Chapter 6

"Who was she talking about?" I asked Fan as we continued on our way.

"The Ghost of Christmas Present" Fan answered. "They don't get along at all."

"What do you mean?" I asked Fan.

"They are always arguing. You see the past leads to the present. So she will say she is more important. Yet the past will eventually become the future, so he argues that he is more important." Fan went on. "You never want any of them in the same room. They both believe they are the one who can revel the truth."

"The Ghost of Christmas Present could help" I said. "He can show Ebenezer what is going on around him. Where can I find him?"

"I don't know" Fan answered. "The present spirits are always hard to capture, because no one pays much attention to them."

"How can we find them?" I asked.

"I don't know" Fan answered again. "We can figure it out when I get back?"

"Get back?" I asked.

"Easter" Fan looked at me sadly. "I have to return home for Easter."

"Oh" I took a deep breath. "When will you get back?"

"Sometime in June." She looked towards me sadly. "Don't worry, I am sure this time next year, you would be joining me."

"Hopefully" I added. Then Fran disappeared leaving me alone.

The next morning was Palm Sunday; I walked through the streets of a small village filled with happy faces on their way to church. The children who seemed particularly excited as they wore brightly dressed clothes. That was when I notice another spirit. She had big happy sunlight face with glistening dark red hair, and bright green eyes. She wore a pure white robe with a tiny golden crown. It had to be another spirit. I walked up to her bravely.

"Are you and Easter spirit?" I asked.

"Yes, that is why I am here. I am the ghost of Easter Present" She answered. "Who did you use to be?"

"Jacob Marley" I answered.

"A friend of a freind told me about you" She smiled. "You are trying to help your friend."

"Yes" I answered. "Do you know how to reach the ghost of Christmas Present?"

"Of course I do" She smiled. "he is normally asleep this time of the year those, he won't wake up intill a couple weeks before Christmas."

"So I can't reach him." I stared at her.

"No" She answered. "But I can."

"How" I asked.

"Our holidays are related." She explained. "Christmas leads into Easter, and Christmas can not be celebrated with out Easter. Now what was your friend's name again?"

"Ebenezer Scrooge" I answered.

"I can't find him, must not be celebrating." She sighed. "We can only see the people who are celebrating our holidays."

"He wouldn't be" I explained to her.

"Well, I guess you should come with me?" She ordered as I followed her, we went into a strange house up to an attic. She pulled out a dusty box and open it, it was filled with Christmas ornaments. "Now before I call on him. We need to agree. I should do all the talking."

"Yes, as long as he agrees to help me." I answered. The ghost then tapped on the ornaments.

The out of know where an older man appeared, he was a short man with a small brown beard and short brown hair.

"Easter," he glared at her. "I am not ready to come out yet, can't you let me rest."

"In a minuet" The Easter Ghost started. "I need to talk to you, first let me introduce to the former Jacob Marley."

"Pleasure, now don't you have work to do?" he asked her angrily.

"Its only Palm Sunday, Easter hasn't even gotten started." She went on. "Now, he is on a mission to reform."

"Good luck at that, now please put away that ornament" he started.

"Wait, wait, he needs your help. Do you know an Ebenezer Scrooge?" She asked.

"Heard of him, haven't seen him around much these past couple of years." The ghost answered. "Not since he died"

"Do you mind appearing to him?" the Easter ghost asked.

"No, I have happier people to appear to." The ghost answered.

"Fine, I am sure Christmas Past can handle it on her own, the past is always reliable." The Easter Ghost remarked.

"She is going to reform him." The ghost looked at her. "The past is incapable of reforming, they can only show what has been, and not what is going on now. Only by showing what is going on in the present people will see the real price of their actions."

"Well I guess we have to see then." The Easter Ghost remarked. "What changes someone? Thinking about the past and reviling their consouis or thinking about the present and what is going on now.."

"You know very well it is the present." The Christmas ghost answered angry.

"Jacob, here needs some proof" The Easter Ghost explained. "Show him the powers, we present ghost have."

"I will, count me being there on Christmas Eve, right after the past leaves." The Christmas ghost smiled. "Now do you mine."

"Of course" the Easter ghost then put the ornaments in the small shiny box, letting the Christmas Ghost to rest.

"Thank you" I smiled at her.

"Anytime, I suppose you are looking for the Ghost of Christmas, yet to come?" she asked.

"Yes, do you know how I can find this ghost? What does it look like?"

"Depends on the person." The ghost explained. "Like most future spirits, it does not have a gender. They change all the time. If a person in hopeful, they are rather pleasant looking, if they are not then they can be very grim. I would not want to use this spirit those. The first two should be enough, no one ever changes when they are thinking about the future, because it always seems set to them."

"What if the other two don't work?" I asked.

"I don't know, most living spirits don't think about death" the Easter spirit explained. "Anyway, I have work to do, you can go about your business. May God help you in your mission."