The Monster

My name is Hiroshi. I am just a boy living in Japan. How I came to tell you my story, I do not know. But I am here, and you were chosen. That is the way it has to be, let me continue. We heard a rumor that a monster lived in the outskirts of town. We went inside the abandoned house, the one that everyone was afraid of. 

It was 2:25 in the morning when we went inside the house. As soon as we stepped in the door locked itself. We stayed there near the door. We heard the shattering of glass. I was the only one that went to the kitchen. My friends stayed behind. There was a broken plate on the kitchen floor, that was the source of the noise. When I returned my friends were gone. I went upstairs and I saw a library. There were many rooms. As I passed one of the rooms my peripheral vision caught something very strange. I saw something blue in one of the rooms. When I turned to focus my eyes on the sight nothing was there. I went inside that same room, I distinctly remember how cold that room was. In the middle of the room there was a small table. There was a key on the table. When I picked up the key I had seen something terrifying. It was a blue monster, it was looking at me with the most widened eyes I have ever seen. It reached out to me and I screamed the loudest I have ever screamed in my entire life. 

The chase began, I ran out of the room and fell inside another room. I thought this was the end of me. I ended up hiding under a dusty bed. There was no sound, complete silence. I could no longer see the monster. After a while I went outside the room, I was no longer myself, I was traumatized. I was confused, I had no idea if what I saw was real. I went inside another room. In this room there were two beds. My bones felt weak, I was shaking and I fell to the floor. Apparently I had fainted, I was lying on the ground and when I turned my head I saw a hole on the ground. It was under the bed. I moved the bed with the little strength I had left. I knew that I couldn't get out of this house, I don't know how I knew but I did. I heard a strange sound coming from inside the hole, hoping it would be my friends I jumped in. It was dark and I was cold. I heard something move. In the corner on the right I saw one of my friends hiding behind a drawer. She looked terrible. Her hair was out of place, her skin was pale and she had blue splotches on her clothes. She couldn't see me for she was forcing her eyes shut and her hands were covering her ears, she was trembling.

I tapped her on the shoulder and she shrieked. I told her "let's go home together", she only screamed and cried. I didn't know what to do, I climbed out of the hole and wandered around the house. I put my hands in my pocket, I felt something inside. It was the key from earlier. I don't remember putting it in my pocket. My hands were trembling trying to hold on to the key. I Heard a scream of pain. It sounded a lot like my friend. When I climbed back in the hole... I'll never forget what I saw. My friend was lying on the floor, her eyes were widened. Her heart was splattered on the floor. I was confused, I didn't know what was going on. 

I woke up, I was in my bed and it was raining outside. I looked at the clock, it was 2:25 am. I sat there in bed for a couple of minutes trying to make sense of what happened, trying to figure out if these were nightmares. I walked to the dark bathroom to wash my face. When I looked up at the mirror my face was half blue. When I stepped out of the room I realized I was still inside the abandoned house. This house was familiar, I knew where all the rooms were, I knew every inch of this place. I reached inside my pocket and the key was there. I remembered this key...it was the key to get out of this house. I was the blue  monster, I had murdered people. This abandoned house was my home. I was the one that lured my friends here. They were running away from me but I wouldn't let them leave. I had found every one of my friends and now they were all dead. The blue monster I had seen, I was seeing myself. I was never hiding under the bed, it was just the boy I had killed.

 My name is Hiroshi. I am just a boy living in Japan. I was born this way. I was a monster living in the outskirts of town. I can see you, your eyes following my every word. Nothing makes sense, I know. Pieces of the puzzle are missing. All I know is, This is real, I am real and I'll be waiting for you. This is all part of the game, and you're next.