Sorry for being inactive, I was being crucified.
"It was left behind, you must find it."
Cory awoke, hitting his head on the ceiling of his small room. Outside, there was a large storm. Thunder shook the white house while the sound of heavy rain carried throughout the entire city.
Cory turned and sat on the edge of his bed, thinking about the dream he just had. That voice seemed so familiar, as if it was an old friend. He knew that couldn't be it though, he never had any friends before he moved to DC. Within the dream, he was in total darkness, his katana being the only thing seen. He knew someone was out there, but as he ran toward the silhouette, it moved further away.
What was left behind? Cory got out of bed and grabbed his katana. He walked out his door and toward Newt's room. He needed to find out.
As he knocked on Newt's door, he realized a figure was standing at the end of the hall. Cory stared at the person, who appeared to be wearing a hoodie and holding a knife. Cory dropped his katana in shock, and backed away from the figure. Lighting struck, revealing the man's face.
He was incredibly pale, and had a crazed look in his eyes. His face was covered in dried blood near the mouth and eyes, probably his own. The figure slowly made his way toward Cory, stepping over his katana as Cory backed toward the end of the hallway.
Cory turned and ran down the stairs, not knowing whether the man was running after him or not. As he reached the bottom, another figure made his appearance near him. This man was also wearing a hoodie and had a blue mask on, some black liquid seeping down his the mask.
As Cory turned, he saw he was cornered, as the man with the knife was right behind him. Cory tried to use chaos control, but was unable to as he didn't have any chaos emeralds. The two figures knocked him out and dragged him away, taking him to an unknown location.
As Cory awoke, he saw that he was within a grimy prison cell with a dog guarding him. The dog had terrifying teeth that looked like they would rip anyone to shreds. It growled as he neared the bars of the cell, causing Cory to back away.
Cory tried to figure out an escape plan. There was nothing in his cell that would he helpful, actually there was nothing at all in his cell period. The dog watched him pace back and forth, thinking about a way to escape. Eventually, he decided to dig a hole through the wall.
He crawled up to the concrete wall and began scraping at it, trying to make it go away. After a few hours, he had only made a small scratch in the concrete. The door opened, and a man entered the room. Cory couldn't make him out, but he saw that the man held a- you guessed it- knife.
"Get up," the man said, nearing him.
"W-where am I?" Cory started getting up.
"You won't know."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Oh."
The man motioned for him to follow, and they exited the cell. Passing through a ray of moonlight, Cory saw the man was wearing a sort of mouth guard on the outside of his face.
"Wh-who are you?"
"I am ticci Toby, part of the creepypasta gang, that's all you need to know."
The two made their way through the abandoned prison. As they walked, Cory saw other prisoners, each one cowered in fear as they walked by. Turning around, Cory saw the dog following him, keeping him on task.
They walked up a flight of stairs to a large room, where Toby locked Cory's hands to a metal pole.
"The boss is out, looks like you'll be speaking to our branch manager."
Toby left, leaving Cory in the dark, both literally and figuratively. Cory looked around the room. It looked like a gang boss's office. Guns hanging from the walls and portraits of ancestors smirking as they are followed by thugs. This must be some sort of DC mafia.
After waiting a while, the door opened to reveal Slenderman, the branch manager. Cory felt a headache coming on as the man moved over to the desk, standing next to it.
"As you may know, the boss is out right now, so I'll be interrogating you," the thing spoke, in a deep raspy voice inside Cory's head, "Get ready to have your mind ripped open."
Cory felt a huge pain in his head, and felt himself fall unconscious. He woke up again, only to find himself within the depths of his own head. He was in the oval office, but the name on the desk read 'Cory Baxter.'
Cory stood up and walked out of the door, trying to find a way out of this dream. He knew slenderman was watching, but didn't want to acknowledge it. As Cory walked down the hall, he saw the man's white, faceless face staring at him through the window, even though he was on the second floor.
"Tell me where the object is!" rang through Cory's head, causing him a lot of pain.
"I-I don't understand," Cory screamed, falling to his knees.
He looked up and saw the man right before him, staring him down and causing him more pain.
"Tell me now!"
"I don't know!"
Cory painfully stood up and began running from slenderman, sliding down the stairs and into the main entrance hall. Every door Cory ran for was locked, and the man kept appearing in windows. Cory stopped and fell to the ground again as the man jumped out of a door, tentacles out and grabbing Cory.
"You must tell me where the object of importance is!"
"I. Don't. Know!" Cory shouted as everything began to melt away.
Cory woke up again in a different place, this was the mall, but there were only girls here. Cory looked down and saw he was even shorter than before. This was another one of his nightmares. The one where he was even shorter, so he couldn't even talk to girls.
As he ran through the mall, the girls laughed at his shortness and made fun of him. Cory ignored them, seeing the bigger threat behind them: Slenderman slowly gliding over toward him. Cory ran toward the exit, and was suddenly back in the prison cell from before. This time there was a large hole in the wall, allowing Cory to escape.
Outside, he saw this place was right next to the destroyed abandoned building from when he first encountered slenderman. Cory didn't realize it because he's stupid, but this gang had been tracking him since he had first met Xerath. They were trying to capture him since then as well. Like when he entered the plane, and Bane appeared, trying to grab Cory.
Cory ran for Washington DC, but was stopped when tentacles engulfed him.
"Show me the nightmare you had!"
"N-No!"
Cory's vision became clear, and his headache went away. He was now in the abandoned building from before, but that was impossible, this building was destroyed.
Cory ran for the exit, only to find himself once again in complete darkness. He looked down and saw his katana in his hand, lighting the way. This was the nightmare from before.
Slenderman appeared, lighting the entire area and revealing the figure: a woman in a kimono, with a blue face. She looked as if she was possessed, and held up a fedora.
"Yes, finally!" Slenderman said, listening closely.
Cory, realizing the direness of this situation, raised his katana and struck Slenderman, causing him to scream in pain.
"What do you think you're doing? I am a being of immortality!"
Cory raised his katana and swung at slenderman, who teleported behind him. Cory blocked the oncoming tentacles from behind and did a roll to turn around, swiping at the creature. He teleported once again, making Cory's head hurt worse than anything he had ever felt before. But, due to adrenaline, Cory fought onward.
The two struggled for a while, fighting each other. Eventually Cory made a slash at the man, ripping his shirt and slicing him. The man screamed and threw his tentacles around Cory, pinning him to the floor.
"You have no idea what you're doing, boy. You're on the wrong side! We must get that fedora."
The blue lady began to speak, more than Cory remembered her speaking.
"The fedora, it was forgotten, you must find it. It is your destiny. I am possessed by the spirit of the evil king. Please, help free me. He doesn't want you to have it, but you must find it! It was left behind, you must find it."
Slenderman released him from his grip, and everything faded away. Cory awoke within the prison again. After encountering the blue girl, he realized a lot of stuff. The fedora was magical. He now knew where the fedora was: Japan. He looking down at his hands. They were covered in black blood. Slenderman could bleed.
Cory turned to the door, noticing it was open. A banner on the wall said "Creepypasta mafia." Cory had a seizure. When the internet still existed, Cory read creepypastas and role-played as them all the time, not knowing they were real. His favorite had always been Jake the killer, one of his OCs. Cory now would have to fight his favorite people. He turned to the door and walked out, getting ready to go to Japan.