This is a fanfiction after-story that follows one of the endings of the game: FORGOTTEN PORTRAIT Ib is a Japanese Horror Game made by Kouri (2012) Eighteen year old Ib has been living life like an empty shell. For nine years she has never known what is wrong with her as she feels separated from everyone, including herself. Amidst this, she gets recurring nightmares about a man whom she doesn't seem to remember. As she was travelling to go to University, Ib stumbled upon an Art Gallery that she once visited nine years ago. As she was looking around the exhibit, Ib was pulled into a painting. Alone, She finds herself inside a world full of horror, a place beyond imagination. There she meets a girl named Mary, and an unknown man. Join them as they face against obstacles and riddles to find a way to escape. While trapped, Ib uncovers deep secrets that will change that world forever. Will Ib be able to return home unscathed from this world beneath art?

Selim Bradley, also known as Pride, is one of the most mysterious of the homunculi. Cruel, boastful, arrogant; he is the definition of his sin. But...there are some things that seem to prove otherwise. His care for his mother, for example. So what does it mean when Pride, the least human, least caring of the homunculi, finds himself with a best friend, who's the single most unabashedly mundane person in existence? What does it mean indeed?

"Why are you crying?" I asked the white masked monster.. He looked up at me, he had a wide permanent smile on his face, but he still had tears flowing out. It didn't make sense..why would someone smile when they are crying? "I'm scared.." The masked monster said, with tears still falling out of his black eyes.. "May I ask what you are scared of?" Suddenly he stood up, he towered over me to the point I had to lifted my head all the way up just to meet his eyes.. "The dark" he whispered, as if he didn't want anyone to hear him.. ***************************** A little girl by the name Echo, comes to Freddy's in search for a new friend. She has never been able to talk to kids her age and seems to fear other children. But what happens when she hears a soft little cry in a giant present box? She might have just found her new best friend, but like all friends he had secrets.. Like how he wants to be best friends with Echo forever, even after death..