Title- Guardian Angel

Author- OroKabuLover

Disclaimer- I don't own Slenderman, Rose is a random character that I made up.

Artisan's Chronicle- Chapter 2~

"You need to wake up child," Slenderman said as He nudged the sleeping girl softly on her shoulder. She whimpered as she was pulled out of her slumber, finding Him on His knees besides her bed.

"You're still here," she smiled, glad that she kept His word.

"Of course, now come along, if you continue to lie here, you'll be late for school," He said as she stood up, stretching her back slightly. "Here," He held out a pair of pants and a tee shirt. "I'm not taking you to school in dirty clothes or my jacket," Rose giggled and took the clothes, quickly changing into the new ones before handing His jacket out to Him, watching as He put it back on. He held a hand out to her. She placed her hand into his happily, following Him downstairs to the kitchen.

Rose watched as He pulled a box from a cabinet, knowing that the box wasn't there the previous night, "Here, you need to eat something," He handed her the foil package which contained two chocolate Pop-Tarts. She tugged Him along as she took it and brought Him into the living room. Rose sat down on the carpet and ate, practically inhaling the food. "Slow down," He said, "you'll choke." She nodded and ate slower.

"I can't wait to show you my desk today!" She giggled, extremely excited about bringing her new friend to school with her. Slenderman pat her head gently as He sat down on the folding chair. She struggled to climb up onto His lap, pouting slightly.

"Let me help you," He said as He reached down and picker her up, placing the child onto His lap.

"Mister?" He looked down at her, showing her that He was paying attention. "Are you an angel?" She smiled.

He was taken off guard slightly, not expecting a question like that.

"What makes you ask that?" He asked, curious now.

"Well... angels are nice people who help others, just like you helped me. And now you're watching over me," she smiled, "just like a guardian angel," Rose explained. He understood where the child was coming from, in her eyes, Him helping her was a miracle.

"I don't believe so," He said, not wanting to tell her 'no'.

"I think you are," she hugged Him tightly, this only further confused Him.

No one had ever even attempted to guess what He was, let alone ask Him if He was an angel, nor hug Him. He pat her back gently.

"Why thank you," He said, another new thing for Him was thanking a human, usually they were thanking Him. She smiled as she let go of Him. "Let's go to school," He said, lifting her off of His lap and setting her back down on the ground.

"Let's go!" She repeated, grabbing His hand as He stood up from the chair.

He shut the front door behind them, remembering to make Himself invisible to everyone but Rose.

Slenderman placed a hand behind her back as He walked beside her on the sidewalk. Even though no one could see Him, it was still odd to Him. He followed her down the street to the school.

The smile never left her face as He followed her down the hallways. She turned into the classroom and ran over to her desk happily.

A small paper name card was taped onto the top right corner of her desk, her name was written in Sharpie, obviously done by a teacher. Glittery butterfly stickers were spread out onto it.

The being watched as children came into the room and took their seats, all sitting in groups.

"Where is your group?" He asked, only her being able to hear Him.

"They didn't like me," she whispered, not wanting to get in trouble, as the teacher was talking about the days' lessons. "So they made their own group," she looked over to a group of two.

He watched as two boys drew on their desk using a pencil, covering it with dark streaks of lead.

"I see," He said as the teacher passed out worksheets about the alphabet. He sat in one of the empty chairs in her group. watching as she pulled a pencil out fro the compartment beneath her desk and began to trace over the dashed lines of the letters, repeating the letters over and over.

"Now remember class," the teacher smiled, "tomorrow is Parents Day, so you can bring them to school," Rose continued to write, ignoring the teacher,

"What if you're like Rose and you don't have any," one of the boys laughed.

"Jake," the teacher said sternly, causing the boy to stop laughing. "What have I told you about bullying?"

"It's not nice," Jake looked down at His paper, Slenderman watched as Rose kept writing.

"That's right, now I want you to go over to Rose and apologize for what you said," the boy nodded and got out of his seat, setting his pencil down. The whole class watched as Jake walked over to Rose's desk.

"Rose?" He asked as she turned her attention from the paper to him. He smirked at her. "I'm sorry your parents don't love you," he said in a false sympathetic tone. The whole class bursted out laughing as tears rolled down her face, her bottom lip quivering.

"Jacob Mathew Robertson!" The teacher yelled, causing the boy to jump slightly. "Come here," she demanded as the boy walked over to her. "Sit," she pointed to a stool/

"Yes Mrs. Mary," he said as he climbed up onto the seat as a pointed hat was paced on top of his head.

"Stick your legs out, you will sit like this until recess. During recess, you will write sentences on the board." Jake frowned and nodded, sticking his legs out straight in front of him. It would have been easier if there was a back to the chair, but there wasn't.

Jake watched fro the corner of the room as Mrs. Mary continued her lessons.

Once the bell rang, everyone got out of their seats and went outside as Jake got down from the stool, his legs numb and tired. "You will write, 'I will not be a bully'."

"How many times?" He asked.

"Fifty," she said as he grabbed a piece of chalk and went over to the lowered blackboard, starting to write.

Rose sat down in the grass as the tall man followed he, He crouched down besides her, rubbing her back soothingly. She looked up at Him and smiled.

"He should not have said that," He said as Rose nodded.

"I'm used to it now," she picked a small clover from the ground.

"That gives him no right to treat you that way."

"I know..." She said. "Jack isn't mean like his brother, he just does whatever Jake says because Jake is older," the being nodded.

"Why don't we go home?" He asked, knowing the day would only get worse.

"Now?" She asked, looking back up at Him, dropping the clover into the grass.

"Yes. I'll take you home," the entity offered as she smiled.

"Okay."

"Go tell your teacher that you don't feel good and want to go home. I'll wait for you." He watched as she walked back into the school, emerging a few minutes later with a smile.

He placed His hand on her upper back once again as He walked her home, stopping as they spotted a red car in the driveway.

"Mom's home..." she said sadly, remembering that He said He would stay until someone returned. Rose looked up at Him as the hand on her back left.

"I have to leave now Rose," He said as He looked down at her.

"W-Will I ever see you again?" She asked, a few tears dripping down her face. He got down on His knees once again and gently wiped the tears away.

"Of course you will," He assured her as He held Rose's head gently, stroking her cheek with His thumb. She leapt against Him quickly, pulling Him into a tight hug.

He rubbed her back gently. "A guardian angel must look after their child," He whispered before He vanished.

Artisan's Chronicle- How was that? I feel all warm inside when I read His last sentence.