I wake up light headed. It feels very weird to... Be awake... I get up as I try to remember what happened yesterday...
Cave... Room... Noah... Spiritum Ferro... Madison... Kiss?
I open my eyes wide at the thought that me and Madison kissed. But that's not the most confusing part... When I teleported right after I didn't come home, I went somewhere else.
But where?
This is all confusing, my thoughts are racing, I can't think clearly. Reality couldn't have been changed, you need immense power to do that. But then what happened?
I walk up to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. Nothing has changed. I take my clothes off and get in the shower. I like the water to be in cold, so I can wake myself up.
As the cold water travels down my ghostly freezing body, I let out a sigh, feeling relieved. But a loud noise coming from my room awakes me from my relaxation. I quickly turn off the shower and wrap a towel around my lower body. I open the door and peak through it, to see if there is anything there. But it was just my little sister, Lily.
She's looking under my bed. She looks desperate. When she finally notices I am standing there her eyes open wide. Her heartbeat going a thousand miles per hour. My family is not as bad as Noah's or any other spirit families, in fact we are said to be the kindest and innocent--which was why my family got kicked out of the Other Side in the first place-- and in the Other Side the words 'kind' and 'innocent' are not a compliment. We adopted Lily when she was just about four months old, we rescued her from a dumpster, she is human. A spirit's heart does not beat because we are dead, so we can tell if Lily is hiding something or lying through her heartbeat. And right now, I'm pretty sure she is.
"What are you looking for?" I say while I frown at her. She takes her time and takes a big breath, getting the courage to speak.
"I'm looking for Scabbers and I thought he went under your bed..." Lily is a Harry Potter fan, that is why her pet rat is named 'Scabbers' after Ron's rat. Don't judge me, she forced me to watch all the movies. I sigh and nod to her.
"It's okay, but did you find him already?" I say as she opens her mouth to speak but a loud scream which seemed to be coming from the kitchen cuts pher off. We run downstairs to see what happened and if mom is okay.
"A rat! Lily I told you to keep that rat inside the cage!" We stop, Scabbers isn't that scary, he looks more like a mouse rather than a rat but his tail tells us he's actually a rat. And I know what you're thinking, 'A spirit afraid of a mouse?' Yeah, another reason why we got kicked out. I hear Lily giggle while looking at mom who was standing on top of the counter with a broom in her hand. Her fear of rats is very powerful, you could say she has a phobia.
"Found him." Lily says while laughing, I let out a short laugh at her comment. I watch as Lily walks towards the rat and gently picks him up, walking slowly to her room to not scare him. I help mom get off the counter as she thanks me. I go back to my room and get ready for school.
Once I'm done getting dressed I go downstairs again to eat breakfast. Spirits don't need to eat normal food, but we don't want Lily to feel left out.
I sit at the the table and start to eat my Captain Crunch cereal, which is my favorite.
Once I'm done I get up and wash the bowl I was eating from. I then go back upstairs to brush my teeth and get my backpack. I pack some books I had out to do some Geometry homework along with a pencil and a notebook. I then notice a crumbled piece of paper on my desk, I never leave trash on my desk. I open the piece of paper and it was a note.
Meet me in Snyseville Park, at 5:00pm.
- N.C.
At first I didn't pick up on who sent me this but then I realized N.C. stood for Noah Connors. I can't say no, he's a royal. But what if he kills me? We once got along, but that was a long time ago... And he has changed, he's not the sweet little quiet boy whose classmates made fun and teachers were proud of.
I guess I still have to go...
I throw away the letter and head downstairs. Lily had already left for school but mom is still here.
"Ready honey?" Mom says as I nod my head and kiss her goodbye.
"Take care, Erick." She adds with a worried look on her face.
"I will." I say opening opening the door and closing it behind me as I step outside. The bus isn't here yet.
Maybe I could go to school walking just for today.
I agree with myself and start walking. Our house is pretty close to the school, so I might get there before the bus.
Or maybe... I could teleport there.
I don't use my powers often, but one time won't hurt, right? I shake my head, what if someone notices me?
I keep walking and thinking until I decide to give it a try. I attempt to teleport to school. I'm not a powerful spirit, I can barely do anything with my powers. I try my best to visualize where I wanted to go, but nothing happened... I'm as useless as an ant.
I sigh, my head down. I keep walking until I reach the school building. Or as I say... The hell cage.
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As I get out of school I remember that I have to meet Noah. I keep walking on the sidewalk. Snyseville Park is not that far away from the school, in fact, nothing is ever too far away since this is a small town.
Once I reach the park I look around to see if I can find Noah anywhere, and there he was... Noah, leaning against a light post. I get closer to him as he turns his gaze to me.
"You showed up." He says blankly while I take a deep breath and sigh.
"It's not like I had a choice." I say, looking directly into his eyes. "What do you want?" I add. Noah looks away from me for a second and closes his eyes, then looks back at me.
"It's my brother, Blade. He's alive." I gasp, my eyes wide open. How could he possibly be alive? I saw him drop dead, his soul was snatched from his body in a second. His skin was pale and his eyes were white, there was nothing left of him... Unless...
The Spiritum Ferro...
Someone must have helped him, someone must have taken the Spiritum Ferro and put his soul in it. The knife cannot only kill spirits, it can revive them too. If the Spiritum Ferro was used... It must not be where it's supposed to be. Then who has it?
Hello! This was a regular chapter, lengthly speaking. I might have messed up because the point of these chapters is to make them short so they can all come together 😅. But oh well, who's counting?
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