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It was the winter of 1907 in London and it was also Christmas. However this one would later turn out to be gruesome for the Sherish family. The parents Walter and Victoria, had got their little baby girl Mary Anna who wasn't so little a new doll and they were really excited to see her reaction. Now Christmas was just a few hours away and everyone in the house was asleep. As the sun started to rise the family started to wake up. Now the first two up in the house were the older twins Charles and Jeremina. They ran down the stairs in their nightshirts causing the rest of the family to wake up from all the noise. As they reached the bottom of the stairs they saw a mountain of presents. Slowly the parents started to make it to the bottom of the stairs as Mary Anna started to descend the steps. The kids started to open their presents as Victoria and Walter sat in the chairs near the tree. Now they had reached the end of their present and there were dominos, drums, rolling hoops and spinning tops with the occasional piece of clothing. As the excitement died down the parents told Mary Anna they had a special present for her. They pulled out a nicely wrapped box with the most perfect and beautiful red bow on it. Her eyes lit up a little as she saw the box and couldn't wait to open it. She started to open it ever so slowly afraid to wreck the beautiful wrapping as soon as the wrapping was gone she saw that it was a doll and it had curly brown hair with green glassy eyes and a perfect pair of red lips. The dress she had on was even more beautiful. It went down to her ankles and was a light shade of red and a black little coat with lace up shoes. ''What do you think of your doll?" asked Victoria. "It's...She's really pretty...Thank you" spoke Mary Anna. "We knew that when we saw it we had to get it for you" told Walter. "I'm glad you did, I really like her" said Mary Anna. "That's good...Well I believe we have some cleaning up to do'' Said Victoria. "Awww do we have to clean up now can't we play some more?" Asked the kids. "Yes you do and don't you dare try to argue" Said both Walter and Victoria. "Fine" Spoke the kids as they started to clean.
Before they finished cleaning Mary Anna started taking to her brothers “Do you want to play a game together” She asked “No why would we want to play with girl toys” stated Jeremina. “We don’t have to play with my toys” said Mary Anna. “Well to bad because we want to play with our toys without you” said Charles. “oh...ok” Mary Anna said sadly. After they finished cleaning the kids brought up their new toys to their rooms. The sound of the twins playing could be heard and in the kitchen Victoria was making lunch well Walter sat reading the morning paper. And Mary Anna she was up in her room having a tea party with her dolls. "Would you like some more tea" spoke Mary Anna in a soft voice. Silence was the reply she got from her doll ''Ok here you go", ''Anyone else want anything?'' She asked. No one replied to her. Its now night time in the Sherish household and everyone is getting ready for bed Victoria is tucking her daughter in for the night. ''Ok, all tucked in and ready for bed ?" asked Victoria.''Yes mother" spoke Mary Anna. ''Well then goodnight sweetheart'' said Victoria. ''Goodnight mother'' Said Mary Anna. Later that night Mary Anna woke up with the feeling that someone was watching her. ''Hello??...is...is someone there?'' She asked. Silence was all she got, but there was a faint sound of a floorboard creaked and a light laughter. This scared her and she hid herself under the covers, then the feeling that someone was there watching her was gone. After a while she fell back asleep holding on to her new doll. She woke up the next morning and thought about asking if anyone else saw or heard something, but decided against it. She climbed down the stairs and went to the kitchen to see what was for breakfast. ''Good Morning" said Victoria when she saw Mary Anna. ''Good Morning mother" Mary Anna spoke, she looked around and found everyone else was still sleeping she started to smile and that meant she wouldn't have to fight her brothers for breakfast. ''You're up early'' said Victoria, Mary Anna thought that's because I couldn't go back to bed completely last night, but she decided to say ''That because you're good at tucking me in". This made Victoria laugh a little and say ''I guess I am''. ''You are'' said Mary Anna matter-of-factly. The day went on normally with her brothers fighting over the food which made her happy she was up early. She was back to bed, She felt the same eyes on her, She heard a floorboard creak and a light laugh. Each time after she heard that she fell asleep holding on to her doll. This continued for a couple month and each time the eyes, the sound