It's now the modern day and Sendaer has moved from the forest in the old world to live in America. Why, You ask? To run from his past in hopes of a bright future, like so many others who moved to America, Many of which found it dosen't matter where you live, you still get the life your given.
Sendaer watched two teenage girls talking outside of a library.
"Have you ever seen the Slenderman games?" The older girl asked the younger. Who shook her head.
"No, I've never even heard of Slenderman." She replied.
"Z!" A teen boy called. "Grandma's here!" He told her.
"I'll send you some links." The older girl said. "You better go before you brother gets mad."
"Alright, I'll be on messenger. See you Alex!" Z called as she jumped in the sand colored mini-van. Not long after a small silver car driven by a large man picked up Alex. Sendaer followed the silver car back to Alex's home, and he watched as Alex, true to her word, sent Z videos of a man playing Slenderman.
"I suppose Slenderman is nicer than monster or demon, but I'm all too aware that all the games portray me as is a killer." Sendaer thought.
"The gamers comments made me laugh." Z typed to Alex.
"Yeah Ralph is funny, even more when he's scared." Alex typed. "So, what did you think of Slender?" She asked.
"He just wanted a hug, and for Ralph to stop stealing his drawings. I bet he worked hard to make those." Z replied. Upon reading this Sendaer was shocked.
"She isn't scared? She thinks I'm nice?" He thought in suprise.
"I agree, Slender just wants a friend." Alex typed with a small smile and a nod. Sendaer was so surprised that he retreated into the nearby trees to calm himself.
A Few Weeks later... Sendaer watched Alex and Z as they walked from the library to a fast food resurant for some fries, as the two passed the wooded parts of the walk they peered into the trees.
"Slender! Are you there?" Z asked glancing around the trees. Sendaer stepped behind a tree, he was frightened that the two weren't as nice as they seemed.
"Come out Slender! We just want to give you hugs!" Alex called into the trees, Sendaer almost revealed himself when Z's brother spoke.
"Isn't Slenderman a monster? From a game?" He asked. "He's not real and if he were he would kill you not hug you." At that Sendaer decided not to come out.
"So Alex, I looked up the origin of Slenderman and I found that he was a creature in european folk lore, he was known for the fact only children could see him and if he extended his arms as if for a hug, the children that saw him would run into his arms, never to be seen again dead or alive." Z explained what she found with great excitement.
"So Slender didn't kill the kids he just took them away from abusive families to a place where they would be safe, and they liked it there so much that they never left." Alex stated with a smile. Sendaer couldn't believe what he was hearing, even after seeing him in scary games and reading about his past as people saw him they were too stuborn to believe anything but the best of him.
"I have to learn more of these two." Sendaer thought.
Yet another few weeks later... Sendaer watched as Alex typed Z while watching online videos, when Alex suddenly looked out her window peering through the rain, looking straight at him. She threw the window open and called to him.
"Slender! Come in out of the rain!" She yelled. "I'll open the door for you!" And with that she typed "I'll be back in a minute." to Z, sat the laptop on her bed and ran out of her room opening the door a minute later. Sendaer walked in and followed Alex to her room where he sat on her floor as she picked up her laptop and sat down reading Z's reply.
"A minute's not a coffee run so what's the cause? Or is it none of my business?" Z's message read. Sendaer guessed Alex wouldn't tell Z, she might think Alex had gone crazy.
"I saw Slender outside in the rain so I let him in." Alex typed.
"Hi Slender! Did she think to give you a towl?" Z's message came up on screen. Sendaer was suprised, even more so when Alex offered him the laptop to reply.
"Hello. No she did not, but I believe she was more concerned with getting me out of sight before her family saw me." Sendaer replied.
"Alex, get up and go get the man a towel. He's probably freezing." Z typed.
"Ok I'll be right back." Alex replied getting up to get him a towel. Sendaer spent the night at Alex's thinking about how much Z and Alex reminded him of Obsin and Aluxia.
A month later... Sendaer had been over to both Z's and Alex's houses a number of times and had gotten to know them quite well he had even helped explain a strange dream Z had to her by telling her the story of his youth, by typing it out for her. She had then asked if she could put it online with the dream she had, so others might find it and learn the truth about Sendaer. Both Alex and Z now knowing Sendaer's name refered to him by such. But now a big storm was rolling in, the sort that they ordered an evacuation, both Z's and Alex's families were staying. During the beginning of the storm Sendaer was at Alex's house watching her as she typed to Z.
"Ask Sendaer if he would like to be able to talk." Z typed. Alex handed Sendaer the laptop.
"I would if it were possible, but Obsin said even the stars couldn't help me to do so." Sendaer typed in response.
"Maybe not the stars, but I have the spirit of a medic here whos done harder surgeries and says he'll help. So, What do you say?" Z sent the message and not a minute later receved Alex's response.
"He ran out the door, he should be there soon." Alex told her. In 15 minutes Sendaer was there.
"The sugery's about to start I'll keep you posted on his condition." Z sent Alex, and a painstaking hour and a half later the surgery was finished. Sendaer looked at the medic.
"How strange even though he now has a mouth when closed it still appears as if he has no facial features whatsoever." The medic stated.
"Thank you doctor." Sendaer said then turning to look at Z he excliamed "I can talk now!" Z smiled
"Yep!" She said then typed to Alex "Complete sucess!"
"Great! Now get up and give him some food. Just because Obsin made it so he could survive without food dosen't mean he's not hungry!" Alex Commanded Z, whom promptly jumped to her feet and took Sendaer to the kitchen.
And so as time spanned on Sendaer did find happiness once more with two new friends whom will, and often do, argue that he is truly a kind soul that mearly had a dark past. This happiness may seem fragile like the happiness he had with Little One, whom was swayed by the will of others, and like the happiness he had with Obsin and Aluxia, whom passed away in their attempts to save him, but this happiness is here, forming memories that Sendaer will carry with him for the eternity which he'll live. Reminding him to never give up on humanity, for there will always be some one who dosen't care what others say or think.
