Hey everyone! So it's finally time for the killer to be revealed and I've been looking forward to this moment. :D
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Insta hate- It's a murder story! It's likely your favourite characters will die and I wasn't going to change that he died because that's how I planned this fic.
Alive: Rosalina, Waluigi, Bowser Jr, Goombella, Vivian, Bombette, Toadette, Dixie and Candy.
Dead: Koops, Koopa, Luigi, Parakarry, Wario, Flurrie, Jojora, Sushie, Diddy, Mario, Toad, Pauline, Tiny, Bowser, Kammy, Peach, Donkey Kong, Daisy, Birdo, Kamek, Hammer Bro, Wendy and Yoshi.
"The reason why could have been because of a death they blamed the person for, something stolen or an affair." Rosalina explained "Isn't that right...?" She spoke, turning to face the killer, her eyes fixed on them. Everyone looked in anticipation as they waited to hear the name.
"Candy." Rosalina finally announced and the room was suddenly filled with gasps as everyone looked at Candy. Candy looked shocked when Rosalina announced it.
"You've got it wrong!" Candy replied, standing up "I didn't kill anyone!"
"Rosalina, you've got your facts wrong! Candy wouldn't hurt a fly." Dixie replied, also standing up.
"Oh really?" Rosalina spat, ignoring Dixie's comment and glaring at Candy "You found about Donkey Kong's affair, didn't you? You wanted revenge on him and the woman he had an affair with. So, you gathered their closest friends here to kill us all off. You also wanted Mario to yourself so you invited everyone who could take his affection!"
"Wait, what affair?" Waluigi asked.
"His affair with Peach, if I recall correctly." Vivian spoke, remembering the interviews.
"Wait, WHAT!?" Everyone but Rosalina, Vivian, Bombette and Candy exclaimed.
"You said you were waiting for him to come home from working late on the night of the murders but Donkey Kong doesn't have a job! You knew he was with Peach and you had a chance to strike!" Rosalina spoke "Now, I will also go through the evidence."
"Oh do tell!" Candy rolled her eyes.
Rosalina looked in the evidence bag, until she found the fake eyelashes and took it out "This eyelash was found at the scene of Parakarry's murder."
"So? It could be anyone's." Candy shrugged.
"Has anyone else noticed that Candy has been wearing her hair a little differently?" Rosalina asked, pulling the fringe that covered her left eye up, revealing that she wasn't wearing her fake eyelashes.
"Everyone gasped at this shocking reveal." Bombette spoke. Everyone glared at her.
"This receipt for Madame Flurrie's Drama Classes." Rosalina said, showing the receipt that the note threatening Daisy was written on "If I remember correctly, you said you went to those classes, am I right?"
"No, I never said that because I don't go to those classes!" Candy yelled.
"Yes you do." Dixie countered, as she finally realised the truth.
"Waluigi, you were in the kitchen the day Birdo's food was poisoned, yes?" Rosalina asked the lanky man.
"Yes, but I didn't poison her!" Waluigi panicked.
"Yes, I know you didn't." Rosalina rolled her eyes "Did Candy go into the kitchen?"
"Umm...yes. She asked if we wanted help with anything." Waluigi replied, looking at Toadette.
"Yes and she was standing near the food." Toadette added. Rosalina nodded her head slightly and then turned back to face Candy.
"That's funny. She said she had gone to the toilet." Dixie put her hands on her hips "The evidence is piling up."
"Finally, the alias in this online news article is 'The King of Sweet Sweet Mountain'." Rosalina said, showing the piece of paper.
"So?" Candy asked.
"The American word for sweet is candy. Replace the i with an o in the word king to get Kong." Rosalina explained "Plus, Donkey Kong has a mountain named after him, so these clues lead right back to you."
"When Daisy and Yoshi saw the killer, I was trapped under the rubble." Candy argued back.
"That piece of rubble was so light, Goombella lifted it up!" Waluigi yelled, visably angry at Candy's weak excuses "You're a crap liar."
"Fine, I admit it! I'm the killer!" Candy yelled "Are you happy now!?"
"I'll never be happy! You killed innocent people so you could get back at two of them. JUST TWO OF THEM OUT OF AT LEAST THIRTY PEOPLE! You are a sick and twisted bitch." Rosalina spat.
"Well, the killings haven't finished yet." Candy laughed, grabbing a gun from her hoodie.