and the laughter felt closer and closer to her bed, but yet she acted like nothing was wrong with her. ''Honey are you ok? you seem a little sick? asked Victoria concerned for her daughter. ''Huh?...Oh I'm fine mother, just a little tired'' said Mary Anna. ''Well then why don't you go to bed early" said Victoria. ''Ok" spoke Mary Anna and she went up the stairs to her room. Right as she walking into her room she felt those eyes on her, heard the laughter and a creaking floorboard. She walked over to her bed and got in holding on to the doll. After a while she woke up and realized it was dark and everyone went to bed then she saw that her doll was looking right at her, this scared her. Then the doll said in a low voice after it chuckled, ''Don't worry my dear, I'm here to help you". ''Help?...help me with what?” asked Mary Anna quietly. "Your family'' said the doll. ''Why...why do I need help with them?'' she asked a little scared. The doll laughed at her question and spoke ''You just need my help, ok nothing bad is going to happen to them'' the doll was lying ''Do trust me to help you''. ''Ye...yes I trust you'' said Mary Anna. ''Good child you made the right choice'' spoke the doll and with that it's face began to crack. Something came out of the doll that was black and gooey and stick like oil. Mary Anna just watched as this happened to her doll and the next thing she knew the goo was coming up her arm to her face and it started to crawl inside her mouth, Mary Anna tried to scream but nothing came out. After the goo got inside her mouth she started to lose control of her body but she could hear and see just fine. The doll lead her out of her room down to the kitchen and it grabbed a sharp knife, the doll then turned her around and lead her back to the stairs and up to her brothers’ room. ‘’What...what are you doing, stop...stop don’t hurt my brothers” Mary Anna screamed inside her mind to the doll possessing her. “Don’t worry I told you it’s ok I’m here to help you remember’’ the doll spoke in her mind. ‘’I...I don't want your help...I don’t.” said Mary Anna practically crying inside. The doll made it to her brothers room and opened the door. It was starting to get light out as she enter her brothers room. Charles heard the floor creak and he woke up and looked at Jeremina to find that he was still asleep he looked around the room to find Mary Anna standing there. “Ahhhh.... Mary Anna you scared me’’ said Charles his scream waking up Jeremina. ‘’Huh...what’s going on’’ asked Jeremina as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. ‘’I had a bad dream’’ Mary Anna quietly said as she hid the knife behind her back. ‘’Well why didn’t you go see mother and father’’ the twins said in unison. ‘’I didn’t want to wake them’’ told Mary Anna. ‘’Oh...ok” said Charles. ‘’So...can..can I stay here’’? asked Mary Anna in a quiet voice. ‘’I don’t know, won’t mother and father be worried if you're not in bed?’’ asked Jeremina. ‘’maybe...’’ she trailed off ‘’And now that the suns up you don’t have to be scared either’’ told Charles. ‘’Yeah...thank you’’ said the doll.‘’No problem’’ said the twins at the same time again. ‘’Well then I'll see you later’’ said Mary Anna as she shut the door to their room. “I was so close they're lucky they both were up, I was so close to killing them’’ said the doll inside Mary Anna’s head ‘’Why...why do you want to kill them’’ asked Mary Anna inside her head too. the doll laughed ‘’I told you, to help you’’ the doll said. ‘’No...no you're not helping me by killing them’’ yelled Mary Anna. ‘’Oh you sweet naive girl’’ said the doll. ‘’I am helping you, you see they're no good for you but don’t worry i’ll fix that’’. ‘’it’s ok they can stay how they are I...I don’t mind’’ spoke Mary Anna.
‘’You don’t sound so sure, maybe you do want me to kill them’’ said the doll as she brought the knife up to her face to make Mary Anna see it. She walked back to her room, hid the knife under her pillow and went to sleep again. She woke up a couple hours later and fought her brothers for breakfast, Just like every other day and continued like everything was normal, until the sun went down and night fell with darkness taking over the house. She said goodnight to everyone and went off to bed. After staying in there for a few hours she slipped her knife out from under the pillow and went to her brothers room. ‘’This time I’m going to kill them for sure and It’ll be fun, just wait and see you’ll love it too’’ said the doll. ‘’I...I don’t think I will they’re my family and I don’t want they to get hurt’’ said Mary Anna. ‘’Yes you do I can tell that’s why i'm here, you called me here so that you would have the courage to do it’’ the doll told her. ‘’Why...why would I want them dead?’’ asked Mary Anna. ‘’I can’t tell you, you have to find out for yourself’’ the