Guess you can say the rest of the deal went smoothly. As soon as Ignius left the marking, that he placed on me, reappeared telling me he replaced the spell on me again. It's been six years since then.
There are a lot of fun things that don't involve speaking, like exploring... Well, maybe not exploring. There is a limit to what I can explore my "reach" is kind of laid out weird. The best way I can explain it is like this.
Draw a square. Now imagine each of the four sides is four miles long. Now imagine a dot no bigger than 12 feet wide and 11 feet long and place this dot about 150 feet from both sides of the bottom right corner. Cool. See now if you were to look at your drawing it would be a pretty good diagram of my exploration area. for a girl my size, this area is pretty huge. but, it spans off in the wrong direction. but karma is... well you know what karma is. so, to be honest, I'm glad Ignius limited my ability to explore in that direction or else I would have tortured his very existence. I was exploring the border because I can, the outfit I was wearing was the one that was found sloppily tucked around my head when they found me... the last seen outfit. don't get me wrong I prefer to still be alive but the last outfit I was wearing was my favorite and now that I'm dead I can wear it every day. My mama bought it for me so it's really special. if I was alive mama would never let me wear it more than once a week I might get lucky with twice a week but that's about it.
The outfit was dark purple and black striped long sleeve cotton button-up with dark blue Capri jeans that were neatly ironed and cuffed at the bottom. On top of my button up was a black a thin black hoodie with purple detailing and drawstrings, and to top it all off black flats all shiny and squeaking quietly every other step. I was so proud to wear it so happy my mama put so much work into finding and buying each part. she really is amazing.
OI wanted everyone to see how cute I looked, how cute I felt. that's why I put extra minutes into putting my long curly hair into twin pigtails. that's why I was late.
The weather now, looks slightly colder than that day seven years ago. the chilly wind bothering everyone except me, rustling through everyone's clothes except mine. at this time of day I was on my walk, mama was at work, Ignius's wouldn't be by to visit until four... his usual. so I always had free time then. but this time was different... new even.
The door on the porch to my left slammed shut and a very upset man came stomping away from it and glared up at an open window. thank goodness I didn't get hit by anything falling out of that window but I did sit there and watch the show.
"Who are you putting on a show for there's no one out here!"
'hey! I'm out here.' I obviously kept that comment to myself.
"I'm not putting on a show, I want you gone! I want you out!"
The situation got good so I took a seat crisscross applesauce in the frosty concrete.
"Come on! Stop! I said I was sorry!"
"But you're not! you're not sorry so don't ever set foot in this house again! I don't give a shit if you're bleeding to death and all you could do is crawl! you better crawl your ass to the hospital over there!" my attention traced the direction she was pointing and sure enough there it was. downtown hospital the landmark between our neighborhood and the city. I wanted a better view so I crossed the street this time remaining on my feet. it looked like the man was going to pop.
"I paid for this house! ill be damned if I can't even enter it." at that moment the man froze the door slowly creaked open and then clicked shut. a little girl walked calmly off the porch after locking the door. she kept walking as if nothing was wrong, I almost thought she was dead and the dad could see her but then...
"Morning daddy, see ya later." clear as day my jaw dropped slightly. was this normal? do they do this often? the girl then looked up and waved at the woman.
"Bye mommy see ya soon!" the smile she had plastered on her face disintegrated with each step she took away from her "home". that... that right there is what caught my attention. the little girl stopped at the stoplight for humans and made full eye contact with me. I thought nothing of it and scooted out of her way so when she passed I don't get in her way. meanwhile, her eyes darted to the light and waited until it was white for her before looking away. she then made full eye contact with me again and then smiled. smiled and waved. I looked around and seen no one behind no one on either side of the block I was on. so I was confused.
Who is she waving at, it can't be me, right?
The light finally turned white and gave her a chance to cross and her eyes never left mine. the little girl skipped up to me and whispered over my shoulder.
"I was waving at you." she then continued to walk and left me behind absolutely astounded people like her are super rare. I snapped out of my daze and jogged to catch up to the now waiting little girl.
She spoke to me again when I caught up.
"You can hear me, right?" I opened my mouth to respond but quickly closed it. nodding my head instead.
"You don't look like other ghosts... what's that on your neck?" my hand went up to the curse mark on my neck.
"..." I stayed quiet I couldn't find a way to explain it, but she continued none the less.
"You are dead aren't you? are you a princess or angel or something?... never mind." I shot her a confused look my eyes scanned her face she had a slight smile on her face. my jaw twitched, why is she smiling? is this funny to her?
"Hehe, I guess I got my answer." I glared at her, and she just continued.
"You walked straight through the telephone pole just now. so I guess that answers one of my questions." my glare eased up and I smirked a bit feeling bad for assuming.
"Either way I like it I've never seen anything like it before its one of a kind."
You mean unique?
"How come you don't speak." I just pointed to my neck.
She smiled innocently at me still walking to what I can only imagine was school. she was talking my ear off and the corner was approaching, fast and the light was not in her favor. she was a few feet into the street and there was nothing I could say to make her stop so I did the only thing that came to mind. I reached out for her hand in an effort to pull her back and out of harm's way. the red Chevy Silverado with its distracted driver indiscriminately continued to barrel down the road. to my surprise, a weird golden glow coated my hand and I actually grabbed her hand... I didn't faze through! we made eye contact and I saw everything.
It's like I watched her whole life flash through her eyes. not that there was much life to flash through, so the moment was brief and vague.
Christmas trees and smiling faces. laughter followed by a loud sound of glass crashing and splintering everywhere on what sounded like wood flooring. a little boy pushing a piece in. yelling in the background and baby boy passes out. little girl pulls a blanket over a tired baby brother. then... orange, red and blue lights flashing and a small casket. and then another scene of a man crying alone his back to us and a loud bang and he collapses to the floor the bed hiding him. another casket and then a woman flashing with different men next to her until we get to the man from earlier.
Okay. okay! no more, please!
I squeezed my eyes closed. after a few seconds, I opened them and watched the world refocus. I shot a look at the little girl and notice she looks like she been crying. her cheeks rosy and wind chilled tears streaking her face.
"I'm... so sorry... what... what happened to... to... to you was... scary and not fair. it sucks." her small hics and sniffles interrupted every other word.
She... she saw everything!? oh no.
I shifted away from her and looked at the crossing light that now beckoned for us to cross. and just beyond that was the school. I gave the little girl a look that said you should know better.
"I'm sorry. I know. I promise to be safe." we carefully walked the rest of the way to school I hid the mark on my hand as we walked closer to the nostalgic yard.
"Can we walk again tomorrow?" I nodded and she smiled we walked through the gates she skipped on I teleported back to my room. a frown clear on my face.
Will I really see her again? should I show up at the same time or earlier?
I just shrugged and strolled into the living room, taking a glace at the time.
7:40 he'll be here in five minutes
I can't explain it but whenever I think of that man my chest stirs... it's like I knew him... but I know I didn't... Attest not while I was alive 7 think I would renumber a demon... okay well now I do but not before I died, not the first time I saw him. Yesterday was weird and stressful on my mind, body and soul thank goodness I don't have a ny normal body functions. At this point the less stress the better the date Ignius warned me of is close and I'm not ready to have a front-row seat to that show. No, thank you. My mind was still wandering when the time changed I forced myself to calm down.
7:44 Smile Ludo... smile. You didn't just watch someone else's life flash before your eyes.