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A loud crack of thunder could be heard from outside before lighting lit up the dark room. As a little girl pulled her covers over her head and gripped her doll tightly in her small arms "it's okay it can't hurt me, I need to be brave like momma said" she mumbled as another crack of thunder went off. She closed her eyes tight trying to clam herself down, but the more she tried the more scared she got, she held her doll tighter in her arms as tears slowly formed in her eyes "it's okay dolly, we'll be okay" she whimpered as her tears started to fall down her face, she didn't care anymore what her momma had said, she was scared and wanted someone to be there with her.
"Now what seems to have you so upset little one?" she heard someone say, the little girl slowly pulled her covers down from her face and looked around her dark room until her eyes landed to the end of her bed where a figure sat. She yanked her covers over her head again and closed her eyes hoping the figure wasn't really there, "now that wasn't very nice, I was just seeing if you were okay" she heard the figure say sadly.
She chewed her lip before slowly peeking out the covers again "w-who a-are y-you? W-why a-are y-you I-in m-my r-room?" she stuttered. The figure titled it's head to one side, "my names Fred, but everyone calls me Friend" he told with a smile. She titled her head as well "why do they call you that?" she asked curiously. "because I'm their friend" he tells her with a laugh, "do you want me to be your friend too?" he asked standing up more so she could see him a little better.
She held her doll closer as she got a better look at the man, he was tall with long black hair that hung a little over his face, his eyes were jet black and his nails looked sharp the same with his teeth when he smiled at her. she thought about yelling for her parents but stopped when the man pointed at her doll, "I mean you do already have my doll Polly, so why not go ahead and be my friend too?" he asked with a big smile showing her his sharp teeth.
"Your doll?" she asked quietly he nodded in return, she looked down at the doll in her arms before glancing at her door, he seem to noticed this and followed her line of sight "I understand if you don't want to be friends because how I look" he says sadly "no one ever wants to be my friend because I'm scary looking" he adds as he turns away to walk towards the door. She felt bad for making him sad so she reached an arm out and grabbed him "no wait! I'm sorry I made you sad" she tells him, he turns back to her with a sad smile "really?" he asked rising a brow. She thought about the strange man, he might look scary but he doesn't seem that bad and he seems to want to make sure she's okay.
She smiled up at him before nodding "yes, and I would like to be your friend Fred" she says happy, he sat back down on her bed sticking one of his hands out towards her "in that case call me Friend". She looked at his hand before taking it in her own and shaking it "hi Friend, my names Mimi" she says with a big smile,"hello Mimi, I have a feeling we're going to be friends forever" he tells her with a sinister smile.
