《Calm》 Prologue. Everyday I woke up at 7:00 A.M. Had breakfast and go to work. At work I am an office worker. I live alone with no family. I work till 8:00 P.M. and immediately go home. I''ve been repeating these for 12 years. Right now I am 32 years old still single. I don''t really mind the loneliness, but i felt like I lost something inside me. I just can''t seem to know what is it. Yes that is me, My name is Michael Ashman. One night, I saw a shooting star. What do i wish for ? a healthy life? a promotion ? More money ? A girlfriend ? I don''t need any of those. But what do I want...recently I have been reading fantasy books... I wish I can experience the life of a Fantasy Character. I make a wish to the shooting star. Like a kid wishing for toys. I wish. I wish . I wish. I wish. I wish I can have an interesting life. A life filled with adventure. ..... I just realized how stupid and childish that wish is... 24. December. 2015 It is christmas eve huh? No wonder there is somany couple around. I feel like a weirdo sitting at the water fountain... I guess i should head home. I don''t want to bother couples. As I was walking home, I was walking past a dark alley and then I head a voice. "Help me !" Its a scream ! I run into the alley. What am I thinking ? running like this what if this is a trap ? But.. it certainly is not. I see a man choking a woman. What should I do? He still didn''t seem to know that I am here. I can still run...but is running a good option? Won''t I live filled with regret?....... Isn''t this what i want? A life with interesting event. LIke an Idiot I am. I kicked the man face. The man falls down. "THAT FUCKING HURTS!!!" I immediately take the woman hands and tried to run with her. But then, I saw the man pulling something out of his pocket. It is a handgun. BANG! I was shot at the back of my body and I started to fell to the ground. I touch the area that I have been shotted at. I see it. Blood Blood Blood Slowly, I am bleeding. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. I see a dark figure coming. It is the man that shot me. "Tch, that woman manage to run because of you." He takes his handgun and aim it at my head. I am about to die. Atleast my suffering will end. This is what I wished for. A life with events. But.. The adventure is to short. I wish i could savor it. Before dying I realized. The feeling that I am missing. It is the feeling of excitement... BANG!This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. That was the last thing I heard before i died. My head hurts. Why does it hurts ? It hurts? Is it because of the gunshot ? But I am dead? How can I even feel? Suddenly, I head a voice ringing in my head. Its a voice of a girl. I like you. A person that is true to his word. A person that did not even think a second thought. Aren''t you quite lucky ? No one have ever get his wished done in a "BANG!" Now wake up. This is the wish that you wished for. I woked up. In a dark room. The room is too dark to see anything. "Where am i ? ughh.. this room smells." I walk around the room to check is there any light source. As I walked around. The floor seems mushy. I take a good look at it, and thats when I realized the reason why the room smells. Its the smell of corpse. Ahahahahahaahahahaa.... AAAAAAAAAAHH! I let out the loudest scream I have ever made. Its the first time I ever saw it. It is a corpse. This room is filled with corpse. Thats mean I have been walking on their organ and intenstines. I started to vomit. and then I heard a voice. "Daaaaarling are you awake ?" I saw.. a middle aged man covered with blood. Carrying a butcher knife. slowly walking towards me. " Darling, you are ugly. Let me show you how to use a make up." He smiles and walked to the cabinet and he takes out a smaller knife. "Come, let''s start with a tattoo of our LOVE" I let out a scream and immediately bolt. Searching for an exit. There is none... the door is lock. "Darling...." GET AWAY. DON''T COME NEAR ME! I kicked the door as hard as I can. I kicked. I kicked and kicked. I see he coming. Closer. Closer. He is...... behind me. I used all my strength and kicked the door. The door opens ! I immediately bolt, without any sense of direction I ran, I ran and ran and ran for my life. I seem to have lost him. I take a breather. I tried to calm myself down and process what is happening. I reach down to my pocket and it appears my phone is missing. Come to think of it. Even my clothes changed. Staying here won''t do any good. If he finds me again I am dead. But where should I go ? Thats when I saw it. A light ! I ran to the light and checked. To my dissapointment. Its just a furnace.. or is it a crematoriam? Its quite big. wait... who sets turned it on ? Suddenly, I was pushed inside the crematoriam. It was the same guy. Before closing the door. he said. " If you can''t accept our love, then let hell savor you." He closes the door. I bang the door. I bang it. I scream for help.. no one came. Then I saw a loose brick on the wall. I ram on the wall as hard as I can and the wall breaks. The man saw me and started chasing me. I ran searching for an exit and saw