Chapter 5

Anastasia's Point Of View

A light breeze blew around and twigs snapped as I walked on them

I looked up for probably the millionth time wishing that the moon would appear and shine some light since my phone was almost dead and the flashlight was not working

Was this a good idea?

I mean, don't all the horror movies tell you to not to go to a graveyard at 3 a.m. in the morning?

Then again in a horror movie there is only about 1 person who has enough brains to run away when they realise that there is real bad vibe whereas the rest of them are just standing in front of the ghost and shrieking at the top of their lungs

Great move!

Even though I knew that there was only something known as humans and about 10 million other species and no aliens or any weird mythological creature lurking around...

Visiting a freaking graveyard was pretty freaky even for a freak

Wow... I just used the word freak 3 times in one sentence

I shake my head and clear my useless thoughts

I am here to visit Nikki and I am going to do that!

She is dead

The thought comes in my mind as fast and as painful as a bullet hitting its mark but this time no tears start overflowing or an urge to curl into a ball comes over me

Its not like... I have moved on.. I can never move on

Heck there doesn't exist something called moving on...

I am just.. tired of thinking about it, it still feels like a nightmare and to be honest I still believe that Nikki is somewhere near me not 6 ft below the ground

I look at the gate in front of me and take a deep breath

Putting my hand on the cool metal gate, I slowly start to push it

Creak

I take a deep breath before entering the land of the dead

I look at the ground under my feet wondering if someone was lying underneath me

Dead and rotten

I shivered feeling goosebumps rise up on my arms and neck

This place looks dead (no pun intended) and... really sad, its not at all like Nikki, Nikki is bright.. she is the smiley face not the I-am-creepy one. She doesn't belong here....no one does, to be honest

I looked around the slab of stones wondering which one was Nikki's among the fifty other identical ones

Suddenly a red glow emerging from the back of the graveyard caught my eye

No way....

Was someone actually lighting a fire? In the graveyard?

Why would someone do that?

I started making my way towards the red light deciding to give the person a piece of my mind

I reach near the source of the red light and gasp

I saw a black haired guy (at least he looked like one) with his back to me as he bent over the grave.. but thats not what almost gave me a heart attack, it is the glowing red star with weird symbols around it engraved into the slab

Is he in a cult or something? Trying to someone a demon or something?

I quickly crouch behind a grave and peek and the strange man in front of me. He gets up and I try to get a good look at his face but fail, he takes out some whitish powder from a black satchel and throws it on the red glowing star thing-y and that white powder goes up in smoke as if burned and a smile makes an appearance on his face

Then all of a sudden he starts chanting, the words are harsh sounding and unheard but somehow familiar at the same time

A shiver rises up my spine as I listen to the words wondering what the hell do they mean and if I have heard them before....

Quod anima defuncti celebreturDolores inferni circumdederunt.Suadeo eximere te corporis.

Quo nunc es ad nollet esse.

Venire mecum in terra mortuum.

Et relinquam in animam viventem in uno totiens renascar quondam iterum

The chanting stops and a strange thing occurs which makes me reel back in surprise

A bright white light emerged out of the grave illuminating the whole place and nearly blinding me in the process

I shield my eyes from the light and squint my eyes to look at the grave

I freeze as I read the italic words imprinted on the grave on which the whole cult and demon calling (It has to be demon calling) is going on

The words written on the grave are:

Nicole Wilson

(10 May 1998 - 29 September 2018)

A spark of sunshine and a much loved daughter, sister and friend

'If you are not happy then you are not living your life to the fullest, that means stop putting that grumpy frown on your face or you will get wrinkles'

A gasp of shock and surprise and a bark of laughter escapes my mouth

Shock and surprise for seeing that the grave on which the hocus-pocus was going on was Nikki's and the laugh for that they actually imprinted Nikki's all time favourite advice on the grave which she had asked to do so when we were 16

The guy turns and I reel back in shock

He the I- dont- care-bad-boy-bus-dude

Why is he in a cult?!

Did he see me? Maybe he didn't

He just staring because..... he is wondering why is the grave grey

Yeah that must be it

"You can see me?"

Nope he saw me

I quickly come out of my hiding place confused by the question but nevertheless replying with a nod

His eyes widen more as he stares at me with curiosity, surprise and shock

Before I can question any of the expressions, the white light behind him disappears and a glow replaces it

The glow turns into a girl and I gasp as I recognise her

A small squeak escapes from my mouth as I stare at Nikki

'What the hell is going on here?'

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Translation:

The soul of the deceased.

I call upon you.

To urge you to separate yourself from the human body.

To go where you are supposed to be.

To come with me to the land of dead.

And to leave to reborn as a living one once again