doll told her. She got to her brothers room and crept in this time avoiding the creaky floorboard so they wouldn’t wake up. When she was in the room she stood in the corner watching them sleep after a while she started to laugh and said out loud not caring if they heard her ‘’ Don't you think it will be fun to cut them up with this knife’’ ‘’No it won't be’’ said Mary Anna ‘’What have I told you, you want them dead otherwise I wouldn't be here right now’’ said the doll slightly annoyed at having to repeat itself. She stood there saying things like ‘’It's going to be fun’’ or ‘’Don’t worry you'll enjoy it’’ and ‘’maybe you’ll like it better when we carve up your parents’’. All the time that the doll was saying this Mary Anna was yelling ‘’No no it won’t be fun’’ ‘’Don’t...don’t kill them’’. This only made the doll laugh louder and louder. After a while the brothers started to move and Jeremina woke up and left the room. ‘’Now that one of them isn’t in the room it will be easier to kill them” the doll said with a cold smile stretching across it’s face. She walked over to Charles still sleeping in bed and raised the knife over it’s head getting ready to pierce Charles with the blade. Mary Anna cried helplessly as she watched the blade about to push through his flesh, just as the blade was about to make contact he moved and the knife made contact with the bed tearing it to show soft clear white feathers. It looked up to see Jeremina holding on to Charles. ‘’WA...WA...WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING MAR...MARY ANNA!!!?’’ yelled Jeremina. ‘’What am I doing...i’m trying to kill him’’ said the doll as it started to walk over to them. ‘’Why?’’ Charles quietly spoke. *laughter* ‘’Because Mary Anna wants you dead” it spoke again, this made the twins stand there and look at their sister. The doll took this time to run at the twins. This time the blade made contact with skin and blood ran down Jeremina’s side. The darkening blood dripped on to the floor as he screamed clutching on to Charles. This got the parents to wake up and rush to the twins’ room only to stop in the hall. They looked in terror to find the twins out in the hall along with Mary Anna holding a bloody knife with a pool of blood slowly forming on the floor. ‘’What...WHAT ARE YOU DOING’’ Asked Walter concerned ‘’Oh...I’m killing them, then I’m going to kill you’’ said the doll with a slight hint of laughter. ‘’Why......’’ Victoria trailed off shaking at the sight before her. ‘’Because I want you all dead’’ said the doll laughing. With that being said the doll charged at Charles again stabbing him in the chest. He fell to the floor coughing up blood while crying out in pain. Mary Anna just stood there laughing at him, each laugh crazier and crazier than the last. Jeremina all though also in pain himself, picked up Charles and ran over to their parents, who were crying at the sight they had just seen. The doll looked up at them, running away from her and just said ‘’It is of no use running away you are going to die tonight, so just face the facts and get it over with I promise it’ll be fun’’. ‘’No...no it won’t be fun and we will make it through this’’ stated Charles which just made him cough up more blood onto the floor. As Mary Anna ran for them they fled down the stair in an attempt to get away from her. When they reached the bottom of the stairs Charles fell out of Jeremina's arm onto the floor and was greeted with a knife to the back. The doll kept stabbing him as a pool of blood slowly formed beneath him. Inside her head Mary Anna was calling out for her brother and for the doll to stop.
‘’CH...CHARLES...STOP...STOP THIS, I TOLD YOU I DON’T WANT THEM DEAD’’. ‘’Oh yes you do and I’m helping you realize it’’ the doll chuckled. ‘’PLEASE...please stop’’ Mary Anna pleaded with the doll whispering the last part. ‘’No I’m not going to stop I’m going to kill them all with your help’’ the doll purred. The blood that had formed beneath stained her white nightgown, dazzling it in glossy fresh blood. She then stood up looking at the room only to find no one. ‘’Come out come out wherever you are’’ laughed the doll. The doll said this over and over again raising it ever so slightly each time. The parents and the brother whimpered each time they heard it. As Mary Anna walked around the room you could hear the blood squishing beneath her feet. She laughed and said it again this time softer and sweeter than the others so she sounded like a little kid. Victoria heard this and cried out loud revealing the place she was hiding having the doll come for her. Walter knew this was happening and grabbed a vase tossing in toward Mary Anna. The vase missed and smashed into the wall next to her before she had a chance to find Victoria. The doll started to walk to where the vase was thrown, from before she heard a sigh and turned around to find Victoria looking up at her with fear in her eyes. ‘’Mary...Mary Anna sweetheart pu...put down the knife please’’ Victoria pleaded shakily. ‘’Why would I do a thing like that when I want you dead’’ stated the doll. Making Victoria cower in fear and cry out as Mary Anna sliced her chest spraying the wall, floor and herself in her darkened blood. Victoria wheeled in pain when the knife made contact with her skin. Inside her head Mary Anna yelled ‘’MOTHER........’’