Previously...

"I think that someone is trying to kill me."

I started cracking the muscles in my neck. "She said if I keep acting like her, I am going to end up like her."

"Like what, Vega?"

"She said I'd be transferred." I said. It was like I could breathe in the first time in forever.

"Transferred?"

I get cut off by the sound of the door bell. As it kept ringing, there is only one person that comes to mind who could be at the door. Cat Valentine.

I stared at the door for awhile before I had the nerve to go over there. "Sorry, someone is at the door. Hold on a minute, okay."

"Sure. Take your time." I put the phone down on the kitchen table and head over to the door. As I did, I stop in my tracks. What if it is Cat? I don't want to face her now.

I slowly move my hand to unlock the bolt. When I did the door opened as far as it could, which wasn't a lot since the chain was still in. I jump back away from the door. I could see half of the face on the other side and my instincts were right. It was Cat. She was carrying containers, most likely full of food.

"Hi Tori, how are you going?" Cat asks.

"Hey Cat..." I said nervously. "What made you come here tonight?" I really didn't want to know.

"Is your mom here?" I didn't expect this. I don't want her to know. I have a feeling she could over power me with that. And the only thing protecting me at this point is the door in front of us. "Yeah."

"Have you eaten yet?" I shook my head. I didn't plan on eating yet or eating at all for that matter.

"No." I said calmly, trying not to upset her.

Cat laughs. "Perfect. Because I made a few things for you. If you let me in I can gladly warm them up again. It's no problem."

"That's nice of you, but the meal my mom made is almost ready." Cat's big smile slowly fades as it turns into a frown. "Really?"

It looked like she was doubting me. That wasn't my intention. She had that look in her eyes. I still didn't want her to come in. She is too freaky. "Yeah, and my mom makes a ton of food so we don't need anymore."

"Are you telling the truth? Did you're mom really make dinner?"

Crap. She is on to me. "Well, she didn't really make it for me..." I didn't say much after that. I soon looked up at Cat. Her eyes looked like they were shadowed out in the moon light.

"You're mean. What did I do to you to make you lie to me?" Cat asked in a tiny voice.

"It's the truth." I said.

"NO, IT'S NOT!" Cat screamed. I almost lost my balance and fell over. My anxiety rose like the temperature in the room. I wanted her out of here. She is ruining me.

"You never planned on eating anything tonight did you? Did you?" Cat began to get more creepy by the minute and I couldn't take her anymore. A single drop of sweat rolls down my forehead.

I get it now. She knows that my parents aren't here. Cat knows that I locked everything up, so no one could get in. I can't let her. I know what's she capable of.

"How did you know?" I asked, while my eyes widened.

"You know you should really eat something. If you could just let me in, Tori." She starts yanking on the chain that holds the door together. "Come on, Tori."

I began to growl and I was totally scared at this point. "Just go home." I said.

"Tori, let me in..." I feel like she was smiling at this moment. Her voice was sadistic and wicked. "Please, go home. Don't do this."

"Open the door, you can do it..." And then I saw it. She was smiling. It angered me so much. She betrayed me. All this time, Cat was using me. I didn't expect it to come from her at all.

So, I snapped. "GO HOME!" I grabbed the door handle and slammed it on her fingers, not caring if I hurt her in anyway. "GO HOME! JUST GO HOME!"

"Tori, you're hurting me. Please stop."

"JUST GO! PLEASE, GO HOME!" I pulled at the door handle with both my hands. I wanted her fingers to come straight off, I didn't care anymore. She was too much to handle.

"I was just playing, Tori!"

"GO HOME! GO HOME! GO HOME! GO HOME, NOW!" I screamed. "GO ON! GET OUT OF HERE!" Cat's fingers slid through the door and I slammed it shut. I started to be heavy after awhile, letting go of some steam.

"I'm so sorry Tori! I really am!" I heard Cat say. I ran upstairs into my room and locked it when I entered the room. When I pulled myself together, I went back to the phone.

I got the phone that was in my room and answered it. "Hi, sorry I took so long. Cat was at the door."

"Did she come by for a visit?" He asked.

"No...not really." I replied, still feeling green. "Can you tell me what you know about Cat?" I wanted to know if there was any baggage she had before coming here. That's the only explanation for her strange behavior.

