[Fantasy Novel] De-Materialized Within

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    • [Fantasy Novel] De-Materialized Within

      De-Materialized Within

      Chapters

      Prologue
      I - The Beginning (1) (2) (3) (4)
      II - The Curse
      III - Funeral
      IV - Throne Room of Destiny
      V - The Mirror Forest ~ Imaginary Earth
      VI - Hard Reality
      VII - ???
      VIII - Frozen Rain
      IX - Sapphire Princess ~ Imaginary Water
      X - Blue Midnight City
      XI - Maze of Madness
      XII - No Need for Assignments!
      XIII - Forgotten Fortress
      XIV - Anesthetic Transubstantiation
      XV - Shoreline Awakening
      XVI - Revelations
      XVII - Sulphuric Love
      XVIII - Hiatus's Secret Cave ~ Imaginary Ice
      XIX - Wraith Wrath!
      XX - The Lake of Tranquility
      XXI - The Diary and The Citadel
      XXII - Inamorta's Amendment
      XXIII - The Aisle Of Angels
      XXIV - Subliminal Melody ~ Imaginary Air
      XXV - Mothership
      XXVI - Safety
      XXVII - Temptation
      XXVIII - Withdraw
      XXIX - The Knowledge
      XXX - Countdown
      XXXI - The Sergeant. The Body and The Crystal
      XXXII - Purpose ~ Understanding 1
      XXXIII - Perpetual Wings of Nephyricania
      XXXIV - The Last Whisper of The Spirit
      XXXV - Female Stone Puzzle ~ Understanding 2
      XXXVI - Entering The Truth ~ Imaginary Twilight
      XXXVII - The Dream Realm
      XXXVIII - The Third Cube of Decorus ~ Caileen
      XXXIX - Into The Night
      XL - The Second Cube of Decorus - Celia
      XLI - Inverted and Stabilized
      XLII - The First Cube of Decorus - Coleania
      XLIII - The Tower of Unending Dreams
      XLIV - Hands of Time
      XLV - The Dream Platform
      XLVI - The Chaos Platform
      XLII - The Twilight Platform ~ The Flamboyant Submelimi
      XLIII - Planting The Seed of Death
      XLIV - Her Disappearance
      Epilogue



      Prologue

      I was on my way home from school and I felt something; but I didn’t know what it was. I couldn’t see it, hear it nor touch it. It just was there, behind me – all the time. I was used to be lonely and I forced myself to not care – but still, I did. I know that I was just a regular guy – a regular guy but still not. I never believed that an individual was unique. I may sound pessimistic but this is the way I work – and you better accept it. You only see the shell of people – it isn’t often you crack it open and understand its contents. Paranoid, coldhearted and someone that never gives a damn about anything – that’s the person I really am. I cannot be myself, because I never had been myself. Being straightforward or discreet, that’s the question. Choosing the middle-way might be the right choice but I can’t do that.

      I have two personalities. No one has seen my dark side – I can just see myself as the person I have always been – the happy, outgoing, talkative and intellectual Nate. I haven’t awakened yet, but I shall come – patience is the key, isn’t it? I am tired of being the fake me because I’ll never find my inner harmony. I wish I never existed – the mankind’s existence is only suffering. We suffer everyday – you’ll know what I mean, its hopeless for me to explain – it makes me suffer. You see? It may sound twisted but this is the truth. If you cannot accept it, stop reading. You’d probably end up being disappointed.

      I stopped abruptly. Something flipped inside of me and I felt nauseous – like a rollercoaster without any brakes, accelerating into the next inverted double-loop. Subconsciously, a smile appeared on my face and my body-position changed – I looked self-confident. Something that I never were. The presence of the unknown stalker was gone. When I came home I locked myself into the bathroom – watching myself in the mirror. I saw that looked different – not that remembered what I looked like before, but something had changed. I looked deeply into the mirror and a dark forest. I saw a sharp cliff – it was sticking out from the slope below it. The wind was blowing heavily – so hard that branches and roots snapped, leaves getting ripped off and the cliff got eroded smaller and smaller. My sister was jerking in the doorknob and was shouting – but I didn’t care about it, I just kept looking into the mirror. I saw a girl standing close to the cliff – her hair blowing in the same direction as the heavy wind. She was really beautiful standing there in the wind. Suddenly three people came out from the forest and stared at her. Their faces were blank – it really disappointed me.