a large gate. I ran through the gate. Suddenly, I was shot with an arrow. Someone shot my leg. I saw the man with his butcher knife, slowly coming to me... as he reaches out his hand. Suddenly, the gate closes. The guy hand was stuck. The gate closes shut and crushed the guy arms. A wave of relieve filled my body. But who shot me ? "Hey,what are you doing here you fugitive!" I turn my head and saw a man. He is wearing a knight armor, I can''t really see his face, but he is certainly hostile towards me. I answered his question. " I don''t know, I suddenly wake up inside that building." "Don''t lie to me!" The guard kicked me in the face. "Zack Hyde. A criminal like you acting innocent dusgust me. Zack Hyde. A rapist, pedophile and have been part of a mass murder. Don''t pretend like you are a victim !" The guard punches me as he said those words. "...Zack ? My name is Michael Ashman ! " The guard punched me again. " Stop it, you are embarassing yourself. I will sent you inside the asylum now. Come follow me ! " The guard hold both of my hand and pin me. He moved me to his carriage. I can''t move my body. Eventhough I am not tied up or anything ? I beg the guard. "Please, don''t sent me there !I am telling the truth!" The guard ignores me. I figured begging is useless, so I observe the area around me. There doesn''t seem to be anything though.. fuck Suddenly, the carriage starts shaking. Did the horse fall ? I can''t see what''s happening outside. Did we just crash? I see the guard have fainted. I can move my body now ! I immediately run out from the carriage and run to the woods. I run and run. I stop at a tree in the middle of the woods. I sat down at the tree roots and I began to felt sleepy. Slowly yet surely, I began to fell asleep. I hear a voice in my head. You did good. Let me handle the rest. I woke up in the morning and I realised something is wrong. "Since when was I sleeping in a field ?" The field is beautiful, I can see birds flying. The flowers are blooming and the skies is the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. This feeling. This is the feeling. It is the the feeling of Relieve Murder Mystery 1 A beautiful field indeed. A green grass field with animals and creatures around. The field is so beautiful. Its soo green. I can see creatures and animal everywhere. I looked at my leg... The arrow is gone but my leg still hurts, but it doesn''t hurt like hell. as I walked around the field I discovered a town. Its a large town not to far from here. I continue to walk to the town. I see a crowd of people line up at the gate of the town. Are they having an inspection ? I figured it would be dangerous so I decided to retreat but then a crook grabbed my hand. "Oh my, mister ? Why are ya actin scared ? Is there something wrong ?" This piece of shit.. He won''t let go of my hand. "an injured body, ugly clothing and that face of anxiety. This guy is definitely a fugitive! I can get some money if he have a bounty." The crook thought to himself. "Follow me." The guy skips the line and walk straight to the guard that was guarding the gate. "yo, Mister this guy seems suspicious don''t cha think ? How about you check him up? He might be a criminal." The guard then asked me a question while inspecting a book. It looks like a report book. This is bad, If he saw Zack Hyde, I would definitely be sent back to the asylum ! "What''s your purpose here?" said the guard. "I...came here to rest and I need first aid." I replied The guard flips through the book. Slowly checking the books. He checks the book from page to page. Slowly. Its over for me, there''s no running away from this mistake. The guard flips the book and I noticed, he accidentally skipped a page. "You may enter, sorry for the trouble." "HUuuh!? Check again mister ! There got to be some sort of mistake. This guy is definitely wanted! Check it again!" said the crook "Are you questioning the way I do my Job? Do you want to be in this book?" Speechless,The man left with anger. "OPEN THE GATE!" The Gate opens as I slowly enter. I entered the town with a sigh of relieve. This Town is HUGE! I walked around the town sight seeing, but I don''t really have any money so I guess I can''t really buy anything. I was walking around but then I bumped into a huge man. The man have a muscular figure with a bald head. "WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING JACKASS!" "Sorry, I didn''t mean to-" "Huuuuh!? Look what you did to my clothes! Who is going to pay for this ? Unbelievable, its just been 20 minutes and I already caught myself in another trouble. The first instinct I got for a situation like this, is to RUN. "HEY! Come back here !" I tried to run but my legs is killing me. The wound is starting to bleed more." I heard a voice from an alley "over here, quickly" I ran into the alley and hide behind a crate. "Tch, Damn it. Where did that guy go!?" "phew, you saved me thanks." a girl that was hiding behind one of the crate reveal herself. She looks around 10-13.