In a dilapidated playground, where no one came anymore, there was a child who was crying out loud, sitting on an old bench.

No one could see the baby cry and not because no one was there, but because he was a wandering ghost, recently dead. He kept crying until someone came.

In front there was a little girl who looked curiously at the crying ghost child, she approached with her little hand to touch him, but the hand pierced her body.

With surprise, she backed away scared, a few steps, while the crying ghost child, became aware of her presence, equally incredulous that someone had managed to see him, stopped crying and looked the little girl straight in the eyes with a curious look and so the little girl began toto loosen one's guard against him, but always careful she kept at arm's length.

The ghost child did nothing and continued to stare at her, while she felt uneasy. Time passed slowly and she asked the ghost child for information.

He replied with pitiful eyes that the last thing he remembered was a rope that suddenly appeared behind him to choke his neck. As he told her story, the little girl could only touch his neck with tears flowing.

Seeing him in this pitiful state, the little girl was saddened by what had happened to him, so she decided to keep him company every day.

From this strange encounter, every day she went to the abandoned park and played with him, time passed and one day the ghost child told her that he had a vague memory of his family, so she decided to help him find her.

The little girl looked for information about her family among the citizens and also with the carabinieri, but she was unable to trace anything and despite this she did not give up.

One day, as she was returning to the park, as usual, she saw a woman with a bouquet of flowers who placed them on the stone where the ghost child was always found, so curious she asked her why she had put a bouquet of flowers.

The woman surprised that someone was there, turned around and looked into the eyes of the little girl with a blank and emotionless expression, frightened by her gaze, she shivered, fell and recoiled unconsciously.

Seeing this, the woman with sadness and pain left the bouquet of flowers and ran away, while the little girl saw her go away in tears and not knowing exactly what had happened, she managed to calm down as she watched the ghost child reappear in his usual place, but this time was a lotsilent, watching the woman go.

The little girl said goodbye to the ghost child who was thinking about the woman who had gone, looking at the bouquet of flowers she had left.

For a couple of days nothing happened, until the woman reappeared with another bouquet of flowers, this time the little girl was very serene compared to the first time, so she watched her put the bouquet back on the stone where there was already another one .

Neither of them said anything, but the ghost child suddenly cried out to the woman with many emotions she felt inside, but not being able to hear her voice, the woman got up to leave.

But the little girl, seeing the ghost child shouting at the woman, stopped in front of her and looked at her with eyes full of shyness and even fear.

The woman surprised by his sudden gesture, asked her what she meant to do with that gesture. Little girl surprised he spoke, she answered in a stammering voice "n-don't go away"

The woman and the little girl looked at each other with incredulous expressions, the little girl also with a sort of fear and eyes devoid of light and emotion hoping that she would speak.

The ghost child who saw the woman who hadn't gone away was delighted, while with awkward gestures, he expressed his happiness and gratitude towards the little girl.

Looking in her direction she felt relieved and did not notice that the woman saw this inconspicuous gesture of hers, so turning and looking in the direction, she only saw that it was the point where she had put the bouquet of flowers.

This gesture attracted the attention of the child who jumped with joy as he tried to approach her, but as if he was tied up and there was also a wall in front of him, he could not take more than 5 steps, before being pulled and pushed in the same place.

The little girl, frightened by this sudden change, approached him as she tried to help him, but just as she took his arm, her hand pierced his body.

As if realizing, with sadness, he could only observe the ghost child who struggled to his feet while his face showed that he felt a very deep pain.

The woman was amazed at what she was doing and looked thoughtfully at the little girl who had a sad expression as she looked ahead of her with concern.

As if aware of her gaze, he turned and looked at her for a few seconds before sighing and asking who she was and why she was leaving a bouquet of flowers on the stone.

Feeling strangely that he could not hold back his emotions, he answered without hesitation that his son had died here.

