ANGST 2/3

"LET ME OUT, LET ME OUT!!!" Springy cried before his eyes opened again. They weren't in that house anymore. And Eleanor and County were staring at him with hurt eyes.

"Springy...we're out." Eleanor whispered, stepping closer and actually hugging him. "We're not there anymore."

Springy took multiple deep breaths to calm himself down from the aftermath of his panic attack. He then hugged Eleanor back. "T-thanks, Ellie..."

County eventually wrapped his arms around both of them. "It's gonna be okay, Springy!"

Springy smiled weakly. "H-heh. Thanks...thanks..." He said. That made him feel at least a little better. "Where are we now...?"

County looked around. "I don't know! But if we were at YOUR memories, maybe we moved onto one of us?"

Eleanor looked around as well before her eyes widened. "...oh, no." She said as she walked towards the door. "Sarah's house."

"Sarah?" County asked, tilting his head.

Springy nodded. "Sarah. Your friend, right?"

Eleanor's cheeks went a little pink and she cleared her throat. "Y-you could say that."

County and Springy walked over and all three of them went through the door. The lights were off, due to it being nighttime.

"I have a bad feeling..." Springy said, his ears twitching a bit as he heard two voices speak upstairs.

Eleanor looked at the stairs and began walking up them slowly, trying not to tremble as she knew what she was about to say. "You should."

County gulped, worried about what he was going to see. Springy gave him a reassuring look before the two followed Eleanor up the stairs. The three walked before phasing right through the door to a room. Eleanor was leading them and she stopped walking the moment they went into the room.

Sarah's room to be specific. And right there, was Sarah and Eleanor. Sarah seemed to be a lot younger, looking up at Eleanor.

Eleanor looked to be the most different however. She was wearing some kind of two piece red dress and she was almost pencil thin, with an inhuman sized neck and rather creepy purple eyes that went along with the rest of her creepy marionette like face.

County blinked and shivered a bit. "That's you?"

Eleanor cringed a bit. "Yeahh...I have no idea what my designers were thinking."

Springy turned to her. "Oh, you don't look that bad."

Eleanor narrowed her eyes. "Springy. Look at me! I have a giraffe neck and my face could split apart! I get 'love your body' and all, but I hated looking like that cause it wasn't really...me, I guess."

"Sarah looks adorable though!" County said, trying to lighten the mood.

Eleanor smiled. "Yeah. She was...but she's already going to be wearing that cursed thing..." She whispered, closing her eyes.

She knew exactly how this went and didn't bother watching. But Springy and County saw something they figured wasn't there before.

Attached to the Past Eleanor, wrapped tightly around every single body part...were glowing purple strings. They extended into the shadows, likely for the puppet master to control.

"I made you something, Sarah." Past Eleanor said, moving to the strings' command. She then pulled out something from behind her back and showed Sarah a heart shaped pendant of some kind.

Sarah stared in wonder and took the necklace into her hands. "You made this for me?"

"I did." Past Eleanor said with a nod. "I want you to make me a promise. I want you to put this necklace on and never, ever take it off. Do you promise you'll keep it on, always?"

Sarah gave a small smile, putting on the necklace. "I promise. Thank you for making it for me. It's beautiful."

The puppet like Eleanor smiled at her, with the strings pulling at her neck like chains, as if forcing her to smile when she wasn't actually happy. "And you will be beautiful too."

Eleanor felt tears sting at her closed eyes and she whispered. "You were already beautiful, Sarah..."

"Since your wish is so big, Sarah, I can only grant it a little at a time." The Past Eleanor said. "But if you wear this necklace and keep it on, each morning when you wake up you'll be a little more beautiful than the day before."

Sarah didn't seem to believe her. "Okay...thanks..."

Springy's eyes narrowed. He already figured out what had happened. Sarah must've found Eleanor and wished 'to be beautiful'. And this was a result.

"It looks good on you." Past Eleanor said, putting her hands behind her back. "Now, for the necklace to work, you have to let me sing you to sleep."

Sarah's eyes widened a bit. "Like, now?"

The Past Eleanor nodded her head at the command of the strings.

"It's still pretty early though. Mom isn't even home from work yet-"

"For the necklace to work, you have to let me sing you to sleep." The Past Eleanor repeated.

Sarah eventually sat down on her bed. "Well, I guess I could take a little nap."

"Get tucked in." The Past Eleanor said gently, watching Sarah tuck herself in.

Eleanor finally forced her teary eyed to open...just in time for the puppet master to walk out from the shadows.

Then, out from the shadows, walked a black and purple rabbit with the glowing purple strings wrapped around each claw.

William Afton.

Springy's eyes widened in pure horror while County backed up. Eleanor didn't move, she just took a deep breath.

Afton made the Past Eleanor stroke Sarah's head and then pulled another string, making her sing.

"~Go to sleep. Go to sleep, my sweet Sarah. When you wake, when you wake, all your dreams will come true~"

The voice was hypnotic, with Past Eleanor's eyes glowing a bright purple as she sang it. Sarah fell asleep instantly.

Afton grinned and then let go of the strings, causing Past Eleanor to go limp.

Eleanor's eyes widened. "W-what...? No, he didn't do this...he made ME do it..."

"Do what?" County asked before he got his answer.

Afton grabbed Sarah and shook her. She didn't move. He grinned wider and raised his claws.

Springy trembled a little, while Eleanor watched in pure terror.

Afton then swung his hand down and sliced off Sarah's right arm, but Sarah did not move. The blood came out, so Afton sliced off her other arm. The blood was all over the bed, so Afton picked up Sarah's now armless body and threw it onto the floor, with the young girl still not waking up.

"It's just a memory...it's just a memory..." Eleanor breathed, shutting her eyes tightly as the tears started streaming down her face.

Afton then pulled on the strings again, having the Past Eleanor clean up the bloody mess. Afton then looked back at Sarah and grinned. "You will be a beautiful experiment...but you'll never wake up again..."

But then? Afton looked right at Eleanor, Springy, and County. "None of you will..."

Eleanor's eyes widened and they shot open. She backed up.

Afton cackled before he stepped back and then lunged at Eleanor, opening his jaws wide open as he roared.