The Tell Tale Heart: The Twisted Ending

Part 2: Plot twist ending

This is from my mind I wrote this, this how I think the story was going to end before reading the ending.

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The officers were standing at the door, my heart was pounding, my body stilled, my palms started sweating and all I could think of where those few pieces' of floor boards that could lead me to my doing. My face told another story though, my face, a perfect picture of calmness as I smile sleepily at the three officers standing there with their shiny badges, clinging to their pristine uniforms. I shook, trying to make sure my fear wasn't showing.

I said "is something wrong officer? It is 4:00 AM in the morning."

The officer to my right and who answered was probably the youngest -- oh yes he was young probably no more than 20 years old, he had strawberry colored hair and you know what they say about gingers, they're soulless (not that I really believed that),it made him look like a young child, he had fair skin and freckles all over, he said "sorry sir but the neighbors file the complaint saying they heard something, may we take a look around?"

Though my face looked calm, I was screaming in the inside, my voice was heavily filled with terror as I open the door slightly and set in the best voice I can manage "sure coming in." I might have just signed my Deathwish right there and then but there's nothing I could do now.

They entered the kitchen, empty as they rummaged through the cupboards. The cop that was now looking in my cookie jar sure to find a snack was probably 61 years old with gray hair or what was left of it, he was fat and grumpy the complete opposite of the young cop, he yelled across the room "CLEAR!!!"

As the younger one shouts from my small living room "all clear here too!"

While they continued rummaging through things down stairs I started to calm down my mind, I mean I did everything perfectly, I cleaned everything, and I hid everything, these people couldn't possibly find the old man.

While I still kept an eye on the two cops my body relaxed, my palms stop sweating and my heart went back to a steady beat, The two cops said and at the same time "DOWN STAIRS IS CLEAR!!" It was like music to my ears.

But then I heard something from upstairs, a voice! I panicked, I forgot about the third cop!

The two cops came charging upstairs wondering what their partner has found. I raced to the kitchen and nervously grabbed a kitchen knife ready to fight. I stuck the knife in the pocket of my pants, careful not to cut myself I slowly move up the stairs my right hand position just right, so if I needed it I could easily reach my knife.

Upstairs it's cold and dark the floor silent even with everyone's footsteps. Shaking to myself trying to figure out what that dirty no good cop could've found. The third cop as pale as the young one, skin shimmering in the fading moonlight, was holding up clear for everyone to see was a...

HAND!!!!! As soon as I saw the hand dangling in the air held by the third cop, I slowly reached for my kitchen knife that kept poking at my side seeming to remind me it was there, ready to fight, as I hear the young cop shout "HOLY CRIPES!!!!"

I was ready to pounce, to attack, and then just as I was prepared to attack I heard a loud laugh! It was one of my dummy hands from Halloween, I let go of the taker I had on the night that seem to turn my knuckles as white as snow, then I asked "if you're done fooling around it's 5:00 AM and I haven't gotten any sleep at all so would you please leave."

All I could think of was getting them out of the house. The cops looked at each other and then at me and then back at each other and finally answered "sorry sir, everything looks fine we will leave now thank you for your time." I sighed with relief as I finally let go of all my fear of being caught. They were almost out of the bedroom and down the stairs when we heard a sudden noise.

Creeeeekkkkk!!!!!!!!

It was coming from one little spot on the floorboard, I turned my head,I was as white as can be, suddenly an image flashes in my head "NO!!!!" I scream loudly in my head, all I see is the evil eye, blue and clouded looking at me, haunting me there's just no escaping it, before I asked if I was mad and I said no, well, I'm as mad as the mad Hatter himself, I couldn't take it anymore.

As soon as they lifted the floorboard I jumped on the fat cop with all my strength and stabbed him in the heart, I pulled the knife out and there lay the truth about me, I was crazy and now no one can get in my way, not even that dang online that kept popping up left and right. I grab the cops gun and hoisted myself up off of him. I thought to myself one down two to go, the two cops study guns locked and loaded on where I stood, holding my bloody knife and gun aimed at them.

BAAAAANNNNGGGG!!!!!!!!
BANNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!!

Shots are fired, bullets bang into the walls and windows, another shot is fired "BANG!" I know somebody is lying on the floor immobile and dead!

I also know that I'm not the one looking down at the limp body down on the floor. Nope, I am the dead, limp body. Dead, bleeding out and the only thing I feel before taking my spot by the devil is too tiny tears,running down my face, not because I died but because I lived the way I did, did the things I did, I was sorry to everyone I had hurt especially the person under my floor boards. I closed my eyes ready to go to hell, but then I saw a sliver of light that guided me up, I wasn't going with the devil, not today, I was going to become an angel a person with a clean mind and a fresh start. I was going to be good!

The end
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Authors note-

I hoped you liked my plot twist and ending!!!

I will post the real ending that Edger Allen Poe wrote in the next part if you want to read his point of thinking to how he wanted this story to end.

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-hannah