Ray Silverwood's Story

Anna Deans
Anna walked down her street, her coat buttoned up to her neck. Tonight would be the night I catch Slenderman. She thought, looking at the flyer for the fair, kids, crowds, near the forest, plenty of people taking pictures and it starts when it gets dark. She bumped into a guy, he seemed distracted. "Sorry." She apologised, her brown hair falling in front of her eyes. She brushed it back and noticed his blue eyes and raven black hair. "Hi, I'm Anna." She smiled and put her hand out to shake his hand.

RAY SILVERWOOD

Ray felt something hard hit his shoulder. He glanced upwards, locking eyes with a rather pretty brunette, who quickly apologized and introduced herself as Anna. And why would I care what your name was... Ray was tempted to say, but didn’t, simply because she seemed polite and plus her beauty took his mind of Slenderman. He didn’t return a smile, but took her hand and shook it half heartedly. "Ray..." He replied bluntly.

The male youths shocking blue eyes wandered to the poster; he had seen the advertisement before but thought nothing of heading there. "Why would you be interested in going to a kids fair?" Ray questioned with a quiet smug grunt.

Anna Deans
"Nice to meet you, Ray." Then he mentioned the flyer and Anna stuttered, "Oh... It's stupid... really... you don't want to know." She let out a breathe and smiled back at him. Don't mention slender, don't mention slender. She thought to herself, crushing the flyer and hiding it behind her back. "I've never seen you around here before, have you just moved in or something?" She smiled, trying to change the subject.

Arthur Evergreene
A blur of brown flew past him to his left as he ran. He didn't want to look back, but he knew he had to. He turned around. No one was there. What the crap? Where was he? he wondered as he stopped running and began to walk. He had five pages in his possesion. Where were the last three?
"Stupid friends," he muttered under his breath as a cold shiver went down his spine. The wind was picking up a bit. It was breaking through his jacket. He shrugged his shoulders and kept marching on, turning around every once in a while to gaze into the trees, looking for that thing. But he didn't appear. And it was that suspense that was really scaring him. He looked down at his flashlight. The battery life was running lower and lower. Soon, it would be gone and he'd have to wonder in the dark. And he didn't like that idea.
"Aha!" he cried as he saw something else unusual. It was a long pipe. Another cold shiver went down his spine as he entered the pipe tunnel. He could see the exit at the other end. His previous relief turned into one of terror as he realized that it was usually in the tunnels that the scary things happened. He rubbed his eyes and pointed his flashlight around the tunnel. A flash of white entered the beam. It was another piece of paper! He ran up to it. This time, it said. "Don't look or it takes you." A shiver went down his spine as he took the page and felt the tension build up. Only two more to go. He pointed the flashlight where he just was, spotting nothing. He drew another breath before turning to the exit of the tunnel. All he saw was a man in a suit with a white, blank face. He screamed as his vision began to look fuzzy, staticy, like a TV screen. He wanted to run but he couldn't. He was transfixed on that blank face as it stood there, his arms reaching out to grab him. "It's over..."

He cried out as he leapt out of bed. Panting hard, he scanned the room. No slenderman here. He drew a sigh of relief, then tensed up as he heard someone running up the stairs. A face of a springer spaniel peered through the crack of the door, whining. Smiling, he opened his door wider as Lucky pounced on him, licking his face. Laughing, he got up and began to pet him. "How you doing today, Lucky?" his breathing slowed down. He was drenched in sweat. He grabbed some clothes, then took a shower. All the while, he was thinking of Slenderman. Ever since his friends told him about the thing, he became obsessed. He did his research and studied the Slenderman closely. But the more he knew about the Slenderman, the more nightmares like that ocurred. Finally, it came to a nightmore every night. He dreaded sleep. He felt sick every day. He would occasionally go into coughing fits. Sometimes, he forgot anything he previously did. Randomly, he'd draw a circle with an X through it. He kept everything related to Slenderman inside a journal he called the Slenderman Files. Hopefully, someday, it'd help him unlock the secrets of Slenderman and it's weaknesses. All he needed were some ways to beat Slenderman and he would be free of him. He could relax. Until then, Slenderman would haunt him to eternity. Done with his shower, he put on his clothes and looked outside. It was already becoming dark. How long had he slept? He felt like a walk, so he called Lucky and went outside.

Coppergrain may be small, but it sure was as lively as any Las Vegas night tonight. Kids were dragging adults to the fair near the forest that was taking place. He put on a smile and went out to the fair. All I need to do is relax, he thought, to enjoy the fair. He passed a couple of people talking, but he took no notice. Unfortunately, Lucky did and decided to come up and say hello. Lucky went to the girl first, sniffing at her palm before going to the guy and sniffing at his feet. "Lucky no!" he called out and ran towards them.
((OOC: Pretty long into, lol. Good luck reading that!))

