#ok maybe just sorta horror idek sorry

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The Tooth-Puller

Summary: Rated PG for ‘Pitiful Grammar’ and ‘Possibly Gory’ 

Genre: ^^ that’s all you need to know. 

Notes: I’m open to feedback! Let me know if you spotted anything I could work on, I wanna get better!

Prologue

Mr Dennis said we don't know how Ana’s Sedics work. But we know what they do. He said it makes it okay, okay to hurt people. I ask him, does he hurt people? He said it's okay to hurt them if they don't feel it. If it's for their own good. Even if they don't know it.

The Tooth-Puller

It’s cold here. She keeps her bedroom cold. And dark. I don't think she is afraid of the dark. Grown-ups are not be afraid of the dark.

She is sleeping on the bed and her hair is not nice.

She must be tired.

I take the needle out of her arm. A little blood comes out.

Mr Dennis gave me two pills and the needle. One makes her slow. One helps her sleep. The needle is to stop her heart. I ask him, what does that feel like? He says nobody knows. I don't want to know what it is like because the needle is sharp.

Mr Dennis gives me such nice things.

He says it's an Ana's Sedics. He says, to make them feel nothing and know nothing. They'll be in the sky and it’s very nice up there. And that's what makes it okay.

I don't know what that means but I trust Mr Dennis.

She is breathing.

She is breathing.

She is breathing still.

And then she stops.

And then it's my turn.

I climb on the bed and sit on the her neck like how the boys sit on the rocking horses and I pull her mouth open. It smells of old people parties and burnt soup and rotting meat. I take a newspapers from the bag and crunch it up and put in her mouth. She looks like that pig old people like, fat and shiny and red. The pig likes to sleep on tables with an apple in its mouth. It's a funny pig. I think it's cute.

In my bag, I have crayons and a newspapers and lunch. Where is the thing that I am looking for?

I find the Mr Dennis’ pliers. He gave them to me. They're heavy and shiny and silver. I like that they are smooth and cold but I don't like that they are too big.

I take out the flashlight and I turn it on. I turn it around and put the end of it in my mouth so I can hold it so I can see her mouth better. Now, I find her front tooth! I hold it with the pliers and squeeze with both hands.

I wiggle. Up and down and up and down. Slowly. Then faster. Then I also twist. Mr Dennis says it helps the teeth come out if you twist.

Her mouth smells of iron.

I don't want to wake her up.

I put a hand on her forehead and push down. I pull the tooth with my other hand. I try pulling harder. I dig the pliers around. I don't want to fall off.

And then the tooth pops out. There is gum and blood on it. I put it in my jar. It's red. Her dress is also red. A party dress. For adults. She looked like she was having fun. She had many friends. But I have to help Mr Dennis, who is my friend. And Mr Dennis will make me the richest, coolest, boy in the whole city!

I wish I had more friends.

I go to the next tooth. I pull all the up teeth. There's food in some of them. Her blood is everywhere. It's like she's wearing lipstick again. Did she wear lipstick earlier? My hands are wet and sticky and warm, not like the water that comes out of taps. Mr Dennis’ pliers slip on the blood on the teeth. I squeeze tighter the pliers and grit my own teeth. Blood polka dots land on to my arms. If I pull really hard, they can go to my face and the walls or even the ceiling, but I don't have to pull that hard.

I am tired. The last tooth falls in the jar. The nice lady's mouth is so red now, I can’t see it much at all. I like to look at the teeth in the jar instead. Some of them have long tails, and some of them have two tails. I would like to have a tail.

I wipe my hands and face and the pliers and jar on her sheets. I put the jar in my bag and go home.

At home, I fill the jar with the water that comes out of taps and I shake it and I drain it and I do this a few times. I'll take it to Mr Dennis in the morning.

I love the tiny bell Mr Dennis has on his door. It rings when someone wants to see him. It's small and tinkly and it’s yellow, which is my favorite color.

“Mr Dennis! Mr Dennis!” I say and I wave. His friend looks at him and whispers, “George, is that the boy?”

Mr Dennis’ smile is very white. He says, “Isaac! You have the teeth?”

“I sure do, Mr Dennis!” I give him the jar.