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "Mister, You are bleeding." "..No.. It''s .. ok" Did I used too much energy? Ah, I didn''t have any breakfast, I didn''t even drink water. No wonder my body felt heavy. I fainted infront of the girl that just saved me. Later, I find myself sleeping on a bed. I woke up in a room that I an not familiar with. A middle aged man wearing a glasses entered the room, he is holding a tray with food! "are you awake? You seem exhausted," He placed the tray of food right next to my bed. I immediately grab myself a bread. The bread tasted so good. Its the best bread I have ever had in my entire life. "What is your name?"The man asked. "Michael, Michael Ashman. Nice to meet you" "I see than you can call me Dave." After I was done finishing the food. Dave asked me. "Hey, can I ask you a favor?" " A favor?" "Yes, I will pay you if it went well . So will you accept it?" "What''s the favor?" "Tomorrow, come downstairs. We will chat about it there. Have a good rest for today." Dave left the room. I wonder what was he talking about. A favour? but I''m already indebted to him. I guess it would be rude to decline. Besides, I would get money. Hmm.... I wonder what currency they use in this world? It''s probably gold. ...guess I should sleep. I slept like a log that night. Its the best sleep i ever had in this world. The next day, I woke up and search for the bathroom. I see the little girl that saved me yesterday. "Hey, can I ask you? where is the toilet ?" The girl points down and said. "Its downstairs, near the kitchen." "Ah, I see. Thank you!" I entered the toilet and had a toilet break. I realised something. There is no mirror in this toilet? I guess they removed it, since I can see a mirror-shaped stain on the wall. As planned, I went to the living room and I saw Dave sitting at a Sofa with a woman with only no eyes. "Ah, are you here. Now let''s get down to buisness" Said Dave I sit down at a reserve chair placed neatly for me. I guess they prepared it. "Let me introduce you, this is Maria Elizabeth, as you can see She have no eyes" "This might come off as rude, but how did she lose her eyes?" "She was attacked by a man. Other than her eyes, she also lose another important part of her body." Maria Opens her mouth. It was the most horrifying thing i have ever seen. I got shivers. "Her tongue! It''s missing!" "Yes, that''s right. This is the reason why you are here." Dave grabs a photo and showed it to me. Its a picture of Dave, The girl and a woman. A beautiful woman with blonde hair. "That woman you see in the photo is my wife. Her name is Lisa. She is the most beautiful woman in this world for me." "What does that have to do with the favor?" "I want you to find the one that murder my wife." Shocked by what he just said. I replied " What? I can''t find a murderer that easily!" "Yes, you can with this." Dave hold my hand and chants some gibberish. Suddenly, the world around me changes. I see stars. Not a normal one, Its a sky, filled with stars, It''s beautiful. After a solid 1 minute. Everything went back to normal. "This is a magic to manipulate what people see. But it can also be used to see what other people have seen." I asked Dave. "What do you want me to do?" "I want you to see what Maria see during the day my wife was murdered." I was shocked by what he just said. "You see, the person that killed my wife also is the same person that injured Maria. It happens on the same day. While my wife and Maria was shopping a man appear and killed my wife. I wanted to know who killed my wife! I tried asking Maria. However, since she no longer have her tongue, she can''t speak to answer my question and her hands are to weak to even carry a pencil. She is also blind, so the guards can''t use her." "Then, why can''t you do it yourself? Won''t it be easier since you will be the one searching for him?" "I can''t, I can''t use my power to control my own vision, So will you help me?" There is no choice, I''m already indebted. "Alright, I got it." Dave smiles and immediately hold my hands and Maria hands. He started to chants gibberish again. ....... ...... Where am I? Am I Maria now? hmm? I saw her ! that''s Dave''s wife. I''m not really sure what is our location, but this building look''s empty. hmm? My body is moving on it''s own? Oh yeah... it''s Maria''s body I can''t really control it. I can only see her vision. "Mariaaaa, why do I have to come! This is your date right?" "I''m nervous at least give me moral support Lisa..." "I''m a married woman you know? If something happen--" "Ah, that''s the guy!" I see a man wearing a top hat with a tuxedo. I feel like I have seen him somewhere before..he have a sharp eyes with black hair. The man walk towards Lisa and stares at her.; "What is it....?" Lisa asked with an uncomfortable looking faced. "HEY! are you cheating ?" Said Maria. Suddenly, it happen in a flash. The man stabbed Lisa. Lisa slowly get back and fall. " Huh? I don''t get it. What just happen?" The man is not finished. He continues to stab Lisa. He started with her eyes, he gauge her eyes out. Lisa and Maria screams. Maria tried to stop him but she failed. The man kicked Maria away from him. "AHHH!!!, IT HURTS IT HURTS!!!" Lisa screams. As she screams. The man grabbed