Ray Silverwood

"You know I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t want to know," Ray hissed. He rolled his eyes in a very smug manner, but he let the conversation drop just because she seemed agitated and so far had been ever polite and tolerating towards him. She had earned a little of his respect. This "Anna" girl seemed nice, but rather odd. He saw her screw up the poster behind her back and narrowed his cold blue eyes. What was her problem? "Are you a kiddy fiddler or something?" His voice was serious, but his lip quirked upwards is what could be described as a minor smile...

"I've never seen you around here before, have you just moved in or something?"

"I have been here for about a month now, I don’t particularly like it here, but there’s nobody to give you trouble I guess. I keep to myself, that most likely why you haven’t seen me. You might have met my Father, he sells game but doesn’t own a proper shop yet. Though he’s hoping to open one soon..." Ray explained. He also hadn’t seen her around, but that was most likely because he hadn’t been looking.

Then a weird feeling tickled at his feet. Ray glanced down finding a Springer Spaniel sniffing at his ankles. Now he was not really fond of dogs, but Spaniels were game dogs and would love to own one himself. He also saw how affectionate Anna was towards the creature too. Slowly he leant down and scratched behind its ears, looking up to see a brunette male dashing towards the pair. "Nice dog...but it needs a freaking leach..."

Anna shot a glare at him when he called her a kiddy fiddler. "My mum used to take me, when I was a kid and now that she's dead I wanted to go in her memory." She spat, her smile faded and then it came back. "Don't let my dad catch you hunting." She joked and turned back to the owner of the dog. "Hi, I'm Anna and this here is Ray." She introduced both of them.

Arthur Evergreene

Lucky bounded back to Arthur, who had just arrived at the scene. "C'mere, boy!" he called as the dog ran up to him and started licking his face. He turned to Ray and Anna. "I'm Arthur," he replied,"And this is Lucky. He's very social." He started scratching the dog behind the ears. Lucky sat down, panting. Arthur smiled at the dog. "You know better than to run up to people," he muttered, barely audible, then turned back to the two. "So, are you both going to the fair?" he asked.

Anna nodded."Yes, I am." She looked to Ray. "Are you coming?" She asked, before searching bag making sure she had her camera, smiling when she saw it. She closed her bag and looked back at Ray. "Well?" She smiled, hiding her unhappiness about his previous comment.

Arthur smiled when she said she was. "Awesome!" he cried,"We should all go together as a group." He saw her glance down inside her bag at something and his curiosity got the better of him. "What's in the bag?" he asked. Lucky had once again risen and walked to Anna, licking at her hand.

(Sorry for taking a while to reply >.< Been busy but I should be alright now :3 So Kim is Korean is she. I demand her to do Gangnam style right now!)

Ray Silverwood.

"My mum used to take me, when I was a kid and now that she's dead I wanted to go in her memory."

Crap...

Ray lowered his head apologetically, causing his dark raven hair to fall over his eyes. "I am sorry, I don’t have the best sort of since of humour..." He whispered. Yeah, well clearly he was no longer in her good books, which was a shame indeed but something he could deal with and was used to. He would just have to keep his lips zipped from then on.

The youth nodded a greeting at the male supposable named Arthur with the hunting dog. This guy seemed far too happy then what was healthy, but didn’t mean Ray trouble so he seemed like a decent enough ally. "I was not particularly planning on heading to a silly kids fair but I have nothing better to do, and you seem like decent people who may be able to tolerate me for a short amount of time so sure..." He said, shooting a quiet smile at the pair ahead of him.

***At the fair***

Ray watched Anna with careful eyes. There was something odd about her, the determination in her eyes was rather frightening. Why was she taking pictures? It was weird...but he decided not to ask questions in case her disliking of him grew even more. However, he slowly walked towards her, watching her and her father talk. He seemed like a stern but pleasant man with allot of power. Ray recalled Anna warning him about her Dad catching him hunting. What authority did he have here!?

"Alright, but none of that Slenderman crap."

What!? Ray froze. He didn’t understand. Did she know of Slenderman? This was something he had to question. He had to know if she could sort out his nightmares. That horrid pale empty face flickered back into his mind, forcing him to rub his forehead which now had throbbing pain pulsing through it. As her Father left, Ray continued towards Anna, a distressed expression on his handsome face.

