*trailer for The Dollhouse and picture of Holly Parker attatched*

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Holly

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My sore eyes slowly open. It is not long before I strangely realise my vision is blurred and I can't feel my legs; they're completely numb. I'm immediately hit with confusion as soon as I realise I have no idea where the hell I am. What is going on? I'm too exhausted and aching to even think right now...

I sit up on the girly bed I was just before deeply sleeping in. I look around the room, this doesn't look familiar at all. Oh, no... I can only think the worst... Have I been kidnapped? This certainly does not look like the place a criminal would keep their kidnapped victim... This is just overall crazy and weird; this whole strange situation is causing my breathing to go rapid. 'Stay calm, Holly. Stay calm.' I think to myself.

I hop out of the bed, still confused, and further examine the big bedroom. In the room is ten beds; five lined against one pink painted wall, and five lined against the other pink painted wall. Also in the room is a plasma TV and next to the TV, is a tall shelf stacked neatly with various DVDs and books. I bring my attention back onto the ten beds. Is this like Snow White or something? The beds have flower printed blankets and big fluffy pillows... I seriously feel like I'm in a children's playroom.

Okay, seriously, where the hell am I? I don't remember anything and it's making me extremely frightened. Tears begin to blur my eyes as I feel insanity washing over me. This has got to be a dream.

Before I know it, tears are streaming down my face. I'm terrified. I almost feel stupid that me, an eighteen year old girl, is crying over this... Like, c'mon, this has got to be dream... Right? Oh, please be right.

I pinch myself repeatedly to reassure myself this is nothing but a dream... But when the awful realisation hits me that this is not a dream, or even a nightmare, I swear to god my heart flies out of my chest. No. No. No. How could this happen?! Why me?! No!

I collapse onto the ground in shock. This is way too much. I cry and scream with no breathing involved; right now, I don't even know how to fucking breath. I' terrified. I want to get out of here but there are no windows, only the bedroom door, and there is no way I'm going out there... I have no idea what lies.

Suddenly, the bedroom door gently opens and a preppy girl looking around my age with black hair tied into curly pigtails walks in with a big smile on her face. What catches my attention about this pretty girl is her fashion choice... She's wearing a dress Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz' would wear. This is just strange.

"Hello, Holly, I'm Juliet. How are you feeling?" So her names Juliet... What does she want from me?

"Where am I? What happened?" I ask, frantically with my breathing uncontrollable. I'm absolutely freaking out. Where's my friends Lucy, Alex, Lucas, Ava and Mia? Where's my family? Where's Mum, Dad, Dakota, Fawna, Jim and Mayt? I hate my siblings, but now, all I want is their safety and security!

My hands start to shake and I start to go into full panic mode. WhenI put my hand on my chest and scratch as if I'm trying to let my lungs out to breathe air. Saddening tears run down my face as my voice goes hoarse from the multiple screams I've cried out.

"Holly, relax. You'll be fi-" Juliet was cut off by a loud swing open of the door. Oh no, there is another person. No. This cannot be good.

A seemingly handsome man, around his early twenties, walks into the room wearing all black. He has luscious, brown, curly hair and electrifying green eyes. He looks scary and intimidating, it's making me even more frightened for my life.

"Um, Harry, she just woke up. She's a bit panicky and scared." Juliet informs the man-well, Harry- with a huge fake smile. How can Juliet tell Harry I am 'a bit panicky and scared'? I'm absolutely flat out terrified and it doesn't help I have no explanation on how I even got here in the first place!

"Okay. Now hurry up, Juliet. Help the other dolls make breakfast" Harry says to Juliet in a kind manner. Juliet smiles and heads her way out the door, but Harry stays. I was actually hoping Juliet would stay... I don't want to be alone with this mysterious man... What will he do to me?! Will he hurt me?!

"Hello, Holly" Harry says with a warm tone, crouching down on the floor next to me. I don't dare to look at him, I'm too frightened by what might happen next.

"What are you do-doing?" I say with all my courage, and that's not much; my hands are shaking and my heart is beating so fast that I feel I will have a heart attack.

