MAMA....... ~A Mindless Behavior Story~

Chapter 1

Jacob's POV

As Chresanto drove the car down a dark road, I looked outside. Everything was dusted with snow, like sugar.

"Aye Jake," Randy said. "Why is your sister so damn quiet? I mean like geez. She retarded or something?" He laughed. Arianna slid her hood onto her head, and leaned behind me. Craig hit him upside the head. "Shut  up. She's just shy, and you know that." He faced me. "But seriously though. Air barely smiles, talks, or does... well... anything!! She's seven years old!!!"

I sighed. "Ari, please just say something.... please." I looked back at her. Her tiny brown orbs shown in the moonlight. She looked so innocent and fragile. Her lips quivered in fear, so I pulled her into a hug. "Mama....". I looked down at Arianna, and she mumbled it over and over again. Who's Mama?

She slowly lifted her hand up, and pointed outside. Chresanto slammed on the break, and looked at the figure.

It was floating.......

The woman's body was old and deformed, but I knew instantly it was a ghost. A lost soul. The woman appeared next to the window in less that a second. Her face was very unpleasant to look at, and her eyes a piercing blue. Arianna raised her hand to the window, and pressed her palm against it.

What happened next left me and the boys in shock.

The spirit placed its hand on top of Arianna's, and smiled. She began to giggle as a low tune, almost like a lullaby, floated through the air. Ari smiled widely.

"My chiiilllld.... Ariiiiiaaaanaa...."

I pulled her hand away from the window, and wrapped my arms around her. Instantly, the face of the ghost changed from friendly, to angry in the blink of an eye. Ari squirmed around and tried to reach out and touch the spirit. I held her arms back tightly, and looked out the window. The woman opened her mouth, and emitted a low grunting sound.

She stuck her hand through the glass window, and caressed Ari's cheek, not breaking a single thing. The spirit placed a tiny kiss on her forehead, and disappeared back into the woods...

Arianna began to mumble silently after the strange ghost left. All she said was one word.

MAMA.