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Chapter 2

Lilly Kales

1908-1913

Beloved Daughter and sister

"So this is her grave?" I asked my mother, who was standing beside me, I stared at the gravestone continuously. "Poor child." I added with a frown.

"Its been said that she was starved by her father. Her brother and mother died when she was about four."

"Why did the father starve her?" I asked baffled that a parent would do that, I remembered what my father does but then acknowledge my age. And how im better on my own then with him. I touched the gave stone before I closed my eyes. Just feeling her grave stone made me see into her life. Abused. Starved. Punished. I pulled away fast as I opened my eyes.

"Im not sure…."

"Punishment…. I think."

"It was…" I heard a small voice say. I stood up as I saw a small figure appear beside the statue that stood in front of the gravestone. It was a girl, her hair short, she was in a torn up dress and hugging a beat up bunny. "My daddy got angry a lot…."

The girl. Lilly. "Lilly…"

Lilly frowned. "Im scared….who are you?"

I kneeled down to her. "Im Spirit. And that lady who is a ghost is my mother."

"Spirit…. Are you a ghost too?" She asked.

"No. just a person who has a thing for dead people…."

Lilly frowned. "Am I dead?"

I frowned. "Im afraid so sweetie…." it always killed me to tell those spirits that their dead. Its like taking away their hope and leaving them with dread.

"My daddy….do you know where he is? Or my mommy….? I want George." She started to sob.

"Hey now, no crying okay. You're a big girl and ill help you find your mama. Now im guessing George is your brother?"

Lilly nodded. I did as well before turning to my mother. "I maybe able to locate her brother and mother…" She informed me.

"And ill get Michael to track down her father." I said. I turned back to where the girl stood to find nothing there. The spot she was standing on was empty. "Where did she go?" I asked but when I heard nothing from where my mother would of put her answer out already I turned to see my mother had disappeared. I sighed. "Thanks…." I muttered then grabbed my bag and made my way home.

"Im a musician not a magician Spirit." Michael said as he cleaned his homemade guitar. Even though he's the prince he hates spending money when he really doesn't need it. I guess he's just that down to earth. Maybe.

"Im not saying make him pop out of a hat, just help me locate the guy!" I explained.

Michael looked at me. "Why don't you ask Claire? Or Shane since he's good at finding people."

"Claire's busy and Shane is at his martial arts classes. Please Michael!"

Michael looked at me with a hesitant look for a few moments before sighing. "Alright. Ill see what I can do."

I smiled and hugged his neck. "Thank you soooo much!" I kissed his cheek after giving my thanks. I saw his cheeks go red.

"I should say yes to things more often." he joked.

"So this is the place huh." I said. Not bothering to hide my disappointment. The house looked abandoned. And more like a run down shack than an actual house.

"Yep. This is where he lived….before his daughters death…" Michael confirmed.

"Wait…you said lived why the past tense?"

"Well its been rumored that he either moved or disappeared one night." Michael informed as he stopped to stand beside me. He stared at the house with a frown. "The story had me curious so I looked him up on the village records…..its been noted that he lived here since he was born. He was out at a bar on the night of his disappearance." He turned to look at me with his beautiful angelic smiles which made butterflies go nuts in my tummy. Looking at those lips made me want to- I stopped when I was getting off task. I tore away from his stare before looking at the house. "Well… Lets go explore." I smiled up at him.

He frowned. "Not sure that's a good idea Spirit. I mean just look at the place. Its falling apart."

I rolled my eyes at his usual concerns. "Fine. You stay here. I'll be right back." I told him before drawing near to the barely standing up right front door.

"Spirit… no… wait…" I heard Michael plead along with footsteps approaching me. I looked over my shoulder to see he was coming to me. I stared at him once he was at my side. I smiled.

"I knew it."

"Knew what?"

I shrugged then winked at him. "Nothing." I laughed as I left him confused to open the door. Once the door started to open I heard the hinges of the door make noises that didn't sound to good. I suddenly saw the door was falling towards me. I gasped as I held up my arms over my head to block the door. I felt arms wrap around me before I got pulled out of the way. After the door collapsed to the door I took notice that it was Michael's arms that were wrapped around me. I stared up at him, blushing like mad. He was the same. "Thank you."

He held me at arms length. "And that is why I told you not to go in."

I laughed. "Don't start Glass."

