Have you always wondered what a mother would do if their kids went missing? What would happen if the child they cared for so much disappeared without a trace as you slept? How far would she go to find them? What limits would she break to find the one she cares for? This was one of the lessons I learned when I first met her. The thing these Tattletails called Mama. It was only for a brief moment the first time I saw her. But little did I know how scary she would be the next time I would cross paths with this mother.

December 21, 1998

Joy was the only thing that clouded my mind, I had managed to avoid trouble last night. My mother did not find out that I had opened my Tattletail early, and since she was a heavy sleeper, it meant I could play with my close friend once again. Getting out of bed in the middle of the night, I found it quite suspicious when I heard clunking sounds coming from the basement. I would ask mom to check it out, but if it what I thought it was, then it would be game over for me and my precious Tattletail. So I decided to sneak out of bed and investigate myself. Making my way down to the basement, I rounded the corner and saw that the dryer was up and running and something inside it was making the rattling. I turned off the dryer and opened it and in shock, I saw my precious Tattletail in the dryer. 'What in the world? How did you get in here?' I thought to myself as I picked it up.

Its pupils were spinning around in a circle and it eventually stopped as it stared at me. Its childlike voice made me smile a little as it told me it was dizzy and then it giggled. But then my happiness turned to panic and worry when it began to sing. Its la la la la's and da da da dee da daa's were slowly beginning to get deeper and distorted. That's when I realized something, Tattletail needed to be charged before it dies. I had managed to find a charger that was made specifically for the little Tattletail and set it down. All the while I caught my breath and calmed myself down while it charged. But something caught my eyes, a small oval figure had moved back into the shadows around the corner and as I chose to investigate, it was gone. My concerns shifted from the figure back to Tattletail as it finished charging. "Well, that was fast." I said to myself in a whisper as I picked it up. I was growing quite tired and I decided to cut playtime with Baby Tattletail early. Then I heard him say in that sweet and adorable voice of his to play a game!

Sighing I got up to put Tattletail to play something but suddenly I tripped over something and hit the floor, landing on my Tattletail. Groaning, i looked to see that I had broken a very expensive vase. I was surprised that mother still hadn't woken up. But that was the least of my worries, I set my Tattletail down and began to sweep up the pieces and quietly set them in the trashcan, but as I did, I jumped when the power went out and everything went dark. Looking around I saw the one thing that I needed the most: a trusty flashlight. Picking up the flashlight and my Tattletail, I felt wiggling in my arm and saw that the Tattletail was shaking in fear. "Hey hey...its going to be ok buddy. Let's get you to bed." I told the Tattletail, not really expecting a response from it. As I made my way to the gift box, I heard a metallic grinding sound and looked down the hall to see red eyes in the dark. But as I shook the flashlight and turned it on the eyes vanished and the power came back on. 'Ok, time for beddy bye Tattletail.'

As I began to put the Tattletail to bed, I heard it say something which made me stop in my tracks. "Mama's Scarryyyyyyyyy..." It said to me. Too tired to think after that moment, I set the Tattletail in its box and closed the box within the gift box. Then I wrapped it up and made my way up the stairs and to my bedroom, completely ignoring the phone. But something stopped me, their was somebody at the front door and they were banging on that door hard almost as if they needed to get in and in a HURRY. I had managed to get into bed and fall asleep.

3 Days Before Christmas!