Chapter 4: Night in the abandoned house

A ray of light pierced through the window, I sit up and squinted my eyes, adjusting. It was already morning. Unlike the videos that are posted on YouTube where they sleep in the abandoned house and observed, I didn't experience anything creepy. A sudden grumble was heard in my stomach, I am hungry. I stood up, took my flashlight, and went out. I walked through the cracked pathway, grass is damp leaving dew in the morning. The sidewalk dry and hot, I can still remember the fight Ivy and I had last night. I shoved the thought off and went to my house and eat for breakfast.

"Where have you been!?" Mom exclaimed as I grabbed my bowl to eat cereal. "Exploring with Ivy"

"Don't lie to me, where have you been? Your father and I are worried." Mom sighed and sit on the chair. "Just relax, jeez." I said as I munched my cereal. "Mom, I'm sorry."

Mom nodded, "Just don't do that again." I gave her a subtle smile, I can't guarantee her that I can't do that again.

"Mom, I'll go to my room and do my assignment," I said as I put my bowl into the sink and went upstairs.

It's Saturday, I sighed and stared at my laptop. I couldn't think of any unsolved cases. I grabbed my phone and didn't receive any message from Ivy. Weird. It's already 4 pm and I'm here in my room staring back on my laptop for almost 4 hours.

I stood up, packed my bag, and put my laptop and other essentials. I put on my jacket, wore my jeans and a black shirt. Tied my hair into a ponytail and rushed downstairs.

"Mom, can I go to Ivy's house for a sleepover please?" I went to the kitchen and found mom busy cooking and tasting her food. I went to the cupboard and grabbed a corn kernel bag and put in the microwave. The mouth-watering aroma of the food that Mom cooked in filled the kitchen.

"What you cookin'?" I asked, turning around. "Honey Garlic Glazed Salmon"

"Okay, honey. And oh, bring this food" Mom said, handing me a container with her food that she cooked. "Just serve!"

"And its hot!"

"Thanks, Mom" I said as I smiled, taking her food. The microwaved beeps, notifying me that the popcorn is good to go.

"Enjoy!"

I put my popcorn and the food Mom gave me into my bag , kissed her cheeks and went out.

As a rebellious kid, I am, I didn't actually go to Ivy. I'm walking myself to the abandoned house, wanting to have alone time. As I arrived at the abandoned house, I started to clean the living room and uncover the cloth of the furniture. It's already 7 pm. I turned the television on, watched a horror movie, settle myself eating Mom's honey garlic glazed salmon. Didn't notice the time, it's already 9 pm and I need to start my informative writing, no need to procrastinate. I grabbed my bag and pulled my laptop and start typing, only the sound from the television is my background noise. In the middle of typing, I jolted when I heard a sudden noise upstairs as if someone was there and accidentally fell an object.

"Who's there?"

No one answered. I took a deep breath, took my flashlight, and slowly went upstairs. There were two rooms upstairs when a sudden noise was heard again on my left side. I grabbed the doorknob and slowly opened it, I was greeted with a room lot of books and a board with post-it notes, photos and yarn used to trace links or evidence. Out of curiosity, I looked closer and hover my flashlight to a ripped old newspaper that was pinned.

Felicia: Killed her parents for an SFX makeup inspiration.

The date was back 6 years ago.

February 3, 2011

FELICIA--- an Asian girl killed her parents, 11 pm Saturday. Police have claimed that the incident was done purposely. With further investigation, Felicia is known as an SFX makeup artist. It was said that due to a lack of inspiration, she killed her parents. A parenticide but eventually killed herself after she realizes what she had done.

As I read its context my eyes widen of what I saw, it was exactly the girl with its black eyes and its black Japanese uniform had bloodstains that I saw when I just moved here. In the picture, the girl was laying on the floor, a gun in her hand and blood-drenched on her Japanese uniform. On the side, it's a picture of a girl with her Asian eyes, smiling. Below it was written: Felicia. She is quite beautiful. I jolted when I heard someone running, outside across of this room. Heavy breathing, I slowly turned around. Eyes completely black, black hair and a wide creepy smile formed in her face standing by the door. I couldn't speak, I dropped my flashlight.

"Hello" she said, slowly walking towards me. The tone of her voice has a sense of sadness and a mix of hate. I can't describe it and there are no words that came out, I don't know how to react. "I'm… glad you're here…"

I can feel my heart beating, she held my hand and everything went black.