he's VERY tall!" She gestures with her hands.
The others leaned in to hear more, intrigued to know about this "Mister"...
Meanwhile, Sister Helen watches from afar, smiling at Kathy and her little friends.
"Would you look at that, Sister Anna? Kathy's telling her little friends about her imaginary friend."
Sister Anna looks their way and smiles fondly.
"Little children have it so easy." She says, sighing to herself. "They're able have all the fun they want and not have a single worry..."
Yes... Though..." Sister Helen pauses. "Kathy really believes that he'll come for her. She thinks that her imaginary friend will come to the orphanage to adopt her."
Sister Anna shows a look of understanding, cradling the baby in her arms. "Did she tell you about him? What he looked like?"
"Oh yes. She says he's a very tall and skinny man wearing a black suit. He's very pale, bald and—get this—he has no face."
Lightly giggling, she continues to her friend. "Could you imagine such a thing?"
The redhead had a look of nervousness, something Sister Helen did not expect.
"Anna?"
Sister Anna ponders for a minute before turning to Helen. "That's what she said?"
"Yes…why? Wh-What's wrong?"
Sister Anna opens her mouth, but pauses to say nothing, as if hesitating to make her claim.
"Helen…that's the same thing Ronny said about his imaginary friend…before he disappeared…don't you remember?"
Sister Helen widens her eyes, bringing her hand to her mouth. "Oh my…you're right…"
Then she twists her face in sheer confusion, looking to Kathy.
"Th-That can't be…Kathy doesn't know Ronny…she never knew him…he-he disappeared 2 years back before she came here."
"Helen…don't you see what I'm saying? Now I might be over-thinking this but…I-I think Kathy and Ronny met a predator…"
"No…it shouldn't be possible…" Sister Helen says lowly. "There's no one in the woods. There can't be anyone in the woods. M-Maybe it's just a coincidence."
She pats Anna on the shoulder softly, chuckling nervously. "Don't scare me like that, Sister Anna. Kathy knows better than to go off with strangers; we've taught all of the children that."
"I dunno know, Sister Helen." Anna mutters skeptically, looking towards the woods warily.
"It can't be a coincidence that they both have the same imaginary friend. Someone—something— is in those woods…and I think might be targeting Kathy."
End of Chapter One.
No worries, though. I will include more during the week ^^