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Vanessa was laying in Mikes room it's been like 2 weeks after she was discharged from the hospital and shes not been the best since then. she can't stop thinking about her father, her past. Addy (bless her heart) made it easier to forget about it all but despite that she always seem to go back to thinking about it
Mike is concerned about it even if he doesn't say it but I can tell. he always asks if i'm okay but obviously I'm not if I'm staring and the ceiling for God knows how long but he doesn't have to know that. it's hard not to think about it giving not too long ago i was literally helping my dad murder innocent people. Funny if you think about it
I remember when the ghost children my friends hated my guts because they remember I had something to do with there deaths though they seemed to know I didn't kill them and thank Gods for that but they definitely knew I had something to do with it.
I guess it makes sense since I wasn't in that stupid trauma inducing drawing
It was only when I was 15 after i tried to save my best friend Sammy from my dad did they start being nicer to me. They seemed to forget who really killed Sammy but they remembered I tried to save him.
A 15 year old Vanessa just came from a sleep over at her friend Sammy's house at 5 o'clock in the morning it was clear something happened between the two as she would never come here this early but alas she here even if she wants to be anywhere but there.
Her father seems to be awake at this ungodly hour he takes a sip of coffee and says with his dry ass voice
"Your here early"
She wants to point out that he wouldn't know that if he was asleep like the rest of the world but she doesn't
"Really..? I didn't notice" I say trying to mask my true emotions but he seems to see right through me. he hums
"Is that so... You seem a bit upset" he says with a bit of a smile. I knew where this was going and I didn't like it
"Its fine dad really I just don't feel well"
He seems he seems to consider me for a moment. But only for a moment
"Whatever you say Ness" he puts his coffee mug on the table looks me straight in my eyes and says "it still pretty early don't you think? why not get some more rest" he gives me an unsettling look
But I'm used to it at this point. I look at him for a moment and say
"Okay"
It's best not to argue don't want a repeat of last time
For the rest of the week he seemed...off like he was planning something. he had a creepy smile that send shivers down my spine every time I look at it. he whispers creepily to himself.... it made me want to go my room lock the door and never come out
basically the same thing he did before killing my friends at my party I didn't like it at all
It made me so anxious that I started cutting again. I just knew he was plotting his next kill I can just feel it and even if I didn't know exactly what he was planning I knew for a fact it wasn't good
it was never good
One day school was let out early because of some kind of leak or someshit Sammy wasn't at school that day I didn't really dawn on it since we weren't on the best terms after what happened but I was still a bit concerned even if it was just one day
Dad told me to go to Freddy's after school the day prior for a 'surprise' that's what I'm more worried about right now and so I made my way to Freddy's Fazbears Pizza where me dad awaits
Every step I took I can feel myself growing more and more nervous my legs feel like it was going to give out at any moment but never the less I kept walking
After a couple minutes I finally made it but as soon as I walk in something seemed off I couldn't quite put my finger on it. But I knew something was definitely wrong
then i heard it. screaming... I feel like I've heard it somewhere then I remembered back at the carnival me and Sammy went on a scary looking ride Sammy screamed his lungs out every time we went down a particularly big drop than I realized
it was him.... I recognize that voice from a mile away Sammy I instantly ran as fast as I can towards the sound
Sammy was on the floor. With dad standing over him he looked absolutely exhausted laying on the cold floor, bruised with blood on him.
Sammy looked to be covered in all kinds of wounds he was bleeding from the head arm and leg. In other words he looked like he got in a bad fight and lost
I couldn't move, my mind was racing a million miles an hour. I want to help my best friend (if he even sees me that way anymore) who was just right in front of me, but i didn't know what to do. I stood there there frozen as time seems to slow down. I could hear every sound around me, Sammy stuttering breath, my own heartbeat...
From there every thing was a blur
"Sammy!"
I yell seeming to recover from my shock. I ran as fast as I could and jumped in front of Sammy putting distance between him and dad
"Oh what a pleasant surprise!! you weren't supposed to be here till after he was dead"
Even though he was wearing that stupid spring bonnie suit I can just tell he was smiling. mocking me he know how much this was upsetting me. he knew how much Sammy meant to me even if we had a bit of a falling out he knew it all and yet...