Just before Ray reached her side, Anna was confronted by another young woman. The youths vision blurred slightly around him; his face changing deathly pale. Though he had reached the two girls sides, he remained silent, trying to push this cold sickening feeling from his body.

Anna smiled to Ray when he approached, "That was my dad, he's the local sheriff." She told him with a smile. She noticed his skin paling, "Hey are you okay? You look a little pale." She said, putting her hand on his arm and ducking down a bit to look at his face. "Maybe we should sit down." She walked over to a bench, motioning for the Korean girl to come over. She was curious about both of them, why was she confronting her about taking pictures and why had he turned so pale and distressed all of a sudden. "Have I done something wrong?" She asked, her eyes darting back and forth between the 2.

She looked over her shoulder just to check her dad wasn't watching her or within hearing distance before turning around to whisper to the 2. "Do you know about Slenderman?" She furrowed her brows. "Do you want me to stop looking for him?"

((OOC: School all this week...I'll try to post as often as I can.))
Arthur Evergreene

At the fair, most of the world was festive. Kids were enjoying themselves on all the rides. Younger teens were daring each other to try the scariest rides. Older teens were into more of the romantic stuff like the ferris wheel and playing the carnival games together, trying to win prizes for the other. It was a great atmosphere. Arthur tried to enjoy the atmosphere, but Slender was back in his mind again. The conversation had kept his mind off of him for quite a bit, but now it was getting worse. It wouldn't be long before he started losing his memory and drawing random circles with Xs through them on some random post. He tried to focus on Ray and Anna. But in a heartbeat, he had lost them. Dammit, he muttered in his head. He hoped that he would run into them again. They seemed like great people...well Anna anyways. Ray was kind of a mystery to him, so he didn't have an opinion on him yet.

His thoughts were interupted as he nearly walked smack into a wall. As he examined it, it belonged to a haunted house. He also noticed a woman walking out, a bow and arrow strapped on her back. That wasn't a comforting sight. he thought, Why would she need a bow and arrow at a carnival?

Despite his burning curiosity, he chose to ignore her and walk away. Score one for brains, he thought as he walked to the edge of the forest. There, he found Anna, Ray, and some other girl, sitting on a bench. Ray didn't look too well. He ran up to the girls and Ray. "Hey, guys, is everything okay?" he asked, concerned,"How's Ray? Did he go on the Star Cruiser 3000 ride?"

Drake Temple

He is running through the forest, the bag on his back dancing around as if trying to break free. Drake's foot hit a branch and he go tumbling down into the dirt. 'GET UP! GET UP YOU IDIOT!' he yelled at himself. Drake got to his feet and kept running. he could almost feel slender man's icy fingers reaching out to grab him. Suddenly the world brightens as he emerges from the forest and into what looks like a small town. without stopping he looks around and sees what looks like fair or a carnival or something. 'Thank god, people.' He takes a sharp turn to his right and runs along the tree line as fast as he could. he keeps running through the festival until finally he runs into a group of people, two guys and two girls, around his age. Like literally he hits one of the guys (Arthur) and takes the poor boy to the ground with him. He quickly gets to his feet and helps the guy up. "I am so sorry." Drake looks behind him, searching for a faceless man in a suit but cant find him. "Thank god, I lost him...for now."

Arthur Evergreene

Before anyone could reply, a sudden blow from behind startles Arthur. He is taken to the ground, face-first. Arthur coughs as the one who ran into him gets up and holds out his hand to help Arthur up. He pushes it away, climbing onto his feet. "I'm fine," he replies,"Thanks though," A small trickle of something starts to run from his nose. Arthur puts his finger up to just below his nose, then pulls back. A spot of blood remains on his finger. Just great, he thought, now I have a bloody nose.

"Excuse me," he mutters and begans to walk to a porta-potty. Spotting a blue one, he hops inside, grabbing some toilet paper and wiping the blood from his face. He turns...to find a shilouette of a tall man with extremely thin arms and legs appearing to peer inside on him. Slenderman...

With a scream, he leaps out of the porta-potty, now shivering with fear. Not looking back, he runs as fast as he can back to the group, nearly tackling a little boy in the process. "I'm sorry," he barely stammers as he runs back to the group, his face as white as a sheet. Panting hard, he turns around to find no one following him. He had a migraine and a sense of deja vu sweeped over him. Had he seen this guy (Drake) before? He sat down on the bench, too mentally scattered to deal with it right now.

Anna yelped as the boy ran into Arthur, she watched him leave, blood on his finger. "Are you okay?" She asked him, still watching Arthur as he made his way to the toilets. Suddenly, Arthur burst out from it and bumped into someone. "Okay, am I the only healthy one here?" She looked to the other girl. "Well, me and..." She stopped, hoping the girl would add her name.

