A/n: My Valdemar stories have been highly viewed recently and I love writing for them so I figured I would write another story for them 😂 ALSO THANK YOU FOR 2k READS WHAT THE HELL! LAST UPDATE I WAS THANKING EVERYONE FOR 1k?!??! One more thing from now on GN means gender nuteral meaning you can make the gender whatever the heck you want it to be.

Also I hope everyone had a good holiday season and I hope everyone has a good new year!

Readers POV (2nd person)
SLIGHT SPOILER WARNING ABOUT WHO KILLED THE COUNT!

The sky is dark with the clouds crying from above. The eerie sound of rain drops is all that can be heard through out the castle. You sit in a chair located in one of the random rooms the Countess has graciously let you borrow as you look for the old Counts murderer. The people here have been treating you well although you definitely miss Asra and working the shop with them. The castle also seems to bore you at times, times like now.
You've been sitting in this dark room for what seems to be hours. You sit and wait for the time to pass and pray for something to happen. You tried brainstorming some ideas to help you with finding the Counts murderer but nothing comes to mind besides the fact that everyone seems to think Doctor Devorak did it. (I'm sorry if his name autocorrected I'm too lazy to look up the proper spelling 😂) "I need something to do" you speak and the words slightly echo back due to the large empty room. You think for a moment before coming to the conclusion that you want to explore the castle. 'Maybe I can find the doctors office, I bet that has some good clues'
With that in mind you stand up and make your way to the door. The door creaks open with the loudest squeak you've ever heard. "Shoot" you whisper trying not to make anymore loud noises than necessary. You lightly close the door and you start tip toeing down the long hallways of the castle. Your eyes go wide as you notice just how long the halls are, you also question how you didn't notice this before.
After walking for a few more minutes you reach a door with a little tag on it that reads "Devorak" you slightly smile knowing you've finally reached your destination. You try shaking the door nob hoping the door isn't locked and to your luck the door creaks open. With a content smile you step into the dusty room, you can see that there are books and notes scattered throughout the room almost as if someone was here before you. 'How strange' you think before stepping further into the room. You have to cover your mouth with your hand when you almost inhaled an inhuman amount of dust. 'My lungs would burst if I inhaled this, how could someone else enter this room without a mask?' This is the question running through your mind as you search the room for anything of use.
         As you are flipping through numerous books that seem to all be useless you fail to hear the door creak open until you feel hand resting on your hips. The sudden contact makes you jump out of your skin and let out a startled yelp. You swerve around to see Valdemar standing there with their mask up to their face. "That's how you can be in this room" you speak aloud gaining an amused looking face from Valdemar. "What are you doing in here darling" they speak while circling around you like a lion would to it's prey. The action makes you slightly concerned but you decide to shake it off and answer the question. "I'm looking for clues, I want to prove that Doctor Devorak is innocent." They lightly hum in response and look thoughtful for a moment before responding "well of course it wasn't him, he was working with me at the time." Your eyes almost bulge out of your head as you scream "WHAT!" Valdemar looks content with that response as they decide to look around the room once more. "Wait wait Doctor Devorak was with you!?" You can barley hold in screaming at the top of yours lungs with the news presented to you. "Yes, he was about to murder him but by the time he arrived, the room was already on fire" Valdemar speaks in a tone that seems bored. You fall silent as you process the words just spoken to you.
Valdemar starts circling you again until they decide to speak "would you like to play a game with me?" Your eyes follow them as they walk and they go wide after they offered such a thing. You start sputtering not knowing how to respond to that until Valdemar places a long finger upon your lips to keep you quiet. "Hush dear it's not a difficult decision it's only a game" they speak as if the answer is the most obvious thing in the word and that they're not known as being crazy. "What game?" You speak quietly as if you're scared of the answer because you are. They place their hand under their chin in a thinking position. Eventually they say "hide and seek, tag."
You room falls silent and the only thing that can be heard is once again the rain falling and the low rumble of thunder in the background. Breathing from Valdemar can also be heard as you think of the chances of winning this game. Valdemar decides to expand on the offer as you contemplate. "You will hide and I will try finding you, once found I will have to 'tag' you in which then signals the end of the game. If you can evade me for 3 whole minutes then you win if I find and tag you I win." "What happens WHEN I win?" You question with a slight cocky smirk. Valdemar can't help but chuckle at your confidence. "Well darling IF you win then you can request anything of me and IF I win then I can do the same towards you." You can almost see their creepy smile and razor like teeth smiling at you from behind their mask. You ponder for a moment on what Valdemar could possibly want from you and the worst you can think of is to dissect you, which sends a shiver down your spine. 'I should be able to fight them off even if that is what they want' you think to yourself. You shakily hold out your hand and squeak out "deal." Valdemar gets the most wicked smile and grabs a tight grip onto your hand and says "good, good then you better get ready because the games begins in 3...2...." you don't hear the rest because you've already booked it down the hallway.
         You're running and suddenly you remember a rather large grandfather clock that you may be able to fit in. You dash around the corner and into the room where the clock is located. Upon arrival you can see that there's a small space in the corner in which your body can fit. You quickly swing open the clock and step inside. You shuffle your body slightly to the left, just enough to make your body fit and then you slam the clock shut. You sit there with unsteady breaths for a moment until you finally hear "here I come darling" from a few hallways away. You swear your heart stops because it finally set in that you could lose this game.

VALDEMAR'S POV. (1st person)

        "Here I come darling" I yell down the hallways hoping my pray hears me. I start my way through the halls and catch a whiff of MC. 'Too bad they didn't notice that I'd previously made a deal with the Devil' I think to myself as I follow the scented trail of the future loser. I reach a rather large room where in the middle is a grandfather clock and I don't even need to use my sense of smell to know exactly where they are hiding. I creep over to the clock but right before I reach it MC dashes out of the spot and runs right by me. "Seems I forgot this is also a game of tag" I mumble to myself. I shrug and make my way towards where MC has ran off to. I follow them until the manage to corner themselves.  I check the time and see that I still have about a minute and a half left. As I look around the corner I can see that they are wildly turning their head left and right looking for a way out. I give out a small chuckle, remove my mask, and sneak up behind the un noticing soul. I trace my hand from their neck to their jaw and up to their ear. "I found you darling" I whisper and can't help but smirk at the shiver that shoots up their spine.

READERS POV. (2nd person)

         You can feel a hand travel from your neck to your ear and your whole body freezes. "I found you darling" is all Valdemar whispers and it sends a shiver down your spine. You slowly rotate to face them and upon doing that you can see that Valdemar has a wide smirk on their face. 'When did they remove the mask' you wonder. You give out a nervous chuckle and mumble "okay you win what do you want?" "Well darling I want......"

THE END! You can decide what they want to request MC to do. They can want to dissect them or they can want more (ya know, ya know) 😂 sorry not sorry.

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