The Creepy Library

[Winter Star12]

Storytober: Day 17
Phobia: Somniphobia aka the fear of sleep
Continuation of Triskediaphobia story

I haven't slept in a couple days. I don't want to see her again. I never want to see her again. No way in hell am I going to sleep again after seeing her constantly. No more of those dreams that cause me to wake up screaming in agony. I'll never sleep again. I'll only sleep when I've finally died and I know I'll never see her again. I can't wait to die... Im ready for the cold grasp of death

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Gentle footsteps wander through the mostly abandoned lab. The owner of the footsteps is a scientist turned mutant. The young woman stood still and heard a pair of running footsteps away from her. She grinned as she began to run after the footsteps and quickly gain on the next victim of her hunger. She suddenly pinned a young human man down, his dark eyes staring into her black and red eyes. Her hunger grew insatiable as she stared at her victim and felt his terror. She leaned close to him and then pierced his neck with her sharp fangs, blood immediately staining them. Pretty soon there was nothing left of the body except bones and clothes. She got up, blood dripping from her lips. Aria sighed softly and spoke, "Shame my hunger couldn't wait... I wanted to feel his fear a bit more."

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Taylor stood still, listening for footsteps of someone to attack. She then heard the sounds of surprisingly calm footsteps. Taylor began to run towards the footsteps to see a scientist with short, messy black hair. A psychotic grin spread wide across her face as she readied to pounce. She then felt something grab onto the back of her collar. A growling voice was heard behind her, "Don't you dare hurt Carlos... if you do I will tear into your chest and rip out your heart. She turned to see a man with pale blonde, almost white, short hair and deep purple eyes. There was a murderous glint in his eyes. She vaguely remembered seeing him getting wheeled to the room where experiments are done. She growled as she jerked her collar out of his grip and stomped off, still glaring at him. The male spoke to the scientist named Carlos, "Wasn't she the youngest person who was experimented on, being brought in at age 10?" Carlos nodded as both of them watch Taylor stomp off with a murderous glare.

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I stared down the sleeping figure. She hadn't woken up since I brought her here. Her mouth was forced shut by me. I used the wax-like liquid my body makes to do it. Mira will never escape from me again. This is her new home now. She is mine and only mine. She started to shift, waking up. My love, Mira was awake! Her beautiful blue eyes stared at me in terror. I could tell she wanted to scream in terror but couldn't. "It's okay, my love Mira.... Yuki is here to take care of you..." I told her it gently. She seemed to calm down a bit. My love, Mira was back in my arms and she'll never leave me ever again.

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Mira, my tied up love is happy here it seems. She doesn't mind me keeping her gagged. She completely understands. I wanna keep her safe. Though when I asked if she remembered me, she shook her head no. Why doesn't she remember me? Where are all of my Mira's memories of us!? What happened while I was dead!?!? I need her memories of us back! She will remember me.... I swear.

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Mira, my beautiful love, seems to be gathering her memories of me back. She smiled at me recently. I hear her mumble that she loves me. I decided to ask her if she remembered her and she slightly waved saying kinda. I started to tremble and held her close in a hug. My love remembers me! My beautiful, amazing Mira remembers me! I gently held her close to me. She started to doze of to the sound of my heartbeat.

