Chapter 01:Dead as a ghost

By: south mad

King Maestro aged 16, felt pain, a sudden cold then darkness then it was all over like he was dreaming. He dreamt of playing with his little brothers and sisters on the open fields in their province, suddenly he was jolted as he felt his surroundings getting blurry and felt someone pull him out of his body.

He saw people having a commotion on the streets, he walked towards them and saw himself, all bloody lying on the street holding his one and only brother. "Oh no. What have I done?"  King is surprised as he is now dead.

"K-King! Brother wake up!" Prince cried as he held his brother's hand and tried to nudge his brother's body over. but no matter what he does, his brother won't move and won't wake up.

A stranger tried to lift Prince but he won't let go "No, don't take me away! My brother is still sleeping! " Prince shouted.

"Kid, I'm sorry. The ambulance and the paramedics are here. You'll just get in the way.." The man said as he carried the young boy away the paramedics who arrived tried to check the body of the young man lying on the pavement. He knew the boys King and Prince, both had been living in the same block as him. It now pains him to see that the young man named King may be dead. "As long as I remember this kid is a breadwinner of his family."

King just won't believe it, he now sees himself on the road, bloody while the paramedics check his body. " No. No.. I can't just die, my brothers and sisters needs me!"

King jumps and tries to go back to his body but he is surprised that he can't even touch his body! he tries to touch the people around him but he only sees his hand push through 

"No!! This can't be! I'm not dead yet!"

King screamed at the top of his lungs! he kept shouting and shouting but nobody heard him. He ran and tried to punch, touch, and kick the people around him but he is now a Ghost.

King waved his hands to the eyes of every person but found no response. extremely shocked all he can do now is smile bitterly.

"I guess that's it. I'll be missing my little brother and sister." King said as he saw Prince, his brother carried by a man, he noticed it was one of their neighbors, he walked towards his brother and saw how hard Prince cried.

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have chased the cats!"  Prince strongly cries as he is carried by the man.

"Sigh, it's not your fault bro, It's mine," King said as he tried to touch and wipe the tears of his little brother. " I shouldn't have let you join me today. If only I listened to Mom." His younger prince aged 5 is close to him as their father went away and never came back after going overseas years ago. 

He was ordered by his mother to buy some noodles for their dinner, being the oldest child he followed his mom's orders but also brought his younger brother Prince with him against his mom's wishes. Now being the playful kid his younger brother is, He tried to chase the cat that crossed the Hi-way while he was not looking and buying noodles at the store, he was able to turn around quickly and saw a speeding car from the left, He ran as fast as he can and pushed his younger brother as he was about to get hit by the car. It felt as if time slowed, he saw his hand off from his brother's back, and he remembered a blue flash then bang! it's over!

Now, everything ends. King thought as.

No one will teach his 2nd youngest brother Sultan aged Seven, about his studies, His 3rd youngest sister, Heaven,  is Ten years old while his other sister Queen is aged 12 years old.  As the oldest, he carried their father's responsibility at the cost of his youth.

Now it ends

King stood there now silently, as the paramedics tried their best to save him. Occasionally he would glance at his younger brother and then to his own body as the paramedics carried his now lifeless body in the ambulance.

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"I'm afraid this one won't make it!" 

"Get him on the stretcher! 

"How about the other kid?"

"bring him as well! Check for any Identification in his pocket!"

The paramedics carefully transferred King's body to the ambulance and sped away to the nearest hospital with his younger brother.

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The police dispersed the crowd , no one knows that the spirit of King stood there silently. King is crying silently as he clench his fists.  It started to rain but it the water just pushed through him , after an hour the crowd walked away and minded their own business.

As King stood, a dark hand patted his right shoulder while on his left is a white hand. King turned around to his right and saw a tall horned man dressed in black tuxedo, his skin was red and eyes as black as night. 

"A-are you the devil?" King gulped as fear pierced him.

The horned man smiled and on his right hand appeared a black thorny book. The book looked really old and as the horned man opened the book  "No. That's an absurd thing to say for someone you just met." The horned man licked his lips with his tongue as he flipped through the pages of the book.

"H-how about you? A-are you an angel?" King looked to his left as he saw a beautiful blonde lady clad on white knight armor with a halo on top of her head. On her right hand is an ancient golden scale.

"Thank you, I am and I am not. I am here to witness how heavy your sins are. If you pass our judgement it depends on your past deeds. If passed, you shall enter unto our Kingdom with ever lasting life, if not.."

"Oh just shut it and let's get in on already! I'm already tired of all this yapping and yapping!" The horned man interrupted and started to read aloud of King's sin!

"No Vile Demon shall interrupt the agreed staples for judgement." The blonde lady said as piercing light suddenly erupted from the scales!

The horned man jumped away as the light almost touched his body and damaged his tuxedo!

"Hey I just bought this suit!" The horned man shouted "You think you'll snatch his soul away from me!"

King tried to block his eyes using his hands but it's no use as he is transparent as light pierces through everything!

The blonde iron clad lady stopped and stood "Then proceed with your allegations."

"Hmp! being in this business so far long is really giving me a headache these days,  okay,  so King Maestro Aged 16 years old! Here are your sins!". The horned man opened the book and read, "Never went to church ever since he was 12, Never confessed his sins to a priest! At age 11 he cursed his dad, at age 7 he once killed a kingdom of ants in their backyard! At age 3, he once lied to his parents! End of story! To hell with him!".

From the ground, King was scared and shaking as the doors of hell opened! Fire and  darkness! He saw countless souls begging for mercy and forgiveness! He saw an endless amount of torture as flames as red as blood covered everything!

The horned Man smiled crookedly and sarcastically said "Welcome to hell!".