Casper led me outside where we took a bus. He still wouldn't tell me where we were going.

"If I told you, you wouldn't come with me."

"Casper, you've already got me on the bus. The last stop is coming up. I'm not going anywhere."

"We're almost there anyway. Just wait a few moments."

We got off the bus and he led me somwhere else. My eyes widened as we went through some gates. I grabbed Casper's shoulder and turned him around, my eyes wide in shock.

"A cemetery!? What the hell are we doing at a cemetery!?"

"Yes", Casper said as if it was normal.

"Why?!" A few people stared at me, but I didn't care. Then I thought about it.

"Wait, are you here visiting-"

"I am here visiting, but it's not someone I personally know."

"Then why-"

"This cemetery is special", Casper said. "It's the resting place for all the Black Knights. And it's the burial grounds for whenever a Zero dies."

"Really? But why are we here?"

Casper walked up to a headstone. "My condition has a name, but it's too long for me to remember. But then I remember, my favorite maid had her own name for it."

"What?"

"She said I was half-dead. Alex, can I tell you a secret?"

"Somehow I don't feel comfortable hearing a secret in a cemetery. But go ahead."

"My heart problem is only part of my illness. My footsteps don't make a sound. And I used to think nothing of it. But then, I started hearing voices."

"Voices?"

"Yeah. There would be voices whispering things. I didn't tell my parents, because they would think I'm crazy."

This whole week has been crazy! "What do the voices say?", I asked calmly.

"It's always different. Like, 'Grandma will always love you' or 'So this is how it ends'. I realized back then, I what it was."

"And?"

"I hear dead people."

Double take! "What?!"

"I can hear dead people."

Aaaand blackness.

"ex!"

"lex!"

"Alex!"

"Huh? What?"

"You fainted", Casper said.

"I did?"

"Yeah."

"What time is it?"

"About 5 pm."

"What?! I've been out for like 4 hours?!"

"Well you hit your head on that headstone."

"And you didn't think I would get a concussion?"

"Well you're fine now", Casper said with a smile.

Sometimes I wondered if he just didn't care or if he was really that airheaded.

"Wanna get something to eat now?"

I think he was just an airhead.

"Sure. Let's go."

I stood up. The sun was almost down. Casper and I had to get back fast. On Sunday, Ashford locked its gates at 8 pm. If we missed curfew, we could get at least a week of detention. Casper were on our way out, I tried to push open the gates but they wouldn't budge.

"No, no! Don't tell me we're locked in!"

"Relax Alex. Just call someone."

"Right." I took out my cell phone and called Jun.

"Alex where have you been?"

"Jun, it's a long story. I just need you to come to the cemetery and-"

"The cemetery? Are you there alone?"

"No, Casper's here with me, but-"

"What are you and Casper doing at a cemetery?"

"Jun! There's no time for that! I just need you to come here and open up the gates. We're locked in!"

"What's the cemetery's name? Where is i-"

My phone disconnected. All I heard was a dial tone. I really hoped Jun would come in time.

"Alex?"

"What is it?"

"Remember how I said I can hear dead people?"

"How can I forget?"

"There's one voice I hear the most. It's always saying 'Brother, brother' or 'Brother is a liar, to the very end' and sometimes, 'Brother, it worked. You made peace'."

"What are you trying to say?", I asked, feeling confused.

"I'm hearing that voice again. It's telling me to go somewhere."

"Where exactly?"

"That way", Casper pointed back into the cemetery.

"So this dead person wants us to go back into the place filled with more dead people. Yeah I bet."

"Alex come on. I think we should listen to him."

"Why?"

"He seems trustworthy. I even talk with him sometimes."

"What's his name?"

"I never asked. It wasn't important to me."

I sighed. Casper told me his secret. The least I could do was follow his ghost friend.

"Let's go. But I swear Casper, if we start seeing zombie Black Knights, I'm never gonna take directions from a ghost again."

Casper smiled and started to lead the way. We walked farther and farther. Then we came to an unfilled grave.

"He says to jump in", Casper said.

"What?"

"Jump in. Someone will help us on the other side."

"And by 'other side' you mean across the River Styx?"

"No. He's not trying to kill us."

"How do you know?"

"He was the first voice I heard. He's the most honest too."

I looked down the whole. It was filled with black emptiness. Wait, what?

"Casper if we die, I'm avoiding you in the afterlife."

"One more thing. He said that when we get their, tell them we were sent by Rolo."

"Rolo?"

I was getting tired of asking questions, so we counted to three and jumped in. We fell for a while. We fell for so long, I actually yawned. Finally we stopped and landed on a cushion. Casper and I looked around.

It looked like a scientific head quarters. Then we heard voices.

"You're a very hypocritical person."

"How so?"

"You say you don't want to be involved, yet you have this place."

I took in my surroundings. The room was filled with a bunch of tvs and file cabinents. Then the people who the voices belonged to entered. My jaw dropped. I wanted to scream, but nothing came out.

I ended up squeaking almost. They realized Casper and I were in here. I met their eyes, and then blackness.

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Up next: Who did they meet? I'm sure you know. Jun shows up, and gets an experience of his own.

You guys probably think I planned for Casper to talk to ghosts since the beginning. Well I didn't. Truth is, I found that Casper is a real name. I thought, "Aww that's cute. I wanna name him that!" I didn't think of the ghost thing until after I updated the last chapter!