Misty- The Cursed Doll

Misty

"Wake up Jenny!! We're gonna be late for school! Again! Yesterday was our last warning! Get up now!!!" Jimmy shouted, literally crawling over his sister.

"Shut up, you fool. Let me sleep!" Jenny moaned in her sleep.

"Fool?! Well you are a fool's sister! You wake up right now! We are going to get detention today!!"

"So what?"

"So what?! Gosh! I've been getting scoldings from my teacher for three consecutive days! Because of my dear sleepy sister. Now get up quickly!! Or else....I am going to jump on you!" He stood up on the bed.

"Whoa whoa calm down. I'm getting up!" Jenny quickly sat up. She didn't move anymore.

"There's no time to sit! Hurry!!"

Jenny looked at him and saw that he was already dressed up in a blue t-shirt and loose blue jeans."You're ready already?"

"Well, what do you expect?! There's only five minutes left!" Jenny looked at the clock and the only word that came out of her mouth was, "Shoot!" She quickly got out of the bed and headed to the bathroom.

"We're getting detention today." Jimmy said.

Well, they did become late and they did get detention. The detention was cleaning, organising and decorating Nursery kids' Playroom.

"Why am I even doing this? I got up from bed and got ready just in time. But thanks to my sister here...." Jimmy said.

"Okay okay, I admit it. I was just tired." Jenny explained.

"Why am I suffering for your tiredness?!"

"Okay okay. Let's get this quickly done with."

After some time, Jenny noticed that Jimmy was looking around the room. "What's wrong?" Jenny asked.

"This room....no it's not right. We shouldn't be here."

"Why what's wrong?"

"Don't you know? A girl DIED in this room. A year ago. "

"WHAT?! What are you talking about?! Who died?"

"A seventh grader like you. Her name was....Moon. Her body was found here in this room. She was....stabbed with a knife on her head."

"Oh god! Who did this?"

"They still couldn't find the murderer. Her death is still an unsolved mystery."

"God. And they still let kids play here. By the way, how do you know all these?"

"My friend told me. She was her cousin."

"Oh. I am never coming here again."

"I was wondering, why she even came here?"

"Maybe for a detention like us?"

"No. My friend said on that day, she brought a doll with her. Maybe to show her friends. I guess she came here to keep that doll. She can't hang out with it all the time after all."

"Wow. My brother is so smart!"

"I know right? I'm too awesome."

"Only if you used this brain in your studies." Hearing this Jimmy stuck out his tongue to her. "Fool," Jenny said.

"And also, when  they found the body, that doll was nowhere to be seen."

"Does that mean it's here in this room?"

"No they couldn't find it anywhere."

"Maybe the killer took it." Jimmy nodded in agreement.

They quickly finished the work and headed back to their class.

On their way back home, Jenny bought a chocolate. "Hey! Give half to me!" Jimmy said.

"Why should I? It's my money!"

"Well, I am your brother!"

"Yeah, unfortunately."

"Unfortunately? You should be happy to get me as your brother. All brothers are not that good like me."

"Blah blah blah."

"One day, when  I am going to disappear, then you will understand and look for me like 'Oh where's my brother?! Where's my brother?!' For sure,"

"Okay we will see."
Jimmy didn't feel bad. He knows that she's kidding.

When they came in front of their house, Jenny threw the chocolate packet on the road.

"Hey! Don't you know that we shouldn't throw things on the road? You are ruining this beautiful country! There's a dustbin right here!" Jimmy said like a dad.

"Oh gosh! Okay dad! I'm so sorry. You actually do sound like a dad!"

"Well, sometimes you should learn from your youngsters."

"Blah!" Jenny took the packet again. She opened the cap of the dustbin and threw it. At that time, she noticed something.

A doll.

"Hey Jim! Look what I found!" Jimmy came there and saw the doll. "What's this doing here?"

"Someone must have thrown it out."

"That means it's broken. Let's go."

"Wait." She took the doll from the bin.

"What? Geez Jenny, we are from a reputable family and you are picking broken things from the dustbin,"

"No look she's so cute. And she can be fixed. I'm going to take her." Well the doll sure looked cute and innocent. Jimmy had to agree with that.

"Mom's gonna scold you,"

"I will take care of that."

"Mom please please please! Look she is so much cute and innocent! Some total jerk abandoned her. She must be feeling so lonely! And she was right in our dustbin. She's my destiny mom! You should not change it! Please mom!"

"Gosh you kids....okay. Keep her!" Mom said.

"Thanks mom! I love you! Umma!Let's go Jim!" She grabbed his collar and pulled him to her room excitedly.  While being dragged, he said to mom, "You're really going to let her keep that?! It's from the dust...."

The doll went through an urgent surgery. After the surgery she looked new and perfect.

"Great! Let's give her a name now. Um.....I am calling her....MISTY!"

" That name sucks.  So does she." He stuck out his tongue.

"If you tease her like that, she is going to kill you! The way Moon died. Will serve you right!"

They didn't know what waited for them ahead.