Creepypasta - The Guardian Mother

8 | First Day (Part 1)

Ruby had finished getting ready for the day. She decided to take a quick shower with cold water. Ruby tried to increase the temperature, but no warm water came out. Ruby wasn't a fan of cold water, but it had to do for now. There was already a towel, shampoo, conditioner, and body wash, lying next to the shower. Ruby figured that was there before Ruby had been in the room. After her quick cold shower, she went to change into her clothes. Ruby wasn't the one to be picky with clothing. If they looked good on her, they looked good on her: End of story. Ruby opened her closet, which was complicated to her. First off, the door that sealed her clothes from the other side was locked shut. Ruby could not even budge the thing open; It was tightly shut. Ruby was about to give up and just wear her PJs for breakfast until Ruby heard a familiar chuckle echoing the room.

Amber.

· You have got to be joking with me ·

Ruby stayed quiet but reluctantly cocked an eyebrow.

· There is a button at the side of the closet. You press that, then the doors will probably open ·

Ruby was confused. There was no button on either side of the closet when she was trying to force the door open. She checked the left side first: Nothing, from top to bottom. Ruby check the other side. And sure enough, there was a button. Ruby pressed it and waited a couple of seconds.

. . .

Ruby walked out of her room, fresh clothes and all. She wore black, long comfortable tights, which were able to be stretched, and a tight, red-crimson shirt that had sleeves down to her elbow. There were small black hearts that spread all over her shirt. On top of her shirt, she threw on a grey striped scarf around her neck. Ruby had learned to tie a scarf into a square scarf, after the help of Liu. After Liu had become a killer, he gave Ruby one of Liu's scarves. Liu gave it to Ruby after ... an accident happened occurred. Liu said to Ruby as he gave the scarf to her;

"Keep the scarf. I want you to have it. It's something to remember me by. So you do not forget about me. I don't want someone like you from my past to forget me."

Ruby smiled at the memory. It was so ironic too. But that was a story for another time. Ruby closed the door behind her. Ruby walked a few steps forward to see Jane leaning on the wall to the left, next to the door. Jane looked up at Ruby's direction as they both met eye contact. Her white mask with black eyes and all beamed brightly after she saw Ruby. Jane kicked herself off the wall and stood tall. Jane was about Ruby's height, possibly shorter, but her appearance made her look older. Older than Ruby herself, when actually, Jane was only two years younger than Ruby. That meant that Ruby was 22 years old and Jane was 20.

"Surprised, I thought you would take longer than I expected," Jane commented. Ruby didn't know how to respond to that, so she just gave a smile to Jane. Jane gestured her head to the hallway in front of Ruby.

"Let's head down. The old man is making breakfast downstairs in the kitchen," Jane turns around and walks in the direction of where the staircase is. Ruby watches for a few seconds and starts to follow Jane from behind. The dog... or rather Smile.Dog had already left Ruby's room during Ruby's shower.

"That dog, Smile," Ruby thought, her hands in her pockets, half of it sticking out, "It wasn't always with Slenderman. It had a family, an owner. A mother and a baby girl at the time, when Slenderman took Smile into his captive... Milo. And that woman. She... She looks so much like my mom."

· Ruby, that is your mother ·

Ruby beamed her eyes down at her feet and the floor. She exhaled deeply and thought, "I know. I was hoping you would not say that. And that baby... That is me." Ruby frowned. Amber was silent, but to Ruby, it was enough for her to know. "Slenderman tortured my mother, took Milo or Smile and changed him. Son of a..." Ruby didn't need to finish that sentence.