Blair
The doll with a cracked face stretches out its hand, flexing its fingers and motioning me to follow him. I shook my head profusely, beads of perspiration dotted across my forehead as I stared at the doll in pure horror.

He hopped right out of the mirror, with his hand outstretched, he tries to pull me into that same mirror which shattered.

I darted towards the door, fumbling with the door knob. When I managed to (finally) pull the door wide open, the doll seems even more displeased. He charged towards my direction and held my ankle, staring at me with his bloodshot eyes.

"Come with me..." He growled in his kid-like voice, the lights started flickering when he did that, adding tension to the whole atmosphere.

"I said... COME WITH ME!" I swung his frail body with my legs. Blood oozed out from his eyes like waterfall, it seems to me like he was crying blood.

I sympathized him for a bit, before his attitude changes. This time, he jumped up, hooking himself onto my shirt as he pulled my hair harshly. Not used to the amount of pain I'm experiencing, I dropped onto the cold, hard ground.

He uses his immense strength to pull me into the frame of the shattered mirror. A vortex soon appeared, and there I was, sucked into the vortex with the creepiest doll alive.

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"Master, we're here.." Instead of that creepy-male-baby doll, I was shocked to see a young boy, around the age of 5, standing beside me. With his hands clutched together and head bowed slightly, he looked extremely adorable. The contrast between the creepy doll and him was huge!

We are now standing outside of....what is seems like a dungeon. What surprised me the most was that the little boy, or you might know him as the 'doll with a cracked face', is 'greeting' to his so-called invisible Master. Where the hell is he?

"Um... Where's your master?" I asked the boy, whom he introduced himself as Stephen.

Stephen paused for a moment, before turning back to me with his bright, but sad eyes. "He's in the dungeon, right in there."

I raised an eyebrow. "Master was captured a few months ago," Stephen started off.

"We have many people of royal statuses in the Kingdom of Joy. Master was one of them. However, a dark force wrecked havoc in this land, thus many people seemed to be manipulated by it. The royals were thrown in this dungeon, they can never ever get out. These people on our land became doll-like, with button-like eyes and a stitched smile.

Their minds were brainwashed and they can never remember anything about being a human."

Stephen fiddles with his tiny fingers, resisting the urge to tear up. He sighed and put on a bright smile, "Enough of that! Let's go meet my Master!" He grinned and tugged the hem of my shirt.

"Blair? Can you please carry me up? I need to unscrew this vent in order to sneak in..." Stephen smiled sheepishly. Am I hearing that correctly? Sneak?

My eyebrows were knitted together. Being the person who can't disagree, I reluctantly carried Stephen on my shoulders and let him do this job. To be very honest, Stephen is super light for his age, I wonder if he ate enough to grow properly.

"And I'm done! Let's go, Blair! If the guards sees us, we are doomed!"

I crawled clumsily into the vent wth Stephen, which makes me feel slightly claustrophobic. The vent is small and tight, not giving me enough room to move around freely. I feel suffocated.

Being small does serve as an advantage to Stephen, he managed to avoid all creepy crawlies in the vent. With his superb agility and swift moves, he reached till the end of the vent and hopped down.

This is going to take forever! I thought. I made a disgusted face when I felt a lizard on my neck, I really wanted to scream out but I would only land myself and Stephen in trouble.

I gasped when I crawled out of the vent. The interior of this place is surprising grand, with huge chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. I could clearly see the intricate patterns of the wall even if it's dark.

Stephen probably knew how shocked I was as I was practically gaping at everything I see. He held my hand and led me the way to where his 'master' is.

"This is a castle." Stephen grinned. What even... I can't believe I just sneaked into a castle. "The dining room's over there, and there's Master's favorite library, further down there's a garden."

I followed Stephen's tiny footsteps, contemplating whether to ask him about his so-called 'Master'.

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Author's

It was midnight. The time where the guards are the most active. They roam around the castle at night, preventing any possible trespassers that may be present.

The strongest knight of every troop come together and defend the castle. With their silver, shiny armors and defensive weapons in their hands, they observe every nooks and crannies in the area.

The one and only almighty voice of the King echoes in their heads. Whoever trespasses, execute them! They shall be punished severely, the more torturous it is, the better!

Hansol, the overall-in-charge of the Knights, heard a shuffling of footsteps in a distance. Fearing that there was...or there were trespassers in the castle, he motioned to the knight that was closest to him.

It was Yuta.

Both of them ran to the spot with their bulky armors and headgears, a weapon in each of their hands, they stopped where they thought the trespassers were, swung their spears and waited for the next moment.

It was a close call for Stephen and Blair, they were hiding behind a curtain, right next to the two knights.

"Look around, search for them. I swear I heard footsteps here." Hansol commanded.

Yuta looked around the area, he finally spotted a silhouette just behind the same curtain Blair and Stephen were hiding at. Smirking to himself, he lifts the hem of the curtain.

"Aww.... Look, Hansol! It's a bunny!" Yuta cooed lovingly, dropping his spear in the process   He carries the bunny and stroked its snow-like fur.

Hansol gaped, "But Your Majesty told us to execute whoever trespasses into the castle. The more torturous it is, the better!"

Yuta scoffed, walking away with the bunny in his hands, "And because of Your Majesty's command, you want to execute such a beautiful living creature? Kay' then, execute the damn bunny. It's not as if the bunny would steal your money lol."

"Oh. And please help me carry my spear in the process. You're closer to it. I'll need to take care of this living thing because apparently, I don't execute bunnies."