Counting...

Dorothy loves her life. She has known nothing but a beautiful childhood, one that could have come right out of a fairy tale book.
It was so perfect.
Dorothy is a wealthy girl, her mother loves to spoil her only daughter.
Dorothy's father is a busy man, but insistent prompting from his wife would always make him hang up his work suit and play a joyful game of Hide and Seek with his daughter.
Dorothy has everything she could want.
Except one thing.
A friend.
Dorothy would love nothing more than to have someone around her age that could play with her all day.
So desperate was she that she ran towards the first child who catches her eye.
A young boy with a blank expression who loves Hide and Seek just like her.
Dorothy doesn't know what she is getting into. Odd things begin to happen around her home. Paintings bleeding, mirrors breaking, and voices whispering in Dorothy's head.
Counting down...
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"Let's play Hide and Seek, Dorothy. You're it."
And so begins a game she can not lose.