With you

Chapter 15

I did as Todoroki told me and followed the lady and the young boy.

They walked for a long time and didn't seem to notice my presence. They walked about 3 miles before they arrived at a small house. It looked rather creepy, haunted even, with its broken window patched up with cardboard, the lawn looked like it hadn't been mowed in years, and the wooden front door looked rotten and mouldy. They entered the house and shut the creaky door.

I felt that I needed to know what went on inside the house. I looked around and noticed that there was a tree next to one of the windows so I decided to climb it.

The window was slightly open. It was a rather small gap so I could hear a bit of the talking from inside. It was muffled but I could hear the boy and the lady yelling.

I could see clearly the rooms. It must have been the boy's room. It had a single bed with a blue duvet, a desk next to the window I was looking through, and a lamp next to the door which was to the right of the window. I moved to the side so that I could see the door a bit more clearly. It was left open, but nothing was going on in there. I then noticed that there was something on the bed. It wasn't there before. On the bed, just sitting there, was a doll. It looked quite old. It had black hair, pale skin and a blue and white dress. It seemed to be propped up by a small gold winder. I peered a bit closer and... the doll turned and looked at me!

I stumbled back from the shock and almost fell out of the tree.

Then the door swung open and the boy emerged from it. He sat on the bed and picked up the doll and a small hairbrush from the bedside and started brushing the doll's hair.

"Don't worry Regan. We will get out of here no matter the cost. You think you could wait a little bit longer?"

Then the doll moved its head and nodded. The boy smiled and continued brushing it's- Regan's hair. Then the dolls head twisted around and looked through the window again. I froze in shock and tried to climb back down the tree as quickly as possible. But I suddenly had no control over my body. It was moving on its own! I pushed the window open and slipped into the room. As I passed the mirror that was on the wall, I could see, not my reflection. But the boy's reflection instead! I(?) walked over to the bed and sat next to the boy's body which was slumped over on the bed clearly unconscious. He then sat up straight and turned to me. I could control my body again which was a relief. What was that? It must have been this kids quirk. It was a strange feeling though. It was similar to the feeling when Shinsou used his quirk on me. But it was kind of different.

"Why are you here Po hero Deku?" he asked after a long silence.

"I-I am so sorry for intruding," I answered in a hushed voice. "I was just, um. On patrol."

"Heh, yeah, And I'm Marie Antoinette." It was clear he didn't believe me.

"I'm sorry. But I couldn't help but notice your doll."

"Yu mean Regan? She is harmless. Wouldn't hurt a fly." He picked up Regan the doll who had just placed a fly and a moth onto a spider web that was on the bed head. She looked at me and I couldn't help but shiver.

"Hey, um. Could I ask a favour?" he said sheepishly.

"Sure. What is it?"

He sighed and turned to look at me. "I need you to help me escape. Again."

"What? Why?"

"Because my mother keeps hurting me. I don't know where my dad is. And my Uncle... is evil."

His Uncle? I wonder who he is.

"Well, I can't help you escape. But I can help you by getting some others to come and help."