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Omitted Memories Chapter 7

Despite being a 300 year old ghost there where many things Norman had shown her about the current time to get her use to the change in time period, but he had not prepared her for anything like this. Agatha Prenderghast stared wide-eyed open mouthed as she stood in the center of Time Square in New York City. She looked around in awe at the glowing signs all around her and the hundreds of cars and people speeding about around her as she just floated there in shock.

"Where in the world do I start" She whispered to herself as she looked around trying to remember any clues she might have seen when she floated into he city. She tried her best to focus on anything she might have seen but the loud sound of the busy city of New York kept her distracted and unable to focus as she let out a loud frustrated scream that could only be heard by her.

Agatha continued to look around as a feeling of being useless began to travel over her. It had taken her more then a month to get to where she was currently and now the young ghost had no idea what her next step for trying to find where Norman was taken to. She quickly began to look around the area she heard was called Time Square. When suddenly she found herself staring at a giant poster with a giant green witch on it. Her eyed winded as she slowly stared to back away from the large poster as her mind started to wander.

Agatha stood by her tree in anticipation as she waited for Norman to come walking though the woods as he normally did during this time of day. She looked down at her ghostly feet as she mauled over what she wanted to ask him.

"Should I really ask him, I mean what if he says no, even though he's your friend he may not be happy about, I mean can I even leave this area is there like a power that keeps me from leaving this tree." The young ghost thought to herself as she continued to have doubts on what she wanted to ask Norman when he got here. Her thoughts where suddenly put to a stop when she heard the sound of someone approaching. She looked up to see the image of a young brown spikey haired boy walking out of the forest and toward her location as she let out a small smile and gave a small wave and he waved back once he got closer to the tree.

"Hey Aggie" Norman said with a smile as he walked up to her ghost form as she floated off the ground smiling back at him. "So, today I decided to bring some stories from my time I think that you might be interested in." Norman said as he gave his backpack a pat as he turned and looked at his new ghost friend who was staring at her feet.

"Is something wrong?" Norman asked as he watched Agatha look up as she stared at him clearly nervous.

"I had a request." She stated as she stared at Norman smiling.

"Oh, what is it." Norman responded as curiosity began to take him over.

"I was wondering if you could give me a tour of the town, I am kind of of interested in how it has changed. My memories from you know that night are not fully there and I want to she what your current time period is like." Agatha said as he floated there looking at Normans face to see how he would respond. She watched as the smile on his face vanished as he stood there as a look on unease came across his face as he began to rub the back of his head as they both stood there.

"I don't know if that's a good idea Aggie." Norman said as he looked at her.

"Please." She responded as she moved closer to him.

"A lot has changed from when you were alive, I don't know if you would be able to handle the shock of it all." He said as he looked at her floating there.

"I can handle it, I promise I will be on my best behavior. I just really want to get away from this area, you have no idea how boring it gets floating by this tree all the time." Agatha said as stared back at her living friend.

"I still don't know." Norman said as he looked back at Agatha as he watched her eyes start to widened and her lips started to form a frown as she stared at Norman with a expression similar to that of a sad puppy causing Norman to let out a loud sigh.

"I guess I could show you around the town." He said as he let out a small smile as he watched Agatha face brightened up into a smile.

"Oh thank you Norman I promise I will be on my best behavior."

"Okay then follow me." Norman said with a smile as he turned around and walked to the forest as Agatha followed him. The pair made their way through the woods as they soon reached the road ahead of them. They walked down the path on the side of the road when a car suddenly speed past Agatha and she loud a scream in shock.

"Aggie, it's okay that was just a car. Remember, those things I told you about last week that we use for transportation that was one of them okay so there is no need to get frightened. You sure you want to go through with this?" Norman said as he watched her catch her breath and nod showing that she was ready to continue.

The pair continued on their journey before the town of Blithe Hallows became visible in the distance. Norman glanced nervously at Aggie as they both made their way into the town. The pair walked past several houses as Agatha looked in wonder as she took in all of the changes to the town she was looking at. Norman walked ahead of her as she slowly followed behind him before he turned around and stared at her.

"Well, you have seen the town and how it has changed, lets head back." Norman said quickly as he watched Agatha stare at him in confusion.

"What, I have not even seen the rest of the town." She responded as her happy expression vanished from her face.

"Trust me Aggie, the rest is a pretty much the same as this there's really nothing interesting for you to see." Norman responded as she could see a look of panic on his face.

"There is something your not telling me." Agatha responded as he glared at Norman who looked away trying not looking at her strait in the eyes. "Very well then I will just continue on without you." She said as she floated past Norman who tuned in panic as he watched her reach the corner.

"Aggie wait!" He shouted after her but she had already turned the corner. Norman then ran as fast as he could around the corner and stopped suddenly when he saw Agatha just floating there not moving at all as she looked up. Norman fallowed her gaze and saw a large electronic sign that read Witchy Wieners. Norman gaze then moved to Agatha as he saw a look of complete anger spread through her face.

