Suicidal

[Kokujo]

This is a story that I wrote recently. Its contents, in my opinion, fall roughly on the line of horror. It's about nine college students who must spend a night in a castle rumored to be haunted, but when one discovered a cursed locket, each student starts to commit suicide one by one. Please, tell me what you think.

It was a cool day. The clouds were the perfect shape, the sun wasn’t boiling skin, and the perfect amount of wildlife was out and about. Despite all of this, she was unhappy with everything. Mimi, a young lady aged at around twenty two years old. She’d lost her entire family in a car accident just six months ago, and she hasn’t been the same since then. “Damaged, that is what I am…” is all she could think about herself. She was failing out of college, nearly getting kicked out due to her most recent failing grade. She couldn’t concentrate on her home life, either. Her best friend, who was away for the weekend, had to take all of her pets so they could survive. Mimi even needed her friend Victoria to come over and clean for her. The girl was a total mess, and everything was about to be thrown away.

She had finally made it home with Victoria after unsuccessfully making a trip to see a therapist about her problem. As the two made their way inside of Mimi’s home, Victoria locked the door behind them and began to walk off. “I have to make a quick phone call hun, stay safe while I’m gone.” Victoria said as she slowly walked away from the depressed girl. Mimi slowly walked into her kitchen and opened a drawer where she kept several utensils. Inside of the drawer was a kitchen knife which was six inches in length. She glared at her reflection on the knife as she gripped the handle and pulled it closer to her throat. She lightly pressed the tip against her throat with slight force before hearing a scream behind her. “No!” Victoria screamed at the girl before grabbing her arm and jerking the knife from her hand.

“What the hell is wrong with you? You do not need to do this!” Victoria had started crying as she screamed at her friend. “I know you are hurting, but you still have a wonderful life ahead of you…” Tears slowly slid down Mimi’s face as she turned to face her friend. “I… I am… sorry Victoria…” Mimi’s eyes watered up as she apologized only to receive a big bear hug from Victoria. “It’s alright sweetie, it’s alright.” After a couple of minutes of holding each other in their arms, the girls had calmed down enough for Victoria to tell Mimi about the phone call she had made. “That was Scott; I went ahead and told him we’d be going with him to get the extra credit. I could use it a little bit more, but you really need it to stay in school.” At first Mimi wasn’t too happy about this, but she decided that a little time away from home would do her some good and she needed the credit.

“When will they arrive?” Mimi softly asked Victoria. “He had to pick up the others, so it’ll probably be another ten minutes.” Victoria responded to Mimi’s question and then continued to speak. “Megan, Ronald, Ed, Rachelle, Mick, and Martin, along with both you and me, we’ll all be going on this extra credit assignment with Scott. We should both get ready.” Mimi nodded slowly as she headed upstairs to her room to change. Whilst she was gone, Victoria decided to slip into some different clothes downstairs. She couldn’t stop thinking about what Mimi almost did, and she was dead terrified of her attempting it again. She slipped on a black sweater while wearing a white tank top under it and a pair of blue skinny jeans. She had flowing brown hair falling down her back over her sweater.


Just a few minutes after that, Mimi had returned back downstairs wearing a blue jean skirt that went down to just above her knees, a matching jacket, and a white T-shirt under it. She had medium length black hair which went half way down her neck. The two walked towards the door as Victoria unlocked it and then locked it back once they exited the house. Victoria watched Mimi and could tell the girl was still mixed up just by looking at her; she would need to keep a good eye on her during this trip. Before the girls knew it, a large black van approached Mimi’s driveway. It held seven people in it and would also be holding the both of them. In the driver’s seat was Scott: he had short blonde hair and was wearing blue jeans and a white and black striped shirt. The girls crawled into the back where four were already seated.