“Good work, Isaac.” And he goes to his files in the blue cabinet. He has a lot of files. “Ms Brennan needs an A1, and Mr Leibniz needs two C’s, and I want to hold on to these canines, these are a beauty…” His friend pours my teeth on a tray and sorts them. Mr Dennis says he has the best in-plants in the whole city. Famous people were coming from all over to get their teeth done by him because his teeth were real is-stick and he told me I could help his operation. I don't know what an operation is but I think it is something like the people coming in to looking for in-plants. Whatever those are.

“Isaac, thank you for your work. We won't be needing these.”

I hold out my hands and he gives me 24 teeth back.

Mr Dennis smiles and says, “We'll be seeing you again, same time next week, won't we, Isaac?”

And I say, “Yes, Mr Dennis!”

And I go home and I put 5 teeth under my pillow and 15 under my mattress and 4 on my stand and 5 on my windowsill. That's 24 teeth, but I don't know how many there are. I have hundreds of teeth under my mattress and a lot under my pillow and sometimes I wake up with them next to me so I know they rolled out. My stand is covered in teeth and my windowsill is also almost out of space. There are teeth on the floor. I don't know how many I lost.

It's like Mr Dennis says, I will be the richest boy in the city because I have so much teeth! The tooth fairies don't know how to collect them all yet because I have so much teeth, but when they do, I'll be the richest ever! Mr Dennis says I'll be paid extra for each tooth because the tooth fairies can tell I've been a good boy.

Epilogue

Mr Dennis holds my mouth open and looks at my teeth. My front up teeth fell out and I'm holding them in my hand. I say, “Mr Dennis, what's wrong?” And he says, “I'm afraid you're growing up. Soon, you'll find out how the world really works, and you'll have to find your own way in life.”

“But Mr Dennis! I wanna stay with you forever!”

“No, Isaac, I've hurt you for long enough. You have to run away from here and never come back. If you come back, they will catch you, ok?”

“Who is they?”

“The bad guys. We're the good guys, right, Isaac?”

“Yeah.”

He is quiet.

I say, “What if you need my help in the operation? Is there anything I can do?”

“...Well, there is one last thing you could do for me. You could tell me if you know any young children like yourself. They have to be smart and strong. They need to be able to follow instructions and they're good with their hands, like you. Do you know anyone like that, Isaac? Tell me, it could be your last gift to me.”

I think for a while. I don't want to go but if I have to, I will help Mr Dennis first, one last time. "I know a girl. My friend has a little sister and I think she would like you.”

[wardans]

It's Tag Time!

Rules: Tag people you want to know more about!

Tagged by: @aspiring-to-be-a-cat thanks babe ( ˘ ³˘) im so sorry this took so long orz

Were you named after anyone?

Well, i was named after some french actress named Anouk Aimee. The name is very popular in the Netherlands but not so much Canada 😢

When was the last time you cried?

Yesterday actually. I was sitting outside (bad idea it was hella cold) talking on the phone when i started talking about atlantic cod and i dont remember what the joke was but it was so funny i made myself cry from laughing too much

Do you like your handwriting?

Hmm it's ok i think.. Its gotten neater over the last few years so thats good. And it's readable so bonus points ✌Dont even get me started on cursive tho... I learned it maybe 2x a week for a month in gr4 and then it was taken out of the curriculum so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What’s your favorite lunch meat?

HAAAAAAAAAAAAMM !!!!!!!!! Im just a sliced ham sorta gal

Do you have kids?

Well i certainly hope not! ;D nah im barely an adult anyways. But kids love me for some reason tho

If you were a different person, would you be friends with you?

Idk tbh. I would hope so. If we were i would pray to literally anything that other me could cook so they could teach me their ways. My family? Great cooks, etc. Me? Not so much. Anyways we would both enjoy memes and singing to disney movies and mamma mia and dreaming of sleeping forever (and riding the bull ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) )

Do you use sarcasm?

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Do you still have your tonsils?

Indeed

Would you bungee jump?

See i think it would be cool but i wouldnt actually go through with it. Unless i was blindfolded. Blindfolded means i cant see myself fall to my death

What’s your favorite cereal?

I just eat cheerios with raspberries;; although when i was younger my mum would occasionally buy Reese's Pieces I think which werent so bad

Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

Sometimes yes sometimes no

Do you think you are a strong person?

Surprisingly yea actually. Listen i lifted my friend one (1) time who weighs like 230+.

What’s your favorite ice cream?

