Sue started and took in her surroundings. There didn't seem to be anything unusual around her. She did seem to remember something on her doorknob earlier, but she had taken it to be a combination of the dust collected on it and the lighting outside. Seeing nothing strange around her, she turned her attention back to the television. But as she did, something blocked her view.
She jumped in her seat.
"Wh-Who are you?" she asked. This was the first time in a long time she had felt truly startled. No one just scared Sue Sylvester.
"Do you not recognize me?" the figure replied. It was vaguely human-shaped, but didn't seem to be fully formed. It also seemed to be floating just above the puke green rug, but it was hard to tell.
Spoke too soon. Before Sue had a chance to utter her next word, the figure had clearly become human. But she couldn't tell who it was, or if she was even supposed to know.
"Uh, no..."
"I am Terri Schuester!" the figure stated, and once again Sue was utterly confused.
"Terri Schuester is dead!" she snapped.
"Alas, I am," the spirit replied, for that is the only thing it could be called. "A year today, actually," it pondered.
"So what are you doing her, Shrew? If that is your real name."
"I've been sent," the ghost said mysteriously, "To determine your fate..."
"Sure you were. And now you'll be going on your way," Sue said, making a shooing motion with her hands.
The figure jumped back at her, practically down her throat. Chains had suddenly appeared on her arms and legs, and she was flailing, showing off the metal.
"SEE THESE?" she yelled, "THIS IS THE CHAIN I FORGED IN LIFE. I MADE IT OF MY FREE WILL, AND BY FREE WILL I WEAR IT."
Sue just stared at her, convinced that she would go away and that she was hallucinating from lack of sleep or something of the like.
"SEE THESE?" the ghost yelled again, and in a slightly calmer voice, "This was for letting Will think I was pregnant. This is for trying to con him into buying a house. This is for..."
The list went on and on, and Sue very nearly fell asleep until she was jolted to reality (if it could be called that) by the ghost of Terri Schuester circling around her, whispering "You will be visited by three spirits."
"What nonsense is this?" Sue asked, "You can't be real. You're just... lack of sleep."
But before Terri could reply, she had disappeared.
Sue was surprisingly shaken by this encounter. She had never experienced hallucinations like this before. But it wasn't enough to cause her to not go to sleep.
She showered and got into her pajamas, then lay in bed plotting new ways to get back at Gel Head and planning Cheerios routines. She was asleep before she knew it.
A/N: Another short one, but the next will start with the spirits. I'm thinking maybe Quinn for Past, but I'm not sure. Ideas?