The Spirit Stealers

Steve Reveals

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Another short chapter - but it'll be quicker to read! As i said, everything will be revealed. ^_~

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Sure enough, they came out. My eyes were shut (I had fallen asleep listening to their nonsense) - they thought I had died. Luckily (note the sarcasm) I woke up just in time - Steve came running in. That was the first suspicious moment. How did he know? All I saw when I opened my eyes on my bed was a gorgeous surf guy. In a towel. That was all! Argh!

Georgia and Darren were sitting on some beanbags, watching me. When I woke up they cuddled me really tight. Though it somehow seemed they were hugging each other more than me. Why did my mind have to be so messed up? Maybe Darren was right. My head was full of nonsense. Why would Georgia go and steal my Darren? 

My head felt sore. And cold. It seemed someone had applied an ice pack. Did I bruise my head?

Dinner was quiet. It was sausages and mash. My favourite. My dad used to make it on special occasions like birthdays. Tears spiked into my eyes, but I managed to hold it back.

Darren and Georgia exchanged glances. Just after one conversation, I had heard it all. My mind had been made up. I hadn’t spoken to anyone since when we were in the shed. Not even Steve! I felt so depressed. My birthday was soon, so I would have to go looking for houses. After eighteen, I wouldn’t be allowed to live in Maple  Tree House. Maybe Pippa would let me stay in her house… Probably not. 

I went up to my room after dinner. I sat at my desk, and wrote an A-F of words. They had no meaning though. It wouldn’t help my situation at all.

Anger. Betrayal. Cunning. Devil. Escape. Foe. 

I have been betrayed by someone like the devil. They were angry, and turned into my foe. They are cunning, and make me want to escape or run away.

After writing that, I felt a little better. Only a little. Suddenly, Steve ran in. 

“Seriously WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?” I shouted, as the anger inside built up inside me.

“I need to tell you something.”

I shut my eyes and told him to tell me.

“I was sent here by your mum.”

WHAT?

“She sent me from the attic. You know the attic, the one-”

“YES, I know!”

“Anyway, she wants you to fall in love with me. She likes me you see, like a son.”

“Well I already have a boyfriend!”

“Exactly! Which is why your friend is getting closer to him. The Head Spirit Stealer is angry that your mum sent you the letter. He thought it was for someone in the Attic.”

“Wait- tell me about this Head Spirit Stealer.”

A smile lit up Steve’s face.

“His name is Ernest Hines. He is Petunia‘s(sister of Maisy Trelladone) husband.”

Why does ’Hines’ sound familiar?

Georgia?!

“He was made Head Spirit Stealer when the witch that killed him sent him to an attic. He chose number 17 to keep his sprit in while he was Transforming.”

“What’s ‘Transforming’?”

“It’s when your body goes though a series of steps. First you are cremated, then you come back to life as a plant, then when you die the second time your spirit has to be released. If you come back as a tree, you’re very lucky. Mainly people come back as grass, or flowers. Your spirit is sent to a special place (in this case your attic) and there, someone decides whether you go to Heaven or Hell. Anyway, when Ernest went into the attic after being a pumpkin, the person-”

“Who is this ‘person’?”

“(sigh) It’s like a chosen person - like in Harry Potter.”

What?”

“What- like the Chosen One?”

“Yeah. So the person, he couldn’t decide where Ernest should go. So he said, ‘Have a child, then come back.’. So he did, and he called the baby Georgiana. This baby wasn’t a real baby, but a made, forced one. He went back to the person, and they said they still couldn’t decide. He was the first of many, many people to be stuck between the two. So he was sent to a random house that happened to be 17 Maisy Trelladone Way as a punishment. But he created a chain - anyone to trespass in his area, he would make them suffer too. They wouldn’t be able to go to Heaven or Hell.”

I understood. But I still didn’t want Steve around, even if he was an absolute gorge guy.