Herrooooo 'minna!
So yeah, here's the first chapter!
Nothing much to say after that xD
READ ON!
PS: I forgot that Trendy was the two bros' cousin, so yeah.
There might be some errors somewhere DX Gomen :'(


Come, Little Children

Chapter One - The Children

"Here we are, kids!", Matthew said enthusiastically. "Our new home!"

Jane, the eldest, stepped second into their new house. With her emerald eyes she looked around; smelling a new kind of smell. She had short blond hair, barely touching her shoulders. She was now 13 years old, turning 14 soon, so you could notice her features growing into an adult's. She was more like her mother; brave, confident and proud.

"Well, it sure is bigger than the other place," said Matt, the youngest of the trio.

"I agree," whispered Eliana, the second oldest.

Matt and Eliana were twins; but Eliana was born first. In the present time they are now 11, turning 12 soon. She had her father's hair; long but a bit curly, going down all the way to her back. Her blue eyes shone every time she smiled, and she had a charismatic type of personality; generous, loving and even though she was shy, she was very protective.

Her younger brother was the complete opposite; by personality, of course. He shared the same eyes as his sister, and the same colour and type of hair, though it was as short as his dad's, and always put it up in a ponytail. He was tough and sarcastic, but sometimes, he would show his kinder side. Matt would tease his older sisters, but knew when to stop. Girls were scary when they got really angry.

"Kids! There's still more stuff in the car!" Yelled out their mother, Madeline.

"Coming!" The three shouted back.

They ran towards their mother and all grabbed some items, and placed them into the house. As time flew by, the Kirkland-Bonnefoy family got all the boxes out of the car, and started unpacking. While the couple started installing the beds into their room, the kids started unpacking their toys and accessories. By nightfall, all was done for the rooms.

"Okay, kids, time to go to bed!", Matthew shouted from the basement as he came up to join them with his wife.

Their house consisted of two floors; the top had the children's room and the parents', while the bottom one had the kitchen and the living room. Underground was the basement.

"But daaaaad!" Jane whined. "I'm thirteen. Can't I stay up for an hour more?"

"But that isn't fair for us, Jane," muttered Eliana. "We should all go to bed together."

Matt was still focused on his video game, not complaining one bit.

"Your sister has a point, sweety," their mother said softly. "And, you're already past bedtime."

"But-!" Jane started.

"No buts. Now go hurry into your PJ's before SlenderMan comes and steals them from your closet," Madeline joked.

Matt and Eliana smiled in synch, and ran upstairs to their room. Jane sighed, and slowly walked to join her siblings.

"SlenderMan, huh?" Matthew smiled at Madeline. "If only he were here to see this; I think he'd be happy."

"Of course he'd be happy, honey," his wife answered. "Now come on, I'm tired too. Join me?", she said in a slightly seductive tone, eyes glowing.

Matthew chuckled, and followed his wife to their room to finish what they had started.

Once the kids had tucked themselves into bed, their father came in their room to wish them good night. While Jane had a simple bed to herself, Eliana and Matt shared a bunk bed; Matt on top, and Eliana on the bottom.

"Daddy, can you tell us about the time you met SlenderMan?" Eliana asked shyly.

"Ugh, not again..." complained her older sister. "You know he doesn't exist, right?"

"Who told you that?" Asked Matthew, a bit confused.

"No one; it's common sense," Jane explained. "It's like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny; they don't exist either."

"That's not true!" exclaimed Eliana. She rarely raised her voice, but this subject was worth the harshness she always repressed. "They exist! They all do!"

"Whatever, weirdo," Jane retorted. "Dad's obviously just saying that-"

"That's enough, Jane!" Matthew said furiously. "How can you possibly think that I, your father, could lie to his own children?"

Jane changed her cocky expression to an expression of regret, immediately shutting her mouth, and turning her back to her father, feeling tears invade her once dry cheeks.

Matthew's face quickly softened as he looked upon Eliana, and spoke.

"It was so long ago, but I still remember so clearly," her father said. "Deep inside the forest near my home, I got lost. But thanks to something that resembled a tentacle-"

"Just like squids have! Did they also look like snakes?" Shouted Matt in excitement.

"Yes, just like squids and snakes." Matthew smiled. "But thanks to that, I was able to meet SlenderMan; but he didn't have a name when I met him. Tall, slender, and covered in black, he looked like no other person I had met before. But what was most interesting about him was; he had no face. But he could still see, smell and hear."

"Why's that?" Eliana asked.

"I honestly don't know, Eli. If we meet again, I'll be sure to ask him. Or maybe you two will have to ask him." Matthew gave a small smile, whilst Eliana and Matt shared the same tooth-filled grin. "Okay, tomorrow is a new day, and a lot of work is to be done. Sweet dreams, kids!"

"G'night, dad!" The twins sing-songed in unison, while Jane just mumbled.

The lights had been turned off. It was dark. Only a maple-leaf formed night-light shone in their room, and the three quickly fell asleep.

X

Eliana woke up suddenly, and had the impression that she heard something coming from downstairs. She stayed in her bed, not being someone to go in dark places. She was scared, to put it simply. Scared of the dark. The way it shifted around common objects and turned them into evil monsters sometimes made her regret being able to see, but she quickly learned that her sight was very important to her. If she couldn't see, then she couldn't find SlenderMan. And that was her ultimate goal; to find SlenderMan. And meet him, just like her father did. She always wondered why her father asked her to keep SlenderMan a secret, since he was very important to her. She wanted to tell stories about the good SlenderMan when she was at her old house, but then, they moved, as if to bury SlenderMan...

