Mike, let's go; otherwise, we will be late again. Also, Professor Hector wants to talk with me, and I do not want to make him wait.—Okay but hurry up; we have science work, and I do not want to be alone all class — I said. Fine, I grabbed Mike's hand, and we walked together; he was blushing, and I smiled at him, saying,—Do not you worry, it will be fast, and do not forget we are also with George. — I said. We started to walk, going through the hallways. We reached our classroom, and I opened my locker. I saw a letter with my name; I opened it up, and it said "Classroom IC third floor." I followed the instructions and went there; I entered the classroom and saw Professor Hector with a large black bag. The classroom was empty, with only us, some desks, and the wind.— Probably you are wondering why we are alone. Petra, this isn't about grades; it is about Carmilla. — Hector said. My mind went crazy; it was that girl who committed suicide a long time ago.—But why are you telling me this? I already knew that — I replied.—You see, her full name was Carmilla Nicarawa, and my name is Hector Nicarawa, so you can connect the dots, and if you cannot, she is my daughter, and I know she died because of YOU. —Hector said.—What did I do? I mean, we were not friends, but we did not hate each other; she did not die because of me, she died...—THAT IS WHAT ALL OF YOU THINK, but it is wrong. She loved Mike; he was the reason she was happy and that she wanted to go to school, but you had to ruin her happiness by confessing to him. And now you will pay the consequences of your actions. — Hector interrupted me. He opened the black bag; inside there was a shotgun. I looked at the door and started running, screaming Mike's name. My body strength made the door fall, but it was already late. I felt holes in my chest; my body fell to the floor; blood was everywhere, but I could still move. Looking back, Hector jumped from the window, leaving no evidence of him being there, only a shotgun cartridge.—Class, please make a line outside to go to the laboratory. —The teacher said.—George I hope you know chemistry because I don't know any of it, and Petra is with Hector right now,— I said to him.—Do not worry; I am a genius, George said. We went outside, and we heard a loud noise coming from upstairs. For some reason, my brain thought of Petra, and I started to worry. —Everyone calm down; it was only a noise. Nothing happened, plus the lab is upstairs, so I can show you it was nothing. — The teacher said. Everyone went silent; nothing can make such a loud noise. Someone yelled at the teacher, "Maybe for you it was just a noise, but it felt like a gunfire noise for me." I was curious, so I ran upstairs as fast as I could until, at the end of the hallway, I saw her body; she was still alive, moving towards me leaving a bloody path. I ran to her. I could hear her weak voice.—Mike help me please; I do not have a lot of time to get an ambulance. — She said. The teacher came and screamed; she grabbed her phone and started to call the police and an ambulance. She said to me, "Find Hector; he did this"—her head fell to the floor; she was not moving at all. I felt sadness and anger at the same time; she died in a horrible way and very young. I touched her hand for the last time as the police officers' car's siren noise came closer.I woke up, tears were coming from my eyes, and I looked up and saw the shadow looking at me. I stood up, but she ran to the opened wall, so I followed her. Everything went back to normal. I could hear the noises from cars and dogs barking, but the shadow left. Arrows appeared for me to follow, going all the way to the supermarket near school, so I followed them, making me enter the supermarket. Inside there was no one except a guy wearing a white mask with a creepy red face in the kitchen area, but that didn't matter because the arrows pointed to a poster saying, "Come today to remember the loss of many soldiers." showing a graveyard. So the ghost wants me to go there? But why? Well, I could go; Petras's death anniversary is in two days, so I could visit her grave. I looked at my watch; it said 7:30 pm.
I took the bus to get there; inside there were only men similar to the one I saw in the supermarket, and they did not make a sound. When I arrived, leaving the bus, everyone inside was looking at me. The sky was pitch black; the only lights were coming from the graveyard and the beautiful stars and moon. The front gates were open, and the lights made a path to Petras's grave, so I followed them. Suddenly the lights turned off, and I looked inside my backpack to use my phone's flashlight.
—Man, almost 3 years had passed since that day — I said while looking at her grave. The wind started to get stronger; the tree branches were moving fast. A blue flame appeared out of nowhere, forming the shape of a girl; revealing the face of Petra, she was using the same clothes from the day she died. She looked at my eyes and said,
—Finally I can talk to you; it has been a while. I was waiting for this day seven times more than you. —She said. Her smile was the same as always, and that made me happy. My brain could not comprehend what happened; she was with me once again. I ran quickly to hug her, but I could not touch her, like she was a real ghost.
