Slenderman's Daughter, Night Slender

Masky P.O.V (III)

I looked to see if I could find the person who said that. But no one was there. Was someone playing with-

Wait. How could anyone awnser. I was only thinking-

I looked down at the dog in disbelief.

"You smell like her. Barley but still." The dog stood up in a fighting stance. "What is your business with Night?"

I couldn't speak. How could THIS dog speak? How could it know what I was thinking, and how does she know Night?

"I'm very talented. Again, talented. And she helped me. A lot." The dog turned its head to the hind legs. One of them was wrapped. "She found me scampering in the alleys and grabbed me with her tendrils. At first I thought she was going to kill me,but as she lifted me up I could see in her eyes she was trying very hard to not squeeze me. I could see her lip quiver the whole time. After I finally calmed down she let me down and put me in her arms. She told me 'I'm just going to take you with me. Youll be safe and you can get something to eat while you warm up.' Next thing I know was I woke up in a pile of blankets. I must have fallen asleep after she said that. I could still hear her thoughts as she walked though, 'I wonder if she is okay. Is her leg infected? I hope not.'

The dog looked down almost like she was ashamed. She started to speak again.

"Im not "the dog," im she. Anyway, as she asked herself that I coulddnt help but wonder if she really ment what she thought. My past owners if I could even call them that, they all abandoned me.Found me, helped me, cared for me, then they were gone. I have been with Night the longest out of those bastards. Before her it was 5 days. 5 days they cared" She looked up, looking embarrassed. "Sorry, I am complaining."

"That's fine," I said. "Go on."

"Well, 2 days ago we both went to get some food. She tried sneaking out when I was sleeping. I heard her and ran to the door thinking she might leave me like the rest of them. When she saw me she closed the door and sat down. She calmed me down, lifting me into her arms, soothingly caressing my ears. She said, 'Im not going to leave you, I just have to go to the store or we are going to starve.' She found a rope later on and tied it around my collar. Once we got to the store she tied me to a post in an ally. 'I'll be back, I promise' she said. I layed down. Here we go again, I thought. She was just about to turn the corner when I said "yeah I heard that before." After ten minutes, I opened my eyes to crackling. Night was walking up to me with a couple bags. 'I'm back, sorry you had to wait.' She then bent down and untied the rope. 'We'll leave now.' She looked at me as I walked. 'You really need to get that checked. Why won't you let me look at it? Do you not trust me yet?' "After she said that I felt guilty, and ashamed. She was trying to help me and I pushed her away. She tried to help me with all her might, and I... I ignored her!"

I continued to look at her, then I slowly replied, "Its not your falt shewas taken."

She looked up snarling, "then, then who's if not mine?"

"Probably, it's probably my falt."

"Why?"

"I was given the job of caring and protecting her. I wasn't doing that job, I didnt see the signs, and now im paying for it."

"What signs," she said cocking her head, curious.

"I dont know, I didnt see them."

"How can you know you didnt do that if you didnt see the signs?"

"I don't know."

"Oh," she replied.

Eager to change the subject I asked, "so, whats your name?"

"I have many names, but Night calls me Ash."

"I can see why." Her coat was a white-grey, like ash, and she had a spot on her side that looked like a half circle with half a line through it. Was she born with that I wonder?

"Yes, I was. My brother has the other half. If you put it together it makes the SlenderMan symbol."

I looked at the spot again, shocked. It did look like it. "Why do you have that?"

"My grandfather searved his father and he granted my family powers. Of course we lost some of the powers every generation. The mark started full then lost a quarter every generation. Every new generation their powers diminished. Teleportation, mind reading, control, and the ability to speak to people through their minds all lost effect. Though there were occations when teleportation came out. My brother and I were not supposed to have powers since my mother had only a quarter left, but she mated with another...another with the same powers, but he was full. He said a woman granted him thepowers only if he searved her. Mother, she had twins so I got half and my brother got the other half. Confusing right?"

"A little, but I got it." I said. "So, do you have all the powers?"

"No. I was dominant so I got 3 out of the 4, mind reading, control, and speaking. My brother got teleportation and mind speaking."

"I see." I looked back at the files. I wonder what kind of past they had? I looked back at Ash, would she know?

"No," she said. "I dont."

I jumped. "You have to stop that."

"Sorry, its a habit. But still, I dont know."

"Aren't you their pets."

"Was," she replied. "We were banished after mother had us. Slenderman's father found my father sneaking around looking for a place so mom could have us. He thought he was an enemy and when he found that mother mated with him he was very angry but mostly disappointed. He loved mom, I think. He must have. She was his dog since he was 30, I heard. And to mate with an enemy. That would be execution. He didnt want to do that so he let mother go. Then she died when we were 3 months old. She missed her master so much. I heard her a few nights whining for him. She probably died for heartache."

Tough life huh, I said to myself.

She nodded.