"Oh my God" Shelly said as she stood frozen at the door with a scared Zo beside her.
Fina turned to the torn picture and picked it up.
It was a picture of a girl.
She could only make out the white hair.
The dark ghost was still in shock when she turned back to him.
"It's the picture of the ghost" Fina said to Shelly.
The dark ghost looked so terrified suddenly.
"Why are you stabbing her picture?" Fina asked, turning to the ghost.
The ghost shook his head.
"Why?" Fina asked again.
"They said to kill her. They said to kill her again. They said to turn her. Turn her like they turned me"
"Who are they?" Shelly asked
"They are the-the-"
The dark ghost began to shake and then, its head popped off as if there's pressure underneath it. Blue blood seeped out of it. The ghosts screamed including Zo.
Fina shut her eyes and opened them again.
"We don't know anything. I swear"
"How old are you?" Fina asked
The ghosts glanced at each other.
"Twenty one. We are seniors. Third level"
"What happened to you?" Shelly asked
"I'm scared, Fina. I can't see them" Zo said
One of the ghosts looked at Zo.
"It's not your time to see" She said
They all looked almost the same with different hairs. They had blue, wine and white hair.
"What does that mean?" Shelly asked
"Third level? And dead? What is this place? Who killed you?" Fina asked
They all glanced at one another.
"You don't know this place? It's Aries territory. We are not from Aries. We are Virgos. We don't know anything. We just woke up dead" The white head said.
Zo went to stand behind Fina.
"How long have you been dead?" Shelly asked
"Three months and two days" The blue head said
Fina and Shelly glanced at each other.
"We couldn't leave. Some ghosts becomes trapped somehow. It's a mystery. And we don't know anything about our death. We do wander at night when everyone is asleep though" The one with wine head said "I'm Ashley"
"Bree" The white head said
"Tina" The blue head said
"Most students put protection spells in their room so we can't go in to investigate anything" Ashley said
Fina held Zo's hand.
"Why are you in Aries territory?" Fina asked
"This used to be where some of the Aries have special trainings. We have never been here before. Just out of curiosity. Until we met him" Bree said, pointing to the dark ghost who was fading every minute.
"He's dead forever. Anyway" Bree said, looking at Fina.
"We were playing together and he appeared"
Fina picked up the torn picture.
"Do you have any idea who she might be?" She asked
"I'm certain she's from Aries. But I can't really tell who she might be. We, third level seniors spends more time on the field" Tina said
Fina and Shelly looked at each other and nodded.
"Tell your friend it's okay not to see deeply sometimes. Not everything is beautiful to look at" Ashley said
"You have to be careful, okay?" Tina said
Fina nodded and they all left the ghosts.
"Well, that was something" Shelly said
"I can hear and feel them but I can't see them. Is there something wrong with me?" Zo asked
Fina shook her head.
"You are okay" Fina replied
They roamed the whole place but came up with nothing.
"Maybe we are viewing it wrong" Fina said "We have a key and a ring.
Shel. Which would you use first?"
Shelly bit her lower lip in thought.
"The key first, then an elevator to bring me back up" Shelly replied
"Up, as in underground" Zo said
Shelly winked at Zo.
"Brilliant, Einstein"
"A door. An elevator" Fina said
"We have different types. The one for walls. Well, that's the only one I know" Shelly said
"Let's search again" Fina said
They roamed through the house the third time.
Fina moved back to the room with the painting and searched every part of the place.
She stopped at the foot of the small bed and inspected the bed.
The bed wasn't well laid and a dusty red pillow was resting on it.
She walked to the side of the bed and picked up the pillow and something fell from it.
Fina bend to pick up whatever it was. It had looked like a small pin.
She used her right hand to search under the bed, feeling for anything with a sharp edge but her hand felt something else.
It took her a while to realize that she was touching a door handle.
The excitement that bubbled through her was immeasurable.
"Shel! Zo!"
The girls hurried over at once.
"I found something" Fina said excitedly. "Let's try to push the bed"
She rose to her feet and they all pushed the small but heavy bed away to a side. It creaked as they moved it.
There, in the midst lies a door.