Chapter 6 A Ghostly Tale This is the lastest installment in my story. Its has take n me forever to get this chapter uploaded and finished. I will keep on trying to get it done. Enjoy
All alone with no care in the world, that's how I lived. Alone all my life." The ghost girl spoke, her words were echoy." Both of my parents died when I was young. So I fended for myself. I never got out of my house…I never wanted to. I was glad to stay away from the world. Never did I believe that my own house would be the death of me.
"I was scared of the world outside my front door. I didn't trust it, I couldn't ever. I lost everything that I loved to disease and despair. Soon I began to make my own world to escape the real one. I lived in that world. It was a world where dragon, elves, monsters, and beast beyond anyone's wildest imagination came alive. I made one of the elves be a dark elf. He had pitch black hair, waist length, deep blue eyes, almond shaped of course. As far as his body, I won't go into detail but it was far beyond compare. Even though he had demonic markings and light blue skin. His name was Razac. I was the only immortal mortal whose beauty rivaled even that of the elven women. Soon strange things began to happen. My dreams began to come true. Even the pain of death, sorrow, the beasts, creatures, even my dark elf… they all became real." The girl sighed as her eyes glazed over.
"What do you mean by 'Your dreams came true'? That isn't possible is it? Not in the 15th century right?" Sonya quizzed the ghost girl.
"What do you mean Sonya?" Devon asked since he was new to the whole ghost/shadow business.
"I mean us did she know who was causing her dreams and fantasies to come true? I'll explain it later tonight if we don't fall asleep or what ever. But back to the problem at hand. How did your dream come true?" Sonya explained to Devon then directed her attention to the ghost girl.
"Hmm? Sorry… I was thinking about…never mind. Oh you mean how did my dream become reality? Well ghosts did it all. Certain ghosts who wanted to see me happy." The girl said mischievously.
"But who exactly?" Devon quizzed.
"My parents ghosts to be exact. They came to me in a dream. They told me that they didn't want to see me sad so they made my creatures, my people, and my dark elf become a reality. As you know the dark elf loved me, the way I wished someone always would. So we passed our days, watching my dream world pass us by in his tower. Razac's tower was in the middle of my world in my castle that I had made up. Together we created minions to do our bidding and conjured spell from countless midnight blue bound magic books. Everyday passed on with more and more conflicts. Wars between people were being waged. Everything in my dream world began to fall apart. I began to fear the powers of my parent's ghosts." Raven said turning her head away. "My world began to collapse around me."
The silence after the ghost girl spoke was deafening. Sonya tried to put A and B together. Christopher stood in the shadows not saying a word to anyone. Devon twitched nervously on his bed. Soon he couldn't stand it. He broke the silence with a single whispered question.
"What happen next?" he asked quietly without looking up.
Sonya quickly looks back up at her friend beside her. She was surprised that he asked the question in the first place. She was sorry and yet at the same time amazed that he took the fact that there are things such as ghost in the real world so well. She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder as he turned. Sonya could see questions in his eyes.
Raven understood what the boy was going through. She pitied him for reasons of her own. So once again she began the deadly end of her story.
"Well, I am sad to say that my wonder word took a turn for the worst. Wars began to break out among the people of the lands. Elves went against mortals while beasts went against beasts. Our castle, my castle was in the middle of it all. Battles ensued everyday without fail. The ground ran red with the blood from the battles, massacred bodies of elves, humans, and beast covered the land. I feared what would happen next but Razac calmed my fears no matter what the fear was." She sighed and moved over to the window where the moon filtered through making her ghost body shine and glow mysteriously. "One day my worst fear became true, the people and beasts of the land came to destroy the castle, my only home. The hordes broke soon through the castle doors and were running amuck through the corridors. I had to stop them so Razac and I got ready to fight. We helped put on armor, bows, arrows, quivers, and swords. I quickly remembered the spells that Razac and I had gone over day after day. Then they came, the ones who were my solitude in the beginning and now were my demise."
"Raven… what happened, how?" Christopher quizzed in a quiet voice from the shadows.
"Let me finish my story you fool. I had to pause to recollect…."she said as her voice filled with malice then lightened. "I'm sorry…I've never told my story to another. It's gotten harder and harder to remember and to tell is as time has passed. But I am sorry for the mood swing." She sighed and began again. "The battle inside my home ensued. Razac and I fought side by side. Our arrows were used first, arrows whistling toward the 'enemies' till they hit their mark while the stings on the bow sung a desolate note. After the arrows were gone we used our swords. Daggers hissed through the air as swords cut through bone, tendon, and sinew. We both dealt blows as well as received some. Razac had more wounds than I for he constantly was protecting me but when I received blows I knew it…it was painful, oh so painful. It was the first time that I had ever seen my own blood before. But even so our blood began to meld with that of my creations. Dragons fell from the sky with burning holes in their sides from our magic as humans, elves, and other beasts fell to the blows from our swords. But even the sword play couldn't last us forever. Soon our arms began to feel leaden with the weight of the swords seeming to grow heavier by the minute. The creatures kept coming and coming….when we killed one five more took its place. We were losing a battle that would cost us our lives….." Raven paused as a tear ran down her face.
"You don't have to continue if you don't want. If it's too hard you don't have to continue." Devon whispered.
"No….I must finish. I am almost finished with my perilous tale. Where was I?" she stated.
"You were losing a battle that was going to cost you your life." Sonya helped in a quiet voice.
"Thank you… but yes we were losing the battle. I positioned my self to that I covered Razac's bloody body with my own, him behind me so that I was protecting him as much as I could. I was stabbed and struck with a sword many times but I didn't feel any pain…the only pain I felt was watching my elf die. But as soon as we began to lose the battle and I began to get more wounded, my world crumbled into nothing. The sounds began to sound distant and far away. I was getting dizzy and listed to all sides but managed to stay beside Razac. I felt warm strong hands stop my fall as I fell into the velvety soft black cloth of my dark elf's rode which was slightly damp from blood.