. The doll choosing to ignore Mary Anna and all other cries she made, the doll stabbed Victoria in the chest again and again each time more blood spilling out of Victoria’s body. The doll started to laugh and after each stab the laugh grew crazier. She then got up and looked around the room to see something flutter into the kitchen. She walked over there saying ‘’let’s play a game’’, ‘’let’s play a game’’ repeatedly each time sounding more menacing than the last. When she got to the kitchen she was greeted by a knife grazing her face, making blood slowly come out and drip down gracefully. Laughing she said in Mary Anna’s voice ‘’Ow...why...why did you hurt me daddy’’ with fake tears forming in her eyes. This made Walter angry and he yelled ‘’YOU...YOU ARE NOT MY DAUGHTER!’’, ‘’SHE WOULDN’T DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, “She wouldn’t kill us’’ whispering the last part. Having another knife thrown at her she walked over and stabbed Walter. Her attempt was unsuccessful, only a graze. She growled disappointed at the amount of blood coming out of the cut. Walter grabbed another knife and hurled it at her. Catching the knife in her hand she threw it back at Walter hitting him in the shoulder. ‘’You’re right your daughter wouldn’t do something like this...on her own that’s why I’m here’’ the doll said slowly walking over to him leaving a small trail of blood behind her. ‘’What...what do you mean?’’ he asked ‘’Nothing just that i'm not your daughter, but don’t worry she’ here’’ the doll said tapping her head with one blood stained hand and with the other raising the knife to Walter’s throat. Slowly she cut his throat having blood gush out onto his chest and over the knife. She playfully laughed seeing that he was dead looking at all the blood on her. Looking over to see Jeremina staring wide eyed at her she said ‘’Let’s play a game’’. ‘’Wh...what kind of game?’’ asked Jeremina shakely. ‘’A fun game’’ she stated.‘’I...I don’t know’’ Jeremina said. ‘’Come on you have to play and you’re going to’’ said Mary Anna. ‘’How...how do we play?’’ asked Jeremina scared. ‘’You run away and hide while I try to kill you’’ said the doll. ‘’How...how do I win’’ said Jeremina. ‘’You lose, you can’t win, only me and I win by killing you’’ said Mary Anna. Thinking he could use this chance to escape he agreed.‘’Great’’ she said clapping her hands together. ‘’So you go hide somewhere and I’ll go look for you’’. ‘’O...ok’’ Jeremina said shakily. ‘’Ready...1...2...3’’ stated Mary Anna with her hands over her eyes, Jeremina got up and ran away. ‘’...8...9...10!!’’ she yelled the last number, got up and when to go look for him. ‘’Oh Jeremina where did you go?’’ she asked not getting a reply. She headed to the stairs and started to walk up them.”Don’t worry I have enough body bags for everyone ‘’she said laughing. Just to scare him some more she repeated words. ‘’Lets play a game’’, ‘’Lets play a game’’, ‘’Le...lets play a game’’ and ‘’Don’t worry I have enough body bags for everyone’’ wandering around looking for him. ‘’You know Mary Anna’s here and she isn’t even trying to stop me she’s finding it a little fun actually she’s laughing’’ said the doll. ‘’you’re enjoying this now aren’t you’’ she said in Mary Anna’s head. ‘’N...no i’m not’’ Mary Anna screamed. ‘’Yes you are, you can’t lie to me’’ stated the doll. ‘’...’’ nothing was Mary Anna’s reply. ‘’Come one Jeremina let me just kill you already’’ the doll said this time outside the head, walking into the twins’ room. She looked around and say nothing at first but then out of the corner of her eye she saw something coming at her. She ducked just in time and a pan hit the floor making a pinging sound over and over again. As she was staring at the pan Jeremina came at her with a pot and put it over head knocking her to the floor and running away, not before being cut with the knife again this time in the leg. She laughed louder and louder at what just happened and said ‘’That was fun but let’s see you do it again’’. Mary Anna got up and ran after him following the trail of blood to their parents’ room. She walked over the where the trail ended and disappeared under the bed. She grabbed her knife at an angle and crouched down sending the knife right into Jeremina’s shoulder. He cried out in pain. Making the doll