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"(Y/N).....(Y/N)! Please, let me out...I promise I'll leave and never return again!"

"Shut it, Zalgo..."

You hear the angry scowls of the demon who was locked in his cell behind you and you turn, narrowing your eyes at him. You hated the fact that you had guard duty of watching over Zalgo in his captivity for the day. He was obnoxious and loud and he didn't shut up-all he did was whine and cry to be let out.

"I'm starting to see why Slender probably hates you," You mutter, clenching your fists while glaring at him. "Oh no...our feud goes way back-way before you even existed," Zalgo replied, flexing his claws, "Slenderman is the real nuisance if anyone is!"

"Keep thinking that, but no one here is on your side."

"I could care less, you're all fools!"

You sigh and look Zalgo dead in the eyes and growl, "You see, that attitude is one of the many reasons why Slender would never let you go from here and neither will I. Just shut your damn mouth!"

You hear footsteps coming from the stairs in the cell room and see Toby descending down the steps, his hatchet twirling in hand.

"Hey (Y/N). Is this asshat giving you p-problems?"

"I'd watch your mouth if I were you, boy..." Zalgo scowled, barring his teeth as he glared at Toby. "Or else what?" Toby snapped, walking up to the cell until he was face to face with Zalgo. "You can't do anything to m-me when you're behind bars, so keep your meaningless threats to yourself."

Zalgo growled again and grabbed ahold of the bars, shaking them in anger while fuming at Toby. Toby only smirked at him and watched the overlord have his tantrum.

"Hey Tony, why're you down here anyway?" You ask , trying to get your attention off of Zalgo. "Oh, so I'm guessing you don't remember," Toby sighed, turning to you. "Don't you know t-today's the day we get that new Creepypasta?"

New Creepypasta...forgot all about that...

"Oh," Was all you could reply to him, and he crooked his head a bit, looking confused. "I thought you would've been a bit more enthusiastic about the news."

"Why should I be ? It's just another newbie," You mutter, shrugging your shoulders. You didn't really care too much, the fact that someone new would be coming, and it wasn't just you. A lot of the others knew about the soon coming pasta, but much didn't seem to make a big deal of it. You remembered when you were new, and how you quickly grew on everyone. You wondered if everyone was going to treat the newbie the same way they treated you when you first came. You wondered wether you should act hostile to them at first or be welcoming.

Getting lost in your thoughts about it made you zone out for a while, and Toby snapped to being you back to attention. "You there?" He muttered, and you nodded your head, turning to him. "Sorry. So, when's this new guy gonna be here?"

"Probably soon. Slender's sending me, Jeff, and Judge Angels out to retrieve them. Wanna come?"

"Sure, I'll come. But how come it's you, JA and Jeff? That's a weird combination..."

Toby shrugged and muttered, "Bosses orders so we just follow along with it."

You shrugged as well and glanced back at the cell containing Zalgo. He seemed to have became quiet now, but he was looking directly at you, which irked you. "Yeah, anything to get out of babysitting this dude. I'm coming"

"Great, then make sure you're ready in fifteen."

▪︎TIMESKIP▪︎

Luckily, Slenderman allowed you to get away from looking after Zalgo and go along with Toby and the others to get the new Creepypasta. You were already at the front door by the time fifteen minutes had passed, and were then waiting for the others to show up.

Eventually Toby came up to you with all his gear on, then Judge Angels showed up. Of course Jeff took forever before he bothered to appear, swinging his knife lazily in hand.

"Let's get this over with," He grumbled, walking up to you guys and glaring at Toby dimly. "Took you long enough, freak-smile," You scoff, and Jeff turns and gives you a look

"No fighting, you two. We wanna make a good impression on the newbie, don't we?" Judge Angels sang, tapping her sword against Jeff's shoulder. "No. Honestly, I don't care," Jeff spat.

"Can you guys just shut up so we can g-get outta here?" Toby remarked, pushing the doors of the mansion open and walking out. You quickly follow behind him and hold the door open for the other two to follow.