One of the four was wearing an all black dress with black hair pulled into a bun. Her name was Megan and she was a friend of Mimi and Victoria’s. Sitting next to her was a guy who had short brown hair and was wearing a tight white T-shirt and a pair of blue shorts. His name was Mick and he was a friend of Scott’s. Sitting next to Mick was two other guys: one with long black hair that stretched halfway down his back who was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a button-up black shirt and the other who had no hair and was wearing a white tank top and a pair of black jeans. Their names were Ronald and Ed, and they were also friends of Scott’s. The two girls didn’t know any of these three guys, but they did know the guy and the girl who were sitting up front with Scott. Rachelle and Martin, they were in a relationship and were mutual friends between both of the girls along with Scott. Rachelle had blonde hair that went just past her shoulders and was wearing a pair of white shorts and a blue sleeveless shirt. Martin was wearing a pair of ripped up blue jeans and a dark blue T-shirt.

The group was traveling to an old and abandoned castle just outside of the town they all lived in. Their goal was simple: while staying at this castle, they had to disprove the rumor that it’s haunted. They were all spending the night inside of the castle and they were each expecting this to be an easy assignment, all except for Mimi. She didn’t know how difficult this task would be, and she was hardly prepared for anything. But as the group approached the castle, she was ready to follow her friends into the corridors of this eerie looking place. Each person stepped out of the van and gazed at the incredible building. Unlike most castles seen in movies or in fairy tales, this castle had a door. Scott slowly approached the door and cracked it open which allowed some of the sunlight to shine inside of the castle. He could see that it was pretty dirty inside and also spooky, but opened the door completely and proceeded in anyway.

One by one, the rest of the group followed him inside of the castle. It seemed as though they had walked right into the living room. There were several pieces of furniture which were covered by sheets, and empty fireplace that looked as though it hadn’t been used in years, and several portraits lined across the walls of people who were long dead by this point. “Well, we’re here guys. I guess just spending the night will be enough to prove that it’s not haunted.” Scott spoke out as he threw his bag of supplies on a dusty chair with a sheet over it. “We will need to explore this place and make sure it’s not haunted or else we’ll be fakes.” Mick replied to Scott while also putting his bag down. As Mick walked through a doorway, Rachelle, Martin, and Ed followed him. Scott and Victoria walked through a different doorway while Megan and Ronald were sitting on the old furniture and talking to each other.

Mimi, now pretty much on her own for a bit while inside of the castle, decided to take a look around and see what the castle had inside of it. She opened up a large door and walked through it, closing it on the other side. She’d found herself in a bedroom with a huge bed that had been previously made. The blanket was full of dust, but that didn’t surprise her; the entire room was covered in both dust and cob webs. She approached the dresser in the room which contained an un-opened jewelry box. She lightly lifted up the box, only to find a pendant lying in the center of it. The pendant looked exactly like the one her mother used to wear, but this one obviously didn’t belong to anyone so she picked it up and placed it around her neck. She took a liking to it rather quickly and tucked it under her shirt so nobody would see her wearing it. She then exited the room through a different doorway.

As she left, the ghostly white image of an old woman could be seen standing right beside the jewelry box, only to disappear within seconds. Mimi headed down a very long hallway, looking at all of the portraits hanging on the walls. She then came to two very large doors and became curious about what was behind them, so she slowly pushed them open. She crept inside, unsure of what was in the room, but was surprised when she saw several dining tables. “This must be where the people who lived in this castle ate their meals,” she thought to herself. As she slowly walked further into the room, suddenly a pair of hands came up from behind and a loud yell could be heard behind her. Terrified, Mimi quickly spun around and pushed the person away.

“Hey! Watch it!” The voice of a man yelled at Mimi. She recognized him as Ed, who had apparently followed behind her in secret just to pull this prank on her. She slapped him on the chest and yelled at him “you jerk!” She then turned around and stormed off while Ed simply watched her walk away. Ed couldn’t help but laugh about the whole thing, but in almost an instant, his expression turned serious as he proceeded through a doorway which led to the kitchen. Ed blankly stared at the kitchen as he moved further in, finally approaching a window which had long and dirty curtains by it. He pulled the curtains off and stepped up on a counter where he then tied the curtain around a hook that had been stuck in the ceiling and then tied the other end around his own neck. Without hesitation, Ed jumped from the counter and simply hanged there until his own death.