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Winter stared at the book she was reading. Her blood is really required to bring him back. She sighed slightly, dawning her cloak. Winter pulled the hood of the cloak up over her head before gathering up all the supplies for the ritual. Someone stopped her. When she turned to see who it was she realized it was her friend Nicci. "Hey, where are you going with that big bag of stuff?" Nicci asked, fairly calmly. "J-just out..." was Winter's response. Nicci raised an eyebrow at her before speaking again, "Alright then. Be careful, I guess." Winter nodded, shakily before leaving. Nicci watched her leave with slight intrigue but didn't push it. Winter quickly made her way to the hanging tree. A tree that was used for hanging those labeled as cursed children... a tree she watched Riley hang from. She worked on the ritual space quickly and quietly, looking around and making sure no one living was watching her. Little to her knowledge, Riley was watching her work. He was hopeful that she was doing that for him. Winter then calmly took out one of Riley's personal belongings. Winter whispered softly, "Please Riley, forgive me for staining this with my blood..." She placed it in the center of the ritual area before taking out a sharp knife. She suddenly sliced open her wrist with an eerie quickness. The blood had stained the area she was working in. She trembled, collapsing suddenly and gently landing on someone's lap. She weakly looked up and was face to face with Riley. Riley smiled gently at Winter, grabbing the shirt of his that she used as his personal belonging. He wrapped up her wrist and pulled her close to him. "Thank you, Winter, my love..." he whispered softly. She gently traced the cursed birthmark on his cheek before dozing off against him.

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Winter sighed, wandering through the wasteland that used to be earth. She looked around to make sure there were no zombies in the area. She then went into the nearest abandoned house and started looking in it. She then heard the noise of footsteps, slowly walking toward her. She readied the bow and arrow she used but when the zombie turned the corner and saw her, he panicked. She cautiously lowered her bow as she followed after the zombie. She then got a good look at him and she immediately recognized him. She dropped her bow in a stunned silence. She then spoke softly, "Riley? Is that you?" He nodded meekly as she continued to stare. It was rare to even see a zombie with even a little bit of intelligence. "Can you speak?" Winter asked him, keeping her voice soft. "Y-yeah..." Riley replied. His voice was barely a whisper. "Please don't hurt me, Riley," she said then she dashed towards the zombie, wrapping him up in a hug. Her warmth felt comforting to Riley as he smiled softly and hid his face in her shoulder.

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Riley just kinda paced around the bedroom, thinking about how he'd confess his love to her. He paced and paced, deep in thought. He sat down on the bed, thinking about her. He was dragged away from his thoughts when he heard the front door open. He moved quickly hiding in the closet. She was home sooner then he expected. He heard noises downstairs as he trembled. He was nervous and his heart felt all fluttery. He then heard a door open nearby. She was here and he was nervous. Winter looked around, having the odd feeling that someone was watching her. She walked towards the closet Riley was hiding in. When she opened the closet door, she stumbled backwards in shock. She wanted to ask him many questions but all that came out was a bit of nervous gibberish. Riley approached her calmly and started to speak in a soft voice, "Look I get In probably scary since I'm a complete stranger in your house but... I have no intention of hurting you." She stated at him nervously and Riley continued speaking in a soft voice, "If anything... I want to love you and protect you... I vow to protect you." Winter seemed to relax a bit as he spoke. Perhaps it was his calm demeanor or maybe it was his soft voice calming her down. "I guess I should introduce myself... I'm Riley, the person who fell in love with you and have been stalking you ever since," he said, with a slight tone of nervousness, "And I already know who you are... you're Winter, the one who managed to steal my heart without realizing it." Something about him was calming but Winter couldn't understand what was keeping her so calm. She decided to finally speak something that wasn't nervous gibberish, "Well, Riley, I'll gladly take your offer of loving me and protecting me." Riley seemed surprised by her response but was happy all the same. "Though there were better ways to confess feelings to me," Winter then said with a playful smirk. Riley blushed slightly before speaking in that same sort voice, "I couldn't think of any other way to talk to you or anything... but if anyone hurts you, they'll be dead where they stand." Winter flinched, caught off guard by his response before pulling him into a kiss. She felt her heart pound against her chest as Riley kissed back.

