About an hour later, both of the boys are up and eating their breakfast letting the youngest child sleep, because she always hates waking up any earlier than seven.
"Ben, you look a little tired," Slender remarks as Ben silently eats his cereal staring at the wall blankly.
"Didn't have the best sleep last night," the blonde yawns stretching his arms over his head.
Jack chuckles silently to himself. Maybe he did see me while I was playing game. Ben thinks. No matter, he had plenty of things he could use against Jack if he threatened to tell. Like when they first met Sally. Jack's usually the tough dude that usually hides any caring emotions, but when they ran into Sally he immediately took her in as a little sister. They still act like brother and sister. Ben chuckles quietly at this thought.
Jack casts the boy a confused glare before shrugging it off and going back to his waffles. "What school are we going to this year?" Jack says in a monotone voice. Every time something goes bad, they move districts just in case anyone catches on. Like last year, Ben drowned two teens who had been picking on Sally because of her size. The year before that, Jack had gotten in a huge fight with his teacher, who gave him a suspension for 'talking back'. A normal teen would just go back into his room to cool off, but not Jack. Instead he ended up stabbing five kids and that very same teacher. Jack was actually really surprised when no one suspected him for the murder of the teacher.
"Wyrmeun High, Middle, and Elementary," Slender says making some pancakes for Sally, who was going to wake up soon.
"All in one building?" Jack whistles. "That's a new one."
"I have to agree with Jack on this, it's a new concept for sure." Ben nods agreeingly.
About ten minutes later, Sally's alarm clock beeps. "Urgh..." she mumbles sleepily. Her eyes still closed, she feels around her nightstand for her alarm. The young brunette finally finds it, unplugging the clock by throwing it at the wall.
Downstairs, Slender hears a loud thump coming from Sally's room. He sighs wearily, knowing that next time he went out he was going to need to buy a new alarm. The young girl walks down to eat breakfast about five minutes later, with tangled hair and a sleepy smile.
"Morning Sally," the family says, Slendy setting down her pancakes in her usual seat.
"Hmmm thanks..." she mumbles quietly taking a seat. She looks down at her seat cushion trying to get up and grab a glass of orange juice, but something holds her down. Ben notices the young girl struggling and shoots her a confused look.
She shrugs uneasily, trying to get up once again with no prevail. Jack holds back a laugh, clearly not innocent in the slightest. But then again, Jack is never innocent. Sally pulls at her bubble gum colored skirt, trying to pull it free from the cushion.
"Jack put glue on my seat!" she exclaims suddenly. Ben nods, he suspected Jack was up to no good again.
"I did not!" Jack argues, standing up and slamming his hands down on the table knocking over his glass of milk. Ben slowly lifts up his own glass and plate, knowing that something bad was heating up.
"I'll be in the living room if you need me," Ben sighs calmly walking out of the kitchen and into the living room, placing himself on the couch and turning on the TV. Unknowing to the rest of his family, he could have continued to sit down in the kitchen no problem, but the young boy just wanted to watch some TV before school started.
Meanwhile in the kitchen...
"Then explain why I'm glued to this chair!" Sally demands squirming in her seat, demonstrating the fact she really can't get out.
"I don't know! It wasn't me though! Explain this, when would I have had the time to do that?" he retorts, leaving Sally in a dead end.
"This morning when Ben was still asleep and I went out to ward off Smile Dog, you know how bad dreams can get when he's around." Slender speaks up earning a murderous glare from Jack.
"See! You don't even have an alibi!" Sally says with a confident grin on her young face.
Jack mutters a curse under his breath, low enough that Sally can't hear. "So what if I did do it? It was her fault for being so annoying!"
"My fault? You're just a big, mean bully!" she huffs angrily crossing her arms over her chest.
"That's enough from you two. Jack, go join Ben in the living room and try to calm down. No killing anyone at school, it's only the first day. Sally go brush your hair, no smashing the mirror this time," Slender orders. The two kids shoot menacing glares at each other before walking off in their separate directions.
"Slender broke you two up again huh?" Ben asks as Jack walks into the room.
"Yep. Sometimes I wish I could just make her go to sleep already!" the black haired teen exclaims angrily, pulling out his knife.
"You know, I wouldn't take that to school if I were you," Ben warns, but Jack only laughs in response.
After noticing the younger boy's seriousness, he stops his laughter. "Wait, you're not joking? Ben, I've taken this to school for as long as I can remember! Why should I stop now?"
Ben sighs. "Because I've heard rumors about this school. Rumors that could get us into some major trouble."
"And by that you mean..." Jack trails off, still not getting the picture Ben was trying to show him.
"The students of Wyrmeun are known to be hunters," Ben finally says, making Jack's red eyes widen. Hunters are people who hunt the paranormal. They usually don't kill their 'scientific discoveries', but those who are captured by them wished the hunters did kill.
"But Slender wouldn't have... that's too risky!"
"That's a major understatement Jack. But it's the only school in this district he could get us into, and I don't know about you but I'm not too fond of moving again. You and Sally in a tight space for more than ten minutes is never a good thing," the blonde explains running his fingers through his hair. "Anyways, have you seen my beanies? I can't find any of them!"
Jack remembers having stolen them that morning, but knew it was better (and funnier) not to tell him. Ben has worn a jade green beanie ever since his story was made, and he hasn't gone a day without one. But that streak will soon be over if he isn't able to find where Jack hid them.
"You stole them didn't you?" Ben suddenly says after a long minute of thinking. Jack smiles mischievously, but makes no effort in telling the boy where he put them. Ben glares at the teen one more time before running out of the room and into the laundry. He had a hunch they were in there somewhere, if only he could pinpoint their exact location...
"What's he going to do next? Steal my gaming systems? I am so paying him back for this." Ben sees a suspicious stack of pink dresses, but the top half is messy and almost collapsing. Slender would have never done such a sloppy job at putting things away. He's usually such a tidy person.
Carefully removing the stack of pink, Ben finds three of his beanies hidden in between the clothes, which would be enough for now. He put it on, adjusting it so it's perfect. Looking in the mirror behind the closet door he smiles, noticing that his usual black had glimmers of hope. A new start, a dangerous one, but still new. He gave a confident smile before shutting the door, praying that he won't be known as the nerd who spends all of his time in front of a screen anymore.
"Kids! It's time to go!" Slender calls from the kitchen. The three kids grab their bags, Jack grabs his white one, Sally her pink, and Ben his yellow and black one. They step outside into the brisk morning air, definitely not looking forward to what lay ahead.
