Chapter Two: Finding Out The Truth
When Maru arrived at her grandma's house she sensed that something wasn't right, her feeling grew when she saw that the front door was open a crack. Maru ran inside calling for her grandma, but her grandma never answered and Maru went through the house looking for someone a few times already. Maru decided to sit in her grandma's favorite chair, and calmly try to find out where her grandma was.
After a short time sitting Maru saw something in the corner of her eye, it was a letter with Maru's name on it. The writing was written in her grandma's handwriting, and it smelled like her grandma's perfume. The letter stated this, "Dear Maru, If you are reading this then you must have noticed that I'm gone. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I had to leave in a hurry. I need to end this once and for all. Your dreams made me realize that I can't keep running away from my problems, as soon as I return I will explain everything to you. I have gone to the Suzuki Mansion, please do not worry for I will be safe. I love you with all of my heart. Love Yours Truly, Grandma".
Maru didn't know how to react to a message like this. Her grandma had gone to the mansion in her nightmares and might not ever return. Maru realized that she also had to face her fears, she was going to go to the mansion and find her grandma. Before Maru left she decided to see if her grandma had any old records, something to tell Maru why her grandma would leave. Maru headed upstairs to her grandma's room, Maru didn't have to search for very long because her grandma got everything out and it was laying on her bed.
There was another note, "Dear Maru, If you're reading this note then that means that you're trying to find answers. I knew you would so I made it easy by retrieving all of my records about the Suzuki Mansion, and everything else that you need to know. I know that you'll probably come after me, and that's fine. I just hope that you make it in time to see the answers that you're looking for. I love you with all of my heart. Love Yours Truly, Grandma".
Maru read through all of the records they all had most of the same headlines. Missing kids, an unknown ritual, family killed, but one was very interesting. That headline read, "Maru Tanaka Doesn't Believe In Ghost!" Maru wondered a minute and then realized that her name is the same as her grandma's name. Her parents never told her that they named her after her grandma. Maru decided to read the article, it told of how Maru Tanaka lived in the Suzuki Mansion with her husband to prove that it wasn't hunted.
Maru decided to go to the mansion when another article fell from the bed and on to the floor. This one read about how Maru Tanaka came back to town after living in the Suzuki Mansion for five years. It said that she had snow white hair, that her husband was no where to be found, and that she was going to have a baby. Maru looked up from the article and thought to herself, "my grandpa was dead before I was born, and my mom is an only child. That means that my grandpa died in the mansion, but my grandma and my mom made it out alive."
Maru decided not to waste any more time, and headed for the mansion. She went to her parents house and left a message for them on the front door. She knew that they weren't going to be home, and she knew that her mom wouldn't allow her to go. Maru told her mom what was going on and how she needed to go. After leaving the note, Maru got in her car and headed for the Suzuki Mansion.
To Be Continued.