My Pov
*CRASH*
*SMASH*
*BANG*
*SHATTER*
I sat on the floor, my back against the wall, clutching my Teddy Bear. I was trembling, hoping that this rage storm would stop soon. Daddy had come home drunk again. He had lost a bunch of money gambling, like always. I wished Mommy was here... That's when the loud noises stopped. I looked and saw Daddy looking at me.
"C'mere, you little bitch." Daddy demanded. I didn't want him coming near me. I was still bruised from last week. "I said C'MERE!" I shrank even more. I then cried out in pain as he slapped me hard across the cheek. Teddy slipped from my arms.
"Teddy!" I cried. Daddy grabbed a bunch of my hair, pulled me back and threw me to the ground.
"Forget about the damn bear! Make me more of those jewels! I need more money! I'm close to a win. I just know it." Daddy mumbled, his speech becoming huskier and heavy. No. No more. I wasn't going to do this anymore.
"No..." I whispered. He grabbed me by the collar of my dress.
"Care to repeat that? I didn't quite hear that." Daddy said, clenching his teeth.
"I-I said t-t-that I won't d-do it anymore." I stammered. Again, I was thrown to my bedroom floor. You'd think I'd be use to this, but no. No matter how many times this happened, the pain always seemed to get worst. I finally had enough, but I wasn't going to kill him. Tiny specks of light swirled around my hand before I shot it at Daddy, causing him to fall asleep. He fell hard on the ground and started snoring loudly. I carefully grabbed the key to my chains from his belt and unlocked them. I quickly grabbed all of the most precious of my possessions(Teddy, my fairy-tale book, a small pouch that I kept my secret stash of money, my special blanket, Mommy's ribbon box and my music box), then went down to the kitchen and took out the last three pieces of Strawberry Cheesecake. I put them in a container and put it in my pack. I slipped on my flats and ran. I ran. And ran. And ran until I couldn't anymore. I managed to reach the edge of the woods that sat near the end of town. I look into the darkness of the trees and felt scared.
"Don't be afraid, child..." a voice whispered. I gripped my head a little. That's when I realized it was the voice of my friend.
"Where are you?" I asked.
"You will see me in due time. Right now, I'm sending two of my proxies to retrieve you. They should be there soon." my friend said. I decided to walk a little bit into the woods and found a tree stump. I sat my bag on top of it. I took out Teddy and my music box. It was actually Mommy's music box. I opened it and a small yellow star popped up. It started twirling as a soft melody began to play. I felt myself starting to drift to sleep. I snapped awake when I felt the cold hit me. I decided to make a bed for myself out of dead leaves. I piled them together and laid on top of them I pulled my blanket and Teddy close to me. I used the key for the music box to wind it up again. It started playing the melody again and I snuggled in the leaves. I let the soft melody and gentle breeze rock me to sleep. One thing kept echoing in mind:
Mommy... why did Daddy take you from me?
?'s Pov
God, why did Slender have to send me and Masky out here? Everyone had come back from their mission so he could have picked anyone! But no! As soon as we came back he says: 'I need you both to go retrieve someone. They are sleeping by a tree stump.'
"Hoodie, Master Slenderman said that he wanted us specifically to do this." Masky told me, obviously sensing I was pissed off.
"Yeah yeah." I mumbled. I saw the only tree stump in the whole forest rooted in a clearing that was coming up. "The person we need to get must be over there." As we got closer, I heard the soft chime of a music box. That's when I saw a tiny music laying open on the stump. Masky picked it up and closed it.
"That's mine." a small voice said. We looked down and saw a small girl, clutching a teddy bear and covered by a small blanket. She had blonde and the strangest eyes. She sat up, several leaves clinging to her hair. There's no way this is who Slenderman sent us out here for. That's when she said something that surprised us both. "Are you the proxies my friend said were coming to get me?" Maybe this was the person we were suppose to find. How else could she have gotten the word 'proxies'? Masky knelt down to her level.
"It depends. Does your friend have paper-white skin, no face, is about eight to fifteen feet tall and wears a suit?" Masky asked her. She nodded her head.
"Then we are. I'm Hoodie and that's Masky." I said, pointing to both of us.
"Really?" she asked. "I thought your names were Tim Wright and Brian Thomas." We both looked at her in shock. How the hell did she know our real names? "I can read minds and I heard those names echoing in the back of your heads." Who was this kid?
"What's your name?" Masky asked.
"Hope." she answered.
"Well, let's go. The last thing we need is the Rake to come out of nowhere and attack us." I said. Masky helped Hope to her feet. She instantly gripped his arm with her free hand. We started walking back to the mansion. I was constantly looking around to make sure we weren't being followed. The one thing that kept gong through my head was who was this kid really and what made her so special that Slenderman wanted her brought to the mansion so quickly?