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He Needed to Go

A perfect day. Sunny, but not too hot and having the ocean near by just made it all the better. Yet, the people of Forget-me-Not valley themselves did not consider it a perfect day, having found the head of one of the locals in the inn of Ruby and Tim.

"This has never happened before!!" were the cries of almost everyone- since the main reason they lived in Forget-Get-Me-Not was so they would be safe and away from things such as this that usually occurred in the city, not in a quiet town with few residents.

The ones who were most distraught were Ruby and Tim, the people who owned the inn. It was not because the head was placed at there though, it was because of the owner of the head was none other than their son; Rock.

Police were at the scene looking for any clues to who might have done such a thing. They figured it may have been a stranger since everyone in the village was nice and looked like they'd never even kill a fly.

They all ruled out the farmer - Jill - since she had been living there for awhile now. She always had a grin on her face, which most people thought were sweet and she couldn't possibly be the one to do such a terrible act.

She had them all fooled.

Only one seemed to expect it was Jill.

And Jill knew she was being watched by the traveler with the short red hair who seemed a little too smart compared to some others.

Nami had always thought something was wrong with Jill-she was not too sure what. She just had a feeling. And that smile, it had a creepiness to it if one looked closely enough. Her brown eyes gave nothing away, but the smile said a different story.

***

Jill did it because Rock needed to go.
That was her reason.
What more did she really need?

She saw him trying to do something horrendous, she had her sickle, she swiped his neck- doing a Sweeney Todd, and threatened the victim that if she told, then Jill would go after her next before being caught.

Jill knew she had to dispose of the body and clean up the blood.
So that's exactly what she did.

Jill felt compelled to let Ruby and Tim know that their son was not with them here on earth any longer, just because she knew someone actually cared for the blonde.

So she left them a gift on the counter of their inn.
She was also a little amused at the screams that could be heard coming from there.

***

Lumina wouldn't talk.
She kept having images-images of what happened playing inside her head.
She didn't forget the threat either.

The haunting memory wouldn't leave her alone.

One of those perfect days. Again.
And it was perfect to Lumina because she had a date.
Lumina had always had a crush on Rock, growing up together.

This was special to her because he was such a player and always saw the prettier and older girls first.

So why the change? Who knew?

After getting ready and putting on some nice clothes, she rushed outside her villa and met the man of her dreams-looking pretty much the same as always.

Blonde hair, blue and white clothes.

It was true her grandmother did not want her to date this man, him being older by 3 year or so. And again because he was a player and would most likely not remain faithful.

She didn't care. It was their night. Her first date.

After having a good time at the beach and having some drinks at the Blue bar where they chatted with some other locals, Rock had led Lumina to the forest near the farm of Jill, where blue tall flowers glowed in the night and a beautiful lake rested deep within the forest, where the legend said sprites lived.

It was romantic. To Lumina, at least.

No one else was around. Just what he wanted, really.

"Lumina, you're very pretty." was what he said to her as they stood there gazing at the lake that didn't even make a ripple. The comment made her blush.

She faced him. "Thanks."

He kissed her.
Just like that. She didn't mind the kissing that seemed to turn to a make out session. But he seemed to get a little too aggressive.

She told him that was enough.

But it wasn't enough for him.
He wanted more.

So he used forced to get what he wanted.

Having her on the ground and Lumina not being able to fight back, she screamed.

And who heard her?
The nice farmer. The only one close enough to hear her scream. It wasn't very loud to echo in the distance.

She came within 3 minutes, having ran there to see what the commotion was.

Lumina looked and saw Jill standing there. "Help!"
Rock stopped what he was doing. "Go away."

All she did was tilt her head at him and grinned that sweet grin.

Jill had moved closer to the couple on the ground. She had seen that Rock was trying to get Lumina undressed. He had gotten some off her-and the only reason why Jill had gotten to them so fast was because she was outside.

Finishing her weeding.

She had her sickle.

Rock stood up and looked like a giant to Lumina because he was standing over her. "Go away!" Jill crept closer.

The sickle.
He didn't stand a chance.

Blood went everywhere on Lumina. She got her clothes stained.
Rock's heavy body had fallen on her.

She went into a state of shock.
She couldn't handle stuff like this. She was too weak.

She remembered Jill lifting the body of Rock and commanding Lumina to stand.
She listened because Jill had the sickle, also covered with blood.

Lumina followed Jill to her home, that was more like a shack.

She took a bath. Jill gave her some clothes that resembled the ones she was wearing before, even if it was not made of the same expensive material Lumina's clothes had been made out of.
Jill did her famous grin "Don't tell anyone, if I get caught I'll know who may have told. And I promise you I'll send you to your 'love.'"

Lumina was thrown out of Jill's home.
She headed for her own.

Lumina just sat in her bedroom.

Staring out the window. Her grandmother was worried but couldn't figure out the problem since Lumina spoke to no one.
Ramona guessed it was because she was depressed at having heard her boyfriend was killed.

How stupid were they?

The police didn't even bother asking Lumina who the murderer was. They figured the killer had left hours ago so most of the police had went to other towns and villages, eventually calling the whole case off when they ended up finding nothing.

***

Nami faced the farmer that dressed in an orange and white shirt, with a very serous expression on her face, more so than usual.

She was going to be blunt. "It was you wasn't it?"

Jill looked at her like she was crazy. "..what?"

"You killed him."

"…" Jill gaped at her. Oh, she was a good enough actress to pull it off. "No. I didn't.."

Nami just examined her. She wasn't going to give up. She'd find the evidence she needed.

"If you say so." she walked away, but she still saw that grin she hated and wished it would go away. The smile was creepy, past the mask of happiness it was supposed to show was something demented.

She would make sure Jill would go to the place where she needed to go to, be it at an asylum or not.

***

A month went by, and still Nami could find nothing to pin on the crazy farmer. She eventually gave up, and decided to leave Forget-Me-Not in hopes of forgetting the smile that creeped her out. So the following day she packed her few belongings and left for mineral town.

Lumina was still in that state of shock, her weak mind traumatized by the event and the memory of Rock's bleeding throat wouldn't leave her thoughts. She had to tell someone, but she wouldn't dare as she didn't want to be killed the way Rock had. So she continued to stare out her window, always wondering how anyone could kill another, and why - even if it was to protect Lumina from what Rock was trying to do. But she couldn't just sit around forever...

Jill continued about her business of working on her farm, and her crops were even better than they had been. The cows and sheep also produced good quality milk and such. She was able to earn quite a lot of money in such a short amount of time.

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Murray's doomed.