A Doll On The Run!

12

You and Wally were in the kitchen once more, as usual, you were on Wally's shoulder twiddling on his hair as he cooks.

The masked woman, you couldn't help but think about her. She seemed like a threat, literally.

Why did she kill that little girl? You wanted to know but you don't want to voice it out just yet.

"You okay?" Wally asked, a bit concerned by your silence.

«yeah..» you mumbled, nuzzling into the crook of his neck and huddled yourself on his shoulder.

"Okay.. if you say so." Wally mumbled, not minding the affection.

You both ate, the food made you feel a bit at ease. Wally made sure to ask if you wanted more, or if you like the food.

It was a rainy day, Wally left to work and Barnaby is with you once again.

«hey Barnaby, you think I can join the party you guys are going to have tomorrow?» you asked.

Tomorrow was the time where you would POSSIBLY meet this Frank and Eddie duo. You really are eager to see them, and want to know more about them and how their relationship works. In all honesty, you were very curious.

"Oh? You want to join in, doll?" Barnaby says with a soft smile

«yeah! I wanna see the other friends wally has.. and Julie is gonna be there too!» you said with an enthusiastic tone of voice, your eyes sparkling in excitement.

"Well, whatever you want doll. I'm sure wally will let ya attend, if he does, you just gotta hide in my mane okay?" He chuckled as he patted his hair, it was big and fluffy, surely no one will notice her if she hang on inside!

«mhm!» you chirped.

After watching toy story 3, you fell asleep comfortably on Barnaby's belly. Barnaby snored away, his hat over his eyes as he rested on the couch.

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You heard the sound of humming, it was a beautiful tune.

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You stood up and looked around, it was a beautiful forest.. though they look transparent and blue just like the ghost girl you met a day before.

~♪~

You decided to follow the sweet, majestic hum of a melody...

~♪

You looked around, the you reached a river that flowed smoothly. Such peace of the atmosphere.. almost as if nothing will go...

Lotus~

..wrong...

Peony..~

That voice sounded familiar.

You turned to see.. a woman with wings, sitting right beside the river, a fox peacefully slept right beside her.

"Daisy...~" she sang.

Until she turned around.

IT WAS THE MASKED WOMAN-

«AAAAAAAAAAH» you shrieked and backed away a few feet causing you to fall on your bum.

«SOULKILLER! SOULKILLER!!!!» you screamed.

The woman- or SoulKeeper stayed silent, watching you panic.

"Oh.. it's you again." She mumbled as she approached you, her wings fluttering as they folded itself neatly on her back.

«SINCE WHEN DJD YOU HAVE WINGS!?» you shrieked, though you were amazed by the same time.

"Ever since I got them, duh." Soulkeeper deadpanned. The woman sighed and picked you up by the scruff of your shirt/sweater like a cat.

"You're not supposed to be here, reader." She grumbled softly, inspecting your form and let's out a satisfied hum when she was done.

«my name is not reader, and it's (Y/n)!» you shrieked.

"Whatever you say,
Dove." She mumbles as she sets you down, it was hard to read her expressions because of that mask. Does she always wear that thing everywhere?

«what is this place anyway? Are you here to kill me too?!» your glassy eyes widened and stepped back.

"Oh, no no. You wandered here yourself, it was never my intention to.. bring your consciousness in my limbo." She says with a rather soft tone.

A tick can be heard, it was like a clock.

"Your time is up, reader. You need to wake up." she says as she gently patted your head in a kind gesture, making sure you weren't hurt in the process.

«wh.. WAI-

«WAIT!» you sat up too fast, causing you to roll off Barnaby's belly.

"Huh.. uh? Doll you good?" He says in a sleepy tone of voice, lazily sitting up to see your small figure on the ground.

«man... That was a waste of an opportunity...» your vision was going spirals, you failed to ask her your many questions. Well, better try again next time then.

"I don't know what you mean by that doll.. are ya still half 'sleep?" Barnaby gently carried you and examined you, checking if you are injured- if that's even possible.

You groaned in both tiredness and frustration.

Maybe next time you can ask her.

Yeah.. maybe.

"You weren't suppose to be there in the first place, reader. But I let you in my humble abode, please ask away with one of your many questions. The crow insists I should answer them, anyway." She sighed. "May we meet again."

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Just like Soulkeeper said, Q&A is open! You may ask any questions about the characters that has shown up so far in the book. You can ask me, too!

Thank you for the silly comments, I love you lot! It makes me feel better :]

I hope we can have further interactions with eachother.

Until next chapter!

~crow

Song used in the book: Bouquet by Ichiko aoba

Check it out on Spotify.

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