Puppet Master:
It was a  cold winters night in Paris, France. Natalie a young girl in her teen years with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes that could stun, Walked home with her best friend Aubrey after a night at the traveling fair  with friends, It had always been safe so none thought different walking the streets after the lights came on.  A noise came from behind Natalie and Aubrey .. They turned to see what it had been nothing was there, how odd.  The girls kept walking along talking about the attractions they had seen. Most stunning had been the dolls, Ones that danced around with strings like life size marionettes.. " They looked so lifelike.. Almost human" said Aubrey with a chill to her voice. " Come on, They were just well made" Natalie said with a laugh.
Maybe she was right, They were simply well made dolls. Made to look lifelike. They couldn't had been real Aubrey thought to herself as they walked. Another noise came from behind them, They turned still nothing. Then something from the front what was going on? Before they knew it everything went black...
A flicker of light woke Natalie. Her crystal ice blue  eyes flicked open. Blurs around her shaping into forms slowly. Walls surrounded her a small light swung high above and a barred window lit the room. She sat up and looked around.. Aubrey was close by still asleep. What had happened? 'Ouch' Natalie muttered placing her hand to her head it hurt a cut.. Did she hit something.. "Hello?" She called out and waited for a response any sort of answer at all
Silence rang out for what seemed forever.. Finally a voice called from the shadows" Hello.." The voice replied it was low a males almost hollow as the night wind" You two are going to make great additions to my collection" It whispered out, A tall thin man stepped out to the light. He wore an old top hat.. Worn tailcoat and white pants dawned with boots.. He looked like the circus owner they saw at the puppet show " C-collection?" Natalie questioned her voice breaking  her face ran pale.. She could feel her body get cold at the thought of what was to come.
Aubrey woke her head spinning. " What is going on?" She asked eyes narrowing on the man in the light.. Her brown eyes grew wide " Natalie where are we... What is going on?" Natalie looked at her " I don't know where we are, He says we are going to be part of his ' Collection'" She told her friend. The girls looked at one another then to the man " That is right ladies, You will be the newest additions to it.. They will love you" His voice rang lightly his lips curving to a dark smile as he left them alone in their cell
The girls talked trying to find a way out of the tiny damp cell. " What the hell did he mean by ' collection'" asked Aubrey looking over at Natalie as she looked for a way to try and get to the tiny window. Natalie looked out for the top hat man and looked back to her unsure what to say" I don't know what he meant... But I am not sticking around to find out" She muttered as she sat on the bed. Soon a woman brought each of them food on trays once she left the girls set it aside.. " Look Nat!" Aubrey said holding up spoons"  We can try to dig out" she suggested with hope in her voice
They started picking away at the wall to try and get out. Stopping whenever footsteps drew close. They didn't want to find out what would happen to them if they didn't escape. The girls got a few inches through the wall when the man returned with the woman who had fed them the two took them and led them to another room one that was all the more bleak and miserable looking.. Was this the end for them? What was ahead for the girls in this tiny room.
The woman stripped the girls down and fitted them for dresses ones to fit only them they stood there being sewn into the dresses. Natalie into a pale blue dress with white trim. Aubrey a green dress with white trim, Like the puppets they had seen wore.. What were they being dressed up for?



They were pushed out  another door and down a dark corridor. Where it led was hard to say in the darkness. They held each others hand as they finally reached a light. A larger room with dolls sitting all around. Dressed in all sorts of dresses.  Some with smiles some with frowns, But all didn't seem like they fit. Something about them drove a nerve down to the bone.
The girls were told to stay put, Until they were come for. Natalie and Aubrey sat down, their eyes looking over the dolls what was it about them? Their expressions... No all dolls had those, finally it hit them" Their not glass" Aubrey whispered lightly.. Her eyes full of fear and dismay. " Don't be silly" Natalie told her. Glancing at a doll with short blonde hair dressed up in a red dress with dark trim, She could had sworn the doll blinked at her.. But that was just silly it couldn't be true. Dolls couldn't blink on their own, " She is right" a glassy voice rang out from the far corner, A voice that didn't sound human... The girls looked over, Their eyes fixed to a doll in the corner. She had deep auburn hair and crystal blue eyes, Her dress was. A sea foam color with ruffles in a very pale pink. Were they hearing things. " Did you speak to us." Asked Aubrey. Her voice clearly very shaky.
" Why yes I did." Said the same glassy voice. It had come from her, But how with no one to control her. Puppets couldn't do such a thing on their own, It wasn't possible. " How are you talking!?" Natalie asked shocked by the feat of it all. Aubrey by her side speechless. " Because your friend is right, We are not made of glass, Same as you are not." Said the girl, Her glassy voice soft. " Like you we are living, All of us able to breath and speak as we like, But we are not allowed"
" What do you mean not allowed" Aubrey asked in a hushed tone so none who may had been near would hear them " The master doesn't like us speaking when we are not on stage" Replied the girl, blinking at the new additions to the strange collection. Upon a look around it was clear each was listening to them.
Another started to speak. " You should be careful, We are being watched by them. If he finds us speaking. It will not end well for any of us" This new doll who spoke had raven hair and emerald green eyes. Her dress was corseted, Black and grey trim on it. Her voice had an accent, One form a far off land form the sound of it.
It was a curious thing looking around at all of them. Each seemed to be from different countries, Each in a rather unique dress, But all a piece of perfection. " How long have you all been here?" Asked Natalie, Curious about how long this had gone on, " We have all been here different amounts of time. Some a great many years, Some only months" Replied the girl with the accent" Oh, Yes my name is Carmen" She said smiling softly.
Carmen pointed to the doll with auburn hair " That is Celia" She said glancing at the blonde doll with the  red dress " She doesn't speak but the one in the dark dress is Athena" The little blonde doll wave at them and gave a sad smile
Soon the 'Top Hat' man came in" Ladies we have a show!" He said looking at the dolls he told a couple who looked like twins to go out to the stage as well Carmen.  Natalie and Aubrey were taken as well to preform their first of many shows to come for them.    
The show had gone well, The girls having gotten through their first night. Put back with the rest they had been praised, All took  a sigh of relief" That was not easy" Said Carmen" Though you two did very well"
Natalie and Aubrey thanked her wondering what would become of them. The man and woman had finally left. The girls seemed to have no hope in getting away, They had become part of the collection. Now they had many adventures to come as they would be going to tour the world....