      The girl turned around and conversing with the other ones. The night fell and the stars illuminated the night sky. She stood close to one of other three – it looked like a boy. The wind was holding them in a tight grip – standing together in the storm. The clouds escaped and the sky was clear above them. The jerking and shouting from sister increased and I tried to ignore her – I kept staring into the mirror. The girl walked towards the cliff and the boy tried to stop her, but he failed – or gave up, I don’t know. I felt a liquid pouring down my cheeks. The tension of the mirror increased and the vision got blurrier and blurrier – the mirror shattered in my face and the pieces fell into the washbasin. I looked down on a piece and saw that I cried blood – someone had placed its hand on my shoulder and I never noticed.

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      Chapter 1 – The Beginning (Part 1)

      The clock was ticking monotonously when I sat in my silent room – doing nothing. It was about 12 and still, I wasn’t tired at all. I was staring into the dusty corners in my room – I noticed that I hadn’t tidied my room since last Sunday. I peeked at my alarm clock – it just turned Monday. School, ugh – I just wished that I could stop the time and never go back to school, there weren’t many nice people there. Everyone talking crap about each other all the time – you just couldn’t go down the main hallway without being pointed out or laughed at. After one year, you get kind of used to it.

      I went out from my room and peeked into my sister’s room and she was talking with her friends in the telephone – as usual. I couldn’t stop thinking about yesterday – what was it that I saw? The future or the past, was it even real? It felt real – but still not. I went back into the bathroom and I was disappointed that the mirror was gone – now I couldn’t see if my hair was messy or not – Those small things may ruin your whole day. I went quietly down the stairs – just to not wake my mother up. I looked through the gap between the door and the wall – and there she was – sleeping, inhaling and exhaling in a decent pace. She looked like that she was in peace when she slept. She looked happy in a way – without smiling or grinning with her face, she just glowed.

      My eyes moved to the empty spot next to her – and felt the emptiness inside me. It was a great loss and there is no doubt about it. But I knew that once – I wished that he was dead and he is now. You don’t know how deeply I regret those thoughts. Its like when you try to stab someone, but your enemy twitches your wrist, snap your arm in two pieces before you fall backwards and the knife accidentally cuts your neck so you start to bleed – giving yourself a painful death. I brought him more pain that I ever imagined, but still – I was the wounded one. I held back my tears and went down into the basement.

      It was all gray, all made of concrete – it gave me an urban feeling. I went to the fridge and took a soda can and opened it. Jumped into the cozy sofa and started sipping on the cold, sugary drink. Some extra calories wouldn’t fit so bad these days. I looked up in to the window that went through the whole house – like a chimney without a fireplace. On the window was a lot of fun stuff as my old sunglasses that randomly disappeared a bright summer day, my grandma’s old wedding ring. That one has actually a really funny story behind itself.

      Me and my sister at age of nine thought that the window above me was a wishing well with magical powers and if you throw a coin you might get your wish granted. My grandparents were visiting us for Christmas and my sister found a golden coin with a hole in the middle so she decided to throw it in to the well so her wish came true. And the funny thing was that her wish was that our grandparents would leave. And when they found out that the ring was gone – they started to argue and at last everyone went back home!

