June 4th 2002, Biltmore Hotel...

Kurt opened his eyes when he heard nearly inaudible cries in the hallway, stood up and walked to the door. When he opened it, he was startled to find a badly shaken 11 year old Amanda curled up in a ball and crouched down to her.

"Hey, what's wrong, kiddo?" Kurt asked.

"There's something… in the room that woke me up and I couldn't find John... I don't want to go back in there." Amanda explained, Kurt pulling the small girl into his arms and letting her bury her teary face into his left shoulder as she clung onto him.

Standing up with her in his arms, Kurt looked up and for a split second, he thought he saw a small toddler in a white dress that was soaked, the toddler's head bleeding… he took a few steps towards her but stopped when the young girl in his arms let out a sharp scream.

"No! That's the ghost, that's Abi… she's angry at me!" Amanda cried, Kurt trying to comfort her… but then he saw the small hand shaped bruises on her neck and took her to his room and saw his tired wife waking up.

"Kurt, Mandy, what's wrong?" Karen questioned, standing up and walking to them, her left hand resting gently on Amanda's back.

"I'll explain it in the morning but something frightened her." Kurt responded, Karen nodding.

But when the sun was up and Amanda had slipped away as Kurt and John were talking, she ended up in the stairwell… and found an older version of Abigail, definitely not the toddler she had encountered last night.

"Why do you keep doing this to me?!" The 4'8" brunette asked, hands clenched in fists of rage.

"Why?! Because you're living a life that was stolen from me! That's not fair!" Abigail yelled, the 7 year old ghost looking at her in fury.

"No, what's not fair is you haunting me over something neither of us could control! It's damn well gonna stop!" Amanda responded.

She gripping Abigail by her arm, taking her over her knee and spanking her three times like she had seen her neighbors do to their kids whenever they acted out.

She hated this, she felt like the bully on the playground… it also startled her because Abigail felt so real.

Amanda let go of Abigail, who was crying.

"I didn't want to do that… but you need to stop tormenting me. I'm sorry you're dead but I didn't even know you when you were alive…" Amanda responded softly, tears streaming down her own face.

But as she turned to leave, Abigail jumped on her and Amanda screamed in pain as Abigail's teeth sunk into her shoulder before Abigail used all the strength in her ghostly body to toss the older girl down the stairs.

John's and Kurt's heads snapped up when they heard Amanda screaming in pain and ran to her, John cradling her into his arms as Kurt called 911.

Amanda didn't explain any further than just her falling down the steps, John believing her because he didn't want her any more traumatized than she was.

But Kurt knew better… he had seen Abi after all…

Present time, November 5th 2016…

"The closer we get to Survivor Series, the creepier this storyline is getting for everyone involved…" Shane explained before speaking what was on his mind. "Okay. What the hell's with your hair, Mandy?"

The older man pointed to the younger woman's bluish black curls, Amanda admitting it.

"I felt like I needed a change, Shane… something different." Amanda responded.

Bray furrowed his eyebrows together in concern, lightly resting a hand on Amanda's right shoulder.

"Darling Child, you seem awfully tense. Are you feeling completely okay after what happened?" Bray replied.

The sharp voice echoed in her mind.

"You're not replacing me! I'm his sister, Darling Child was my nickname!"

'No! I'm not trying to take your place, Abi! I could never do that!' Amanda thought before she looked at Bray. "I need to talk to you later alone but I'm okay now." She whispered, Bray nodding.

"So what kind of scary are we talking about, Shane?" Finn asked, squeezing Amanda's left hand to reassure her and stroking his thumb along her ring finger.

He didn't want to tell Amanda just yet but he was already thinking of marriage at some point down the line.

"Well that depends on you all… we've seen Mandy in some scary storylines in the past, she's pulled them off perfectly. But the last time was before the seizures so it's been a while." Shane explained.

Devan saw Amanda tense up slightly and knew… she hated it when her past health was mentioned, she saw it as vulnerability.

But Devan saw her as human, much like him and the others.

After the meeting was over, Amanda and Bray stood in the hallway and Bray saw the look in her eyes.

"How long has… this ghost been following you?" Bray questioned.

"On and off for 14 ½ years… first time I saw her was at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami, just before John was moved up to the main roster." Amanda admitted, Bray realising it.

"So that story about you breaking your leg when you were running around the ring and collided with the steps…" Bray responded, Amanda nodding.

"I figured a story of a childhood accident made me seem less crazy… but you're not the first person I told the truth to." Amanda replied.

October 7th 2015, NXT TakeOver: Respect…

"Guess things got a bit crazy out there…" Amanda responded with a slight chuckle as Finn took her to the backstage area with Samoa Joe following them, Amanda's left leg and foot bruised.

"What the hell happened out there?! I damn well know you didn't jump three feet in the air and then toss yourself into the steps!" Finn replied, placing Amanda onto a crate.

Amanda looked at him and Joe before looking down, both seeing that look.

"It's okay, you can tell me…" Finn responded softly, rubbing Amanda's shoulders.

"That little flash of white you and Joe saw… that was a little ghost who's been angry at me since I was 11…" Amanda explained as tears fell from her eyes, Finn's mouth falling open in shock as he encircled his arms around Amanda and rested his right hand on her face, brushing the tears away. "I'm sorry, I never wanted you to know…"

"Mandy, it's okay…" Joe responded, lightly rubbing his hand up and down Amanda's back.

"Ghosts linger at times, Darlin', it's not your fault. You're not crazy." Finn replied, kissing Amanda on the side of her head.

Once Amanda was calm enough, she looked at both of them and all three agreed silently to keep this secret.

But they didn't know just what would spill out from keeping it between them…