"Okay, but don't go telling any of this to anyone. I've had to connect these dots on my own, so it's not 100% accurate. Understand?"

"Yeah." I still felt like throwing up. "I understand."

"Here is what I know. They've struck me as...suspicious." He said. Wolf sounded like he was losing interest in the conversation for a minute. He trailed off and left me hanging. "Are you saying that Jade and Cat are suspects?"

"Not exactly. I was talking about the curse." I stop. That silly superstition is still being brought up. I don't believe in it and that's it. End of story. But everyone in this town seems to believe it's true. "I was wondering if it could actually be real, so I started doing some research. Remember that thing I told you about Cat?"

"How she was born here in Westlake? Yeah, what about it?"

"It looks like she had gotten herself suspended a few weeks she transferred here." She was suspended?!

"Here is what happened. Cat had gotten into a couple of fights with a couple people she knew. Cat claimed that they were following them and suddenly broke down after putting up with it so long." He says.

"Anything else?" I asked nervously.

"Yeah. I dug more into that story. She was sent psychiatrist to get to help, which was unusual of the parents to do. The doctor kept track of everything she said and there is one thing that keeps popping up in each session."

"What was it?" I was scared to ask.

"The curse of Orias." I don't believe in that. It's silly to even think about it. I've already made up my mind. "It also turned out that no one who saw this incident refuse to talk about it, so it never made it to court."

"Is that so?" Cat lied to me about many things, but this one I expected. She seemed like she was born here. I didn't want to believe that Cat a traitor, but it`s too obvious now. There is no going back anymore.

I sat on the front steps by myself at school. The weather was partly cloudy and all I did was stare at the puppy, grey clouds coming in all shapes and sizes. It was fun looking at them. They are all different from each other. I was at school early again, in hopes of avoiding Cat. A slight breeze started to pick up and my hair flew forward, bouncing in the wind. When the sun came out from behind a cloud, I see Cat walking past me. It looked like she finally got the message. She looked very sad this morning. Jade runs up towards where I am sitting. I refuse to look her in the eye.

She had lied to me too and I didn't care anymore. Jade could do whatever she wants, but I don't tolerate liars. "Morning, Tori!" She says happily.

I didn't say a word to her. "Why are you so down today?"

"Leave me alone!" I yelled.

"Why? What did I do to you? Nothing that's what. So whatever you're trying to pull, stop it. It's bugging me."

"How come? I didn't do anything either. It was you. It was all you!" I held back, trying not to offend her. I didn't have time for that.

"Please, just stop. Okay. I don't want to do this here." Jade was nice and calm. I didn't expect that from her though. Usually, she would bite my head off if I said anything like that. Hopefully, she see's what she was doing was wrong and trying to change.

But what if she was acting? Who knows what she is trying to pull here? I don't know! It frustrates me that I don't. Jade is up to something, I can see it. "Why it's not like I am bothering anyone?"

"But you are!" Jade yelled.

"Who am I bothering then, tell me!"

Jade eyed over to my baseball bat. "Where did you get that?" She asks.

"Someone left it behind when they transferred." I said. "You know, it doesn't make sense. Why haven't I seen Andre's cousin? I heard she went to school here or did."

Jade was a bit shocked. "How'd you know that?"

"Sabrina Archer. She was a student here, right? And she was spirited away, wasn't she? From what I heard, Andre used to visit here every single spring break to see her and her family. Sabrina was into baseball, am I right? Do you think this is a sign that I am also cursed?"

Jade looked like she was getting angry at me. And also scared. What exactly was she afraid of? "Would you shut up for a second? This scares everybody. If you are doing this, because you think it's funny. Stop pretending to Sabrina!"

"You listen!" I slam the bat into the ground and my voice deepened a little. "I don't know anything about her. All because, no one will tell me the truth about it!"

Jade's eyes left my gaze and went down to her shoes. I can tell she felt kind of guilty. "I'm sorry. We didn't mean to upset you or hide any of it for that matter."

"Why?! Because you thought the truth might scare me, is that it? So you all thought it was okay to keep me in the dark?!"

"No! It wasn't our intention." Jade quickly defended herself.

