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Chapter 1: The Family
“We’ll always be your friends, just because we’re not here doesn’t mean it’s the end,” the voice filled the darkness. The other two figures agreed nodding their heads. The glow from their eyes moving was the only confirmation of said action.
The child looked up at the three sets of eyes as tears rolled down his face. “I don’t want you to go,” he choked out in distress. “What happens if they come back and you aren’t here? What if something happens to you?”
There was silence as the glowing orbs peered down at their small companion before a soft velvety voice spoke up finally, “Don’t cry little one, it’ll all be okay.” A soft hand, despite the surrounding darkness, grasped gently at the child’s cheeks wiping away his tears. “Remember that no matter what happens today, tomorrow is another day.”
“MA!” A young voice called as the owner poked the figure underneath the sheets. The figure shifted but otherwise ignored the small one calling to it. A small huff emanated from the child before the shuffling of fabric could be heard. The other became alert that they were about to have company within their haven of warmth and silence.
Seconds later, a small bundle was wiggling its way against the front of the sleeping form. “Ma?” “Hmm.” There was a long silence that worried the adult. Not wanting to wake up to another ‘surprise’, the figure opened one grey eye to be welcomed with a pair of beautiful golden orbs that glowed almost sparkled despite the owner of said eyes frowning in disapproval.
“Don’t give me that look young man, until you and your brothers start paying bills and mortgage then I shall not be judge about how late I sleep in on my days off, “ the tired voice grumbled as the figure nuzzled deeper into the comforting warmth yarning slightly. The adult felt the young child shake his head in amusement that created a light breeze underneath the pile of blankets. Letting out a louder yarn, the older figure opened both eyes to stare at the child. “What time is it anyway?”
“It’s almost 9.” The child wiggled trying to get comfortable when his Ma pulled him into a cuddle session. “So, you have some time before your meeting.” The young boy sighed in defeat and just laid his head on his Ma’s shoulder while the other chuckled but luckily shifted a bit for him.
This time the bed’s older companion sighed, “Then that means you want something. What do you want that’s so important?”
The child simply stated, “We’re hungry.”
“We?” With a light cloud of confusion still hovering in the other’s mind, the other looked down to the boy briefly before taking off the covers and turning around slightly.
Sitting silently on the bed was a small golden teddy bear with a purple top hot and bow tie. Right next to the bear was a beautiful porcelain doll. The doll had long silk black hair to the shoulders. Its iris’ were white while it sclera were black. Two identical navy blue streaks ran underneath both of its eyes. It wore an all-black two piece pajama set with no shoes. Both the bear and doll sat smiling at the man before waving at him.
The twenty-three year old couldn’t help but smile back at them waving a little. He turned facing the two new comers of his bed bringing the initial intruder with him. He looked down at the dark golden bunny. Unlike its bear counterpart, the bunny was a little over three feet tall not including his ears. He also had what seemed like a permanent smile considering that his large horizontal mouth didn’t end until just behind his cheeks. This lead to his sharp teeth always being on display which sometimes caused trouble when someone forgot how wide his mouth actually was and got a finger stuck or nipped at.
“So, all three of you are hungry?” The three nodded in unison. Lucas Parker sighed as he rested his head on top of the bunny’s in his arms. He slowly nodded his head, “alright everyone out and I’ll be in your room to get you all changed so we can eat.”
As silently as they came the three toys left though the bunny had a little bit more of a hard time considering his owner didn’t want to let go of him. Once the three was gone, leaving the door open like always, Lucas rolled onto his back throwing an arm over his eyes as he tried to wake up his brain but slowly failing as he felt himself drift off again.
“Don’t go back to sleep!” Lucas chuckled as he heard one of the little ones yell. ‘Probably Mar.’ He thought to himself. With a heavy sigh, the young man heaved himself out of bed cursing lightly as his feet touched the cold wooden floor. He really needed to remember to go get a throw rug or slippers at least. Quickly, Lucas made his way to his dresser to put on some socks for the time being. He mused over the disarray that he called his hair for a moment before heading to Teddy’s room knowing that’s where they all gathered majority of mornings.
Lucas tried to hide his smile as he saw his children. The doll was sitting firmly on the little bunny’s back holding one of the golden rabbit’s legs in some wrestling move while the teddy bear laid on its stomach next to them banging on the bed like a mock referee with its cotton stuffed paw. Whatever they were fighting over it seemed that the youngest of the three had won.
Shaking his head, Lucas walked over to the closet calling the little ones’ attention. “All right boys, come on so we can get breakfast.” The three toys looked over at the human male that they loved and adored before getting off the bed and running to him. The doll being the first to reach the twenty-three year old.
“Mother, I get to go first today. I beat Plushtrap and Teddy didn’t want to compete because he went first yesterday.” The soft proper voice emanated from the doll despite its lips barely moving.
“Only because I let you,” Plushtrap said as he towered over his two brothers. Really, he only towered over Teddy considering the bear was barely a foot tall in this form. Though it was his ears that made him seem so much taller than his youngest brother, even though, Mar was an inch or two shorter than Plushtrap when you didn’t include the bunny’s long ears.
