The next few weeks went fairly well. Toby resumed his little scheme at school, and Luna had explained to her friends that Toby meant no harm and that he would not hurt them. So Seira, the slight fangirl she was, had taken a liking to Toby. Bret didn't really like Toby, and Toby didn't like Bret, but neither said anything. Unsurprisingly, Toby had almost all of Luna's classes and hung out a lot that way, helping each other with projects and work, although Toby took the place as the slacker student, haphazardly turning in work.
Luna's father had revealed that he was staying in town for a few more months, and everyone was overjoyed. Toby visited frequently, sometimes sitting on the couch in the middle of the night, watching over Luna, or chilling out with her and Reese. It became a pleasant routine for her eventually, despite its unlikeliness But... today would be... different, to say the least.
"LUNA! LUNA!" Reese yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Huh! What is it kiddo?" Luna grumbled sleepily, still clad in bed clothes.
"IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!" he squealed in delight, causing Luna's heavy lidded eyes to widen as she grinned crookedly
"Hahaha, you're the day birthday boy! You are now officially EIGHT YEARS OLD! Luna chuckled as she heaved herself off of her bed, doing her best to wake herself up.
"Luna, can Toby come too? I want him to be at my party!" Reese pleaded, bringing out the big blue puppy dog eyes.
Luna just smiled and rolled her eyes, "Fine, but I have to ask him first. I-"
"S-Sure I can come Reese!" Toby interrupted as he burst from Luna's closet. Surprising poor Luna so badly that she yelped and clutched her chest, falling to the floor.
"Fu-riiicckk youuu..." Luna hissed, censoring herself with her brother still around.
Toby chortled as he helped Luna to her feet. "Ha Ha, very funny Toby.", Luna muttered sarcastically. "You can come to the party. But just for scaring me, I am gonna have to pair you with Bret"
"Wait a second, w-what?", Toby stammered in confusion.
"You heard me. My parents don't like me having guy friends over, so you and Bret are going to have to act like a couple so that I can smuggle you in. I know Bret won't mind, considering he goes both ways, and if you don't, you'll just have to suck it up and play along." Luna said matter-of-factly.
Toby grumbled awkwardly, cheeks turning pinkish, "F-Fine, whatever, I'll do it."
Luna laughed and reached up to ruffle Toby's messy brown hair. "Blargh, Reese better be real glad to see me.", said Toby jokingly before jumping out the window, like he always did. But what Luna did not know was that someone was watching the two kids and the proxy.
Toby landed on the ground on his feet. He shook him self and headed towards the woods towards Seedeater's cave. He had to move out of the house that the woman owned once the police started to show their faces
"What are you doing?", asked a familiar smug voice. Toby stopped in his tracks and stiffened. He spun around to see Jeff, wearing his signature ensemble. The fellow killer stood there menacingly, his carved in smile torn and bleeding at the edges.
"J-Jeff, uh, what are y-you doing here?" Toby asked nervously. He swore to himself, scared and angry at this sudden turn of events.
"I saw you with that little bitch you were supposed to stalk.", Jeff accused, smirking.
"She's not a b-bitch." Toby spat back angrily.
"Ha, try telling that to Slender when I tell him what you've been doing. That kid fucked up L.J. This is for our own fucking good, man", Jeff said, a semblance of what sounded like concern tinting his voice.
"N-NO! H-He'd kill her!" Toby snarled, frustrated.
"Oh, and since when do you care about some Zalg-ified brat anyways?" Jeff retorted, sounding irritated. He turned around and began to walk away.
"W-Wait! Remember your brother!? R-Remember Liu!?", Toby yelled as a desperate attempt to stop Jeff.
Jeff immediately froze, and said in a low, threatening voice, "What about him?"
Toby flinched, Liu was a sore subject with Jeff, and even Master knew how badly it could set him off. "Luna made me r-remember my older sister. Because s-she was just like her. And I-I don't know much about your brother, b-but I have a feeling that she will have th-the same effect on y-you."
Jeff clenched his fists, and after a moment of thought, he turned around, "Let's see her then." he growled.
As Jeff and Toby made their way to the red headed chick's house, Jeff pondered what Toby meant when he said that, "She will have the same effect on me." Jeff was very irritated at Toby's outburst of mercy towards the little bitch, but at the same time anxious and a bit...scared? 'No, that cant be it. I'm a fucking psychotic killer. Why the hell should I be scared of some stupid fangirl?', he thought to himself, but the slight fear still lingered inside of him.
"H-Here we are." Toby finally said. Jeff saw that they were in the backyard of a two story house made up of bricks. A large oak tree stood next to the house.
"Fiiine, let's go!" Jeff said tiredly, he began to walk towards the front of the house, ready to break a window if need be.
"N-No! If y-you go through the front, Luna's dad will p-probably flip his shit. And a-according to her, he is the proud owner of a shotgun. We need to g-go through the window." Toby explained.
As the two began to climb the tree that reached up to Luna's window, Jeff could hear the faint sound of giggling and singing. 'The fuck?'. Toby stopped climbing when he was level with the window. He paused, then jumped towards the sill. Toby latched on and hauled himself into the room. Jeff then climbed to the spot where Toby was, took a deep breath, and jumped. His hands grappled the sill and Toby heaved Jeff inside. After shaking his head to clear it, Jeff looked around and saw a teenaged girl and a young little boy sitting on an ebony colored bed. Mild panic glinted in her eyes, and she positioned herself in front of her brother.