her tongue. The man slowly cut her tongue using a knife. What makes things worst is.. He used a rusty dull knife. "AHHHH!, IT HULLLT IT HULLT! " Lisa started to lose her voice, she then started to bleed slowly... The man hold her tongue and store it inside a pouch. Maria, knowing she is hopeless, she finally run. She head straight to the building exit, but she is too slow. The man managed to catch up and stabbed her. The man did the same treatment. He gauge up both of her eyeballs and cut her tongue. I can''t really see what happen next, but I think a guard on patrol discovered him.The guard didn''t manage to see his face though. The man just immediately run and disappeared into the shadows. Maria then was saved by the guard. The guard happen to have a magic item which slows down the bleeding and pain. Its over, I am back to the room with Dave and Maria. I wanted to vomit. The image that I see is no joke, it is real. "So? did you know who is the killer?" I replied. "could you please, let me use the rest room" "..Yes, you may." Inside the toilet, I puke. The image I see. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. I can feel it. The atmosphere Everything. As I walked out from the toilet, the girl happen to past by. "Mister, there is something on your face." "My face? where could you tell me?" "Wait, I have an Idea!" The girl dig her handbag and hand me a tiny mirror. "Thanks!" I looked at the mirror....I saw it. I saw it. I saw it. I saw it. I saw it I.I saw it. Sharp eyes. Black hair.... that is the murderer. Zack Hyde. The murderer is me. Murder Mystery 2 I looked into the mirror and saw the killer. The killer is me. Zack Hyde. Shocked by the truth, I stared at the mirror for a quite long time. "Mister? Are you ok? You look pale." The girl asked. "...no..its nothing." I returned her mirror to her tiny hands. "Thank you....err.. come to think of it.. I never got your name." "Its Elisa , nice to meet you Mister!" "Nice to meet you to Elisa, I am ...Michael" "Mister mister, can we play something?" "Play? I''m not sure if it''s a good time though, you see Mister is kind busy at the moment." Elisa frowns. "Does that mean a no?" I looked into her eyes..feeling bad, I decide to play with her. "Sure, what should we play?" "Let''s play doll! I have a doll house right over here." She ran inside her room and showed her doll house. As I was about to come in she stopped me. "This is the guard, to enter the castle please clean yourself first." She said that as she was mimicking a guard. "huh?" "Mister! There is something at your face. Clean it." "Ah! You''re right." I ran to the bathroom and washes my face. I walk back to Elisa room and she have already prepared the toys. "So? what are we going to play today?" She grabbed two dolls, one doll have a mustache with a top hat and one doll wears a beautiful dress. "You will be playing this one mister!" She hands me the doll with a mustache. "So,how do we play this?" She started with her doll, she grab herself a mini cup and started talking. "Mr.Michael, nice weather we are having today." suprisingly she is quite good at this, she sure can ventriloquy. "Indeed, the weather is really nice." We continued to play for hours. Suprisingly, playing with her was honestly fun and relaxing. All my anxiety is gone. I''m grateful, if it were not for her. I would never calm down. "Heeey! Dinner''s ready!" Oh, Dave is calling us? Wait..its Dinner already ?! "Coming!" Elisa replied. She immediately ran downstairs and went straight to the kitchen. I stare at the messy toys scattered all around. "Sheesh, atleast clean up the mess." I clean up her toys and went straight for dinner. Suprisingly, Dave didn''t force me to speak up about the murder. After we are done, we clean up and went straight to bed. That night, I think to myself. Should I tell him the truth, should I lie or should I pretend that I can''t see the murderer.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. If I were to lie...I would feel bad. He is trying soo hard to find the murderer... But... If i were to tell the truth... What would happen to me? Will i be sent to the Asylum? Will he kill me? I don''t want neither of those... I don''t want to die. As the night the falls, I began to feel sleepy. ..................................................... I woke up early in the morning... I went to the living room and meet Dave. I told him. I can''t seem to remember everything. He seems to believe me... I asked Dave. "Can I stay here for another day?" "Sure, stay here as long as you like. Elisa seems to like having you around since I am quite busy with work." "..Can I ask you? What do you do for a living?" "I used to work as a wizard at the Arangard King''s Castle.. I retired eversince I got married. Now I''m working as a researcher." "I see..." For some reason..I felt really guilty. I..I... I can''t continue this. I told him the truth. "Dave..I''m the murderer. I told him everything...I even told him about my reincarnation. About the asylum. Everything... Shocked by the truth. He yells. "GET OUT!!" I was kicked out from the house... Luckily he doesn''t kill me or call the