"Remember when I asked if anything bad happened here? And you said no. EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE WAS CHOPPED INTO LITTLE BITS THERE?! YOU FLAT OUT LIED TO ME!"

"Sorry. I didn't mean too."

I rolled my eyes. She was good, I can tell you that much. But it isn't enough to fool me. "When someone lies to you, they aren't really your friends are they?! It seems pretty clear that you guys aren't my friends!" Jade's eyes got a little red and looked like she was about to cry. But I know she doesn't have the guts to keep it concealed. This was way too out of character for Jade.

"But Tori, that's not true!" She said.

"You thought you could easily get rid of me, but you guys were wrong! I don't know anything about Sabrina, but you guys aren't running me off, like you did to him! That's right, I know about the confrontations you got into with Beck at the construction manager. But you thought you could hide that from me, didn't you?!"

I heard little kids come into the building as Jade spoke to me. "How..do you even...know that?" I picked up the bat and dragged it while I headed into the school. "Hurry up. Being late is for losers." I started walking off until she spoke to me again.

"Why are you so mean, Tori?" Jade cried. "I get it now. I know who told you everything. It was him, wasn't it?! I should have killed him while I had the chance. The only reason I let him live it because he had a family to get to, not to mention her and her baby. That's it, he is going to pay for it now. You're time is up old man. I'm definitely going to kill you now."

I turned around at Jade, who was still stand there. "Who are you talking about? Detective Wolf?"

School ended and I was really focused on getting home. I hated the fact that Cat, Jade and I shared a route to get to our houses. When I left, I was sure that I rushed out of there, speed walking until I made a good enough distance. The bat was in my hands, as usual and I was ready to defend myself, if I needed to. I didn't need any of them on my back today. The only people I could really stand were the older males in the class. I usually talked to them. For some reason, I was worried that they might have followed me. Both seemed to have wanted forgiveness right about now. But they still haven't learned their lesson. I don't wanna see them, and if I do, it will be too soon.

When I was walking home, I felt like I could hear someone behind me. I became scared and hid behind a tree. Peaking around it, I looked around to see if anyone was in fact there. Someone was it was. Cat was there, but she was different. I found that she holding a severally large cleaver in her right hand. 'Damn, what is she doing with that." I thought.

When I stood behind the tree, fearing Cat could find me, I saw her in plain sight. I jumped. I didn't know how she got there, but I knew, encountering her like this wasn't good at all.

"Hi Tori, I found you." Cat said. Her eyes were filled with corruption and I know she just wasn't herself. "What are you doing here?"

"We walk the same way, remember?" Cat's lips formed a creepy, looking grin as she spoke.

"Yeah, but what is the cleaver for?" Her smile faded and turned into a frozen, serious expression. "What's it for?!" I yelled.

Cat laughed loudly and fearlessly. It was also dark and frightening, which made her threatening and sinister. "Tell me, Tori, has something been eating at you lately? Something that maybe scares you?"

I felt discomfort everywhere as Cat slowly walks towards me, holding the cleaver tightly in her hands. "I'm not scared."

"When Sabrina transferred, I was upset. Something was clearly bothering and I never asked what it was and I regret that now. I tightened the grip to my bat and was ready to swing, if she came any closer.

"Transferred, right. You mean spirited away, don't you." I said. "Tell me what happened to her. Was it you or Jade?! Or was it someone else in the village?!"

"I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about." Cat smiled small and I was getting angry. She wasn't telling me anything. "Let me make it a bit more clearly then, someone likes to kill for fun around here? Who is it?"

"You don't have your facts straight, Tori." She said. "You see it's not a human who doing all this. You see Orias gets to decide these things."

I rolled my eyes at her. "That curse isn't real. It's stupid."

"So, you don't believe in the curse..."

"How could I? All it is, is made up crap that is always being talked about in the village."

Cat started to speak after pause. "Trust me, he is quite real, you know. He visited me personally and that's why I transferred back to Westlake. I am the only one who can help you and there is no way I am letting you transfer. So are we clear?"

I jumped again from her eerie presence and tried to move away from her. She held the cleaver less than a meter away from my face. It looked like she was threatening me. "You're going to have to trust me. Trust is important you know..." Her arm fell to her side and started to lean in closer. The gap between our faces were closing until she stop. I froze in her appearance. I thought she was going to kiss me or something. But she stopped and stood right in front of me. Cat laughed with the same wicked laugh that she did before.

