New Times (Fanfic Version)

Cannibals

Tom woke up with the sun shining through the small window in his room. He sat up and his back was killing him. He looked down and found out he had fallen asleep sitting against the wall with a child in his lap. It took him a second to remember what had happened last night.

//Flaaaashback

"Well...it's getting late maybe you should go to bed..." Tom said, standing up from sitting on the wall.
"Nooo! I...I can't!" Lanie yelled, looking away messing with her hands.
"What do you mean you can't?" Tom said, getting back down on his knees.
"Every time I go to bed I have bad nightmares and I try to stay awake and talking to you is keeping me wide awake!" Lanie said, looking up with a slight smile.
Tom just looked at her with a sad look before sighing.
"Would it help...if you slept in here with me?" Tom asked, leaning back against the wall. Lanie's face lit up before crawling over to where Tom was and laid down in his lap.
Tom started to rub circles on her back and stare out the window before both of them fell fast asleep.

//End of Flashback

Tom smiled down at the sleeping girl. She looked so peaceful and her pigtails were a mess. Tom lightly shook her and she growled a little before rolling all the way onto the floor and shooting up.
"I'M AWAKE!" She yelled, making Tom laugh.
"Oh! Hi Tom!" Lanie said with a smile which only made Tom smile brighter. They both got up and Tom even let Lanie use his shower while he read one of the five books that were sitting on a table. She walked out the bathroom and her hair was a mess so Tom took it into his own hands to help out.
In the bathroom were everyday objects, including a hair dryer and brush. When he dried her hair it was all poofy cause of her curly hair. She giggled at this which also made Tom giggle. He brushed it out as painlessly as he could before putting it back in her high ponytails.
They were having a nice time together...that is...until they heard loud banging at the door.
In walked Edd with what looked like blood all over his face.
"Lanie! What are you doing in here silly goose?" Edd said with a smile on his face walking into the room.
"I-I was just making friends with T-Tom..." Lanie said backing up and looking down.

"You know you aren't aloud to go into others rooms unless giving them something!" Edd said, still smiling but talking through his teeth now.
"...I-I'm sorry..." Lanie said, looking even more at the ground before Edd grabbed her tiny arm and started to drag her out the room.
"Ow! Edd I said I was sorry! Can you please stop!" Lanie yelled, as Tom started to get even more pissed off.
"Either way we need you to cut this guy named Len up...we killed him this morning and boy was he a fighter! He'd make a great topping on a Pizza! So we need you in here to tell us which part of him would be the best..." Edd said, his smile still barely there.
"Wait...You're cannibals?!" Tom yelled, fear in his voice.
"Yes Thomas! You don't expect us to just throw perfectly good meat out the window do you?" Edd asked with a smile, turning towards Tom.
"Is...Is what I ate last night..." Tom said, looking to the ground with a terrified face.
"Yup! It was good wasn't it!" Edd yelled, his smile growing.
"I ATE A HUMAN!" Tom yelled, starting to panic.
"Is it not normal?" Lanie asked innocently. All shes known ever since she was four.
"Lanie no! I thought what you gave me was chicken!" Tom yelled, actually starting to tear up.
"So it tasted like chicken! So it tasted good! There is NO denying it Tom...common Lanie! We even got you a brand new butcher knife!" Edd said, picking up the smol child. She giggled with excitement.

"Really! Yay! My old one is getting hard to use..." Lanie said with a sigh.
"Well we got you the same kind you had last time...except...the handle is piiiiink!" Edd said with excitement. Lanie squeeled with excitement.
"Can I take his eyes out? Its fun to squish them!" Lanie said with an almost devilish smile.
"Sure! Oh and can you cut off this tattoo he has? I want to put it in the scrapbook!" Edd said with pleading eyes.
"Sure thing! Bye Tom! I have work to do!" Lanie said, jumping from Edd's arms and tugging on his arm as to say come on. Edd giggled and looked at Tom with a smile.
"See ya Tom..." He said with an evil grin.
"Can I actually kill the next guy! I'm sick of just watching..." Lanie said as the door to Tom's room closed.
Tom was in shock. He didn't know what to think! He just walked over to his bed and sat on it.
"Edd just uses her for his dirty work huh...Poor thing doesn't even KNOW better!" Tom said, feeling tears sting his eyes.
He sat on his bed for a while reading the fifth, and final book that was on the table. He heard a small knock on the door.