laugh and surprisingly Mary Anna too. ‘’See I told you it would be fun’’ said the doll in Mary Anna’s head. Jeremina crawled out from under the bed and ran away. Mary Anna noticed this and ran after him. ‘’Come back here please’’ she spoke softly. She cut him in the back decorating the wall in fresh blood. Mary Anna and the doll shared a laugh as he fell over. He scrambled to his feet, Mary Anna walked over to him and was right behind him at the stairs. Mary Anna regained control. She cut him one more time spraying blood on her face and pushed him down the stairs. He was crying out in pain as he tumbled down the stairs. When he reached the bottom of the stairs his body landed with a satisfying crack reverberating off the walls and he didn’t move or say anything after that. Mary Anna slowly descended down the stairs and laughed at the limp body. When she got there she saw that he had landed on his neck and she knew that it was broken just by looking at him. She laughed and laughed. ‘’See didn’t I tell you it would be fun?’’ asked the doll. laughing Mary Anna said ‘’Yes...yes you did and it was’’. ‘’I knew you would come around’’ spoke the doll. ‘’You were right and I did’’ said Mary Anna. ‘’I shall be taking my leave now’’ said the doll. ‘’Ok’’ said Mary Anna, and with that the black goo came out of Mary Anna’s mouth and a little dripped out her nose. She fell to the floor coughing and knocked over a small table near the stairs. A few seconds later the front door opened and police came into the house holding up guns and pointing them at her. ‘’Why hello officers can I get you anything’’ Mary Anna said innocently. As the officers looked around the room they gagged and looked away from the sight of dry and wet blood decorating the walls and soulless figures. They turned their attention to the girl draped and stained in blood. ‘‘What happened here’’ an officer calmly spoke.‘’I killed them’’ Mary Anna spoke laughing and waving the knife around. The police all looked around at each other exchanging looks of uneasiness until one spoke up. ‘’Can you put the knife down and put yours hands behind your back’’ he asked. Mary Anna did as she was told and had handcuffs put on her. As the officer lead her out of the house she saw all her neighbors had gathered around and she greeted them with a big smile on her face. The neighbors gasped at the sight of her drenched and stained in blood. She walked over to the police car and got in. She roaded all the way to the station laughing making the cops uncomfortable. When she got there she walked right in still covered in blood and laughing. When she got there she was sat down in a room and was asked questions. ‘’Who killed your family?’’ asked an officer. ‘’I did’’ Mary Anna stated. ‘’Why did you kill your family?’’ he asked again. ‘’I was told that I wanted them dead and I got help’’ she calmly stated. ‘’Who helped you?’’ asked the officer. ‘’A ghost” said Mary Anna. ‘’how did this ghost help you’’ he asked. ‘’It possessed me’’ she said. This went on for a few more hours. Until she was put in jail. A few months later she was sitting in a courtroom on trial not paying much attention. She was called up to the stand and questioned again. ‘’Did you kill your family?’’ asked the prosecutor. ‘’I did’’ Mary Anna started making everyone gasp. ‘’why did you kill your family’’ he asked. ‘’A ghost came to me and told me I wanted them dead, so it helped me kill them’’ she stated. After a few more hours the courtroom was adjourned and the jury got together. ‘’I think we can all say that she is guilty’’ spoke jury number 5. They all said yes, but jury number 9 spoke up and said ‘’I don’t think she should be executed, She is obviously insane and should be put in an insane asylum’’. After a few more comments the jury reached a verdict and left the room ready to tell what they think. The jury came back into the room and the court fell quiet. Juror number one stood up and spoke ‘’We the jury find Mary Anna Evelyn Sherish convicted on four counts of first degree manslaughter, but to be put in an insane asylum for the fact that she was possessed by a so called ghost as she stated’’. The judge went with this ruling and put her in the asylum for 15 years. When Mary Anna got out she was sad that she was all alone and had no where to go. So she set of for a high public building and went the roof. She stood at the top looking over the side, she took a step and went over the edge plummeting down to the pavement below her. A pool of blood formed beneath her and screams could be heard. The next day the newspaper headline said that the former murder Mary Anna Evelyn Sherish had committed suicide. No one really paid attention or pity to it because they all thought that she couldn’t deal with the fact that she killed her family and didn’t have anyone to go to.