"Don't worry, Holly. You're safe. You're mine" Harry grins evilly. Despite his charming looks, he is so fucking creepy! What does this idiot mean by 'You're mine'?!

'You're mine.'

'You're mine.'

'You're mine.'

The gruesome words just repeat and repeat in my head. I cover my ears with my hands and cry out... This cannot be happening.

"You're crazy! What the fuck!" I dare to look up at Harry and scream in his face, tears rolling down my cheeks.

"Now, Holly, you don't want what happened to Beth to happen to you" Harry says seriously before leaving the room with a psychotic smirk.

Who's Beth? Oh my god, what happened to her? What the fuck is going to happen to me?!

Again, I collapse on the floor, this time I am weak and cannot move a muscle... I'm shocked, terrified and fearing for my own life.

| Twenty Minutes Later |

I hear a knock at the door but I certainly don't look up, I'm scared of who will come into the bedroom.

The door gently opens and in comes a tall and skinny girl my age. Like Juliet, this strange girl has her silky brown hair in pigtails and she's wearing the same dress as Juliet, but hers is yellow.

"Hi, Holly. I'm Sarah. Breakfast is ready" Sarah tells me with grace. Does this idiot really think I'm staying here for a fucking meal? As if she can look at me in a broken and awfully emotional state and calmly say 'Breakfast is ready.' What the hell?!

I stand up weakly, "No, I'm leaving!" I yell at Sarah as more tears stream down my hot cheeks.

"Don't. Please, just don't. He will find you and kill you if you even say the word 'escape'. Just get dressed and I'll lead you to the dining room"

Kill me? This is fucking insane!

"I am dressed" I yell at Sarah once again. Sarah rolls her eyes. Really? You're pulling that card?

"Look in the wardrobe, you'll find a coat hanger that says 'Holly'. They will be your clothes. I'll let you get dressed" Sarah leaves to let me get dressed and again, I become even more scared. It's weird, I want to be left alone but I feel safer if Juliet or Sarah were to be here... It's as if I know them.

Okay, Holly. If you want to escape you have to play Harry's little game. All you have to do is have some breakfast, then run the fuck away. Just escape. Be smart and stay collected.

Fuck, I have to stop talking to myself.

I walk over to a door of what I think is the door to the walk in wardrobe. I wouldn't know if it was, anyway, my vision is blurred with tears. I really need to stop crying. In a moment like this, I have to be strong... Even if I am absolutely horrified.

I step in to the walk in wardrobe and look for my coat hanger. I see other girls coat hangers. There's other girls here too? The names I see are Liz, Evie, Sarah, Juliet, Kylie, Macy, Lola, Jess, Anna and ... Holly. I can't believe there are nine other girls here... Well, that explains the ten beds. This is weirding me out... I'm just plain confused and scared trying to put puzzle pieces together.

I take the coat hanger off of the rack and my expression turns even more confused, if that's even possible. Hanging on the coat hanger is almost a replica of Sarah and Juliet's dress, but in the colour green. They're awfully similar, though mine has a stripy pattern. I'm guessing whoever picked our clothes wants us to dress the same. Fucking weird.

I struggle to put on the dress with my cries and weakness in my shocked state but eventually manage to.

I then walk into what seems to be the bathroom and sigh as soon as I see my ugly reflection in the mirror. My eyes are red and puffy from crying, and my makeup is smudged. I don't even bother applying makeup, I just wash my face and try to calm myself down; even though nothing seems to work.

I part my hair into two sections and tie it up, and even that simple task is a struggle in this situation. I tie my hair into pigtails because Harry would probably want me to have the same hair as Juliet and Sarah, and I'm a smart girl, I know that. I just have to stay here for a very short while and I will escape. I really have to stay calm, cool, and collected... I'm kind of failing at the moment though, but I can't help it; this is possibly the most intense situation to ever occur in my life.

I hear three soft knocks coming from the bedroom door. It must be Sarah. She opens the door and comes in. My guess was right; it is Sarah.

"You look totally glam, Holly!" Sarah says with cheer, examining my different appearance. I cringe at the use of words. Totally glam? Seriously?