police on me. I decide to leave the house and never return. ....................................................................... Inside a room filled with books there is a man. He is crying. That man is Dave. "DAMN IT!!" He threws his book. "THIS...all things...was I talking to a crazy man? is that what I WAS DOING! ALL OF THIS? IS A FUCKING WASTE OF TIME!" He yells loudly. *knock* *knock* Someone is knocking at the door. "Come in" It is Elisa. "Papa..Where is Mr.Michael?" "...Michael is no longer here, forget about him." Elisa is worried about her father. "Papa..Is everything ok?" "Yes,everything is ok. Please get out" "No! Papa is lying, Papa is always telling everything is ok. Papa never tells his problem to Elisa! Elisa wanted to help papa too!" "ENOUGH!...Elisa...please just... get out" Elisa rans out from the room..crying. An hour passes.... Dave calmed down and get out from his room. He went to Elisa room. "Elisa, papa is making dinner...is there anything that you wa-?" Dave sees the room empty. "Elisa? Elisa!" Dave searches around the house for Elisa. But then, He saw Maria..at the living room....Maria is sleeping soundly. He started to gather his thought...... If Maria didn''t invite my wife to her random date...IF ONLY SHE LEFT HER OUT FROM THE TROUBLE! ................................................................................. Meanwhile, Elisa is at the town. She seems to be searching for someone. "Mister! Where are you!" "Mister!" A guard then approaches Elisa. "Excuse me, little girl. Are you perhaps are lost?" "...No..I .. I" Elisa slowly started to tears up. "Excuse me, I am her guardian" Elisa looks up and wipe her tears. It is Michael! "Mister! I''ve been searching for you" "Searching for me?" After listening to Elisa story. I immediately rush back. As I arrive. I had a bad feeling. I opened the door slowly... The living room is empty. We explored the house. We check the rooms, the kitchen and even the bathroom. There is no one there. There is only one place we didn''t check. It was Dave work area. The room that is filled with books. As we enter the room...The room is a mess. However I knew something is wrong. I checked the room and I saw something suspicious. There is a paper on the floor, but it have a wheelchair''s tyre printed on it.They are close by. Elisa is also helping. She searched around the room with me. While she is walking. Elisa tripped and fell. THUMP "Hey, Elisa are you ok?" "Ouch...!" Elisa saw something under the bed. It looks like a switch. She immediately pressed it. "Hey wait!" Suddenly the book case opens up. It is a stairs that lead downstairs. It doesn''t seem deep, but it is dark. "Something smells" Said Elisa. This smells...! I immediately ran downstairs hoping that I was wrong. "Wait up!" Said Elisa. I arrived first and it is what I expected, it is the smell of blood. It is Maria and Dave bodies. It is a sight that all kids should have not experience. As Elisa walks down the stairs, I immediately covers her eyes. "Elisa..lets get out from here." "Huh? but what about papa?" "Elisa. Let''s have dinner!" I tried to change the topic but I failed. Elisa bit my arm and I accidently let go of my hand. "Ouch! Elisa CLOSE YOUR EYES!" She saw it. She saw the body of her father that she loved so much. The father that tried his best to raise her. Tears began to build up and falls. Elisa cries . "Papa...talk to me..papa Elisa won''t be bad anymore please wake up." She touches Dave hands...it is cold. "Aunty...Aunty Maria...let''s play like we always used to.." I grabbed Elisa shoulder. "Elisa..Let''s get out." We get out from the house. I thought to myself..What should I do? Should I report it to the guards? But...If they started asking question, they would found out who I am, What should I do? I asked Elisa a question. "Elisa, do you have any other relatives?" "No." "..Elisa, do you want to stay here?" "...I..don''t know..." "Then, do you want to leave this place?" "Leave? But where should we go?" "I don''t know, but it is better than staying here doing nothing." "But what about papa and aunty?" ".... Elisa....I''m sorry...all of this...happen because of me... " I started to cry, this is the guilt that I would carry for the rest of my life. ......................................................................... That night, while Elisa is sleeping.. I make a report to the guard about Dave and Maria death. That night, I also left Elisa. I don''t want Elisa to be with me. I don''t want to hurt her more. I left the town and promise to myself. I will never ever return back here. .......................................................................... The case of Maria and Dave''s death have been solved within a day. According to the guards Dave killed Maria with a knife. After that, due to guilt, Dave commit suicide. for Elisa their daughter. She was transferred to foster home. ..................................................................... If only I reject Dave proposal, If only I didn''t tell him the truth... None of this would have happen. I....really don''t know what to do anymore. I pack my stuff and go on my way.