Stained Flower: A Light Novel

Prologue: The Murder

STAINED FLOWER
Prologue

Crimson red liquid covered the ivory carpet, making the red color flow to it's ornaments and created a pool of blood. A bronze heaired woman clinged into life hopelessly. Yet, she smiled at the young girl who whimpered at the sight of her own mother's slaughter.

"M-Mom.. I'm sorry! Mom, please forgive me!" The child begs, dropping the blood stained knife from her hands. She never thought of the day that she will kill her own mother.

Tears streamed down of cheeks and tiny drops rolled over the carpet. Instead of a look of hatred that the child expected her mother to give her, she gave her daughter a loving gaze, and she kept wondering how she does not despise her after all that she has done.

"Hush, Hana.." The mother said, as she coughed blood. The child's eyes widened, and she held to her mother's scarlet stained shirt.

"Don't talk anymore, okay? I-I'm such a horrible daughter." The blonde girl stared at her mother's wound with a sympathetic and regretful gaze.

"I did this to you! You should be looking at me like I'm a monster! What's that loving look? Why can't you just.. hate me..?" She shouts, her tone lowering on the last sentence. Her mother only shook her head in disagree.

"We both know why you did this, Hana.. and I-- I don't blame you for this." Hearing her mother's words, it seemed like the missing piece of her heart was just retrieved, yet, her heart was still wounded.

Her hands are not pure; but her mother loved her more than anything. She stood by her side everyday, and today doesn't make any difference.

"I also killed Dad, Mom. I killed him like we didn't share any bonds.. Can you still f-forgive me after all that?" She asks softly, and her hands clenched into a fist. She gritted her teeth, and glared at the floor. Her eyes widened when she found her mother chuckling.

What's so funny? The child thought.

"Of course, sweetie. Your father and I were meant to die, anyways." She says with a closed eye smile. "Listen, Hana. Don't blame yourself. Live a life, have good friends." Another batch of tears streamed down her face again, like the transparent liquid has unlimited stock. Why can't the tears just stop?

Her mother gasps a little, holding her wound. She smiled, "Take care Hana, my litte flower..."

Her swollen eyes widened even more; her Mother's leaving her too. And it was all her fault.

"M-Mom...? Come on! Wake up!"

Seeing that her Mother laid peacefully on the ground and completely doesn't have any intention of waking up, she screamed.

A scream full of agony and remorse.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of a police car. Cops were coming. Her lower lip trembled in fear and her body shaked. What if they find out? Will they take her to jail? No no, her mind says. She was only a minor.

Three cops came in all in position and ready, in pursuit of the suspect.

The blonde girl wondered how the police found out so quickly; their neighbors must have interfered.

The police found her, and told her to go outside. She didn't refuse.

She turned to peek at the police and found that they examined the corpses. A tear escaped her eye as she walked away.

"Is there anything you found inside?" A firm voice asks from the shadows. The cop nodded.

"Two dead bodies were found." The police in charge of the mission nodded and lifted his finger to his chin, observing the surroundings.

"Is that all you found?" The cop shook his head and pointed at the blonde girl outside the house who was staring blankly at thin air.

"A survivor. It's quite suspicious that the suspect did not come for her." The other cop nodded and conversed about a knife that was left behind, still covered in fresh blood.

A cop came running towards Hana, and patted her head.

"Little girl, you're in for questioning."

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author's note;

So hi guys! This is my very first story to be published here, so I am pretty sure it isn't so good. I made it a light novel, since I wanted to make one for a long time, I just couldn't find when. Don't worry, it'll get better by chapter :D (or not what am I saying) I'll probably make this some sort of series, this book is only a short story. :)