Chapter Two: Being a Ghost Isn't (Too) Bad, Right?
Chooki panicked and started pacing the room as Guren sat on the couch. "How can I be a ghost?!" Chooki said, squeakiness in his voice. "Ghosts aren't real!"
"Umm well…" Guren said, uneasiness in his voice. "I dunno! I know ghosts aren't supposed to be real, but here you are!"
Chooki let out a groan of frustration. "One minute we're chilling here, next minute, I have Slyger murdering me with his claws right through me!"
"Well, ghosts can do some pretty cool stuff right?" Guren said, trying (and failing) to be optimistic. "They can float, and walk through walls, or even possess things. Have you even tried walking through walls yet?"
Chooki huffed, his arms crossed. "Now, in the current situation, why would I try that?" he asked, a hint of curiosity in his voice. Guren pointed to the wall separating this room and the next one. Chooki rolled his eyes before running into the wall with his eyes shut.
As Guren had guessed, Chooki just ran right through it. Guren got up and poked his head through the door. Sure enough, Chooki was in the next room, looking very panicked. Chooki stuttered, "O-okay… I admit that was a b-bit cool… But I'm not sure about the possessing thing though, that's a bit creepy."
Guren shrugged his shoulders. "You never know, it could be helpful. You should at least try it."
"On what?"
"Well… in movies, ghosts could possess inanimate object that resemble something real, like a doll, or a stuffed animal. They can possess people too, but that is a bit creepy."
Chooki thought for a moment. "Umm… we don't have any stuffed animals… and I am NOT possessing a doll! ABSOLUTELY NOT! But you said I could possess people right?" Chooki eyed Guren as the blue glow surrounded him again. He walked behind Guren, his green eyes glowing.
"Chooki… what are you doing?!" Guren said before he felt a shock of cold in his body. He felt as if something had entered him, and was controlling him. "Wow! Cool!" he heard himself say.
What? I didn't say anything!
He moved over to the mirror in the room, something else controlling him against his will. Whatever was controlling him looked into the mirror, and Guren was surprised to see instead of his violet eyes, his eyes an emerald green.
Why are my eyes green like…Chooki's….. CHOOKI!
He felt another rush of cold and he gagged as he regained control of himself, and Chooki appeared next to him, no longer glowing. "That was cool!" The ghost said, hints of excitement in his voice.
Guren however, wasn't happy. "You flipping possessed me!" he yelled angrily. Just then Mr. White walked in.
"What was that Guren?" Mr. White asked, and eyebrow raised.
"Nothing!" The two boys said simultaneously, trying their best to look innocent.
White just shrugged it off. "I was going to say, Ceylan just got back from his trip, so he's looking for you guys in the other room."
He then walked off, leaving the two boys to look at each other worriedly. "He can't find out that I'm a ghost!" Chooki said in his squeaky voice. "I don't want them to panic!" The glow started to surround him again as he began to float a bit again.
"Calm down!" Guren said. "Your ghostliness is showing again!"
Chooki panicked as he heard Mr. White talking to Ceylan in the other room. "You can float and fly right? Float through the ceiling!" Guren whispered, not wanting Mr. White and Ceylan to hear them. Chooki thought for a moment before he heard the door open, and he flew into the ceiling, phasing right through it, just as Ceylan walked into the room.
"Hellooooooooooooooo!" Ceylan yelled, a big smile on his face. "I'm back from New York!"
Guren rolled his eyes at his best friend's entrance. I hope Ceylan doesn't ask about Chooki…
"Hey, where's Chooki?"
Of course.
"Uhm… Chooki went home for the day, it is pretty late!" Guren said, quickly making up the bad excuse.
Ceylan just scoffed, not believing Guren, but he decided not to question the red-head any further. "Anyway, New York was awesome! We had to come home early when Bellaluna broke her legs when we went skateboarding."
"Wha?! Both of her legs?!" Guren gasped.
"Yeah." Ceylan laughed. "She rode right into a girl who was walking like, 6 dogs. BIG dogs. I'll let you imagine what happened. Did the Corrupted stir up any trouble while we were gone?"
Guren's mind instantly flashed back to Slyger digging his claws into Chooki's back. Guren quickly pushed the thoughts out of his head. "Nope. It's been perfectly calm. Chooki and I have been lax all week!"
Ceylan laughed, and said bye before heading back home, leaving the red-head to look for his friend. Guren walked upstairs, trying to find the room the room Chooki was in. He eventually found him in one of the rooms. The ghost was holding one of the pencils that was on the room's messy desk.
"How are you picking that up?!" Guren gasped. Making the ghost jump. Guren then noticed Chooki's legs, which weren't even legs, but instead a wisp of the blue energy surrounding the ginger, like the ghosts in the movies do. Hey soon returned to normal though as Chooki glared at Guren angrily.
"I've told you not to do that! And… I don't exactly know how I picked up the pencil… I just thought hard about it, and I was able to pick it up! It was weird."
Guren rolled his eyes. "Whatever, Ceylan just left, so we're all good." Guren looked outside the window, and saw the sun setting. "Whoa! Its already sunset! We should get back before our parents start worrying."
The two walked out of the shop, saying goodbye to Mr. White before they headed home.
Guren lay in his room, petting Max, who was purring on his lap. He sighed, his mind full of ideas, most of them negative.
I can't believe one of my best friends is a ghost. A freaking ghost. He just couldn't get the memory of Slyger killing Chooki right in front of his eyes. He sighed as he tried to go to sleep, but in the back of his head, he had a feeling he wouldn't be sleeping tonight.
Author's Note:
Me: Yeah, this story is finally starting! Chooki can possess people now, so who knows what messes he's getting into further in the story! Rock on, and see you next chapter!