Ghost's & Soul's | THE RE-WRITE

Chapter l - Ally's Appearance 

A gloomy day surrounded the old run-down orphanage holding only two children ready for adoption, my brother Jimmy and me, we had been stuck in the dreary and damp orphanage for approximately three years.The girl running the orphanage is very sour and unpleasant and she should be replaced because of her horrible behavior. 

That moody day, I wondered why we never got adopted. Was it the orphanage, is it just too old or are we too old to be adopted? All these thoughts made me confused so I just cleared it out of my head. Jimmy was less concerned about getting adopted, for some reason instead he liked this fusty place, he thought it smelled like his favorite shampoo. 

Jimmy had all these weird tech gadgets in our suitcases that we got before we ended up in this orphanage. He said they were used to hunt down abnormal creatures like ghosts and aliens and all that. But every time he used the funky gadgets I had this weird feeling we were being watched. 

I felt it again, that weird feeling had struck me like a lightning bolt. I was sure Jimmy turned on that techy stuff, I turned around to see that he had turned it on! I exclaimed, "Jimmy, why are you doing it again?"

He replied with his big nerdy glasses saying, "I feel the chill of a paranormal being." His words made me get goosebumps, he had never said it so strongly and I never felt more suspicious! The gadget was going haywire like it was gonna explode! My heart raced fast and it almost skipped a beat. As I look closely at the antenna of the gadget, I see some kind of white transparent face with glowing blue eyes and a necklace hanging just under the face vision! 

I shoved Jimmy's shoulder shouting in the noise, "Turn up the power!" He turned it up to the max, revealing a figure about my size. I couldn't handle the pressure and almost fainted, a real ghost was standing just a few inches in front of me! 

The figure was floating because of the gadget's strong force. As soon as Jimmy powered down the gadget the figure landed on its feet and stood as still as a statue. I was brave and I wouldn't let fear get me, so I said, " Who are you, what are you and where did you come from?". The ghost didn't respond, maybe it didn't speak English? Suddenly the ghost swiftly moved its head looking toward me. 

I was just sweating on the outside but inside I was screaming. The way the ghost was looking at me got me like nails on a chalkboard, creepy and uncomfortable. Just then the ghost split its mouth open and said, " Why did you capture me here with that?". I wasn't sure if I should laugh or cry, I thought the ghost would sound scary and it would do something but it sounded just like any other kid my age. 

I replied, " It was all Jimmy, I don't know a thing!". Jimmy looked at me like he found his favorite sock and he cried dramatically, " Oh, my very dear sister is accusing me as if I did the crime!". I gave him the ' seriously, that's all you could think of ' look, he grinned and pretended to wipe his fake tears. I said, "Anyways, who are you?"

The ghost replied with a sigh, " I'm Ally, and you see there's a lot to talk about when it comes to me." I was curious to know more and asked, " Can you tell us more? ". Ally said, " I met with an accident and died and now I like to haunt and taunt people that come in and out of this orphanage, just because I have nothing better to do." I stood confused, when she meant 'i like to haunt and taunt people' was she gonna taunt us? 

Ally continued, " Well you see…" ( DING ) , i looked at the door to see someone was coming into the orphanage, the girl who walked in didn't look familiar and she was not that young either. Jimmy glimpsed at the door and exclaimed, " AN OLD LADY IS HERE TO ADOPT US! " . Jimmy's happiness made me tag along in his excitement. I was surprised someone had come inside this place to adopt a kid. 

The old lady walked up to the counter and said, " Hello, I would like to adopt a kid between the ages of 5-10 years old. " the rude girl at the counter was chewing gum and filing her nails, when she saw the old lady she raised her eyebrow and without turning her face she scanned the woman for a split second, then she turned around to her and replied with a fake smile saying, " Hi, alright can I please have your name? " 

The woman replied, " Sara Wells, " the girl wrote down the name on a piece of paper and said, " Great, we have two angels ready for adoption and don't worry there are not a handful." . Jimmy looked at me with a perplexed face and said, " She called us….ANGELS! " , I looked at Jimmy with a frown and said, " Jimmy, that's just a way of getting rid of us. " 

Ally said, " I've been watching that girl for a while and she is uncontrollably rude.". I nodded, I looked at Ally for a minute and asked, " Ally, where did you get that necklace? I thought ghosts were transparent and slipped through objects? " 

Ally replied, " Well I'm not completely sure but all I know is that when I died the necklace didn't stay on me, as I transformed into a ghost it tagged along with me. oh and my friend had a necklace that's similar to mine but she also died a few years ago and after she died her necklace wasn't on her as well, do you think she's a ghost too and she has the necklace?". I was very interested in what Ally said and it's a little odd that I've only seen Ally as a ghost, if everyone were ghosts I should see them too, right?

