Finding Onyx

Chapter 5: My Nightmare Comes True

**Onyx's Nightmare**

I was running through such a dense forest, it was impossible to see. Even though it was morning. I didn't know what I was running from, but it was bad. Suddenly, a creature popped up in front of me. It was a tall, white, male creature. He had no face, but had on a black tuxedo with a red bow tie. He had extra arms, or should I say, tentacles.

"Slenderman!" I said under breath and turned around and ran. He kept popping up in front of me, and finally he had captured me. He brought me to a huge mansion in the forest. It was Slenderman's mansion.

"Why am I here?!" I demanded, but, of course, he didn't reply. We walked in, and I felt all the other Creepy pastas' attention on me. I stared at the floor, and when I looked up I saw them all staring at me and Slenderman. He set me down and shut the door. I looked around the room, and saw almost everyone. The only person that wasn't there was Ben...but he was probably just sitting in his room playing video games. Jeff approached us, and attempted to touch me. Slenderman slapped his hand away from me.

"Do not touch, child," Slenderman told Jeff, his voice sounding like ice. I shivered as he spoke.

"Who is she?" Jeff asked.

"Why is she here?" Jane added, walking towards us. Soon, everyone was surrounding me, and I was getting claustrophobic. I wanted to scream and get them all away from me, but I couldn't show weakness.

"Step away from her, children," Slenderman spoke, and everyone took a few steps back. Slenderman looked at me, then everyone else.

"This is Onyx. She will be staying with us. Jeff, you will be taking her out on you next mission. I will be in my study if any of you need me. Be nice to her, children," Slenderman introduced me and went up to his study. Once he was out of sight, everyone crowded me again, and swarmed me with questions. I had no weapon to threaten them with, so I did the next best thing. I went blank. My face, not thinking about anything, and I didn't speak. I stood there and stared at the wall across from me. Everyone started asking questions on what I was doing, but I didn't answer them. I didn't blink, I didn't answer their questions, I didn't even breath. It was like I just died.

**End Of Nightmare**

I woke up, my heart beating fast in my chest. I looked around until I remembered what I had done. I sat there, my head between my knees. I was out of breath from my dream that it actually felt like that's what happened. I looked around the forest, and to my surprise, it seemed peaceful and calm. I would think that I would hear dogs and voices because my parents were worried about me, but no. It was quiet, a small breeze rustling the leaves. I stood up and rolled up my sleeping bag. I shoved everything into my bag and slung it over my shoulder. I started to walk in one direction, then felt like I was being watched. It was probably just a squirrel or a bunny, so I continued walking. After a while, I still felt like I was being watched, and I had a headache now. I sat down and rested my head on my bag. I closed my eyes, and saw a part of my nightmare. It was where I was being chased by Slenderman, and I opened my eyes. I jumped up and glanced around the clearing I was in. Nobody was around, and it was eerily quiet. I grabbed my bag and headed away from the clearing. I wanted to get far away from there. I wasn't sure why...but it just seemed really creepy to me. I walked for what felt like an hour, and I heard my stomach growl. I grabbed a Cliff bar out of my bag, but didn't stop walking to eat it. I walked until I found a small meadow in the forest. I sat down there and finished my Cliff bar. I heard a twig snap then turned around.

"Slenderman? No! You're not Slenderman! You can't be!" I cried and got up and ran into the trees. I glanced behind me, and he was twenty feet behind me. I kept running and tried to lose him. No such luck. Just like in my nightmare, he managed to catch me and he took me to his mansion. Of course, everyone surrounded me and I got claustrophobic. They started asking me questions, but I couldn't hear and I was getting dizzy. It was starting to scare me, until Slenderman spoke.

"Give her some space, children. Ask your questions one at a time and let her answer them as she wishes, children," Slenderman told them, and they gave me some space.

"What's your name?" Jeff asked me, and I took a deep, shaky breath before I answered.

"My name is Onyx," I replied as calmly as possible.

"How old are you?" Jane asked and I actually couldn't recall for a second, then I remembered.

"I'm 15 years old," I answered and glanced at everyone there. I saw all of the Creepy pastas, such as Jeff the killer, Jane the killer, Hoodie, Masky, Ben Drowned. A slight smile started to form on my face, but then I quickly wiped it off my face.

"Do you like video games?" Ben asked, and I shook my head.

"Yes, actually. I do enjoy playing all sorts of video games," I told him truthfully, and I swore I saw him blush.

"Well, I will be in my study if any of you children need me. Jeff, I want you to Onyx on your next mission. She will become on of us, children," Slenderman spoke, and Jeff nodded his head.

Mission? What's that supposed to mean?! I spoke in my mind, but didn't dare speak aloud. Jeff walked over to Slenderman and spoke to him in private. I was curious on what they were talking about, but I had more questions to answer.

"What's your favorite color?" Masky asked.

"Black," I answered.

"Do you like cheesecake?" Hoodie asked, and I shook my head.

"Never tried it," I spoke and Hoodie and Masky gasped. They each grabbed my hand and dragged me to the kitchen.

"You must try cheesecake," Hoodie told me.

"It's delicious," Masky added.

They pulled out a cheesecake, a plate, a knife, and a fork. They handed me the plate with a slice of cheesecake on it, and I picked up the fork. I stared at it before digging my fork into it. I shoved the small piece of cheesecake in my mouth, and it tasted like heaven.

"This is delicious!" I told them, and continued eating the cheesecake.

"Glad you like it! If you didn't-," Masky started saying, then Hoodie cut him off.

"We would've killed you!" Hoodie finished and I dropped my fork.

"Why? Just because I didn't like something you liked doesn't mean you would have the right to kill me! Besides, I would've disarmed you guys before you could even injure me!" I told them, with a smile on my face. I picked up my fork and finished up my slice of cheesecake. Hoodie and Masky just stood there, staring at me.

"What?" I asked, and put my plate and fork in the sink.

"There's no way you could disarm both of us," Masky replied and I shrugged my shoulders.

"Sure I could!" I smiled at them.

"Wanna bet?" Hoodie asked me.

"Fine...but don't say I didn't warn you!" I told them, and they each pulled out their knives. I easily thought of how to disarm them. They came at me, and I managed to kick Hoodie's knife out of his hand quite quickly. Masky stabbed at me, but I saw it coming and grabbed his wrist. I twisted it until the knife clattered to the floor. I glanced at the knife, then saw Hoodie trying to stab at me. I did the same as I did to Masky until I was holding both of their wrists and let go.

"Told you," I called to them, but they only sighed.

"Guess you did," Hoodie said sadly.

"How'd you learn to do that?" Masky asked and I only shrugged my shoulders.

"Well, it's a long story," I told them as I started to think about my twin brother again.