"Dad stop please I'm begging you... he didn't do anything wrong it was my fault" I said my voice breaking tears threatening to fall
"Now Now Vanessa he made you upset did he not? You know I'm just trying to do what's best for you right?
He pauses for a moment "You know you're dear old dad would never hurt your friends without thinking it would be better for you." then he said something stuck
"Plus I bet he'll be thrilled to join your uncle Henry!!"
That was it I couldn't take his taunts anymore I threw the closest thing near me which just so happened to be a chair it surprised William he stumbled back a little giving me just enough time to grab Sammy and run
I hear shouts and a big crash from behind me, but i don't look back. My heart thumps loudly inside my chest, and the air fills my l ungs as I struggle to breathe. I don't know what the outcome of this will be, but I knew one thing for sure. I wanted to put as much distance as possible between him and Sammy
Sammy in question looked a bit worse for wear but he was otherwise conscious and that I was thankful for
We didn't have enough time to make it towards the exit so I hid us behind one of the arcade machines.In the distance I can hear things moving around and things being pushed aside. It was clear my dad was looking for us
"Sammy I'm so sorry... I didn't mean for anything of this to happen"
She felt terrible,wishing that she could undo this madness she feels guilty for causing him to be in this situation. Her heart hurts, knowing that she caused it. She knew it was all her fault. She wonders if Sammy would ever be okay after this if he makes it out alive that is.... her body feels heavy, she just wants to curl up into a ball and disappear.
They can faintly hear a William calling out threats in the distance
Sammy was quite for a moment. for a while she didn't think he would say anything. All she could think was 'of course he wouldn't forgive you. your a fucking murderer you deserve to di-' but then he whispered
"Vanessa..."
As soon as he said that she knew he didn't blame her at all. The way he said it... It felt genuine. in the was his eyes softened the real concerned look in his eyes and despite the fact that her dad probably did some real shit to him he didn't blame me not one bit
It made all her troubles go away if only in that moment
Then Sammy was pulled from behind the machine I instantly get up and with one mighty tug I somehow manage to pull him from Williams grasp. I instantly put him behind me
"I won't let you hurt him dad!" I yell but he seemed to have enough of me. Without any hesitation he pushed me. He pushed me so hard I flew right into the nearest wall S lamming against it full force. The impact knocks the breath out me.
The pain from the impact is intense, before my brain can even take the moment to process what just happened the force of the hit seemed to be so hard it knocked me out
I woke up in a black void to the blonde hair boy Cassidy and the other missing children standing behind him I stared at them. I knew what was going to happen and I wasn't in the mood for it
"Why am I here!"
There was silence
"Are you just here to tell me I failed and accused me of helping to murder you again!"
They look at me guilty. why I have no idea
Than Cassidy spoke
"Were sorry"
Oh
I stood there shocked that was the last thing I was expecting
"You tried to help that boy.... maybe you tried to help us too"
He helps me up I was still too shocked to speak
"I'm sorry we assumed the worst"
"Vanessa"
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I snapped out of my flashback the first thing that catches my attention is a room around me. Mikes room My mind clears as painful memories from the past instantly go away.
I quickly realize i'm no longer drowning in painful memories i'm back in the real world, finally out of the hell hole that is my mind and safe in reality
I hear Mike opening the door looking a bit nervous... worried. i can just tell he wants me to talk to him for once "Hey Vanessa you've been in here all day I'm just-" he stops
I look at him confused my thoughts still a bit foggy from the flashback, Then i realize my scars are fully exposed I quickly hide them
He looks away for a moment before looking back more carefully. reality sinking in he's clearly trying to figure out what to say next.
"Hey it's okay" he says in the most gentle voice I've ever heard. I don't say anything cause why would I
"Vanessa..."
Instantly reminded of Sammy in the last moments before his death I start tearing up Mike is silence as if he doesn't know what to do then he did something I would have never expected
He hugs me
"It's going to be okay" he's silent for a moment then he adds "I'm not going to think any less of you because of this" he pause
I almost want to tell him that's not why I'm crying but I don't
"This proves that you went through bad things.... awful things. Stuff that I can't even begin to copperhead or even think about but you know what" his voice turns softer
"If anything I think your stronger"
Stronger huh... I didn't think of it that way