Room No.13

23

"Who?"

Isabella

I knew this voice. 

It came one more time. I looked behind to find nothing and no one. But I knew this voice. It was a familiar voice. 

The voice said,"You did it, Isa!"

A cool breeze brushed my hair away and the voice came close to my ear to say,"I love you!"

I quickly reacted as soon as I heard that whisper.

My eyes were filled with tears as I struggled to say,"Ryan! Is that you?"

Ana looked at me and I noticed that she was smiling at me as she said,"Yes, I think it's him. Ryan!

I leaped with joy and all my emotions were coming out all at once. I searched here and there as I said,"Where are you?"

A white light appeared in front of my eyes and it formed a figure of a boy. Then I saw him, smiling at me as he extended his arms towards me and Ana. We both ran right straight in his direction and hugged him but as soon as we bumped into him, he turned to white feathers as he said,"You can't touch a heavenly spirit with bloody hands, Isa."

Ryan was a spirit. Not just a spirit, he was a heavenly spirit. It meant that he was not alive. He was no more.

Ana and I broke into tears as we both yelled,"We're sorry! We couldn't save you!"

This was true, we couldn't save our Ryan, our best friend.

"Do you think it matters to me? I'm glad I'm with you even if I'm a spirit."said Ryan as he stared at both of us.

We looked at each other and then at him. The eyes that he lost were back and his wrists were hurt no more. He was dressed white. He was glowing just as my granny did when I met her as a heavenly spirit. 

Ryan extended his hand towards me and patted my head,"Don't cry, Isa. Do you want me to call you a crybaby?"

"Yes! Please call me a crybaby!"I said as tears made their way down my cheeks.

"As you wish. You're a crybaby!"said Ryan as he smiled at me.

I longed to hear that one word. Ryan used to call me a 'crybaby' whenever I cried and that always made me laugh. But this time, I didn't laugh, instead I cried at the top of my voice.

Ana hugged me tightly and said,"You're really a crybaby!"

"Isa.."said Ryan as he leaned in to embrace me. I felt his touch but it was not the same. It was more soothing than before. Maybe, because he was a heavenly spirit. But at that time, I just got lost in our reunion.  I could never forget  the strong bond between the three of us. This journey told me how tough can life get but it also gave me the chance to experience what true friendship is. That alone made me happy in my saddest moments.

"Ryan! How come you're a heavenly spirit?"I asked wiping my tears away.

"I was killed by an evil spirit. I neither have the regret of me dying nor I have the desire to get revenge. That is the reason why I am a heavenly spirit. I was destined to die."he replied.

"Destined?"I asked.

Why was he destined to die like that.

"That is a truth. I was destined to die so that I could come as a heavenly spirit to fight Alma and save the future."he replied, smiling at me.

"I remember. Isa, your granny said that a heavenly spirit was needed at the time of destroying Alma."said Ana as she thought something.

"Wasn't it my granny?"I asked.

"No, she was chosen to sacrifice her life just to bring you hear, in this school. She has nothing to do with the fight."replied Ana.

Now, I was able to put all the events and things together. Suddenly, I remembered about Diana. She was with Ryan all the time but when Richard was attacking him, she didn't show up.

I looked at her and she had a thin smile on her face as bloody tears flowed out of her eyes. It looked as if she was regretting being evil. She looked like a broken angel.

"I wish I had friends like you, Isa."she said.

"You don't need to cry."said Ryan, looking at her.

She continued,"You must be wondering where I was when Ryan was choked to death, right?"

She knew it already. She knew that I wanted to know the reason why she left Ryan. 

"Ryan and I were going to the infirmary when I sensed something. It was a evil presence near me. I quickly went into the direction from where it came. On my way, I saw a number of dead bodies. Just by seeing that, I knew that something was up. I went nearer to it and found that Ana was there and she was lying on the ground, helpless. I quickly went towards her and then Zara attacked me. I got to know that Ana was injured because of Zara. So, I just got involved into a fight with Zara and that gave Ana the chance to capture and tie her by her heavenly spells. That's all."

"I'm sorry. I didn't know it. For a while, I thought that you were against us. I'm sorry"I said as I felt guilty of suspecting her for going against us. I thought that she left Ryan there to die because she supported Zara and Richard.

"You don't need to say sorry. Instead I should say sorry to you for leaving him alone."replied Diana.

"What if you were not there to save me? But you saved my friend, Anastasia."said Ryan as he looked at her.

"Diana, you're not evil."said Anastasia.

"I am evil. I will be evil until Alma is destroyed. I also want someone to set me free so that I could abandon my evilness."replied Diana as more red tears flowed out of her eyes.

"Diana, we'll set you free. Don't worry."said Ana.

"Thank you."replied Diana as she forced a thin smile on her face.

I wondered how time changes a person. Nothing is stable in this world where people take birth and perish soon after their death. People say that everything is dictated by destiny but is it really true? I don't think so. Not everything is in the hands of destiny. People say that the lines on one's palm describe how his or hers future would be. How could the lines suggest anyone's future? A person is himself the writer, dictator and maker of their fate. No one other than him, even God, has the right to write their fate.

"Isa, what are you thinking?"asked Ryan.

I got out of the world of my thoughts and replied,"Nothing."

Suddenly, the dead bodies that were lying on the floor stood up and all of them were shining red.

A splash of blood went over my face as I heard someone saying,"Die here!"

"Holy crap!"

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