Location: The Library - Blacklands Manor Orphanage

No POV

After Y/n caught up with his friends at the library to play hide and seek, he placed Mr. Hopp on the table with Mr. Stripes and Miss Bo and since Y/n is the last one to meet up with his friends at the library, he has to be the one to count first and have to find his friends.

Molly: Y/n, you're counting first.

Y/n: What? Why me?

Issac: Well, you did come last in the race.

Molly: We don't make the rules, Y/n.

Esther: I'm pretty sure that he didn't want to run down the halls because he doesn't want to get in trouble with Ms. Beverley.

Y/n: (Sighs) Alright, I'll go count and you guys hide.

Then Y/n walked over to a nearby wall and began counting to 10 before he can start searching for his friends.

Y/n: 7...8...9...10. Ready or not, here I come.

After counting to 10, he then started searching around the library to find his friends, not noticing that he was being watched by a certain rabbit looking through a shelf full of books before Y/n heard the familiar sound of a music box playing in the background as Y/n looked at his surroundings before he saw some kind of opening at the corner of a wall as Y/n slowly walked over there to see what's inside there.

???: Y/nnnnnn~

Y/n: Hello? Is someone in there?

Then as Y/n went closer to the wall, a pair of glowing yellow eyes along with a set of sharp teeth was hidden in the darkness until Y/n stopped when heard the something nearby as he looked to see Issac trying to stop the vase that was on a pillar from hitting the floor, thus exposing his hiding spot.

Issac: Oops, guess you found me.

Then Y/n smiled before looking back at the opening that suddenly disappeared as if he was seeing things that felt all too real.

Issac: (Walking up to Y/n, worried) Are you okay?

Y/n: Yeah, I'm fine. I thought I saw something on that wall. My mind seems to be playing tricks on me. I still haven't found Molly or Esther yet.

Molly: Oh look, I won yet again.

Y/n: T_T Molly. You just exposed yourself and immediately lost the game.

Issac: Yeah, that's not how hide and seek works.

Y/n: I don't think she never played hide and seek before. Has she ever played a game with you and Esther before I arrived here?

Issac: No, I don't think so.

Molly: Is there a problem?

Y/n: Nope not at all. Now I gotta find Esther.

Then they heard a loud 'thump' that came from the other side of the library.

Issac: What was that? 

Then the three of them looked over to one of the rows of library books to see Isabelle peak from the other side of the shelves before hiding away from them.

Y/n: Was that the new girl?

Molly: What a weirdo.

Then Issac picked up the book that fell from the shelf and when he looked at what's inside the book.

Issac: This book is about creatures and demons.

Y/n: Really? Maybe that's something that I can read to keep me busy with.

Issac: Maybe you might find Molly in that book. (Laughs)

Then Molly's face went red with rage and hit Issac on the head with a blunt object in retaliation while Y/n looked at the table where the dolls are placed on have gone missing. 

Y/n: Huh? That's odd. I thought we placed the dolls on that table.

Then suddenly, Ms. Beverley came into the room to tell Y/n, Issac and Molly to keep it down since it is a library, despite Y/n didn't do anything that got him in trouble.

Beverley: Can we please keep the noise down!? Don't you know this is a library!?

All: Yes, Ms. Beverley.

Beverley: (Talking under her breath in anger) Awful children...

???: Man, that Ms. Beverely is something huh?

Then the three of them look to see the other new kid named Caleb Conners in the library with a smug smile on his face.

Y/n: I know right? She's the real monster here.

Issac: It's not like anyone else is in here...

Molly: So, you're the other new kid, huh? You're kinda cute.

???: Thanks, toots. Name's Caleb Conners. I heard you guys are playing hide and seek.

Issac: Do you want to play with us?

Caleb: Sure. I don't have anything else to do anyway since I got here.

Y/n: Well, let's go somewhere else and play. I just need to find Esther.

Caleb: Oh, you mean that girl with the brown hair and the blue PJs? Yeah, I seen her hiding in the other room. You can't miss it.

