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Well, I know we all like to think that we can avoid this kind of stuff but it DID happen to someone.<br><br>I was living in a small village in England with my family. It was near the woods and it was all VERY typical, like it was out of a movie or something.<br><br>Anyway, I had never really seen anyone else my age there or in the village. It was a lot like a retirement home, with almost everyone in their 50's and 60's. I was 12. I missed having friends.<br><br>Then... two boys came.<br><br>They were twins and they were visiting because they had just moved there and they were visiting the grandparents. I could never tell them apart. They had the same hair, the same eyes, the same height, the same face. They could have been fucking clones with the difference between them. They were also twins in behavior, they did the same thing, they laughed together, sometimes I even heard them finish each other's sentences. I stayed away from them. There was something creepy, something disturbing about them. I know I missed friends, and now I had two possible friends, but I stayed away from them. I sensed something wrong.<br><br>I can't precisely remember how it started. One day, they were just talking to me. The same sentences at the same time.<br><br>For a while, I thought they could read my mind. Whenever I thought about something, they would say it. Whenever I wanted to do something, they would do it. The weird thing is, I had a lot of fun despite how fucking creepy they were. It was like they were made for me, like custom made friends. I would think "I should get a cookie" and they would get me two. I would think "I wonder what would happen if we filled the tub with Jell-O" and they would fill the tub in a second. I would never say anything, but they would do it. Never, NEVER did I say anything and they didn't do what I said. It was just so fucking weird.<br><br>But the weirdest part began when school started.<br><br>I was starting middle school there. I was expecting the twins to be there as well. And they were. But something was wrong. They went to separate classrooms. And when I asked the teacher, she said that they were in different classes.<br><br>"But aren't they twins?"<br><br>"Oh, no. Only one is."<br><br>"One what?"<br><br>"One boy."<br><br>And she walked away.<br><br>I thought she was messing with me. But then, I really thought about it. I couldn't tell them apart and they did almost everything together. When I tried to remember who was who, I realized... I couldn't. I had never seen them apart and I couldn't remember any differences between them.<br><br>And then, something clicked. What the teacher said. "Only one is."<br><br>"Only one WHAT is?" "Only one BOY is."<br><br>I don't know. It probably makes no fucking sense to you. But for some reason, it scared the fuck out of me. I started avoiding the twins. It didn't help that they were still reading my mind.<br><br>When I thought they were creepy, now they were fucking terrifying. What the fuck did that mean? Was one of them not a boy? Or was one not real? Or... or what?<br><br>I don't know. I started to have nightmares. I would dream about them. And then I started to see them out of the corner of my eye. At school. At home. Everywhere. I was fucking terrified.<br><br>Then one day, they came to talk to me. The same words.<br><br>"Do you like us?"<br><br>"Yes." I fucking answered. Because they were reading my mind, I couldn't lie.<br><br>"Would you like to play with us?" they asked.<br><br>I hesitated. But they looked so fucking innocent. So fucking out of this world. But for some reason, I didn't want to play with them. And I shook my head.<br><br>And then they disappeared.<br><br>I'm not fucking kidding. I blinked and they were gone. I went to school and guess what? One twin was there, the other wasn't. The teacher said he was sick. But then, he was there too. And the other wasn't. And so on and so on.<br><br>But then, both were there. At the same time. And they looked at me. Both. The same fucking smile.<br><br>"We're glad you said no. But would you like to play with us now?" they asked.<br><br>This time, I said yes. Because they were reading my fucking mind again. But something was different. I felt different. I saw something different. I felt like...<br><br>Like I was one of them.<br><br>Like I was the same. The same eyes and hair and height. The same face. The same voice. The same laugh. The same fucking smile.<br><br>And when I looked at them I saw... me.<br><br>I'm not gonna lie, it was the happiest I had ever felt.<br><br>So I smiled. And we walked away together. Never to be seen again.<br><br>The village is empty now. Most have moved away. Only a few people live there.<br><br>But if you listen closely, you'll hear the three of us laughing together.<br><br>Forever.