[Kokujo]

Mimi was still angry at Ed but decided to turn back around and ask him where the others were. She walked back into the dining area but didn’t see Ed anywhere. Finally, she walked towards the kitchen and entered, only to scream at the sight of Ed’s dead body hanging from the ceiling. Mimi quickly ran back to the living room where they all first entered. When she got there, both Scott and Victoria had already made it back. She ran into Victoria’s arms while tears ran down her face. She managed to mumble out “Ed killed himself” before bursting into tears once more. Victoria could only stare at Scott in awe, not knowing why Ed would do something like this. Scott ran off to see if he could find Ed, following the trail of opened doors that Mimi had left. After just a couple of minutes, Scott returned with a gloomy look on his face. “Ed is dead; it looks like he hung himself. I don’t know why he would do this, but he did. I don’t want to stick around here and find out why he did it, so I’m going to go start the van and get out of here.” Scott rushed out of the castle as soon as he finished speaking.

Mimi continued to cry in Victoria’s arms while Scott prepared them to leave, meanwhile, the other five were all still walking around in the castle. Megan and Ronald were still together and talking to each other. “So how do you know Scott?” Megan asked Ronald. “Oh, we met because of a mutual interest.” Megan stopped walking so Ronald also stopped. “A mutual interest? And what would that be?” Ronald clearly didn’t want to tell her, so he made up a lie. “We… uh… both work out at the same place.” Megan thought about it at first, but she decided to just go with what he said. The two continued walking while in another area, Rachelle, Martin, and Mick were walking in a group.

Mick was in front while Rachelle and Martin were walking beside each other. Mick had noticed that there were several candles on the walls so he decided to start lighting them with his lighter as the trio moves down the hallway. Rachelle and Martin were holding hands and talking lightly about what they planned on doing after they both get out of college. “I want to move to Italy and study the area around there.” Martin started talking passionately about his plans after college. “I would gladly come with you if I could, but my future job will probably require me to remain near a Hospital.” Rachelle was aiming to become a doctor whereas Martin wished to travel the world.

Martin knew that, with their choices in life, they probably wouldn’t be able to stay together, so that’s why he decided to make their time count. They continued onward and separated from Mick who was several feet ahead of them lighting candles. As he continued lighting them, he stopped to see if Rachelle and Martin were still following him but noticed they were gone. Mick decided to continue on by himself. Meanwhile, outside where Scott’s van was, Scott was trying to get it fixed but was having no luck. The battery had died so they would have to wait several hours for it to charge. He couldn’t pick up cell phone service at their location, and Scott started to get angry at himself for bringing all of these people into this mess and someone ending up dying.

Mimi and Victoria were still inside and Mimi had finally stopped crying. Victoria laid her down on one of the nearby couches before heading deeper inside of the castle to locate the others so they could leave. Before she knew it, she heard a girl’s scream coming from the direction of Ed’s body, so she took off running in that direction. Mimi and Scott had also heard it, and Scott rushed inside to Mimi’s location to see if she was okay. “Mimi! What was that scream?” Scott said while worried. Mimi looked at him and responded “I don’t know, but it must be Megan or Rachelle.” Scott grabbed Mimi’s hand and quickly ran through the opened doors towards Ed’s body, only to discover a trail of blood leading into the dining area.

“Oh no… not again. Please… please tell me… nobody else has died.” Mimi started to tear up again at the thought of another friend dying, but Scott wouldn’t let it happen. “Mimi, if we want to save our friends, then we need to find them and get them out of here. So pull yourself together and help me!” Mimi looked at him and then nodded slowly and started running with Scott once again. Before they could make it far enough, a bleeding Megan jumped out in front of the two as they were running and landed right in Scott’s arms. “R-Ronald…” Megan barely managed to speak before Scott cut her off. “Save your breath Megan, you stay here with Mimi and I’m going to see what happened with Ronald and Victoria.” Scott took off once again and left the two girls where they were. Mimi simply held Megan in her arms and removed her own jacket so she could stop Megan from bleeding.

