Beautifully Insane

Chapter 1

I was a quiet child and many thought it was odd and worrying because of the rumours. The rumours that said the quiet ones are insane. I didn't have friends until I was twelve and that's when I came out of my shell. I started to become a social butterfly. I talked to everyone and...everything. The teachers and my peers didn't see this though. Everything spoke to me in beautiful whispers. One day someone caught me and something bad happened.
I was talking to my tree when it all happened. We were having a pleasant conversation about the ocean, what I didn't know was my friend, Elena was watching.
"Oh, Brenda. I ocean looks lovely doesn't it? I said showing Brenda, my tree the picture.
"It does! I wish I could move, so I could visit the ocean." Brenda responded.
"That would be wonderful! We would have a wonderful time. We could bring snacks and drinks and have a picnic near the ocean. Then we could go swimming in the ocean." I said excitedly.
"I wish I could..." Brenda was cut off by a voice behind me.
It was my friend Elena. She had been spying on me! She looked scared. I wasn't sure of what though.
"Lucy? Why were you talking to that tree?" Elena asked in a gentle voice.
"Because I didn't want to be rude, she's my friend too!" I said giving her a stern look because Brenda was getting upset.
"Lucy, thats just a tree."
"No! It's Brenda and you better stop! Your upsetting her!"
"Lucy, trees can't talk! It's just a stupid tree in the stupid woods at our school. It's not even a pretty tree."
I screamed. How dare she talk to Brenda, my best friend that way! Brenda had feelings too. I was furious at Elena.
"HOW DARE YOU TALK TO BRENDA THAT WAY!!!! WHAT DID SHE EVERY DO TO YOU??!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs at her.
"Kill her. Please? For me?" Brenda whispered to me.
"Okay."
"Okay what?" Elena asked with tears running down her face and utter fear in her eyes.
I stepped toward her pulling out the knife I had in my waistband. I had stolen the knife from my parents and had hidden it in my waistband. The knife had been cutting me the whole day but I had a cloth there so the blood wouldn't show.
"Lucy! Please I'm sorry!" Elena pleaded.
I stayed silent and slit her throat. Blood came gushing out of the wound and I watched the life leave her eyes. It was beautiful. The blood, the death was just beautiful! I loved it so much I cut of each of her fingers, chopping the bone as I cut. Blood came gushing out of the wounds. I wanted more. I cut off the middle of her arms, through the bone again. When there was bone it was much harder to cut off, but I didn't mind. Blood came out of that wound as well.
I cut off both her arms, then I moved on to the legs and did the thing I did with the arms. I cut open her stomach to reveal her intestines. I pulled them out and made shapes with them for awhile. After I got bored with that I cut off her lips and her nose. I then used my spoon from my lunch bag to scoop her beautiful green eyes out. I cut her hair off and her eyebrows next.
"You should make a doll with her parts!" Brenda said with glee.
"Alright! After I cut out her heart." I said excitedly.
After I had done that, I got the tape out of my school bag. I arranged Elena's bones into a doll shape. I taped the bones together. I taped skin over the bone, then I taped her facial features on. The last step was taping her hair on.
After that was finished, I created mini clothes out of her old ones. Then I used her heart and other body parts as furniture. I also created a blood pool for my new doll.
"Could you leave the doll there? I want to look at it some more." Brenda asked.
"Alright Brenda, for you." I replied smiling.
"Thank you."
"Your welcome! I have to go now Brenda. I'll see you tomorrow! Love you!" I said walking toward the pond in the woods.
I had to wash Elena's blood off, even though I didn't want to. I had to because Mama would be mad if I had blood all me and I hated when Mama was mad. I washed the blood off and started to walk home. I realized I had left the kitchen knife next to Brenda, but I left it because I knew Brenda would keep it safe. I went home to Mama and Daddy.
Would I got home I smelled tomato soup. Tomato soup was my favourite because it looked like you were eating blood. I looked at my watch it was 5:59, I was just I time for dinner.
"Lucy, go wash your hands please! Dinner is ready!" Mama said walking around the corner smiling.
"Lucy! Your wet! I thought I told you not to get wet or dirty!"
"I'm sorry Mama! You didn't say don't get wet though!" I said crying because I made Mama angry.
"Go take a bath. I'll keep dinner warm and we will eat together." Mama said in a gentle voice.
I went upstairs to take a bath. When I had undressed and gotten in the water, Elena appeared. She was naked and bloody.
"Hi Elena!" I said cheerfully.
"Hi Lucy!" She said as equally cheerful.
During my bath we talked about school and boys. I bid her goodbye when I had to get out though and she disappeared.
I went downstairs to have dinner. The table was already set with bowls of tomato soup and spoons. Mama and Daddy were already sitting down. When I sat down we all started eating. The phone rang in the middle of the meal though. Mama got up to answer it. She came back after 30 minutes, with tears in her eyes.
