Chapter 1~ Dreams?

'The silvery moon shown down upon the lake, glossing it, stirring it with cold iced sorrow. The warm breeze speeding through the trees...sighing and swaying, leaves blowing and gloomily hanging. The stars shine and glow like lanterns in a dark cave. The crunching of leaves follow with rhythmical pattern. Heavy breathing... oh, it was very heavy and tired. Nano was running towards me. I just watched, but then I noticed something chasing her. A shadowy figure with something in his hand. It was a weapon, a dagger. It was strange, but all of a sudden I-I teleported over and was holding Nano then the dagger...it..it...' Mr. Morten paused trying to remember what came next. 'It fell on her from a bodiless hand. And..and it k-killed her. The d-d-dagger s-stabbed N-Nano in the chest. Her face looked p-pained and t-tears ran down her c-cold cheeks. N-Nano died, b-but I only dropped her when I gave n-notice...I then fell to m-my knees, t-trying to get her to w-wake up. She..she d-didn't deserve it..' Mr. Morten was choking on every word and started to cry. The police officer nodded.

'I'm sorry you had to see that...but...but by any chance, did you get to see who the murderer was?' The officer looked anxious and hopeful.

'N-no...I'm sorry...I was looking at the N-Nano...' Mr. Morten began to calm his hiccups. 'I'm s-so sorry...that wasn't a-any help t-to you...well...good luck in solving the c-case.' Mr. Morten looked up into the officers' disappointed face.

'Thank you for your time, Mr. Morten. If you do hear or see anything suspicious, contact me by this number.' The officer handed a card with a phone number written in fancy curves and swirls.

'Y-yes, I will...oh! and h-have a nice day o-officer.' Mr. Morten smiled. The officer nodded and walked off the porch. Mr. Morten walked back inside, out of the cold. He sat down next to a window and watched the sun set. His face frowned and he soon put his face to his hands and began to cry. 'N-Nano…why?…' His voice faded and he reached out onto the table next to him and picked up a photo. He lifted his head and stared at it. A smile cracked out onto his face. A sweet youth came back glowing in him while the time spent looking at the photo. He felt determined to find out who murdered his fiancé. Jimmy Morten knew Nano Aki ever since 1990, three years ago. Last night was the worst night of Jimmy's life. Someone killed Nano and they were going to pay dearly.