Spirited Mark

Chapter 7: The guest

Mark's POV:

Mr. Paul rushed down to the entrance with everyone smelling that awful smell coming outside. "What do you thin-" "Its a stink spirit." Mr. Paul interrupt. The guards were blocking the entrance for the stink spirit, but it kept going. The guards couldn't take the smell and went in. Mr. Paul sniff the smell. "Something tells me that spirit isn't what she is. But we don't have an option, just give her a bath, then we can let her go." Mr. Paul said.  I went to see whats going on but the smell was distracting me. Mr. Paul grab my arm. "Listen Mark, there'a guest on the way. And I want you to be in your best behavior. If you make one small peep, you're dead. Got It?" I nodded while my eyes pop out from that stinky smell. The guest was coming. All the servants ran except for me and Mr. Paul. She look like she was stuck in a sticky muddy quicksand and got out of it slowly.  The guest's smell was even worse than I smelled before. It came in sluggishly. "Welcome madam, how may we help you?" Mr. Paul cringed trying not to puke. The guest pulls out her hand with money which she was going to give it to Mr. Paul. Mr. Paul almost puke when he passed the money to me. "Don't let her wait, give her a bath immediately." Mr. Paul commanded. "Y-yes sir." I answered awkwardly. I walked step by step trying not to disrupt her and send her to the large bathtub. She grudgingly dived in and still smelled. When she dived in the tub, almost all the gooey mud overflowed the bathtub. Some got on me,. Luckily the mud washable for me. The guest moaned uncomfortably. I needed another token to rewash the bathtub and wash her immediately before she stinks the whole mansion. However, the bucket of tokens were on the edge of the tub. The tub was pretty tall and wide, so step by step I walked up there with mud on my feet. (The mud was pretty heavy to be honest.) When I got up to the tub,  I pick up the bucket and saw some tokens that were missing but I didn't care and insert one. The ceiling opened and spewed out a bunch of water more than last time. The water even smelled good and took the disgusting smell away.The guest carried me and made me feel something. It was a thorn that was stuck at her side. I tried to pull it out but it was stuck, until Sean came over. "Mark I'm here!" Sean charged. "Sean you're just in time, I need you help. She has a thorn in her side and its stuck!" I yelled. My yelling sort of got some attention from Mr. Paul and some of the counselors.  Mr.Paul decided to help and flew over to me. "Listen kid, I think this spirit is not what she seems." Mr. Paul gave me a rope that is thin as a string. I couldn't even see it, but it stronger than a million regular ropes. I tied the thorn as tight as I can. Mr. Paul called all the servants to come. "Alright everyone, on a count to three, all of you munchkins will pull on that string as much as you can." Ordered Mr. Paul. When Mr. Paul yelled three, everyone pulled as hard as they can. Everyone was yelling "he" and "ho" until we saw some muddy trash gushing out. The more we pulled the more trash gets bigger and bigger. When we pulled the last time, The tub overflowed and and the guest carried me with her hand. When she revealed  herself. She was white and had long wavy hair with a golden headband. She looked like she was thirty. She then gave me something and place it in my palm. It was the size of a bouncing ball. She then disappeared into the mist. Everyone looked at me for a moment. Then they all cheered excitedly. I didn't know what was the fuss, until Mr. Paul shook my hand. "Mr. Fischbach we made so much money!" Mr. Paul chirped. "That spirit was the goddess of the sky!" he exclaimed. That night, Everyone acted like I was their new king or whatever. I was at the balcony looking at the beautiful moon when Sean came. "hey I got you something."' Sean blushed. He showed me a some sort of necklace that had a crystal dangling on it. "T-thats.....for me?" I questioned awkwardly. "Y-yeah." trying not to look at me. I took it out of his hand and looked at it for  moment. The crystal shimmered prettier than any other crystal I've ever seen in my life. It had aquatic colors that were so satisfying. I wore it around my neck. Sean gave me a big thumbs up on it and said nothing. It was weird that Sean gave me something that it look so priceless. I said nothing either because of how Sean beginning to think of me. Both of us didn't talk for a moment and watch the full moon till it was time to go to sleep. I couldn't sleep because of Ann, I wonder if she was okay. After a few minutes my eyes rest and I slept in peace.