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Dark. Mysterious. Alluring.

That was the only way to explain what had just stepped into her life.

Sometimes she would ask herself, how life took a sudden turn just by one presence. HIM.

Never would she have thought that one person could make her and break her.

How could something forbidden be so sweet?.

....

...

"hey Lisa!"Joana called out as she ran towards Lisa holding a stack of books with an excited expression.

"Hi Joana"Lisa mumbled in a bored tone. Joana was probably here to say something stupid again.

"Can you believe what I just discovered?"she asked gingerly.

"No"

"You know that mansion at L.A street right?"she inquired

"yes Joana"Lisa could already guess we're this was heading to.

"some tourist went there last month and the United Tourist Associated(UTA) haven't heard from them ever since."Joana continued, ending the last part in a scary way.

Passing an odd glance to Joana, Lisa shook her head and her long redish-brown hair swayed from side to side.

"Joana, have you been watching mystery movies again?" Lisa sighed tiredly. This had been going on for quite a while and it always ended up the same way.

"I'm very serious Lisa, d-don't you believe me?"she said desperately.

"No I take you very seriously"Lisa lied and Joana saw through it.

"One day you will realise"she turned away dejected.

"Joana Don't get upset"

"Don't worry about it Lisa, bye"she walked out without waiting for a response.

"bye"muttered Lisa under her breath.

'I wish Joana could just see things my way, ghost are not real, neither are those paranormal beings real.'

Before Joana left, they were talking by Lisa's locker which was located at the school hall and was recently empty due to classes beginning.

She opened her locker to get her books and she saw something out of place. Placing the books on one arm, she picked up a paper that was peeking at a corner.

A letter?.

She carefully unwrapped it still unsure and trying to figure out who kept it there and how it got there. Last time she checked, her locker had a pin.

She glanced through it and immediately her face went pale as sweat dripped down her face.What was written in it was...

Help me!!! Help me!!!

Help me!! Help me!!

Her mind felt clouded as she thought of the many possibilities that this entailed.

"What was this...?."

"who could have done such a thing..?"

"Was this a prank..?"

It was written in red paint but a part of her mind kept on telling her that it was blood.

She felt a light tap on her shoulder and she shrieked in surprise.

"aaaghh!!"...

Her survival instinct kicked in and she smacked whatever touched her with one of her books.

"whoah...Lisa chill it's just me your brother"He said dodging the book and lifting up his two hands up in surrender.

"Oh my God...I'm so sorry Alex I..I don't know what got over me"

He furrowed his brows and replied"What's wrong with you sis you looked so frightened, almost like you saw a ghost about a minute ago and you're not yet in class?"

She pushed away the fear she felt right now as she had more important things to worry about "Nothing happened to me big bro you don't have to be a worry wart. I..uh..need to go, I'll see you soon" She said running off to her class in a hurry.

Before entering the class she took a deep breath to calm her nerves and entered the class cautiously.

When she entered the whole class became quiet and all eyes were on her. It was like the goddess of silence just passed over.

Her teacher had a scowl plastered on her face."Miss Lisa Cloven why are you late?"she asked eyeing her up and down in distain.

'And a good morning to you too'

She said sarcastically in her mind of course.

"I...uh.. lost an important book and went to look for it"

She observed Lisa closely with a keen eye and spotted the letter she awfully failed in an attempt to hide.

"Can you show the class what you're holding so firmly in your hand?".

"No!!"She shouted and bit her tongue immediately after she realised what she did.

Her teacher raised a brow at her with a little mixture of shock written on her face.

"I mean I can't do that"

"And why is that miss Lisa?"She questioned in a smug tone.

"Its..umm... personal"

"Maybe it's a love letter"came one of the sarcastic remarks from the class, it was none other than popular girl Emily who dispised Lisa for her beauty.

Lisa was a girl with long reddish-brown hair, big brown eyes, slender yet beautiful figure and pink cute lips.Although she was presently wearing a simple and average height gown that flowed down from the waist to the knee, she still managed to get everyone's attention.

The teacher glanced at Emily and she immediately shut up.

"Miss Lisa, next time don't come late or you will be punished, am I understood?"

"Yes ma'am"

Lisa scanned the class looking for her bestie and then she found her sitting at the second role looking at her with a worried face that she returned with a tight smile.

lessons begun but lisa could not concentrate as her mind kept on drifting to the letter and constantly, She felt like someone was staring at her from behind. Searching through the students behind, she realised it was Zain. When they locked gaze, Lisa quickly averted her eyes awkwardly as a layer of Pink tainted her cheeks.

Zain is the most popular guy in her year and also her crush.

Classes ended and Joana and Lisa entered the cafeteria to get their lunch. Picking a free table they sat in silence.

Joana had had enough of this Lisa's new character. Something was definitely wrong with her!.

"what's going on Lisa?"

"You've been acting really weird lately!?"

"I'm your best friend I NEED TO KNOW!!"

She threw many questions at her best friend but Lisa didn't seem to be listening to her.

Meanwhile, Lisa couldn't hear a thing Joana was saying as dread filled her face.

At the corner of her eyes she saw a shadow moving towards her, whispering words in the air. She checked if anyone could see what she was seeing but they couldn't.

Even joana.

Then she heard it, a shrieked voice.

"Help me."

She needed to get out of here.

Standing up as fast as she could, she ran out of the cafeteria without care of the odd glances she received on her way out. She could faintly hear Joana calling her name but all she was concerned about right now was to get as far away as possible from that thing.

She had already left the school and ran as fast as her legs could take her, but she could still hear her voice. This was enough!.

"leave me alone!!"

"I don't know you and I don't want to help you" She stressed each word loudly.

But it seemed like her words angered whatever was chasing her because it let out a deafening scream and she covered her ears from the volume. Finally the worst thing she expected happened.

She finally showed herself

Her very appearance rendered Lisa shocked in her position. She had no eyes and what remained was a hallow socket, her skin had little to no flesh and dried blood was on her body, she was bald with a few strand of her hair on her skeleton face. As fast as she came her boney finger like claws gripped Lisa's neck tightly, She gasped for air as she tried to pry her fingers off her but to no avail.

'Where the hell was her stupid survival instinct'

"cough..cough please don't kill me-"She pleaded but it all fell into deaf ears.

That's if she had one.

Her oxygen was running out and she slowly stopped struggling.

was this how she was going to die?

Alone, scared and painfully?

But that thought vanished as she saw the ghost split in half before turning to dust and evaporating.

Her legs trembled and they couldn't hold her any further as she came crashing down to the ground. She closed her eyes tightly, expecting the pain but nothing happened.

' someone caught me '.

She held the person closely clinging for her dear life as her breath gradually became even.

Finally, she opened her eyes and her saviour's face came in view. It was a guy who looked around two or three years older than her with a beautiful jet black hair, pale skin, and a face sculpted from the gods. He was breathtaking.

He held her so close as they stared into each others eyes for what seemed like eternity.

Instinctively, her hands were hurled around his neck whilst his hands were around her waist as he stared into her eyes like he could read her very soul. But then reality hit her.

Did this guy just appear out of thing air?

Pushing him away, she lost her balance and fell flat on the ground

"Ouch!My butt" She yelped as she rubbed her poor bottom from the impact.

Focusing back on him"you.. you're a-a..ghost!"

But he didn't say a thing and instead ignored her walking away.

"Hey wait up"

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