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Winter sighed, doodling in her journal. She was in the corner of the room after school with a few other students, all of which had bullied her love Riley. Suddenly someone caught her attention, "Hey! Winter! Get your butt over here!" She closed her journal and got up walking over to the group. "What is it you bullies want?" Winter asked annoyed. One of the girls spoke up, "We want you to play the Riley's Curse game!" Winter glared before asking, "Why should I? You want me to disrespect Riley?" Another girl chimed in, "We figured you should do it since no one will miss you if you died to Riley's Curse." Winter looked down before getting annoyed, "Alright fine! I'll do it! Just to get you all to shut up!" Winter stomped last the group and went up to the roof. She trembled but before she could even speak she heard Riley's voice, "Kill them, Winter.... they hurt me.... I want to drag them to hell where they belong." Winter trembled as she felt herself drawn to a certain bench in the roof. She went over to it and looked under it. Under the bench was a knife, stained with Riley's blood. Her hands went cold as she grabbed it. Winter put it in her bag before heading back downstairs where the group was. When she got back to the room they all seemed surprised she was even back. The girl who told her to do it immediately asked, "Did anything happen?" Winter shook her her before going back to the corner she was sitting in. Then she heard some guys start to tease Riley, calling him weak for not shoving her off the roof. Winter held her head in pain as Riley kept repeating for her to kill them. The girl who told Winter that she wouldn't be missed asked Winter, "Hey are you okay?" Winter grabbed the already stained knife from her bag before following Riley's command and killing all of them. Best part of all to her was their screams of pain and the fact she felt no remorse. She knew what she really was with her love's guidance... She knew she was a psychopathic monster and it was going to be fun.

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A beautiful, haunting melody drifted above the ocean. A pirate captain named Riley heard the melody and was charmed by it. He ordered his crew to follow the melody. One crew member was suspicious of this melody that only he seemed to hear. When she tried to warn Riley that it could be a siren, he told her to quiet down and go below deck. Pretty soon, his mania to find the singer of this enchanting song took control of his mind. His mania almost caused his crew to lose their lives. Pretty soon they found a small island where the melody was so strong. He told his crew to stay aboard the ship as he left to find the singer. He then saw her after exploring this small island. He trembled with more excitement then the time he found a chest full of gold. The female who was singing had deep brown almost black hair, and a beautiful black fish tail from what he was from behind. She turned to face him and was charmed by his appearance. Her greenish-grey eyes stared at him in awe. He approached the beautiful being and started to speak, "I heard your song and I couldn't resist finding you... I'm Riley, the captain of a pirate ship. .." She spoke in the same haunting voice that captivated him in the first place, "I'm Winter." She carefully maneuvered her way closer to Riley and stopped at the very edge of where the water turned shallow. Riley wrapped her up in a hug suddenly the moment he was inches away from her. Then Winter was aware of a pirate woman who seemed to be holding a weapon before yelling, "Stay away from my captain, siren!" Winter glared eerily at the woman on shore. The woman ran to Riley and spoke more gently to him, "Captain, let's leave. She's a siren and you can't trust her." Riley didn't respond. Winter's voice had an odd tone as she glared at the pirate woman, "If he doesn't want to leave me then he doesn't have to." She carefully let go of Riley, making sure not to knock him into the deep end. She then violently grabbed the woman who was trying to interfere with her and Riley and swam away to deeper water at a great speed. About an hour later, Riley turned around and was ready to leave before heading Winter's soft and enchanting voice again, "Please don't leave... you're the only human male I fell in love with..." Riley turned back around before asking, "Are you really a siren?" Winter nodded before wrapping him up in a hug again. "P-please don't leave me.... I am honestly afraid of being alone...." her voice were soft whimpers as she held onto the pirate captain. "I will probably tell me crew to leave without me honestly... as long as you won't drown me because you were upset at something." "I won't ever drown you." Pretty soon, Riley was explaining to his crew the situation and watching them leave. None of the crew trusted Winter's promise to Riley but Riley believed her promise. He then helped her onto a more shallower area and held her close to him. Winter smiled gently and buried her face in his chest.

