based on the RPG game, The crooked man.
Felix was on his bedroom, already going to bed, when he heard the bathroom shower.
"What the heck?" Felix said.
When Felix entered on the bathroom, there was a note on the door written:
'NO LIFE'
Felix, confused, decided to go to sleep.
2:30 AM
Felix was woken up by the sound of his TV, that was strangely on, showing a show called 'Win or Lose: With Diego and Juan!'
"This was very strange." Felix said.
Felix turned off the TV, only to saw a notebook on his desk written:
'NOPE.'
Felix ran off his bedroom, scared.
"I'm sorry you had to sleep on the sofa, pal." Claus said, eating a bread.
"Look, it doesn't matter." Felix said.
"How your mom is today?" Claus said.
"I am going to visit her after eating the eggs and bacon you made for me. Wanna come with me?" Felix said, grabbing his mug full of orange juice.
"No, buddy. If you need me, call me anytime, I will be there for you." Claus said.
Felix was on hospital, visiting his mother, Matilda, a red fish.
"It's been years that dad perished. That affected mom on such a terrible way." Felix thought.
"Mama, are you okay today?" Felix said.
"Of course, Larry! When I get better, I will buy a cake for your birthday! You love coconut cake and chocolate pudding, right? I'll buy on the bakery of Polly Hilda!" Matilda said.
"Mom, I'm not Lawrence. He moved to Bellpeppermint." Felix said.
Matilda stared blankly at her son.
"THERE'S A STRANGER ON MY ROOM! TAKE HIM OUT OF HERE!!!" Matilda screamed.
The doctor and the nurses quickly come in.
"Mrs. Fishelotty, calm down!!" The nurse said.
"Felix!!! Wait, my child!!! Don't leave me, please!!!" Matilda shouted.
"Mommy!!! You remembered me!!!" Felix said.
"Felix, get outta here!!! Your mother's Alzheimer is getting worse and she is very confused!!!" The nurse shouted.
"But-" Felix said, being interrupted by the nurse again.
"I said GET OUT OF HERE!!! QUICK!!!" The nurse shouted.
Felix leaved the room, only to hear his mom screaming.
"Mrs. Fishelotty, calm down!!!" The nurse shouted.
Felix was in the abandoned Destination Imagination Library.
Felix was looking at some books, when he found the Crooked Man song in a child book.
"Strange, I always thought this song was very bizarre as a child." Felix said.
A mole boy with long brown hair entered on the abandoned library.
"I'm Barry. I am trying to found the box that my ex-girlfriend left here. It's a red box with a shape of a heart, it's blue, and it has a drawing of a black rose on it." The mole boy said.
After hours in the library, Felix found a yellow apple man, which had its head crooked.
Felix, confused, fought against the creature that tried to kill Barry and him.
After going outside, Felix saw that Barry was now looking angry and crying.
"It's not worth trying to find the box, why I want it again?! Only to him call me a whimpy idiot again?!" Barry shouted.
"There is no problem with being a whimpy, Barry. You can stop trying to found the box if you really want." Felix said.
"Thanks, I will go home." Barry said.
Felix decided to visit the college, to remember some good memories he had there.
Felix found a green apple lady there called Sakura Pandora. She was there to remember the memories she had there.
Felix suddenly remembered something..
"Why you don't see colors like us? You're a alien?" A mole girl with short blonde hair saif.
"I'm color blind!!! You know it!!!" Felix shouted.
The girls made a circle and spin, singing happily. Felix was on the middle of the circle, only wanting to get out of there.
"Felix is freak!!! Felix is a freak!!! Felix is a freak!!!" The girls sang loudly.
"Stop!!! Stop!!! Quit bullying me!!! Please!!! Mom said that being color blind is normal!!! Some people are color blind!!!" Felix said, but no one paid attention to his words. They continued to mock him and humilliate him.
"Freak!!! Freak!!! Felix is a freak!!! He should disappear from the world!!! Freak!!!" The girls continued to chant.
"I'M NOT A FREAK!!!!" Felix shouted angrily, breaking desk.
"I'm not a freak, I swear..." Felix said as he began to sob.
"I'm not a freak!!!!" Felix thought.
"Felix!!! I heard a scream! It was you?" Sakura said.
"Yes. Sakura, do you think I am freak?" Felix said.
"No!!! Why would I think that of you?" Sakura said.
"I got bullied on this college due to being color blind, and no one helped me except for my friends and parents. Do you think I deserved this humilliation...?!" Felix said.