"Lets go back." Norman said in a whisper as he watched Agatha suddenly start to look around her as she saw the numerous other witch themed names and object around the town as the anger on her face intensified before she let out a loud scream cause Norman to jump back startled before she turned around and shot off in the direction they came from causing Norman to break out into a sprint behind her.

The young boy ran as fast as he could as he followed the young ghost as she flew away from him back towards her tree. Norman ran as fast as his legs could take him as he ran out of the town and back towards the forest. He made a quick effort to get thought the woods as he made his way into the clearing where Aggie's tree was and stopped to take a breath as he looked up to see Aggie just standing in front of it just staring at it and not moving.

Norman composed himself before he slowly made his way over to her as he watched her stand there motionlessly for a moment.

"Aggie, its me Norman."

He waited but got no repose so Norman moved closer to the young ghost. Once he reached her he looked at her face and noticed two clearly visible tear streams running down her face.

"Aggie?"

"Norman what was that?" She responded as her head turned as she glared at Norman. "You knew that was there didn't you, that's why you did not want me to come to the town, didn't you." She said as the tone of her voice began to rise.

"Yes." Norman responded bluntly.

"Why are they doing that, is it a joke to them."

Norman stared at the weeping angry girl before him at a loss of words as he tried to find the best way explain what she saw.

"WHY?" She shouted at him cause him to flinch back.

"It's how this town makes money." Norman said shyly as she looked at the angry young girl.

"What?"

"No one in the town really know besides me and my family really know about what really happened to you and the witch's curse. You see to everyone else it's a an important part of this towns history, so they use it as a way to get money. I will be honest until I knew the truth I actually had no problem with it, but know that I know the truth I am sickened by it." Norman responded as he looked straight at Agatha who was still trying to get a hold of herself.

"Is there any way you can stop it?" Agatha asked as she looked at Norman hopefully but watched as he shook his head.

"I don't think we can you see the whole which theme gets our town a lot of visitors which brings in money which many people need. So as much as I don't like what is going on its kind of necessary. Aggie I know this is not what you want to hear but you just have to let go of it." Norman said as he stared at his young female friend.

"It's not fair." Agatha said as she looked at Norman.

"I know its not, but there is really nothing we can do about it. I know there is no way I can begin to understand what you're going through. All I can really say is you just have to work on ignoring it, and I promise I will let you know why I'm nervous about something if you want to see something around the town next time, okay" Norman said as watch Aggie turn away from him and continue to stare at the tree.

"Norman." Aggie said as she turned around and slowly sat down against the trunk of the tree.

"Yes Aggie."

"Could you tell me a story?" She asked as she wiped the tears off her ghostly face as she looked up at Norman who looked at her with his trademark smile and nodded his head.

"Sure." He responded as he sat down next to her an unzipped his backpack and slowly pulled out a large book as he then proceeded to open it.

"What do you want to hear?" Norman asked as he looked at Agatha.

"Something that has a happy ending." She responded with a slight sniffle as she still tried to get a hold of her emotions. Norman looked at her and nodded his head and flipped though the book before he stopped on a page and started reading

"Once upon a time." He started as he then felt the ghostly presence of Agatha's head on his shoulder and gave a small a smile before he continued to read from the storybook.

Agatha did her best to keep the tears from streaming down her face as she floated through the streets of New York. She had spent the day searching as much of the city as she could cover and found absolutely nothing that could help her find where Norman was. She continued to float aimlessly as she thought to herself of what her next move should be. After a period of moving she looked up and noticed she was floating a large area of docks.

Agatha slowly floated to the edge of the dock and looking into the water as she noticed that she did not see a reflection of herself. She stared at the water aimlessly as she watched the small waves move back and forth. "What do I do now?" the young ghost said to herself as she tried to think of what to do next.

"I could take me weeks maybe even months to find something in this strange place that could give me a clue to where exactly Norman was." Agatha thought to herself as she tried to keep herself from feeling like she had already failed Norman. "There was to be something in this city can give me a new goal of where Norman was sent to." She thought to herself as she tried to think of any possible clues that she could think of when she suddenly heard the sound of a loud horn causing her to look up.

Agatha watched stunned at what looked like an enormous metal boat floated past her. She had never seen anything that big moving in during both her times in the living world as she stared open mouthed at it. As it passed something on the side of the boat made her mouth drop even more in big letters it read.

EURO Science INC.

Agatha blinked several times as if to make sure what she was seeing was actually true. She suddenly regained her focus as she watched the ship move by her.

"This could be my only chance at finding more clues." She whispered to herself as she thought to herself as the boat passed her before she made her decision and she quickly started to make her way towards the boat as she floated across the water.