Steve was standing in line at the grocery store with everything he needed. He was minding his own business when he felt someone tap on his shoulder. Turning around he saw his good friend from work and business partner, John. "Hey Steve! I saw you had moved out of your old house. Where in town did you go?" John said shaking Steve's hand.
Steve returned the firm handshake and smiled, "My family and I moved into that forest by the Kener Farm. You know, the old York house?" John's face slightly paled but continued with a nervous smile. "Haha, whats wrong John, you act as if you just heard the words of Death."
Steve continued to joke around until he reached the check-out girl. "John, you should come to dinner at our house tonight, it's Pork Chops tonight!" John nodded as Steve collected his bags, then he waved Steve off.
"So tonight at 6 I should be able to come over?" John called as Steve began to walk away. Steve put up a thumbs up as he walked out the exit. John payed for his things and was off to go home Steve Steve...why that house.
Steve came home and he saw Layla playing in the field of the back yard with some children her age, but one was slightly older; he brushed it off and walked inside. He greeted his wife, "Honey, I'm home." Pricilla walked out of her office and nodded.
"I see that Layla had made some friends. I guess those barn neighbors do have some grandchildren at least. I wonder why Marcia isn't down there playing with them. She loves to play tag in the yard." Pricilla said as she followed Steve into the kitchen. Steve only shrugged as he began to take the items out of the bags.
"Oh, by the way Pricil, my business partner-" Steve began.
"John?" Pricilla interrupted as she put away the plastic bags.
"Yes John, anyway, he's coming over for dinner tonight at 6." Steve continued, he grabbed out a pan and began getting the utensils out for cooking. She nodded and walked out of the kitchen. Not John she groaned as she walked back into her office; locking the door and plopping herself onto her office couch. Little Hercules was staring at her in curiosity. Last thing I need is his business partner 'getting in my space' again.
Layla pranced about in the trees with her new friends. The oldest boy was Geira and there was this oldest girl, around 14, Juliana, and there were two little girls ,the same age as Layla and Marcia, Penny and Kara. They ran around playing tag and giggling and laughing. Meanwhile, in the background upstairs, Marcia stared at them through her window. Layla you're a dummy. She looked off into the forest, she saw the tall faceless man again, and there behind him was those tenticals. They were wiggling around him and some were holding trees. Those kids, they called him Slendy? Well I can kinda see why..
"Catch me Geira!" Layla squealed as she ran off into the trees, Geira chasing closely behind. Juliana, Penny, and Kara ran off to the Slenderman.
"Slendy, he'll catch her. Do you want her now, or do you want her later." Juliana said, as she stared up at Slenderman as if she was in a trance state. Slenderman's tentacles whipped around him in frustration.
"We can't take her yet. Her parents will be frantic. Her sister, Marcia, is suspicious, and we don't want to kill her parents. We need this house to have a better reputation than it already has; the better reputation the more people will move in." His voice boomed in her head, causing her to kneel to the ground as if to show respect.
"I didn't mean to upset you, Slendy. So shall I tell Geira to hold back for a little longer?" Juliana asked, standing back up and looking towards the direction where Geira and Layla were running through the trees laughing. Slenderman nodded and then he teleported to the home-base; the barn. Juliana turned to the two young children. "Go on, you can go to sleep. Go teleport to base." With that, the children disappeared, and Juliana made her way to the rose hedges.
Geira and Layla were sitting by the roses, they were relaxing after running all around the trees. "Geira, we have to go home. Slendy said its time to go home." Juliana then retreated to the trees as the sound of static echoed though Juliana and Geira's heads.
Standing up to take his leave, Geira tapped Layla on the head as the sound of a car pulled up into the driveway. Layla looked towards the direction of the sound to see Uncle John climbing out of the car. Uncle John! Layla squealed to herself. She looked back at Geira. "Will I ever get to play with you guys again, Geria?"
He smiled and knelt, "Don't worry Layla, you will see us tomorrow, and any weekends because you have school. However, if you ever want to play with us after school times, just draw this symbol." He pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil out of his pocket and scribbled a circle with an X on it. "This is the operator sign. Draw it on the walls in your room and we can come over any time. Just don't let your Mom or Dad find it." She nodded, smiling at Geira who was slowly backing away into the forest until she couldn't see him anymore.