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Riley stretched, readying himself to go for a fly and just relax in general. His dark purple ears kept picking up every sound he heard nearby and it partially annoyed him, mainly because of all the bug sounds he kept hearing. Riley suddenly spread his dark purple wings and took to the sky. He was enjoying the nighttime air above the trees. Riley then became aware of a new sound that wasn't a usual forest sound. Most of the time, Riley would hear various nighttime animals but this was a different sound. It sounded like someone crying. He quickly flew down towards the crying and when he got there he saw a girl with dark gray bat ears and bat wings laying on the ground and sobbing into the grass. He landed there and noticed her left wing was fairly torn. The girl turned towards him caught off guard and stared at him. "H-hey there..." she said softly. She quickly tried to hide her wings but gave up. Riley just stared at her with a mix of confusion and sorrow. "Look... it's okay. I'm sure there's a way we can fix up your wing," Riley said, keeping his voice gentle. He then introduced himself, "Oh. Im Riley by the way." She looked up at him and then replied in a soft whisper, "M-my name's Winter..." Riley stared at Winter. She looked as though she was about to start crying. Her arms trembled slightly as she suddenly grabbed onto him and started sobbing into his chest. "N-no one can fix my wing.... i-it's too destroyed..." she said, her voice muffled in his chest. He gently wrapped his arms and wings around her in a comforting manner as his heart rate increased a bit. He quickly realized that he had acquired feelings for this girl he just met. "Hey it's okay.... I just had a slight idea that can help you fly to somewhere safe at least," Riley said. It caught Winter's attention. She lifts her tear-soaked face up at Riley before asking him how. He carefully grabbed her, helping her up onto her feet. He then gently grabbed Winter's waist and wrapped his right wing around her as well. "Alright hold onto me and make sure your right wing can keep up," His voice was oddly calming to Winter. Riley and Winter soon flew above the trees and could see all the stars. Winter luckily was able to keep up to Riley with her right wing. They then landed where Riley had started. Riley gently let go of Winter, making sure not to damage her left wing any worse then it already was. He smiled softly at Winter before speaking, "You can stay here with me until we find a way to fix your injured wing." She nodded gently before wrapping Riley up in a hug. Riley smiled before gently wrapping his arms and wings around her again.

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Riley wandered through the darkened streets. He had knowledge on who the mob boss was but he didn't know where she'd be. Maybe it was fate or luck but the answer quite literally smacked him in the back of the head. When he woke up, he realized he was at an empty club. A voice spoke calmly, "So this is the detective that's looking for me?" He glanced around and saw her talking to one of her goons at the bar. She grinned and interrupted the goon before he could even get speak a syllable, "Just leave me with him. I wanna have a chat with our detective here." The goon agreed to her command and left without saying a word. It was just her and Riley. Riley watched her as she approached him. "Well, detective, might as well introduce yourself." She removed the cloth that had him gagged. Riley knew better then to fight. "Im Riley and as you already well know, Im a detective," Riley said, keeping calm before resuming, "And I already know who you are. You are the mafia boss, Winter." She smirked slightly and said in a soft, flirtatious voice, "Very good, detective Riley... you're cuteness keeps distracting me from the fact you want to lock me up in prison." That got Riley's guard down as his cheeks turned pink. "C-cute...?" he asked quietly. She nodded and gently lifted his head up to her eye level. "You're so cute... it's quite unfortunate you're a detective," she said, keeping that soft, flirtatious voice. "W-well look maybe we can make a deal," he stammered slightly which Winter found quite cute. "What type of deal?" she inquired calmly. "Well, I could probably craft a lie that you skipped town or died in a gunfight against me and I could possibly help you in your mafia business?" he asked, a bit hopeful. She looked at him, getting a sense that he was nervous. Her voice suddenly turned stern, "Do you promise to keep that?" He nodded, slightly panicked. Her voice turned soft once again, "Keep that promise and you'll get more then just helping me with mafia related stuff." She kissed him on the forehead before untying him. Riley's cheeks were a shade of crimson as he realized what she meant. Winter then escorted the detective out of the empty club while scribbling something on a paper and right as they were outside, she snuck it into Riley's coat pocket. "Hope to be working with you, Riley," she said calmly before turning around and returning into the club. Riley started to wander back down those darkened streets and read what was written on the paper she snuck into his coat pocket. The note read, "Make sure to keep your promise. Love you detective, signed Winter." He sighed slightly, realizing his already dangerous lifestyle just got a bit more dangerous. He didn't fully care though. It's just adding onto his lifestyle honestly. Nothing to worry about too much to him.