Scott burst through the doors to the dining area, which had been closed since he was last there. He could only see more blood and Ronald’s body lying on the ground in a puddle of blood. “Ronald!” Scott quickly made his way to Ronald’s body and turned it over. Ronald was still alive and Scott was relieved. “Where’s Victoria? She took off in this direction!” Ronald pointed to the kitchen and faintly whispered to Scott “she’s dangerous…” Scott put Ronald’s body down and made his way towards the kitchen where he saw blood splattered on the walls and Ed’s dead body once again. He could see a large puddle of blood leaking out from behind one of the counters and slowly walked to where he could see where it was coming from. Finally he saw it. Victoria’s limbs were sliced open and bleeding, her chest had a knife sticking from it, and her eyes were lifeless. Victoria had committed suicide.

Scott couldn’t understand why someone like Victoria would do such a thing to herself, but he didn’t have the time to stop and think about that. Ronald and Megan were seriously injured and he had to get them some help. He made his way back to Ronald’s body and lifted him up and placed his arm around his head so he could walk with him. Scott managed to carry Ronald out of the dining area and back to where the girls were sitting. Mimi watched as Scott carried Ronald but she didn’t see Victoria. “Where’s Victoria Scott?” Scott just looked at Mimi with a cold look in his eyes and she knew what had happened. Mimi started to cry once again and Scott couldn’t do anything but say “I’m sorry Mimi.”

Mimi managed to control her tears just long enough so that she could carry Megan back to the van and they could leave. Scott stopped, pulled his shirt off, and wrapped it around Ronald’s wound so the bleeding would stop and then he laid him down on one of the couches. Mimi didn’t understand why he was laying him there when he needed to be in the van so they could take him to get help. “Scott… what about the van?” Scott looked over at Mimi “the battery is dead, so we aren’t going anywhere until it has a few hours to charge.” Mimi couldn’t believe the bad luck that they were having, but Scott was being optimistic about the situation. “We need to find Mick, Rachelle, and Martin so we don’t end up having to search for them when it’s time to leave.” Scott calmly said to Mimi.

Mimi nodded and stood up, while Scott walked over by her and looked back at the injured Megan and Ronald. “We’ll be back, stay safe you two.” Scott said as both he and Mimi walked through a doorway and down a hall and Scott pulled out a flashlight for each of them. Mimi knew that they weren’t in the kitchen or the dining area, so they didn’t even both checking there. Scott opened up another doorway and it seemed to lead to a string of bedrooms. The two decided to split up and locate their friends by checking these rooms one by one. Mimi started with the first door on the right while Scott started with the first door on the left. They had no luck at all and finally made it to the end of the hall. They walked past the door at the end of the hall and noticed that the hall split in two directions, one going left and one going right. “You go right and I’ll go left, Mimi.” Scott said in a stern voice. The two split up and went down their own halls.

[Kokujo]

Scott had made it to the lavatories where he heard a slight noise coming from deep inside. He could also see light coming from deep inside and decided to see who it was. As he approached the light and the noise, he found himself being punched in the face by an unknown person. Scott had been knocked off of his feet by the blow to the face, but almost immediately after, he noticed a hand reaching out to help him up. He looked up and seen Mick standing over him and then grabbed his hand and pulled himself up. “What did you do that for?” Scott growled at Mick. “I didn’t know it was you, I thought it was someone else. I heard a scream coming from somewhere so I got a little paranoid.” Mick defended himself while Scott stared at him with sadness in his eyes. “Mick… both Ed and Victoria are dead… and they both committed suicide.” Mick was in shock due to Scott’s words. “Come on, we need to get back to Ronald and Megan.” Scott started to walk back and Mick followed him.

