A Questionable Truth

[ChillerMiller]

Planet Denver - Southern Hill Cemetery

It was a sunny day, clear sky, a bit windy...all that made it a nice day to enjoy, even for those that have forgotten how to enjoy the simple things in life. Courtney belonged to that group, a restless soul that was cast out from society over a decade ago. What's more surprising is that the exact same society, with its silly rules and procedures, forced her back into this world...a world she truly hated. “Why am I even here?” Courtney thought to herself while she was sitting on a bench. She was looking at the tombstone belonging to the grave in front of her. The names and dates on it were as follows:

Jonathan Vargas July 27, 758 AS - September 1, 810 AS
Megumi Vargas February 12, 764 AS - September 1, 810 AS
Courtney Mariko Vargas May 29, 792 AS - September 1, 810 AS

“Hey, we died exactly eleven years ago, apparently. Though, I’m quite alive...I guess.” Courtney then mumbled, so far she had only visited this grave once. This was the second time for her and now it’s just a weird feeling. Until now, Courtney didn’t manage to find out why her name was on that tombstone. However, after some time she just stopped caring...she didn’t even bother to ask the people in charge of the graveyard to remove her name. “Better to stay dead. Less problems.” She said…

These words, however, left her with a rather insecure feeling. She no longer trusted her memories about the event that happened eleven years ago, the event that took her parents away from her. All she knew was that she was locked away in a place nobody ever wants to be locked in. In that place, she was no longer treated like a human being and as the years passed, she lost most of her important memories, which kinda left her as an empty shell...a person without a real personality. The only source to get information from were old documents, and it was quite hard for her to believe in stories about herself that were written by strangers. “Who am I?” Was one of the numerous questions that plagued her every day.