8. The Shop

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A few hours later and we arrive at Corey's place with Jake and Sam. We sit on his couch and Colby explains his dream to the boys
"So then this woman that two of my friends are in danger but listen to Row"
"Well a woman in a white dress spoke to me saying that I need to be carful"
"Corey I'm really sorry for what Row is about to say" I roll my eyes at Colby
"Honestly it's not that big of a deal. I watched supernatural before bed so it..."
"Just tell them"
"Fine. She said that Corey shares the same negative energy as me and that I should speak to him"
"Ok weird" Corey says frowning at me
"Row hasn't told you you the worst bit yet. Stop trying to brush over this dream"
"Colbs I just don't see it as being a big deal. Your making out as if Corey and I have a demon attached to us" I raise my voice a little
"Rose that's because I do" Colby raises his voice now as well
"What do you mean Colby?" Sam asks confused, Colby sighs trying to stay calm
"The woman told Rose that the negative energy is an old man with a top hat"
"She said that I hold more energy than I realise and could be the one to help this group whatever that means" I look up to Corey who looks pale and his eyes look like they have started to water
"I'm so sorry" he says sadly
"What? I'm confused" I say
"The Shad..."
"Jake don't finish that sentence"
"Can someone explain?" I ask still waiting for an answer
"Since the age of 13 or 14 I've had this negative energy attached to me"
"The Shadowman Man" Jake says
"Yes that. I swear I've seen him in my family house watching me keep at night"
"So what this Shadow Man is now attached to me?" I raise an eyebrow struggling to believe all of this
"Is that even possible?" Sam asks
"I don't know. Thats why I think we should go to the shop. We need to figure this out" Colby sighs
"What do you think this woman meant when she said that Rose will help this group?" Jake asks
"Can we just go to this shop, get ride of this damn ouija board and ask the woman what this dream means?" I ask getting a little frustrated
"Yeah come on I'll drive" Colby gets up.

I sit in the middle between Jake and Corey. Corey looks really scared, obviously what I said has really effected him. 'Maybe this isn't just in my head, maybe there is more to what's been going on, but how dark is this stuff that we're dealing with?' I'm snapped out of my thoughts when we arrive at the shop.

Colby pulls up on to the parking lot and turns his car off. We all step out of the car, Colby going around to the trunk of the car to get out the ouija board. We walk through the door of the shop and see a young woman with long brown hair sat behind a table
"Hi I'm Tiff how can I help you guys today?" she asks standing up
"Hey, I'm Colby this is Rose, Jake, Corey and Sam. We have a bit of an issue and wondered if you could help. We recently went to the Queen Mary ship and not long after we can back this ouija board just appeared in my friend's apartment" Colby puts the board on the table
"Who's apartment was it?"
"Mine. It was on the kitchen table so I rang Colby. He tried to get rid of it but it then appeared in my bedroom on my bed"
"Rose tell her about the Shadow Man" Colby faces me
"Oh no. You haven't see him have you?" Tiff asks worriedly
"Since I was 14. I did dumb stuff as a kid and got my family home haunted"
"And you Rose?" Tiff looks at me
"I've tried to contact spirts before, but I don't know if I have actually seen him or not" Colby and I tell Tiff the dream and Corey tells Tiff about his past.

"Can I hold your hand?" Tiff asks
"Sure?" I say in more of a question and confused. I give her my hand which she grips tight
"You have a lot of negative spirits attached to you, your brother and mom are able to keep them away as much as they can, but there's one that's recently attached to you. Possibly the same man you described to me from your dream. He's evil, he was never human. Your mom wants you to know how proud she is of you, she loves you so much. Your brother says he loves you and will protect you and your friends as much as he can" Tiff finishes
"What about this woman in white?" Colby asks
"She's here. She's your guardian, also known as fate"
"Wait what?" Jake says shocked. Tiff let's go of my hands
"Fate is real, but not quite as you would imagine. You can have guardians as well as a fate, your guardians are just there to protect you, fate also does this but she helps take you in the right direction bThere's more than one fate, people share the same fate and it's usually the people you know. She's all of your friends fate as well. She brought you guys together for a reason sometimes a persons fate will change, this means their fate and guardians have given them up, free will is still stronger that fate, so if a persons guardian feels that they can't help then they leave. People without a fate or guardian are left vulnerable and that's usually when demons and evil spirits take control. You and Corey are a strange case because you have two guardians and a fate so you should be well protected, but unfortunately you've got one of the strongest entities attached to you"
"What can we do?" Corey asks Tiff scared
"Unfortunately there you guys can do" Tiff nods to the boys "but Rose you can help get rid of this negative energy"
"How?" I ask wanting to help the Corey and myself. Tiff shrugs
"That's something you'll have to figure out for yourself, but I have a feeling that you will be figuring it all out soon. For now try and and forget about all of this until it's time"
"Time for what?" Sam asks
"I feel you have a big transition coming soon. When that's happened you'll begin to figure things out. I'm sorry I can't help you more, but keep the board because I feel your going to need it"
"What no. No way" Corey shakes his head
"Thank you" Colby picks the board up
"If you need anything or any help Rose don't hesitate to message me" Tiff hands me her number on a car
"Thanks I guess" and we walk out of the shop
"What was that?" Corey asks
"A transition that's coming soon? What's coming soon?" I ask confused
"Dude" Colby yells "you don't think she's on about us moving?"
"Well it was haunted, but what could help us there?" Sam says as we get into Colbys car
"I really don't know" Colby sighs turning his car on.

 No way" Corey shakes his head"Thank you" Colby picks the board up"If you need anything or any help Rose don't hesitate to message me" Tiff hands me her number on a car "Thanks I guess" and we walk out of the shop "What was that?" Corey asks "A tr...

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