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Riley loaded a tranquilizer dart into the dart gun he had. Pretty soon, she would be captured by him in a peaceful manner. The mafia boss was a tricky lady but that's what he likes about her. He continued to walk down the empty, lonely streets when he heard a sound up ahead of high heels on the sidewalk. She was leaving the club that was her hideout. He followed her for a bit until they were far enough away from the club and close to his car. He aimed right for the mafia boss' neck and then fired the gun. The dart hit her right in the neck. She collapsed and Riley rushed to her. Once she was fully unconscious, Riley picked her up and brought her to his car. Pretty soon he stopped and took her out of his car. He carried her into a basement under his office and tied her up to a chair. When she eventually woke up, her eyes widened in terror. "D-detective? Where am I?" her voice trembled slightly. Riley grinned slightly before speaking, "Winter, you don't have to worry about a single thing." She stared at the detective with wide, terrified eyes. "I won't turn you in... if anything I want you all to myself..." Riley said. Something about his tone of voice was unnerving to Winter. He gently caressed her cheek and stared at her. He then said something that shook Winter to her core, "You're eyes are so beautiful... I wish I could carve them out and preserve them..." Winter whimpered slightly before forcing her eyes shut. "Getting nervous on me now? I wouldn't actually hurt you..." Riley said, his voice eerily calm. Eventually she started to doze off to the sound of Riley's calm voice but Riley didn't want her to be asleep. Riley gently shook Winter's shoulder. "Don't fall asleep yet... besides the tranquilizer should've given you enough sleep already..." he said keeping calm. His calm voice made it hard for Winter to tell if he was sane or not. "W-why did you bring me here in the first place?" she asked nervously. "So I can keep you here and protect you. I'll tell the cops that you died in a gun fight and then you'll be here with me forever," Riley said in that same calm voice. He knew it would work because Winter wouldn't want to be thrown in jail. "That's a fair deal... I don't go to jail and you get to have my love..." she said. Riley gently kissed her on the cheek before heading upstairs to his office.

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Riley was quiet as he walked past groups of chattering people. He wandered and eventually found himself in a secluded area that seemed familiar. There was a small memorial that had a scratched out image and no name. He kept having these feelings of deja vu since he moved. Riley also kept hearing noises in the old house that he apparently used to live in and odd dreams involving water. He was suddenly thrown out of his thoughts by the sound of bare feet on grass. He ran back home in a panic from the noises. When he was back home, he assessed who he saw. She looked so familiar. Her brownish-black hair was the first noticeable thing since it seemed like it was soaking wet, like she had just gotten out of a pool. Her eyes though stood out. They were dull as if all the light had disappeared from her eyes. Riley sighed heading up to his bedroom. He was annoyed because someone had shoved him while he was walking earlier but also terrified because of that girl. He closed his eyes and dozed off and had a horrific dream of that girl slitting the throat of the person who shoved him. He woke up, terrified from the dream. There was then a knock on the front door. He was home alone so he went downstairs and answered the door. A police officer stood there. "Excuse me, young man, sorry to intrude but there was a murder nearby," the officer explained. Riley trembled and spoke nervously, "W-what happened?" The officer sighed and explained, "Someone who lives alone nearby had their throat cut wide open. They had no one to witness the crimes and the security cameras they had was nothing." "I'm sorry to hear that... I was upstairs taking a nap, most likely when it happened," Riley explained. The officer nodded and left and Riley shut the front door. Riley went to his bedroom and started to panic. He's quickly became aware of a book on his dresser. When he went to examine it, he realized it was an album and in it was pictures of him with that girl. He recognized his handwriting under one of the picture which stated, "Just me and Winter" which caused Riley to feel sick to his stomach. Memories came flooding back of what happened and who she was. That girl he was in the woods was his girlfriend, Winter, and she drowned in an accident at the beach. He looked away from the book and saw her again. She smiled at him and spoke softly, "You remember me again... I'm so glad..." "W-wait you're a murderer! You killed that person!" Riley exclaimed in realization. Winter smirked slightly before speaking in that same soft voice, "As far as I'm concerned, you are the murderer in this situation..." Riley trembled heavily and asked, "What do you mean?" "That dream you had... while you saw me as the killer, it was your body that was doing the killing..." Riley whimpered slightly before Winter spoke again, "But don't worry... with me around, the police has no evidence against you... and that way we will be together forever..." Winter giggled and wrapped Riley up in a hug. "You'll never leave me or forget me again, Riley... I love you too much to let you go..."

