Afterlife Academy

Chapter 9: The Mistreated Soul

I woke up as the usual and went to school with Lynx. We stopped when we saw a bunch of students gathering at the comfort room.

I managed to get through the crowd and wanted to puke from what I saw. It was a female student's body. She was bathing from her own blood and she was naked with eyes open. The blood was still fresh.

We all stepped back when the police came on the scene with the principal.

"Everyone, this girl's bathroom will be closed for the moment as the investigation is taking place. For now let's pray for the peace of your fellow student that was brutally murdered." The principal said and instructed us to continue on our different classes.

I can't enter there if we are prohibited to enter. I sighed.

We had classes and at last it is already break time.

"Iesha. I need to talk to you." Pyro said and I followed him to the roof top.

"As you can see, the police have surrounded the girl's bathroom so we can't see the soul in this situation. We will move at the evening where all the humans are already gone and even the police have gone home that time." He said. "Bring you necklace and dress casually. I will be waiting in the school entrance later at 10 pm."

I nodded in response. We returned to class after eating. Classes resumed and we went home afterwards. I don't really know how to deal with the soul but I'll see what I can do.

Evening came and I waited until my dad was already asleep. After that, I quietly went outside and quickly went to school. I saw Pyro at the gate.

"Are you ready?" I nodded and Pyro held my hand and closed his eyes. In a brief second we found ourselves already inside the school at the hallway in where the girl's bathroom is.

We slowly opened the girl's bathroom. I went first and the door shut closed before Pyro can get in.

I heard the crying again. It screamed in pain and I can tell that it was full of hate. I looked at the mirror and saw a bloody figure coming closer to me. I looked behind me and was shocked from what I saw. It was Victoria. She was full of blood and bruises on her body.

She quickly tried to strangle me. "No one loves me. No one has always been there for me." She murmured. I was almost out of breath when Pyro had successfully opened the door and prevented her from strangling me more.

"Looks like this soul cannot be solved. It's a completely black soul." Pyro said as he tried to get ready to make her unconscious.

"Stop!" A sudden feeling made me say those words. I slowly approached her. She was still crying her eyes were full of sadness. I touched on the shoulder and closed my eyes.

I saw Victoria after she bullied me. She was laughing with her friends. She went home and her usual fierce aura disappeared.

It was suddenly changed into a pained expression. She greeted her father but he beat her in return. He forced her to make dinner and raped her afterwards. In the next day, she was about to go to her friends but then she saw them talking shit about her. They confessed that they were only using her for popularity.

She was really depressed and all and her only way to relieve stress was to bully other people. She then went to the comfort room and cried while saying hurtful words to herself. I saw her take a blade out from her pocket and shakily but hardly create deep wounds in her wrists until she cannot slice anymore because of all the blood she lost.

I opened my eyes and found myself also crying. I wiped the tears falling from her eyes. "No one cares. No one loves me for me." She keeps on saying to herself.

"No, that's not true. People adore you Victoria. You should have showed them how beautiful you can become. I care for you even though you always have bullied me. Those scars and bruises were proof that you were enduring the pain and are strong enough to survive even until that time." I gave her a hug. "Please stop crying already to those who do not deserve your tears. I care for you. You aren't worthless. You were misunderstood. Now, even I have understood you." She stopped crying. When I looked at her she was shining bright and she was already smiling. She looked so pure.

"That was all I wanted to hear. Thank you so much Iesha." She shed her last tear and slowly disappeared. I saw a black substance being absorbed by my necklace.

Pyro smiled at me. "What?" I told him. "I knew you really were the princess. You have done the impossible." He said. After that he teleported us back into the entrance and led me home. I can't believe I just did that. I didn't know I could.