(A/N: heyyyy people I'm back with chapter 14! No murder, sex, or crazy yandereness in this chapter, it's pretty much more or less one huge dream sequence for the most part.
Audience: awww but we like horror,sex and murder!
Me: all in good time my kitties all in good time...but for now it's story time! *grabs popcorn* lights! Camera! ACTION!)
Chapter 14 Ghosts In the Machine
Annie walked out of the bathroom as she got ready for bed. Her hair was styled in two braided pigtails and she was wearing a pink sleeveless pajama top with matching pajama shorts. Armin was currently sitting in his closet Brushing his hair in his loli PJs and humming to himself."want to sleep with me tonight Armin?" Annie asked looking over to the doll.
Armin put down his brush and nodded climbing in bed with his lover/owner. Annie wrapped her arms around the blonde puppet. Armin smiled in content at this."damn..the last time I had you sleep with me like this you were still pissing the bed" Annie said looking back at Armin's "baby stage" as she would like to call it. Armin blushed in shame at that memory of it all."oh my God that was just one time!"
"Five times actually" Annie corrected."it was so bad Mom had to put you in diapers for a whole month every time we went to bed" Armin groaned and hid his face in embarrassment."Oh God I thought you forgot about that! " Annie smiled and snuggled with the doll."nope, I still remember "she said. Armin just laid there pouting angrily as his owner continued to tease him." Keep talking Annie " her pet doll warned.
"Relax, I'm just messing with you" Annie said."besides I used to think it was kind of cute seeing how you actually behaved like a baby most of the time" she said smiling at how Armin used to be when she first met him."I was not like a baby! " Armin pouted." yes you were, You even talked like one half of the time" Annie said. Armin couldn't help but smile a bit at this. "Hey remember when you first taught me how to walk?" Armin asked.
"Oh yeah..I remember.." Annie said vividly remembering how she had to use her bear to get him to walk. She smiled at the memory of when she first brought him home. "Hey Armin, aren't there times where you wonder about how you ended up in those woods in the first place?" Armin froze for a moment and blinked. Now that he thought about it.. He never really gave it any thought.
"Actually.. no.." He said."I had always just assumed that I was abandoned.." He admitted a bit sadly. Annie frowned a bit at this. She couldn't imagine what it must feel like to be a doll stranded by herself in the woods like that. "What about your creator? Or your previous owner? Haven't you've ever wondered about what they must have been like?" Annie asked. Armin was silent for a moment before giving a weak solemn smile.
"You'd think I would remember the person who made me, but no matter how hard I try I just can't picture them" He said. "I can't remember how old they were, what gender they were, when they created me, or why they even made me in the first place" he continued. " and as far as my last owner though, till this day all I can remember are their eyes..they were like Erica's"
Annie couldn't help but feel a little saddened by this. Not knowing where you came from must be a very unsettling feeling to deal with. " so what's it like being a doll? " She asked. "Hmmm" Armin thought to himself holding Annie."well..It most definitely has it's perks, especially when you're a walking talking magical doll" He said." Like I said earlier, you can't feel pain, you never age, and you can't get Ill from sicknesses" he explained.
"So you're kinda like Edward from Twilight?" Annie said. "You can't die?" Armin twitched at the mention of that name"Annie unless you're talking about Edward Elric from "Full Metal Alchemist" please refrain from referring to that horrid piece of literature. Glittery vampires make me cringe" he said grimacing in disgust."But I suppose in a manner of speaking yes, I can't die" he said answering her question.
"That actually sounds pretty nice to be honest ..spending the rest of eternity as a young gorgeous doll" she sighed sleepily. "By the time I'm ninety you'll still look the same" she said."well you know Annie, even though I think you would make a very beautiful doll, I think you would look just as lovely as an old woman " Armin cooed running his hands through her hair."gray bun, wrinkles and all" he assured her.
"thanks Armin" Annie said yawning. Armin chuckled at how sleepy his lady was. "Go to sleep Annie, you got school in the morning don't you?" He asked."Fuck school " Annie grumbled snuggling into Armin's chest."I want to hear more about what it's like being a doll" she protested. "Tomorrow Annie" Armin said."but for now, human girls need their beauty sleep" he said pulling the blanket over them both.