I just had it like 5 minutes ago. Berry sorbet!!! I also really like lime. Sorbet icecream is my saviour ty.

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Hmm something that sticks out. It always depends on the person really. Some people i dont notice anything. But like one friend, something i always noticed was her eyes (the prettiest ever) or her smile! Or my mum has got her big german nose which is hard to miss. I just realized that i love peoples noses cause they can be so different and unique i love it. One friends nose literally reminds of Sera's it's adorable

What’s your least favorite physical thing about yourself?

.... My eyebrows... Like they go from dark to light but it's so abrupt that it just looks like half is shaved off TT-TT so makeup it is and oh it does wonders. Oh and probably my hands... theyre so small, theyre like tiny sausages i hate it and my feet are super small.. like size 4.5 or 5 if im lucky

What color pants and shoes are you wearing right now?

Im wearing grey track pants that i totally didnt steal from my friendo and Iron Bull shirt ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (thanks bioware)

What are you listening to right now?

...... What is Love by Haddaway

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

Black, like my soul

Favorite smell?

Hmm, melted cheese.... And when the Khans (family friends) make Biryani or Samosas or Tandoori or Curry they are the best smells ever..! Hm the cold crisp air and pine trees in winter as well!

Who was the last person you talked on the phone with?

My friend actually! (sorry mum)

Favorite sport to watch?

Haha sports? What sports? Ok i have watched football (european) with my family. Europeans are crazy about football my god. I was there during the world cup and oh dear when the Netherlands lost....

Hair color?

Well naturally im blonde but i dyed it red violet last december which is essentially hot pink but with more purple in the mix but then i tried this lighter almost pastel pink. Idk if i should go back to blonde or do something else tho :0

Eye color?

Blue like my mamas

Do you wear contacts?

Nah just glasses when i remember to :D

Favorite food?

I had mac n makhani last night and idek what it is but it was good so yea that. And lasagna. What can i say i really like cheese. Oh ooh and butter chicken! And this pulled pork poutine i got from a Jamaican restaurant one time.... It was so good....

Scary movie or comedy?

I hate scary movies. When i first watched Jaws when i was 13/14 i had nightmares for months. So comedy. There was a comedy/horror that i loved tho; Tucker and Dale: Forces of Evil or something like that.

Last movie you watched?

I wanna say Thor: Ragnorak (so good) but it was actually Moana (again for the 100th time)

What color shirt are you wearing?

It's grey with one of Bulls tarots on it (blessed). Its got a little bit of paint on it tho :'(

Summer or winter?

Winter. Oh, worm? Although i love spring because it rains so much hell yesss

Hugs or kisses?

I deprived myself of affection for years, thanks! depression! So now i make up for it hugging all the people i care about. Occasionally i'll give friends smooches on the cheeks if theyre comfortable with it too

Book you’re currently reading?

Haha whats reading? I havent read anything in forever. Im still trying to finish The Danish Girl, The Outlander series, The Serpent of Essex and The Girl of Fire and Thorns which I got like 6 years ago at a scholastic book fair

Who do you miss right now?

My mum and my cat and my friends and family T-T and Asra & Nadia & Oleg & Parthurnaax pls let them be safe and happy and basically ever vg character that i love ;u;

What’s on your mouse pad?

Ive never used one of those ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but my german oma and opa got me one a long time ago with some famous german mouse thing on it. Kinda cute kinda not

What’s the last TV program you watched?

This tv show called Blackish was just on tv. It's hella funny omg. Also i turn on American Dad just for backround noise if that counts

What’s the best sound?

That music that plays when Asra is around, like in that cave.. It just sounds so magical ;u;

Rolling Stones or The Beatles?

Well i did just go to a Beatles Tribute concert 2 weeks ago sooo.. The Beatles it is 👍

What’s the furthest you ever traveled?

Austria cause for some reason we stopped there when going to visit family but it's farther than the Netherlands so like... what...?

Do you have a special talent?

Drawing I guess. Being outta school and barely drawing sort of took me outta the loop... now everyhing i draw looks ugly :/ I guess my hidden talent of writing for one ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿ I learned to make coffees i didnt even know existed at work as well so?? Yes?

Where were you born?

Toronto actually :/ I was almost born somewhere else because my parents travelled a lot up until i was born but they came back... Goddamn

I tag: @queenlydweeb @ridethefrostback @mrjennety @backwardszombie ;D