Josh's POV

I looked up at the clock 5:30 am. Yet another sleepless night. I do this every day, I don't sleep. I don't like to. I'm waiting for my sanity to snap and I end up killing myself. It'd be better than being alone. I get up and take a shower. After I dry off and get dressed it's 6:45, Yeah I take a long time to get ready but it's not like I don't have the time. I put my gear in my bag and walk to the park. Well the skate park but the park is on the way. I watch siblings play while their parents watch them and help them when needed. I also watched this one kid on a skateboard, he had all the protection: elbow pads, knee pads, and a helmet. That's good. I saw him try and fall, but he'd get back up and try again. Reminds me of myself. I smiled. haven't done that in a while. I walk up to the kid. "Hey want some pointers kid?" I asked. He looked at me and stared. "Wait aren't you-"

"Josh, yes it's me, I live in this town too ya know."

He nodded. "One day I want to be like you, tough, and an awesome skater."

This right here. These are the kids that make this whole thing worth while.

"Alright kid what's your name? I'mma show you something."

"Believe it or not, I'm Joshua. And I'll do my best, I'm not the greatest though."

I smiled, this kid, I wish I could keep him.

"you don't have to be the greatest, you just have to know a special trick. Don't let fear get in the way of performing. Don't think you can't do it because if you think you can, normally you can, your normally the only thing stopping you from getting better. I want you to walk over to that tree over there then skate to me"

"But I can't stay on the board for too long, I fall off every time."

"What did I say? Believe you can, and soon you will. Now go try."

I watched him walk over to the tree, it wasn't THAT far away only a couple yards. Okay like four but he needs this.

He held onto the tree for support and got on his board, his footing was okay, he kicked off nicely, and he looked great to start. One of his problems is that he's looking at his feet too much which makes him tilt, sooner or later he will fall, and that's why. His board ran into the grass and he almost fell forward before I caught him.

"Alright, I know the problem, don't look at your feet so much once you've kicked off for the first time. You need to always be aware of your surroundings. Try again and do what I've told you." I said to him before returning back to my original spot.

He tries again, at first he does what he's used to then pays attention to his surrounding, turns a bit to avoid grass and a twig, and he actually makes it to me and stops perfectly.

His eyes widened as he smiled. "I did it! I really did do it! Thanks Josh"

"No problamo Shortstack" I said giving him a high five, then a low one. "Okay, I have to go, good luck, I expect to see you on the wall of fame at the skate park soon" I smiled. I grabbed my equipment and headed to the very place. I swear I feel like I'm always being watched and its been going on for a few days now. Chills shoot down my spine every single time I think I'm alone, I don't like it one bit.

*Slenderman's POV*

I had to erase Josh's memory. She wanted to forget us, she was hurt and didn't deserve what Jeff said. Everyone misses her, mostly Clockwork and Toby, everyone is giving Jeff the cold shoulder for making her want to leave. But they stopped when he came up with the idea of trying again, seeing as I erased her memory, she won't remember him yelling at her, so she'll still be the same person, she just won't remember anything she has done for any of us. Which I thought was smart and true, I just feel bad that we are 'playing' her. I told Toby to watch over her, when she's ready to come back, he gets to talk to her. He begged me to, so I obliged, plus Josh did have a huge respect for Toby when they first met. I just hope Josh returns safely and soon, there's not much time left.

~Toby's POV~

I follow Josh everywhere. I thought that was sweet the way she helped that kid. When she left she kept looking around for something, most likely me. That feeling you get when you think someone is watching you, it's because someone is, they're just too good at keeping out of sight.

She makes it to the skate park and slaps on her equipment. I watched in the shadows, she was really good. I watched her do spins and flips. Although she did amazing she wiped out once. Three guys came down to her spot and started making fun of her.

"HA nice wipe out loser. I bet you'll do it again, hopefully you'll land on that thing you call a face and it'll make you look decent." one said. That made my blood boil.

"Good one" he high fives the one who said that. "How about you go back home and make sandwiches for us guys, leave the skate park for the pro's, not the little girls." I wanted to kill them. She was amazing, she didn't deserve this abuse.

"C'mon guys let's teach her another lesson." the third one said. They started kicking her with their skates still on. I snapped, I ran over to them and tackled two of them to the ground. Punching one many times, "Don't fucking touch h-her again" I spat. The one I didn't tackle pulled me off his friend. I turned and punched him to where he fell to the ground. I picked up Josh and put her on my back, "You all a-are lucky I d-didn't use my axes on you, y-you'd be dead, don't ever even t-think about touching her again, or you'll answer to m-me"

I ran back into the woods, making sure no one saw me. I treated the few cuts she had. Although she had huge bruises on her ribcage and stomach. Even her arms and legs are banged up. They did a lot of damage in such short time. I felt so bad. I can't feel anything but she had to feel it when she wakes up. "nngh" speak of the devil. "Josh are you okay?"

She looks up at me and winces at the pain. "W-Who are you? W-What happened?"

"I'm T-Toby... t-those jerks hurt you badly, but I stopped them before you..." died

"Oh.. thank you Toby. That happens all the time. My old bruises just healed too, ugh, I'm used to it though. Why... nngh... Why do you look so familiar?" She asked. Wait did she remember?

Her eyes widened. "Wait aren't you that Creepypasta Ticci Toby? yeah you sure look like him, but I thought you kill, not save..."

"I do... for the most part... I-I still h-have a heart. See?" I took her hand and put it over my heart, she'd be able to feel it pump.

She laughed. "Toby that's not what I ment, I was curious on why you saved me... no one's ever cared enough to save me."

"Well I do care about y-you... err w-what I mean is..." She just pulled me into a hug. "Thank you anyway. It was very brave of you."

We started like that for a few minutes before I pulled away. I picked her up once again, "We're going to Slender M-Mansion, I have some people I want you to meet."

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A/N
And there we go, Josh has forgotten everything about her time at the Mansion but Toby has been the hero once again. I've always had a soft spot for Toby, I both love and pity him, he was forced into killing because of tragic accidents, not to mention he's been bullied his whole life from turrets. I wish I could just give him a hug without being killed. Cause ya know, he's still a killer and all. Oh well. bye y'all

-Joy__Joy