—Mike, please listen to me. That shadow was not me; it was Carmilla trying to get you. She is behind everything that has happened to us. — Petra said.
—So… she came back from the dead to kill me for revenge or something? — I replied.
—It is something similar to that; she abuses people to do the dirty work for her, but listen, you need to run, Mike. They want you dead.
SHE wants you dead, that greedy bitch. THEY are here waiting for orders from her; they are always here at the exact time. — Petra said. Petra's shadow started to disappear, making me sad. Suddenly all the graveyard lights turned on; I could see something at a distance like a campfire, so I came closer. It was a Satanist cult; they were like 12 people, and they were the guys from the bus. They were praising the black shadow with a strange red symbol on the ground with torches in the middle; there was a dead wolf with its blood all over the symbol. The shadow revealed itself, showing a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl; she started to move her body and pointed to me. I was shocked at how she could see me from this far; a text in red appeared in the grass. One of the masked guys grabbed a knife from the dead wolf and turned in my direction; he started to run towards me. He threw the knife, almost hitting my head. Luckily, the knife got stuck in a tree, so that gave me a head start. I could see his hands covered in blood. All the lights were turned off. I could not see the masked guy, but that did not matter; the exit was near.
The exit gates closed on my eyes; the man was getting closer. I threw my backpack to the other side and jumped off the gate. I grabbed my backpack and realized that I dropped my phone on Petra's grave, but in the backpack I had scissors to fight back. I started to run again. I just need to find a house, and this nightmare ends. At a distance I saw people, and I started to scream, but they disappeared. It was the shadows doing it; she made them disappear. The streets were empty, only me and him. I looked back and saw him catching up to me; at this rate I will be dead. I stopped and grabbed my scissors from the backpack, and with my left strength, I split them into two. I threw them at him and hit his right arm, and the other one went flying past him; the man stopped, and I ran. I looked back to see the man taking off the split scissor; the pain did not have a side effect at all, and he was more pissed than ever. I tripped over a rock, my body fell down, and the man came to me and took his mask off. I couldn't believe it; he was…
—Professor Hector, why do you eat alone? You do not have friends? — Petra and Mike asked me.
—Well the reason is I am waiting for Carmilla to finish eating; I wanted to talk to her. — I responded. Mike and Petra left me alone, so I went to the cafeteria. I looked everywhere; my daughter was not here. Maybe I can ask her classmates. I asked one by one, but no one had seen her today. That is strange because I brought her to school today. Maybe she is hidden somewhere skipping class; if that is the case, I will be really angry. I went to the third floor looking for her classroom on the long hallway. The last classroom said "IC." This is hers; I gently open the door and see her in a way I could not imagine. C-c-arrmil-a? I froze; I was looking at my dead daughter hanging from a rope with a deep cut in her hand; the blood was fresh.—Why? Why? Why? She was too innocent to do this kind of stuff. Please tell me who did this; I will avenge you — I angrily said. The wall had two names written with her own blood: "Mike" and "Petra."—Professor Hector How could you do this? All people, are you going to kill me? What did I do to deserve this? — I asked him.
—You will know when she wants to tell you I only follow her orders for her happiness, and she wants you dead — he said. He grabbed the knife and made a huge scar in my belly; blood started to come out of my body. The pain was too much for me to handle; I could not resist. The last thing I saw was his face smiling and the beautiful sky, and I heard him talking to a girly voice.
I opened my eyes again. This time there were six doctors; I could see the hospital ceiling, the lights, and my mother. She was crying, and my eyes closed again.
I opened my eyes once again to see my family, my cousins, and my grandfather in a hospital room that was covered in tears and flowers. I tried to get closer, but I could not move; I was feeling tired. The last thing I could say was "Mother." I could not say a final goodbye to everyone. My eyes blinked to see everyone gone except Petra, who was very close to me and grabbed my hand with a worried face. The room was the exact same, but something was different; my pain was gone. She kissed my forehead.
—Do not worry, Mike, I am here for you just as you were for me. I will heal your cut in the belly. We can be together, but not here. I can give you a new life in another world. — Petra said. Before I could act, she closed my eyes with her fingers. I felt like my soul was leaving my body and entering a new one.
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