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A woman that was dressed in all black wandered through an empty neighborhood filled with abandoned houses. She dragged an unconscious person behind her. The dark, cloaked woman walked into a fairly dark house. She quickly tied the unconscious person to a chair. A figure dressed in a deep gray cloak walked into the room from upstairs. The unconscious person started to wake up and started trembling upon the sight of the two cloaked figures. "Founder... should I reveal to her my face?" The woman in the black cloak asked. The shadowy figure nodded slightly before speaking, "She will die soon for the ritual anyway..." The shadowy figure's voice was oddly echoed and creeped out the victim named Cadey. The woman removed her pitch black cloak and her greenish-gray eyes glistened oddly. Cadey started to struggle, trying to break free from the ropes that were tied tightly. The woman chuckled as the shadowy figure approached Cadey. The figure stared down at Cadey who trembled, staring into the figure's eyes. Cadey had never felt such violent fear in her life. The figure places a hand on Cadey's forehead and it felt like the shadows had entered her thoughts. All her thoughts became a violent blur before she fell unconscious again. The shadow removed it's hand from Cadey's unconscious form. A black liquid started to drip from Cadey's mouth. "Winter... take your place among the darkness..." Winter sliced open her wrist and let the black liquid drip from Cadey's unconscious body into her open wound. Cadey started to wake up again and felt the odd black liquid fill up her mouth. She tried to cough it all up but it started to block her wind pipe. Cadey trembled and felt her lungs fill up with the black liquid. Cadey feel weak and died shortly after. Winter stood up, black and red eyes stared into the dull eyes of Cadey's corpse...

