Unreal creepy reality.

Chapter 10: Willows and Ghosts

I rubbed my shoulders, as if I had been cold before. When I felt something touch my shoulder. I jumped, spinning around, ready to stab whoever was behind me. That was when I heard the all familiar static, followed by seeing Slender's featureless face. "Well that's unusual for you Natalie," Slender said following my outburst.

I looked up at him, realizing that he not only was surprised, but also worried about me. Something that slender rarely ever showed, it would have felt wrong if it weren't for the fact that I wasn't on edge because of what had happened already. To be fair, I just hoped she would live. I hoped that she could handle it, but for now, I knew I was in for some inquiry from Slendy. Whatever he was about to ask me, was cut short though. As Slendy froze up, then looked at me,"Clockwork, we have to head back."

I got confused, Slendy was hardly ever this blunt, but then, when I thought about it. This usually happened when there was trouble back at the house. So I didn't question it, and followed him back. When we did get back, we were welcomed by the same creatures that attacked me.

3rd Person P.O.V.

The attack on Slendy's home hadn't been a coincidence. Jezebel had wanted to take Slenderman and, Progenitor out in the same night. However, with Mist in the way, her best option was to attack Slenderman, his forest, and its inhabitants. Her dream stealers were quite adept at separating individuals from the group. This was proven, by young Sally...

Sally's P.O.V.

They came out of nowhere. Big, black, shadow monsters, that could make you weak very quickly. They were fast, and once they cut you off, you were very unlikely to escape them. I didn't have time before they surrounded me. I couldn't stick by Jeff, or Toby, as they had pushed us apart. I felt scared, and screamed for anyone, even Clocky would have been ok. They laughed at me, watched me squirm, and took the form of a man. I remembered him, he touched me, he killed me, but I couldn't really remember him beyond those things though. I started to cry, and even teleported away. I couldn't take this anymore, I couldn't fight them. They could hurt me, but I couldn't hurt them! No matter what I did, they wouldn't die! I shook as I tried to get away, frightened of what might happen if I didn't get away. Before I knew it, my surroundings became unusual. Was I still in Slendy's forest? I couldn't tell...and it scared me. I heard the monsters laugh, and prepared for the worst. "And just what do you think you're doing on our turf?" I heard a echoey voice ask.

"Did you really think we wouldn't notice, I mean really. You dream stealers are a serious eye sore," Another voice added, this one sounded more like a 'normal' person.

I looked up to see who they were, and to my surprise, at least one of the girls looked like Toby.

Lyra's P.O.V.

We had gone on patrol, by we, I mean Shadow, and I. It had been several hours since this morning, and it was probably around noon. We had finally found out what had taken Ace so long to get down stairs for breakfast, and were now just keeping our eyes open for trouble while Annie, and Ace were at work. Lily was watching tv, Simon was going to go eat the meal Ace set aside for him, Emma had left with something Ace made for her, and Ben was playing video games. Ace hadn't ordered us to go on this patrol, we had just chosen to. With all of the tension, and chaos, we as a group, no as a family, thought it might be a good idea. With that being said, Shadow and I had been 'volunteered' to take the first patrol. (what really happened was that everyone else wanted to do their own thing, and despite wanting to hang out with BEN, Shadow didn't think ot was a good idea to have Lyra patrol alone.) What neither one of us expected to happen, was to see the ghost of a young girl cowering in fear. We also hadn't expected to see dream stealers cornering someone. Shadow and, I looked at each other for a brief second. We both knew that we shouldn't just stand there, but we were both pretty damn surprised. Then we looked back, and Shadow asked,"And just what do you think you're doing on our turf?"

Shadows voice was cold, it definitely fit how I felt too,"Did you really think we wouldn't notice? I mean really? You dream stealers are a serious eye sore," I added in agitation.

The girl in the center looked at us, at the same time the attackers surrounding her did. Our guards were up, and it didn't take long for us to develope a plan, though no words were exchanged between us. Dream stealers charged us left and right, as we fought and, destroyed each one. Shadow nodded, telling me to get out of leave with the girl. I phased through them, and approached the girl. "LOOK OUT!" she cried, looking behind me.

Little did she know that I could tell he was behind me, so when he did attack, I made the kill quick and easy. After doing this, I turned to face her again. She looked shocked, and then asked,"Who are you?"

"My name's Lyra, Lyra Rodgers," I answered.

"So your Toby's Sister?" she asked, cocking her head in confusion.

"Yep," I said with a smile, and a chuckle.

"Woah!" she said with a bright smile.

"And you are?" I asked calmly.

"Sally," she answered excitedly

"Well Sally," I said standing up,"Would you like to get out of here?"

She nodded, and with that, we took of.....