A/N: Decided to make this a chapter story! Hope you enjoy! This will now be told from Sandy's point of view. Happy Holidays! :)
2
"Seriously?" My friend, Aine, asked after I had told her about the incident a week ago.
"Yup!" I said. "I ain't kidding! Freaking terrifying. I actually thought I was gonna die!" There was a pause.
"Would you do it again?" Aine asked.
"What?" I asked her, surprised.
"Yeah." She nodded. "Would you play the game with that Pride doll of yours again?"
"Hell no!" I yelped. "I could've died! And the worst part was he had his shadows!"
"Okay," Aine smiled. "Now I know you're kidding."
"I'm not kidding!" I protested.
"Then prove it!" Aine exclaimed. "Play it again, except record it this time."
"The instructions said not to have any electronics on."
"But you left your computer on." I paused. She was right.
"W-Well, th-that's different!"
"What?" Aine smirked. "You too chicken to try it again?"
"No!" I growled. "I just don't want to die!"
"I'll tell Daniel that you're a coward who's too afraid to go out with him."
"Ugh," I sighed, giving in. "Fine. I'll do it tonight."
"Nope!" Aine smiled. "Tomorrow night. Since it's Halloween."
"Tonight." I said. "Or never again."
"Fine."
"Fine.
I stood alone in my home, since my dad and his girlfriend were out at a Halloween party, and my little sister was at a friend's house for the night. The instructions had said to burn the doll after the game was over, but I didn't want to do that! I made that doll for crying out loud!
I left the TV on this time, and repeated the instructions, starting from the stabbing, since I had sewn back up the stab wounds I left so that my parents wouldn't be suspicious. I placed the doll in the tub and hid in the shoe closet.
After I minute, I heard static from the TV and a voice saying a different word at each channel.
"Where"
"Are"
"You"
"Sandy?"
I shivered, because it was Pride's voice, but dared not make a sound.
"I"
"Know"
"You're"
"Here."
Please don't find me. I begged in my head over and over. There was absolute silence, so I assumed he was gone, so I took out my camera and turned it on. It made a tweeting sound.
"HEY"
Shit!
"I"
"Know"
"That"
"Was"
"You"
"Sandy."
Fuck you, Aine! I swore in my head. If I survive this, you're dead! There was knocking on the door.
"I know you're in here Sandy." I heard Pride's voice clear as day. "Don't make me open this door."
HE CAN OPEN DOORS? I screamed in my head. I smirked. I'll catch him by surprise and end this. I flung the door open, and spat out the salt water onto the doll. He just looked up at me and smirked.
"That won't work this time." He said a smile in his voice.
"Well," I huffed. "Can't say I didn't try."
"You didn't try." Pride smiled, his shadows slithering towards me.
Fuck. I thought as the shadows wrapped themselves around my legs, but stayed there. "You," I stammered. "You're not gonna kill me?"
"No." Pride shook his head.
"But I thought you hated humans." I blinked. Did I mess something up?
"I do." Pride explained. "But not you."
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because," he paused. "You technically created me when you first played this last week. I am your "child", so to speak." I looked down at the doll in disbelief.
"Dude," I said. "You're kidding right?"
"No." He looked at me with what was sincerity in his uneven button eyes.
"Oh," I blinked. "Okay, I guess."
"Now tell me," Pride said. "Why did you stab me, even after you said that I would always be your "best friend"?"
"I had to," I said. "Aine sort of made me do it.
"Aine?"
"A friend from school." I explained. I bet if Pride could glare, he would.
"Why would a friend tell you to stab your best friend?" He asked.
"She didn't believe me when I told her about the game." I said.
"Did she threaten you?" Pride asked.
"Sort of." I shyly blushed. The clock on the wall read "11:30". "Well, I gotta go to bed." I smiled at Pride and waved as he let go my legs and let me walk up the stairs to bed.
The next morning, I found the camera on my night stand. I turned it on and found it had a new video. I gave a silent cheer. I finally had proof to Aine that I didn't chicken out!
"Did you get it?" Aine asked when I saw her at the end of the school day.
"Sure did!" I gave a triumphant smile, showing her the camera.
"Lemme see!" She cried, swiping the camera from my hands. She turned it on and pressed play on the video. Her face paled.
"What's up?" I asked, looking over her shoulder. My eyes widened as she re-winded the video. It was the Pride doll.
"Aine," he said in a dangerous tone, "you had best watch yourself. Nobody threatens Sandy and gets away with it while I'm here. I am her protector. Should anything happen to her; it will be on your head." With that, the video shut off.
"What the hell did you tell it?" Aine half screamed at me.
"I only told him that you threatened to lie to Daniel!" I half screamed back. "You're just jealous because you want to go out with him too!"
"You're right about that," Aine said. "But you didn't have to go on and tell some deranged doll about it."
"He's not deranged!" I yelled protectively. "He just wants to protect me because I pretty much created him!"
"You created that thing?" Aine yelled.
"You're damn right, I did!" I screamed back. "And he's been my best friend for over a year! He was there for me when you were off crying over Chandler! He was there when my parents were fighting! And he helped me through their divorce!"
"Well," Aine said. "If he's such a good friend, then I guess you don't need me!"
"I guess not!" I yelled as she walked away. I huffed and started my walk home. I saw a shadow creep up beside me.
"You're upset." Pride stated.
"No shit." I hissed. "Why the hell did you go and make that video?"
"Like I said," He said. "I am your protector now. No one threatens you while I'm here."
I wish I could thank you. I thought, as if he could hear my thoughts. But because of you, I just lost one of my closest friends.