Our last chapter!

"Come on; come on Amity wake up already!" I heard. "You can't be dead, wake the hell up!"

I felt myself being violently shaken back and forth; I forced myself to open my eyes. A blurry shape came into view and cleared up to be seen as Toby; he was kneeling by me with his hands on my shoulders and it looked as if tears were starting to collect in his goggles.

"I-I'm up." I stuttered. "I-I'm a-alive."

"Oh my god, thank Zalgo." He praised as he hugged me.

I was a bit dazed as well as touched; did Toby really care about me? He pulled way quickly as if he had read my thoughts and said. "Come on let's hurry up and get back. It's going to rain soon and I don't want to get wet."

I nodded but then I recalled Leon's words in the Halfway Dimension. If Leon wanted me to connect than maybe I should start with Toby first.

"I'm really sorry T-Toby." I choked a bit "I never meant to make you angry. I-if you could just forgive m-me for whatever it is I did than do y-you think that maybe we could be…..friends?"

Toby looked down at his feet, his right shoulder twitched a bit and then he looked back at me. "Amity, I'm sorry if I seemed like a dick. You never did anything wrong so yeah….I guess we can be friends."

I tried to stand up but then I cried out in pain. Damn it I forgot all about my ankle!

"Are you okay? Here let me help you." Toby rushed, and picked me up bridal style. He climbed back up the slope and that's when it began to down pour on us. I had to giggle a bit as Toby growled about getting wet and how much he hated it. When I laughed though he gave me an odd goofy looking grin. As he walked back with me in my arms Toby and I didn't get into one single fight as a matter of fact he actually seemed like a cool person. We seemed to have a few things in common and I liked that, I think it made me feel real.

Back at the house I was set on the couch where Jack examined my foot; he said it was just a sprain and that with the right care I'd be fine. Slenderman though was angry with me for running away; he said there was no excuse for it at all. As scary as an angry Slenderman is I liked that he was yelling at me, this also made me feel real. I tried to explain about why but it was hard to, I was just tired, I wanted to sleep and never wake up.

A few days later I asked Masky about why my bedroom was so messy the day I ran away. He seemed rather uncomfortable as he explained that it had been a victim of Kit's rage. I guess he and Hoodie might share a secret with Kit and part of it has to do with my room. I won't plead for the truth; it's none of my business.

I guess for now while I'm still alive I'm going to try and open up. Yeah I'm going to bond with my new family. I know I've only just started but I think I've learned an important lesson already. Family isn't just a word, it's a feeling, a group of people who care and love each other unconditionally. They're always there for each other, they provide for each other in times good or bad. A family doesn't have to be blood related a family just has to treasure each other. I'm going to try and open up to my family.

Okay so here. The way I'll set up the next book is by voting the choices shall be:

Slenderman takes a vacation with his brothers and leaves Jack in charge

Slenderman takes the family for a seaside vacation

Amity Stone the Shadow Hunter won by four votes! Amity Stone the Shadow Maiden lost. WOMP WOMP WOMP.

So hurry up and vote so I can write and you can read!