"Hexed Child" DBD x Child Reader

Chapter Five

"Ah! Okay okay! Damn!.." Ghostface said as he backed away, no longer in arms reach of {Reader}

"Anyways!" Ghostface said in a mock voice, probably rolling his eyes under his mask. "Do you recognize me?~" he asked as he crouched down at {Reader}, a good distance away.

"Yeah! Some kids dress up as you at the orphanage!... The costume is a bit boring tho..." {Reader} commented.

"I- Hey!-"

Suddenly Ghostface was knocked out.

{Reader} and Trickster looked up and to see Micheal.

Micheal grabbed Ghostface and nodded at the two, then proceeded to drag Ghostface off somewhere else.

"Alrighty then!... {Reader}? How would you like to meet some other people?"

"Yeah! Yeah! I wanna meet Ji-Ji's friends!" {Reader} agreed happily.

"Alrighty then~ let's go!~" Trickster said as he had {Reader} follow him to a small group of people.

In the group there was the bunny masked woman, a lady with a... baby? Inside her chest, a man with long white hair and a hat, a woman with a pig mask, a man made of bark? maybe?, and a man with overalls and what {Reader} thought to be some kind of butcher knife.

The man in overalls, the long haired guy, and the pig masked woman we're having some kind of conversation about bear traps??? Were there bears out here? {Reader} hasn't seen a bear before! He was pretty closed off from the wild, which is another reason he liked being here.

The lady from before was playing with the hair of the girl with the baby. The bunny masked woman was also humming a tune, which was very pretty.

Than the man made of bark was having some kind of one sided conversation with the Trickster.

"So, {Reader}, this is the Wraith. He's a good friend of mine." The Trickster said as practically showcased the Wraith to him.

"Hello tree man.... You're tall." {Reader} said as he looked up at wooden man dramatically, the back of his head laying on his shoulders.

"... Phillip." Was all {Reader} got as Phillip walked past both the Trickster and the child, leaving the group. Not before patting {Reader}'s head softly of course.

"Alrighty then... next! This is the Pig, Deathslinger, and Trapper!" Trickster said as he practically dragged {Reader} over to the three.

The woman with a pig mask walked up to {Reader} as the other three just watched.

She crouched down infront of {Reader}, pushing the face of her mask towards him.

{Reader} reached out and patted the nose of her mask "boop!"

He was shocked to hear the woman make a sound after he did so. He continued to "boop" her nose until she stood up and walked back to her seat.

"Awwwh..." {Reader} pouted.

"So this is the kid?" Deathslinger asked.

Trickster nodded.

"C'mere kid." The long haired gunman said as he waved {Reader} over.

He ignored the questioning look on the Tricksters face he started to inspect {Reader} over. Moving his head side to side, and turning {Reader} around as he had {Reader} move his arms around.

"He looks a little weak doesn't he? A lil' ugly too.." Deathslinger said as he stopped spinning {Reader} around.

{Reader} frowned.

"Says the old guy." He mumbled as he crossed his arms and backed towards the Trickster.

Deathslinger laughed.

"He's got quite the mouth on him yeah? HA!"

The Trickster glared at the laughing man. God did he remind him of Freddy!.. Than again, he wasn't as bad as Freddy and knew when to shut up.

{Reader} looked to the man in overalls, only to find that they had just made eye contact.

{Reader} waved shyly towards the obviously tall man. Just cause he was sitting down didn't make his height less noticeable.

The man in overalls waved back, causing {Reader} to smile.

People here were so nice!

They also seemed to like Ji-Ji unlike David and the others.

Speaking of which.. how are they anyways?

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Survivor's Campsite
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"You think he's okay over there?" Claudette asked.

"Hell if I know! They'll probably kill the kid! Argh!" Jake yelled. He didn't really get to meet {Reader}, but he doesn't need to know him well to know that he's just a child and doesn't deserve to feel that kind of pain so early in life.

"He can't get killed here dumbass!" Kate said as she whacked the top of Jake's head.

"But!-"

"AHEM!" Jane Romero, the news reporter, coughed, getting everyone's attention.

Clearing her throat, she proceeded to shout "All of you be quiet! If anyone should have something to say it should be David!... He seems to be the closest to the child, so therefore he knows him a little better than the rest of us!" Her speech receiving some nods and mumbled agreements.

"Then what DOES David think?!" Meg, the red headed athlete asked, mocking David, who hasn't said anything since the Trickster, or as {Reader} called "Ji-Ji", took {Reader} to the killer's campsite.

Now that all eyes were on David he sighed and stood up.

"Look I..." David pinched the bridge of his nose, thinking his next words out thoroughly.

"He clearly trusts the Trickster... hell! He has a nickname for the bastard!... but if he wants to trust the killers, than let him.. he can learn the hard way. Just like we all did."

"But David! He's just a kid! He shouldn't have to go through that!!" Laurie shouted.

The old man, Bill, sighed as he stood up and got infront of David.

"Look, I know you all have your own conflicted feelings about this, but that kiddo is gonna be with us for a long time.. kid is gonna have to learn eventually. You all know that." Bill pulled out a cigarette, putting it in his mouth and he grabbed a lighter from his other pocket and lit the cancer stick. "Plus, wouldn't it be better for the kid to learn this kinda stuff early on? Instead of after he gets attached to those damn monsters?!"

Bill received a collective response of mumbles.

Some people agreed, some were conflicted, and others flat out disagreed. No one said anything.

"Good." Bill sighed as he took a hit of his cig.

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Killer's Campsite
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{Reader} smiled in his sleep as he laid between the Trickster and the Russian woman he now knew as the Huntress, or Anna.

Trickster had {Reader} play with Charlotte and Viktor as he tried to explain to the Huntress that she could not kidnap you to rid herself of baby fever.

Trickster wasn't completely sure if she had agreed to not harm you or not, but he didn't get the chance to before you came up to them saying you were tired.

Which was quite confusing, no one in the Entities realm had once gotten tired before. Sure they slept sometimes, but it wasn't because they had to, it was mainly just because they were simply just bored.

So having you say you were tired left the pop idol at a loss.

But before he could even have a second to com up with something, the Huntress had pulled you into her embrace as she sung her famous lullaby while petting your head softly.

It was impressive how fast she put you to sleep, but once you did she took a hatchet out and forced Trickster out of his coat and give it to you as a blanket.

You looked comfortable.

Hopefully you were having good dreams, unlike everyone else in this shit hole.