The day was extremely cold out, but luckily you were wearing a huge warm hoodie to keep warm, along with your normal gear on. You were also wearing some gloves to keep your hands warm, and your (W/T) was strapped onto your back so you wouldn't have to carry it around.

Looking up, you could see that the trees were frosty looking, and the grounds were icy as well. Looks like Winter is Coming.

"I think it's cold enough to snow today," Judge Angels spoke up, her hands rubbing her arms to keep herself warm since her sleeves weren't that much warm. "How does this place look when it snows?" You ask curiously. "Amazing. Can't wait for you to see the place if it does!" Judge Angels responded, and then you were hoping that it would end up snowing later on.

The four of you walked for a long long time until you came to a very rundown looking neighborhood outside of the woods. The houses all looked to be abandoned, and there was more frosted overgrowth and trash than there was an actual neighborhood.

"Actually, this place looks pretty cool," You say, looking around, and even Jeff nods in agreement with you. "It looks cool but i-it'll be hard to navigate around in. I don't even kn-know where to start," Toby said, scratching at the back of his hood.

"You sure the newbie's here, Tobias?" Jeff asked. "The boss told me they would be here. The boss usually knows what he's talking about when hunting someone."

"Let's separate, then maybe we'll have a better chance of finding them," You suggested, glancing at Toby. "That's actually a good idea. We'll separate and meet back here when the new kid is found. Got it?"

The three of you nod to Toby, then Toby suddenly runs off towards one of the broken down houses. Judge Angels gracefully dashes away, her sword swaying behind her. And then you were about to run off as well, but you were stopped by Jeff suddenly grabbing your arm.

"What, Jeffrey??"

"I'm staying with you."

"Why? We agreed on separat-"

"We are separating! Toby left, Judge left, and now me and you are gonna leave. Now shut up and let's go!"

Before you could say anything else, Jeff had already ran down the street towards one of the houses that looked bigger than all the others and it almost looked like a haunted house. Jeff stopped and looked to you, waiting for you to follow, and you sigh unwillingly trailing after Jeff.

The two of you walk down the iced street towards the strange house and the closer you got, the more questioning you became of this place. Why was this neighborhood even abandoned in the first place. How come you've never seen it before? For what reason was the newbie here?

You're still wondering as the two of you reach the big house and Jeff smashes the front door open.

"Jeff!?! Why would you do that??" You hiss, glaring at him and the pile of broken wood that now rested on the floor. "Its not like anyone lives here anymore, so what's the matter?" Jeff responded, smirking at your expression.

"That doesn't mean you could break the fucking door open. Idiot."

"Calm down woman, it's not like we're gonna get caught or anything. Sheesh."

Jeff kicks pass the mess on the floor and walks mindlessly into the house. You follow him in and look around, seeing plenty of cobwebs everywhere and broken or rotted out furniture sitting in places around the house.

The cold from outside ceases, and you find that it's strangely warm inside, despite the old fireplace in the corner of the room that had no wood nor any fire burning in its place.

You see a grand piano at the front that was placed by the front windows of the house, and the keys were dusty and broken. You noticed that every now and then, certain keys would play certain notes by itself, however.

"I like this place," You heard Jeff speaking from further into the house, near what looked like the living room. "This is real creepy shit. Stuff for people like us."

"I'm sure Slender would like a place like this too, but with how much of a mess we all already make at the mansion, I'm sure he'r rather not have to deal with extra dust and cobwebs littering his place," You reply, tapping one of the keys on the piano.

Jeff spots a set of stairs at the back and starts for them. You move away from the piano and quickly follow him as he ascends up the stairs. You looked down as the steps creaked below you, and it felt like at any moment the two of you could easily break through the wood.

"Hurry up Jeff. These steps aren't sturdy," you growl, trying to shove him up the stairs quicker. "Scared we're gonna fall through?" Jeff chuckled, then purposefully stomping and jumping on the steps. "STOP!!" You shout at him. You both suddenly heard a large snap beneath you and you both broke through the stairs, screaming and crashing to the ground below. It was strangely a very long fall before the bottom was reached.

