The nightmare that won't go away chapter 5 – Heartbreak

After she read it, Aggie put the last love letter back into its envelope and slid it into the box before closing it and re-locking it with her witch powers. She then sighed as she remembered the way Norman had said those three little words in EVERY SINGLE LETTER. She had to admit, Norman had revealed to be quite 'romantic' in some of those letters and honestly, she didn't really mind that Norman had decided to express his feelings for her in the letters. However, what she DID mind about all this was the fact that...

She felt the same way about him.

Aggie almost cried at the fact that she couldn't be with the boy she had loved since he had saved her from her inner witch; the reason being was that Aggie was given another chance at life because she had been killed for something she hadn't done (accused of witchcraft, just had the same 'gift' as Norman) and so the keepers of the afterlife decided to give her another chance at life. They had however, mentioned that if Aggie did something ungodly or 'not right' at any point, the keepers of the afterlife would IMMEDIATELY take action and remove her from life and would make everyone she had met forget her.

As much as Aggie liked Norman, she didn't want to risk being with him in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship because she thought that because being in a relationship with a family member in her time wasn't allowed, the keepers of the afterlife wouldn't allow it now and so if she DID become Norman's girlfriend, she feared they would send her back to the afterlife. Aggie then decided that she would have to find Norman after school and let him down easy. She picked up the box and after walking to Norman's canopy in the living room, put it back where he had put it. As she was about to leave, she noticed Brenda shaking her head.

"I told you you should've waited but NO, no one EVER listens to old grandma."


Later that day...

It was now 3:45pm and Norman's school day had ended ten minutes before, forcing Aggie to make the move. Not wanting to deal with him JUST yet, Aggie picked up the phone and called Neil, Norman's best friend. After waiting for a few seconds while the phone dialled, Neil picked up. "Downe residence; Neil speaking" he said politely. "Hello Neil, my names Aggie; do you know who I am?" she responded. "Yeah, you're Norman's ghost friend but we've never actually met so why are you calling me?" he asked curiously. Agatha swallowed down the bulge in her throat as she said the words that would change everything in the end. "I need you to tell Norman something; can you do that for me please?" she asked. "Yeah, sure" said Neil. "What is it?" Aggie swallowed again. "C-Could you please tell him to go to 'Aggie's tree' right now? I have something important to tell him and I need to tell him in private." Neil was silent for a moment as if he was thinking it over. Finally, he responded. "Sure Aggie, I'll give him a call right now." Agatha sighed. "Thank you, Neil." And with that, she hung up.

At that moment, the door opened and Aggie thought that she had called Neil too late and started to panic; she stopped when she heard the bickering voices of Norman's parents. "I'm just saying Perry that she will probably have to go there because we can't have her with us, Courtney will torture us for the rest of our lives if we put her in her room and there is NO WAY she is sleeping on the couch!" Sandra shouted from the hallway. "But Sandra, Norman is a growing boy! Growing boys have... urges! And I don't exactly feel like being known as possibly the father to a pervert who abused his popularity after saving the city!" Aggie blushed when she realised what they were talking about; Aggie's future sleeping arrangements.

However, she had to agree with Sandra. She didn't exactly feel comfortable sleeping with the parents, Aggie had a feeling that being with Courtney would make being executed look good and if she slept on the couch, people would probably think she had scoliosis. If she was aloud, Aggie would have no objection at sharing a room with Norman; even if she had to sleep on the floor (she had pointed this out to them earlier but the parents had objected) because if she were to have a nightmare at some point or she just felt like it, she just crawl her way into Norman's cosy arms.

Aggie then shook her head to be rid of her blush and fantasy as the parents stepped into the living room. "Hello Aggie, did you have a nice day?" Sandra asked. "Err yes Sandra, I did. How were yours and Mr. Babcock's?" Perry seemed to frown a second for Aggie not using his name but quickly responded with "Not bad for a funeral planner, actually. I only had one to plan today and I made such a good impression on the boss that I'm being invited over to his house next week for dinner!" he exclaimed happily. Aggie was about to ask Sandra how her day went when she remembered she had to meet Norman by her tree. "I'm really sorry Sandra but you're going to have to tell me about your day when I get back; I have something really important to do." And with that, she was out the backdoor at a speed the roadrunner would be jealous of. "Probably meeting Norman for something" Perry said as he walked into the kitchen to prepare tea. As Sandra was about to join her husband, there was a knock on the door. She opened it to reveal a man with short black hair, brown eyes and a small scar across his left eye; he was wearing an American army uniform. "Excuse me soldier, can I help you?" she asked.

"Yes" the man said with a strong Australian accent. "Yes, you can."


Meanwhile, in the woods...

As Agatha ran through the woods to the tree that she was buried at, she was thinking of a way to try and let Norman down easy. She still wanted to be his friend but she also wanted to make clear that they couldn't be a couple if she wanted to stay among the living, no matter how much they might love each other. As the tree came into her sight, Aggie could also see the red of Norman's hoodie and his spiky hair; she purposely slowed down her speed as she got closer and closer.

When Norman was just a few feet away with his back to her, Aggie suddenly lost all her confidence and honestly, she would've turned around and left if she hadn't accidently stepped on a twig; alerting Norman to her presence. "Aggie" he said as he turned around to face her. "You wanted to talk to me? Privately?" Agatha sighed sadly; she had to do it now. Not wanting to beat around the bush, she dived straight in. "Norman, I know what you keep in that locked box." As soon as those words left her mouth, Norman blushed deeply and began to twist his foot into the ground. "Oh, really?" he asked. She simply nodded in response. "Oh. So... do you hate me now?" he asked fearfully. "No! I don't hate you!" Aggie shouted. "But you have to know that we can't be together." Norman just grew sadder. "Is it because we're related? Like you're my cousin like... 10 times removed or something?" As his question was heard, Aggie couldn't take it anymore and burst into tears. "I'm sorry Norman, I'm so sorry!" And with that, she used her witch powers to disappear from Norman's sight.

"Aggie! Aggie, come back! We can sort this out!" Norman called frantically but there was no response. Feeling tears of rejection coming to his eyes, Norman turned to head home but was stopped when his mobile phone rang; the caller ID said it was his sister, Courtney. "What do you want, Courtney?" he asked annoyed as he answered.

"Hello, Norman."

Norman froze. That was NOT the voice of someone he knew for this voice was deep and Australian.

"Who is this?" Norman asked, almost threateningly. "It's not your sister it's THAT what you're thinking... and you should really watch your tone. Listen, you don't know me but I know you and that's all that really matters."

"Your family is fine but if I were you, I'd choose my next words very carefully..."


(A/N – Norgatha fans, don't lose hope in this story! Aggie WILL return and I can guarantee that I wrote her little disappearance act on purpose for the plot of the story. A little warning for you guys, the next few chapters are going to be considered quite dark compared to these last ones and when I say dark, I don't mean horror and torture I mean violence and gory action.

Here is a little preview of the next chapter known as 'the infected'...

"As Aggie raised her head from the sight of the ground, she felt tears come to her eyes at the sight of the village that she had called home...

For Blithe Hollow had been reduced to ruin.

Cars were crashed or on fire, buildings were either destroyed or partly beat in, blood was splattered almost everywhere you looked and villager's bodies scattered the ground..."

So there's your preview! Hope it's got you wanting more!

BTW, now that I amk halfway through this story, I have put up a poll for you guys to vote on what story I do next! PLEASE vote on it! PLEASE!)