Chapter 1, Birth
July, 1st , 1987
A nurse walked down the hallway of the fairview county hospital pushing a baby around in a crib. It was 2:00am and it was dark, the hospital was quiet and empty. It was only a nurse and a few other people working late that night. The baby was restless so nurse Patty took her for a stroll. The baby was abandoned there by the parents. They ran off as fast as they could after the birth of the baby so she was never really named so the nurses all collectively named her lyra. They read the name from some old magazine and they thought it was pretty and it stuck.
It was now july, 1st, 1989 and Lyra was just two years old, this was the day she had seen death for the first time. The nurses and lyra were eating her birthday cake when patty, her favourite nurse who was practically her mother, had a heart attack and died right in front of her. But this didn't startle Lyra, it just made her laugh. The other nurses didn't really think much of it because she was only two and probably didn't understand what happened. They first started to think it was a problem when she was eight years old and laughed every time she witnessed a patient die in the hospital. That's when the nurses decided to finally take her to an orphanage for hers and their safety.
They sent her to sister Teresa's home for girls. Lyra seemed to like it there. She was always the good kid that always helped out and did chores, but mysterious accidents would happen when she was near. One time a girl supposedly slipped and fell off the balcony when lyra and her were playing barbies and the other girl took it from her. She was sent to the hospital and she's been in a coma since the accident.
The next accident happened when she was 10, she and another girl were baking cookies when mysteriously the other girl got her hair caught in the mixer and she was scalped. She too was sent to the hospital and came back two months later missing her hair and covered in scars all over the side of her face.
After that she was sent to a new home for girls in the next city over. The facility was called Mrs.Hattie's home for girls. Lyra would spend the next eight years here until she was too old to stay there anymore and she had to move out. Luckily she was able to make enough money from her job waitressing in a pretty fancy diner on the north end of town. With her money she bought a bus ticket to move her to New York City. It was her dream to move there after seeing all the fashion in an old magazine she read in the hospital. So she left all of her stuff behind and hopped on the bus.
Twelve hours later she made it to New York, but she had forgotten to make a plan for where she was gonna stay once she got there. She walked down the street from the bus stop in search of a hotel. She walked for about forty five minutes until she found a hotel that looked ok enough for her to stay in. She walked in the doors and walked to the front desk and asked for a room. Once she got her hey she walked to the elevator and pressed the sixth floor button. She walked down the hall in search of room six hundred and sixty six. She got to the room and it was disgusting the colour pallet was old cream colours and weird browns and reds. But the worst part of all was the smell. It smelled like death, lyra was so disgusted by the smell that she just left and slept on a bench. When she woke up she went in search of an apartment to move into.
June ,26th,2006
It's been one year of Lyra living in NYC and she found a nice apartment in brooklyn and she got a decently paying job at a nice restaurant just two blocks away from her apartment complex.
Chapter 2: the first
July, 1st, 2006
It was once again Lyra's birthday and she and her work friends were going to go out for drinks after their shift at work. They wanted to go to this new place on Broadway that had just opened a week prior. When their shift was finally over they caught a bus and went down to broadway. The new restaurant they were going to was called Broadway brewery. After a few drinks they decided to hit the dance floor and show off their moves. When they were dancing this creepy guy came up and started hitting on lyras best friend kyla. And she was politely telling the guy to leave her alone and she wasn't looking for a boyfriend but the guy was persistent on telling her to dance with him and he was starting to get physical so lyra stepped in and pushed the guy away and yelled at him to go away. So the guy left and lyra continued to dance with her friends.
At the end of the night they were starting to walk towards the bus stop when lyra noticed the same guy who was hitting on kyla just an hour ago. He was harassing some other girl in the alley. Lyra went running at him and she kicked him down and beat him unconscious. The other woman in the ally thanked lyra and walked off, but lyra wasn't finished she saw this as an opportunity to free the earth of a scummy low life loser. So she continued to beat the man until she heard him stop breathing and once she was satisfied with her work she left and met up with her friends at the bus stop. They questioned where she went and she replied with the excuse of needing to use the washroom. Her friends believed her and they went home.
Chapter 3: guilt
August, 1st, 2006
It was exactly one month since Lyra had beaten that man to death and she was starting to feel guilty, she wasn't sure that was the right word. She didn't feel bad for killing that man but she felt odd she wasn't feeling right.