      And also my old man’s right sock, all these things was haunting me after his death. I’m still trying to suppress many of those memories of him. Even the moment he died. Now everything was silent, mom not being as much talkative and positive about everyone, anything and herself. It made me feel that it was my fault that he died, one single mistake. I noticed that my soda can was empty, so I threw it in the recycling can. My sister was obsessed by being eco-smart and such nonsense – I just went with the flow. It’s the best choice for an underachiever. I sneaked up both stairs and went upstairs again. I moved closer and closer to my sister’s door and watched my steps carefully while staring at the telephone. When I was so close that I almost saw her in her mirror – she glared with tremendous force into my eyes, so powerful so I almost fell to the ground. I went into my room – pushing the door softly behind me, closing it. I fixed my bed – pushing it against the nearby walls and took off my clothes and jumped into my bed. I felt how the infra-red body heat streamed out from my body – circulating around under the fluffy blanket warming me up once again. Before falling asleep I remembered something – I turned around and activated my alarm – I might miss my snoozing-time.

      I heard a voice calling me – but it sounded so weak. I tried to focus while being asleep but I couldn’t – my free will was overtaken by the hidden forced of dreams. The voice amplified and I managed to snap it up.

      “We’ll meet soon” Someone said and I fell down on my bed and went asleep. I knew that this was a dream – I hadn’t wake up yet. I was lying down in the wet, muddy sand. It was a beach. I went up and looked around – I was all alone, and all colors were inverted. It was night, and the moon shone on the clear water, I stood up, walked and walked forwards. It seemed that the beach never ended. Then I saw someone standing a quite distance away from my position. The person stood and waved at me. When I tried to move I never moved an inch – the thought of moving made the action impossible to perform. A whisper killed the silence.
      “Nate, come to me, please don't leave me alone” She said weakly. If I couldn’t move – how could I ever reply her? This was nonsense – dreams are often nonsense so I wasn’t that surprised. All colors went back to normal and I felt the wind blowing against my face. I saw something coming towards me – it looked like an arrow of light. Incapable of moving I was forced to meet my fate. The light streamed into my body.

      When I woke up, I noticed that my alarm was sounding and I aimed for the snooze button – I missed and rolled over and fell the thirty centimeters before slamming my shoulder into the ground. That’s how I usually wake up – when I am lucky. I held on my shoulder in pain while gently opening my door and going into the bathroom. I paused before I woke up – gathering my thoughts. I knew that the mirror wasn’t there, but I hoped that someone miraculously had fixed it when I was asleep. My theory faded away in my head when the anger of-not-seeing-yourself-in-the-mirror was rampaging the inner regions of my head. It was itching all over my body – just because I never saw myself in the mirror just in that moment I really needed. I tried to put the disgust and anger aside while going down the stairs to the kitchen where my mom stood happily making my breakfast.

      “Good morning Nate, slept well?” She asked with a powerful tone. “I always sleep well; I just hate to wake up.” I said bitterly. “Erica is asleep, so you’re lucky” She almost murmured. I pulled out the chair and sat down – I looked into the daily paper and skimmed through the most of it. Nothing interesting today – in disappointment, I went down the stairs to the basement to take a soda. I opened the fridge and felt the cold air stream into my face – it felt wonderful. I stood there for a long while and didn’t notice that the door-alarm started to beep so mom shouted my name so regained consciousness. I didn’t manage to get a soda – but I got satisfied with the cold air instead. I threw myself in the sofa and slowly felt the sleep crawling above my shoulder – I forgot the pain. Suddenly it started to ache at the spot that hit when I woke up. My brain tried to think about the awakening but everything went blurry before mom came down and slammed the soda can on the table so I woke up instantly. “The only thing that keeps you awake is when Erica wakes you up.” She pointed out. “Do you think that pouring water above my head is an acceptable thing? I might get a heart attack.” I said angrily. “Stop reminding me about it Nate...” She replied.

      I went up the stairs and dressed for school – unaware of the time. I accidentally kicked on my alarm and I picked it up. My facial expression changed instantly when I noticed that the clock was about nine. After dressing up in a hurry, I ran down grabbed a half-finished sandwich that mom was preparing for herself – grabbed my bag and slammed the door behind me. It was raining and it was hopeless to go back home to get my raincoat so I ran as fast I could to the main entrance. I was almost running down the hallway when someone walked in my way. I didn’t have the time to react – so I hit the person and apologized on my way to the lockers. Took my math books, put them into my bag and locked my locker. Ran up the stairs and grabbed the doorknob to the classroom’s door. When I took a step into the classroom, I saw this new girl. The time froze. There was an empty seat next to her and I sneaked slowly to my seat, but I didn’t manage before Mr. Johnson slammed the ruler in his desk.



