Ghostly

Chapter 8

Chapter 8 : The Ring

The morning light gleamed through the windows , lighting the whole house. The sun's light danced with the colors of the rainbow on the window floors of the house behind the rusted fence. The unpredictable spring air was calm. The last of last nights storm drips to earth.

The morning is full of life as birds cheap. A family of ghost are alive with morning activities.

Darla sat rocking back and forth on an old rocking chair, made when Adam was born, knitting a really long scarf that could be wrapped around the earth five times. Vince sat in the kitchen reading the morning paper, groaning , huffing , and muttering to himself. Adam and Cadence are in Adam's room.

"Why did she have to sleep in my room, ?" Adam groaned. " We should scary the hell out of her!"

"Shhh!" Cadence hissed, " why don't you leave, I want to watch her. Isn't it strange , how she sleeps?"

"All human are strange, thank god I'm dead, " Adam whispered. 'People are nothing but bad, all dishonest, all heartless , asses and bitches' he thought .

"Look I think she's having a nightmare," Cadence said. ' good' Adam thought . Adam sat by the window looking out over trees. "Adam, look!"

Adam turned and looked at his strangle sister and a even more strangle human. "Fine," he hissed. He watched as Rachel twist and turned. "So what?" He hissed.

"Wonder what she dreaming about?" Cadence said. "Do you miss it?"

"Miss what?" Adam asked in a whisper.

"Dreaming, I miss dreaming," Cadence said.

"I don't miss it ," Adam hissed. ' I beg for it' he thought ,not telling Cadence especially in the presence of this human.

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Deep in her nightmare. Rachel faced ... Her past.

She was in a hospital sitting on one of those uncomfortable hospital beds. Her right leg was castes up in a hot pink coated cast. Her mother sat on the on a chair. She looked up at her daughter and said, "oh honey, thank god, nurse , someone please get a nurse, " Rachel looked at her mother dazed and confused. "It's ok honey, you feel of your bike and broke your leg, when you saw the bone stick out you fainted. We got you to the hospital , your going to be wearing that all summer," she laughed.

"Where's dad?" Rachel asked.

"He's still in England , " Her mother said.

The image changed.

She is in the same hospital with her dad. " Go see mom, I'll outside talking to the doctor," her dad said. Rachel did what she was told.

"Hi,mom" Rachel whispered. Her mother turned her head to her daughter. She stare was blank and cold . She turned her head back to the ceiling. Her face was ghostly white so pale it was surreal and otherworldly. "Guess what ? I got all A's on my report card." Rachel said.

Instead of saying ' good girl or I know you could do it,' she continues to stare at the wall like a zombie.

Rachel gingerly nudges her mother arm. "Mom?"

"Yes, honey?" Her mother said in a hoarse voice.

Instead of repeating herself, Rachel said, " Remember the day I fell off my bike and broke my leg."

"Yes," her mother said.

"Remember you said ' Bumblebee oh Bumblebee how's sweet and loving you are, remember Bumblebee you go with me, Bumblebee and Honey ,' " Rachel said.

"Yes," her mother said, a small smile escape her pale face.

" And remember you said ' don't forget Bumblebee, I love you ,' and I said ' I love you to Honey,' " Rachel said.

" Yes," her mother said. "Remember bumblebee I love you ," the heart-monitor gave a quick drumroll of beats until a ear piercing and heart-piercing roll buzzed to life.

"Mom?Mom!" Rachel shouted, " I love you too, Mom!"

Her father bursted into the room and grabbed Rachel's hand and pulls her out of the room, she continued to scream " I love you, Mom! Mom ? " Her father hugs her as three nurses and a doctor ran into the room with a odd machine- Rachel learned it was called a defibrillator.

Her father hugged her as tears flooded her eyes. As she cried she felt a tear on her head. She looked and found her father crying.

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Rachel bolted out of sleep. She squinted around the room. no one was there . She rubbed her eyes ,adjusting to the morning light she went to the window, looked out at the morning sunshine and yawned.

"Good morning sleepy head!" Cadence said with a smile.

Rachel turned towards her , "thanks, and good morning to you too, so where's grouchy ?"

"Downstairs, why?"

"I need his help," Rachel said.

When Rachel and Cadence enter the room. Darla stops rocking , Vince puts down the paper, and Adam stares up at Rachel .

"Did you sleep well?" Darla asked. Adam laughed.

"Yes, I'm going to start looking for the ring but I need, Adam's help,"

"No I not helping !" Adam barked.

"Look, the faster I found the ring, the faster I destroy it, the quicker I left." Rachel stated, " Isn't that what you want!" She added.

" fine, where are we starting at!" He said.

"The Attic! " Rachel stated.

"Fine."

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As Rachel climbed the stairs up the second floor she turned Adam who had followed behind her , " what's so special about this ring anyway?"

He laughed. " Your so stupid, it's what cursed this whole family, gave us the talents, and now traps us here! That's what's so special about it ." He hissed.

"I am not stupid , so what color is this ring!" Rachel said.

"It's a gold band with curved writing around it and a large red marbled gem ," Adam stated .

"So where did your family get it?" Rachel asked.

"I got it from a friend!"he hissed , " now are we going to find it or keep ask stupid question.

Rachel stared at him. She could tell he wasn't saying something 'but what' she thought, but didn't push it. So she asked, " Where's the attic door?"