Lost and Found (a Pennywise x reader story)

Going out

"F-Friends?" I repeat his phrase, barely able to comprehend it.

"Yes. Friends" he states, moving away from me. He examines Jades room, walking over her multicolored vase on the floor "you humans have many friends, don't you?"

I watch his every move "I-I don't understand, what the hell do you mean you want to be friends?! You just fucking tortured me with that-those-"

"Oh, I was just playing" He giggles "fun little tricks."

"You paralyzed my fucking roommate!!" I yell, raising my hand towards her.

"She'll be just fine" he states "just after you're gone."

"Gone!?" I exclaim, thinking he was going to kill me.

He laughs at my reaction, shaking his head "not gone gone, a friend wouldn't do that, would they?"

The clown then heads out of the room, walking down the hall.

I stand still, then deciding to follow him, knowing he's not going to kill me.

"So what do you mean? Gone by not being here?" I ask.

"So many questions" he mutters.

I assume that I was correct in my question, looking back to Jade. I didn't understand. Was he really expecting me to go with him?? I finally couldn't take it any longer.

"You haunted me in my dreams for months threatening to eat me, you came to my house and pretended to be some lost kid, tortured me with all this demonic shit, paralyzed my roommate, and now you want to kidnap me because we're suddenly 'friends'?!" I yell, making the clown freeze "I don't even know who or what the fuck you are!"

The clown turns, his eyes glowing as the hall seemed to turn dark and heavy.

"Who am I? Well let me introduce myself" he states in a husked tone, unlike the giggly tone he had been using. He turns to me, beginning to walk towards me again "I'm Pennywise, the dancing clown and your new best friend. And if you were to not appreciate the offers I'm giving you, I'd be very happy to rip off every bone from your tiny body and devour every flesh and meat on you until there was nothing left but a puddle of blood."

He growls the last words, his face basically touching my own as his hot breath blew onto me. I become submissive, petrified from the words that came out of his mouth.

"I-I'm sorry" I utter, my lips basically moving against his own from the limited space.

He grins, his expression softening.

Suddenly the sound of my stomach growling echos in the hall. I grip it, realizing how I haven't eaten since I've woken up.

"Hungry?" He chuckles, booping my nose before finally backing away "I'll let you get your food, then I'll be back to get you."

He turns the corner of the hall, disappearing from my sight. I follow him, but find the kitchen and the living room empty.

I finally felt like I was able to breath, letting out a long sigh of relieve as I gripped my chest, my heart calming down a bit.

I walk to the fridge and pull it open, grabbing whatever I could to eat for breakfast (anything you guys like tbh). I grab the other things to eat it with, then quickly taking a bite. I chew on my breakfast, finally feeling my hunger subside a bit.

When I eventually finished my breakfast, I go into my room.
If this... Pennywise was going to force me to go with him then I might as well grab the things I need.

I change to casual fall clothes. I grab my backpack and began to put things inside. Extra clothes and underwear, a hair brush, things from the shower, my important belongings and as much food and water bottles as I could pack.
Then when I felt just about ready, I turn to the set of knives.

I decide to grab the smallest one and pack it.

After I finally felt ready, I check Jades room once more.
I hope he was right about her being ok.

I stand in the hall, wondering what to do next. He said he'd be back.
What if I was just going crazy?
What if I'm actually a schizophrenic lunatic who really lost it, big time?

I rub my face, shaking my head. That would be better. If it was all fake. If somebody came to me and screamed "hey! You're just crazy! There's no human eating clown here!"

That would be perfect. Just perfect.

I remove my hands from my eyes, realizing that it was suddenly very bright. And cold. A soft wind blows against me, naturalistic sounds humming in my ears.

I blink, realizing I was no longer in my apartment room.
I was... outside.

I look around, seeing tall trees tower above and red and orange leaves cover the ground. Birds sing in the trees, soft bug noises echoing around.
I was in the woods.

I couldn't recognize which specific part of Derry this was, only questioning how the hell I got here in the blink of an eye.

Then I hear a whistle.

I turn, seeing a red balloon float beside a certain tree.
I walk towards it to grab it until the balloon floats away from me. I take another step, watching as it floated farther. With nothing else to do, I follow it as it lead me through the woods.

Each step only brought me more nervous thoughts of what awaited ahead.