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Creepypasta - Infierno Para Niños
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Near-Death Opening: Differing Accounts and a Claim of Exception
A narrator begins by discussing near-death experiences and how people’s accounts differ, suggesting the brain may shape what they “see.” He then insists his story is the exception: as a child, he suffered clinical death for 14 minutes and witnessed what happens after death.
Childhood Backstory: Love, Indulgence, and Cruelty
As Jake (around age 6), he describes being spoiled by two loving parents who gave him everything and indulged his tantrums. He contrasts his family with their poorer neighbors—especially the Thomsons, and their son Matthew “Matiu” Thomson—whom Jake portrays as weak, awkward, and annoying.
Jake claims he was “almost polite” and only played with Matiu reluctantly, but he also admits to playing cruel pranks and treating him as inferior.
School dynamics and rising resentment
At school, Jake notices the classroom has a young, inexperienced teacher—someone the children can manipulate. Jake and others exploit her. Matiu later studies there too because of the neighborhood’s “prestige,” which intensifies Jake’s resentment.
Jake enjoys showing off his toys, while Matiu becomes the easy target.
The Rooftop Incident
On a cloudy day, Jake’s father surprises him with a glowing blue soccer ball—his favorite—telling him not to use it until recess. During recess, Jake shows it off and quickly becomes the star of the game, with other kids begging to take turns kicking. He keeps control and refuses to share fairly.
When it’s finally Matiu’s turn to be goalkeeper, Jake decides it would be funny if the ball hits him. He kicks hard, and the ball flies past and knocks Matiu down, causing Matiu to run while shouting he’ll get the ball.
Jake chases him toward an upper, riskier area of the school where there are fewer protections. At the edge, in a jealous rage, Jake pushes Matiu. Matiu falls, suffering head injuries and a spreading pool of red. Jake’s horror hits right after he realizes what he has done. He collapses, everything goes white, and then—
“Hell for children”
Jake wakes in a gray, nightmare version of his living room. His parents look wrong: dark faces, unnatural eyes, and even drawn surveillance-like figures on the walls. They speak in unsettling, hoarse voices and immediately force him into “discipline,” including humiliating him and scrubbing his mouth with a filthy soapy rag for swearing.
When Jake panics and tries to resist going back upstairs, the house’s “order” worsens. His toy closet opens, and multiple toy figures—twisted, burned-looking, and wet/grotesque—move toward him. They speak together, blaming him for not giving them enough attention.
Jake runs downstairs, but his parents demand he return to his room anyway. The punishment escalates further as the house lures him and the doorbell rings.
Matthew Returns: A Grotesque Bring-Back
Jake opens the door and sees Matiu, severely mutilated—his skull split and his eyes like empty white holes. Matiu holds Jake’s glowing blue ball and still speaks with Matiu’s voice, insisting Jake should play.
Jake tries to comply despite terror. When he touches the ball, it burns him violently, as if his skin is being scraped off. Matiu—now controlled by an even deeper, booming voice—forces Jake to take it again.
Jake begs for forgiveness, apologizing for tormenting Matiu and causing his death.
The “verdict” and the endless continuation
Jake is told the sin is already done, that he “deserves to burn,” and that the torment continues. When the punishment abruptly stops, brightness returns. Jake loses sensation again—and the hell resets into reality.
Back to Reality: Survival, Guilt, and Lifelong Trauma
Jake awakens in the school nurse’s office after being resuscitated. A doctor tells him that Matiu died, while Jake survived despite the 14-minute clinical death. Jake vomits from the aftershock of what he remembers. He remains in the hospital while Matiu’s funeral happens without him.
Afterward, Jake’s life never truly returns to normal. He fears home and fears his toys, and he suffers persistent nightmares. Even years later, he’s haunted by the memory of the deformed parents and Matiu’s split head—especially during sleep.
Adult realization: what really caused the deaths
As an adult, Jake later learns the real cause: the rooftop fall killed Matiu, while Jake was resuscitated. He interprets the experience as punishment for what he did, questioning religious explanations about children’s souls and whether “child innocence” truly shields someone from moral consequence.
Adult Life: Education, Redemption, and a Final Grave Visit
Jake becomes a teacher and rises to director of the same institute, motivated by preventing tragedies like that day. He marries a coworker (an English teacher), has children, and even grandchildren in the school.
Finally, Jake narrates a present-day visit to Matiu’s grave, bringing flowers already wilting. He jokes bitterly that next time he’ll ask his son to help, and he hints at a grim belief: he expects he will return to that place after death—still afraid the suffering might not have been “just” a child’s hell.
Key Highlights / Notable Scares & Emotional Beats
- Cruel contrast: Jake’s “spoiled, attention-hungry” personality versus Matiu’s quiet humility.
- Jealous prank-to-tragedy escalation: the soccer-ball game turns into deadly violence in seconds.
- Nightmare punishment mechanics
- deformed, human-like “parents”
- cursed toys that animate and accuse Jake
- the soapy rag humiliation
- the glowing blue ball becoming a painful, burning torture device
- Moral reckoning: Jake repeatedly begs for forgiveness, but the consequences are treated as irrevocable.
- Last twist: the story ends with Jake still expecting punishment to continue—questioning whether death brings “another hell” beyond the first.
Personalities Mentioned (Roles)
- Jake (narrator; childhood “spoiled bad son” who resuscitates)
- Jake’s father (corrupted/inhuman in hell)
- Jake’s mother (corrupted/inhuman in hell)
- Matthew “Matiu” Thomson (neighbor and schoolmate; dies after the rooftop fall; returns as a grotesque entity)
- Mr. Thomson / Mrs. Thomson (neighbors; grieving parents mentioned)
- Jake’s doctor / school nurse staff (real world: informs Jake Matiu died)
- Jake’s English-teaching coworker / wife (adult life: partner)
- Jake’s son (mentioned in the grave-visit joke)