Disclaimer: This is getting old. I do not own any of the characters except
Abi, Nicole, Rachael, and Bob and Betty Evans.
Chapter 8: the meeting
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Lily gasped. What was going on here? Perhaps she was hallucinating? But as she rubbed her eyes the image of her mother did not change. "Mom?" she whispered. "Are you a- a ghost?"
"Yes dear," said Betty Evans in a hoarse voice. "I was not happy when I died, so this is what I've become."
"Really?" said Lily. "I thought you died in your sleep. You looked so peaceful and relaxed in the coffin…"
Her mother gave a very forced laugh. "They make you think that, don't they? They don't know what really happened."
"What do you mean?" said Lily.
"I didn't die of cancer. I can only tell you that much."
Lily gasped. "You were murdered?!"
She nodded.
"Well, by who?! Tell me mother, please!" begged Lily.
"I cannot. There are certain consequences to being dead, and this is one of them. You cannot tell people the secret you most yearn to get out of you. It's just plain suffering," said her mother stiffly. "But if you discover the secret, who did it, then I can tell you anything else."
"It must have been a very dark powerful wizard," said Lily thoughtfully, pacing up and down. "Or witch," she added. "How did they kill you?"
But at that moment Bob Evans burst in and saw the ghost of his wife. "B-B- Betty!" he gasped. "Hey everybody look! My wife's come back as a ghost!" he hollered gleefully. He ran outside to gather everyone up.
"I do not want him to know I am a ghost now," said Mrs. Evans to Lily. "Pretend he was just seeing things. I will see you soon."
"How?" said Lily.
"Well hopefully, I've asked Dumbledore to haunt the school. "But I must go now, I do not feel like talking to anyone right now," she said. "Good bye, Lily." And she sunk back into the coffin, just in time as the crowd stampeded the room.
"Where's the ghost?" people kept asking craning their heads.
"Dad you were just seeing things," Lily said loudly over the clamor. And she slipped outside to ponder the mystery yet to be solved.
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A/N: sorry this is another short chappie but please review and tell me what you think! Chapter 9 will be up soon. By the way I made it Bob Evans on purpose – we have a chain of those restaurants here too (
Chapter 8: the meeting
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Lily gasped. What was going on here? Perhaps she was hallucinating? But as she rubbed her eyes the image of her mother did not change. "Mom?" she whispered. "Are you a- a ghost?"
"Yes dear," said Betty Evans in a hoarse voice. "I was not happy when I died, so this is what I've become."
"Really?" said Lily. "I thought you died in your sleep. You looked so peaceful and relaxed in the coffin…"
Her mother gave a very forced laugh. "They make you think that, don't they? They don't know what really happened."
"What do you mean?" said Lily.
"I didn't die of cancer. I can only tell you that much."
Lily gasped. "You were murdered?!"
She nodded.
"Well, by who?! Tell me mother, please!" begged Lily.
"I cannot. There are certain consequences to being dead, and this is one of them. You cannot tell people the secret you most yearn to get out of you. It's just plain suffering," said her mother stiffly. "But if you discover the secret, who did it, then I can tell you anything else."
"It must have been a very dark powerful wizard," said Lily thoughtfully, pacing up and down. "Or witch," she added. "How did they kill you?"
But at that moment Bob Evans burst in and saw the ghost of his wife. "B-B- Betty!" he gasped. "Hey everybody look! My wife's come back as a ghost!" he hollered gleefully. He ran outside to gather everyone up.
"I do not want him to know I am a ghost now," said Mrs. Evans to Lily. "Pretend he was just seeing things. I will see you soon."
"How?" said Lily.
"Well hopefully, I've asked Dumbledore to haunt the school. "But I must go now, I do not feel like talking to anyone right now," she said. "Good bye, Lily." And she sunk back into the coffin, just in time as the crowd stampeded the room.
"Where's the ghost?" people kept asking craning their heads.
"Dad you were just seeing things," Lily said loudly over the clamor. And she slipped outside to ponder the mystery yet to be solved.
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A/N: sorry this is another short chappie but please review and tell me what you think! Chapter 9 will be up soon. By the way I made it Bob Evans on purpose – we have a chain of those restaurants here too (
