Busted and Black

by JustAReallyCoolGuy

Finley Oliver Jackson was walking through the forest, when one day, he claims that a sapphire gem had fallen from the sky. His grandpa denounces it as natural causes, and his school has started to look at him funny. He swears he saw what he saw, but nobody believes him. However, when nobody is around, it speaks to him. Devilish things. Such as murder, and insanity.

1. Chapter 1

Finn's Story

Introduction

Hi. My name's Finley Oliver Jackson, but you can just call me Finn. I'm live in good old Detroit, Michigan, right on the edge of Belle Isle Beach, which isn't a beach at all. It's more like a REALLY big river with some 1,500 feet of sand to walk on.

It isn't so bad, it has amazing views, but is always kinda crowded. I live with my grandpa in this big two bedroom house. He's a geologist, which means he's always working with rocks. I mean heck, half of my room is part of his gem collection.

But that's not quite what I'm here to talk about. A couple days ago, something fell out of the sky, and put a decent sized crater in my secret forest base. I brought it to my grandpa thinking it was some kind of asteroid, but he said it was just a very large black sapphire that might have just been unearthed by thermal vents pushing it up through the surface, hence the crater.

I'm keeping it in my room right now… Monitoring it. Sometimes it glows, sometimes it moves, but just barely. I document every time it does looking for any consistency, or pattern. So far I haven't found it yet. I'm continuing to document.

Chapter One: It's Alive?

"So I turned around, and there she was. She had blue skin, and white hair, but that's all I could really see without passing out." I said trying my best to make Sam, my best friend understand. "I just think you're hallucinating. My opinion, get more sleep." Sam said with a 'I'm smarter than you' grin.

"I saw what I saw." I said tapping the side of my head with my finger. "You know how good my memory is!" He just smirked, and said, "Alright bud. Whatever you say." We stayed in silence for the rest of the time we walked to school. "Please don't tell anyone." I muttered before we pushed through the school doors.

The whole time I was at school people looked at me funny. I doubt Sam told anyone, but if he did, someone else might have told the entire school. That didn't sit with me easy, and I started to worry for myself in the future if this, or any rumor were to keep itself alive. I tried brushing it off, but every now again it would poison my thoughts.

I walked home alone, mainly considering Sam had chess club today. It was relatively quiet, except for the occasional barking dog, singing bird, or kid riding by on his bike laughing at something. Rays of sunshine gleamed through gaps in the tree line covering the sidewalk in chilling shadows.

When I made it to my Grandpa's driveway, I noticed that his car was gone. "At work probably." I muttered to myself. I continued walking towards the door. The yard was decorated with roses, tulips, daisies, azaleas, and lilies all in neat circular patches. Snapdragons sat in two clay pots in the corners next to the door.

I walked up to the door, punched the code into the combination lock, and opened the door. The fresh toasty smell of banana bread greeted my nose when I pushed the door open. I walked into the kitchen to see if an actual loaf of the heavenly cake was there, and I couldn't find it.

I did however find a note from my Grandpa. It said, "Hey Finn! I'm going on a business trip, and I'll be back on friday. I made some banana bread, it should be in the bread maker. Don't tell your parents I left you for a few days, they'll have my head. Love you, Grandpa."

I walked over to the fridge, and hung it up with a magnet. After doing so I hunted down the breadmaker, and a pair of oven mitts. I pulled the pan holding the steaming banana bread, and set a hand under it, while keeping one on the rim. I sat my hand with the bread down on the counter, and slipped my hand out of the oven mitt.

When I was about to grab a knife to cut the luscious square of deliciousness, when I heard a sound coming from upstairs. I set the knife down, and walked slowly towards the sound. The carpet on the stairs muffled any sound I made, so I kept my head low to evade detection.

I heard the sound again, this time louder, as if it were closer. It sounded like a loud humming sound, and from what I could tell, it came from my bedroom. I snuck closer, and leaned my ear against the door to see if I could hear anything. Just the humming.

I opened the door almost silently, and then… Flash. A blinding like slammed right into me, and caused me to fall backwards and hit my head on the wall behind me. When sight returned to me, the first thing I saw was her face. Her white curly hair streamed down her head, and covered her eyes. "Wait, it's you." I said.