Evangeline's Doll
By: ElectropopHearts
Chapter 1
"Evangeline, please try to be more polite around Darius!" Felicia yelled to her daughter. "But, mommy!" The little girl replied "He's a weirdo!"
Her mother crossed her arms, and glared at the her daughter "Evangeline..."
The little girl sighed. "All right...I guess I'll get used to him."
Felicia smiled, kissed the little girl, and walked out of the room. It was a big, colorful room with toys on every shelf.
"Sure I'll get used to him... but for now I don't trust Darius AT ALL." Evangeline said to her favorite dolls, Molly and Thelma. "I think he's after you, Thelma. What a creep."
Darius was Felicia's new boyfriend. He had short black hair and blue eyes. But sometimes when Evangeline looked closely, she thought she could see a little hint of red in them. Darius had been trying to get Evangeline to give him Thelma, who was a brown, chunky wooden doll. Molly was just a stuffed bear wearing a princess outfit, and when you squeezed her, she said "I love you!"
Suddenly, Evangeline heard the doorbell ring. 'Uh-oh.' She thought. 'The freak is here.'
"Darius! It's so nice to have you over." Felicia hugged him and told him to come in. Just then, a plan began to form inside of Evangeline's head. She decided to do anything in her power to make sure that Darius was miserable. Maybe he'd even end up leaving the house! The thought of that happening made Evangeline giggle.
Carefully, she crept under the table, making sure she wasn't seen. Darius and Felicia sat down. Dinner was already on the table.
Evangeline waited impatiently for Darius to get up from his seat. She stared down thoughtfully at his shoes...loafers. 'How tacky.' Evangeline thought, using the word she'd often heard her mother say.
"Felicia, can you direct me to the restroom, please?" Darius asked. Evangeline almost screamed out "FINALLY!" at the top of her lungs. As the man stood up, the little girl stuck her leg out. Darius tripped and fell to the floor with a great 'boom'.
Felicia scurried up to Darius and asked him if he was all right. Evangeline thought that now would be a good time to escape back to her room. She carefully crawled out from under the table. Unfortunately, instead of crawling around her mother, she crawled in front of her.
'Uh-oh! I've been spotted!' Evangeline started to panic.
Felicia was furious. She grabbed her daughter by the arm, led her to her room, and slammed the door.
"I am disgusted, Evangeline! SIMPLY DISGUSTED!" Felicia scolded. The little girl hung her head in shame. "Young lady, you will stay in this room for the rest of the night! No ifs, ands, or buts about it! How dare you do such an awful thing? I am just...in shock! I never expected this type of behavior from you at all!"
Without warning, the phone rang. "I'll be right back. Don't you dare move a muscle." Felicia said to her daughter through gritted teeth.
About a minute later, Evangeline heard her mother crying hysterically.
"Oh my goodness! Darius, my Cousin Andy was hit by a car!" Darius wrapped her in his arms and tried to comfort her. Evangeline slowly stepped out of her room, holding Thelma and Molly tightly.
"I...I should probably go visit him in the hospital, but I don't want Evangeline to see Andy in such a terrible condition...I...I just don't know what to do now..."
The little girl had a mini heart attack when Darius offered to babysit.
"Oh, Darius...you'd do that for me?" Felicia said. "Of course! It would be my pleasure, dear Felicia." Darius replied kissing her hand.
Felicia hugged him tightly and thanked him a thousand times. Darius smiled evilly at Evangeline, who was clutching the wooden doll as tightly as she could. She walked towards the two of them, glaring at the strange man. She saw a little flash of red in his eyes that sent shivers down her spine.
"Now, Evangeline, please try to be on your best behavior for Darius. Stay in your room, and don't try any more shenanigans. Understand?" Felicia Said as she slipped on her coat.
Evangeline sighed. "Yes, mama."
Felicia kissed her goodbye, and walked out the door. After Darius was sure that she was gone, he lunged at the little girl, catching her by surprise.
Evangeline swiftly moved out of the way, and Darius fell to the floor once more. "Give me that doll, and that's an order!" He cried.
"NO!" Evangeline yelled, running to her room. She quickly locked the door.
The little girl placed the wooden doll into a brown, leather bag. There was a sudden boom that startled Evangeline. She turned around and saw that Darius had somehow turned himself into a tornado, and had knocked down her door. When he stopped spinning, he didn't look like a human being anymore...
His face was covered by a purple robe. The only thing you could see on his face was his piercing red eyes that seemed to light up, and not in a good way. They were threatening, eerie, and mysterious. They seemed as though they were staring deep into Evangeline's soul.
He had a booming voice that yelled:
"Hand over that doll, you pest!"
Evangeline froze, clutching the brown bag in her little hands. But then, out of the clear blue, she heard the most comforting, most kind voice you could possibly hear.
"No Heart, you leave Evangeline alone!"