"Lucy I need to tell you something." Mama said still crying.
"Okay, Mama."
"Elena has passed away. She was killed in the woods."
I looked at her confused. I had left Elena with Brenda and I had talked to her in the bath. I trusted Brenda to protect Elena! I started to cry because Elena the doll was dead and my friendship with Brenda was ruined. My parents hugged me trying to get me to stop crying but I couldn't.
I ended up falling asleep in my parents arms. They brought me to my room and tugged me in. I woke up at 12:30. I stayed silent and could her my parents TV. They had it on the news channel.
"Elena Ashed was murdered by a psychopath in the woods behind Sandwood Elementary School. How do we know it was a psychopath? Ashed was taken apart with a kitchen knife to make a doll. The doll and the rest of her body was found by..."the news anchor said, but was cut off by Mama.
"I can't listen. Let's just go to bed."
I heard them turn off the light and get into bed. I was grinning ear to ear. Elena wasn't dead! The police had her so she was definitely safe. The news had got it wrong. I couldn't wait to tell Mama in the morning.
When I woke up I ran downstairs happily. I smelled pancakes, so I went to the kitchen to fond Mama. She was at the stove looking down.
"Mama! Elena isn't dead. I saw her last night."
Mama began to cry and I don't know why. She hugged me and said that she was alive in my heart. She then explained that Elena WAS dead. I thought she wasn't, but I always believe Mama.
The next day's went by in a blur. Elena's funeral was coming up and everyone was panicking about a supposed psychopath. I was being watched more careful, so I wouldn't go missing. The school was closed due to the investigation.
It was the day of Elena's funeral and the whole town went. A priest talked for most it and it was really boring. It was also confusing. Why were they crying about Elena? Who cares if she died? She was annoying and mean anyway. Also everyone was wearing black. Why not red? Elena had died with blood all around her and blood is beautiful. I was about to say this to Mama but Elena's mom, Sydney Ashed came and gave me a bear hug.
"Oh honey! You must so as upset as well." Mrs. Ashed said with tears running down her face.
Mrs. Ashed noticing my lack of tears whispered to Mama.
"Poor thing is in denial."
I was a little angry at that comment, but I realized she was the poor thing. She didn't even know her own daughter was alive.
"Mrs. Ashed? Could you come have a walk with me?" I asked.
"Of course darling!" She replied, tears still running down her face.
We walked toward the path. We talked about the grave stones for awhile. Mrs. Ashed pointed out beautifully carved stones and I pointed out old grave stones.
"Look at..." Mrs. Ashed said, but I cut her off.
"Elena's still alive." I said bluntly.
"What?"
"Elena is still alive." I said slowly.
"You say her too?" Mrs. Ashed asked hopefully.
"Yeah I say her last night. She was covered in blood though." I said thinking how beautiful it was.
"Oh, thank goodness! I'm not going insane! You saw her ghost too!" Mrs. Ashed said with relief.
"Yeah."
"I told Rick I wasn't crazy! He's going to be so glad our baby girl is still with us!" Mrs. Ashed said running off.
One week later Mrs. Ashed killed herself and Mr. Ashed. Apparently she had wanted to be with Elena once again but Mr. Ashed said no. Mrs. Ashed said that Elena needed her father so she killed him and then killed herself. The police were saying that Mrs. Ashed had mostly likely murdered Elena, so they stopped the investigation.
We had to go let another funeral for the Ashed family and once again I was bored out of my mind. Everyone was wearing black but I was wearing both red and black. I had begged Mama to let me wear red but she only let me wear it if I had both colours. Everyone kept giving me dirty looks for wearing the colour red, I knew they just jealous though. One man kept giving me dirty looks, so I stuck my tongue at him. He looked at me in surprise and looked down at the ground. I wanted to hurt him but I knew Mama would yell at me.
After the funeral we went home. Daddy turned the news on and I played a board game with Mama. The news anchor said they had a story coming up about a town of death. They came back from the break and started talking about the town of death. He said the towns was Hollowbanks, our town.
I turned to Mama angrily.
"That's not true! Why are they lying!!!" I screamed.
"Honey, calm down. They just want to get people to pay attention. It's a hook." Daddy said.
"Oh." I said calmed down.
I went to bed after dinner. I layed there thinking about death and blood. I thought about it until I feel asleep.
When I awoke Daddy and Mama were gone. I couldn't find a note from them of where they had gone. I started to cry and panic. What if they were never coming back?! What if they kidnapped and killed?! Then it hit me. The neighbours have them. They always love Mama's cooking and they always said Daddy was so handsome. They most have them. I made a quick decision and grabbed a knife. I grabbed a baseball bat as well.
I stepped out of the house, my weapons hidden. I looked around and saw that almost everyone in the neighbourhood was gone except our neighbours, the Sons. I ran over there to there house and knocked on the door. Celeste Sons opened the door.
"Hello Dear, what can I do for you?"
"I'm here to kill you."