Different Tales

Madly In Love

Sarah ran down the stairs as soon as she heard the doorbell. She opened the door, but no one was there. All she saw was an empty notebook and bloody footsteps leading into the forest. What should she do? Should she follow the footsteps or pick up the notebook? Should she just pretend it never happened and close the door?

She decided to pick up the notebook and follow the trail. She was just too curious.

After 10 minutes, Sarah realized the trail went deep into the woods. She had second thoughts about continuing, but decided to keep going anyways.
She heard a twig snap behind her. "This is it. I'm gonna be murdered in the middle of the woods and no one would even know." she thought. She decided to turn around, at least she'd know who was her murderer.

She saw a bunny! A freaking bunny! She got worked up over nothing. God...

After a few more minutes of walking, she found a house identical to hers, yet it looked abandoned, dirty and run down. She thought nothing of it though. Maybe her house plan was popular.

As Sarah opened the door, her face distorted. Was something rotting in here?! It smelled aweful!

She found a UV blacklight on a table right next to the door. Something told her she should shine it on the notebook. So she did.

Words suddenly appeared on the page like magic, and so did a map. Next to each room was its name and a note about the room. The only room that stood out to her was the "Red Rum" room. It had no note and had such a weird name.

If only Al was there. He could've easily decrytped any code in the name. "Why don't I just call him?!" she exclaimed. She immediately pulled out her phone and was just about to dial him.
"Damn it. No signal..." she put the phone back into her pocket.

She decided to check all the other rooms before heading to the Red Rum room. She didn't want to miss anything.

After about an hour (there was a lot of rooms), she finally was heading down towards that room. As she went deeper down the stairs, the rotting smell from earlier, which Sarah had kind of gotten used to by now, gradually became more potent.

She found a relatively clean door. She tried opening it.
"Damn it. Locked! Why is it so hard to know what this room is?!"

Thankfully, she had found a crowbar in a room up above. It hurt her to do this, but she had to know! And in one fell swoop, the door was down.

Dead bodies.

Everywhere.

Some where just bones, while others decaying in front of her own eyes. The newest additions to the "Collection" was a married couple, and they were right next to the door.

Sarah took a closer look at the couple. Wait.... Are those... Her parents?! How?! They were supposed to be in Paris since yesterday!

Sarah couldn't take it anymore. She started slowly backing away.

Yet as she was just about to turn, she got knocked out.

* * *

Sarah wakes up to the sound of someone humming her favorite song, Slow Dancing In The Dark. She tries to get up, but her hand are tied to the wall with chains. A muffled groan of defeat escapes her lips.

A masked guy who sat near her looked her way.
"You're awake! How are you? Did I tie you up too tight? Is it too loose?"
The guy talked as if he wasn't a serial killer and Sarah wasn't tied up.

"W-who are you?! W-what do you w-want from me?!" Sarah tried to sound confident and not scared at all, but she stuttered as she talked.

"Awww, you don't remember me? Maybe this'll help you remember..." The guy then takes out a bracelet, with the charms S + M.