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Luckily, Bridget had got a notepad and pencil from
her room before they had teleported to the forest, so at least she doesn’t have
to worry about where she’s going to store the details. She sat down beside
Jenna, who was still silently freaking out, and got ready to ask some
questions. She looked up at Slender and thought aloud, “I guess we should start
with your origin. So, how old are you or where did you come from?”
The last thing I remember about my past
is being in Germany, during World War II, he clarified. She
furrowed her brows in confusion. She asked, “So, that means you’re over 60
years old. But, you sound and look like you’re in your 20s. How does that
happen?”
He
just shrugged. Bridget figured that maybe there’s just something that he can’t
or won’t remember. Whatever it was, it must’ve been terrible, Bridget
thought very depressingly. Jenna looked over at her friend’s sadden expression
and fumed, “What’d you say to her!?”
Once
again, Slender just shrugged. He honestly didn’t know what made his
acquaintance (friend?) so upset. Finally shaking out of her miserable
stupor, Bridget apologized, “Sorry, I was just in deep thought. Anyway, let’s
go on shall we.”
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After
a few hours of asking questions, the two girls were almost done with their
project. It was getting dark, so they had to think of a last remarkable
question fast. The two had their backs to each other and their heads were in
their hands, they were completely baffled. Slender Man was just leaning
against a tree, just waiting for their next questions. The most unusual
question they asked was: Who was your favorite victim? Even though it was
asked, he refused to answer the question. Truly, it really didn’t matter, due
to the fact that they didn’t know who the victim was, but he didn’t want
to go into vivid detail of what exactly happened. After a few seconds of
silence, Jenna shouted, “I got it!”
Both
Bridget and Slender jumped out of their skin; Jenna just mumbled an apology and
queried, “So, Slender Man, I want to know: What were you like before all this?”
If
he had a face, Slender’s eyes would widen and his jaw would become slack. He
remembered mentioning that he was in WWII, but that’s when he was still
himself. He never had really any memory before then. He raised a hand to his
chin and shrugged. I can’t remember.
Bridget
translated what he had said to Jenna, but then she asked, “But, wait, didn’t
you say that you were a soldier in WWII?”
No,
I never said I was a soldier; all I said was that I was in that
earth-shattering war. Plus, I wasn’t technically in it. I was most likely the
one causing deaths. I also technically wasn’t born at that time period. Bridget
just tilted her in confusion; she’d always thought the deaths were caused by
warfare. Not only that, but if he wasn’t born at that year, then does that mean
he went back in time. Is he a Time Lord!?! She thought exhaustingly, I
really need to get some sleep.
Once
again, Bridget told Jenna what he had said. Jenna just sighed, “Well, it doesn’t
really matter. At least we have enough information for the project. Although, I
doubt many people will believe any of this.”
“Maybe,
they will believe this,” Bridget revised in an excited tone. Slender and
Jenna both looked at her, wondering what exactly she was talking about. She
continued, “Since we can’t get a photo of you or get video evidence, why don’t
we just bring you to school with us!?”
Before
Slender Man could even protest the thought of that, Jenna exclaimed,
“Yeah! That’s an awesome idea! Then everyone would have no choice, but to trust
us. What do you say, Slendy? Do you want to come to our school?”
Completely
dismissing his new founded nickname, Slender didn’t know what to say. He’s
never really been close to many kids, excluding that one time he invaded that
elementary school, so the idea actually scared him. But, then he saw Bridget
and Jenna’s excited expression, he couldn’t help but smile back (in his head of
course). So, he sighed and breathed, Okay.
Bridget
beamed and she looked at Jenna who squealed in excitement. Unlike the two giddy
girls, the expressionless friend hoped the weekend would go by very slowly.
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Unfortunately
for Slender, the weekend went by faster than a machine gun’s bullet. With Jenna
and Bridget’s excitement for their presentation, and Slender having a hard time
keeping up with all the practicing, there was doubt it would go by quickly.
Slender Man was scared about being in front of people, but now was the time to
face his fears. Behind a tree, Slender looked into the classroom where Bridget
and Jenna were. He listened and watched all of the students give out their
presentations, and with what they told him, Bridget and Jenna were up soon. He
saw the two walk up to the front of the room, confidently, then began
presenting. He couldn’t hear everything that they were saying, but he saw the
other kids laughing. Even the teacher was rubbing her temples, irritatingly.
Using his tentacles, he opened up the window a bit and listened.
