Little Nightmares : Maw Arena AU
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  • Reads 28,458
  • Votes 741
  • Parts 32
  • Time 14h 41m
Ongoing, First published Mar 24, 2020
(Picture is not made by me. It's made by my wonderful friend, Dr. Grim.)

In This AU, this is The Maw.  A Restaurant Prison afloat in the sea. Getting visitors often, normally everyday despite them being in the ocean. People get on many ships just to visit them. That's because they do something nobody else  does.

You see, this Maw is more brutal than the normal restaurant prison you're used to. This Maw decides to torture the children until their death. They force children to fight each other in a small arena. (Though large Arena from The Children's POV.) Whoever dies (If they do) gets taken to the Chefs to be eaten. 

All the children have lost hope of escaping and accepted that this was there life now. Fighting until they are eventually slain in battle. However, this changes when Six comes around. Six returns their hope. Now, can they escape this brutal Maw or will they die trying?


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The Maw.

A Great Source of amusement for Adults and some Teenagers. Some Teenagers' minds haven't been fully corrupted into liking this stuff. 

But a Hellhole for Children.

The Maw is a boat in the sea that kidnaps Runaway children. The Ferryman being the person who takes the children. Sometimes The Maw buys children from The Hunter.

Now, what IS The Maw exactly? 

You know the Dog Fighting in late 1830s-1976? Well, replace Dogs with Children and add many more twists and unfair things and there you go. That's The Maw

We fight for The Lady's and Guest's amusement. 

We kill our friends just to make her happy.

We Suffer. So that's why we need to escape.
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