Chapter 4: the second
September, 18th, 2006
Lyra was walking home from work by this time it's usually 1 am. As she was walking down the street she noticed a woman being harassed by this huge tall man, this triggered something inside lyra and sent her into a spiral. She charged the man at full speed and beat him. She grabbed a garbage can lid from beside her and chucked it at the man knocking him out. The woman was too stunned to speak and she ran off. As the man fell she listened to see if he was still breathing. He wasn't so lyra slumped down on the ground and took a breath, she was exhausted, he was a big man and he put up a strong fight.
Chapter 5 : ...kill
September, 30th,2006
Lyra laid in her bed staring at the ceiling waiting to fall asleep, she had been restless since the night she killed that man. She was still on such a high buzz. The feeling she got when she killed him was better than she had ever felt. She decided instead of sleeping she would kill someone and maybe she would realize how bad it actually was and maybe get some slumber. She went into the kitchen and she grabbed a small peeling knife and concealed it in her light blue velvet sweatpants and stepped out the door. She opted out of taking the elevator to the main floor and instead took the stairs hping for some easy prey. She walked down two flights of stairs when she heard someone open a door. This gave her a rush and she ran down to see what her prey was gonna be. It was a tall light skinned man with brown hair and green eyes. She ran up to the man, he looked her up and down and gave a little whistle. Lyra wasn't particularly fond of men gawking at her so when he did she swiftly pulled out the knife and dida little spin splitting his throat open.the blood rushed out an splattered all over her. She thought this would disgust her but she actually loved it. The sudden warmth of the man's blood dancing on her skin felt amazing. The man fell to the ground hard and with a loud sudden thud. She then realized that it would be so hard to cover up the mess she has created. She then looked at herself realizing her blue sweatpants and matching sweater were covered in blood spatter. She then started to freak out a little bit and she ran back to her apartment and grabbed a bunch of bleach and cleaner she then pushed the man's body down a trash shoot and cleaned the blood.
Chapter: 6
After this Lyra had given up killing for a few months. It was now mid December 2006. She was preparing for Christmas. This was one of her favourite holidays. She loved the lights and the New York snow and the Christmas songs blaring on all the radio stations. Since she was still new to New York she didn't have any traditions so she had decided to start one. Down the street from her apartment complex there was a quaint little restaurant named " The Dine on 9" it was ran by an old couple who didn't celebrate Christmas so they were open. She got out of her bed and put on a festive red velvet Juicy Couture track suit and headed out. She made her way down the street and walked into the diner. It was quite in there and not many people were around. She sat at the bar and ordered an eggnog cocktail. Whilst waiting for her drink she focused on the t.v which was playing " Home Alone" which was one of her favourite Christmas movies. She enjoyed watching the two burglars getting tortured by an innocent young boy. She had always thought the idea of a kid doing those things to these dumb adult men to be hilarious. as she was watching the movie she had heard some odd noises coming from outside the diner. It was this creepy looking man cat calling this younger girl walking down the street. She noticed that the girl looked distraught and like she was lost. Of course since she lived in such a big city she was used to seeing creepy men being creeps but she noticed something more off in this creepy mans demeanour. She decided to not pay attention to what was going on. At the same time her drink was served and she ordered her food. Again her attention was called to outside. This time she saw the man now grabbing the girl and touching her. She was trying to call for help but the man had covered her mouth. The man had now knocked out the girl with a punch to the head, and now was running to the ally way that was adjacent to the diner. This really worried Lyra so she got up and ran outside. She started calling for the creep but he was too preoccupied taking off the girls clothes. The second the man was about to rape this poor girly Lyra grabbed the man by the hood and yanked him back. The man started attacking back. He was bigger and stronger than Lyra. He started throwing punches at Lyra and pinned her down. She was convinced at this point that she was gonna die in this ally. Until something clicked in her head, she can't die here, not like this. With all her force she jolts up from the ground and head butts the man. For a moment everything went blurry for her. Once she came to the man was lying next to her on the ground unconscious. At this point she had gotten such a rush from knocking this man out. In the dumpster next to her she noticed an old strand of Christmas lights. This gave her an idea and she grabbed them and tied them around the creeps neck. She then pulled both ends of the lights as hard as she could. She kept pulling and pulling until the mans face and body eventually went purple and splotchy. At this time the poor girl had came too. Lyra immediately turned her attention to the girl and tried to make sure she was ok. The girl had a large welt on the side of her face where the man had hit her. Besides that the girl said she was ok and that she was just freaked out by the situation. Lyra asked the girl her name and it was Lita. She was new to the city and hadn't yet got an apartment. Lyra thought it was a perfect opportunity to get a roommate since she needed help with the rent. Lita agreed and they both went back to the diner, leaving the dead man behind in the snow.
