AN: Okay, I suck at writing in first person. This is another shot at it. It will stay in one person's POV, Mel, a fifteen year old girl. I figure this will be easiest since... Well, I am a teenage girl... So yeah. Don't shoot me. Another Criss Angel fanfic... But this one isn't about love... AMAZING! I DID A MAGIC TRICK!!
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I didn't want this. I never wanted it. I never minded it, but I never wanted it. Sometimes they were constant. Always going on and on and on. It got on my nerves occasionally, especially when you couldn't see them. Sometimes you didn't want to see them. They were outright horrid sometimes. Oh, and the teenage boys when I hit puberty. I never got any privacy.
You have absolutely no clue what in God's green earth I'm talking about do you?
They are the constant voices in my head. Ghosts, spirits, residual energy, poltergeist, whatever you wish to call them. They are real, sorry to burst your bubble and make you paranoid.
And trust me when I say they are real. I've been to shrink after shrink, been on medicine after medicine, and nothing worked. My dad kept on shoveling out money trying to solve this. Mom, God bless her soul, eventually got him to believe in me. Dad was more worried about how kids would react after that. I said I never told anybody.
I didn't, and life was relatively normal until age fifteen. I normally blocked them out with music. Thankfully I lived in a relatively sheltered town. Yes, there a few bad seeds, but no murders, very few fatal accidents, and the hospital was very good at saving lives.
In fact I never really experienced much in my little town. There were a few colonial ghosts, the two teenage lovebirds, some dead animals, oh, and my grandpapa. He was the one I talked to the most. Well, everything except girlie things… And boys. That's best left to moms.
Yes, life was normal. Until age fifteen.
Enter party, a snowstorm, and a drunk driver.
Boom, crash. Two lives gone in an instant.
Two lives my parents.
My dad, not always understand but always caring. I could never snuggle up with him or shoot hoops with him.
My mom, always there with a hug and a kiss, she would never give me advice or give me a smile.
As much I wanted them to stay as spirits, I wanted them to pass on. To forever stay put on earth was torture, my grandfather was proof. I hurt me to let him go. I sat up in my room for days after the funeral, venturing outside for food and bathroom breaks, and only my black and white cat, Fey Rey.
I heard them talking about arrangements. I had never met my godfather. All I knew about him was that he was my mom's cousin and her best guy friend. Something happened and they lost contact.
Where would I go? I certainly couldn't go with my godfather. I would leave the only things that tied me to my parents and my grandpapa. Besides I didn't even know him. My family wouldn't let me go with some one I had never met.
Then I heard them whispering about me. I had snuck down to get food but stayed on the stairs, holding Fey as an anchor. They, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents whom I all knew, but in a strange way...didn't.
"She's an odd child," some one said.
"Always talking about Finn, her dad's dad. Day after he died, she was asking how grandpa got out of the ground."
"Unnatural. Danny poured so much money trying to fix it."
"It went away though, didn't it?"
"Eventually, yes. I think she was trying to get attention."
"I don't know, Lucia. Best let him take her. He's into that sort of thing."
It frightened me. I knew they were talking about my second cousin. I didn't want to leave. I'd nail myself to the wall of the house before I'd leave. There was no way in hell…
No way…
But they found away.
They took Fey Rey, my dog tags (Granddad), my raggedy Anne doll (Mom), and my basketball (Dad).
Damn them.
So I followed, put up a fight, but followed. I was on a plane, past the all the comforts of the forests, past highways, roads, mountains, and finally, desert. You could not understand my disappointment.
Deserts. Ugh. Constantly hot, no snow, occasional rain. I was ready to kill myself. The plane landed in Vegas.
My second cousin lived in Vegas? VEGAS?
Oh crap. Vegas. High crime rate. High death rate. Lot's n' lots of spirits to chat up. I was going to go insane. End up in the loony bin with a Krueger impersonator and a man with a two second memory. Great.
And then I realized my cousin could be a cheesy salesman with the slicked back hair, flamboyant shirts, and some hooker on his arm. I shivered at the thought.
The man I met was entirely different (THANK GOD!!).
He met me at baggage claim with two other men. He was tall, a foot taller than me at least. His hair was short, multicolored, and shiny. His dark eyes were happy, and sad (maybe at my arrival and my m-mom's death). His face was square, but handsome. He wore a dark shirt and artistically worn and torn jeans. He had several large, diamond studded chains, earrings, and rings. He was wearing at least a quarter million dollars on him. In his hand was a sign that read in large block letters: "MELANTHA INES JACOBS."
Ugh. Full name.
"Melantha?" he asked, holding out a hand. He wasn't fooling himself. The only connection we had was my mom.
"Mel, please," I requested, taking his hand. It was huge compared to mine. His rings dwarfed mine tenfold. I had on my plain silver claddagh, half the size of the normal ring, and a quarter the size of his bling. I felt something on the edge of my mind. A spirit. Barely five minutes on the ground. This was going to suck.
"So you must be my godfather?"
"Yes I am. I'm Criss Angel. You mom probably didn't talk about me much," he said. The name rang a bell… Oh yes, my friend worshipped him. He was a musician/ reality star/ magician… no ilLUsionist. His tricks were all slight of hand or endurance. My friend flipped when I pointed out this out.
"Criss… Nice to meet you. And you're right; m-mom never said much about you," I said, pushing a smile through the pain in my heart.
"Let's go to you new home, eh?" Criss said, patting my back. The edge of my mind prickled again, but I pushed it away. Not now. Never.
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