The diary ended there. "What...who..."Abigail's voice trailed off. "Abigail. I think we have to run."Alex determined. "Huh? Why?" "Because...."
"Because the legend is not a fake. The diary, was actually the truth to prove that it is real. She was Emilia's best friend. Until....Emilia betrayed her."
"Emilia involved in this?! And what do you mean by betrayed her? Who is 'her'?"Abigail asked in confusion. "I don't know...I'm sure I had read this legend before, but it's like it is slowly disappearing from my memories."Alex said, sweat dropped.
"C'mon. Let's get out of here."Abigail tried to turned the doorknob but it's lock from the outside. "Dammit! We can't get out of here!"She shouted. "Well, there's one way."Alex pointed at the end of the room,"we have to walk to the end." "At the end? How do you know if there's a way out there? The lights are dim."Abigail asked.
"Just my theory." "Fine..."Abigail fed up and she looked at the painting. Abigail suddenly stopped while the two of them are walking. "What?"Alex called out to her. "Isn't that a picture of..Shereena?"Abigail said and Alex looked at the direction where Abigail was looking. "White spectacle...black watch...the same outfit since the incident...and she's smiling?"Abigail's frighten.
"Is that the real Shereena that trapped in the painting or...it's just a painting of Shereena?"Alex asked.
SHEREENA'S POV
'How long has it been since I trapped in here..?'
I then saw two people walking in the room. From the looks of them, it's like I recognize the face. 'It's so familiar..wait,isn't that Alex and Abigail?!'
Then they looked at me. I was trapped in the painting. 'Hey!It's me! Arrhgg..no matter what,I can't speak. I tried to open my mouth but I can't. I just keep smiling.'
"Is that the real Shereena that trapped in the painting or...it's just a painting of Shereena?"Alex asked. 'It's me!!'
"Don't know.."Abigail continued,"maybe yes and maybe no." They just keep staring at, to observe whether I'm real or not.
"Hm?"Abigail spotted next to my painting. "That painting..."Abigail muttered.
NO ONE'S POV
"That painting..."Abigail muttered,"I saw it somewhere before." The two of them read the title of the painting and its explanation.
"BLIGHT"
This is myself and my regret.
Every night, I mourn my mistakes and think of my lost past. It must look like a disgraceful, ugly thing.
The meaning of daphnes is 'undying'. They bear poison berries just as I bear my regret.
And so, I leave it here.
By way of my precious brush.
"This..."Abigail shuttered. "Abigail?"Alex called out to her. Then out of nowhere, a piece of paper landed in front them.
I regret....everything what I had done. Emilia...Xera...I'm sorry...
I shouldn't have done that...I shouldn't have burned down the mansion. Because of my selfishness, my family died there. My father treated me and my mum badly, and after I burned them, I regret everything.
But then, I encountered this painting. 'Blight'.
A terrifying , overpower feeling of regret toward my memory exudes from the painting. Yes....being a murderer is indeed a cruel thing. That emotion is displayed bare. Burning itself into the viewer's eyes and mind.
It feels like my pain is understood. Only those who had murder someone can understand the power of this painting.
And at the same time...
The question of what to do with this suffering...I feel like I see an answer.
People can put such emotion toward things which they've lost, that no longer exist...and leave it in a heavy, venomous, beautiful form. In other words....
"The sorrow of loss is an eternal poison which stays with people forever." That...is what this painting is saying...
If the memory is still linger in my mind, I can just commit suicide. And myself..with poison. But I know that Xena and Emilia will join with me soon. Xena is living with her aunt, her younger brother and lastly....her obsessed uncle,who obsessed with his painting.
While Emilia, her parents is in the hospital now after the car accident. If her parents had passed away, I will definitely show this painting to her. Same goes for Xena. Till then...we will die together.
"So..there are three of them..who's Xena? Who is the person who wrote this letter?"Alex asked. "We should ask Rachel. She probably had found something while all of us had trapped...you know what I mean."She answered,"There's no doubt that these three people, had to do with this painting." "What do you mean by that? What does Blight refers to?"Alex asked.
"Blight refers to a specific affecting in response to infection by a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. It is a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. Accordingly, many diseases that primarily exhibit this symptom are called blights."Abigail explained.
"No wonder this painting is a withered daphnes, with bloods on it...?"Alex said.
Then....
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The painting is shown as a withered flower of daphnes, with bloods on it. And the background are painted a black colour. But I didn't have any suitable picture to put it, so just use your imagination to create what kind of daphnes do you want according to the description. Well...if you know what I mean..
And sorry for that...
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Mansion Madness
Horror"It was the beginning of the story..." "The madness has yet to begin.." The story began when a girl named Abigail Eve moved to a new mansion with her parents. She invited her friends for a sleepover. Then one night, crazy things began to happen in t...