Meanwhile, Mimi was walking down her hallway and came across what appeared to be a large ballroom. She could see a balcony held up by several stone pillars and a large empty floor. She walked out onto the floor but didn’t spot Rachelle or Martin. She walked over to another door she’d noticed and proceeded through it, only to find herself in another hallway. But she didn’t have to go far to find Rachelle and Martin. This entire hallway had been lit up by candles, and at the end was bother Rachelle and Martin. She called out to them and they both walked towards her. “Rachelle, Martin, we need to leave right now!” Mimi said in a scared tone. “But why Mimi? Why must we rush out so quickly?” Martin asked while puzzled. “B-because Martin… Victoria and Ed committed suicide and Megan and Ronald are hurt…” Mimi barely managed to keep herself from crying again. Both Rachelle and Martin were shocked, but both followed closely behind Mimi as she returned to where she’d come from.

It wasn’t long before both Scott and Mimi met up in the hallway where they separated. The five friends quickly made their way back to Ronald and Megan who were still in the living room and injured. “The van might be charged enough to get us out of here.” Scott said to everyone else. They made it back down the hallway of rooms and finally back to the living room where Ronald and Megan were. However, what they saw when they arrived was horrific. A bloody mess with Megan laying over Ronald’s body and crying, Ronald had slit his own throat with a knife he’d taken from the kitchen. Megan had to watch him do it because she was unable to stop him due to her condition.

Mimi couldn’t take it and broke down in front of everyone. She instantly dropped to her knees with tears pouring down her face. Scott and Mick quickly ran over to Ronald’s body to see if he was still alive, but he had been dead for several minutes. Rachelle couldn’t stomach it and she started to throw up away from where everyone else was, and Martin tried to comfort her. Mick pulled Megan up and away from Ronald’s dead body while Scott ran outside to see if his van was ready to go. Mick and Megan watched Scott head over to his van, and while everyone had their backs turned, Mimi stood herself up and walked over to Ronald’s body. She bent down and picked up the knife Ronald had used off of the ground and started to scream at everyone. “Everyone will die! You are all doomed to die in this castle! Nobody will survive this night!”

Mick, Megan, Rachelle, and Martin all turned around to see Mimi waving the knife around like a maniac just moments before she started slicing her arms open. Mick and Martin quickly ran to her aid, but before they could reach her in time, she stabbed herself in the neck. Blood squirted from her wound as Mick raced to pull the knife from her neck. As soon as the knife left the wound, blood poured from her neck and squirted all over Mick. Mimi fell to her knees as blood continuously poured out, and she fell over on the ground and died from blood loss several seconds later. Mick could only watch in shock as the rest of Mimi’s blood flooded the ground below. Martin was sickened by her bleeding corpse. Scott raced back to the castle just in time to see her dead body lying on the ground. “N-no… Mimi…” Scott was devastated by the death of Mimi and couldn’t take looking at her body, so he ran back out to his van.

Mick, Rachelle, Megan, and Martin all felt cold as they looked at Mimi’s now dead body. Scott was outside and they could tell he was upset and had feelings for the girl. Mick picked Megan up after hearing Scott’s van start up and was about to carry her out to it, but before he even made it out the door; Scott floored the gas pedal and smashed into the side of the castle. Mick and the others freaked out as Scott’s van started to catch on fire. Mick could see Scott looking at him with cold eyes as he began to speak his final words. “The curse is spreading… you can break it if you think about it… put it back…” After speaking those final words, Scott’s van exploded. It killed him instantly, blew a larger hole in the castle, and also caught some of the furniture on fire. Mick wasn’t sure what Scott meant, but as he watched Mimi’s body catch on fire, he then noticed a locket around her neck and raced to grab it before it burned up.

Rachelle, Martin, and Megan all stood back to avoid the fire. Mick soon walked over by them while holding onto the locket. “The van is gone, so is Scott. We have no way to get Megan out of here, but I think we have something much worse to deal with. Everyone who killed themselves didn’t just do it to do it; there must’ve been some force behind it. Scott’s final words have leaded me to believe that some sort of curse has been placed on us. I don’t know what did it or why it happened, but he said to put something back and the only thing that any of us had that we didn’t have before arriving here was this locket.” Mick explained his idea to the others and decided to search around for ideas before letting anyone else fall victim to this curse. Everyone else agreed with him, though, Rachelle was a bit skeptical.

