The beginning
The beginning
                             Chapter 1
I've been in this well for over three days. I haven't had food or water in this time. My name is Bianca and I am dead. I died a few days ago. It could have been from lack of  water or food. I do not know what killed me. I'm standing next to my body that is slumped on the ground. I'm not like most ghosts. I can walk like a human. But I can also float. I have been waiting for an opportunity for me to make my presence known. Nobody but little kids ever wounder near this well. I don't want to hurt kids or anyone for that matter. I just want somebody to help me move on. I just have this feeling that I wasn't going to move on for a long time. I have been thinking for a long time that I need to find a way to get out of here. I just haven't figured out how yet.  I have a very strong feeling that soon there will be someone up there that I can scare just enough for them to contact a ghost hunter hopefully. I used to watch the movies. I was always fascinated by them. What they did was creepy but very cool.  I sat down next to my now stinky body. And I rest my head in my hands. I cant believe I'm dead. Well I can because there is evidence that I am dead. The problem is that I don't want to be dead. I sighed and that is when I heard it, “hello is anyone down there?” it was a girl. She sounded about my age. I stood up and called up to her, “ help me I'm down here and I need help.” she said in a rushed voice, “ ill go get help.” I whispered in a sorrow full voice because I knew I was past saving, “ please hurry.” I heard her running footsteps. I sighed again and sat back down. I sat in silence for fifteen minuets until I heard another voice. This one wasn't female it was male, “ hello is anyone down there.” I stood up but didnt say anything. I dont trust people. He grunted, “ melony did you bring me down here for some kind of prank because its not funny.” a familiar voice spoke up, “ I would never do that kind of thing you know that mike. I dont understand I heard her. She asked me to go get help. She was right down there.” I spoke up then, “ she is right, I did ask her for help. Do you think you can throw down a rope or something. The latter broke and I cant get out.” he laughed but it sounded strange, “ alright I will toss down the rope. You grab ahold of it and I will pull you up.” I nodded even though he couldn't see me. The next thing I knew there was a rope that appeared in front of me. I grabbed the end of it and put it around my waist. I tied it and then I tested it to make sue that when I was pulled up I wouldn't fall.  I yelled up at her and said, “ ready, would you pull me up?” they didnt reply but the rope was pulling me up.  When I reached the top there was hands that appeared and they grabed ahold of my underarms. Then I was pulled up and I was blinded by pure sunlight. Wait sunlight. Im out of that stupid well. I cant believe it. I was smileing like an idiot. Then my eyes udjusted to the sunlight and there was a man with blond hair standing next to a red haired chick. The red head must be Melony. I held out my hand and said, “ you must be Melony.” she looked like she was surprised and I said in a rushed voice, “i heard him say your name when I was in the well.” realization covered her face she nodded and shook my hand. All of a sudden there was nasia in my stomach and I felt like I was going to faint. I thought ghosts werent suppost to have that kind of stuff. I was about to fall when the blonds hand shot out and grabed my arm to hold me up strait. He laughed and said, “ well I guess that you have been down there a while so lets get you something to eat shall we. Come on, the buisness is right accrost the street.” I nodded and started to walk in the direction he was talking about. On our way there we passed my a sign that said, ' got ghosts we will take care of them.' I smiled. I could get help from these people. We went inside the bilding and then we entered a room. There was a desk and love seats to the side of it. There was this guy with really dark brown hair sitting at the desk looking through some papers. He looked up at the blond haired guy and said, “mike, why did you bring a homeless girl to my company, they have groups for them.” rage started to boil my blood and I said, “ they found me in a well you jerk.” he looked up in suprise then hid it quickly. He is really good