Your head smacked against the ground below, shock zipped throughout your body, and your vision immediately went blurry. You weakly turn your head and see Jeff also beside you on the ground, but he was unmoving. You try calling his name but it was faint and you felt yourself slowly slipping away from dizziness. It wasn't long before you eventually blacked out.

• / ~~ / •

When you come to, your vision is still blurry but it eventually clears up a bit. You look down and notice that you were tied up to an old chair and set in-front of a wooden table with old papers of missing people scattered all over it. You look up and see Jeff sitting across from you on the other side of the table, also tied up. However, his head was bent forwards as if he was still passed out. It looked like you guys were in a basement of some sort.

"(Y/N)? Psst, (Y/N)!"

You heard your name being called and turn to see Judge Angels there! But she was also sitting in a chair, tied up and there were a few slash marks on her white clothes. "JA!? What happened to you? How come you're here..." You ask, eyeing the marks on her clothes. "I got attacked..by something. It was too fast for me to tell what it was," she responded, "something tells me that the newbie found us before we found them."

"It Jeffreak's fault we're down here. We crashed through the stairs just because he wanted to be an ass," You sighed, casting your gaze back to the unconscious psychopath. "I'm not surprised. But I'm more worried now about where Toby is. The one that tied us up here could be after him..."

You try to feel for your weapon, but you realize that it was removed from your back. You notice that Judge Angel's sword was gone as well. You look to Jeff and start calling his name, hopping to get him to wake up. After quite a few attempts, the psychopath begins to move and he slowly lifts his head up.

"Owww....what the fuck? Where am I...?" He grumbled, looking around. "Somewhere we don't know, thanks to you," You respond, frowning at him. "I swear I didn't know the stairs would actually fall apart like that. I was just messing around..."

"And look where your 'messing around' got us."

Jeff looked like he was about to try and defend himself more when suddenly you all heard the sound of someone approaching in the basement and you all quickly turn heads in it's direction.

It looks like a teenage girl; she had long flowing white hair and blue eyes. Her head was covered by the pale blue hoodie she was wearing, and she also wore a light pink skirt with high sneakers.

When she saw that the three of you were awake, she paused and slightly tilted her head, gazing curiously at you and the others. "You're finally awake. I honestly thought you guys were dead."

"Who are you?" You asked, narrowing your eyes at the stranger. "That's what I should be asking you. You know, with you all breaking into my house and such," She replied cooly.

"Wait, so someone actually does live here?" Jeff remarked, and you give him a dark glare.

"We're searching for someone. Someone important," Judge Angels spoke up, "could you perhaps be the angel we were searching for?"

The girl scoffed and stuffed her hands in her hoodie. "If it's an angel you're looking for, you're looking in the wrong place. Me, I'm far from being one."

"Then you just might be it," You say with a smirk, "we're far from being angels ourselves."

"I know. With those bloody weapons you guys were carrying, I wouldn't have guessed anything else."

At the mention of weapons, Jeff looked at the girl in alarm. "Hey you, speaking of our weapons, where are they? I know for sure you took them...."

"Oh don't worry they're safe where they are. I just don't want you people pulling anything so I hid them for a while." She then sighed and shrugged, "did you plan on trying to kill me or something...?"

"That depends. What's your name?" Judge Angels asked. The girl was hesitant for a bit before responding, "I'm Nova....who're you guys?"

"We're Creepypasta," Judge answered, "and you're exactly the one we were looking for!"

"This kid?" Jeff spoke in disbelief. "She looks nothing like a killer!"

"Looks don't tell the whole story, pal," Nova sighed, glaring at Jeff. "You don't know what I've done in my life..."

You nod in agreement with her, then look to her with a pleading look. "Could you please untie us? Now that you know we're not a threat, you could let us go..."

"Not yet..." Nova said, shaking her head. "Why exactly were you guys looking for me? How do you even know I exist?"

"We were sent to look for you by The SlenderMan," Judge Angels said, "he's an Entity that resides in this world, and recruits killers like you and me to come and live with him and carry out the deed of killing to our pleasing."

Nova tilted her head again and you decided to speak as well, "Slenderman sent us to come bring you to our mansion to come and live with us. He thinks your skills as a killer is worthy in his presence."