"No. You didn't deserve it, no one deserved to be bullied due to being color blind!!! And I think you aren't a freak. You are a normal person, you only are color blind. You are a very kind guy, you don't deserve to be mocked due to having color blindness!!! Look, I suffered the same kind of this bullying, due to having Tourettes syndrome. You think can I am a weirdo because of this, because I think I'm not a weirdo!!!" Sakura said.
"You aren't a weirdo, Sakura. You are only a normal girl with your own personality. That's all." Felix said.
After the talk Felix had with Sakura, Felix noticed all he did on life failed. Felix grabbed his gun and went outside of the college.
"Everything on my life was nothing but failures and disgraces. I had enough of this painful suffering." Felix said, sobbing.
Claus, passed by the college and noticed that Felix was going to kill himself.
"Felix, what are you doing?!" Claus shouted.
"All I do in my life fails. I am a crooked man. I think living is not worth." Felix said.
A pair of yellow hands were holding the gun on Felix's hand, trying to making Felix kill himself.
Claus saw the pair of yellow hands.
"NO!!!" Claus shouted, tackling Felix and throwing the gun on a lake.
"What is wrong with you?!" Claus shouted.
"What are you speaking about!?" Felix shouted.
After minutes of confusion, Claus explained everything to Felix.
"Felix, the house you were living use to belong to another man called Gilbert Thompson Jamie. He was on the same situation that you were. I still know where is his house. I will tell you the address." Claus said.
Felix visited the house, that was destroyed. Mirrors were broken, and tables too.
Felix found a notebook.
2020/01/01
The song Crooked Man is like my life, my family hates me, my boyfriend abandoned me, and nobody quit mocking me on the college due to being a paranoid schizophrenic. Life sucks. I wish this agony and suffering ended. Writing doesn't end my pain. My life only gets worse."
2020/01/15
"I just wish my suffering ended."
2020/02/08
"I'm out of cigarettes. I don't have enough money to buy one."
On the last page, a name was written. It was:
Gilbert Thompson Jamie
Felix heard a crying sound coming from the living room.
On the stairs, a yellow apple man with brown eyes was there, sobbing.
"Crooked man, I was haunted by you for hours today, and you are not going to drag me under the earth with your. I will live, I'm not going to kill myself. So, GO AWAY!!!" Felix yelled.
Felix opened the bathroom door only to see a corpse of a yellow apple man there, bleeding from its chest and mouth, and neck.
"Gilbert, you hated me. I had bad moments on my life, but I had good moments. Your life was only pain, and you couldn't fight against those people who made fun of you while you were alive. Don't worry, your soul will be on peace now, I swear." Felix said.
Felix was seeing his mother in hospital again.
"Mama, forgive me for the way I acted when I discovered you had Alzheimer, I was very shocked when I heard about it, and I couldn't believe that, after dad died, and you were the person who helped me with my depression, thanks." Felix said while tears began to fall from his eyes.
"I forgive you, Felix. We aren't ready to heard bad news sometimes, or we can't accept it like death. You had people who loved you and you helped them with their problems, like Margret and Pierre suffering mockery due to being transgender people in the university. You have a heart of gold, Felix. You're a archangel for me, even with your failures." Matilda said.
"Mommy, I love you." Felix said.
"I love you too, my cute narcissus. Could you bring me a cup of water?" Matilda said.
"Okay, mother." Felix said, getting out of the room.
Felix grabbed a black mug a filled with water and entered on the room.
"Mom, here's your water." Felix said.
The heart rate monitor beeps stopped. A white flat line could be seen.
"Mommy?!" Felix said, running to his mother and putting the cup on a table.
Matilda was with her eyes still open, but didn't move.
"Mom...?" Felix said, shocked.
Tears began to fell from Felix's eyes.
"MOOOOOM!!!!!" Felix yelled.
The funeral happened. Felix only stared at the dead body of his mother while tears fell from his eyes.
"A-at least she is not suffering anymore." Felix said, stuttering and choking with his cry.
Felix was staring at the gravestone of his mom.
Matilda Fishalotty Ernest
Born 06/09/1968 - Perished 03/04/2020
Suddenly, Felix saw a tombstone with a familiar name written on it.
Gilbert Thompson Jamie
Born 01/07/1990 - Died 06/01/2020
Felix put some cigarettes on Gilbert's gravestone.
"Here's your cigarettes. Rest in peace." Felix said.