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"Can you not."
What do you mean.
"Well you've been staring at me since my mom left like an hour ago"
Oh I am? Huh, weird.
...
So~ you're cursed?
"Mhm"
How?
"I don't know, it's been passed down generation to generation through the girls in my family."
Fascinating. So that's how you can see me. But your mom mentioned something about a legend? What's that about.
"I don't know. This is the first time I've ever heard it."
We went back and forth like this for a while. I was laying back on my bed, feet against the wall scrolling through social media. I only follow food and animal pages so I was easily amused. Adrian on the other hand kept asking me questions I couldn't answer, so I gave up replying. Floating in and out of my room in thought, sometimes appearing out of the ceiling upside down. Or sideways out of the wall. He's really not paying attention to where he's going at all.
Suddenly I was pushed off my bed and ended up face first on the floor.
"My God, What was that for!?"
Sorry, I'm not used to being able to touch people yet...
"Alright just watch where you're going next time." I glance over to the clock on the wall. 11:25. Jesus when did it get so late. I swear it was like 3 not that long ago. "I'm going to get ready for bed, it's been a long day. I skipped the second day of school to go ice skating and you show up? Jesus Christ I need a bath." I get up off the floor and walk to the bathroom across the hall. Grabbing clothes along the way.
"You stay here and...I don't know entertain yourself somehow, oh and don't break anything." He looks at me sarcastically while swinging his arm wildly around around my dresser. His arm passing through everything without moving anything.
"Right....never mind." I turn around and continue walking towards my well deserved bath.
Walking back into my room after the bath I see Adrian zipping around full speed across my room. He's moving so fast you can hardly see him. Just a weird kinda transparent thing flying around my room. Like a really fast Frisbee or a ... semi-transparent thing flying really fast.
"What are you doing?"
You said 'entertain yourself' , I'm entertaining myself. I just went to China and back.
He says this all without stopping. Wait did he say China?
"Wait hold on. You went to CHINA!? HOW!?" He finally stops moving, standing in the middle of my room he crosses his arms and looks up. Thinking about how to answer my question.
Well I guess it's like what you said about some spirits having powers and what not. I can teleport I guess. I can also do that clothes thing. Since I didn't DIE I still age and grow. I can create new clothes just by thinking about it. Most spirits can't do that. Cuz they're stuck at the age and size they died at. I don't think you can call that a power I guess, just a thing I can do.
"Uh huh. So if you can do it I can too right!? I mean I'm the supposed daughter that'll gain every power right? So I can teleport and do that clothes thing too!?"
I guess so. You can try. Just focus real hard on where you wanna go.
Alright. I can do this. I shut my eyes and think about where I want to go. I'm focusing so hard I can hear my own heart beat. Along with a few quiet distant murmurs that I ignored. I open my eyes but to no avail. I'm still in my bedroom.
"It didn't work."
I noticed.
"Shut up."
You're the one who said it captain obvious.
"Whatever I'm going to sleep." Turning off the lights I walk over to my bed pull back the sheets and get comfortable. Except one little detail. "Uh can you please not stand next to my bed. It's creepy and you kinda glow."
Oh right sorry. I haven't slept in 6 years.
"6 years!? Why not?"
Well I don't have a body to get tired. So no need to sleep. I also don't get hungry or sick.
"Wow. Well still it's creepy. Can you please move somewhere."
Sure, see you in the morning.
He floats up and out of my room. Leaving me alone with my thoughts. Finally some sleep.
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Of course. I end up having this dream. For the 3rd time. I'm back in the darkness with 3 doors. To my right I hear the animals and to my left I hear people chatting and laughing. Occasionally the doors would open and a puppy would escape and a child would float by and pick them up giggling. Then they'll disappear into the darkness again. For the first time I see the large double doors are open a bit. They are pushed all the way and through the doors I see a faint blue light and in walks in Adrian himself. He looks up at me eyes wide. " Venn what are you doing here?" He says. Swiftly moving over to me in a second.
"What do you mean? I should ask you that. Why are you in my dream?" He moves back slightly, looking at me with confusion in his eyes.
"What? Venn you aren't dreaming. This is real." He grabs my arms to show that he's actually there.
" Wait if this is real how are you here?"
Pulling me along he brings me to the large double doors. He pushes them open and shows me what's on the other side. Every second the view on the other side of the door changes. A different part of the world every second.
"Focus on your room and touch the handle." I do as he says and in a flash the view changes to my room. And there in front of me. Is me. Surrounded by a flowing almost water like substance. I reach out and touch my arm. I can feel it, On my arm, exactly where I touched.
"You left your body. You are strong enough to naturally make a barrier around yourself to stop other spirits from taking over your body while you're not in it. I guess that came with your curse thing. But honestly I think this is a blessing. When you learn to teleport like me, you won't need the door to leave. You'll only need it to come in here. That's how I'm here."
"Oh my God. Do I really look like that when I sleep?"