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A bunch of students were hanging out after class in the school. Riley smirked slightly and glanced at Kiyo. "Hey Kiyo, did you here this entire class is cursed?" Riley asked. "Cursed?" Kiyo repeated after Riley. Riley nodded before speaking in a creepy tone of voice, "Apparently every one ever enrolled in this class died in some mysterious way." Kiyo looked around at the others. Everyone else was chatting with each other in groups of two or threes. The only one not chatting was a girl named Sophie, who was reading a nursery rhyme book. The teacher then spoke up, "Sophie, do you mind helping me clean the board?" Sophie got up happily and went up to the board to clean it. Kiyo glanced around and watched one of the girls pour red paint on Sophie's nursery rhyme book. When the teacher and Sophie turned around to see the red painted mess, the teacher looked around. "Who did this?" the teacher asked and no one replied. Sophie ran out of the room crying. "So no one will own up to it? You all better clean up this mess before I get back," the teacher said annoyed before leaving the room. A few hours later, the paint mess was cleaned up and everyone was just kinda lazying around. The girl who poured the paint on Sophie's book looked at Riley and asked, "Hey Riley, what time is it?" "9 PM," was Riley immediate response. "Let's just leave then," Kiyo said. They all left the classroom and went to the nearest exit. Riley tried to open it. "Locked..." Riley said. "No way! Let me try!" Kiyo exclaimed before shoving Riley to the side and trying to open the door. "It's locked..." "Told you," Riley said calmly, "Look guys, let's split up and try to find an exit." A usually quiet girl named Chloe spoke up, "Riley's right, not all the doors should be locked..." They all nodded in agreement before splitting up. Riley, on the third floor, saw a corpse hanging by it's feet from the ceiling. When he approached it, he saw that the corpse was of the teacher. He whimpered when he heard Sophie's soft voice start singing a nursery rhyme, "Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run, see how they run. They all ran after the farmer's wife, who carved off their tails with a butcher knife..." "P-please don't hurt me... I can help you," Riley pleaded. Sophie stood in front of Riley, holding a butcher knife. "Do you promise to help me?" Sophie asked in her soft voice. "O-only if you let me go free..." Riley replied. Sophie nodded and grabbed Riley's arm. She dragged Riley down the hall with unnerving strength. She handed Riley a shovel and flowers and whispered to him to knock Kiyo unconscious once she finished the rhyme. Riley nodded as she quietly hid Riley behind the curtain before speaking to onstage Kiyo with her soft voice. "Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, and pretty makes in a row..." Riley quickly swung the shovel, causing Kiyo to collapse unconscious. Sophie propped Kiyo against the curtain before using the shovel to hack off his legs. "Riley, carve out his eyes and carve into his chest before leaving the flowers here..." Riley swiftly carved out Kiyo's eyes before carving into his chest. When he was finished carving into Kiyo, he took one flower and left the rest. "Don't leave yet," Sophie said, propping the bloodied shovel next to Kiyo's bloodied body. She started placing flowers into Kiyo's eyeholes and into his carved open chest. The flowers were soon blood stained except for the one Riley put in his hair. "Alright, now let's go," Sophie said excitedly, "We have more to find and kill!" Riley nodded and followed Sophie.

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It's understandable why Ethan was scared of me when it happened and yet I still did it... why did I do it? Why did I kill him? I guess... I should start from the beginning for you reading this to understand it. Ethan and I were in a relationship... a fun one filled with snuggles and hugs and kisses. He was the reason I would talk to people he was friends with. Then one day it happened... he was talking to another girl and I got worried he didn't love me anymore. "N-no he still loves me.... he wouldn't just abandon me like that..." Thoughts ran through my head as I paced my bedroom. "M-maybe she wants to steal him from me... yeah that's it! She must die... that way Ethan will be mine... only mine." The next day I grabbed a knife before going to school and hid it in my backpack. She was gonna pay for even talking to him. A little while later it was just me and her behind the school. "Why did you want me to meet you back here." I rustled through my bag, unknown to me, Ethan was watching not far away. "Well I wanted to discuss with you about something." I hid the knife behind my back as I approached. "Oh what did you want to talk to me about?" Me and her were face to face by the time I replied, "Why were you talking to my Ethan?" "W-what do you mean?" I revealed the knife suddenly, holding it to her neck. "Ethan is mine... and only mine." I swiftly sliced her throat open, blood staining my outfit and that's when I noticed him. His eyes were wide with terror as he began to ran. I chased after him in a blind rage mixed with panic. He was soon pinned down to the ground as I stabbed the back of his neck. When it all settled down I realized what I had done. I killed him. I killed the only one I loved. I cleaned everything up and when I got home... I cried. "He's gone... what is wrong with me... why did I do that?" I'm so sorry, Ethan.... I hope you can find it within you to forgive me.... especially since I'll be joining you soon....

