My New Friend

"Did you get to the house safely?" My mother asks on the other side of the line.

"Yes, don't worry I'm fine mom."

"I don't understand why you just don't sell that place off Lilly, you know what it did to your uncle." Mom says concerned.

"He had an illness mom, he shouldn't be blamed for that."

"No he started speaking nonsense even before then." Mom says in a hush.

I roll my eyes and sigh, Mom was always over protective of me, I mean me being her only child and all, she is just worried all the time.

"I promise I will be fine, I have to go now, I'll talk to you later, bye, love you" I say trying to end the conversation before Mom starts to bad mouth my uncle again.

"OK, ok, bye, love you, be safe." She says back. I hang up the phone and sigh, she was always doing that, she didn't like when people were different from her, I'm not sure why but that's just how she was.

I walk down the hall and down the stairs, I open the door and go out the house. A crunch with each step as the dead leaves wither away, I reach my car and  open the trunk, in the trunk are only 3 suitcases, I didn't bring much from home, since my uncle gave me basically a free house. I lift up one of the suitcases, the heaviest one to be exact. I lift it up pull it out. I do the same with the other two, once I get them out I shut the trunk and look down at the suitcases. I was only going to be able to bring two at a time. I pull the clutch up on two of the suitcases so I can role them into the house. I start to role them, but then I stop. There was a sound, like someone was following me. I turn and look around, but didn't see anything, or anybody. I shrug and start walking towards the house with the suitcases. When I reach the house I walk in and close the door behind me, then I take the bags and hop then up the stairs. I could not carry them since they were to heavy for me. I reach my new room and place the bags by the bed, I walk back down stairs to hear something outside. I spead walk towards the door and open it up  I stand in shock to see a fox rummaging through my stuff trying to drag something away. I run towards to fox, I pick up a stick on the way and I swat at the fox. It yips and runs away.

"You fool, what are looking for." I mutter to myself, I kneel down and start putting my stuff back, when I saw a doll. I touch the dolls face and look at it. It was an older doll, maybe like an older version of an American girl doll, with hazel eyes, and black hair. The doll was also tan, but in a, what seems like a old white night gown. I pick up the doll at look at it in her eyes.

"Why hello what is your name" I smile at the doll, what a curious thing the fox brought to me.

"You look like you need a bath." I say to the doll. I place it back beside me and put all my stuff back into my suitcase. I zip the suitcase back up and pick up the doll, and take the suitcase by the handle. I walk in the house and up the stairs to my room. I put the suitcase with all the rest and lay the doll on my bed. I then start to take the clothes of the doll and see a button on her chest, I smile and press it.

"Hello! My names Ryan. What's yours?" Ryan says.

"HI, im Lilly" I say smiling more, remembering having a doll just like this when I was younger.

"I wonder if you can be bathed." I mutter to myself I look for a tag, as I do I accidently press the button.

"Can I have a bath?" Ryan asks.

I look at the chest and see the button is covered with a thin layer of plastic, it was water proof.

"Sure Ryan let's get you a bath" I say, it seemed to able to speak different phrases, so if she asked for a bath I must just be the luck, so I will go along with the luck

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