at hiding his emotions. He sighed and said, “ I see. And what were you doing in the well in the first place?” I looked down and said, “ someone pushed me into it.” he looked at me and said, “ do you know who?” I shook my head, “ no I didnt get a chance to look.” lies, I saw the face of the person who pushed me down the well. It was my ex boyfriend,  he was mad at me and then he just blew. He put merderouse rage on his face and kept pushing me until I ended up at the bottom of the well. I was brought back into reality by the brown haird guy asking another question, “ how long were you in the well.” uh oh, mabey this wasnt suck a good idea afterall. I was in there a total of a week. If he found out he would get suspitiouse. I decided to lie, “ 2 days in total.” he shook his head and said, “ couldnt you have just climed out of the well by the latter.” I was about to speak up when mike came to my rescue, “the latter was broken. She had no way up. Plus she is hurt. She twisted her ankle, so stop being so hard on her nick.” so thats the dark brown haired guys name, nick. Nick looked me up and down and then he landed on my anckle which I have slightly of the ground. He shook his head and motioned for me to sit down on the couch. I did as I was instruckted. Nick walked over to me and grabed my ancle a little to hard. I yanked my foot away from his grasp and the motion brought tears to my eyes. But I quickly blinked them away. He gave me a look then grabed it again but this time very gently. It surprised me how gentle he can be. I figured he would have been exstreamy rough by the way he acts but I guess I was wrong. He examined my ancle very closey. When he was done he set my foot down gyently onto the couch. He said, “ your foot does have a sprain but it should be fine in a couple of hours.” I nodded and said, “ thank you.” he nodded and then stood up and went back to his desk. He looked through it for a little bit and then looked up at mike and melony and said, “ we have a job. There is a haunting on the other side of town. Strange things have been happening and they asked me to help. I excepted.” everyone nodded. My eyes went to nicks face and I said, “ you guys investigate hauntings?” nick nodded. I smiled, “ cool. That was my dream job.” then I mumbled, ' until this happened.' nick looked at me fool on now. He said, “ just because you have a spraned ancle doesnt mean that you cant work.” I rolled my eyes, he doesnt get it at all. I wasnt talking about the anckle I was talking about me being dead and all. He said down accrost from me and then said, “ alright, I have a queston to ask you and I want you to answer me truthfully.” I nodded. He gave a half smile like he already knew my answer and said, “ would you like to work as a ghost hunter. You would be my assistant and you would help melony out.” my eyes widened and I nodded. My face broke out into a smile. Wow, I get rescued from the well and offered a job all in the same day. Melony clapped her hands together laughing and mike smiled a really big smile. He walked over to me and said, “ welcome to the team.” he patted me on the back. Nick frowned. His eyes was on my back where mike just touched me. I raised an eyebrow. Whats nicks problem. I looked away when nicks eyes connected to mine. I moved my ingered leg onto the floor and I tried to stand up. When I stood up I wobbled a bit. Mike came to my side to help me but I waved him off and said, “ I got it.” he nodded but looked like he wanted to disagree. I started to walk over to the other side of the room. I didnt have any pressure on my anckle. I smiled and put my whole foot on the floor. I got a sharp pain in it. I yelped a little but it was muffled. Then I started to walk with it. It was hard at first but then I got used to the pain and I was able to walk normaly. I looked at nick and said, “ when do I get started?”  he was stairing at my foot that was totally on the ground and then back up to my face, then he smiled and said,  “ right now. We are going  accrost town.” I smiled and I walked over to melony. She gave a big smile and said, “ im glad that you are on board but shouldnt you rest your anckle. I hurts doesnt it. Everyone looked at me besides nick but I could tell he was listening, “ yes it does hurt. But I can handle pain. Its not that bad really.” melony nodded and grabed her things. Ready. I smiled and we all headed out the door.


