Chapter 6
"Yeah right, as if I like him. Fool" Jacky whispered the next day at school when she saw Tala walking by her.

The tournament was starting in 1 day, and everyone was looking forward to it. Except Jacky, she knew that facing Ray and his Drigger would only bring more sad memories to life. She knew nothing about him, but felt as if she knew him.

It was about 11:15pm when Jacky got home. What she usually did everyday, was drop of her schoolbag at home right after school, and dissapear somewhere until 10 or 11 o'clock.After that she would do her homework or read a tragic book, which usually calmed her down. No one knew where she went, and nobody bothered to.

When Jacky got home, her aunt was still at some party with her friends, but her uncle was home.Well her uncle was a pretty weird person, considering he was into some sort of ritual beliefs. Jacky wanted to laugh, but she didn't, because disappointing her uncle, would give him a hard time, and Jacky would be blamed. He was 56 years old, but looked much younger.With his whiskey white beard and a short mop of white hair really gave an impression, of him being a wizard. When he wasn't doing some ritual stuff, he was always reading newspapers, to keep up with time as he said. Jacky spotted her uncle cross-legged on the floor, his eyes shut tight, his body motionless. 13 candles formed a perfect circle around him. The fire on the candles were as motionless as her uncle.Jacky slowly started walking up the stairs, but a voice stopped her.

"Come here Jacky, and sit down."Her uncle whispered.

Jacky walked over and sat beside the circle, gazing into the flames. Ray's picture shot into her mind.

"How did you see me?" Jacky asked.

"The spirits guided me."

There was some time before anyone spoke, but Jacky broke the silence.

"Um...Uncle Mattew, are spirits real."

Before he answered, he smiled and then said:

"Only if you believe, my dear child, only if you believe."

Jacky looked some more into the flames, and walked away, into her room.

The next morning, on a sunny Saturday, her alarm clock rang extra loud, and Jacky fell out of her bed and landed with a hard thud on the bare floor.

"Oooww! Stupid alarm clock! Forgot to switch it off again!"She said.

It finally arrived the day of the regional tournament.It only began at noon not far away, from Jacky's house, but it was only 8:13 in the morning.Jacky decided to wear her usual clothes to the tournament, instead of showing off in front of everyone. She put on her khaki shorts with two pockets, one on each side, her white t-shirt with ripped sleeves, an ultramarine t-shirt with the ripped bottom over the white one, tightened her brown belt with a silver buckle over her t-shirts put her white bandanna on, tied her white scarf around her inside part of her hair, and put on her favorite white and red basketball shoes.It was 11:26 when she walked out of the house and shut the door behind her.

" Welcome ladies and gentlemen! I'm AJ Topper here with Brad Best.And welcome again to the regional Canadian tournament, where only for will step out as winners and others will just simply step away1" AJ Topper announced.

"Hey you spelled my name wrong AJ!"
"Brad we're on air!"

"Whoops, well anyway lets get this tournament on the road."

"Are you sure you passed your oral class, Brad?"
Next chapter the tournament. Hope you liked this one. PlZ R&R!