Once inside I heard Michael tell me to be careful a few times while his hands stayed on my hips. "You don't want to get hurt…"

"I know Mike." I assured him as we made our way into the small living room. I noticed the furniture was still in place. Along with some family pictures and valuables that laid spread out on the table that sat near the back window.

"Whoa. Their stuff is still here." Michael said in amazement.

"I guess he disappeared." I said as I strolled down the narrow hallway. Looking from side to side as I passed the bedrooms that awaited their owners that would never return. In Lilly's room I noticed her stuffed animals and toys were placed neatly on dressers and shelves above her bed. He bed was neatly made. "This is just depressing." I frowned.

"Your telling me… this place has a strange feeling to it….like somebody wants us out…."

"You think too much. Anyways we have to find her father so that Lilly can rest in peace once she resolves the issue between her and her dad."

"How will we do that?" Michael asked. I turned to him with a sly smile.

"Claire Danvers can help us there"

"I cant just find anyone." Claire told us. She sat beside Shane as we ate our food at the village café. Michael's treat to us.

"Aren't you gifted!?" I asked.

"I am gifted but my gift doesn't extend that far without some help." She explained.

"What can help you?" Shane asked as he took a sip of his well water.

"Something of his that is valuable."

I took some time to recall of what I saw back at the house. "Pictures?" I offered.

Michael and Shane stared at me for a minute then at Claire as she scratched her chin which is a sign of her brain thinking. "Maybe….im not sure….what about this Lilly girl? Does she know of anything valuable of her fathers?"

I shrugged. "I don't know. I guess I could ask."

Just when I said that a white, mist figure appeared beside Claire. It was a small figure. A child. "Lilly?" I stood.

The figure made its way towards me, the closer it got the more I could make it out. It was definitely a child. And it was definitely Lilly. She smiled. "I heard your call…."

I smiled down at her. "Yes…do you know if your daddy had an object that was very valuable to him?"

She nodded. "Mama's ring…"

"Her ring? Was it an engagement ring?" I asked. She nodded in response.

"What's she saying Spirit?" Claire asked. I proceeded to shift my eyes over to Claire.

"Lilly's mom's ring it the valuable thing to her father."

"Where is it?" Claire asked. I turned to Lilly to ask but she was gone. I blinked. Frowned then stared at my friends.

"She disappeared."

"Must be because of the sun…" Michael nodded his head over to the window which the sunshine gleamed brightly through the window. "We could try tonight…" He suggested.

I nodded. "We have to try… that little girl needs this…"

"Why? Isnt she dead? Shouldn't she be gone by now?" Shane asked as he fiddled with his food. I stared at Shane with a hard look.

"She cant cross over because something here is holding her back. A unresolved thing or issue holds spirits back from where they need to go. Lilly must have an unresolved issue with her dad…and I need to fix it so Lilly can be with her mom and brother again."

Michael put his arm around me as he smiled like an idiot.

"If anyone can get her to where she needs to be its you Spirit." Michael encouraged. I blushed as I smiled. My heart was pounding all the way to my head.

"Thanks Mike. But im not that great."

"Sure you are! Your smarter than all of us when it comes to the supernatural." He praised.

His praises made me smile even more like an idiot. Get a grip Eve! I composed myself before I really lost it.

"Sir Michael!" A man called out which made Michael pull back and stand up from his seat. The man approached us with a small smile. "Tim what's the matter?" Michael asked.

"The founder requests your presents."

"For what?"

"To get your suit Sir." Tim informed. Michael blushed as he saw all of us gawking at him.

"Suit?" I questioned as I got beside him.

"Its for the ball." Michael said.

"The ball!?" Claire exclaimed, clasping her hands together. Showing her excitement through her smile.

"Yeah…" he said as he stared at me. "You guys are of course invited."

"Good." I smiled.

"Sir Michael we need to get going…" Tim said.

"Yes. I'll meet you guys at the abandon house after I finish." Michael told us before leaving. He took a glance back at me, smiled then went out the door.

Dancing with Michael sounded so good. Although with the clothes I have the dance sounded so bad….

"This place looks scary…" Claire admitted as there was shaking in her small voice.

"Its not scary…..just don't touch anything…" I warned her.

"Maybe visiting at night wasn't such a good plan." Michael sighed.

Shane said nothing as his eyes shifted side to side, scanning the place. "Its okay enough. We just got to be careful. Come on." He started for the door. Michael followed. I took Claire's hand before following the guys. Once inside we all lit our lanterns for light.

