(Y/n)'s Perspective

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I looked at the three on the other couch. One rude, one staying quiet, yet commenting, and the other... uh... strange to say the least. I don't understand why the rude one wants to "start over", he was the one causing a dispute.

But... maybe I shouldn't be so upset. A sinking feeling in my stomach, maybe I was overreacting this whole time. I don't know how to feel anymore, maybe I should feel mad. I should be furious with my brother.

I kind of got lost in my own world, so when I heard one of them get up, I flinched. I looked up and they were all looking at me. Splendor's grip tightened on me. Probably relating it to my previous abusive life. Which, I guess, in a way, it was. After a few moments of deafening silence, the rude one introduced them.

"I am Slenderman, these are our other two brothers, Offenderman, and Trenderman." He introduces.

"Feel free to just refer to us as Trender, Slender, and Offender though." Trender implied. I nodded. I didn't know if doing an introduction for myself was necessary, so I just stayed quiet. I knew I probably shouldn't have said so suddenly what I said next, but I knew I had the right to ask.

"When will I get to see my brother?" I looked at Slender, knowing he was the so called "head of house" aka the one who probably has the most control over everything.

"I'm not sure if you can handle that yet, child." He said calmly, I really expected him to be mad. I just nodded. I didn't know if I was ready either.

What if he doesn't like me anymore? What if he's different? What if he's mad at me? No, he shouldn't be. I should be mad at him. Not him at me.

"Are you going to tell us anything about your family? Kai is hesitant to speak of them as well." I blink and look at him. If Kai didn't tell him, should I...? Why should I even tell him, he was rude and practically insulting my trauma.

"I don't like talking about it either." I sigh and rest my head on my knees.

"Yes, but we need to know this information." That sounded like a lie.

"Why?"

"Because we need to know how you might to react to things that are considered startling." I guess that was an okay reason. I hesitated.

"What do you need to know?" I asked, they then knew I was willing, so he specified.

"Family's history and maybe a bit about your experience with them." I bit my lip. I didn't like talking about my abuse. Because some days it seemed like innocent harm and other days, things were so brutal, I've ended up in the hospital.

"I'm not really sure of my family's exact history. I just know that, my family has some witches scattered about in the bloodline. Like my great great great great grandmother. My father never liked her. He always said if he knew my mother was anything like her great great great grandmother, he wouldn't have married her. I'm not sure what happened to my mother, but some SCP people show up time to time..." the room fell awfully silent.

"But a bit further back, my family were travelers and story tellers. My grandmother said they were powerful people, but she never explained how. My mom left me and Kai a book filled with images and notes of their travels, she wanted us to look through it when I was 16. Kai knows more than I do. He's older than me after all. He had mom with him longer than I did." Now is when I started to hesitate. It was time to talk about myself, Splendor and Slender seemed to be paying the most attention.

"After my mom disappeared, my father remarried to who he's still with now. She has a huge business, so Kai had to be perfect. She liked to insult me, calling me a runt and retarded. She was more violent than my dad at first. She knew she could get away with it too since I was mute till I was 7." I pause, thinking about what she did.

"I was a punching bag for her, soon for my dad as well when he started getting more entitled. My brother was the star of the house and got more of the verbal abuse because people would wonder why there was a bruise on their perfect child. Then he disappeared... but I couldn't be their gold star like him. I just have to be proper enough so I don't put shame on them." I got silent again, deciding that's all I'd say.

"That's all I'm comfortable saying..." Slender nodded.

"I'll be returning tomorrow. Maybe you'll be alright if it's just Splendor you tell?" He asked, I look at Splendor... he already knew a bit about it.

"Maybe." He nods and told his brothers to pretty much get lost and to leave me alone. Splendor took me up to bed. I couldn't help myself and broke down crying. He automatically comforted me.

"Hey hey... (Y/n), what's wrong?" He asked, I look at him.

"You w-won't make me g-go back, w-will you...?" I ask, my voice shattered and causing pain in my throat.

"I'll never make you do that... will you please tell me what else happened though...?" I nod and curled up, he continued to comfort me.

"They blamed me for Kai's disappearance. They didn't care how hard they hit me. T-they put me I the hospital a few times... o-one time she came at me with a knife..." I continued to explain all the events while crying into him.

With his comfort, I soon fell asleep on him after my mental attack.