"Please, like, leave us alone!" Goombella begged.
"I wouldn't want you to go to the police now, would I?" Candy spoke, aiming the gun at the Goomba "Now, goodbye!"
Candy pulled the trigger and a shot rang out. Someone fell to the floor, blood flowing from their stomach.
"Vivian!" Goombella cried, rushing to Vivian's side. Everyone else except Candy rushed to the Shadow Siren.
"F-Finish this for m-me," Vivian spoke weakly.
"Shh, don't talk." Toadette sobbed, cradling the Shadow Siren. Candy burst out laughing and everyone turned to look at her. The sadness of Vivian's death turned into anger. The anger inside someone was so strong, they just burst.
"I hate you. You are a despicable, evil bitch! Not only have you killed innocent people, you dragged my sister into this and took her away from me. You don't care about the lives you've ruined, the families you've broken. You're just interested in revenge!" Dixie yelled, she was too angry not to burst in anger.
"Awh, that is too cute!" Candy laughed. Dixie lunged for Candy and they were punching, slapping and kicking each other. Candy held the gun to Dixie's head "Say hello to Tiny and Diddy for me!" She pulled the trigger and Dixie's body fell to the ground.
Candy then tried to shoot Bowser Jr. Nothing came out.
"Let's go! She has no weapons now, she's useless!" Bombette yelled and went to run out. However, the door locked before she could get out.
"Surprise, I do have a weapon after all!" Candy smirked, holding Kamella's wand in her hand.
"I've had enough of your shit!" Rosalina yelled as she floated upwards. She then aimed her wand at Candy, powerful magic shot from it. Immediately, Candy also shot a spell at Rosalina. The spells collided. The two were having what looked like a magical tug of war.
The two spells, Rosalina's light blue and Candy's red, were fighting for dominance. As the spell looked like it was about to hit Candy, Candy's magic became more powerful and headed towards Rosalina.
"Rosalina!" Goombella shrieked as the magic hit the space princess and she flew backwards, smashing into the wall and falling to the floor. Her crown fell off her head.
"Pathetic." Candy spat, turning away from the unconscious body of Rosalina and looking at the others "Who's next?"
Everyone else looked at Candy with fear, no one wanted to be next.
"Bowser Jr, come here."
Bowser Jr shook his head and hid behind Waluigi.
"NOW!" Candy screamed. The young Koopa stood up and slowly walked to Candy, shaking with every step he took.
"P-please... Don't do this..." Junior sobbed, grabbing onto both of Candy's arms. Candy frowned as she put the wand behind her, seemingly feeling bad for what she'd done.
Instead, she pushed Bowser Jr over and the latter fell with a thump on the floor.
"I'm not going to stop for no one." Candy smirked, picking Kamella's wand up from the floor.
Suddenly, a thump came from the door, like someone was trying to get in.
"Who the hell is that?" Candy asked "Did one of you call the police?"
Everyone else shook their heads frantically.
"No one want to confess?" Candy asked, pacing back and forth "Well, looks like I'll be picking you off one by one 'til someone cracks." She gave a smile, a wicked smile that made her look like she was insane. Maybe she had gone insane. She raised the wand at Goombella.
Suddenly, the door was kicked open and two people stood in the doorway, a human woman and a Koopa.
"I don't think so." The woman spoke "Little tip: Make sure the dead stay dead and don't come back to haunt you."
"Yeah, you stupid barnacle!" The Koopa spoke, coming up with a random insult.
"No way." Candy gasped, her mouth was wide open as she stared at the two in the doorway "You can't be.."
Alive: Rosalina, Waluigi, Bowser Jr, Goombella, Bombette, Toadette and Candy.
Dead: Koops, Koopa, Luigi, Parakarry, Wario, Flurrie, Jojora, Sushie, Diddy, Mario, Toad, Pauline, Tiny, Bowser, Kammy, Peach, Donkey Kong, Daisy, Birdo, Kamek, Hammer Bro, Wendy, Yoshi, Vivian and Dixie.
So, two 'ghosts' have come back to haunt our killer! But who are they and are they actually ghosts? Who (if anyone) will survive? Find out next time in the final chapter of Killer Castle!
Questions!
Are you shocked about Candy being the killer?
Who do you think the two people at the end of the chapter are?
Who do you want to survive?
Thank you for reading!
~RedLumas