Shattered H.S

T W E N T Y E I G H T

'I let them climb inside my body.'

M A R C I E

"Ring a ring a roses, a pocket full of poses, a tissue, a tissue. We all fall down."...

I repeat the same nursery rhyme out loud over and over again, hoping the little song would bring some sort of comfort to me as I wonder through the dark forest and away from the hell hole I was raised in. Tears fall down my face as images flash through my mind of all the dead people on the floor. All the people I killed. I'm wearing nothing but my papa's shirt and it's freezing outside. Maybe I'll die too but my death will be slow and painful.

It was all your fault little Marcie.

"Don't stop singing Marcie." I mumble to myself as the awful voice I've been hearing since the trigger was pulled back home.

After hours of sitting on the floor in that room surrounded by the people I had killed, I knew I needed to get away. I needed to find Pebble and see if she would help me. So, I climbed out the window and ran, ran as far as I could. No plan. No people. Nothing. I just ran.

I had tripped over a log a while ago which caused my ankle to go all purpley, like the bruises that daddy would give me. It hurt a lot but I didn't let it stop me from moving on. It was strange to see so much light and air. As soon as climbed out the window it was as if I was in a completely different world. I could breathe and I could see, which are things I could never do whilst being stuck at home.

As I'm repeating the same line over and over again, I stop when I hear a creaking sound. My heart feels as if it's in my throat and I try to tell myself that I'm not scared and everything will be fine. The insistent ringing in my ears makes me flinch, it was the same ringing noise I got when my parents were killed and all of a sudden they would start talking. "H-Hello?"

Kill them Marcie. Do what you did to your loved ones. Protect yourself.

"No, No, No." I hit the side of my head to try and shake them out. I can't make them go away. "Please leave me alone." I whimper and look up at the tall trees and the sky peering through. "I don't want you in my head."

You put this on yourself Marcie. We're here to protect you.

"You're hurting me, not protecting me. Leave me alone!" I scream when I hear the loud rustle in the bushes again.

Kill them Marcie. Before they kill you.

All of a sudden, like my brain is on fire and I have no control of what I'm doing. I look around and see a large rock on the ground, I grab it in my hands and stare down at it. The rustle starts up again and I move closer towards the noise. "Wilfred? Wilfred? Where are you?" My head shoots towards the sound a voice from an unknown source. Suddenly, a large creature comes out of the bushes and starts to make loud noises. I've never seen anything like it before. "Wilfred!" Someone comes running over and crouches down to the creature in front of me. "Silly boy, what are you doing out here? We've been looking for you everywhere!" He smiles and hugs the creature to him.

I watch the scene in front of me, the rock still in my hand but the pounding in my head slowly starts to die away. The person looks up at me and his happy expression soon turns into a shocked one. "Oh hello." He smiles a friendly smile but I don't react to it. I take in his features and he doesn't look anything like the people back at my home, he's almost like a breath of fresh air. His hair is a light brown colour in tight ringlets, his eyes are a bright green and his skin is pasty white. "I see you've met Wilfred." He grins, patting the creatures head. His voice is deep and relaxing to listen to.