Short stories

Artemis - Murder Mystery RP OC

A little thing I have to say:This short story takes place 6 years after the events of the Murder Mystery RP, and 2 years after Artemis and Alora got married.With that cleared, let us begin :)

"Sometimes I wish all the bad things in my life didn't happen to me, but... 

I know I wouldn't be who I am today without them."

Artemis and Alora were sitting on their small terrace, watching the sunset together while cuddling.
"Hey, do you... Want to talk about what happened?" Alora looked at Artemis. "They say talking helps."
Artemis smiled and sighed.
"Maybe you're right... I'm pretty much over it anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to do that..."

21 YEARS AGO

Young Artemis woke up to shattering glass and shouting.

Out of curiosity, she went out of bed and toward the kitchen, where she thought the noise came from.
She suddenly heard her mother scream and stopped in her tracks, terrified.
"OWEN WHAT THE HELL-"
Her father shouted but suddenly stopped.
Artemis, still afraid but curious about what happened, peeked through the doorframe into the kitchen.

Her eyes went wide in shock at the sight before her.
Her older brother, Owen, was standing above their parents' bodies with a knife covered in blood.
"Ow... Owie?"
She called out her brothers' nickname.
Owen turned around and saw Artemis.
"A... Arty-" He dropped the knife. "Hey, it's not- It's not what you think, sweetie!"
He tried to approach her, but she stepped back.
"What happened to Mama and Papa...?"
Owen went towards her again, but this time she let him.
"Arty... Ma and Pa are just sleeping, okay? They're alright, okay?" He said, crouching to meet his sisters' eyes. "Let's get you to bed too, okay...?"
She nodded and proceeded to follow him towards her room.

Owen was silent the whole time he was putting Artemis to bed.
"Owie?"
Artemis broke the silence.
"Yes, Arty?"
"You look sad..."
"Oh, I do?" He said, a bit surprised. "Don't... Don't worry about me, it's nothing, sweetheart..."He went quiet for a minute."Can you promise me something, Arty?"
"Of course, Owie!"
Artemis exclaimed with excitement.
"Promise to remember that whatever happens, I'm always by your side, okay? Even if you think I'm not, I am there, alright?"
He said with a sad smile.
"Okay, Owie!"
Artemis smiled widely at her brother.
"Thank you, Arty." He kissed her forehead. "Goodnight. I love you."
He spoke as he was leaving.
"Love you too, Owie!"
Artemis said happily and closed her eyes.

"If only I knew what he planned to do, I would have stopped him, But... I didn't know until it was too late." Artemis quit for a moment. "The next morning I was woken up by a police officer. They told me my parents and brother went somewhere for some time and that I would be staying with some nice ladies in an orphanage. Back then I didn't know they were dead. I only realized years later."Artemis stopped to wipe some tears."I was in an orphanage for a year, before someone adopted me. The couple that took me in, were elves too and had an 11 years old son. His name was Elliot and he was the best big brother I could ever wish for..." She went silent before continuing. "And I miss him."

14 YEARS AGO

Artemis has just returned from school.
"I'm back!"
She yelled when she entered the house, but was surprisingly met with silence.
*Elliot is still at school or what? Normally he would be crushing me in a hug right now-* She thought as she went towards the living room.
"Mom, dad do you know why Elliot isn't-" She stopped when she saw her parents crying. "Mom, dad? What happened?"
She asked worriedly as she approached them.
"Artemis- Your brother... Elliot, he-" Her mother said, through the tears. "He- He got into an- an incident and- he-"

"He's... dead."

"I couldn't get over his death... I had visions of him in my sleep for years, but they stopped after a while... They only came back 6 years ago when... You- You know..." Artemis started to tremble at the memories of that place. "The- The g-game-" Alora grabbed her hand and squeezed it."Hey, if you don't want to continue, you don't have to... After all, I know you're still not comfortable talking about the game."
She kissed the back of Artemis's hand. Artemis smiled at the gesture.
"Y-yeah..."
"Try to calm down, honey. Take your time, okay?"
"O-okay... I just need a moment, heh..."
Artemis smiled at her wife and leaned onto her.

They stayed like that for a couple of minutes, till Artemis was calm enough to continue.

Artemis took a breath and started to tell the story again.
"When I was about 15, I had a boyfriend, but... He forced me to be with him..."
She said, shaking a bit.

ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO

Artemis shut the bathroom door behind her and quickly locked it.
"ARTEMIS OPEN THE DOOR!"
She sat on the ground sobbing.
"No no no no no no no no-"
She kept repeating to herself.
"ARTEMIS!"
She hid her head in her knees.
It's been about 2 minutes since she called the cops on him.
*They will be here soon- I just need to wait in here and everything is going to be okay-*
"ARTEMIS!!!"
She flinched as he banged on the door.
"It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright-"
She repeated to herself over and over.
"ARTE-"
"Stop right there!!!"
Artemis lifted her head when she heard the cops had arrived.

She was still crying when the paramedics were checking her over for injuries.

"I dyed my hair purple because it reminded me of how he used to say he loved my blond hair..."
Artemis went silent for a while.

"I just want to forget all of that happened." Artemis started to shudder again. "I understand that it happened and I can't undo it, but I want to at least forget-"
She felt more tears flood her eyes.
"It just- It... Hurts too much, I want to-"
Alora stopped Artemis from saying anything more by kissing her.

"Shhh, it's alright."

Artemis, still shaking and crying, hugged her wife.
And Alora hugged her back, whispering that it's okay to cry, till Artemis calmed down and fell asleep.

MY GOD I STAYED UP PAST 3AM TO WRITE THIS-

SO SORRY IF THERE ARE ANY MISTAKES-

Okay I'm going to sleep now.

Baiii <3

Edit:
Okay so I did some editing, but I did it on my phone- So If to anyone the spaces between text is weird, please let me know!