Ashley Drowned

Chapter 6: Mental Training I guess you could call that.

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Ben's POV;

I looked behind watching  Ashley's movements before rolling my pupils as  I stop pulling her  toward me. What now? She looked like she's about to cry  again....Seriously, she needs to toughen up! I groan slightly before  feeling my heart ping with pain again.  Damn it! I am going to find out  why she is like this before I start my training with her! With that in mind, I cleared my throat making her eyes snap to mine.

"Ashley, explain to me  before we start.  As you are aware, I can look into people's minds with  help from Dark, you know to see what memories you have and  yet....Despite looking into yours, it's blocked me from going in.  I  need you to tell me......" I said softening my glare while letting go of  her arms and grabbing her chin tilting it where she can see me. It's  true, something in her mind has caused me to not be able to see. What is  she hiding and why? If she's even hiding anything. Though I can already  tell just by staring that she must had a rough one. Now I'm curious  about this.

"Why do you need to  know? I practically blocked my worst memories up to this point....My  stepfather..... I didn't like him at all.  I would be home alone with  him while my mom was away. Then later after my grandma died, is when his  true nature appeared.....He and my mother argued over something. What  it is, I don't know but he tried to come at me after hitting her with a  remote just because I wouldn't stop crying....I had to run away to the  neighbors praying that she'd be ok....When it was over, I came back to  find her sitting on the couch with the cops....I didn't tell her what he  did cause that would only cause her to worry even more for my safety. I  hated him so much for what he did and I don't have the heart to even  forgive him at all." She explains to me and sniffs softly while she  looked at me watching my reaction to this.  So she blocked her memories?  How did she do it? How can one lock the past just like that?

My heart pinged in pain  once more while feeling more guilty and placed my hand on her cheek  seeing her flinch before sighing.  So it wasn't just me then.  All this  time in the my secret dark room with her, She didn't see me as myself  but rather, she's seen her stepfather and how it would be if he did  catch her. Still she knew she's going to be punished after raising her  voice. I clenched my other hand into a fist. How dare he try to harm my  prop---I mean princess.  It all makes sense as well when she told me to  stop fighting Dark.  I shake my head letting go of her. I can't let her  see me as kind. It'll make me weak!

"Very well....We'll  begin the training and start with something easy.  I want you, without  opening your mouth to talk to me with your mind. You can do this with  your eyes closed if you desire but that is entirely up to you." I smirk  walking to the forest leaving only my red pupils in the dark for her to  see.  I want to see if she can do it without me around but I'll be  watching her to see what she'll do. I then start talking to her in her  mind.

'Like this  Ashley...Picture me in your mental image and make sure your voice is  clear.  Don't think I'm doing this just because I care.  I don't.  I'm  only doing it so that if you ever in trouble and can't find your way to  find me, it would be your tool. Use it only when I'm not around.' I say  mentally. I know she can hear me because she nodded and tried to do the  same.  I don't understand, why won't she answer back. It caused me to be  annoyed and growled darkly knowing she's not even trying.  Fire  appeared in my hand forming into a ball and I threw it at her missing  her when it went past her arm causing her to let out a yelp. I ain't  going easy on her!

It was then I heard her in my mind. 'Why did  you do that!? You tried to burn me! That's not funny!' I chuckled at her  yelling mentally. That's cute yelling like that. Wait why am I  laughing?! This isn't supposed to be fun, it's suppose to be serious!  I  realize that I was a bit too wound tight.  Ashley, what are you doing  to cause me to feel this way?

My POV

I stared at the darkness  only to see Ben's red pupils after seeing his figure from the flame and  after I yelled at him before realizing I raised my voice through his  mind.  That is until I heard him chuckle just now. Wait he's not angry?  He's laughing?! I blinked staring all the while tilting my head.   I  watched him walk back to me nodding his head with the usual smirk on his  face before taking me back inside the mansion so we can eat dinner.  That is when he did something I never thought he would do and that is  when he wrapped his arm around my shoulder holding me close to him while  he explains. I must've been so lost in my own thoughts that I didn't  hear him cause he was staring at him and made me flinch before shaking  my head.  I felt a ping in my heart causing me to let out a quiet gasp.   Am I falling for him? Am I having feelings toward the elf who stole me  away from my home?  It must be......

No one's POV; (Thought i try this)

We stopped when the  other killers stare at the television listening to the news report that  just happened to reached around the world.  Jeff glances over to Ben and  tells him that they need to see this before going to sit in his usual  spot as we do the same while Sally went to us sitting on Ashley's lap.   That's adorable. Let's see what the tv has in store for everyone.   Even  Slenderman is there with them to watch this.

News reporter: "We now go  to the missing report.  Young girl named Ashley Arlen had disappeared  mysteriously at around eleven o'clock in the Arlen house.   She was last  seen by her mother who told the police that she couldn't find her  daughter after hearing her scream and is very worried something happened  to her but doesn't know how one did it or why.  She can only hope that  she's alright and prays that she is safe.  Police urged everyone to find  this girl for it had been almost a month since her disappearance before  calling off the search.  Ashley isn't the only one that disappeared for  others like her were all had mysteriously vanished with no trace or  clues.  More news after this commercial."

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