A Bloody Rose

Warning: There is a bit of violence in Chapter 6. If you don't like violence, then click off this page.
It's Valentines Day. Y'know, the day of love. Everyone is celebrating romance, love, and joy. However, Valentines Day is a day of despair for me and my family. On this day, my sister, July, was 31 when she was brutally murdered. Three days after she was buried, her grave was burned, and the only thing that was found on the site was a single bloody rose. I loved my sister dearly. She always laughed. I remember her laughing whenever I made a joke, or just cheered her up when she was down. Minecraft was her favorite game to play with me. So, in memory of her, I decided to play. For old time's sake.
I logged on. Only one world was on there, as usual. July and I would only build in Creative Mode. looking at her old structures was hard. She spent a lot of time on these buildings. One of them was a large castle resembling the castle I drew a lot. She showed it to me as a birthday gift. A single tear left my eye and splashed on my keyboard. I remember many things, but one flashed in my mind the most. She always talked about starting a server where people just build for fun. I wondered if I could do that, just for her.
Now, after an hour, the server was online.
I told my friends and July's friends about the server the next day. Then they told their friends. It was like a wildfire. The server gained massive attention. And everyone in Henderson County knew about the murder of July Goodwill, so that made the server even more popular. A few days after the server went online, people had already built structures, big and small. I was happy. July would be very proud.
== Chapter 1: New User ==
After a year after the server went online, the server had gained over 2M visits. However, the server being dedicated to my dead sister, that didn't stop griefers and trolls. They constantly harassed me, but I responded to them by banning them. I couldn't take anymore of their crap.
Then, one day, a new user joined, named rose_. It didn't seem as important at first. But then, we had a conversation. This is the following conversation;
rose_: Hello
Me: Hello...?
rose_: How are you?
Me: Doing...fine I guess.
rose_: You aren't. I can tell.
Me: I guess I'm not,
rose_: You remind me of my little brother.
Me: What is he like?
rose_: Almost like you. It's strange, isn't it?
We talked for several hours before we had to log off. She was a tad bit weird, but I thought we could be great friends. We kept talking throughout January, and we may have gotten a bit closer.
Then Valentine's Day came. I was sent a gift. It was a box of chocolates with a rose. That was weird, and what made it weirder was that it came with a tag that said, "From rose_."
The rose smelled a bit like blood.
== Chapter 2: rose_'s Rose ==
Rose and I chatted daily to the point we fell in love with each other. Not sure how though. Maybe it was how she flirted with me?
But I felt one thing. A feeling I hadn't felt in so long.
Happiness.
On my 14th birthday, Rose sent me a gift. It was a bouquet of roses, with a card that said "Meet me on the bridge in 2 years' time. It was strange because I would be sixteen by the time that would happen. I went on my Minecraft server to see if the bridge she meant was real or not.
I saw the bridge. It was the one July built over the river she made. Why this bridge in two years' time? Why not meet me on an actual bridge? None of this made sense to me. I kept pondering why she wanted this location specifically, because there was no other bridge in the town. Maybe Rose wasn't in our town. I couldn't tell for sure because I knew nothing about Rose, other than she seemed to take liking to me.
Shaking the thoughts out of my head, I closed the laptop to find a vase to put the flowers in. What was strange about them was that they were thornier than usual. Normal roses aren't that prickly, unless they were grown in a way that made them what they are.
I finally found the vase. I filled it with water and went to my room, where I ket the roses. When I put the roses in the vase, I noticed something.
The flowers were dripping red.
I put the roses closer to my nose and sniffed it a bit. It wasn't paint or dye.
It was blood.
== Chapter 3: Appearances Can Be Deceiving ==
A few weeks later, I went to the server. Amongst the thousands of people that were there, rose_ wasn't hard to find, as she had a skin that had red hair and clothing that resembled a rose bush. I had this conversation with her.
Me: Hey cutie.
rose_: Hello there.
Me: So, we've been together for a while now.
rose_: I do agree.
Me: But I've never got your phone number. Do you have Skype or something?
rose_: I do have a phone number.
Me: Can you give it to me?
rose_: Of course. It's [REDACTED]
Me: Thanks. So, its [REDACTED], right?
rose_: Yes.
Me: Thanks! I can't wait to finally know more about you.
rose_: Me too <3
So with that, I finally put in her number, and sent her a message. She replied hello. I was not sure, but I had a weird feeling from her.
She gave off a lustful vibe for some reason.
She then sent me a photo of a painted picture of a vase of roses. Whether or not she painted them herself I'll never know. The paint looked a little too thick and not red enough. In fact, it wasn't even red. They were brown. Like dried blood. I asked why her roses were made from blood. She replied;
rose_: Appearances can be deceiving. 
"Appearances can be deceiving?" What does that mean?
== Chapter 4: Love Blinds All ==
I was... wrong about Rose. She meant everything to me. But she grew stranger each day. Hanging out in specific places my sister had once built, the often location being that bridge. I thought we were the perfect match. But that was a lie. Every day she sent pictures to me about roses, each one bloodier than the first. She kept telling me it wasn't blood. I didn't believe her.
I didn't know what to believe.
Another year passed, and I was now 15 years old. Rose sent me a letter. It was only a few letters long. It was surrounded by red hearts done by red paint. I was sure it was paint this time. It only said these words;
Tell me where you live so we can be together forever <3
I got really creeped out by that message. I went back to Minecraft to get to the server to see if she was there. She texted me, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"
She must have been in that castle July built. After all, that line takes part in a tower, unless I was mistaken. She then saw me in the game and called out to me. Very cautiously, I approached her. Rose approached me as well. She asked how I was doing and wished me a happy birthday. I responded, and while I typed, I thought she couldn't have sent that letter.
Then she asked if I got her love letter.
