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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2

Once she reached her apartment, she hurried to her desk to read the book. It contained a story of a girl who once found a mysterious book and was cursed for eternity for reading it. For some reason, she couldn't shake off the feeling that this story was, indeed about her. But after a while her own thoughts started sounding rubbish to her. So she decided to go to sleep.

Suddenly, after a while Charlotte found herself wide awake in her room but something told her that it wasn't quite her room but more of a replica. She noticed, that the dining table was filled with all kinds of knives and ropes. And... things she never wanted to remember ever again. The disgust filled stares of students her age. It felt like there were millions of eyes looking down at her with hatred. She tried running away but soon realised, that it was useless, as she always returns to her room, no matter how far she runs away. Soon panic surged through her and turned her into a madwoman. She started running towards the dining table where lay, all kinds of knives and ropes.

Not seeing an escape made her desperate to try anything and everything that can free her from this nightmare. She took a knife laying atop the table and without much thought stabbed herself right in the heart. As the cold blade pierced through her skin, and her own screams got muffled by the terrifying sound of flesh being torn apart and blood dripping on the floor, the laughter of creatures who lurk in the shadows could be heard. Soon her lifeless body fell to the ground and the once white marbles were now coloured in red.

As she closed her eyes she heard the chiming of bells which seemed to be coming from a far away place.