Was this trail of thought right?

Eliana was rather different in terms of mentality and maturity compared to other girls of her age. Her restless mind always seemed to drift on some physiological subject, like asking herself why people would say the world would disappear one day. She had a mental debate with herself for an hour that time. She felt as ease while talking to herself, even though her old friends thought she was weird (but in a good way). But, was she right about SlenderMan being buried? As in... 'No, that's impossible,' she thought. 'Slendy can never die.'

Suddenly, a sound in the distance broke one other of her usual trains of thoughts. Eliana whipped her head towards her door, since it was there where the sound had made its entrance. She cringed her eyes towards the outside of the door; something had moved. She sewed her mouth shut and tried not to scream. This happened often also, after her trains of thought; she could see what she called 'ghosts'. But was it really that? Eliana had no idea. It just looked like a black snake flying down the stairs.

Wait, did she think snake?

She remembered the conversation between her brother and her father, and she stayed there, in her bed, eyes and mouth wide open. Could it possibly be SlenderMan?

The flying snake still stood there, as if it was waiting for her. Eliana pushed the covers off of her, and stepped outside the room as quietly as she could. She wasn't sure if her siblings had good hearing, and hoped they hadn't. She tiptoed her way outside the room, and saw that neither sibling had woken up. She let out a small sigh of relief, so small that even the smallest mice couldn't hear. She then proceeded to go down the spiral-like stairs, her little feet thumping softly on their green-coloured carpet. Even though, deep down, she was scared, she also felt this adrenaline cursing through her veins, pushing her to go inside the darkness towards the flying snake. Her lips tugged a small smile at the corner of her mouth as she went down the stairs.

Finally, she was in front of the back door of the kitchen, the front door in the living room. The black snake swiveled in the air, uncertain if it should go in to get the girl, or out to escape. It hesitated. But Eliana reached out for the snake, crushing it into a hug, her face as light as day.

X

SlenderMan was worried. He could not fail. This was only his thirteenth killing since he had regained life, which is not very much. His brother and his cousin had over sixty, changing forest every three killings or more, depending on their mood and the people in the village. But SlenderMan was always against their ways. Yes, he needed the blood of children, specifically children, but why kill such beauties? They were always so young, so innocent... He would rather kill the elder, who already lived their lives. Either way, he was a murderer. He wasn't proud of that title.

But when he saw the blond-haired family enter their new home, something in him just... Activated. He saw this little girl; Eliana was her name (he had heard from inside the house. He did have good hearing). And something about her just... He wasn't sure. He figured it was his urge to kill again, and his instincts told him to get her.

So he did.

Once everyone was sleeping, he sent out one of his many serpents inside the house. He did not want to go inside himself. He never did. The faces of the children who looked so afraid of him, of death, it always stabbed him. But it had to be done. It was either killed or be killed. Or wither and die.

When his serpent approached the bed of the little girl, she suddenly woke up.

No, this wasn't good. Children could not see him attack them. His serpent quickly escaped, but she had seen him. Would she scream? Cry? SlenderMan was only a few feet away from the house, so he could perfectly see what was going on. And he was worried. Very worried.

Suddenly, the child followed the serpent. Well this was not expected at all. Question marks rose from SlenderMan's head. Why would any child follow the Black Death? Was she insane? It didn't look like it. She was healthy, and on her face shone a small smile. She was... Happy?

He escaped down the stairs, and she still followed. Finally, Slender was at a decision; would he leave from the back door in which he entered, or take the girl? His thoughts scrambled in his head as he hesitated greatly.

But his fate was sealed when the little girl grabbed his serpent and hugged it tightly.

Her face was... Glowing. She looked content to have found the tentacle. But how? His cousin had told him that no one knew who he was, and that if they did, no one would accept him. But that little girl did. She hugged him. Did she know him? SlenderMan wanted to go towards the little girl and ask the millions of questions he had in mind, but his cousin and brother would be suspicious of his lateness. He promised he would come back.

X

Eliana was so happy. She almost cried. SlenderMan was real. Well, she never doubted her dad, but seeing is believing. Even better; she felt him! He felt so soft, so warm. Eliana just wanted to hug his tentacle forever, this moment never stopping, but the tentacle started wiggling out of her grasp. Her grin changed to a frowned smile. Why did he want to leave? Didn't he want to meet her? To see her?

As the serpent slowly made its way out of the back door, she almost ran up to it, hugging it one last time.

"Come back, Slendy," she whispered to the tentacle.

The tentacle pushed hair behind her ear, as if it were promising to come back. She smiled a tooth-filled grin, and waved it goodbye. It waved back, and disappeared into the night.

X

SlenderMan could feel his face muscles tug from both sides of his face as he walked back to his home. He was... Smiling. Since he was brought back to life, he always felt sorrow, and anger, and guilt. But today was different. An explosive dose of happiness filled his long, slender body. But, wouldn't his cousin and brother ask him of his sudden change of emotion? Bah, they'll just have to ask.

Before he entered where his brother and cousin were, he could still hear the little girl's sweet little voice.

"Come back, Slendy."

Wait.

How did she know his name?

Now he definitely needed to tell his family.


OHHH HOT DAMN.

The children are so kawaiiii xD

I love them so *heart*

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