Ray Silverwood
Anna’s words and face were blurred to Ray, but he managed to find her hazel eyes and lock with them. He took a few deep breaths in; senses sliding in and out of focus. "I...This just h..happens sometimes...allot l...lately" The youth stammered as he began to growl slightly in a weak attempt to clear a tickle in the back of this throat. He looked through this blurred world and found Arthur, who made a comment that even amused Ray in such a state. "How's Ray? Did he go on the Star Cruiser 3000 ride?"

"It sure feels like that..." The raven haired teen said which a smile. It seemed that Arthur had managed to pull him back to his self, which he was grateful for. "Thank you both for giving a s***, I'm alright now I think, and no Anna you have not done anything wrong what so ever. If anything you have done everything right so far..*

Suddenly a guy (Drake) crashed into Arthur, slamming him to the ground and giving him a crimson nose. The brunette male dashed off to the toilet to grab some tissue but returned in no time. "Man are you alright? Quite a hit you took there..." Ray noted how distressed he was. Face just as awful coloured as Rays was a few minutes ago. Was it just from the shock of the fall? Or something more...?

Ray noticed Anna asking the Korean girl what her name was, he nodded in approval to her actions. "Yeah, what’s your name? And you Mr gunna run around smashing into randomers..." He rolled his eyes smugly at the stranger, but his "joke" was so pathetic he just looked like a idiot.

Ray felt like he was missing something that Anna had said to him. The tickle in the youths throat had grown to a roaring pain, he began to cough violently, sudden images flicking through his mind again. That pale empty face, long stretched arms, black suite. "I...I know...of Slender Anna...H..He’s not real!!"

As he said those very words a thick red liquid began to drip from his lips.

Anna noticed Ray coughing, the cough getting worse and worse, until he coughed up blood. "Oh my god." She gasped, looking around for him. She crouched down in front of him and looked up into his face. "Ray! Listen to me, forget what I said. We... we were talking about a... a..." She looked around and seen some girls drinking milkshakes. "I was talking about a weight loss milkshake, it's called ah Slender for the man..." She blinked and shook Ray. "IT WAS A MILKSHAKE!" She must have looked like an idiot, but before her mum went missing, she started with a horrible cough, then blood coughs and then her computer stopped working for her, but worked when Anna or her dad used it. "I think we should leave." She suggested to the entire group, even the ones she didn't know. She grabbed her camera and started taking pictures in a circle around them, Slenderman in the background of the ones Drake, Ray and Arthur all happened to be caught in. "Shit." She whispered to herself. "I don't care, we're leaving." She instructed.

Arthur Evergreene

Arthur could only hear static in his ears. His vision was swimming. He saw Ray coughing and found that he had a tickle in his throat. He started coughing as well, trying to force himself to think of something else. He saw the new person there and walked up to him. "Hi, m-my name's A-A-Arthurrr..." he stammered. He probably looked like a total idiot, but at this point, he didn't care. He was beginning to calm down, the static receding, his eyesight returning. Unfortunately, the first word he hears when the static dissapears is "Slender" from Anna. He covered his ears, a huge migraine was causing him to sink to his knees. Think of something else, he instructed in his head. He thought of Anna and their previous conversation. He thought of the bow and arrow girl. He thought of the two he hadn't met yet. His breathing became slower. The static n his ears dissapeared once more. He slowly got up from the ground. He turned to Anna, who was studying a photograph. "Why don't we go on one of the rides?" Arthur suggested, a faint smile appearing on his face. His face probably gained a little color with each word he spoke. He was returning to normal...

Drake Temple

"Yeah, what’s your name? And you Mr gunna run around smashing into randomers..." Ray had said. "Oh, my name is Drake." suddenly Arthur returned seemingly startled. From there everything went down hill. Ray started coughing up blood and the cute girl next to him and the Korean girl was telling everyone that they had to leave. 'Do they know? No its not possible. Think of the odds.' He grabs the camera from the girl's hand and sees the slender man in the photo with the three guys. "No, not again." He hands the camera back. "We have to run, now."

Anna yelped as Drake grabbed her camera. "NO!" She cried, snatching the camera back instead of letting him hand it back. "Run wear?" She asked, hoping he wouldn't suggest into the forest. "I mean, there is nowhere to run from him." She told him, her camera, now on video-recording, was still aimed at the 3 guys, she was watching Slender as he slowly approached the group. "On second thoughts, anywhere would be nice." She said, starting to walk rather quickly away.