Sarah walks up to me and I take steps back, getting further away from her. Sarah notices my movements and manages to put her soft hand on my shoulder, and I am suddenly hit with warmth and some kind of reassurance of something... But I have no idea what.

"Look, Holly, I know you are scared, but you'll be okay. I'll be your friend. Best friend, if you need. Don't be afraid of me, I'm just like you." Sarah tightly hugs me as I stand there awkwardly.

It takes me a few awkward seconds to hug back, but when I do, I feel almost safe, and I'm glad so. Any more minutes in the insane state I was in before Sarah came in the bedroom I would've fell to the floor unconscious.

"You hungry?" Sarah pulls out of the hug.

"No. I'm scared. I wanna know what is going o-"

I'm cut off by a new girl walking into the bedroom. She looks a bit more... Chilled than Juliet and Sarah... More real in a sense. She still has her light green dress like Juliet and Sarah, and she is still around the same age as them, but her hair is a pixie cut. I don't know, she just looks more normal to me.

"Hey Sarah... Is this Holly?" The pixie cut girl says, walking over to meet Sarah and I.

"I'm Evie, sweetheart." Evie says kindly.

I don't reply, I just stand there, fiddling with my dress nervously.

"You may be a bit scared, eh? Don't worry, Holly. C'mon, let's have some breakfast. We've got toast, muffins, croissants, fruit, anything you like," Evie links my arm with hers, "let's go."

I like Evie. She's much more nicer, in a sense, than Juliet and Sarah. She makes me feel more... Safe, I guess?

Sarah, Evie and I step out the door and my mouth falls open. The hallway is beautiful. The walls are painted a coral colour and have mirrors lined against them. In the middle of the hallway lies a gigantic chandelier made of dangling rubies and emeralds.

"I know, it's beautiful. I can't wait till you have the tour" Sarah tells me.

"Tour? What tour?" I ask, confused.

"Tour of the dollhouse. You'll meet Jess and Liz, they'll give the tour, it's just showing you where everything is and stuff. You'll like Jess and Liz; they're nice girls" Evie says.

Sarah, Evie and I walk down the marble, curved steps and are soon downstairs. It's just a beautiful as upstairs.

"The dining room is gorgeous. Can't wait for you to meet the girls!" Sarah says, excitedly.

Having other girls here makes me feel like I'm not alone. Hopefully they help me escape, or escape with me. Because I need to get the hell out of here.

There are two large doors in front of Sarah, Evie and I. This must be the entrance to the dining room. Sarah opens the doors proudly and leads me in. Wow, the dining room is gorgeous. The floor is checkered black and white, the walls are blood red, and in here, too, is a huge chandelier. There's a long table in the middle of the dining room. There's so much food on the table and it's only breakfast. From what I can see, there's toast, pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausages, tea, orange juice, cereal, fruit, and muffins.

"Hello, fellow dolls," Sarah says, so everyone can hear. I look at all the girls dresses in the same dresses as Juliet, Sarah, Evie and I. This is all so strange.

"This is Holly, the new doll" Sarah smiles and I wave, shyly. What else am I supposed to do?

I walk with Sarah and Evie and take a seat between them both.

"Hey, why are all the girls dressed like porcelain dolls? It's making me really freaked out." I ask Evie with a worried expression painted on my face.

"Harry forces us to wear them. We're his dolls. We wear porcelain doll clothing. I know it's weird, but you have to follow Harry's orders or he will torture you" Evie says, sternly. Wow, Harry has problems. I can't wait to get the hell out of this beautiful, yet absolutely creepy place.

| After Breakfast |

"Liz, Jess, give Holly the dollhouse tour" Harry instructs Liz and Jess before leaving the dining room for us girls to clean up.

Great, I was planning on escaping right now but I just remembered I have to get through a stupid 'tour' or whatever.

Liz, Jess and I walk out of the dining room in silence.

"I'm Liz" Liz introduces herself to me, her hand striking out for me to shake. I shake it awkwardly.

"I'm Jess" Jess whispers, quietly. She seems really shy.

Liz has dark skin and big, brown eyes. She is quite tall, and she has strong facial features. Liz's hair is dark brown and her doll dress is pink with polka dots.

