Copycat

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TW!: blood, abandonment, child abuse, torture, knife, religious themes, decapitation, taking body parts

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A long time ago, around 1320 lived a kingdom that ruled over a city called Abraham. The royal family was strict and cruel. Even to their own daughter and only child. The father was cruel cutting her arm with a blade if she messed up at anything. And her mother would send her to a church to get rid of the so called demon in her. The daughter was a beautiful young girl, she was hard to unrecognized even as a child, her long gorgeous hair was remembered by all in Abraham. As time passed the daughter her older and used to the treatment she got. Her mother took her to the local church to get rid of her 'evil spirit' her mother dragged her by the ear into the church her eyes filled with rage. The priest stood in front of the Statue praying to the gods. "Stay here you little brat" yelled the mother in rage. "Your majesty how may I help you?" Asked the priest calmly ignoring the pain the daughter was going through. "Release these evil spirits out of my daughter!" Yelled the queen in fury in rage. The priest in a warm smile took his cross, book and holy water drowning her in the water reading the verses and putting the cross in front of her. The queen took her daughter by the hand walking her out of the church calmly now.

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Three years has passed the princess now 15. Princess akanes spirit was broken down to pieces loosing her sanity has seconds go by and days passed her kingdom. She couldn't take it anymore. Why did it have to happen to her? She had enough.

"Meow!" And unknown cat spoke but no where to be seen. Akane got confused. Where did it come from? Why was it inside the palace? Did her parents give her a friend? She didn't think much about it but went to find the cat.

The cats meows echoed through the hallways as the sounds went closer and closer to the outside well in the garden. Akane walked into the garden hearing the meows there. She walked towards the well when she heard the last meow. The well was boarded up and looked abandoned as if no one has touched it for years. The planks were decaying making it easier to lift, akane finally lifted the planks up.

She grabbed onto the side of the well looking inside to see if a cat was in there. She felt someone touch her putting her in shock, as her feet were lifted up and was thrown into the wells.

She landed on the hard floor of concrete as the room was dark, the only light coming the the top of the well. "This isn't funny! Let me out!" Screamed the girl. But no response it was like no one could hear her cries when she knew they could. Her feet started to bleed as she used the cloth on her dress to try to use and bandaging. "W-Wait!" Screamed the girl in terror as the planks on the well closed leaving her in pitch darkness.



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It has been 3 years since the princesses disappearance, no one knew where she went. They looked in every building to every basemen t in every town city and land in Abraham. A newly hired maid walked into the garden humming as she held her candle for the darkness to leave her surroundings. The maid saw the well and decided to open the planks of the abandoned well. She put her candle down and lifted the planks one by one. The maid only saw darkness as she looked inside but she heard something dripping as of it was dripping for hours. The maid grabbed a rope and tied it to the top of the well allowing her to climb inside. She finally was inside of the well. It didn't feel like a well anymore but more like a chamber. The maid heard the dripping again picking her candle up and walking towards the sound. What she saw terrified her dropping the candle in shock.

She saw the princess tied to her hands, feet, and neck by rope. Her body was torn apart one by one as her head dripped blood. Her dress was no longer a dress but torn up and decaying cloth that was used for bandaging. The maid backed up picking up the candle until she bumped into someone or something. She slowly turned to the unknown being or person. The maid screamed in terror only for her eyes to turn pitch black.


It has now been five years since the disappearances of the newly maid clara and the princess akane. They've been declared dead by now. What could've killed them? What person would do such horrible thing? What thing did this? No one will know. But next time.

Don't open the well in the garden.

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⏰ Last updated: Jun 03, 2022 ⏰

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