"Fine" Annie grumbled sleepily."Night" she said falling asleep in his arms. Armin smiled softly as he watched her sleep. It wasn't long before he eventually dozed off and fell into a deep sleep...
Xxxdream sequencexxx
Armin slowly woke up finding himself in a heavily luxurious lolita styled bedroom. He was no longer in Annie's room, nor was she anywhere to be seen. He sat up in the bed as he took in more of his surroundings. The bed he was on was a massive king sized bed with fancy lace and silk sheets that seemed to swallow his little frame up. There were a few stuffed animals
Here and there and a massive bookcase up against the wall with a grandfather clock next to it.
"Where am I?" He asked himself getting out of the bed and looking around. Another Deja vu feeling hit him again as he inspected the room some more."Why does it feel like I've been in here before?" He wondered looking through some of the books. They were mostly either children's fairy tales, horror novels,love stories, or books about the ocean. Losing interest in the books, he then looked towards the doorway of the bedroom.
A fluffy white rabbit with red eyes sat there twitching his nose and staring at Armin. It looked like one of those angora rabbits."hey little guy" Armin said kneeling down and holding his hand out to the bunny. "Where did you come from?" The rabbit hopped it's way over to Armin, snuggling his face and sniffing in his dainty soft doll hands. After a moment the rabbit nipped at Armin's sleeve tugging it.
Armin blinked at the rabbit's actions. The bunny pointed it's floppy ears to the door while nipping and tugging at Armin's sleeve. It was almost like the rabbit wanted Armin to follow him."did you want to show me something? " he asked the little animal. The rabbit then hopped away from Armin scurrying out the door. Curious as ever, he followed the rabbit out the door and down a fancy hallway. Whoever lives here must be pretty wealthy.
Following the rabbit down a spiral staircase, he found himself in the middle of what he presumed to be a masquerade party. There were people in Victorian clothing and masks on dancing to classical music and waltzing paying him no attention whatsoever. One figure stood out though waiting for him at the bottom of the staircase. It was Annie, wearing a beautiful red elegant lolita dress and blood red lipstick holding her hand out to him smiling.
Armin blushed as he took her hand and allowed himself to be lead to the middle of the dancefloor by her. It was only when he was close to her did he notice something different about her. Her skin was porcelean white like his, her eyelashes were ten times thicker and longer than they originally were making her eyes stand out more, her blue eyes now had a glittery touch to them and there was a soft doll like blush to her cheeks like his. From what Armin could see, her limbs were ball jointed like his as well and she had a golden shiny wind up key sticking out of her back.
"Oh my God.." Armin muttered in disbelief. "Annie you're a doll!" And a very beautiful doll at that. She was the most gorgeous doll Armin had ever seen! "Mmhmmm" Annie nodded quietly."now I'm just like you" she said wrapping her arms around his neck while he held her by the waist."isn't it great? Now I'm your doll" She said as she gracefully waltzed with the other marionette. Armin beamed at this. It was more than great! It was wonderful! Now Annie wouldn't grow old and die! He could keep her forever!
"She's so beautiful" Armin thought as he twirled the female doll around. They kept dancing like this along with the other party goers until Armin felt a light tap on his shoulder. "Hey, can I dance with you?" A voice asked. Armin looked over to see a boy around him and Annie's age smiling at him."what the hell?" Armin thought to himself looking at the boy. This guy looked exactly like Erica! The green eyes were her's, the light tan was her's, even the short mangy brown hair on top of his head reminded Armin of Erica's long brown fluffy curls.
To tell the truth, Armin was a bit unnerved about this male Erica, but not wanting to be rude, he kindly stepped away from Annie, telling her he'll be back and started waltzing with the male Erica letting him lead while Annie started dancing with someone else in the crowd. Armin got a bit more uncomfortable as the brunette smiled and twirled him around like a princess."why does it feel like I know this guy from somewhere? " he asked himself.