      Chapter 1 – The Beginning (Part 2)


      “Wilson! Why are you late again?” He shouted out in force. “I overslept; I am so sorry!” I apologized. “This isn’t the first time Wilson. Sit down and work!” And he slammed his ruler in his desk again – the sound was deafening. I saw how Ryan was laughing with the other guys in the left row and when I looked down the classroom the new girl in the back was giggling. Ryan is my cousin just that you know – he isn’t the kindest guy in our class. The girl in the back sounded really cute – her cheeks were so blushy and innocent. She was properly dressed – as a young business woman. I just stood there and watched her. The girl pointed at something – something behind me. When I turned around Mr. Johnson was standing behind me and was ready to attack. “Listen Wilson!” and he slammed his ruler in a nearby desk. I almost ran and sat next to the new girl – she was looking at me. My clothes was all soaking wet and I looked like a homeless – with some class. She stretched out her and hand and said “Amy”. I shook her hand and replied “Nate, pleased to meet you”. Her hair was cut in a pixie hairstyle with black extensions at the left side, she also had glasses halfway down on her nose. Her cheeks – oh, I just couldn’t resist them. I just looked at her and didn’t notice that Mr. Johnson was standing in front of me. Without doubting he slammed his ruler in my desk and shouted once again “Wilson! Work!” and I replied “Yes, yes, yes…” in haste. I bent down to take my bag and it was also soaking wet. I took up my books and started with the math. The derivative was really boring – Amy seemed to master it quite well. I just hit my head in my desk and stared down into the book. It looked like that I was reading – but I was sleeping. “Nate, how’s it going with the math?” Amy asked. I didn’t reply because I was asleep. In that moment the bell rang and class ended. “Get out of my classroom!” Mr. Johnson shouted out and slammed his ruler on his desk – and this time it got divided in two halves. When I passed by Mr. Johnson he was murmuring “I have to get a new, sturdy one” before he saw me. “This isn’t good Wilson; I might kick you out from class next time.” He pointed out. “No need to worry – I’ll bring a new ruler for you next class, if you give me the money” I replied. Mr. Johnson sighed and said goodbye.

      “He does really hate you, eh?” Amy asked. “He is just one of the bitter teachers; you just have to live with it.” I answered in a happy mood. I hanged with Amy the whole day – we actually got good along with each other and we went part ways when school ended for the day.

      The rain had stopped and I walked happily back home. When I came home my sister Erica was playing the piano and she interrupted her song when I came inside. “Welcome home Nate” she said slowly. “Was school good?” She asked. “It was okay, but I’m really tired” I said and put down my bag and went into the kitchen. I opened the fridge looking for something to eat – I didn’t found anything so went up to my room. I went up the stairs and looked outside, everything was grey. The clouds was moving faster and faster, a few skyscrapers grew and raised up from the ground, more people walking on the street, our house started to shake and I felt my feet raising up in the air. I was standing outside, on the highest elevation on earth. Someone pushed me down and I saw how all colors disappeared when I fell down to the asphalt. I landed softly and looked around, urban surroundings, standing in the rain – all alone by myself. The world was crashing down, and people walked around. Grayscale world, concrete wings on butterflies, eyes made of crystal glass. Emotionless faces illuminated in front of me, raindrops that never existed made my skin wet. Silence and sorrow was surrounding me and a feeling of being captured on a picture was itching me. I walked in the dead city and it was all boring – people were fading into the grey city and it didn’t take long before the city was full of people. In the huge crowd – it was something that made the place lighter. I tried to get it but it was impossible. It was like that I was moving inside a huge bubble surrounding my body. Someone walked by me and turned around in an in an instant. I stood in that way for a while and noticed that I was transparent – people were walking through me but I couldn’t move into people. There was a small girl walking in the crowd – she was different. She wasn’t grey, she was in full color. It felt like that she was moving in my direction and she went inside my bubble and stood in the same spot that I did – she was inside me. When I looked around five other girls was moving towards me – in a pentacle form. All of them went inside me and they held their hands – standing around me. A blue pillar of light started to rise from the girls and went up in the sky. After a while, it diverted and changed its direction and was coming down – above my head. In the light, I saw a black stone shining on the ground and when I touched it the light got brighter and brighter, and I woke up. When I woke up I saw Erica sneaking further into my room and was opening drawer.