"Don't worry. I won't let you fall. I will stay with you and protect you." Razac's eyes glittered in the fire light of the world as he spoke in soft elven.
"I sank into his arms feeling the warmth of his fire within him. The smell of blood, roses, spices, and spell components filled my minds. I felt him wrap his strong arms around me protecting me like he always did. Finally I went to sleep for a bit. Then I woke up." Raven said as she sunk to floor in Devon's room.
"Wow. I never knew a girl could go through so much in one life…." Devon spoke quietly.
"I don't think she is done with her story. It doesn't seem like she's told is everything. Have you?" Sonya quizzed
"No I haven't. But if you allow me to finish I will." Raven smarted.
"Go ahead and finish. We're not stopping you." Christopher stated from the shadows.
"Hmph." Raven scoffed. "When I awoke I saw that the world I created was no more. Razac and I were left in a barren white wasteland. There was nothing except white as far as the eye could see. Then I saw Razac. His robe was in taters and blood oozed from numerous wounds. I began to cry when I saw my elf in that condition but he told me not to cry for him. He told me that he was fine, that all the wounds were just scratches. But I still tended to his wounds binding them with pieces of my own robe and dress. He winced in pain as I bound a particularly ghastly gash on his arm. So I gingerly tied off the wound so that he wouldn't feel any more pain then he had to. Then it was his turn to take care of me. My wounds were by far worse than his so I tried to tell him that it wasn't anything. But he soon coaxed me to allow him to help me. I felt bad because he was constantly wincing when he saw how badly my body was marred. I hissed in pain every time he bound a particularly ghastly or smart wound. Then we waited. We waited for something to happen but it never did. Except for one thing….we began to fade. Mostly Razac was beginning to fade more than I. I saw it everyday that passed if you could call it a day. The fire in his eyes faded as did his will to live. I remember holding him in my arms…. His blood seeped over my hands as he slowly faded. His hand shakily reached up and touched my cheek reassuring me like he always did. He told me not to worry that we would be together again no matter what. He told me that he loved me and he always would. Death couldn't separate love and that I would never be alone. He gave one last weak smile and kissed my hand that he held. Then his eyes glazed over and he breathed his last. My only hope of life and happiness was gone as was my ability to cry and live on. When he died I made this promise..."I will always be on the verge of tears but I would never cry…because my empty soul had forgotten how…but when I finally did cry it would be for all the right reasons." I lingered for 3 days after Razac died. I stayed by his cold dead body because I couldn't leave him. Finally I felt that I was dying. Everything was going black I felt weak and cold. I closed my eyes and breathed my last. The white world faded and I saw the house that I lived in before my parents died. I was a ghost but I didn't find peace in death…only loneliness and despair… That is why I haunt you Devon. You remind me soo much of Razac. I want him to be alive again so that I can truly cry for a reason. I feel so alone." Raven spoke with sadness in her heart and truth in her eyes.
"I understand. But is there any way that I can help you ya know be at peace? Cause as much as I think it's really cool that I am being haunted by a ghost, it would be really nice to not be." Devon stated. "I promise that I will do almost anything to help you find peace."
"Thank you but there is only one thing that you could possibly do to bring Razac back and that is to die but I don't think you want to do that. But…" Raven stopped talking when she heard a phantom voice call her name.
"Raven….." the voice called.
"Umm. Is it just me or is there another ghost or something coming to get us?" Devon whispered to Sonya.
"It's another ghost that's for sure." Christopher stated. "But who the ghost is…well that is another matter."
"Well I guess the only thing we can do is wait till it come her." Sonya grinned.
"It…it… it sounds like Razac!" Raven cheered.
"Settle down….if we want the other being to come here we must be quiet." Christopher admonished the ghost girl as she quickly quieted.
We all waited in silence for the other ghostly being to come into the room. We didn't have to wait long for the being came right into the room and was smiling. He looked exactly like the way Raven described him. He had pitch black hair, waist length, deep blue eyes, almond shaped, his body was beyond compare. Even though he had demonic markings and light blue skin. It was Razac back from the dead one could say.
"Razac!" Raven cried as she ran into her lover's arms.
"Raven!" the other ghost said with excitement. "Oh by the gods I missed you so much. I couldn't find you until now. I heard your voice from afar and I practically ran over here. Oh I can't believe that is you!" he cried
"Oh Razac I've missed you too. How long has it been since we last saw each other? Well never mind that. I must introduce you to these people who one I hunted and the others who are his friends. Devon, Christopher, and Sonya." We all waved as she introduced us.
"Well I guess you have found your long lost love eh? I would believe that this case of haunting and mischief is closed." Christopher mused.
"Yes. I do believe it is." Sonya complimented.
"Thank you guys so much for helping me out ad I am sorry for haunting you so long Devon. Now I can finally rest in peace." Raven said as she and Razac drifted into nothingness as their laughter echoed though the room.
"Well…..that was fun…let's do it again some time" Devon spoke though a loud yawn.
"I thought that you wanted to know how I am able to see ghost Devon. Devon? Oh Devon." Sonya spoke quietly as she saw that her friend had fallen asleep only then did she notice how tired she was her self. "I g...guess I'll tell you a...about it in the …morning." Sonya said as she fell onto the couch already asleep before the cushion and pillows had time to conform to her body.
"Sleep my friend. Tomorrow is another day to have an adventure and to tell tales. But now you should sleep and dream of far away places." Christopher whispered as he covered both sleeping teenagers before he vanished into the shadows of Devon's room.
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