We emerged in a clearing with a large, dark mansion sitting in the middle of it. I inhaled sharply at the sight of the building that I had only Imagined existed. A few of the windows were lit, I could only assume that those were the rooms that were occupied with inhabitants. I cross the dark porch with Jeff at my heels. he pushes me aside and opens the door. I was met by a dim hallway light falling on the toes of my boots. No backing out now. Jeff takes me to what I assume was the living room, and roughly shoved me on a couch before disappearing into a hallway.

I felt a chill in the room as shadow jerked his head up to the door where a tall figure entered. Out of instinct I immediately looked at the floor my heart pounding, absolutely terrified, knowing it was the tall, faceless man clad in a suit that had been the nightmare fuel in my life for so long. "There is no need to fear, child," a deep voice reverberated in my mind, "Despite the way you were brought here by Jeff, you are not here for us to harm you." my eyes drifted to the tie on his suit, still absolutely terrified, yet trying to build my confidence as he paced to me, outstretching his pale hand. I tensed as his hand drew closer..

and bypassed me, petting Shadow's head. "See you have taken care of him" Slender said, picking up the dog and taking a step back. Shadow woofed happily, burying his head in Slender's suit. "Seeing as you and your friend raised him."

I nod, "Yeah, Jamie (Hi-mee) and I found him at the bus stop about two years ago, he was only a pup.

Slender set the dog down and turned to me, "Yes," he replied, "I'm aware, I was the one that sent him to protect you, this is The Shadowdog, a close relative of Smiledog."

my eyes widened, "W-wait.." I stuttered, "you mean Shadow was a..." I was beyond words, my little dog, the one I had raised, was a creepypasta. Slender nodded, setting shadow back beside me. I put my head in my hands and sigh, "how long are you keeping me here?" I asked, having read enough fanfiction to know where this was going, I looked up at him. I could see as he sighed inwardly, "you see, you really can't leave." I groaned, because that's what I'd figured. "Okay, but why me? I have no special powers or anything like that, so I don't see why you chose me."

The faceless entity chuckled…well, I think he did, it sounded like a chuckle in my head. "oh, child," he said, "you are more special than you could imagine. No, you have no powers, but you have something that no one else does," I head a shifting of fabric and a warm tendril touched my forehead, "You have knowledge, you have combed through every detail of everything about all of us, and you know exactly who and what we are, as well as where we've shown up in history. Child, you are the only one that knows the truth about us, and that we exist. You are the soul keeper of our…tales, per say, because only you know the truth." The onyx tendril retracts, and disappears behind the tall entity.

I was speechless…"Me?" I asked, completely flustered, "but the information was everywhere, I only found it and pieced it together, anyone could have done the same."

The Entity laughed again, "Ah, yes, but you kept precise notes on all of your findings, and kept case files of anything that looked like we could have done, and even the reports of the missing children that I had taken." He shifted a bit, and sat in a chair across from the sofa I was on and continued. "You have kept your honest opinions about what we have done, and what we might do, and done some….explicit things for the people who call themselves 'our fans'. Child, you are much more than some nosy kid, you are the holder of our lives, and our true stories. You are the only one to possess all of this information, and I have seen in your eyes when you research, you want more, you want Knowledge, and that is what I can give you."

A/N: okay, I did slendy in italics because, due to his lack of a mouth, he has to communicate telepathicly.