A paranormal activity story.

My life has never been normal. I guess that's because I'm the kinda girl that always changes her mind. Well, I should probably tell you who I am. My name is destiny and I live in a town called spirit in the state of Illinois. Every day I go through the same problems, the same nightmares, and I see, hear, and feel the same things. I see ghosts and spirits. I can feel their presence but I have never felt it as strong as this one time. That one encounter or experience is the reason I decided to tell the world about my talent.

It was a Friday when it happened. My best friend, her name is Vanessa, came over. She really likes my neighbor that lives down the street so we went down to hang out. So we went in his room and started watching a bunch of random TV. Shows. Then we got bored and we started talking about things in our life and other stuff. Then, Cole, my neighbor, started telling us about these weird things he sees in his house. When he told us I swear my heart skipped like 5 beats. He described exactly what happens to me every single day. Then I got even weirder, Vanessa, said she sees things in her house too, I wanted to tell them so badly what I see but I knew I couldn't not yet. Well, I was wrong, so wrong. So weeks went by and I didn't avoid them but I didn't talk much because I was afraid it might slip out.

So after about 3 weeks, Vanessa came over again and we went back to Cole's house. That was when it happened. We were in his room, listening to music when I first saw her. I saw a very young girl standing in the corner of his room. She was just standing there, looking at me. Then I spoke to her. You have to understand that when I see a ghost or spirit I totally forget the world of reality and normality, I forget my surroundings and I'm completely lost in my world that I live in almost everyday. I remember so clearly hearing my friend's voices in the background. They were asking who I was talking to and what was going on I wanted so badly to answer them but I couldn't. I was lost in my spirit world so I talked to her, the girl in the corner. I remember what I said, I asked her name, how old she was, why she was here, and then I asked the question I live to ask: how can I help you move on.

I wasn't expecting an answer right away. So I was shocked when she spoke,her voice was so clear, so beautiful. I almost missed what she said. She told me I had to help her prove that it wasn't her fault. That's all she said, and then like most ghosts, she disappeared as soon as she came. Then I flashed back to reality. My friends were still staring at me like they had just seen a ghost (ha,ha no pun intended) I just went on singing along to the song like nothing happened, hoping they would to but of course not. The kept staring at me and asking what happened. I did the worst thing I had ever done I lied to my best friend and my best guy friend. I told them I was just thinking about the guy that used to like me and how he won't move on. Of course they new me better than that. So finally, I knew in my heart I had to tell them. So I started from the beginning and they weren't like other people.

They didn't laugh in my face, the didn't call me crazy, or say that I was making it up. They believed every word I said. I was so ashamed that I thought they would give up on me and just leave. But they didn't, instead they stayed and we laughed, we cried and we became closer. This was the best day of my life, I would have said at that moment but it was what happened that night that made it my worst nightmare.

My friends, it being that they could see SOME ghosts too, wanted to help. So I agreed. We worked for weeks trying to contact the girl she never came. Cole and Vanessa wanted to give up, but I knew better. I never give up on any ghost. So we worked for a few more weeks and finally after all of our hard work, she came. But she didn't come alone. She brought someone with her, a man. He was tall, very thin, and seemed standoffish. Vanessa and Cole couldn't see the man but I could and what made it worse, the ghost woman couldn't either. I watched as she stood there fixing her hair. I saw the man behind her. I tried to yell out to her to move but I couldn't speak. I felt like I was in one of those dreams where you can't talk or move. But I was awake and I couldn't help her, I had to stand there and watch the man kill her. Well she was already dead but I saw how it happened. I saw her trying to pull away but he was to strong. So I stood there and cried for her, while my friends tried to make me come back but I was lost. I stayed lost for almost a week. Watching her life and what happened after she died. It went from bad to worse to a nightmare in a matter of 5 seconds.

When I finally came back, I was still with my friends standing on the wall in Cole's yard looking up into the dark green leaves of the trees. I knew how to help her, I knew that in order to help her I needed help. I knew who was going to help me to. I trained Vanessa and Cole almost 24/7. during breaks at school, every Friday until almost midnight. Finally I knew they were ready when they saw the same thing I had the man and the woman. Them like me felt like they were lost for a week . Me knowing what it feels like stayed quiet knowing they would be back in a few seconds. When they were back I told them my plan.

When I was little my dad gave me this book about spirits and ghosts. I found and old trick in the back of the book and knew I had to use it. I was better trained than my friend's I had to be the one to go. They were going to send me. It was a simple trick but it went so wrong, so so wrong. We were standing in front of the gold-edged mirror. All 3 of us anticipating. Then I knew it was time. What this trick was going to do was make it so I could almost become one with the ghost world and so the young woman, whose name I found out was Claire. Claire would be able to see, hear and, speak to me. I saw her in her room, saw the man behind her, saw her fixing her hair not bothering to look behind her. This was the day she died. I knew I had only second to scream. When I did she turned and well she killed the man. Then I flashed back to reality. Later when I was reading into her story, she had a book written about her, the man was the brother of one of the many husband's she had killed. I felt horrible I Destiny Rose McHenry had assisted a murder, while trying to prevent another one.

When I told my friends, we all cried. We felt horrible. I knew what I had to do. So I went back and changed what I had changed before. Claire was killed, I spoke with the man that killed her and learned his story. He was born in spirit, he lived there, grew up there. He met his wife there, he had his first child. That child gave birth to my grandmother and she gave birth to my mother. If it were not for Claire I wouldn't be here. This is the story I told my friends. Then one Friday one year later on the same Friday that it all started when I saw her again. Claire she was there in the corner again and I told me friends and they couldn't see her. They both chose to block their talent and eventually they lost it. So she said only for me to hear,"i knew you could do it. You saved me and you learned about your family history, thank you destiny." After that day I never saw Claire again. I helped many other spirits, I even learned not to call them ghosts. Vanessa and Cole eventually got their power back after one life changing day.

When I think back on that day when Claire asked me to prove her innocence that isn't what she wanted. She wanted me to prove that all things happen for a reason. I did that and now Claire is at peace. But the same day that miss Claire moved on another ghost appeared. To help this ghost I need Cole and Vanessa but they gave up their powers. They came back after something amazing happened.

But that's another story.