      Slowly – I sneaked behind her and prepared to frighten her. I raised my arms above her shoulders and waited for the right moment. I slammed my palms on her shoulders and shouted out her name – changing my intonation as like as when rocket takes off. She jumped up and screamed – so loud that I felt the tinnitus-beep crawling inside my ears. “What are you doing in my room?” I said in a normal tone. “Nothing really...” She said nervously. “Tell me, otherwise things can get bad.” I said angrily. She was turning away from me – trying to come up with a reason why she did what she did. “I wanted money!” She pointed out encourageously. “Yeah sure.” And it went silent for a long while before I told her “I you really wanted money, you could ask me instead of stealing it.” I said in a disappointed tone. “Can I? Can I get some from you?” She asked and looked innocent. “Hell no, you’re not worth it. Now get out of my room”
      She walked out and I threw myself on my bed – grabbing the alarm clock in the jump. I looked at it and noticed that the clock was about eleven. Luckily it was Saturday so that equals no school, what a relief. As a reflex I ran down both stairs, went down to the basement, opened the fridge and took a chilly soda before jumping into the sofa. Before I even thought about opening the soda the phone started to ring so I ran up the stairs and grabbed the phone that lied on the kitchen table.

      “Hello, Nate here!” I said. “Hey Nate! It’s me, Amy from your class. I wondere...” I interrupted her with “How the hell did you get my number?” “The address book maybe?” she pointed out proudly. “Damnit, I wanted a chill by myself today, well what was you going to ask?” It went silent and I tried to remind her with “You were wondering something...” “Aha, do you want to go out today?” She asked me neatly. “A date!?!” I almost shouted into the phone. “Dream on Nate, that’s never going to happen.” I replied instantly with “Never say never; you’ll never know” She giggled in the phone and I answered her first question with “Sure, I’ll go out with you.” I heard her breathe in for to speak but interrupted her again with “Are we going to eat and so too?” “Yeah, If you want to. But I’m going to bring a friend if it’s okay...” “If she’s hot; why not?” She started to laugh. “Well let’s meet outside the school’s main entrance, okay?” She asked again. “Now?” I said questioningly. “Yeah, like in 10 minutes. See you there then!” She said. “Bye!” “Bye!” and I smashed the phone on the table.

      I went up the stairs and into my room and when opened my door a saw a stone lying on the carpet – just next to my bed. It was black, like an onyx-stone. I grabbed it and put it into my left pocket – who knows, it might bring some luck! I took off my shirt and looked myself in the mirror – I looked sexier than ever. I dug after a nice t-shirt and jeans, put that on and went out of my room. I knocked on Erica’s door and shouted “I’m going ou...” “On a date; Okay’ I’ll tell mom when she comes home.” I didn’t have time to argue so I ran down the stairs, put on my coat and went out – slamming the door behind me. I noticed that I was late so I ran in a decent pace towards the school. When I came to our designated destination – no one was there. I looked at the clock and I noticed that I was late – but I decided to wait for a while, making it sure that she hadn’t gotten there before me. I waited a few minutes and a familiar person was walking towards me – but when she came closer it wasn’t the person I thought it was.