I pushed her down, knocking the cleaver out of her hands. And she was still laughing. As I ran away, her psychopathic chuckle echoed around me. It didn't seem like it was going away and followed me. When I got a far enough distance, I turned my head back to see if she was following me.

Then, I felt a sudden pain in the back of my head. It was hard enough to make me black out. The only thing I remembered at that moment was when I collapsed to the ground. This isn't happening, this isn't real...

It's all make believe...but now...I don't know. Does the curse really exist?

I woke up with a blanket over me and a stinging pain in the back of my head. What exactly happened to me anyway? I don't remember. As my vision cleared, I saw that Cat was in my room. "Hey, how are you feeling?"

"Cat, why are you here?" I began to get suspicious already. As a few minutes pass, I hear the door bell. A familiar voice comes from the main floor of my house. "Is any one there?" It was Jade.

I looked at Cat with a disappointed look. "Look at you, I am never worrying about you again."

"Sorry, I had no one else to call." Cat said to me as Jade sat down. "So, I called her."

Jade made her way across Cat and sat down beside her in front of me. "I called the doctor and he should be right away." Cat said, while pushing my shoulder with her fingers. When she touched me, I flinched and stayed perfectly still.

Both of them continued to talk to me, while I was forced to listen. I didn't want to. What is this feeling? It's more than fear. It sent chills through out my body and I shivered because of it. My jaw tightened it's grip and I felt like I was going to collapse. I get it now...

It's suspicion. I suspect my friends of the murders. Why didn't I think of this sooner? I mean, I felt it for the past week and I didn't go to school that one time. I shoved it in the back of my head, hoping that it would return.

"Hey, who is this guy anyway? The doctor, who is he?" I asked. I have been wondering who he was, or at least what he looked like.

Jade started to laugh softly. It started to freak me out. "When we say the doctor, that's who we mean." Jade said in a sweet voice.

"Come on, who is he?" I said.

Cat laughed cute and light. It didn't seem like anything from wrong on the outside, but there was. She isn't innocent!

"That's is what we mean, Tori." I started to get annoyed with both girls, but I have to keep it cool. I didn't want to upset them, causing both girls to go insane. That would be horrible.

"Tell me who this guy is, damn it."

Both laughed maniacally and hard. My head began to spin with all these thoughts of them. I know they are out to get me, but I just don't know how. Their laugh lasted for awhile and it started to freak me out. "Stop that."

Cat stood up slowly and it looked like she was walking towards the door. "Hey Cat, going to the washroom or something?" She came over behind me and wrapped her arms around my shoulders, holding me down. I see my bat across the room and I couldn't get it. "What the hell are you doing?" I yelled.

"No squirming, now." In Jade's pockets, she pulled out a severely large needle. The cover was taken off and Jade kneeled towards me.

"What's that?!" I asked. "What are you going to do to me?"

Jade smiled sadistically. "You already know, right?" She giggled as I putt more weight onto Cat.

I tried to shake free from Cat's grasp, but she is stronger than what she seems to be. She held me down tightly and I barely had any room to wiggle my arms. "No, I don't! I don't know anything I promise!"

Her smile became bigger as she pulled my right arm towards her. Jade placed the needle on an angle and was about to inject me. I tried as hard as I could to break free, but nothing worked.

"Don't fight it, Tori." Cat whispered into my ear. It sounded eerie and mysterious, with a bit of mystery and terror. And it was true. I am petrified. Jade held my wrist tight in place.

"STOP! NO, STOP IT!" I screamed. Everything went black from here.

...

I came back to reality to see that the room was dark and eerie. It felt cold as the air blow against my skin. I realize there is only a cool breeze around me and me alone. Why is that?

I soon see that I was hitting Jade and Cat to death with my bat. My sorrow is lifted off of me and onto them as I swing down everywhere. The blood oozed out of there heads and quickly scattered onto the floors. It also covered in there clothes and other things. I stop for a minute and started to think. What was all of this really for?