Jess has a dark skin tone and a petite body size. Her eyes are greeny-brown and her hair is long and caramel brown. Her doll dress is dark blue.

"Okay, let's start the tour" Liz says, clapping her hands, excitedly. Can this get any worse?

Liz and Jess show me around the whole, as they like to call it, 'Dollhouse'. All the rooms are decorated beautifully and are really, just mesmerising, especially Harry's luxurious room. Although The Dollhouse is very pretty, that surely doesn't change my mind on escape.

Liz and Jess show me outside. This is absolutely beautiful. There's a rose garden filled with pretty red roses as well as various other colourful flowers and plants, and there's ice sculptures, too.

Liz and Jess take me to the last room: the underground dungeon. This doesn't seem fun at all. It gives me the chills and that is not what I need right now. I have to be focused on how I will escape, not what will happen if I try to.

As Liz and Jess show me around the dungeon, I start to shake; this is so scary. How psychotic do you have to be to have a fucking dungeon?

"The dungeon is where Harry tortures us if we try and escape" Liz tells me. Jesus Christ.

"Have you ever been in here? How long does he keep you here?" I ask, trying to keep my calm, although on the inside I am terrified.

"No ones actually been in here except for Beth. She tried escaping more than twice and..." Jess tells her story and mindlessly trails off.

"What, what?!" I ask, worried.

"Harry tied her up to a chair, and burnt her whole body. She died and you've replaced her" Jess tells me about Beth, a tear leaving her eye. They must've been good friends. Fuck this is so weird. I can't believe I've 'replaced' a dead woman. This is too insane.

"Jess, Holly, we should go to the bedroom. The girls are probably done cleaning. We need to do introduction" Liz says, breaking an awkward silence.

Introduction? What the fucking hell is introduction? I don't want to get to know these silly 'dolls' or whatever, but I guess I will just have to... I will do anything in order to escape, and it this is what I have to do, I will do just that.

| In The Bedroom |

Liz, Jess and I make our way up to the bedroom and open the door. The other girls are sitting on their beds talking. As soon as they see me, it's dead silent.

"Hey" Liz says, she and Jess sitting down on their own beds, which are next to each other. I sit down on the bed I was sleeping in before next to Juliet and Sarah.

"Hi" the other girls say at the same time.

"Okay, I'll start with my introduction," A blonde girl on the very first bed says, "I'm Kylie. Harry, uh, I got here on my 17th birthday. At first, I never thought I'd make it here. But I got used to everything and you will too, Holly." Is she out of her goddamn mind?

Kylie talks about her life while I examine her features; she is so pretty, but she seems quite dumb. Kylie has shoulder length blond hair and pretty dark eyes. Her dress is lilac.

"I'm Anna" the next girl says, looking at her painted nails. She doesn't seem nice like the others. Anna has long blond hair and dark brown eyes similar to Kylie's. I introduce myself but she cuts me off by raising a hand and rolling her eyes. Bitch.

"Hi, Holly! O-M-G you're so pretty! Like, we can be best friends, or not, up to you! Oh my god we can be like buddies forever! Haha! I'm Macy!" Macy speaks really fast. She seems quite cheerful and bubbly.

"Um, I'm Lola, nice to meet you," Lola files her red painted nails, "Unlike these idiots, I am thriving to leave this place. I'm not a fucking doll"

"Lola! Harry'll hear you!" Juliet whisper-yells.

"Yeah, you think we like being here? God, you're so full of yourself" Anna rolls her eyes.

"Fuck, I agree with Lola or whatever! I wanna get out of here! This place sucks! Harry is a fucking psycho and I'm not a doll! Jesus Christ!" As I finish screaming my speech, Harry storms in through the door. We all gasp in unison.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I start using my hands as shields to get away from Harry. I'm crying so hard. What's he gonna do to me?

Harry, strangely, gently leads me out of the room, we don't speak a word as we head to the place I fear the most in the whole entire world.

The dungeon.

A/N: AHHHH!! First chapter!!! I hope you all enjoyed it! Please vote and comment xx