      Chapter 1 – The Beginning (Part 3)

      Unfortunately it was someone else – but she walked towards me and when she was at a quite distance she asked me “Has Amy came yet?” I was shocked and I didn’t know what to say but I opened my mouth tried to speak but I was paralyzed – and I didn’t know why. Her eyes were sparkling and her skin was so radiant. “I...I don’t know...actually” I managed to get out of my mouth, in an extremely nervous way. “You’re Nate right?” she asked and smiled. Her cheeks were so cute – I couldn’t take my eyes away from them and the thing was that she kept smiling. I looked into her eyes and said “Yeah, I’m Nate...” “So fun to meet, my name is Zoe” she said politely and stretched out her hand – shaking to death, I grabbed it and shook it frantically. She looked at me and I blushed. Her palm felt like silk – like the pillows in the high end shop in town, so high-class and expensive. I asked “What have you guys planned? Or did you just feel like just going out today?” “I didn’t plan anything; Amy just told me that there was a really nice guy I’d better meet so didn’t hesitate getting along.” Could I believe her or did she make up something non-rational just to make me like Amy more? I already liked Amy a lot – she just didn’t know it. I saw someone coming – this time it was Amy. I saw from the distance that she had dyed her hair all black. Her skin was shimmering, because the sun glowing on it. When she came closer she waved at us and ran towards us. When she was enough close to converse – I took the advantage and said “You look so beautiful with your new hair Amy!” looking into her eyes. She looked at me weirdly and said “Wasn’t I beautiful before?” angrily. “I never said that; you are always beautiful” trying to amend my mistakes. Impulsively – she hugged me and thanked me. Zoe looked at me enviously and tried to look down when we was hugging each other. I’ve just known Amy one day and she hugs me already? “Hey Zoe, how are you?” Amy asked and she replied “I’m good, I think”. “Let’s go then!” I almost shouted out.

      We walked to downtown and when we were there we had a hard time deciding where to go next. I and Zoe were hungry and wanted to eat but Amy wasn’t that hungry yet, so Amy decided to go shopping in the nearby mall. Red Horizon Mall is massive, seven floors and over ninety different shops. Its taboo to go there alone with two girls and I had planned to go there with two girls. So I would probably be stuck until closing time. I followed them through at least twelve shops and after that Amy got hungry. We went down three floors to the food-floor and there are a lot of different foods, from pizza and burgers to Thai and Chinese food. I was already done ordering and I were on my to a table when Amy told me that she was going to the bathroom for a while.

      Zoe placed her food in front of me and sat down. “So, do you like Amy?” she asked. “Why do you wonder?” I replied. “Because I see it on you, you are totally in love. You better confess.” She said with a threatening voice. “Yeah, I like her but not that much. I just met her, so I’ll take it easy so she’ll not be overwhelmed.” I explained. “So, what do you like about her looks then? You better be honest.” The threatened me again. Amy was done in the bathroom and her food was done and she got it and was moving to our table. “Well, she haves a beautiful face and beautiful figure” I said casually “Tell me in detail.” I hesitated for a while and then said “I like her tits” And it all became silent. Zoe pointed at something discreetly and I looked behind me, and there did she stand. She poured her soda on me and ran away. I tried to stop her but it was impossible. “Good job! Now she probably want kill you now if you contact her.” She said and laughed. “It was your fault!” I shouted and she answered “Yeah sure.”

      I took the food to where I bought it and they fixed a takeaway box for it and I went home. When I opened the door mom welcomed me and said “How was the date?” I took off my shoes and my jacket and hanged it up before saying “Terrible, I told Amy that I liked her tits behind her back” and took the food to the kitchen table. “Haha, that’s my boy.” And mom messed up my hair. “Thanks”. I went up the stairs and dressed to more comfortable clothes and went down to the basement. I opened the fridge, took a soda can and threw myself on to the couch. I stretched after the remote and I pressed the buttons. When I noticed that the TV was turned off, I didn’t bother myself going all the way to the TV so I took my iPod and pressed the earphones and maxed the volume. I took small sips from the soda, at the same time humming the melody of the song. Suddenly the phone started to ring and I got so mad, it interrupted the epic breakdown in the song. “Nate, it’s for you!” mom shouted from the kitchen. “Throw me the phone then...” I said tiredly and caught it.