The
teacher sighed, “Alright, it’s obvious you two created a fake creature and
thought that would go over my head.”
A
girl with brown hair with red highlights, wearing a pink halter, blue skinny
jeans, and white high heels, just laughed harder at the two. She took a
breather and informed, “Oh no, Ms. Landry, Slender Man is real. He drives
people to the brink of insanity. Apparently, he drove these two idiots to the
brink dumbass-ery.”
Slender
looked at the teacher, expecting her to scold the girl, but instead she
demanded, “Bridget and Jenna, go back to your seats. You get an E for your
grade.”
Bridget-on
the edge of crying-started, “But, Ms. Landry-”
“No,
‘but’s! Just sit down!” Ms. Landry screamed at them. Jenna started
crying and left out the classroom. Bridget just stood there, looking mortified.
Some of the students were still giggling at them, which caused Slender to boil
with anger. He didn’t understand why, they were being so cruel to those two.
That was until that girl in pink mocked, “It’s alright, Bridget. Don’t drunken
hallucinations run in your family?”
This
time, Bridget started crying, but unlike Jenna, she went to her seat. After a
few more seconds, Jenna eventually came back and got back to her seats. Ms.
Landry got up from her desk and announced, “Now that that’s over, let’s
continue. Shall we?”
Slender
had enough; no one does that to his friends! He looked up at the lights and stealthily,
he let his tentacles crawl inside and mess with the wiring. As the kids up were
talking, the lights started flickering. Ms. Landry scolded, “Bridget! Jenna!
That’s enough!”
Jenna
exclaimed, “How in the world would we be able to do that!?”
Right
after she said that, the lights completely went off. Everyone looked around to
see who was causing this, but no one seemed suspicious. Bridget had a good idea
who it was, but was scared to believe herself. All the sudden, the T.V. in the
classroom turned on. After a few seconds, an ear piercing screech came on.
Everyone covered their ears to block out the, even though the attempts were
futile. The screeching even caused some girls to scream along with it, which
didn’t help at all. The girl in pink shouted, “Alright, that enough! Stop it,
Bridget!”
Bridget
shouted back, “Caitlyn, we’re aren’t doing any-”
Before
she could finish, the ear bleeding noise caused the windows to shatter, glass
ended up covering the floor as well as a bit of blood from a few students. This
caused people to begin panicking; everyone got up from their seats and ran
towards the door. Unfortunately, no matter how hard they pulled the door wouldn’t
budge. So, they all started screaming for help, hoping that someone would come.
All the sudden, it started getting darker outside and wind started howling.
Then the screeching finally stopped, everyone soon thought the madness was
over, that’s until an eerie whisper said, “Don’t worry; I’ll help you.”
Everyone
turned around and they all screamed. Slender Man stood outside, his tentacles
outstretched, and his jaw open showing that he had five pointed tongues and
shark-like teeth. Slender roared at the kids, and he reached out with his
tentacles to grab one of them; that one being Caitlyn. His tentacle constricted
her neck and she wheezed for air. Slender snarled, “Let her be an example of
the consequences of everyone’s mockery.”
Caitlyn
wheezed, “I’m…s-s-sorry. Let…me…gah!”
The
tentacle around her neck tightened and caused her body to slowly go limp. Bridget
and Jenna shouted, “Stop!”
He
looked at the two and growled. Bridget took a step forward and said, “That’s
enough.”
He
growled at her again, but stopped when he saw a flash of a woman that looked
like Bridget. Except she was a foot taller, had darker hair, and brown eyes. He
got a tiny vision of the woman shouting, “That’s enough! I want you to leave
Gregory and I alone!”
After
that vision, he let go of Caitlyn and converted back into his less monstrous
form. Everyone in the classroom was huddled into a corner and was whimpering,
excluding Jenna and Bridget. Ms. Landry cried, “Alright, alright! You two get
an A! Just please, get him away from the school!”
Bridget
just sighed and nodded. When they passed by Caitlyn, who was still trying to
get air in her lungs; Jenna bent down, patted her back, and consoled, “I’m
sorry.”
Caitlyn
smacked her arm and whispered, “Don’t touch me!”
Bridge
grabbed Jenna’s arm and just shook her head. The two carefully climbed out the
broken windows and walked up to Slender. He sighed, I’m sorry. They were
making you cry, he touched Bridget’s cheek, and I just wanted them to
stop.
Bridget
just nodded, but didn’t say anything. She gestured to Jenna to follow and the
three began walking off the school grounds and towards the forest.