Ally added, " Though, my friend's death was a mystery I don't know what happened but i know a little bit about her mysterious death, and i think we should do some research on what's going on." I replied, " Yeah I'm having mixed feelings about what you said." Jimmy added, " I bet something or someone is behind all this because why would two best friends with the same necklace die, oh and on top of that you guys are pretty young and healthy." Ally agreed and so did I.

But then, the old lady that showed up had walked over to us, and inspected us from top to bottom while giving us a warm smile. She said, " Hi children, you both look very cute. How would you like to be adopted?" Jimmy and I were Amazed when we saw the woman's face up close, she wasn't any old lady, she was Sara Wells, she's a very famous fashion designer and trend setter. When I was little I would drool over her designs in the magazines! I said, " You're Sara Wells right, The popular fashion designer that made the jaw dropping collection for last year's International Fashion Show?". She chuckled and said, " I am glad you noticed, I am quite old and lonely in my house and I don't have any children so I thought why not adopt a kid." 

Sara held both of our hands and we all walked up to the counter where the mean girl was standing. I pointed my head toward the counter to give Ally a sign to tell her to follow us. Sara said, "I would like to adopt these two kids please.". The mean girl said, " erm, you're going to have to fill out these papers to take those stinkies home, I mean angels."

Sara took the papers and carefully scanned the words then she signed them all, then we left the orphanage without another word. When I saw the world outside I felt like a blast of wind hit my face then the world transformed into a bright vivid picture, it felt magical to step outside the orphanage. 

Then Sara helped us up in her car and we drove away. On the entire car ride I gazed outside the black tinted window and admired the beautiful view. When we all reached the house I was mesmerized by the house, the outside wasn't the only thing that was gorgeous but the inside was a completely different story. It was absolutely stunning! 

Sara gave us a tour of the entire home and I had no words to describe its beauty. It was a trendy modern aesthetic mixed with marble floors and a high ceiling. When Sara showed us our room I thought it was not real, it was clearly out of my dreams. Sara said, " I see how stunned you were the whole time, do you like your room? I made it customly for you!". I replied, " Yes it's beautiful, I love it!"

Sara then brought us downstairs so we could eat some quality food after eating that garbage that the rude girl fed us. I watched the chef's skills. He would use a metal spatula to mix the fresh and spiced veggies in the pan. It was like the chefs I'd seen on TV. After the food was done the three of us sat on the dining table, and I quickly finished my food. It's been a very long time since I had good food to revive my cravings. 

After eating Sara got up from the table and said, " Hey children, I have to run for some work but I'll be back as soon as possible." I Replied, " Sure take your time, and is it alright if we play outside for a while later?" Sara said, " Yes, you both can play as long as you don't go too far." and with that being said she quickly handed us a phone, the extra house keys and a hug and left in a hurry.

Ally, Jimmy and I walked up the spiral staircase to get to our room which was located on the other side of the chill corner. After wandering around a bit we walked into our room to get a conversation about Ally's so-called missing friend. I said, " Well Ally give us a detailed explanation about what's going on, how can I see you and what do I and you and your friend and Jimmy have to do with this case?" 

Ally replied looking heavy headed, " I'M NOT SURE, I don't know what's going on and I clearly don't understand anything I only know as much as you know! All I know is what I told you before, It feels like we all are tied to this case in some way!" I replied, " Well let's start looking for clues. I have a feeling I have to solve this case." 

I said, " let's go downtown to the police station for something helpful." Ally and Jimmy nodded and we all walked on the sidewalk to get to the station. After heading in I saw officer Mark, he would usually help the community out and when i saw him i'd wave at him. Mark said, "Oh hey kid, aren't you the one I saw yesterday at the orphanage? How can I help ya?" I replied, " Yeah that was me, can you help us find some kind of info about a girl named….?" I whispered to Ally, " What's her name?" she replied, " Martha!" 

I continued, " a girl named Martha?" Mark asked " What Martha there are alot of people with that name?" Ally said without hesitating, " Martha Robertson!" I replied, " Martha Robertson!" The officer said, " Well I'm sure we have it, come with me we have an entire room full of data about every person here." We searched the room's 'M' name section for a file. After scattering the room for a while Jimmy shouted, " Hey, I think I found something! It has the name Martha on it!" We all dropped what we were doing and rushed to Jimmy, officer Mark took the file from Jimmy and scanned it top to bottom after clearly reading it he smiled and gave it to me. I looked at the name and was relieved . We found the file and I said, " Thank you officer, is it ok if we stay here for a while and read everything?" he replied, " yeah, sure you can as long as you don't make a mess, see ya kids." 

I opened up the file and looked for the most important details. I saw that Martha is about 13 years old, she died on February 11th 2018 and the reason why she died is a mystery. After her death some officers found that she was wearing the same necklace Ally is.