Chapter 3

But Also, Sour?

Darkness. That was all the young lady Blossom could see as she slowly opened her eyes. She could also feel something soft like silk wrapped around her head. Panic quickly flow through her body, but the giggles of familiar voices calmed her down stopping her from rushing up.

"So precious when she sleeps, wouldn't you agree my dear?" giggled Bubbles while Blossom continued to pretend, she was asleep. She knew it wasn't time to get up yet and her dolls were very keen on her getting some rest.

"Yes, a delicate flower just waiting to be pick." Boomer said sending a chill down the young girl's body as she heard something being unsheathed. It sounded unfamiliar to her ears, but Blossom tried to keep calm as she felt the weight of her bed shift.

"One could simply grab it." Bubbles said as a small squeak came from one of her stuffed animals besides her. Blossom could hear another and another as a small weight was given to each of them.

"What could Bubbles be doing?" Blossom thought wishing that whatever was covering her eyes was off. Apart of her was scared, not knowing what was going on around you could be frighten for a girl her age, but she knew her friends wouldn't hurt her…right?

"Oh, such a pretty Cherry Bloom you are." Boomer practically hissed while Blossom could feel his hand slowly run across her face, only stopping above her chest. Blossom had to stop herself from gasping, not used to that tone or that touch from him. The young lady also noticed that the silk fabric had loose since Boomer had touch her face.

"Hehe, oh dear you are flattering her too much."

"I will be sure to shower you with love too." Boomer said while Blossom could feel the weight leave the bed quickly and she could hear the sweet laughter of the young adult female. Blossom kept her breath even and slowly opened her eyes only able to see a little out of the blindfold that blocked her from the light. She could see the young adults spinning around as they laughed without a care in the world. Lady Blossom slowly moved her head to see what was placed on her bed and shook seeing what was there. Knives. Knives where stabbed straight through the stuffed animals that her parents would give her whenever they could.

"Dear!" Bubbles shouted causing Blossom to closer her eyes as she heard a thud hit the ground. She slowly opened her eyes to see that they had fallen causing a small mess that the light flashed onto the walls around them. But what really caught Blossom's eyes was the shadows of the young adults themselves. Small doll like shadows shone onto the wall behind them as they laughed. Blossom knew they were dolls, but that chilling, toothy grin, and swirling eyes the shadow had was not something she was used to.

"Come my Bubbles, we must prepare something special for our Cherry Bloom." Boomer smiled while extending his arm to her after getting up himself. She gracefully told it as he pulled her up all while the young Blossom quickly closer her eyes to not be caught. Blossom listened as she heard the footsteps of her dolls go across the floor and then heard the door shut behind them.

She waited for a second then a minute and a couple more. Silence.

The young girl quickly pulled away the blindfold and lifted herself up trying hard not to make any noise. She had noticed that the knives were holding her down to the bed as she trembled thinking about if that had been closer, she would have — Blossom grabbed for one of the knives. Her small hands pulled with all her might, but they were stuck tight. She couldn't let that stop her as the young girl pulled onto her dress to rip herself from the blades that bounded her there. Soon, small ripping sounds came to her ears as the young Blossom saw the tears in the old dress that she had cherished all those years ago.

Blossom shook her head and practically leapt out of the bed to run up to the door only to find that it was locked. She panicked trying to wrestle the door open, but it would not give. Blossom backed away from the door looking around for anything to help her. Her old clothes laid on the ground as she felt the urge to take the torn one off. "This has to be a dream." she thought pulling away the white fabric to replace it with the pink one and the black Mary Janes. "I am not here right now." Blossom mumbled trying again to pull at the door hoping it would hear her protest. "I'm not here, I'm not here!" In a second, the door flew open and the young Blossom stumbled back to the bed.

"My, my, you bad little girl," Boomer said as Blossom looked up to see the two young adults looming over her. "how dare you get up this early."

"Taking the blindfold off tck tck," Bubbles giggled while touching the trembling girl's face. "ruining the surprises; maybe I should just blind you instead."

"Eep!" Blossom shouted but was surprised to feel Bubbles's hands cover up both her eyes.

"Hehe so cute and naive." Bubbles laughed while Blossom could hear Boomer laughing too. It was so light and happy that the young lady Blossom could actually felt herself relax. Blossom was sure she was dreaming now, but not sure on which part. They were her dolls; they wouldn't want to hurt her. Blossom could feel herself slowly let out a small laugh as Bubbles uncovered her eyes. "Such a cute little small she has! Smile for me more!"

"Haha." Blossom slowly smiled bigger as the dolls that she loved smiled and laughed along with her. Blossom watched them laugh then noticed something shiny on the floor behind them. A knife. She was not dreaming.

"Hey, now why are you trembling like a scared little mouse, Cherry Bloom?" Boomer grinned while Blossom quickly looked at him and gasped seeing that those dark blue eyes were painted a sickly orange.

"Do you need some milk to help you calm down?" Bubbles smirked as her eyes matched Boomer's and she quickly grabbed the young girl's face.

"Truly you are a bad little one, should we punish you?" Boomer asked while grabbing onto Blossom's hair only scaring her farther.

"No! Let go of me!" Blossom yelled pushing these people, dolls, whatever they were away from her as she quickly told off out of the room. Blossom could feel tears running down her eyes as she made her way down the hallway that seem to stretch on and on.

"My, my what shall we do with her?"

"Dear, she is in our domain there is no where she can go."

"Stop! Please go away!" Blossom shouted looking around not seeing them, but those voices sounded so close. They were practically in her ears, laughing at how she ran from them.

"Maybe it is time we show our Cherry Bloom what is really going on?"

"Hehe, we should oh we should. Let us take back what is truly ours."

"Please no more!" Blossom cried while feeling her feet get stuck in something squishy. She looked down seeing the hands of the dead man holding her in place. The young girl screamed loud than she thought she ever had as the hallway slowly sunk into black.

"Come on now, give it back and we promise not to be so hard on you." they laughed as Blossom could feel arms wrap around her small frame. She could not move or speak as the world slowly faded into darkness again.