After Death
Chapter 1
I awake to find Ric, Cassie, Lucas and Tony staring at me. Why do they look so sad? I then register that I'm in a hospital.
"Hey guys. I'm okay!" I tell them. They continue to look miserable and they do not reply to me. What is going on?
"C'mon guys, talk to me! Nothing is wrong with me… right? Or is there something wrong with my spinal cord?" Still they continue to ignore me. Then I see Doctor Rachel Armstrong and she says, "I'm so sorry. We tried our best but there was nothing we can do." I hear a long beeping sound. "Time of death 1:27 PM," I'm dead? That can't be!
I see them all cry. Ric mutters, "Well at least she is with her mum now." With my mum? I look around but I can't see my mum. It can't be true that I'm dead… but then I find that I can float… and then a huge light came at me, knocking me out.
"Matilda, darling, can you hear me?" A voice that I hadn't heard for so long awoke me.
"Mum…?" I was looking at the face of my dead mother. "What are you doing here? You're dead."
My mum smiled sadly, "You're dead too, darling."
I take a look at my surroundings. It was another hospital room. "Is this heaven?"
"It's only the lobby." My mum explained.
"How did I die?" I asked. My mum avoided my glaze. "What did I do?"
"You're not allowed to know exactly what happened."
"Why?"
My mum shook her head. "But don't worry. All will be okay."
I didn't know what else to say.
"I've been told to give you a task."
"Were you given one?"
"Yes, and that was to help you and be there for you when that girl Lily almost drowned. But this is a more thoughtful task… a more difficult one." My mum then said, "I want you to know the importance of what you are about to do. God has given you another chance to fix things. If you rightfully fix things then you won't become a shinigami."
"What is a shinigami?"
"A Shinigami is a horrible thing. I feel bad for those who have to be one… they are people who regret that they died and then because of that regret they can't seem to enter out of the lobby and into the rest of heaven. So then they have to stay with people until they die and then take their souls. It is a very miserable job."
"Well what do I do to stop becoming a shinigami?"
"You will have to fix whatever made you regret dying… there was obviously something that you didn't get to do while you were on earth, and whatever that may be, fix it!"
"Well OK I'll do that!"
"But there is one other thing…."
"What is it mum?"
"You need to realize how horrible the life of a shinigami is so therefore you have been given a shinigami job where you must look after someone who is dying… I must tell you though that if you don't fix things then that person will die, and when that person dies, your time is up but also if you fix things on earth then that person who is dying will survive!"
"So does that mean that because of me someone could die? That's awful mum. How could God let this happen?"
"I'm sorry, Matilda but those were the conditions that God had to make when he created heaven and the earth… its all so complex and we just don't have the time to discuss it."
There was one thing left that I had to ask. "So even if I save that person and I fix things… does that mean that I will have to go back here to heaven anyway?"
My mum didn't answer me but she said though, "It would be time that you are off to fix things up. Of course you won't be able to have real contact with these people, you will be a ghost… but you will be able to talk to these people and they will be able to see you."
I hugged my mum goodbye. It felt so great to be able to talk to her again… and to be able to give her a hug.
"I've missed you so much, mum. I want you to know that I love you so much!"
"I know you love me and I love you too, Matilda." She hugged me one last time before getting a folder. "This is the person who you will have to save."
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