Now I was breaking in cold sweats. It was her.
I quickly said no, but she told me that it was not very boyfriend-like to lie.
She knew and I did not know how. I was really scared for my life. Was she going to kill me?
== Chapter 5: Red Roses ==
Tell me where you live.
Tell me where you live.
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Tell me where you live.
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Tell me where you live.
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Tell me where you live.
Tell me where you live.
Those messages were the only things coming from Rose. She demanded to know where I lived. I questioned this since she was sending me stuff. I told her this and she said she had someone else send her things to me. This didn't explain anything, but didn't want to question her in fear of angering her.
The messages kept on persisting. She kept asking and asking and asking...
I wasn't sure what to do. I couldn't tell my parents, they wouldn't believe me. Besides, they weren't home all the time. Their jobs kept them for hours. They don't come back until 12:00 am. So here I am in this predicament. No one to talk to, no one to confide in. Perfect.
Weeks become months. Before I knew it , it was Valentine's Day again. But nothing came from Rose. No messages, gifts, letters; nothing. However, of July's best friends, Sofia, came over to say hi to us. She stayed for a while. It was nice having her over. Catching up with us.
She was surprised to see me, and was delighted to see how much I'd grown. Before she left, she put a basket in my room. It was filled with sweets and flowers. However, one particular flower stood out amongst the rest.
A white rose smothered with blood. How that went past my parents still bothers me to this day.
== Chapter 6: Sixteenth Birthday ==
It was finally my sixteenth birthday. My parents stayed as long as they could to celebrate my birthday. I even went onto Minecraft to let everyone know that it was my birthday. Not to fuel my own ego or anything, just to let everyone know.
However, after checking July's creations one more time, I was horrified to discover what I saw. 
Giant craters of where they used to be. No one had access to these creations except me. But I let another person through...
Rose.
I confronted her to talk to her about this. Why she did this. I got no explanation, just laughter. I quickly banned her from the server. Then a message appeared on my phone. It was from Rose. It said;
"Dearie, you've just shortened your lifespan. XOXO"
I froze. I deleted her contact from my phone so I could never get anymore death threats from her. I shut my laptop as well, because I needed to stop playing video games for the day.
It was 6:00 pm. My parents told me that Sofia was coming over to watch me while they were going to attend a medium-length business meeting. Shortly after they left, there was a knock on the door. It was Sofia. She was dressed very nicely for some reason. Not that I was complaining. 
We went into the kitchen. We chatted a little, grabbed a few snacks and sat down to watch a movie. At around 9:30 pm, the movie was over. It was dark out, and we forgot to turn on the lights. I went into the kitchen to turn on those lights. I got a glass of water. After all, I was thirsty. I was having fun. As I was about to refill my water, I felt someone stab me in the side of the abdomen.
I fell down and shattered the glass. I was grabbing my wound when I saw Sofia standing over me with a bloody kitchen knife. 
I was shocked to see her doing something like this. Why was she doing this?
Sofia didn't seem like talking. She tried to stab me again, but I took a glass shard and threw it at her face. The pain it caused her gave me enough time to run to my room. I closed the door and barricaded it. I grabbed my phone and dialed 911.
"911, what's your emergency?"
"Help, there's someone trying to kill me... I'm wounded very badly..." I started to feel woozy.
"Ok, well, stay put and stay hidden... the nearest officers are on their way."
They hung up before I could ask how long it would be for them to arrive. Terrible service.
Sofia started to bang on the door. At one point, she started to stab the door as I were blocking it myself. She called me by my name.
"[Protagonist's name]... do you know why they couldn't find your sister's killer?"
I didn't reply, but I knew right away.
Sofia killed my sister.
"Why did you do it, Sofia? WHY DID YOU KILL MY SISTER??!?!"
"I was so jealous of your sister... she had it all. Happiness, a caring family, a wonderful brother... I killed her to spite her. She could have had all those things, but it didn't protect July from death..."
I started to feel dizzy. I yelled at her, asking her though cries why she needed to kill me.
"I thought to myself... why stop at the sister when you could kill the brother too? I had to wait until you were 16. After all, she was 16 when she died too. I thought it was a fun idea... I posed as rose_ to get close to you, to know your secrets... well today, that dies with you...."
The door barricade fell after one shove. Sofia was about to open the door when I quickly grabbed my laptop and turned of the bedroom lights. She opened the door rather roughly, and started to stab anywhere I would have been hiding. I quietly readied my arm to throw the laptop, when she saw me. I threw the laptop at her, temporarily stunning her. She didn't stab my arm, but slashed it a little.
I darted out of the room, running as fast as I could, gripping the. wound as to not let anymore blood leak. I could hear the police sirens in the distance. They were coming. I armed myself with a vase as I feebly fumbled for the front door doorknob. Sofia was walking down the stairs, humming a tune while dragging her knife on the stair railings, as if she was oblivious to the police sirens. She ran towards me as I found the front door. I hit her on the head with the vase, but not before she stabbed me again in the leg. 
I quickly opened the door to run outside. The police were just arriving when they saw me run out of the house limping. The police saw Sofia walking out of the house with knife to finish me off, until they shot her in the arm. Everything was feeling fuzzy, and I knew that I was suffering blood loss.
Before any of the officers could aid me, I fell unconscious on the front lawn.
== Epilogue: Why Did She Hurt Me So? ==
I woke up in the hospital room with my parents beside me. The doctors were relieved to see I had survived being stabbed twice and suffering blood loss. Apparently, I had been unconscious for two days. Sofia was arrested and was found guilty of murder and attempted murder. She is now serving life in prison.
Everything was fine now. I was glad. However, there was a vase of roses beside the table near my IV.
Frightened, I pushed the vase over and it shattered, scaring both the doctors and my parents.
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