Short Stories

I - The Necklace

Genre: Mystery, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror (a bit)
Words count: 1,340

Mike sighed as he looked at the clock and back at the files. He has been working on this crime case for 5 days now; working all day and night yet no clues. He’s a professional crime investigater but no crime case took him this long; he would usually solve it in 2-3 days but this crime case was different. Very different. Three 11 years old children were killed in one day. The weird thing was that all these three children were untouched, no scratches, no traces of blood just... dead!

Mike scanned through the pictures once again before putting them back in a folder. His mind was not working because of lack of sleep. He stood up from his chair stretched his arms while yawning. He usually finishes work at 7 or 8pm but he stayed late because it was Friday. He was really tired thus resulting him to nearly fall asleep while working on the case. Mike put on his black leather jacket and closed the door, making sure it was locked. He opened the car door and hopped inside his black Range Rover. He started the engine and began to drive to his house.

The roads were clear which resulted him to reach home quickly. He inserted the house keys and unlocked the door. The door made a creaky noise when he opened it. The windows were open letting the chilly wind gush inside. He never opens the windows nor his sister Myra.
“Weird” He thought as he closed the windows and headed towards the living room. He spotted Myra sitting on a chair tightly clutching a doll in her hands.
“Myra. Why aren’t you in bed yet? Are you okay?" Mike asked as he leaned next to a table.
“Myra?”
Silence.
“Are you okay?” Mike asked once again.

"Have you ever thought” Myra paused look up at Mike mysteriously. She stared with no emotions; something was fishy about her today. She never stayed up this late nor hold a doll. Mike stared at Myra, patiently waiting for her to continue, “That I might not be Myra?" Mike furrowed his eyebrows.

"What do you mean?" Mike questioned, confused. The doll that Myra was holding slowly crumbled away revealing a blue phoenix. There was a sudden flash of light ego resulting Mike to shut his eye close. When he opened his eyes, instead of Myra there was a girl sitting on the chair staring at him. She had long black hair, green eyes and she was wearing a long black dress. The blue phoenix flew out of her hands and sat on her shoulder; his piercing blue eyes shining in the dark. Mike couldn’t even move an inch, his mind was still processing what just happened.

"W-who are you?" Mike manage to stammer in complete shock.

"Give me the blue diamond." The girl said as she stood up from the chair. Mike immediately grabbed a knife that was laying on the table and pointed it towards the girl.

"I said who are you and where is Myra?" Mike shouted; many emotions were running in his mind, but most of all he was petrified.

"I wouldn’t do that if I were you!" The girl mumbled as she fiercely stared at the knife and back at Mike. The knife suddenly started shaking violently and fell on the floor with a loud thud. Mike froze in his spot. He felt uneasy; everything around him was blurry. His heart was beating so fast that he thought it might explode any second.

“Now, give me the blue diamond and I’ll tell you where Myra is!” The girl shouted. He had no choice; he have to do this to save Myra. He immediately opened his bag and took out a golden box. He slowly and carefully opened the box revealing a shiny ocean blue diamond. As he was handing it to the girl, he wondered what was so special about this blue diamond.

“Myra is in Artemis... a planet 4 million light years away from Earth.” The girl spoke as she snatched the box from Mike. Suddenly a huge blue cloud appeared out of nowhere next to the girl, “By the way, I’m Laila... Laila Mávros.”

“But how am I going to find Myra!” Mike shouted in frustration.

“Not my problem.” Laila chuckled and disappeared into thee blue cloud. As she did so, she dropped a little bag. Mike immediately picked up the bag and scanned it. There was bold writing on it. ‘Polar Dust’ it read.

“What was her name again? Lalisa? Laira? You dropped something!” Mike shouted as he went through blue cloud without thinking twice. He started spinning non stop and then a blinding flash of light appeared. Mike tightly shut his eyes once again and then he landed on a hard ground. He slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were blurry but he managed to stand up and brush the dust off his clothes. The air was filled with smoked and the sky was red, so was the ground, the rocks, the water, the dead plants, everything was red. In the distance he could see flames. Was he in Hell?

“Mike?” He heard a voice. He immediately looked to the right and there was Myra looking at him puzzled. Some part of her face was covered with ashes; her long, brown hair was flowing with the wind.

“Myra? Myra!” Mike spoke in a surprised tone. He suddenly hugged Myra, “You’re alive!”

“Uh.. you know I hate hugs.” Myra said as she slowly backed away from Mike, “Anyway what are you doing here in Artemis?”

“I could ask you the same question!” He paused looking around, “What happened here?”

“Magma Dust. It’s a really powerful dust. We need to fix it before it’s too late but we need Polar Dust and that’s why I am here.” Myra spoke with a serious tone.

“I-I think I have Polar Dust!” Mike mumbled as he took the little bag with ‘Polar Dust’ written on it and gave it to Myra.

“H-How did you find this? It's like the strongest Dust and it’s really hard to find especially in this little bag. It’s also rare so I’m quite shocked. Plus you can’t find this in Artemis nor in Earth.” Myra babbled.

“Long story... I’ll tell you later.” Mike suggested.
“Oh.. ok!” Myra said as she opened the little bag and sprinkled the polar dust around. The ground suddenly started to shake violently. The Magma Dust and the Polar Dust were reacting creating a thick and dark atmosphere; hard to breath. Suddenly the shaking stopped and the green grass with colourful flowers slowly started covered the ground; long trees grew in an instant as the sky turned baby blue with fluffy white clouds.

After a few moments, there was an another blinding flash of light appeared in consequence Myra and Mike tightly shut their eyes because of the brightness. As they both opened their eyes, they were laying on the cold, hard ground of their house. They were back in Earth. Mike smiled from ear to ear; not caring how freezing cold it was. He looked over at Myra; her necklace sparkling in the dim light.

“Myra... your necklace.” Mike whispered, as he looked at the Necklace in amazement.

“Oh yeah.. this necklace helps me to travel to different planets & universes. It also gives me 3 more lives for every planet I go, So when someone kills me , I come back to life. When it glows, it’s means I completed a mission and it’s time for another mission,” Myra paused looking closely at the Necklace, “ My next mission is to go to Azmere and get back the blue diamond from Laila Mavros.”

“MYRA! NO!” Mike shouted; he didn’t want her sister to leave him again. He didn’t want his sister to go to any other plants Especially not Laila’s.

“Sorry but without the blue diamond, it’s powers are incomplete.” Myra said in low voice and disappeared into thin air. She was gone... again.

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A/N: And congratulations! You have survived reading one of the worst stories in this world. *Hands the reader a certificate* Ok but seriously this story is horrible. But thanks for reading anyway. Baii.