Chapter 3: Memories
Mai's POV
I watched myself as I ran down the halls, laughing with my parents. My mother caught up to me and wrapped her hands around my chest, lifting me up into the air. This was on my birthday…
My mother wrapped me in a big hug and spoke in a soft, sweet voice. "I love you so much, Mai…"
"I love you too, mama!"
The scene quickens as time passes by the brown-haired psychic. This is…my bedroom… The room was dark, except for the dim moonlight that lit my room. I heard the doorbell ringing. I shivered as I heard the footsteps outside, somehow knowing something bad was going to happen. I rushed downstairs as I saw my father walk up to the door.
"NO! DON'T OPEN IT!" But it was too late. My father opened the door and was stabbed through the chest with a sharp knife. As the knife drew out from his body, my father fell to the floor, blood spilling out from the wound, dying the white tiles red.
A mysterious figure walked through the door with a grin on his face, red liquid slowly dripping from the edge of his knife. I didn't recognize him, he was someone I didn't know. My mother came rushing to my father, gasping at the sight that beheld her eyes.
She looked up to find the figure standing in front of her. She attempted to run away but wasn't fast enough. She was stabbed in the leg causing a huge gash to form. I looked away as the cut was so deep, I could almost see the bone inside. My mother, still alive after the vicious attack, was stabbed once again in the arm.
Mother's screams sent shots of pain into my heart. The man breathed heavily as he walked up the stairs towards my room. I rushed back to find my younger self shaking in fear. My other self ran into the closet and shut the door, just in time, as the killer smashed through the door.
He walked around the room slowly, almost as if he was sniffing me out. He walked up to the closet doors and grabbed the door knobs. "Come on out, precious! I'm not gonna hurt ya..." He jolted the doors open as I ran out of the room, down the hall and the stairs, finding my parent's corpse.
As the killer walked down the hall, he knocked down a lamp, causing the rug to catch on fire. It quickly spread, smoke rose and spread throughout the house.
The entire first floor was like an ocean of blood, as red stained everything in sight. As I rushed towards my father's lifeless body, I felt a cold slice of steel rush across my side. I fell to the floor, clutching my side, as blood splattered on the walls.
I turned over, and saw the black figure, looming above me with a devilish grin. "Say bye-bye, PRECIOUS!" everything that happened next, felt like a million years.
The knife swung down, I closed my eyes, grasping onto the little hope I had left. I heard a sharp piercing sound and opened my eyes once I felt no pain hit me. My eyes widened in shock, as I saw my mother, shadowing over me, a small tip of steel poking through her back. "Ma…ma…"
The man pulled out the knife as my mother fell to the ground, blood spilling out of her body. I froze in shock and fear. The man rushed in again, and my mother blocked it once more.
"RUN! MAI!" my mother yelled. I was too scared to run, my body wouldn't listen to me. "RUN AWAY! MAI! I soon gained control of my body and began running outside the house. My lungs burned as smoke filled the room. I look back as I ran to see what had become of my mother.
"Ugh! I've had enough of you!" The man swung the knife down a final time and pierced her forehead, causing screams to fill the halls. Silence filled the room. "It's your turn, precious!"
I was petrified. "Why did this happen… mama… papa…"
I saw the man running towards me and continued to run. I made it outside the house. "KYA!" My face fell onto the ground as I looked back. The house was engulfed in flames. As my eyes focused on the doorway, I caught a glimpse of a dark shadow figure. I trembled.
The man rushed towards me, but it was too late for him. The house collapsed in on itself and buried the man in flames. "I survived…but…now what…I'm all alone…I have nowhere to go… MAMA! PAPA!"
Outside of memory
I woke up, drops of sweat covered the sheets. Figures surrounded my bed. "Naru…minna…"
"How are you feeling?" Hosho asked me. I was wondering what I should say. My mind went back to the spirits of my parents, as I had no memory what happened to them after the seance.
"What happened to my parents!"
"They disappeared after the spirit of a man attacked you," Masako explained.
"I see…"
"Did you see anything in your dream?" Ayako questioned.
I nodded. "I remember what happened."