Royals

Shadows & things that Screech!

Life... You never know what kind of life you will have. Some are lucky to live a long life. It does not even have to be a perfect one. It just has to have the right people. I learned that life will throw curveballs at you. Sometimes those curveballs may hit you, and hard. However, you always have to lift yourself up and keep pushing forward. My life is one that has many obstacles in it. Some are harder than others, but with the help of my family and friends, I've overcome ones that most would not. To truly understand my story, I would have to start from the very beginning...

        October 31st, my favorite time of the year, Halloween. I am thrilled because this year it falls on a Saturday. Not to mention, my aunts always buy triple the amount of candy actually needed and our decorations are always the freakiest ones in our neighborhood. This year it was my friend Penelope's turn to pick out the costume. She decided that we should be witches. She was so stoked about it. She told me it makes so much sense and it is perfect. Whatever that meant, she is rather odd at times. Pee chooses one of the greatest witch flicks of all time. She said there are four of them and four of us. I totally understand her on that part. I went with Sarah, she was my favorite character. I wore a tiny black catholic skirt with black thigh highs, black booted heels, and a white belly shirt. I also wore a hexagram chain that my aunt Wendy just recently bought for my cousin Tatum and I. She said it's for "extra protection", especially for today. I never understood why my aunt blabbed such things, but since they always found a way into our conversations, I learned to ignore them. Unlike myself, my cousin always seemed to believe my aunts and their farfetched superstitions. I didn't understand her interest in it all, the land of make-believe. They ranted on about our town and how it was the beginning of great magic. How many years ago it was a haven for witches, some, descendants of witches from Salem. For a very short while, it was fun and interesting when I was young. Nowadays, it's like watching cheese grow mold. It keeps my aunts happy though, so I don't give them any crap about it.

As I applied mahogany lipstick on I felt a cool draft. It made me shiver with goosebumps. The chills gave me an odd feeling in my stomach and it felt as if I was being watched. I looked around my room to see if my window was open, it was shut closed. My room door was also closed. I was alone, the random draft came from nowhere. I grab my big black purse and stuffed my wallet and cell phone into it. I then quickly walked to my room door. I felt so uncomfortable, it was as if someone was standing behind me. I grabbed the knob of my bedroom door firmly and nervously swing it open. I felt the drafty breeze again and then what I thought was a whisper saying my name.

"Av-aaa....."

In utter fear, I turned around quickly but there was nothing there.  Wait....what?!? What just happened there? Am I being pranked? Or did I just freak myself out by thinking of all the stories my aunts told me as a child? It felt eerie and made me uneasy. Just as I was about to yell out for my aunts, I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Ahhhh!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"Yikes, are you okay? Ava's just me."

Tatum was standing there with a confused and worried look. My heart was racing and my breath was heavy. I placed my hand on my chest to try and calm myself.

"Yeah I'm fine I-- I just..." ...couldn't get the words out. How could I explain something so strange, so creepy? I wouldn't even believe myself and it happened to me. Ava, you just imagined this. A total figment of your delusional self, right? YES. That's all it was, me scaring the living crap out of myself. That's just like me, always overthinking and over-analyzing everything.

"Umm, it was nothing. Really, I'm fine".

"Are you sure?" pausing as if she was waiting for me to tell her something out of the ordinary.