Upon learning of this truth, she was surprised as the child was happy that he remembered him, the woman starting to remember what had happened to her poor son, began to cry as she bent over the stone and hugged him with sadness and regret.

The child who saw his mother crying in front of him, tried to hug her, but not being able to have physical contact with her, he felt a feeling of squalor, he could only helplessly watch his mother cry.

The little girl was very sad and she too was influenced by this scene, so she started crying. The woman got up and she walked away, this time the little girl didn't stop her.

Both had finally found out where the mother of the child was, so they were very happy with this result, but this did not change the sad situation of the ghost child.

The following day the woman brought another bunch of flowers and put it back in its usual place, this time she took the initiative to speak to the little girl who was in the abandoned park every day.

He told her that he had had a son his age and that he was a very happy and sunny child, he liked this park and she always brought him here after school, while she told the past of the ghost child, she couldn't help but be moved .

The little girl could not help but offer her a handkerchief as she secretly observed the ghost child who was listening to their conversation, the woman was happy that she offered her a handkerchief and accepted.

He then continued to tell the sad past of the ghost child: that one day while he was talking to the other mothers, he lost sight of the ghost child, therefore discovering his disappearance too late, he found his son who by now lifeless, had already been killed by a serial killer yesfound in this city.

Grief-stricken to discover her son's corpse, whose limbs were broken beyond recognition and horribly, eyes gouged out and nose hollowed out like a skull, skin that was once as tender as jade now ravaged and torn abominable, while a cloth rope wastied tightly to her small neck which was now severed. Her mother couldn't help but faint.

She told with deep sadness and anger what her son went through, the girl who was only 9 years old was shocked, realizing her mistake in telling these things to a 9 year old girl, she didn't know how to debunk the situation.

But surprisingly he saw that the little girl was more serene, despite being very sad about what had been the fate of the ghost child. Both were sad and so, the little girl told her that she could see the ghost of her son.

At first she couldn't believe it, but seeing her look and also the strange behaviors she had before, she started to believe her words, so with some hope, she tried to converse with her son who had observed their interaction .

Seeing that his mother was trying to communicate with him, he was very happy and with a look at the little girl, he asked her to translate what she would say, she did not refuse his request.

So mother and son could communicate while the little girl was very happy to be able to help this mother and son pair, especially since she befriended the ghost child.

Their conversion had lasted several hours, until the last ray of sun went down, so they had to interrupt because the little girl had to go home before 6:00 pm.

So to the displeasure of the mother and son, the mother had to leave and to thank the little girl for her kindness, she tipped her $100, offering her a ride home.

Not knowing the value of the money, she accepted her money without any problems and prepared to walk home with the woman, but suddenly a rope appeared in front of her as she walked.

Feeling her neck constricted and deprived of air, she tried to free herself while the woman, shocked and frightened, tried to attack the aggressor to free her.

But with a kick from the opposite side, she was thrown to the side, while helpless she could only watch the little girl choke as her face slowly turned pale.

She tried to wrestle with her hands to rip the rope from her neck, but felt her senses start to reel.

The man holding the rope dropped it with a satisfied smile and started clapping joyfully as he walked around the little girl and under the gaze of the woman and the ghost boy who were angry, especially the woman.

Noticing the woman's obnoxious gaze, the man looked her up and down for a few seconds, then licked his lips as he approached the woman with another rope he'd taken from her black leather jacket.

Seeing that he was approaching her, she felt an immense fear and hatred towards the man and as she looked at the unconscious little girl with rope marks on her neck, she tried to get close and grab her to escape, but just one step away suddenly a kick hit her knee hard.

With a gruesome sound, the leg bone broke as the woman could not hold back her screams of pain and hearing her scream, the man started laughing as another kick broke her other leg.

The woman could do nothing and as she screamed she saw that the man's legs were armed with iron plates. After another gruesome cracking sound of bones, the woman screamed and then passed out from too much pain.

