Child's play

"Damien!!!!" Anthonie shouted as he cleaned the mud off his shirt , Damien had thrown a mud cake on him "you know I hate dirt!"

"Loser! loser!" The red head sang as he ran out of the white haired sight.

"Damien! Come back here!!" Anthonie started chasing after the laughing mess , Ella was watching as her mother brushed her hair. She was watching her brother and her best friend play outside most of the time while she was mostly playing with her dolls , don't get it wrong , she wasn't being the regular princesses lover type , she used to play as a queen and tear all her dolls heads off.

"how dumb" She said as she watched. "why are they always dirtying themselves , mommy?"

"because they like to play that way" answered her adopted blonde mother , after they were freed she and her brother were adopted by a rich family who also took Damien in , until they finally find his mother. " They think it's fun"

"But you tell me not to play and I think it's fun" she whined as she squeezed her doll.

"honey , breaking your dolls and tearing spider limbs isn't playing" her mother replied.

"hmph!" Ella jumped down and stomped to her room.

During midnight , Ella crept out of bed and sneaked into Damien's room. She claimed on his bed and sat on top of him.

"Shady!" she whispered shaking him "Shady , wake up!!"

"Ella it's midnight" he groaned adjusting himself and covering his head with his blanket. "go back to sleep"

"Hunter! Hunter!" she whispered as she sat back on him. She started jumping alittle and repeated her line getting louder and louder.

"ok!" He said excitedly shooting up. She dell off the bed and he peaked to see if she's ok. "Hunter! Hunter!"

"Hunter!" she said happily. They reach the living room , it was pitch black and awfully quiet. They stood both hands together , facing each other.

"close your eyes and count to three , and when you open them again you shall see , who the hunter one would be , and shall and hunt and hunt until the other is defeat " They closed their eyes and counted to three , and when they opened them , Ella laughed and called herself the hunter.

"Of course you are" he sighed .

"Go hide my prey !" She yelled as she closed her eyes again .

He hid inside her parents closet , he made sure not to leave any traces . This time he was determined to stay away and safe , the rules of the game say that once the hunter is chosen you can't stop playing and if one of the preys is found , they have to keep away from the hunter with any means possible until they are caught or hour strikes 3. He heard the rustling of the stuff outside the room , it was quiet but he could hear her searching in her room , then his , then the kitchen . An hour passed , 2 left , The rustling became quieter , she was Searching outside . She was sniffing in the air as her eyes glowed brighter than usual , her slits were thinner as she searched for his scent. She was outside the room , her parent's snores covered his heavy breathing but she still searched inside .

"come out come out wherever you are" she sang in a sweet yet eerie time. She was so awfully quiet , he looked through the crack he left for air and aw something shiny in her hands , she shouldn't have a weapon in the Hunter , she's not allowed.

"Found you!" She whispered as she opened the closed , the Mon shone from window behind her , he held his scream and ran to hide somewhere else . Her expression was crazy , she was about to stab him until he fled.

He was where they started the game when she tackled him and ended on top.

"Ella please!" He cried hoping her parents would now wake up. "I don't like this game!!"

"Oh yeah?" She lifted the knife as high as she can , her eyes flew brighter than ever challenging the moon for brightness , and her expression was deathly . She was smiling widely like an animal finally getting his prey. "I LOVE it!" And the knife went down and a loud stabbing noise could be heard as The parents rushed down panicking.

"DAMIEN!" They both screamed running towards him. The knife was stuck to the floor right beside his head , He was frozen his shock , his breathing was irregular and was too scared years refused to pour down his eyes.

"ELLA WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!" Her father shouted at her pushing her off the boy as her mother held him tight. He started balling his eyes out on her shoulder. Ella looked unfazed and stood. "YOU COULD HAVE HURT HIM OR YOURSELF!"

"I was just playing" she mumbled before running to her room.

"what's going on here?" Anthonie asked sleepily as he stood on the stairs rubbing his eyes and dragging his blanket "who was getting hurt? mom? why is Dami crying?"

Ella sat on the ground , with her back to the bed hugging her legs.

"this isn't fair. " she mumbled angrily " I was just playing!"

".... I'm.... I'm sorry Shady...." she mumbled burying her head inside her knees, she sniffed and hugged her legs tighter.

"but next time.... I won't miss~" she laughed sinisterly as the images of Her best friend's face all bloodied and lifeless , as gruesome as an eight year-old girl's imagination can possibly go.