We were standing outside the haunted house. When I looked at it  I could totally belive that I was haunted. This place was so rundown it was rediculas. I dont know how anyone could live in a place like this.  This place gives me the creeps.  Nick looked at all of us and said, “ alright lets go.” we all followed him into the house and we were met at the front door by the owner of the house. He was a middle aged man with brown hair. He had locks of grey and I could guess that he had kids because that was a way to get grey hair. He was starting to get round around the middle.  He was also starting to loose hair. A woman walked up behind him and put her hand on his sholder. I looked at her face. Wait is that who I think it is, “ hannah?” I asked. She smiled when her eyes landed on me, “ hey Bianca. Long time no see.” yea. I smiled but it was fake. This could be bad for me. She could tell my new job about me and that will cause me a lot of trouble.  Nick looked at me then her. Then he turned back to me and said, “ wait you know her.” I nodded and said, “  yes, we were friends in middle school. Until I left.” hannah looked at me funny and then said, “ what are you talking about were. We are still friends. Altho I was starting to worry because you stoped contacting me. Then the new come on one day with your picture and they said that you went missing a few weeks ago.” CRAP, im caught. Better think of a good excuse real quick to cover this up before I get in deep trouble and then I cant dig my self out. I smiled, “ yea. Well I ran away. I was sick of the way my parents were treating me. You know how they treated me. I sold my phone and all the things I brought to get money for food.” she rolled her eyes. And there is that side of her. I really hated that side. The man turned on his heal and walked into the house. I cant believe that she knows this man. He seems like a jerk. We all walked inside. Nick followed the man. Everyone but me followed him. I followed hannah. She went up to a room and I walked in right behind her. I closed the door and faced her. She was sitting on the bed and she looked up and jumped. She laughed, “ you are as quiet as a ghost. Do you do that to everyone.” I shook my head and said, “  I better go. I have equiptment to bring in.” she smiled and nodded. I headed out of the house to the van where and started grabing the equptment. Something wasnt right with her. She was acting too much. I shook my head and stated to turn. Then I heard all of the equiptment rattle and shake. There was a nife inbetween the seat and consle and it sprang loose and faced me. I put the equptment back really quickly and then the nife was flying right twords my chest. I screamed. There was a bang from the front door and then I heard nick yell, “bianca!” then the nife stoped inches from my chest. It droped to the ground. All I could do was stare at it wide eyed. Nick walked up to me and said in a deadly calm voice, “ looks like it didnt take any time to get started.” I huddered. He put a hand on my sholder and guieded me to the room where we are setting up our equptment. I was shaking form  the fear. Nick sat next to me and said, “ what happened.” I stared off into space as I told him was happened. He looked at me like I was crazy when I told him I brought a nife.  When I finnished the door banged open and hannah was standing there panting and she had a look of fear on her face. She ran over to me and said, “ are you alright. I heard about what happened. That must have been scary.” I nodded and she gave me a hug. What, she was never the kind to like hugs much less give them. I pushed her away from me and looked into her eyes. She had confusion in them and then she said, “ whats wrong.” I shook my head and pushed her all the way away and said, “ nothing. You should go talk to the man down stairs and see if he knows anything.” she gave me a frightening look and said, “ the mans name is hank fine. I dont know what happened to you but I dont like it. You used to always except my hugs. That really hurts.” she turned on her heal and walked out of the door and slamed it shut behind her. I relaxed. I hadnt realized that I was so tence. When I looked up everyone was staring at me. Mike spoke up this time, “ what just happened. And you looked shocked when she gave you a hug. What is up with that.” I looked up at him and decided to ttell the truth for once, “ she never hugs. That was the first time she has ever done that kind of thing. Thats why it shocked me so much. And thats also the reason I pushed her away. She isnt acting right.” everyone shrugged and turned back to their work. Nick just staired at me. I looked twords the door and I mummbled, “ im going to go talk to her.” I got up and left the room. I went to her bedroom. And I nocked. She said, “ come in.” I opened the door and  I walked in. she was sitting on her bed with a book open in her lap. She put on a big smile and said, “ I except your apalagy.” I looked at her like she was crazy I havent appalagized yet and she already eccepts that is just weird.  