Y/n: Ok, I'll go find her and we'll go play hide and seek somewhere else.

So Y/n walked around the orphanage to find Esther in the other room, but the whole place is so big it felt like a maze to him. Eventually, he soon found Mr. Hopp on the floor along with Mr. Stripes and Miss Bo on top of the dresser by the elevator that's currently out of order and in need of repair as soon as possible.

Y/n: Oh! There you guys are. How did you even get there? (Sees Mr. Hopp on the floor) Oh. Guess you must've fallen of the dress when you were too close to the edge of the dresser.

Y/n then picked up Mr. Hopp and gently dusted him to get rid of the dust on the floor off of the doll before Esther came in to find Y/n with the dolls.

Esther: There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you.

Y/n: (Turns to Esther) Huh? What do you mean, Esther. I've been looking for you. 

Esther: Yeah, I know you were supposed to look for me, but Ms. Beverley told me to go play in the other room with the other. I'm sorry that you wasted your whole time looking for me.

Y/n: It's fine, Esther. So I guess I won the game then.

Esther: (Giggles) You sure did. Let's go back with the other before we get into trouble.

Y/n: Good idea.

Then Y/n grabbed the other dolls, Mr. Stripes and Miss Bo and he and Esther went back to meet up with Caleb, Molly and Issac in the other room until it was time for them to go to bed. But Y/n can't help but wonder how did those dolls get to the other room next to the broken elevator. He figured it was one of the kids that was pulling a prank on him, but you have to be pretty sneaky in order to do that and he knew it couldn't be Esther since she is a sweet girl and would never do that to Y/n. Toys can't get up and move on it's own....

Or can they...

-Later that Night-

As Y/n went to sleep in his own bed with the other kids sleeping peacefully, the young boy didn't even notice that Mr. Hopp, Mr. Stripes and Miss Bo were watching the young boy sleeping like a baby as they are brought here for a reason by their master as phase one of their plan is about to begin.

Mr. Hopp: Is everything going according to plan?

Mr. Stripes: Yes, all planned out by our master.

Miss Bo: We came here for the boy, but let's play with him for awhile in his dreams before we take him. I just help but smile at the boy for sleeping so peacefully like that.

Mr. Hopp: I agree with you, Bo, but let's focus on the mission. Our master is counting on us on capturing Y/n, so let's do our best to complete our task.

Mr. Stripes: I hear ya, but what about his friends. Clearly, they seem to grow fond of Y/n than the other kids. Maybe we can take them in as well. Master would be happy to have more souls to join us.

Miss Bo: Oh, please. You can't possibly think about having Molly join us. She is a real spoiled brat if you ask me. I would rather use her as a toy for me to break with instead of having her join us.

Mr. Hopp: Well, what if you try to turn her into something that anyone can tolerate instead of her always being a spoiled brat. Just think of her becoming like your own daughter in your own image.

Miss Bo: Hmmm...yes that's right. I can make her into the daughter I always wanted. That's a great idea, Hoppy.

Mr. Hopp: Please don't call me that, Bo, but I bet if we turn his friends into our own image that will definitely serve under our master in order to get Y/n's guard down for us to get what we want.

Mr. Stripes: Now you're speaking my language, buddy. When should we start with that plan to get Y/n's soul at the palm of our hands?

Mr. Hopp: We'll start off with you and Bo getting both Issac and Molly, then I'll get Esther to become just like us. Once they become like us in our own image, we'll get Y/n next and we won't stop until he is ours for the taking.

Mr. Stripes: Very well then. I actually don't mind Issac being my owner and I'm happy to have him as my own son. 

Miss Bo: I barely even tolerate my owner, but I'm willing to teach her a thing or two to make her the perfect daughter to me.

Mr. Hopp: Understood. I may have failed to capture Y/n in his own home, but this time I won't that happen again. So, let's have some quality fun time with our favorite child.

Mr. Stripes/Miss Bo: With pleasure.

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 4