The mannequin

Claire was preparing herself for going to the new mall that just opened. She would go to there with her friend Sophia. She heard the car arrive in front of her house and went downstairs. She could see her friend’s blonde hair it was all put up in a messy bow bun. They went into the car and went on their way to the new mall. Since the mall was new they had to search for it. When they found the mall they dropped of the car and went into the mall. They heard there would be some celebrities coming there. As they were walking they walked past a shop with nice designer clothes. Sophia just walked past the shop and went into a restaurant. Claire had to run to catch up to her in the restaurant. They had some lunch and they split up to go and discover the mall. Claire wanted to go to the salon to do her really long brown hair. But she didn’t, she headed directly to that one shop she saw…

Claire headed the direction where she thought she came from where she had seen the shop. She kept on walking and after a while she found the shop but it was located at a totally different place than she thought it would be. She went in and looked at a few prices and she saw that they were not that expensive. They were so fine of quality and the looked perfect. She walked around and saw some nice clothing. Claire picked up some and tried them on, she chose some she wanted and put them into a special bag. She looked around and saw this mannequin standing there, there was something odd about it. Claire looked carefully and saw that the mannequin was wearing the same clothes as her. She started to walk faster  and faster it felt like the mannequin was following her…

Claire walked to the place where there were jackets since she needed some for going to Europe. She saw the mannequin standing near the jackets wearing the exact same thing as. Only one difference the mannequin was wearing the jacket Claire had tied around her waist a second ago. She ran out of the store and stood outside to catch a breath. She looked back into the store and saw the mannequin standing near the entrance. She was really scared and ran away while calling Sophia. When they met each other they went to the restaurant to talk about everything they did. Claire told her about the mannequin and Sophia laughed about it. She said it was just a hallucination, that everything she saw she just imagined it. As Sophia stared into the distance she saw a mannequin wearing the exact same clothing as her. She started to scream….

Claire and Sophia both started running away from that one single mannequin. For Claire it appeared that the mannequin was wearing the same clothes as her but Sophia saw it differently. She saw the mannequin wearing the same clothes as her. As they started running they did not look back, they were really scared. Claire looked back and saw the mannequin carrying a knife in his hand. Claire saw a red liquid dripping from the knife. The knife was pointed to Claire and the mannequin threw the knife towards her. It almost hit her head, luckily she dodged the knife. Out of nowhere the mannequin got a new knife in his hand. It seemed all like a game to them. Just like a videogame…

While Sophia was still running Claire walked towards the mannequin and the mannequin put the knife through her heart.  She kneeled down and fell down onto the floor. She was dead… Sophia stopped and walked slowly towards Claire. Blood was spread all over the floor and Sophia laid besides her. She was wearing all white clothes but she didn’t care about all the blood. It was her friend, she saw her die right in front of her.  She began to cry and slept right besides her she laid there for a day or so. Until she got carried away with the ambulance to the hospital…

Sophia woke up in the hospital and saw the mannequin standing beside her using hospital clothes. The mannequin was covered all in blood and started a conversation with Sophia. Sophia finally understood what was wrong with him. All he wanted was just someone to accompany him through his lonely life. Sophia and the mannequin started to become best friends and everyday they would pray together. They would pray to the god that they believe in. Whatever it may be it would remind us that being human is something special.  They would pray that Claire could be healed every day she would improve only if it was a little bit it was a part of becoming better.

Claire’s health was improving every day and she would look better. Police officers came to the hospital to ask us some questions. Mr. Mannequin didn’t like visitors so he always had a knife ready. Mr. Mannequin has kept his manners to behaving himself and he was becoming a real gentlemen. They would go to the mall where all of this happened and review everything. Now they laughed about it but when it happened it was not funny at all. Mr. Mannequin had apologized to Claire and Sophia and asked them for forgiveness over a hundred times.

The whole world started to become brighter and everything was getting sorted out. After a few months Claire was totally healed and she was learning how to start walking again. She healed really fast compared to other patients. She still had to stay in the hospital for 1 month or so until she could go home. We could not wait for her to see her happy back at home again. As soon as she was allowed to go they would bring her to a few places around the world. All around the world…

After that one month Claire went home and sat down. There was no one at home, or was there. She could still see the mannequin in her head and imagine  what could’ve happened to her if she walked away. What if.. She was asking many questions to herself why she didn’t do anything else.  She thought herself that she was stupid all the choices she made, all the wrong choice. As she kept herself all about it she flashed back to what happened. All the voices in her head. All the images, all the wrong choices. She didn’t know what she was thinking at that time when she walked to the mannequin. Why would he even do that. How did the mannequin come to life? She was so confused and tired she fell asleep on the rocking chair…

Out of nowhere there many people jumped up and said: ‘Welcome home!’

Claire could just cry tears of happiness at that moment. She saw all her friends all her friends who were supporting her through this hard time. She even saw the mannequin holding balloons instead of knives. She stood up and ran to the mannequin and said: ‘God has answered your prayers, to what God you may pray.” The mannequin had feelings too he was crying inside but he couldn’t show his emotions since he didn’t have a face. He was happy to be able to do something for a human being he felt like he had friends, real supportive friends. Friends who help you go through thick and thin. He felt so happy, he never felt this way before…

A year after Claire healed and went home Mr. Mannequin was living with Claire and Sophia. Claire was lucky to get twins and named them James and Charles.  Sophia had triplets and named them Elena, Chris and Noah. They all looked happy and Mr. Mannequin found his true love at the same store where he used to ‘live’. Her name was Ms. Mannequin, they had their own room and they were allowed to barrow clothes from everyone in the house…

One of the good memories was once they went picnicking and everyone went swimming and we all had a good time. They also went onto a rollercoaster and Mr. Mannequin lost his head during a loop. He had to buy a new one at a craft store. Claire and Sophia were happy and living their life. They wanted to do something fun like the old days they used to have. Only the three of them and they wanted to do something that they will always remember…

They went to Jogja and went up the volcano they made sure that they wanted to do this and jumped on three. 1………..2………..3…………….JUMP. They all jumped into the flaming hot lava and did something they will never forget. This will show everyone on the world how strong some friendships could be. So strong that you would do something you can never regret. Jump into lava and die together. They were so bound that they did not want anyone to die before the other dies. This was unforgettable.