Moonlit Forest

A Story by Not enough words on the planet...

She has nothing left to live for...

Moonlit forest

As she walked down the long woodland path she felt a gentle midnight breeze blow by her face, her long velvety red dress trailing on the ground behind her. She walked down the long forest trail and looked up to see the full moon's light shining through the green vegetation above. She stood, frozen in place, looking at the moon for a long moment before reaching up and pulling the hair barret out of her bun, her long brunette hair falling as she did. She dropped to golden trinket on the ground and continued to walk, the rocks and twigs scratching at her feet with every step she took. As she heard an owl ‘s coos off in the distance she turned to look off into the woods surrounding her, she nervously traded the hand in which she held her heels before continuing to walk.

She looked down at her hands as she walked aimlessly down the long wood covered path, the sticky crimson substance stuck to her hands. She pulled off the rings she wore on her fingers before dropping them on the ground and, once again, continuing to walk.

She took a deep studdering breath in an attempt not to cry before looking up to the stars, to the heavens for something, anything, only to see nothing there but thin gray clouds creeping upon the moon. She closed her eyes tightly before looking forward and continuing to walk.

As a cold gust of wind blew by once again, carrying the smell of maple trees with it she she thought back to such a short time ago…

She was at a banquet, everything was normal she was having a blast that is until she saw her boyfriend talking to that rich girl Margret. She wasn’t sure what drove her to follow the girl into the bathroom and begin stabbing her, she just knew she wanted to...she stabbed her 28 times, grinning madly with every wound. But, when she saw what she had just done she knew she had to leave; and that’s what brought her here.

As she came up to the end of the trail she looked down into the water. The blackness of the water allowed her to see her own reflection, she kneeled down on the water's edge and and pulled a piece of paper out of her bag; on which she wrote…

My dearest loved ones,

It has come to my attention that I have wronged this night, a terrible wrong that can never be made right...but I shall do the best I can to make it so. To Margret’s family, I am truly sorry about what I have done...I really don’t know what happened to make me want to do such a thing but I can’t change it now. I fear that if I am left alive I will be a monster; so I will save you all the trouble of punishing me for what I have done and just do it myself... I have left my belongings along the trail to guide you to my final resting place take what you will leave the rest. My undying love to you all.

Sincerely,

Amelia Rivers.

With that, Amelia removed the dress she wore over her gown and laid it on the bank with a rock holding the note in place next to it. She reached back into her bag and closed her eyes for a moment when her hands settled on cold metal before pulling out the gold hilted knife and exhaling the breath she hadn’t realized she had been holding and pulling the blade across each of her wrists. As her world began to spin she set the knife down on her dress before standing and walking into the lake...never to be seen or heard from again.

End

© 2016 Not enough words on the planet...

Author's Note

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LeFestinRaven

I liked the plot twist. I feel like you explained a bit much about her appearance and what she took off and dropped along the trail though. I did like the story line, how she just snapped! I think that was my favorite part; that's when it really got interesting to me.

Keep up the good work!