      “Hey it’s Nate” I said in the phone and waited patiently after a reply that came almost instantly after I said something. “Hey, it’s Amy. I am sorry for the accident before.” She said with a low tone. “Why are you apologizing? It was my mistake, so kinda had the rights to do it.” I pointed out and took a sip from my soda, and yes it feels like a cliché that I am drinking the same soda that she poured on me. “You complimented me didn’t you?” she asked and carelessly, as usual I said “Amy, all guys like tits okay? This feels so wrong to talk about.” It became silent and she didn’t say a word. Quickly I replied “Yes, I did compliment you” and she came but with a vague”okay” and it became silent again. “So did you get all sticky and so?” she asked regularly. “Yes, and I haven’t showered yet. I like the sugary feeling, but I have changed thou.” I said.
      Chapter 1 – The Beginning (Part 4)

      “You haven’t?!?!” and I answered with “No, haven’t you dreamt about swimming in syrup?” I felt uneasiness and I think that just went overboard. “Nate, you are sick.” I asked in an instant “In a bad or a good way?” and she answered “Both” It went silent again and I took a sip from my soda again. “Nate, you better go to shower.” She said and I replied “Stop playing my mom Amy, I have already have one much”. “I heard that! You’re probably going to regret it some day” Mom shouted from the kitchen. “What about going out again? This time without Zoe, okay?” she asked encourageously. “Are you asking me out on a date, again?” I was truly skeptical, but I just felt for asking. “No stupid, just hanging out as friends...” her voice said boringly. “So, why do you put it like “Going out?” it sounds so date-ish to me” telling her my side of view. “That’s because you are desperate.” She said happily. “I have to go, sorry...” I said and hang up. She was probably mad at me, again. You see, me and women doesn’t work so well with each other so I’ll probably end up being gay. I drank up all the soda and went up to the kitchen and took an apple. “Nate, it’s almost eleven and you have school tomorrow. Go to sleep” Mom said and I did as she said. I put the apple back and went up the stairs. Erica was in her room so the bathroom was vacant. I went inside and noticed that the mirror was fixed. I could finally take a deep breath and look at myself in the mirror. The worries about the early-morning-madness was now gone. I took off my clothes and jumped in the shower and when I was done I looked at myself again and I noticed that something was behind me. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was shaking when I turned around and there was an invincible girl standing right behind me smiling. I backed in fear and slammed open the door and fell to the floor. I managed to rush on my four to my room and shut my door behind me.

      “Why are you so afraid of me?” The girl said while walking through my door. “You are some kind of wraith, ghost or demon!!! You are transparent!!! Leave me alone!” I almost screamed. “Take it easy, someone can hear you. I promise, I won’t touch you and I practically cannot hurt you anyway.” The ghost said and she continued with “I am not a ghost, wraith nor a demon. A ghost is a lost soul, a wraith is a evil spirit that does his deeds for someone else’s winning and a demon is a converted soul that does his evil deeds for is own winning. You have to learn some words I guess.” She said. “You aren’t the appropriate teacher if I say my opinion. You are a ghost!” I said in fear. “I am not a ghost, I am a spirit. I got called here by someone, I don’t know who, and I am looking after that someone...” she turned her voice down. “So you are lost after all.” I pointed out. “But I am still not a ghost. Just leave that okay?” I sat on my bed and fixed my alarm clock for tomorrow. “What’s your name then, ghost?” I said, just for joking around. “My name is Eregonia and I am still not a ghost. A spirit”. “A spirit” I repeated after her, getting dressed for sleep. “I’m going to sleep so; can you just hang around until I wake up?” I asked and Eregonia answered “Yeah sure, I don’t have anything to do I could do it” I turned the lights off and went to bed and I felt something cold touch my cheeks and I blushed up before sleeping.