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The sun has just set and stars covered the dark sky, up came the bright moon to smile upon the yellow Pig's house sat on a mountain.
Peppa pig was in the bathroom, alone. Staring up at the mirror she blinked a few times, overlooking herself than decided to rummage through the drawers, inside the first one there was ordinary items, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hair brushes, tooth picks.
She sat down and put her 3 fingers over the knob of the cabinet hesitating, she remembered when her mother said firmly
"Do not open the bathroom cabinet."
Curious she opened it anyway.
Inside was a few cleaning products, her brow raised not unimpressed by her discover and thought to herself "it cant just be this." She pushed aside the items and found a black flat rectangle facing down, she's never saw something like this before, surely it must be important? She grabbed it and turned it to a glass screen, 3 buttons on its side she pressed 1 and it lit up with a blue sky background and the clock exactly "7:39 PM" her eyes widened as if she saw a whole other world and a sharp knock brought her back
"Peppa? What are you doing in there? Its almost your bedtime you should get ready for bed now." Her mother spoke and the door knob rattled "oh you've locked yourself in there now haven't you?"
"Uh yes mummy, I'm using the toilet. Excuse me and I'll be there in a moment." Mummy pig brushed it off and replied "hmph, alright take your time sweetheart. Just remember George can't sleep alone."
"Yes, mom. I know." Peppa leaned her back against the wall, holding the phone with 2 hands, her eyes glued to the device and unsure on how to work it she swiped and it activated. Small picture icons appeared on screen depicting different things and she picked a camera.
What she saw would change her forever.
People but not just any people, no. Far different than any animal she's ever saw. Tall, smooth, furless, small noses, a round head and beautiful eyes with different colors, plump lips, straight white teeth, no pink skin, no snout, no fur, no hooves, no beady eyes, no no no no.
They were beautiful, this is what life was meant to be, smiling women and men. They were only the mockery of it. Peppa was wrong. Tears streamed down her face and she tried to click off it and it only opened the camera to her ugly face, the pink snout with 2 gaping holes prominent she oinked loudly and dropped the phone, she scrambled to stand up, gripping the counter tightly with all her 6 wrong fingers and looked deeply in the mirror at herself, her breath raced, heart beating so fast she could hear it and her hand touched at her face anxiously, caressing her face shape, her head looked too big for her round body. She opened her mouth and stared at the yellow teeth for a good moment and cried. Grasping at her collar she weeped.
This is what mummy pig was trying to hide this entire time, she was hiding the truth, how they were all monsters and hideous to outsiders, this was all fake. And peppa pig was going to make it right again. She figured that when theyre souls were released they would be reincarnated as humans as normal and thats what she was going to do.
"Peppa pig, are you alright? Why are you crying dear?" Mummy pig asked and the door creaked open to the little girl standing emotionless. The mother's eyes looked down to see the phone and gasped "PEPPA I TOLD YOU NOT TO OPEN THE-" her face paled as a scissors cut through her stomach and she fell to the floor, holding the wound and staring up at her daughter "what are you doing?"
"I'll make us right.. I'll do it all.. its okay mummy. We'll be back.. together again." She stabbed again and again and again. Than looked up to see her little brother George at the staircase and he took off running upstairs she got to her feet and chased after him, entering their room and scanned around "George. Why are you hiding? This is supposed to happen, you see.. its like a game. We die and than restart again." She slowly stepped closer to the bulge under the blankets on his bed and climbed up the ladder than pulled it off, smiling she put down the scissors and said "George. You don't understand.. we are inferior. Look at me, aren't I so ugly? Even you. You look disgusting. We'll be free together, well after I'm done with daddy pig."
"Peppa pig, I'm scared." "Don't be, just keep looking at me."
She reached for his neck, their eyes locked together and squeezed, his high pitched voice whimpered until it went silent, his body gone limp. She let go breathing for a moment and whipped her tears. No she needed to do this, mummy pig was already there, just a few more minutes now. Peppa pig got down, her energy clearly weak and walked toward her parents room looking over daddy pig peacefully asleep and wondered how she would do this. She remembered how daddy pig never liked her going on his computer and she had just the idea. Standing at his bed she carefully wrapped the cord around his neck and pulled as tight as she could and he sprung awake choking "Ughh Peppa pig what are you-!" His tongue stuck out and his eyes rolled back, she only tightened her grip and pulled at the cord until he fell to the floor dead.
Now was her turn, the finale. She struggled to reach the ceiling fan and it took 20 minutes but everything was set, she created a noose and was balancing off a table and bucket she put the hoop around her neck and gulped, staring down at her dead dad she remembered what this was all meant for. And she kicked the bucket now flailing in the air, hands pulling at the string uselessly and legs kicking, she couldn’t breath and her vision went black, her wrists bending at lack of oxygen in her brain and than her body went limp.
Never let cartoons realize who they are.