The Detective of the Dead

His Confession

  "I have a secret. At first, I don't want to tell this to some of my friends for our protection. Since the criminals forgot and don't know me at all. I will tell it. I am really a male. 

 "One sunny day, when I was a eleven child, I have a sister and an orphaned female cousin. My cousin was living with us when her parents died. My twin sister and I have faces and hairstyle that are very much alike but she is cuter than me. When I was going to my bubbly bathtub, I slipped and fell senseless. My body floated and my nose can breath. The bubbles concealed me so no one noticed me there. My cousin fitted my twin's clothes and my clothes are wears my clothes and they play happily. Suddenly, men with guns trespass our house and killed my cousin, twin sisters,parents, maids and butlers. They said that they killed because my father is a valiant judge. When I gained my consciousness, I dressed my self with bathrobe and I saw their bodies bathed with their own blood. It was a horrifying scene. I cried a little, my mind became blank and my body shivers. I just sat beside the cabinet. 

 "'Nickels, there is a survivor here." said the strange man.' 

 "An inspector approached me. He was a man about thirty years of age, middle sized, with a gentle marked face but a commanding figure."Are you alright? What is your name?' 

 "'I am Alistair Maxwell. My sister, Alice and my cousin is Sheryl.' 

 "He dragged me to an orphanage. After a year, he adopted me and dyed my red hair into black. When I grow up, they noticed that I looks like my father so they ordered me to disguise as a female to protect myself from the murderers. The murderers may think that my father or his was alive."

 "You live dangerously." answered Allen. 

"I already know that your a man but I thought you are a woman at the first glance. I remembered that I tried to kiss your cheeks and you beat me." 

 We laughed loudly except Penelope. 

 "You live dangerously? I love that!" said Veronica to me. 

 "What? In all of this years, my bestfriend is a man?! That's why you refuse to go with me in the bathroom." she cried.

 "Don't cry, Penelope. I'm still your bestfriend." 

 "He is right Penelope." added Veronica. 

 She walked out of the camp. I follow her. 

 "Gender is not important to me. It's the friendship. Our friendship is important. I just conceal my identity for my protection." 

 "Don't touch me!" 

She ran away from me while crying and I stay where I am. I worried about her.Penelope walked further in the woods. Her footsteps made the little branches cracked on the ground. The woods is dark, cold, and eerie. Only the full moon lights her way. She heard the sounds of the crickets and the owls. But she felt scared because of eyes from somewhere. It was a wolf. A wolf saw her. She was terrified and slowly she leaned herself to a tree. The wolf growls and it may bite her if she panic. The wolf attacked her. She closed her eyes but the wolf was dropped on the ground.Someone blows a powder and it paralyzed the wolf. Melissa (or Alistair) rescued her. Penelope was relieved but she didn't noticed her rescuer. 

 We silently get back to the camp. We planned to get out of that place tomorrow. Allen knows the direction to their ancestral house because he used to have a walk there when he was young. Our group slept with our coats as there blanket. 

I am still awake. I meditated and felt the cool wind whispering onto my ears. I hear and felt earth and air spirits. They are friendly and guarding good people from harm. I greeted them telepathically and said we will not harm them. From now on I will show my true gender but, of course, not my true identity. I search for my scissors among my clothes and cut my hair. While I am cutting it, it becomes black from blond. My eyes become as blue as sapphire because I fade the hair and eye color spell. 

When the sun rises and the campfire become smoke, we woke early to travel to Allen's ancestral house. I helped the coachman to walk. They brought their briefcase of clothes with them. 

 "Nice new look!" said Veronica with a wink. 

 "Thank you." I replied. 

 It was early in the afternoon when they reached the Allen's ancestral house.