3 | The Past

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The next day, I approached the figure on the bridge again.

This time, they turned around and looked at me.

I could feel my heart racing as I stared into their dark eyes.

The ghostly figure was the spirit of a girl. A girl with straight, brown hair, wearing a plain shirt and shorts.

I stared down and noticed that one of her arms was bent horribly.

A huge wound ran down the side of her leg as blood trickled slowly out of it.

I grimaced.

Even as a spirit, seeing serious injuries such as these still make me want to pass out.

"Hello."

I look up.

"What happened?" She asked, tilting her head.

I stepped forward.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

Usually, spirits know when they're dead.

She pointed down towards the river.

It was her, but dead.

Her human body.

"What happened to you?" I ask her, stepping back away from the sight of the body.

She shook her head.

"I don't know-"

She put a hand to her forehead, clearly showing signs of a headache.

"The last thing I remembered was someone stabbing me, then throwing me into a river."

So she was tortured in her past life? That must be terrible, I thought to myself.

She looked up and stared into my eyes.

"Am I dead?"

COUNTDOWN: 3 DAYS

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