Changes of Fates: Afterstory

The Doll

Samara was only a month old at this point. Mephiles and Exe had lost sleep due to their daughter crying at 3 in the morning. Even Elise had bags in her bags. Of course the three were blessed to have her in their lives. When she wasn't crying, her laughter and smile lit up the whole room. She was an angel and they didn't deserve her.

One day, the baby was let outside while her daddy Mephiles watched her. Exe had recently taken up a job as a manager for a famous popstar in order to support his family so Mephiles was left with Samara for the day.

Meph had fallen asleep while watching the baby that he didn't realize she was crawling away. Samara loved adventure at only a month old and it really showed. She looked ahead and saw a red light in the distance. It's very pretty, she thought. Must touch.

As she got closer to the light, she saw a figure attached to the light. It looked friendly.

A bird landed on Mephiles' nose and it woke him up.

"NO OFFICER I SWEAR-" Mephiles yelled as he woke up. He looked around and realized it was all a dream but then he noticed his daughter got out of his sight.

"Where is she?" He said, In the distance, he saw a baby grabbing a red light. He quickly got up and ran to get his daughter.

Samara reached out to touch the red light. The figure stepped out of the shadows to reveal a doll. It was an orange fox doll and it stared at the baby with it's button eyes.

"Bu!" The baby yapped. She picked up the doll. Friend.

Mephiles picked up his daughter from the ground as she held the doll in her arms.

"Samara, don't scare your daddy like that" He said. He carried his daughter back to their little area, not realizing she had the doll in her arms.

The front door opened and Exe came inside carrying his stuff from work. He was tired from working all day and was happy to finally be home. Elise and Mephiles went to greet their returning family member.

"How was it?" Mephiles asked.

"It was great. The concert was a success. And the singers were so nice" Exe told his husband and friend.

"Working for the legendary Hatsune Miku sounds great. I hope to see her some day" Elise said.

"Where's Samara?" Exe asked.

"She's playing in her crib. I figured I should leave her there. She had something with her but I can't recall what it was" Mephiles said.

"I wanna see my little girl. Surely she missed her dad today"

Exe went to the room that was Samara's. It was a spare room that once belonged to Elise's parents before their deaths and now it contained all the baby stuff they bought. Including gifts from the baby shower (don't ask). Exe saw the small crib that contained his baby girl inside and went over to surprise her.

"Samara sweetie, your dad is ho-"

He suddenly froze. The baby was playing in the crib with the doll from earlier. He suddenly backed away into the wall, huddling in fear before letting out a terrifying scream.

Elise and Mephiles quickly ran into the room to see Exe huddled on the floor. Mephiles checked on Exe while Elise checked on the baby.

"Are you okay my love? What happened?" Mephiles asked his husband.

"The baby is fine." Elise said.

"T-That doll... .. " Exe said.

"What doll?" Mephiles asked.

"She has the doll... "

Elise picked up Samara who was holding her doll still.

"You mean this doll?" Elise said holding Samara. Exe screamed.

"Stop screaming you'll scare the baby" Mephiles said.

"I'm sorry it's just..." Exe began.

"You can tell us Exe. Why are you so afraid of a doll"

"Because that doll is my best friend"