She looked quite...well...motherly and intelligent. She had deep green eyes and an inquisitive look about her... she looked just like Liu. Jeff shakily sighed, and pressed a hand against his temple, and glanced back to Luna.
Luna was singing to Reese when she heard the familiar thump at the window. She glanced up to see Toby crawling inside.
"Hey, Toby. I told my dad that I was bringing a few friends and he was cool with-" Luna was struck speechless as she saw a white hooded figure climb into her room.
When he shook his head and looked up, she saw the oh-so-familiar carved bloody smile, burned out eyelids, white skin and jet black hair. He must have been in his early twenties. He stood at the window, staring at Luna with unblinking eyes. He let out a sigh and gripped his head.
"What the fuck are we gonna do?", Jeff muttered, his rasping voice lowered to a whisper.
"Yeah, Toby what the fuck are we gonna do?", Luna's voice was dripping with sarcasm and annoyance,"Am I insane, or is Jeff the Killer standing in my room? Did your boss figure out that you aren't stalking me?"
"N-No, but Jeff here decided to drop b-by, and he was going t-to tell Master. So I b-brought him here s-so he could see that your not some f-fangirl", Toby confessed. Luna got to her feet and looked the looming killer up and down.
"Are you sure that she isn't a minion trying to trick you? Or an enemy creepypasta with like, psychic abilities or some shit?", Jeff questioned Toby exasperatedly.
"I can assure you that I'm just a normal girl." Luna said, raising an eyebrow.
"Then how the hell did you beat the shit out of L.J.?" Jeff asked incredulously.
"He tried to hurt my brother, and that pissed me off. Wait, um Reese?", Luna remembered her brother sitting next to her, momentarily afraid he had heard the cursing going on. But when she looked down she saw that Reese had his hands clapped over his ears. She smiled and tapped his shoulder.
Reese took his hands off of his ears, "Yeah?"
"Reese, this is Jeff. Jeff, this is my now eight year old brother, Reese.", Luna introduced the small child to the forever-smiling killer. She studied Jeff carefully, watching for any wrong moves, ready to step in if she thought her brother was in danger.
"Uh, hey kid." Jeff greeted, obviously not used to talking to someone that he would normally murder.
"Hello!" Reese yelped, completely oblivious to Jeff's "beautiful" face.
Luna straightened her back and strode toward Jeff, completely unafraid. She held out her hand adroitly and said, "The name's Luna. I already know who you are." Jeff took her hand and shook it curtly.
"So, you're not afraid of me?" Jeff asked, suspicious.
"Not really, a bit surprised that all of this crap is happening to me but otherwise I'm fine." Luna responded simply, shrugging.
"Hm, I have a feeling you've read my story, right?"
"Yeah, a couple of times, why?"
"Do you know that you remind me of my...brother?", Jeff muttered, avoiding her gaze.
Luna's eyes held empathy towards the man towering over her. "I'm not surprised. Toby told me that he's been getting flashbacks of his time before he was a proxy. Jeff... I'm sorry about your brother. Even though..."Luna trailed off. 'Even though you're the one who killed him', she almost said, but caught herself. She saw Jeff scowl, and pulled him into a tight hug, causing him to visibly flinch. A moment passed like this, before she pulled away and sheepishly crossed her arms, looking back up at the two.
Jeff sighed and scratched his head,"Well I don't think I can kill you. Or let Slender find out and then have him kill you, so..."
"Guys, if you're gonna get in trouble, you can tell Slenderman about me. Just say that after a while I got suspicious and figured you out." said Luna, ready to help her new friends.
"H-He might still k-kill you." Toby warned, a somber expression painting his face.
"I don't care as long as my family doesn't get hurt. Besides, maybe he'll just erase my memories, or whatever.", Luna maintained, doubt and unease coloring her voice.
"M-Maybe," responded Toby, trying to sound hopeful, before frowning and continuing,"it'll st-still hurt though. And you'll n-never feel the same."
"I don't care. Toby, you're one of my best friends, and Jeff, I've just met you but I think you could be a good friend." Luna said, bringing a small sad smile to Toby's face from under his mouthguard, while Jeff stared at her, his expression indecipherable.
Toby sighed,"I'll think about it. But I-I have to ask you, if Master offers it, would y-you become a Creepypasta?"
Luna thought for a while until she finally spoke,"I... I don't know. I'm not sure if i'm okay with killing people for other than defending myself or my family..."
That's u-understandable, but if we do tell M-Master, it won't be today. Today is R-Reese's birthday and I wouldn't want to s-spoil it.
Luna gave a wry smiled,"Thanks Toby, that means a lot. Hey Jeff."
Jeff, lost in thought, snapped to attention."What?"
"You can come to the party too, if that's okay with the birthday boy."
"Sure he can come!" Reese exclaimed.
"Uh, okay I guess.", Jeff shrugged, "But I can't let anyone see my beautiful face, so I'm just gonna stick next to you and Toby. I'll just keep my hood up and hope for the best."
"W-Wait you said that I-I have to-"
"Don't worry Toby, Jeff will have to be my gay friend too!", Luna chuckled.
Jeff's eyes widened, "wAIT, WHAT?"