Meta Fiction: Complicated Crime

 

This meta fiction is based on the chain writing Christine started. After you read my meta fiction, you can visit her blog and see the original writing. I used different colors for each writing(mine is in pink and Christine's is in white)
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"It was a dark stormy night. A robber got out of the jail. As soon as the emergency bell rang, the police officers got out of the room and got on the police car. " What's happening? Did the criminal run away?" The old police officer, Dahl, got angry. " How did he get out of the jail?" A key was found in the keyhole of the open jail room door.  The police officers got very angry. " Who left the key there?" "There must be a traitor!" The police officers checked the people that were in the police office. But there was no traitor. Police officers became so confused. The next day, a house was robbed. There was no way to catch the robber. "

James was reading his favorite novel called Complicated Crime when his mother came in and asked him to turn off the light. He was a very adventurous 13-year-old boy who really wanted to catch a criminal for a long time. Sometimes, he said, " I'll find the robber!! Because I'm a HERO!!".

Time flew. James grew up to be a high school senior. He applied for a famous college to be a doctor and surprisingly he was accepted. So, the day before he left his home for college, he started to pack. At the moment , he found Complicated Crime, the book he loved so much when he was a child, He unconciously started to read the book. When he was reading the old, dirty and humble but still interesting book, he looked like a young boy who used to dream of becoming a police officer. Soon, he forgot the fact that he had to pack and he should leave his home tomorrow but just concentrated on reading. At the moment, James got a strange feeling and felt as if the whole world was turning upside down.

"Hey, wake up!" came a strange voice. When he opened his eyes, James saw a gorgeous girl shaking his body violently.  Her hair was brown and she had very big eyes. She was staring at James with curiousity and interest. "What's your name?" James asked. The girl answered " I'm Jane."  At the moment, they heard a shouting voice, "Jane, return home and do your homework!" "I've got to go. My mom is calling me."  With a big smile, Jane walked away from him. Still lying on the grass, James thought, ' what a beautiful girl she is!'


Surprisingly, James was hired by the Complicated Police, where his favorite character in Complicated Crime, Mr. Dahl, was working. Mr. Dahl and other police officers trusted James so much and thought that James was very dilligent and honorable. One day, Mr. Dahl told James a shocking news. He said that a villainous robber robbed 15 houses last night and burned the houses. As a result, many people were burned and injured because of the cruel criminal. " We should catch the cruel chap as soon as possible!" Mr. Dahl became really mad and said.

Soon, some police officers caught a suspect and brought her to James. Surprisingly, she was Jane. " Are you the crimi....." James was shocked and asked her.."This gal was wandering around the burned houses. It is obvious that she is the cruel robber". A police officer said to James. However, Jane insisted that she was innocent. "I was just going home through the quiet and beautiful road." James started to agonize over which person to believe. He really wanted to trust Jane. However, he was a police officer. He should catch a criminal. It was his right and duty. James thought for a while and ordered his fellow to arrest Jane. When the police officers were arresting her, Jane screamed, " No, James! I'm not a criminal. How can you order them to arrest me!" But James just ignored her. At the moment, James felt as if the whole world was turning upside down again.

James opened his eyes. He was lying on the floor of his own room holding the book, Complicated Crime, in his right hand. Nothing changed and James was still just a 13-year-old boy who wanted to catch a criminal.  So, James dismissed that all the incidents which had happened to him were just a dream.

However, the next day, when he was returning from school, James heard a familiar voice from behind. When he turned around, he was almost paralized with fear. Surprisingly, it was Jane that he saw in his dream. "James, how could you arrest me! James!" As she came near to him, James began to run screaming with great horror.