"It looks just as we left it." Michael said as he sat his lantern down on the table that was near the back window. Claire carefully took a seat on the old, and dusty couch as she scanned the room. "Its filled with a lot of stuff… you sure this place is abandoned?"

Michael nodded in response. He started shuffling papers at the table he was standing at. Walking to his side I asked. "What are you doing?"

"Looking for something that will show us anything that we could probably use…"

Claire came to my side as well as did Shane. "I can track him if I have something valuable to him."

As we kept searching we all heard a loud noise, sounding like a scream really that was coming from the dark hall. I turned towards the hall. "Did you hear that?" I asked.

Claire turned just as the boys did. She stared at the dark hall as my three friends answered my question. I took the lantern that sat nearby and held it up as I started for the hall. Slowly approaching the hall I called out. "Hello!"

No answer. I inched closer. "Helloo!" I called out again.

Suddenly the light of our lanterns went out, leaving us in the dark. Which caused Claire to let out a nervous cry. "Its okay Claire." I reassured her.

"What the hell is going on…?" Shane asked as he kept his voice steady.

"Something is happening that I don't like…" Claire whimpered as she hugged my arm as tight as she possibly could.

"I think the wind just blew out the light." Michael said.

I shook my head. "Something is in here with us…" I said as I started for the dark hall. "And it doesn't like guests." I added.

Soon enough we all started to hear footsteps, like someone's running. I felt Claire's nails digging into my arm. I cringed.

"I can feel it Spirit." Claire confessed in a shaky voice.

"I can too…" I responded.

I widened my eyes when I saw a white figure up ahead. It was coming to us. The figure had red stuff all over it, at first I thought it was red stuff but I soon realized that it was actually blood. The figure came closer to us. "What are you doing here…." It said. I backed up, blocking Claire in a protective fashion. "Why is there people trespassing in my home!?"

I glanced over my shoulder to see Shane and Michael staring at what I was. Their faces were paler than the ghost in front of. Claire was the same way. Turned back towards the figure. I put my hand out, telling it that I don't want to harm it. "We mean no harm." I told it. "We just came looking for a man….a father of a deceased girl… his daughter…."

The figure cocked his oval shaped head to side before showing his sharp fangs at me as he smiled. I gasped. "You mean that man who lived here?" the figure asked as he laughed.

"Y-yes." I gulped.

"He's busy right know." The figure said before letting out an evil laugh. I widened my eyes as he showed us his hidden eyes. They were red. Blood red. I backed up more when Claire let out a small cry. "Who are you?" I asked, breathlessly.

"People know me as the spirit killer. I eat spirits….. And even humans." it gave me a wider smile before charging at us in full speed. We all screamed and scrambled to the front door for escape. I was to the front door when I heard a crashing sound and Claire's screams. I ran back to the living area to find Claire struggling to get out from under the book case that fell on top of her. I raced towards her and attempted to lift up the book case, only to be out of breath as soon as I tried. I grabbed onto Claire's arm before pulling as much as I could which made her cry more. I stopped then grabbed a broom as a weapon.

"Oh look a little girl has a weapon…..what are you going to do…..sweep me to death?" The figure scoffed and laughed. I took a swung at the figure hard as I possibly could. The figure flew back till it went through the hall way wall. I dropped the broom then collapsed near Claire.

"Go…. I'll be fine…" Claire said. I ignored her order and tugged on her.

"Damn thing…." I growled.

"Shane!" I heard Claire call out. Looking back I saw Shane entered.

"Help!" I ordered. He didn't waste anytime. We both started lifting up the book case. Once the case was back up Shane scooped up Claire and ran out. I followed, and placed the front door to where it needed to be placed. Michael came up to us with confusion all over. "What happened to you guys?" he asked.

The two of us panted for a while till Shane said. "Had a little bit of a fall you could say."

I nodded then kneeled down to Claire. "You okay?"

"My leg is hurt…. Besides that…im fine."

I placed her leg in my lap. I scanned it. "Bruises. it's a bit swollen…"

"We can fix her up at my place." Michael said. Shane collapsed beside Claire before laying his head against hers.

"Next time…. When you decide to have a book case fall on you…notify me beforehand."

Claire giggled before kissing his cheek.

"Thanks for the save…my hero."

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