The look that Mar gave his oldest brother seemed like he would have either stuck his tongue out if he currently had one or said something that Lucas wouldn’t approve of if he heard it.
“Children!” Lucas sternly but softly called for their attention. As one they turned their heads to him, immediately having a look of regret before bowing their heads in their form of apology. “Sorry,” came three small whispers. Lucas nodded his head in acceptance before opening the closet.
Standing before him were three childlike figures that seemed to have fallen asleep on their feet, if Lucas had to say these three were his greatest creations. All three could pass for three eight year old boys despite two of them having animal appendages and the third ultra-pale skin. Almost paler than a Microsoft Word blank document. He grabbed the one on the right then headed towards the small round table in the middle of the room. Lucas kneeled before the table placing the large figure on it in a sitting position.
This was the pale one. On either of its cheeks ran identical navy blue streaks though on what could be called the cheek bones was two red circles almost like it was blushing. Its silky black hair went past its shoulders to its shoulder blades. The hair in the front cut into an even bang right before its closed eyes. The pale eight year old look alike wore a long sleeved black cotton shirt that buttoned up in the front and black pants with white stripes running down the outside seam of each leg. The outfit was completed with black socks and sneakers.
Lucas looked down at the doll that the body belonged to, “You ready Marion?” Mar nodded his head enthusiastically making his black fringe go everywhere. The human chuckled with his sons as he picked up the youngest of his children. “Alright, remember close your eyes and count backwards from thirty. Also, relax as you count.” The doll closed his eyes instead of replying.
The young man kissed Doll Marion’s forehead before he went to work in removing the back of the doll’s head, as well as, its humanoid form. Carefully, Lucas removed the small memory chip before transferring it to its new home. He did the same thing with the hard drive which contained all of Marion’s software, virus control, and everything else that allowed the small animatronic to function properly and move around. When it too was in place, Lucas moved to put the back of Marian’s skull back in place. He moved his fingers through the black strands to disentangle knots that might have formed.
He moved to kneel right back in front of the black haired animatronic and waited. Seconds later, the silicon eyelids snapped open revealing large glowing white irises on a black background. Marion blinked a few times before giggling. He leaned forward and kissed him on the nose. Lucas went cross eyed briefly at the kiss before he smiled returning the sign of affection from his youngest.
“All right Love. Get down so that your brothers can get a turn.” The animatronic nodded as he got down and placed his previous doll body onto the bed in the room. Lucas turned to the other two, “so who’s next?”
“Teddy can go,” Plush piped up as he brought over the struggling teddy bear. Feeling sympathy for the other, Lucas grabbed the bear, who climbed to lay on top of his head like a stylish hat, before heading back to the closet and getting the corresponding body.
Teddy’s humanoid form was slightly taller than Marion’s but only by a few inches. The bear had yellowish gold hair that went to his shoulders. His eyes were a honey-gold with a tint of brown in it. The pair of small bear ears stood a shade darker against the bright yellow mop of hair. Despite having a matching top hat and bow tie, Teddy never wore them unless they were going somewhere important which Lucas was slightly grateful for considering how rough they got when they played at times.
He repeated the action of transferring hardware and memory for Teddy. Then did the same with the oldest, Plushtrap.
Plushtrap’s design was a little more intricate than the other two. This was mostly because there were features that Plush had in his animal form that Lucas wanted to bring over to the bunny’s human one. Starting with his mouth, it looked normal from first sight if you looked at the animatronic from the front but on either side of his face was a slit that ran horizontally from the corners of Plushtrap’s lips to behind where the tips of his human ears end. Appearing to look like it was keeping the slits close on either side of his face was an identical thick grey wire that was single stitched from the corners of his lips to just after where the slits ended. His teeth were still sharp though his canines were a little longer now. Plushtrap’s shaggy brownish gold hair stopped at the bottom of his human ears. The bunny’s ears naturally bended near the tips. There were small patches of fur missing from a few places. Though unless one actually saw the endoskeleton underneath the patches just resembled dark freckles.
Lucas did his best to straighten his oldest hair with his fingers but gave up soon after knowing that it was pointless without a brush or comb. Standing he examined the three boys before him, Plush and Teddy wore similar knee length khaki shorts with a white button up shirt. Teddy wore a gold handkerchief around his neck while Plush had opted for golden overall straps. It was cute how despite the fact they weren’t together when they were allowed to choose their outfits last night they still picked the same thing. Marion had once wanted to dress like his brothers but that changed when Lucas’ older brother had commented how dark colors complimented Mar’s pale skin and facial markings. Ever since then, Marion took that to heart and chose to stay with dark clothing.
“Alright, to the kitchen my Little Minions,” he pointed to the door side stepping as the three child animatronics raced out the room and down the hall. Lucas followed at a more subdued pace only pausing slightly as he turned off the light to look at the three toys that sat peacefully on the bed. With a knowing smile, Lucas turned out the lights and closed the door behind him.