The ghost child screamed in rage seeing his new friend being strangled, while his mother was being tortured with kicks, he tried to run towards the man to fight, but as he could not get out of an area of ​​5 feet from the stone, he could only see that the The man took the little girl and carried her away.

With a fury never felt before, he screamed so loud that ripples began to be seen throughout the surrounding space, tearing everything apart, with a sound like breaking glass, the ghost child saw that space and the strange force that imprisoned him they had been destroyed, it washappily satisfied with its result.

The man who heard the noise, turned around and saw a little boy who gave him a tremendous sense of awe and fear, felt his whole back sweat while his mind was in a panic, couldn't help but run away terrified.

But not even a step away, the ghost child appeared before him with glowing red eyes staring intently at him as a gaseous substance spewed from his tiny body.

Extremely terrified, he dropped the body of the girl and the woman, then with all his strength ran away from the park with an expression full of panic and terror.

The ghost child wanted to go after the man, so he left the park while the girl and woman lay there.

The running man thought he was safe by now, but suddenly he heard a sound of footsteps coming from behind him, scared he didn't dare turn around, on the contrary he increased his speed, but he didn't have such luck.

He could see that suddenly his entire worldview was literally turned upside down and he saw his body that was suddenly still as he saw that the upper part of his body was missing his head.

As he gazed in shock at his headless body, he saw a hand appear from behind that grabbed his hair and turned his head to then show the ghost child's face that had red eyes.

He finally understood what had happened, but by now he could no longer think of anything, so he died in shock and with a terror he had never felt before.

The ghost child looked into the face of the man who had killed him and badly injured his mother and his new friend. In hate he suddenly opened his mouth as it grew larger.

With a crunchy crackle, he hatefully ate the man's head as the decapitated body fell to the ground, after chewing a few mouthfuls, he swallowed without problems.

Finally the man who had killed him was dead, he didn't know what to feel, totally giving up the corpse of the remaining man, he lost interest and so he walked away from the place leaving a corpse without a head.

Back at the abandoned park, the ghost child took care of his mother and her friend, managing to create an illusory barrier and thus making the abandoned playground disappear from the planet.

Here he was finally able to be with his mother who he missed, he also had a friend who loved him and the man who had killed him died tragically. All the wishes of his life were fulfilled, thus the dawn of the new day arrived.

The woman woke up as if she had a nightmare, first looked at her legs, which were fine, apart from some blood stains.

Concerned for the little girl, she turned and looked around until she saw her leaning on a bench next to her.

She was fine too and the rope mark was slowly disappearing. The woman was very surprised and also perplexed by what had happened, but she didn't have time to think, she saw a little boy standing next to her and he greeted her with a smile.

Seeing him, the woman began to cry as she ran to meet the child, to hug him with all her strength for fear that he might disappear and lose sight of him again.

But suddenly, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth she walked on had disappeared, she fell losing her balance without being able to touch even a tuft of hair, looking shocked at the son she dreamed of and who was also the regret of her life , he did not know what to do.

A thousand emotions assaulted the mind and the heart, but only one was stronger than the others, this emotion was the maternal love that she felt and thought she had lost when she found the corpse of her beloved son, unable to control herself, she cried as she searched in vain to embrace him.

The ghost child suffered a lot to see that his mother in tears tried to hug him unsuccessfully, but with a forced smile he said: "Goodbye mom, I finally fulfilled my wish and also my remorse, I wanted to be able to spend time with you once last time".

Hearing that she could communicate and what her son said, her tears didn't stop flowing as she began to sob hard, even though she was happy to be able to see her son and talk to him, but she knew it might be the last time she could see him.

The pain for his loss was immense, but being unable to do anything about this situation, he said: "if there is a next life after death, I hope you are still my son", in a trembling but strong voice, moved his son who was fading into white light particles disappearing into theempty.

Leaving a smile, he said goodbye to his mother and looked gratefully at the little girl who was still unconscious, so satisfied that he left this world and finally the ghost child let go of the remorse that he left behind after his death.

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