I grip the bat and hold it up in the air. A hard slam is heard as the final swing is dealt down. I drop the bat and stare into my bloody hands. They were badly bruised and were red. My breathe were short and was heavy when I take in deep breaths. I became exhausted rather quickly.

Tears blurred my vision as they started to drop down and fall into my lap. "For what? What was all this for?"

I hear a car drive up too my house. It must have been the doctor that Jade and Cat were talking about. He enters the gate and I see him head to my front door though the windows. I run out and head downstairs. The doorbell kept ringing faster and faster. There is a back door out there. If I sneak out, then I might be able to escape.

I run through many plant life, as my house was on the edge of town. I keep running from it. Running from the scene. I don't want this baggage. I managed to get away two kilometers away. I saw a public phone booth up ahead with a single street light. I run toward it, using the last of my energy.

Dialing the emergency number, several things went on in my mind. But it all related to the curse. The curse of Orias. It's real. I can feel it. The legend that's always told around here, it's the truth.

A phone picked up on the other line. "Hello. Detective Wolf speaking."

"Wolf? Can you hear me?" I panicked into the phone, taking deep breathes as I go along.

"Is that you, Tori?" He asks. "Did something happen to you?"

"Well..." I began to get more scared. He was close and getting closer by the second.

"Just tell me what's going on, okay." Detective Wolf tries to calm me down.

"I don't know..." I cried, taking more breathes. "It seems that I-I.."

"Don't worry, calm down. I got an officer on your way. And when I get off the phone, I'll go down myself." He says.

He is taking slow steps and I can hear it. I can hear him coming up behind me. It's too late for me now. I am cornered at this phone booth. I have nowhere else to go. It's over for me.

"I don't think that's going to matter. Because when you get here...it will probably be too late." I breathed quicker and quicker. The lungs were burning.

"Try to stay calm. Tell me what's happening." I can't do this anymore. I don't wanna go, but he is here. He is here. I can feel it. His cold exterior is cold and I can feel his presence. Cold air rushes against my arms and I shiver.

As I was about to tell him, I hear screaming in the other line. "I need someone faster than that. How many people are patrolling that area?"

I hear muttering in the background, but it's quiet. "Two.."

"Did you call the local officer in the town?!" Detective Wolf yelled loudly.

"He is out on patrol. He didn't respond."

Detective Wolf sounded more angry. "Hey, get me a car right now!"

I heard an officer in the back. "Yes, sir!"

"Tori, are you still there?" He asked me. I shiver in fear. "There is an officer coming your way now, as we speak. He is going to be there in a couple of minutes. Come on, Tori. Talk to me. Just tell who did this and how many there are."

He is standing there, behind me. He is ready to do what he wants. Kill me. Torture me. You name it. I don't know anymore. But nothing will make him leave. Nothing. I stare at my hands as I started to claw at myself. This is the only way out now.

"At first, I thought the murderer was a normal person." I began to cough. "But that's not it. I was totally wrong. It exists. The curse really exists." My coughs began to get harder and harder. Blood was dripping down my fingers. It spread down my arm and eventually on the floor of the booth.

"You're kidding me." He says in disbelief.

"He is there, watching me, like some sort of shadow. And he stands over me and he keeps following me. No matter how much I run, he is always there. Little by little, he creeps up on me, closer and closer until he is touching me..."

I was digging harder and harder. My coughs were more louder. The more I dug away, the more blood I felt. "Where is he now?" Detective Wolf asks.

"He is right behind me. I am not going to look. I won't! I won't turn around!" More and more short breaths come out of my lungs as they burn like fire.

"Who's there?!" He yells at me.

"I won't turn around! If I do he might-" The detective cuts me off.

"Listen, I know you're scared! You have to turn around and tell me who's there! Tell me who it is!" I began to scream at the agonizing pain I had. I was digging a hole in my own body and it worked. I hit a vital spot. As I continue to dig, I felt like I couldn't breath. My lungs hurt more and more and there a large patch of blood soaking through the glass of the booth. Some of it was dripping outside the doors and onto the concrete pavement and onto the grass.

"Forgive me..." Were my final words as I collapse.

March 16, 2013.

Sorry for the wait, it took a long time for this to be finished. If there is any mistakes, I apologize in advance. Please Read and Review! It would be awesome :)

Until the next chapter!

~xhumanoidxify