The Unknown Other

Chapter Nine: I'm back, Margaret

      I quickly dropped the phone onto the ground. My body froze as my eyes widened in disbelief. But before I could do anything else, my eyes caught a familiar horrible-looking creature that started to crawl towards me.

      I screamed, grabbing a pocket knife that appeared out of nowhere in my pocket and pointed it to the creature. "Stay away!" I demanded.

      The creature was still moving towards me, ignoring what I said. I took a step back each time she took a step ahead. My eyes was still focusing on her. She smiled, revealing her long, sharp and bloody teeth and laughed. I brought the knife closer to her.

      "What do you want from me?"

      "I just wanted you, Margaret."

      My heart dropped when she said that. How in the world did she know my name? She stopped crawling and widened her smile as her eyes stared right into my soul, scaring me to my bones.

      "Yes, I do know your name." her voice croaked, answering my silent question. "How couldn't I know my sister's name?"

      Silence filled the atmosphere. I couldn't believe what I just heard. S-sister? That's impossible...

      Before I could react, the horrible-looking creature started to stand. Her slender and pale body slowly turned into a normal human body. Slowly, I could recognize her. She's... Me. I stared at her in disbelief, thinking I was staring at my own reflection. But I wasn't. She's wearing a long white dress, holding a medium-sized teddy bear on her left hand. Something hit me hard when I realized... It was my favorite teddy bear that I lost 8 years ago, exactly the time when I had forgotten Abby. When I looked closely, she looked exactly like me, but something in her eyes told me she's different.

      "You still hadn't figure out who am I?" she asked. I was surprised at the fact that her voice was so calm, soft and gentle. She smiled at me, but not with her bloody teeth. She had turned into a normal-looking human being. The only problem was, she's transparent.

      I shook my head in response. Tears started to build up in my eyes, fighting the way out to roll down my cheeks. Dang it, why am I crying? My heart started to pound faster. It... It couldn't be possible that...

"I'm your sister, Margie." she smiled. "Twin sister."

It struck me like a lightning when she said that. I... I have a twin sister? Yes, she does look exactly like me. At the moment, I completely forgot about everything and I was too focused at her, feeling overwhelmed with joy that I discovered my twin sister. She ran up to me and wrapped her arms around me as I did the same to her. At this point, I couldn't hold up anymore. The tears began to stream down my face as I hugged her tightly.

"Why didn't I know I had a twin sister?" I asked quietly, still wrapping my arms around her. I felt strangely amazing and safe inside her arms.

      She shook her head slowly, still sobbing. "You knew, but you never realized it's me." she said as she gently pull away from our tight hugs.

      I stared at her in confusion. "What do you mean?"

      Her expression changed almost immediately. I opened my mouth to speak but stopped when she continued. "Can't you tell? I'm dead!"

      My circulation stopped. I was left completely speechless.

      "I died during labor. Mom had a miscarriage, but you survived."

      I could see her eyes started to get glassy again as she continued to speak. "You were the only one I love, Margaret. That's why I kept reaching out to you from the other side."

      I looked up to her. W-what does she mean?

      "I can't believe you forgot the good times we had, Margie." she continued. "You even left me when we were eight, leaving me alone in all these darkness. But I hadn't given up on you. I even saved your life!"

      Again, it struck me hard and it felt like the entire universe had sunk into my chest. I forced my words out of my mouth. "W-w-who are you?"

      She smiled, making me feel strangely uncomfortable. My heart dropped into my stomach as I heard her answer.

      "Abigail," she said. "Also known as Abby."