“What if it’s not a curse and we have wasted our time? What if that causes Megan to die from blood loss? What then, Mick?” Mick understood everything Rachelle was worried about, but he had a gut feeling that it wouldn’t matter unless they broke that curse. “I understand, but if this curse is doing what I believe it’s doing, then it won’t matter in the end unless we break it.” Mick explained his point and defended himself. Rachelle decided to go with him anyway and see if they could find a way to break this curse. Martin, Rachelle, Megan, and Mick all proceeded into the bedroom where Mimi had found the locket, unaware that it was the room she found the locket in. Mick didn’t want to leave anything unchecked so he gave the room a thorough inspection and discovered the jewelry box that Mimi had gotten the locket from.

Mick opened it up and could see what appeared to be an imprint of a locket. He could only guess that the locket Mimi had was taken from this box, so he decided to search the box and the dresser for clues. He lifted the jewelry box up and the bottom fell off along with a piece of paper. Mick picked up the paper and looked at it, noticing that it was an unsigned letter. Mick turned around to face the others and showed them the letter. “I don’t know what it means, but it seems to be some type of letter. I’m going to read it.” Mick lit a nearby candle and began reading the letter. “To all of those who are concerned, do not touch the locket lying within this box. It is cursed, and the curse will haunt thee for the rest of your life. It will drive you mad and to do the unthinkable… to yourself. There is no way to stop this “curse”… without blood being spilled. There is only one way to stop it from continuing, and that is to break the chain… sincerely, yours truly.” Mick didn’t understand what the letter meant, but he now knew that one more person at least would have to die in order for the rest to live.

Megan was upset by the content of the letter, she didn’t understand why it was so difficult to simply leave and live normal lives again and why this curse had to take her friends away. She started to cry and couldn’t stop herself. She started grabbing onto her own skin and squeezing tightly, enough so that she started to draw blood with her finger nails. She started crying and screaming uncontrollably while scratching her arms up and running from the room. Mick, Rachelle, and Martin ran after her, but she made her way into the dining area and dropped to her knees. Sadness had overwhelmed her as she started clawing at her chest and neck. Blood was drawn and started to run down her body as she peeled her own skin back and pulled pieces off of her body. Finally, she grabbed a chunk of her neck and pulled it off which caused her to stop breathing. She fell over just as the others arrived and slowly died in their presence.

[Kokujo]

Rachelle cried at the sight of her friend’s dead body, she couldn’t take anyone else dying. She started crying into Martin’s arms about the whole situation. “Why? Why did this all have to happen? First Ed, then Victoria, then Ronald, Mimi, Scott, and now Megan, who’s next?” She cried deeply into Martin’s shoulder as Mick started to put things together. “First Ed died… Victoria was next, followed by Ronald. Mimi was after him, and Scott died next. And after Scott died, Megan killed herself. I think I got it figured out… “Break the chain”, does this mean to change the pattern of deaths? It’s not possible to stop this curse unless someone dies out of the order of deaths… and in this case… it goes male then female. Since a female just died, either myself or Martin will die next. But if Rachelle was to die next… both Martin and myself would go free…” Mick turned to face Martin and Rachelle, now with a murderous intent in his eyes.





“Martin, I do believe I have the answer to our problem. It lies within Rachelle, she needs to die in order to interrupt the chain of death and set us both free.” Mick bluntly stated to Martin. Martin could hardly believe what Mick was trying to tell him, and Rachelle started to fear for her life. “Wait, what? Are you saying that Rachelle needs to die in order to end this? I can’t and won’t let that happen.” Martin stubbornly stated. Since Mick wanted to kill Rachelle, then he wouldn’t dare touch Martin. Because that would result in the chain continuing as planned and him needing to kill himself in order to stop the chain. “Rachelle, I want you to get out of here. Run, hide, just get away from him.” Martin tried to get Rachelle away from Mick as quickly as possible. “I will find you Rachelle, and Martin, if you try to get in my way, then after I kill her, I’ll just have to kill you, too.” Mick angrily growled at Martin.

