The Annoying Dreamer and the Artistic Doubter

Love and Yuletide Slasher: Act Two

"Hey, you can't just cut to the kill like that," Keegal complained.

"Can you stop interrupting us already?"

    "I was interrupting Camila. Besides, her grades somehow ended up higher than mine."

    "And they'll get even higher after this," she blurted out. "Can I continue?"

    Keegal raised his hands like he was being arrested as Ms. Faherty started docking down points for interrupting, allowing her to press on.

    "The killer pulled the shop teacher near a saw blade. When it looked like he'd be spared, another pair of helpers took him from behind and strapped him to a wooden crucifix, kicking him into it."

    "The next day, Mars was downright horrified at the news as Hayden tried calming everyone down. When Bastion started accusing Billy, Renesmee remembered spotting him leaving so it had to be someone else.

    Silas took over.

    "Then Bastion pointed out, wait, Mars, weren't your parents killed by his? She starts getting uncomfortable and heads out, annoying

"However, it's her birthday coming up, so her friends suggest they host a party, inviting him to the party."

    "Billy goes to the party and Mars is there, going to find him and ask if he killed their teacher, only for him to confess that he came because he wanted to see her. Before they could talk, they see Renesmee's friends Jayshawn and Dayla dressed up as a killer and a woman dressed in blood: the same as what happened to Billy's parents."

    Someone rightfully pointed out how wrong it was for them to do much to Silas' amusement.

"Keep following along. It gets better."

 "Bastion starts leading people to laugh and record, leading Billy to go out and punch the living shit out of him, but gets up and storms away. Just as he gets attacked by the killer Santa, Mars chucks a knife and the two leave on a bus, getting off at a park."

 "Billy explains to her that when he was younger, he saw his mother get killed by his father because he found her in a bedroom with another guy around Christmas time and wanted to punish him."

He was upset with his mother, thinking that she didn't love either of them, but he wished that they could've worked things out and learned why she did it. He had no idea her father was one of the people she was sleeping with."

"So he gave her a woodblock in the shape of a heart. He wanted to give it to her as thanks, but to make up for the sins of his parents, he offered her and the flowers that dropped from behind to give it to her."

"She looked down, pointed to herself and asked: for me?"

"Billy couldn't look her in the eye, but nodded, struggling to pick it up. As she helped him, both their hands touched, grabbing it together."

"Awnh that's so sweet," Royal interrupted as Silas finished handing out Camila's drawings of Billy's confession to Mars. "Ack, sorry."

"All good. Mars wasn't sure what to do afterwards, blurting out she was happy he always came around but wasn't used to it, explaining her attitude and also apologizing."

"Billy wasn't mad though: she still treated him like he belonged, that's why he grew to love her, covering his mouth the moment after he said it."

"She laughed, about to say something when the two jumped from the sound of his phone ringing, leading her to fall onto him and her lips kissing his cheeks. Both were flustered as his hand answered the phone, and Renesmee asked where they were."

"Around the same time as their escape, Renesmee called out Jayshawn and Dayla for dressing up like Billy's parents, demanding they apologize and change immediately."

"The two went up to the bedroom to fool around instead, but before anything could happen, a person in an elf costume removed the metal ears off their outfit, stabbing Dayla through the mouth and turning her throat into a red fountain."

"Jayshawn tried to run away, but the killer elf ripped the Siberian Tiger Decor off the wall in the room, hurling it into him. He tried to crawl away, the person in the elf costume dragged his crotch into the tiger mouth, trapping him as the elf stomped on it."

"Oh he was done, the elf took out a sharp candy cane as Dayla fell to the floor, force feeding Jay's privates with multiple stabs, leaving him to die out."

"Renesmee had screamed when she found out, leading everyone to go into the room and staying together, unsure of who was responsible, calming down before asking if Mars was with her."

"Billy's words surprised them, since Hayden found that the killer left a woodblock at the scene, hearing everyone assume she was the one who attacked them. Billy warned her to call the police, wondering how Hayden was able to notice that so quickly."

"The two parted ways, but on Monday, Billy found Mars being interrogated by the police, accused of being the killer."

He rushed in to say otherwise when Hayden stopped him, pointing out it would look like they were working together. That way when it was his turn, his alibi would line up."

"Then Billy started getting suspicious. Hayden had come out of nowhere around the time that the murders began happening. The wheels in his head began turning. What he was saying made way too much sense. Then it clicked with him."

"Whoever this Yuletide Slasher was had ties to his family: another victim of his father who wanted to take out their revenge on him. But Mars stayed with him the whole time, meaning their plan was either to frame her for the attacks and leave fake evidence behind to prove her."

"Or kill him while everyone was distracted making fun of his trauma. But they didn't Mars to interfere with that, leading Jayshawn and Dayla to become casualties."

"She saved his life. Touched, he decided to confront Hayden. Even if he died doing so, he rather die fighting the slasher than knowing she'd get hurt or arrested for the sole crime of not treating him like a murderer."