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Winter trembled as she saw Riley's corpse laying on the ground. Both his arms were cut open, as well as his mouth and neck. Winter ran upstairs and grabbed sewing supplies and then went to the kitchen to grab preserving materials. She then grabbed a knife and went to Riley's corpse. She gently propped the body against the wall. Winter carefully carved into Riley's torso. Starting at both of Riley's shoulders and then having both converge at the center of his chest. She gently dragged the knife down his chest more and stopped once the blade of the knife touched his pants. Winter carefully started to take out Riley's internal organs. She carefully preserved Riley's heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, liver and intestines. She started to stitch up the cuts she gave Riley before stitching up all the cuts on his arms. "You got yourself into a hell of a fight... but don't worry because Winter is here to make you all better," Winter said, speaking as though he was still alive. She hummed a melody while stitching up his neck and stitching the cuts on his mouth. She smiled softly before noticing the fact that one of Riley's eyes were missing. Her expression shifted before speaking to him again as if he was alive, "Now, now... we'll have to fix this... I'll be right back, Riley." Winter went upstairs and came down with two buttons that matched Riley's eye color. "I might as well have your eyes match, right?" she calmly asked the corpse. When smiled and sewed in a lovely pair of button eyes. She smiled softly and gently wrapped the doll of Riley's corpse into a hug. The doll gently hugged back. She's carefully got up, still holding onto the doll. She then heard a soft whisper in her ear, "Thank you Winter..." She carefully made her way upstairs, still holding onto the doll. Winter went to the bedroom and laid the Riley doll down on the bed. "I'll be back, I just need to clean up downstairs," she said calmly. It was as though Riley never died. She knew his spirit was within the doll body. She walked downstairs and cleaned up the mess. She calmly placed the preserved internal organs up in the cabinets. Soon the downstairs was spotless. Winter went back upstairs and went into the bedroom. She laid down next to the doll and dozed off, smiling softly. She could feel Riley's button eyes staring at her. She didn't react too crazily to knowing he was watching her in her sleep. She knew he couldn't sleep with this new doll body she gave him.

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Winter woke up and ran a hand through Riley's hair. "I hope you can stay here forever..." she said softly. The doll looked up at her and smiled slightly. She got up and went to the closet. Winter took off her hoodie and over-shirt revealing what appeared to be stitches on her elbows and shoulders. Riley stared for a second as she got on a new over-shirt and put her hoodie back on. She then grabbed a pair of jeans and went to the bathroom to change pants. Riley shifted slightly, trying to adjust in his new doll body. He managed to sit up before trembling and falling backwards on the bed. Winter walked out of the bathroom and noticed Riley. "Something wrong, sweetie?" Winter asked calmly. Riley started trying to sit up again. Winter placed a hand on Riley's back and helped Riley sit up. She then calmly propped him against the wall. "It will take a while but you'll get used to this new version of your body..." she said. Winter's voice was unnervingly calm. She left the bedroom and went downstairs, leaving Riley to his thoughts. He kept thinking about those apparent stitches he saw on Winter's arms. He realized Winter always wore choker necklaces for some reason, even in her sleep. He felt his curiosity grow. It was odd to him how calm she was about him moving and everything. He shifted and held onto the headboard of the bed. Riley got up, his body trembling a bit. He started to walk towards to bedroom door and held onto anything that he could use to support himself. He suddenly fell down which caused Winter to run upstairs. "Riley, are you okay?" she asked as she helped Riley back up onto his feet. He nodded slightly and pointed at Winter's choker necklace. "What about my necklace?" she asked, genuinely confused. She helped him back to the bed and Riley spoke softly, "Why do you always wear the necklace?" Winter sighed slightly before taking off the choker necklace and revealing stitches across her neck. "I don't even remember how long it took me to get used to this... it's apparently something my family would do if one of us would get into a fatal accident..." she said softly. Riley stared at Winter in a stunned silence. She took off her hoodie and over-shirt, leaving on a tank top. It revealed her elbows and shoulders were indeed stitched up but there appeared to be a heart stitched into her chest. Winter put her over-shirt back on and sighed softly. "It felt weird for others to know but I guess I should let you know since you're like me now," she said. Riley gently pulled Winter into a hug and his voice was nothing more then a soft whimper, "It's okay... and again thank you..." Winter smiled and hugged back. She replied in an equally as soft whisper, "You're very welcome, Riley..."