He then took another good look at Male Erica's eyes."his eyes!" Deciding to break the ice, he spoke up"h-have we met before?" Armin asked looking up at boy Erica."yes we have" Male Erica replied. "Don't you remember me Armin?" He asked with a bit of a hopeful look on his face. Armin really did try to see if he recalled being around this kid but to no avail. "I'm sorry, but no.." The blonde puppet finally replied "but I feel like I should"
The male Erica actually looked a bit heartbroken for a moment before regaining his composure and flashing Armin a smile."well, that's okay I guess..it's a start I suppose" he replied. "Atleast I know that you're being taken care of.." He said gazing over Armin's shoulder at Annie doll. Flashing Armin a cocky smile, he parted ways with Armin disappearing into the crowd. "Hey! Wait a minute!" Armin called out reaching out towards the green male.
He was stopped by the sound of a woman giggling behind him. Turning around, he saw a lovely young woman who looked like she was no more than twenty four at least. She had giant blood red hair styled in corkscrew curls and was wearing a mask and a super fancy, super cute black and white maid uniform. "Oh! Um, hello" Armin said smiling politely at the masked maid. "I like your maid costume, it's pretty!" He said taking her hands and waltzing with her now. He started wondering how Annie would look in it. yep, that would most definitely be hot.
The maid blushed furiously looking up at Armin. "Thank you" she replied. He didn't know why and he wasn't going to say this out loud, but the more Armin kept looking at the maid and dancing with her, the more he started to get slowly unnerved by her..whether if it was from how she was looking at him or what, he didn't know. Thinking up of an excuse, he piped up smiling. "Um I'm sorry, but I need to go find my girlfriend" he said.
The pretty maid pouted when she heard the word "girlfriend". "Aww okay, it was nice dancing with you master!" She cooed. Armin blushed a bit at her referring him to master, but just shook it off and looked through the crowd looking for Annie. "Annie!" Armin yelled over the music in search for his Annie."Annie where are you?!" He asked walking past a random couple by the punch bowl flirting and making out.
He searched some more until he accidentally bumped into someone."oh my gosh I'm so sorry!" He said apologizing. "I was just looking for my-" he froze in mid sentence when he looked up at who he bumped into. A very beautiful woman with extremely large perky breasts, floor length honey blonde hair and a sexy hour glass figure looked down at him smiling. She was wearing a beautiful blue and white gown, blue heels, lace elbow length gloves and a mask.
The woman gave a soft chuckle as she looked at Armin."My cute little doll,look at how beautiful you are" she cooed stroking his perfect bob. "Umm thank you?" Armin blinked in slight confusion at the woman. She seemed strangely familiar."Why my little doll, don't you remember me?" Armin shook his head still a bit confused."I'm sorry but no" he replied. "Should I?" He asked raising an eyebrow. The Masked woman chortled a bit before taking Armin by the hand, leading him to the dancefloor.
"Why I imagine you would my dear, considering I'm the person who created you" she said starting to slow dance with him."w-what?! " Armin said in shock trying to make proper eyecontact with the woman. It was a bit difficult to do with her massive um..cow udders in his face. "That's right my precious, i made you a very long time ago" she smiled petting Armin's hair."and after all this time you're still so beautiful.. " she said dreamily."out of all the dolls i've made, you were my greatest and successful creation" she cooed.
"You're really my creator?" Armin asked. The woman just chuckled softly some more, parted ways with Armin, and gracefully disappeared into the dancing crowd."wait!" Armin called after her."please! I have so many questions! " he said attempting to follow her through the crowd. Ruffles, frills and lace brushed up against his body as he passed by the Masked people. "Wait please! Please Come back!"
Xxxend of dream sequencexxx
Armin abruptly sat up in Annie's bed looking around. He looked over to Annie, who was still a perfectly normal human sleeping peacefully and clutching his arm. Not a ball joint in sight."it was just a dream.." He muttered to himself. He thought back to that male version of Erica and the pretty blonde woman in his dream. The more he thought about it, the more he found himself getting unsettled by them. They both claimed to have known him, and the woman claimed to have invented him.
If they truly did have something to do with him and how he possibly ended up in that forest, then he wasn't really sure if he want to know about his past anymore...
(A/N:well my fellow folks, that's chapter fourteen!thank you for being patient with me in these updates,you really are a loyal crowd of readers! Jesus..14 chapters! That's the most I've ever written so far in a story! Stay tuned for 15!)