I wiped all emotion from my face and smiled. At least she forgives me. Hannahs smile fell and her exspreaton darkened, “ you are dead arnt you. You dont act right and you are also cold to the touch. I didnt feel a heart beat and also your eyes are all faded out like you have been dead for a while though. I shook my head and said, “ no im not dead, why would you think that. Thats just crazy cakes.” she shrugged and smiled again. She said, “ you might want to get back. Im sure they will be wanting you by now.” I nodded and stood up. I walked all the way back to the room feeling like I was being watched. It was an extreamly creepy feeling. When I walked into the room nick looked up and said, “ I was about to call you.” then he walked over to the other side of the room and grabed a clipboard. He handed it to me and said, “ start marking all of the temperaturse in all of the rooms. Thank you.” I nodded and headed twords the back of the house. I was half way through the house when I got the feeling like I was being watched again. I looked around and saw a little girl standing in the doorway of one of the rooms. She was looking at me with complete black eyes. She had long black hair. Blood running from her mouth ears and eyes and her eyes hand no whites, they were complete black orbs. I dropped my clipboard. The girl came out completely. In her hand she was holding a bloody nife. There was blood all along the front of her dress. She looked down in front of her and there was a man in front of her. He was dead. He was stabed. I looked back up at the kid and she smiled and grabed the nife with both hands and faced the blade twords her. Then she forced the nife into her gut over and over again. All she did was smile. Then she started to laugh and blood was pooring out of her mouth now.  Then she and the man vanished. I was breathing really fast and I grabed my clipboard where  it had droped and finnished my rounds. When I returned back to base. I handed the clipboard to nick and sat down on the couch. That was freaky. I couldnt get my mind off of the little girl. I cant believe she killed that man and then killed herself. I layed down on my back and looked up at the cealing. God im tired. I closed my eyes and fell asleep instantly. I kept having a dream about what I witnessed in one of the rooms earlier.  I saw it over and over and over again. I woke with a start the fourth time it happened.  It was midnight and I had tears on my face. Nick was sleeping on the chair in front of a laptop. It had a video of every room in the house. I grabed the laptop and moved it over so it was in front of me. There was a chair so I sat in that while I watched the tape. As I was watching the teperature was dropping in hannahs room. She was sleeping and she was giving off the cool air.  Then a figure appeared and it was the same little girl I saw in that room. She had a nife in her hand.  I stood up and nocked the chair to the floor with a loud bang. The little girl was going to kill her. I had to stop her. I turned and ran out the door. Nick had woken up and he was yelling at me to stop but I kept going. I banged into hannahs room and no one was there. Hannah was alseep in the bed but otherwise no one was in the room. Then the cold came back again. The little girl appeared right in front of me. And timed seemed to slow down. She had the nife faced twords me and then she pushed the nife into my stomach. I fell into the hall behind me. I was holding my stomach. There was blood around the nife.  I stood up but it was slow and mesured. Then she walked right in front of me smiled an evil smile. She put her hand around the nife and pulled it out of my stomach. I screamed. The pain was too much. Then she laughed like she was enjoying me in pain. She push the nife back into my stomach but beside the orriginal hole.  I screamed again. Trying to get someones attention.  She did it several times. Each time my scream got quiter and queiter. Then I heard running footsteps. Several footsteps. The ghost girl looked at where the footsteps were coming from and she said, “ you all can watch her died. It is time.” then she drove the nife right back into my stomach. It went so far in that I was sure that it was poking out the back. The girl put a hand on my forhead and I tried to move away but all I did was wimper. I was in too much pain. The girl smiled and  kissed my forhead and said, “ time to go.”  I moved my hand with the last of my streath and pulled the nife out of my stomach. Then I got it free. I pushed it into her stomach and I said with a choked laugh, “ not yet isnt. I will not die today. I would know. You know it is time to go. We both get that same feeling. Your just trying to survive. I understand. But it would be better if you just let go.” I looked into her eyes and they turned pure evil, “ NO. you will die bianica I will kill you. As long as im on this earth you will not be safe.” I smiled and said, “ so be it.” she shook her head and dissipeared with a frown on her face. I guess she didnt go to the light. Im going to have to have another problem to deal with first. I leaned against the wall forgeting that nick is near me. I looked down and the nife handle, and blood. Lots of blood. I looked up at the ceiling and put my hands around it, then I pulled. It felt like I was pulling my insides out through that little hole. I dropped the nife onto the ground. I started swaying and then I fell. When I hit the ground nick rushed up to me and looked at me in my face. I just smiled and closed my eyes. I was almost asleep when I felt this warmth, kinda like a brease spread all throughout my stomach. I opened my eyes and looked at nick. He had his hands on my stomach. I looked at his hands again and saw this soft yellow light coming from his hand. Then he took his hand away and the glowing dissipeared. I sat up. I no longer felt heavy. I looked at him and said, “ what was that that you just did with your hands.” he smiled and said, “ nothing. You healed yourself.” I rolled my eyes and said, “ thank you for healing me. I really am thankfull.” he nodded then stood up. He exsteanded a hand tworads me. I grabed it and he pulled me up.
© Katie Black,
книга «Ghost. (updated version)».
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