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It was the last day of school. Summer break was beginning and for any other 17 year old it would be a perfect time to party, have fun or part time jobs but not you.
Your parents left for vacation leaving you all alone, you don't even have friends to hang out with.. what a boring summer it will be..
Later you go for a walk in your childhood park, the air is slightly cold and the only source of light is three lampposts, one of them seems to be glitching.
You install yourself on the swing staring at your feet blankly.. you honestly had no idea what you were doing with your life..
You were lost in endless thoughts until..
Until something interesting catches your attention.
It was a paper, or more precisely, a drawing of slenderman,
your eyes widened in shock as you realize it's the same YOU did years ago and lost around here..
and at the back….
. ….a rituel??
What kind of weird activities you used to have..
you then remember that time you were obsessed with creepy pasta and thought you would be a proxy (slender man helpers) one day.
You miss those days, a warm smile appears on your face as you hold the paper preciously as if you were clinging to those memories.
It's not like you had any more friends back then but you had the creepy pastas in some way.
You get a weird idea suddenly.. the ritual.. why not try it?..
..
Well of course you do not believe in slender man anymore but you just wanted to feel like before for a moment, in honor of the good old days.
You soon find yourself reciting the back of the paper, it's not like this shit would work anyway, right?..
....
.......
...
Suddenly the lamppost stops working at the same time leaving you in complete darkness.
The wind seemed to have stopped at the same time and panic rose through your chest as you immediately reached for your phone.. it died?!
Everything at the same time, couldn't be a coincidence.. you wait a bit in the dark preparing for the worst...
.
.
Absolutely nothing happens, you take a deep breath in relief and.. a bit of.. disapointment?..
Maybe a part of you wished this would have worked after all. You decide to go home tired..
really tired.. you walk, walk.. until you can't remember the right way.
How did you even end up in that creepy looking forest??
You're starting to get really scared.
You need to get back home.
You look around, everywhere, why can't you recognize anything?
Everything seems unfamiliar and its getting colder.. way too cold..
And that's when you see him.
..
..
This can't be real your eyes must be deceiving you.
…
..
.
Meters away a tall and creepy figure shows itself amongst the trees that seems to get higher by the second.
You stare at it for a long moment before instinctively running way. But as soon as you do it disappears and reappears anywhere you go.
You feel like you're going insane for a moment then realize.. it worked?..
Slenderman is here he really is and the realization hits you like a cold unexpected shower.
You don't know what confidence you suddenly gain or what type of main character energy appeared for some reason but you decide to approach it.
That's what you wanted after all.. right?..
..
But before you can take a step forward it disappears and your heart stops as well for a minute.
Was it all your imagination?..
Were you really THAT tired..?
…
So now you are just alone lost here-
…
That's what you thought but as soon as you turn around everything stops and he's here. One meter in front of you.
A complete white face, long black tentacles, and of course his black clothing.. if it even is clothing.. You want to say, do something but not a word can escape your mouth.
Not before you hear his.
"you've been summoning me for years now, we must make a pact."
you nod silently half terrified and half amazed.. mostly stressed.
"F-First time meeting a creepy pasta k-kinda nervous.. "
You say unsure.
He ignores your reply.
He suddenly disappears and the trees seem to have changed, the forest seems to have changed.
This is weird and unsettling.
You walk and walk and walk in hope to find that park you were visiting about not even 10 minutes ago until your legs hurt, your feet hurt.. everything hurts!!
Since when this forest was that big???!
..
then you see it. A mansion, a big big mansion.. you immediately recognize it, it’s the slenderman mansion.
Desperately, you slowly make your way to it.