My Monster Family (Eyeless Jack x Reader)

Chapter 28 part 1 - Memories

(A/N For those who don't know, BEN died by being drowned. His drunk father had invited a few friends around to have a party in their back garden and all of them drank way too much. BEN was upstairs playing video games until his father called him down and threw him in the pool for "fun". Obviously, BEN can't swim. Why I'm telling you this will become clear as you read on.)

Your point of view

It was raining. Thick droplets of water slid down on the window, catching on each other to race to the bottom quicker. They seemed to dance, forming beautiful patterns of mini droplets they formed by leaving their trails on the glass. However they were only graceful when you looked at them from a window, their true power revealing itself in the hallway. The drops hammered down on the roof, sending a frenzy of loud echoes throughout the otherwise silent mansion. I gently swung my legs on the edge of the bed, griping the cold sheets with my pale fingers in an attempt to stop the tears of rage and longing from spilling out of my eyes.

He's still not back. Slender still hasn't made it back to the mansion. I expected him to teleport out or to at least escape from the CES's building, to somehow find a way to get away from that place but no. Twenty four hours and still not a sign of him. Something must have happened, I don't know what but something must have come up for him not to return to us yet. Frustration ran like a shiver up my spine, lowering my body temperature even more. I let out a low growl and tightly gritted my teeth to stop myself from screaming out all my rage and anger at the CES. Those bastards, that bastard! They'll pay for sure, especially him. You're going down, Zalgo. I found out it was him that Slender was fighting back at the CES's building. He sent a note saying he'd come to attack the mansion when he never did. So basically, he split us up and reduced our chances of winning by 50%

I sighed in discontentment, he sure got us good. I grunted and spread my winds, flopping back down on the bed and relaxing the muscles in them. My hands lied by my head, my fingers naturally curled in a comfortable way. I turned my head to the side and closed my eyes, thinking back to distant memories, the only happy ones I possessed before I met all of them.

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I ran around in my back garden, back as my relatively happy six year old self, giggling as the sun hit my face. The birds sang up in the chestnut tree and the new grass tickled my bare feet. A little boy chased me, his light brown hair ruffled by the soft wind, his honey eyes glinting with joy and determination. I hid behind the tree trunk, knowing full well he saw me do so, having a malicious trick up my sleeve. When the boy came to get me, I went around the trunk and jumped on his back, surprising him. He gave a soft yelp and spinned around as he fell, grabbing my hand and taking me down with him. We landed softly on the vibrant green grass, me landing safely on his chest. We both laughed as I rolled off him and got up, dusting my white dress off. He however remained laying down on his back, his hands behind his head as he contemplated the sky.

"(Y-Y/N), come here! Look at the c-clouds with me!" he demanded in his sweet child's voice, occasionally ticking in mid sentence. I did as he said, laying back down next to him and resting my hands on my stomach, fingers intertwined in a comfortable manner. The corners of my lips curled upwards in a sweet smile as I took in the sight before me. The sky war a wonderful blue, sprinkled with a handful of pure white clouds. They shaped into different shapes, taking the form of little animals. I pointed at a wolf, showing it to my friend with an excited gasp.

"L-look at that o-one!" he exclaimed, pointing at another one. I followed the direction of his index finger with my eyes, locating the cloud he was observing. It was a strange one, looking like a turtle that was eating a crocodile. We laughed at it and looked elsewhere, searching for another interesting whisp of clouds. We found some peculiar ones, adding them to our mental list of funny clouds. One was a Viking boat approaching a coast, another was a fairy King and Queen at the crowning. There was even a unicorn with an agile forest Elf balancing on it's back, holding out a top hat and pulling out a rabbit from it, like the ones you would see in circus shows.