Mick started to walk towards the door Rachelle had exited through, but Martin stopped him with a fist to the face. Mick was barely fazed by it, though, and just threw a punch of his own which knocked Martin off of his feet. Mick then pulled the knife that Ronald had taken from the kitchen out of his back pocket and stabbed Martin in the side. Not in an area that would result in Martin dying, but Martin wouldn’t be able to do anything against him anymore. Mick then ran through the door that Rachelle ran through while Martin laid on the ground writhing in pain. Rachelle had made her way to the lavatory where she hid in the dark behind a wall. She was smart enough to blow out the candle lights so she wouldn’t be easily spotted by Mick. Mick, however, had a flashlight and had also made his way to the lavatory. Rachelle heard him coming, so she quickly ran away from him and made it back down the same hall Scott had went down to find Mick.

She tried to make it back to the living room, but Mick had succeeded in catching up with her and slashed her back open. She fell to the ground as Mick continued to try and stab her. She succeeded in kicking Mick’s leg just right, which caused him to drop the knife and lose his balance, thus making him fall to the ground as well. Mick crawled after the girl, though, and managed to grab her right ankle. He had retrieved his knife and tried to pull her to him so he could finish her off once and for all. But what Mick wasn’t expecting was Martin to have made his way over to where Mick was. Martin kicked Mick in the head which allowed Rachelle to get loose. While Mick was distorted, Martin kicked the knife from his hand and then proceeded to stop on his head. Rachelle had retrieved the knife and dealt the finishing blow to Mick: she stabbed him in the back of the head with the knife.

The couple was now the only ones left alive, but the curse was still in effect. According to the chain, Martin would need to die next in order for Rachelle to go free. The two made their way to the living room and walked past all of their dead friends. Rachelle had grabbed the locket from Mick’s pocket before they left, and she pulled it out to show Martin. “I’m going to make sure this never happens to anyone else!” Rachelle dropped the locket on the ground and crushed it with her foot. Martin could only smile at her, but his smile then turned to tears. “This is… where we part forever. Only one of us or neither of us will make it out alive. You’re next Rachelle, but if I kill myself, you will go free.” Martin sounded as though he’d come to a decision. “You’re not going to do it… are you?” Rachelle asked Martin. “If I want to preserve the most precious thing I have in life, then yes, I have to. That means I am going to.” Martin softly answered Rachelle.

Tears rolled down Rachelle’s eyes as she knew that her life with the man she loved was about to end. “I love you, I always have and I always will. I don’t want you to go…” Martin started to cry as well, knowing that he was about to leave this life. “I know, and I love you, too. But you have a dream, you have a future, you’re going to be a doctor. You can find someone better, you can make it in life, you can be successful. Don’t give everything up because of me, just go on and live.” Martin was deeply upset as he spoke, but he displayed his true love for Rachelle. Rachelle held out the knife which she’d used to end Mick’s life and Martin grabbed it from her hand. “Goodbye.” Martin then took the knife and slit his own throat which caused him to die just moments after. Rachelle cried softly as Martin left her for good.
Rachelle walked out of the castle and made her way to the nearby road where a police officer stopped and picked her up. She was then taken to the Hospital where she was placed in intensive care.

The memories of all of her friends and the horrific night she had to endure, and the memories of her true love dying in front of her haunted her nightmares. She awoke with her heart pounding and her body sweating. She couldn’t take such sadness and not being able to sleep. She reached over to a nearby cart and grabbed a scalpel and slowly carved in her arm “the curse ends with me” and then stabbed herself in the throat. She slowly died as doctors rushed into the room to save her, but found every attempt was futile…

[leezuki]

good short story, when did you write this.

[Kokujo]

Originally Posted by leezuki

good short story, when did you write this.

A couple of weeks ago. I had the idea a couple of months ago, but finally wrote it then. I think I kind of rushed it a little, but that's me.