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| “ | "Play with me." | „ |
| ~ Sally's most famous quote. |
Sally Maryam Williams, more commonly known as Sally or Sally Maryam Dawn, is a young female spirit created by La-Mishi-Mish. After her initial death, she continued to haunt her old house, scaring the living daylights out of its-then current inhabitants and happily playing with its younger ones. She is featured in her own Creepypasta story, "Play With Me," written in 2012. As of 2020, La Mishi Mish rewritten and published a rebooted version of Play With Me (Reboot).
Origin
In the summer of 1966, Sally and her friends played outside until her mother called her in for lunch. Marie announced that Uncle Johnny would be staying with them for work and to take care of his niece. In reality, he recently divorced his wife and needed a place to live. During Johnny's temporary stay, he began to abuse Sally, altering her usual personality and prompting concern from her friends, who she lied to about her well-being.
By 1970, Johnny continued his abuse unnoticed while Sally struggled to maintain her life and school performance. She dissociated during his assaults and sensed her friends growing suspicious but avoided discussing her situation. When her friends planned a sleepover and carnival trip, Sally's mother noticed Johnny's weird behavior but dismissed her worries.
At the carnival, Sally felt Johnny's gaze and eventually confided in her friends about the abuse at home. From this, they gave mental support and urged her to tell her parents. On her 12th birthday, Johnny took Sally to get ice cream but instead attacked her in the woods when she attempted to flee, leading to her murder.
Sally later found out she was dead and unable to communicate with her friends or family. Meanwhile, Marie began to uncover the truth about Johnny from Sally’s friends, leading to a search for her daughter. After Johnny was captured, he confessed to his crime and was sentenced to life in prison.
The tragedy left Marie devastated, leading to her mental decline. On the anniversary of Sally's death, her parents visited her grave before moving away out of town.
Appearance
Sally manifests in two distinct forms—one tailored for children and the other for teenagers and adults. She has long, wavy brown hair and luminous emerald-green eyes in both forms. She wears a pink nightgown and goes barefoot.
In her eight-year-old appearance, she maintains a pristine and typical youthful look. She does not appear bloody or dirty in this form.
In contrast, Sally appears more mature in her adolescent guise at age twelve and has a cooler color palette. This form is taller by eight inches, with visible cranial crevices exposing bloodied brain matter. Her dress bears dirt marks, with cuts and bruises scattered across her body. Blood flows down her head and face, differing from her other two forms. Her feet are soiled at the soles from fleeing into the woods in an attempt to escape her uncle.
Personality
When Sally was alive, she was joyous, sweet, and altogether–a golden child to her friends and parents. After her uncle Johnny sexually assaulted her, she began to develop anxiety and fear. However, that didn’t stop her from wanting the best in her life.
As a poltergeist, she still retains some of her former personality. She is silly, playful, and a trickster. The girl loves to scare and prank people. She enjoys playing with the younger residents of her old house and is wary of adults and those she doesn’t trust.
By default, Sally appears as a confident, honest, and caring ghost. Yet she can become overly jealous, loud, stubborn, childish, and bratty, often enjoying the attention that comes with being a prankster. She can also be nosy, tapping on doors, windows, or walls to frighten someone. Occasionally, Sally exhibits episodes of extreme temper. Overall, she remains relatively neutral toward everyone.
Powers and Abilities
Sally can float a few feet off the ground, phase through walls, floors, and doors, and lift specific objects, depending on her emotional state. The angrier she gets, the bigger the object becomes, but it requires a lot of energy, usually expended less actively, until she can gather enough energy to repeat the action. She enjoys knocking on walls, doors, and windows. If Sally feels threatened, the young girl can scratch (usually four instead of the typical three) on the person's body. She can also alter her appearance to look either eight for younger children or her twelve-year-old self to those she wants to scare or doesn't trust.
Likes and Dislikes
| Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|
| Coloring/drawing | Mentions of her uncle Johnny |
| Dolls | Killing |
| Mr. D/Mr. Death (her teddy bear) | Spiders |
| Typical girlish things (i.e. dresses, makeup, and anything that's pink) | Getting in trouble |
| Playing any kind of games | Getting in the way of anyone |
| Scaring people | The forest at night |
| Watching cartoons | Dismissive parents |
| Pranking people | Being abandoned |
Facts
- Sally was created by La-Mishi-Mishi.
- Sally's birthday is April 5th, 1958, and she died on the same day in 1970.
- Sally always carries her tattered teddy bear, Mr. Death, also named Mr. D, with her. Due to her strong attachment to it, Sally has never been seen without it.
- Her family is of German-American lineage.
- She is heterosexual/straight.
- She has never, and never will, harm or kill anyone.
- Sally is an only child; other depictions with siblings are simply headcanons.
- She is not related to Ben Drowned.
- Due to her past trauma, she doesn't go by her last name, William, instead changing it to Dawn. She doesn't like to be called by her last name since it reminds her too much of her uncle and what he did to her.
- Her triggers include: Her true last name, Williams, will cause her to throw a tantrum if not have a royal fit. Being forced to do anything, whatever it may be, causes her to grow paranoid and puts her on edge—being held down/pinned down for prolonged periods of time, feeling as if she had done something horrible.
- She was originally eight years old, the original Creepypasta, but has now been revamped to be twelve years old.
- Johnny was originally scared to death by Sally. However, in the rewrite, he was murdered by prisoners after they learned about his prison sentence.
- Sally is one of the few youngest and famous Creepypasta characters.
- Sally was based on La Mishi Mish's mother.
- Her surname, Dawn, was taken from her mother's middle name.
- Her mother wanted to age Sally up, stating how she felt sorry that Sally died at a young age.
- Her theme songs include: X Japan - Music Box - 11. Rose of Pain, Melanie Martinez - Tag, You're It, THÈME MUSICAL - Sally #1, and THÈME CREEPYPASTA - Sally #2.
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