"Ruby! Wait for me", I called out to my sister, but there was no reply. It was weird. I couldn't feel her presence. It was like nobody was with me at that moment. That's when I saw it. Crimson red stained the walls of our rustic mansion. Scratches on the wooden floor, a thud in the distance as the front door slammed closed.
All I could focus on was the metallic smell filling my senses, I couldn't feel her. I couldn't feel Ruby, not like I used to. A mist of black and red filled my vision then light spread across my closed eyes. This light, white light was heaven like. Nobody was in the house but me. Not my dead parents, not ruby, not even the maids. I was alone. This light was the only presence I could feel. No. It wasn't a presence. It wasn't a different person. It was me. Was I dead? Had something happen to me just like I saw with Ruby's blood on the floor, the walls and the scratches on the floor. Was it just Ruby's or was it mine as well? Then the light went out and my eyes were covered by a blanket of darkness.
When I woke up I was with my aunt with tears in her eyes. Ruby was gone. I remembered the blood but nothing else. No one said anything after I woke up, they knew I knew about Ruby but in return they said nothing. My aunt only took my hand as we attended the funeral together. The casket was already closed by the time we had arrived. I couldn't even say goodbye to my sister, how evil were my relatives? My sister was now six feet under and I stood on land with no one. My aunt might be there for me but no one in the world could fill the shoes my sister had.
However, there were so many things that didn't add up about my sister's death. My relatives didn't say a word to me. I knew they despised me and my sister, blaming us for their deaths but I didn't think they would be so cruel as to not say anything. Even my aunt refused to talk, aside from being next to me throughout the funeral. They acted as if someone paid them to keep their mouth shut.
Something that I remember clearly is that bright white light, I had my eyes closed but I could see it. I might be delusional but it felt real, whatever that means.Now that I'm clear headed the one thing I remember about that light was the feeling that somewhere out there that part of me that was lost was still alive. Ruby was still out there, now I'm sure.
But the world is big and those who should help me have gone radio silent around me. But I had to find her, no matter what. And that is what I would do.