The Other

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(Zulaykha)

                                        Yasir was startled at first, but he then calmed down.

"I knew it..." he said. He examined Hana. Hana felt uncomfortable.

I sighed and rolled my eyes. "Don't treat her any different from a human being..." I said. "She was once one of us."

Yasir looked at me. "She died?" he asked. I nodded my head.

"She was murdered. Her name is Hana Abadi. She's Muslim." I explained.

"Why is she here?" Yasir asked. Here comes all the questions... Should I tell him about the calamity?

I was going to speak until Hana began to speak for herself.

"When I was alive, a girl named Alma sat in the desk that Zulaykha sits in even after I told her a jinn sat there." Hana explained. "Anyway, Alma was bullied for sitting where a jinn sat and being Islamophobic. She was raised to believe that Muslims were bad... She committed suicide one day and she wants revenge. And so, whenever someone sits in her desk, people will start to die one by one. And they can't cheat death..."

Yasir actually took it better than I thought he would.

"That explains all of the deaths recently..." he said. He looked at me. "So you're the cause of all this."

I sighed and shook my head. I'm now hearing it from someone else, so it must be true, right?

Hana also shook her head. "Don't blame it on Zulaykha. She didn't know." she said.

"If you aren't the one killing people... Why aren't you stopping Alma instead of just letting all of this happen?" Yasir asked. He spoke my thoughts... That's exactly what I have been thinking. Hana can at least talk some sense into Alma...

Hana let out a sigh. "It's not that easy..." she said. "Alma isn't just going to listen to me when I tell her to stop. She's much stronger than me. She's a demon..."

I gasped. "That is not true, Hana." I said. "You live in paradise while she rots in hell! You have Allah on your side! Allah is much more powerful than Satan!"

"You are light while Alma is darkness." Yasir added. Hana sighed once more.

"You guys are right, but you see... Alma is my friend... I can't destroy my friend's happiness!" Hana said. "I was the only one who was nice to her when she was bullied..."

"Hana!" I yelled. "If she is your friend, you would talk some sense into her!" I said. "Don't just let everyone die... It isn't fair..."

Hana sighed again. "Alma... Show yourself." she spoke.