Hidden Truth-Aim to Engage 2019: GothicLit Prompt - Pitch Black

He has been my best friend for years, and I have never noticed.


Oh, God, how is that possible?


Why did I think that his last girlfriend's death was an accident when it was a murder?


I can see it now, all the pieces of the puzzle coming together, making one horrible puzzle of betrayal and death.


My best friend, the person whom I trusted the most is a monster.


How could have I been so naive?


I can finally see how he manipulated me, I can see the monster that lives inside of him.


Maybe I would have never known hadn't it been for that incident today, on his wedding day.


I was helping him get ready when I heard him swear in the bathroom.


"Are you okay?" I asked.


"Yeah, just cut myself shaving." He said.


I went on preparing his suit for the big day without giving it a second thought.


Half an hour later, he was done, and I went to the bathroom to get ready for the wedding.


That was when I saw it.


One pitch-black drop in perfect contrast with the white sink.


I stared at it, thinking it was some strange aftershave, toothpaste, anything.


Then I made the mistake of opening the trash bin, and I saw the paper towel with black blood on it.


There was no denying it, it was his blood.


Before I could fully comprehend the implications of the darkest blood there is of all blood types, I felt a dull blow to the head.


The next thing I knew, I was in the trunk of a car, in utter darkness.


I could feel blood dripping down my face, and that was when I realized that he thought he had killed me and stashed my body in my car.


His plan was probably to get rid of me after the wedding.


I managed to open the trunk, which I had been meaning to fix for months and luckily didn't, and got out.


That's how I find myself here. Crawling towards the chapel, my blood painting the road white.


At first, I tried walking, but piercing pain in my gut made it clear that I was stabbed as well.


My attempt to stay upright failed miserably. The only thing that keeps me going is that poor girl who is about to marry a murderer.


I have to stop the wedding. Marriage is a binding ritual, and she would be stuck with him forever. I can't allow that to happen.


With the last ounces of my strength, I open the church doors bursting in.


People jump in shock.


This is my chance.


Before all the screaming starts.


"Black blood!" I yell as loudly as I can, pointing at my former friend.


As I say, blood spills out of my mouth, and I collapse.


While light surrounds me, and I am lost to the world.


I did all I could, now it's time to leave all the worldly worries behind.

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