Disclaimer:I don't own Dragon Quest. It is Square Enix's. I hope you like it
WARNING: It contains spoilers for Dragon Quest IX Sentinels of the Starry Sky.
This is dedicated to J-Kini, for backing me up in my stories.
is a short oneshot. SorryXD
I looked at the house in front of me, the Bloome residence. Some years had passed since Marion had gone to see the world. That was what my sister told me.
But she hadn't returned home. It was strange. I mean, she had plenty of money, but if I would have been her, I would return some time to Bloomingdale, to visit the people and then go back to my journey.
People had left the mansion, it was already cleaned, and if nobody lived there, no one would break anything, so now, the house was empty, and it was full of time the kids would make bets, to see if they were brave enough to go in and discover the truth, but nobody would. They were scared.
I was a kid as well, but I never made such stupid bets. Until a year ago, and that's my story to tell.
It was a cloudy day, and cold, very cold. But I wanted to solve the mystery. I went to the house, I was quite thin so I passed between the bars, and opened the door. It was dark. Nothing left there, it was then when I felt scared. But I continued. I saw Marion's room. I entered.
It was a pink room, very sweet. I saw a doll on the bed.
I touched her. She was very well done, and looked almost real. She had a tear rolling from her eyes. I saw a door. And I went in.
Should I say, I went out. There were two tombs, probably from Marion parents.
I saw another one that said. For my One True Friend.
I looked behind it.
There was a note.
"To whoever finds this,
I'm the hero, yes, I know it sounds weird, but it doesn't matter. The people here won't notice, since the only thing they do, is sit here, waiting for Marion to return, to say she should pay them for their work.
I know it is strange for me to say this, but, I'm sure you saw the puppet on the bed. Well, that was Marion 5 years before she 'Went Away'. Yes, I'll tell you the story, but promise that no one will know. Marion, Marionnete, two persons, acting like the same.
Marion had a disease, so she had to spend her life in bed, thus, she didn't have any friends, her only one, was that doll.
On the day she was going to die, she made a wish. Marionnete, her doll, should live as Marion. And make friends. But, Marionnete was a doll, she had no feelings. She didn't know what a friend was. So she met Marion, and told her she was sorry. She was sorry, but she had to be a doll. Marion told her, that she was fine with that. And it was then when Marionnete, came back and told everyone she was going on a long journey. She was right, Marion, is in a long journey she isn't going to come back."
I stared at the paper. Now I understood everything.
I went back and went out of the mansion. I told everyone, they should not enter the mansion, and kept my secret within me.
I didn't know if it said the truth, so I went away without saying any words, on my own journey, to meet the Hero, so I could know the whole story.