"Really now? I swore that there was no possible way for anything to be able to track me down...he shouldn't know I'm even alive..."

"Well he does and you're wasting our time. Now hurry up and untie us before the old man realizes we're taking too long and shows up himself," Jeff demanded, fidgeting in his chair. Nova sighs a bit before slowly striding up to each of you and quickly untying you from your chairs.

"Weapons," Jeff remarked, and Nova glared at him a bit before pulling from behind her all three of your weapons out of what looked to be thin air. You all stare at her in shock for a bit before quickly grabbing your weapons.

"How did you do that?" You asked, holding your (W/T) close to you. "Magic," Nova replied with a shrug. "Alright, now that we have the new girl and our weapons, let's head back to our meeting place to get Toby," Judge said, beginning to make her way out of the basement. "Say goodbye to your home, because you won't be coming back," You told Nova, and the girl looked around the place uncertain before nodding her head and following you three out of the basement.

Once the four of you were out of the old house and walking down the street, you began to notice that the whole neighborhood was literally beginning to fade away.

"Uh...what's happening...?" Jeff asked uncertainly. "This whole neighborhood...was an illusion. It was meant to be a place for me to live on my own and people to avoid because of how old and abandoned it is. It's been here for many years, but now that you're all taking me away...it has to go," Nova sighed.

"You're the strangest killer if I've ever seen one," Jeff remarked, looking to her with interest. "Look guys, Toby's up ahead! Let's not keep him waiting," Judge exclaimed, beginning to run where the proxy was standing nearby an entrance into the woods. You and the other two quickly followed after her.

• TIMESKIP •

You, Toby, Judge Angels, Jeff, and the newbie, Nova were all heading back to the manor. By this time it was late at night, and the air was colder than it was before.

"Sucks that it didn't snow," Judge Angels said with a pout as the group trudged through the cold woods. "Maybe it'll start snowing in a f-few days," Toby said, glancing up at the sky. "But to be honest, I hope it doesn't snow. Me and H-Hoodie are still trying to fix th-the stupid van and we don't need snow m-messing up our stuff."

Once you and the group had reached the mansion, Sally was could be seen outside on the porch playing with her toys. She was wearing warm winter clothing instead of her normal pink gown. When she saw you and the others approaching, she got excited and ran over to you, almost slipping on the ice in all her excitement.

"You're all back! Finally!" She cheered, hugging you since your were closest and smiling. "Hi Sally. We brought someone new for you to play with," You say patting her head. Sally glanced over at Nova and her eyes widen.

"H-Hi! My names' Sally..." She said shyly, hugging your arm. Nova smiled a bit herself and gave Sally a small wave, "Hi Sally, I'm Nova."

"Come on you guys, let's go inside so we can introduce her to the others!" Judge Angels exclaimed, starting to run for the doors while pulling Nova behind her. Sally giggled a bit and started running behind them, and Jeff slowly followed behind them.

You were about to run off with them when Toby grand your arm and pulls you back. You look at him in confusion and he chuckles a bit. "So," he said with a grin. "What do you think of the newbie?"

"We barely know her. Our first impression of her was us waking up tied to chairs in her basement..." You respond. "She seems nice. Maybe she won't be too bad," Toby said, shrugging. "But having her here brings me back to when you first came to the m-mansion. Reminds me of when you were the newbie."

"Yeah, same here," You say, smiling a bit. "It feels like it was just yesterday I got here."

Toby nods a bit, then glances at you again and grins, patting your head. "I don't c-care how many new Creepypastas we get, yo-you're always gonna be my favorite newbie."

You look up at him, unsure, "Really? Me?"

"Yeah you. You're u-unlike all the others, there's s-something different about you. And trust me, I believe many of the others agree with me."

You look down, embarrassed and scratch your head. "That...means a lot? It's nice to know you guys think that way about me...thanks..."

Toby nodded then suddenly stopped walking and remarked with a smirk, "Alright (Y/N), last one to the mansion is a rotten corpse!"

You gasp and immediately dash towards the mansion doors alongside Toby, feeling glad that even if Slenderman was to bring in more killers, you would still be the newbie that most everyone favored.