Slender

Chapter 5

Cruel words are thrown back at each other downstairs. Laying on my bed I stare at the white ceiling above me and listen to them, my mp3 player on my table. For some reason I find myself not wanting to drain out the noise and instead stare silently. I wait for them to stop so I can fall asleep. Sighing I turn around in my bed to face my window. Dark clouds block out any possible light from the beauty of the moons glow. How long has it been since I've seen him? I stare at the clouds letting my eyes unfocus. I can't remember, perhaps a week maybe?

I sit up in my bed. I'm at the point to where I want to be tired. I eye my many jackets that hang on the wall across my room. "Might as well." I mumble to myself as I get out of my bed to get dressed. I head downstairs set for the front door. Not caring this time whether or not they hear me, I leave the house. Stopping just at the beginning of the path I look back at the wooden building. Two stories with many windows, a porch and a chimney. I stare for a moment then turn around and start down the path.

Letting my thoughts go off on their own time passes before me realizing as I start to recognize where I had stopped last time. That's when I hear a faint "It's right over here." from somewhere off the path. I stop to look around for a moment and see a light in the distance, a flashlight? I immediately duck behind a tree. They were walking straight this way. Feeling a bit of a panic I dash deep into the forest on the opposite side of the path. Hiding behind a thick tree I peek over and see three teenage boys coming this way. The one leading the small group held the flashlight I saw. "There it is!" He yells speeding up then stopping on the dirt of the path.

At that moment all I could think was why were they on our land? Pointing the flashlight down the path I could see a nasty grin grow on his face. Another boy with a backpack grinned the same but the third boy looked utterly terrified. "Lets go." Said the teen with the flashlight who started to walk forward. The other one with the same grin walks with him yet, the terrified one didn't move.

"Hey, come on." He commands looking back. Obediently doing what he says he slowly starts to walk along with them. Letting some distance create from me and the group of teens I eventually come out from behind the tree and follow them.

Soon enough we were at the fence except I hid a couple trees behind. "Jeez!, you're like a puppy with its tail between its legs! it's just one page!" The second teen says to the shaking third teen whom was the shortest of them all. But only when the tallest one with the flashlight remarked in a not at all calming tone: "Yeah, no biggie." did I realize that they were bullies. The third teen gulped hard and walked over to the metal fence. "Need a lift?" The tallest snorts pathetically down at the short one whom he towered over. The teen suddenly stopped shaking and climbed the fence with ease. The second tallest kneels down and takes off his backpack. Taking out an additional flashlight he climbs to the top of the fence and hands down the flashlight to him. Taking his offer he turns around right away and starts to walk deeper into the fenced area. He had only walked a meter or two until the taller teens started to crack up. "G-good luck!" The tallest says trying to contain his giggling.

"We'll wait here!" says the other one trying just as hard to hold back the laughter. There definitely bullies but, what kind of bullying is this? 'Just one page.' Were they talking about the page I saw on the tree? Why would they want a page?

"Hey..." The teen with the backpack starts slowly a little after the boy was out of sight. "Let's get outta here." He says looking around nervously with his hands in his pockets.

"Y-Yeah... Let's go..." The other agrees with him looking a little pale as they both start on their way back up the path. What...? There just gonna leave him?! They were both just laughing! Why are they suddenly so spook- sp... Slender... So they know, they know what lives in this forest and so does that poor boy who just went in. Those two never intended to go in, their just being total jerks and sending him in instead. But why leave? Don't they want their stupid page? Are they really that scared... I think for a moment. In the end, there's no denying it, Slenderman has killed people before. That's sick of them. Oh no... That boy, I need to go after him!

After letting the teens go on there way I stand up quickly and run to the fence. Once I was inside I instantly break into a dash and start to search blindly for the teen. After about five minutes of an unsuccessful search I hear a scream come from the distance. Out of instinct I immediately run towards the scream. Soon enough I saw a figure curled up on the ground. I stop and look down at the lump who shook with fear. Uncertain of what I should do I kneel down and lay my hand on his shoulder. Suddenly a sharp pain covers my left cheek as I fall back, he had slapped me. Extremely hard too. I hold my hand over my cheek seeing the boy stare back at me. He was panting frantically.

"Ah! Sorry!" he says holding out his hand. Taking hold of the situation more seriously than before I stand up quickly and pull him up off the ground with the hand he had held out to me.

"No time." I state. "We have to go, now." Turning around without another word we both start to hurry back to the fence.

Back on the path I could see the fence just in the distance but fog starts to drift in at a fast pace. Is it too late? That's when something swiftly ties itself around my ankle throwing me to the ground. I'm then quickly dragged into the forest. My mind goes blank as I hear the boy scream from my sudden disappearance. Being pulled with even more force I'm held up in midair by my ankle. Terrified, I shut my eyes tight letting my arms fall.

"Blaye, what are you doing?" A deep voice asks. Recognizing it right away I open my eyes to see and an upside down Slenderman in front of me. I look down at my ankle to see he was holding me up with one of his black tentacles. A bit astonished with how high up I was I'm unable to respond to his question. "Do you realize what you were doing?" He questions again as I look back to him. I was... I was trying to get that boy out of the forest without Slenderman knowing but, now that he knows, my plan failed. "You were Interfering Blaye." ...Huh? I feel my mind go a bit slower than usual not only from all the running but from all the blood rushing to my head.

"Interfering?" I question as if I didn't know what the word meant. He doesn't speak for a moment.

"Go home Blaye." He starts to carry me forward towards the fence. In the end, I can't stop him from killing that boy can I? But I have to try... right? Rotating me right side up again he lifts me over the fence and sets me down. His tentacles unravel around my waist and retrieve over the fence into his back. He turns and starts to walk back into the forest. No...

"Don't kill him!" I plead grabbing onto the fence. He stops in his tracks. "...Please..." I stare up at him in hope. His hands flinch at his sides. Turning to face me all of his tentacles start to unravel from his back. I take a step back from the fence a bit intimidated.

"...Go home." He demands. My heart thumps in my chest as I clench my fists standing my ground. Once again his skin starts to rip open revealing his extremely sharp teeth. "I said, GO HOME." A sudden burst of gilt swells up in my chest as I take a step back. I look down feeling rather overwhelmed. Home... The memory from that night flashes back in my head. That's right, I have no business being here. Without looking back up I turn around and head up the hill. Just a little up the way I look back at the fence. A distressed look grows on my face. Slenderman is gone.

"...I'm so sorry." My eyes start to water as a teenage boy's scream echoes throughout the dark forest.