There was a sudden silence. It was not an awkward silence. It was not relaxing either. The sound of heavy breathing could be heard from the two lads. The sound of the clock ticking. The wind whistling against the glass windows.
"Well?" Niall asked.
"If I told you... You'd probably hate me." Mystery replied.
"Hate you? Why would we hate you?" Harry asked.
"It's not like you're one of them?" Niall laughed nervously. "Right?"
"Well.."
"Are you?" Niall asked.
Mystery nodded, "I am a forgotten soul."
Niall and Harry could not speak, they were too confused and shock to comprehend such fictitious subject.
"I'd understand if you two hate me. I never wanted to be one of them. I had no choice." Mystery explained.
It took a while for the boys to gain back their ability to speak.
"We don't hate you. I-.. We could never hate you. It's just too much for one day." Niall assured her.
Mystery sighed deeply, "I am really sorry."
"For what? You did nothing." Harry took Mystery's hand. "It's okay. At least now, Niall and I are aware of what's going on around us."
"Yeah, and you did save us. Right?" Niall added.
Mystery nodded.
A few minutes of silence.
"So what now? " Harry asked.
"You could let go of my hand?" Mystery said.
"Oh right, sorry."
"Is there anything we could do?" Niall asked.
Mystery shrugged.
"I could not believe it. After a lot of years. Just. Wow." Niall said, still confused as fuck.
"Wait, let me get this really straight. They are after ... US?" Harry asked, making sure what he heard earlier was right.
"No, I won't let them. I will try to barricade both of you from all of them."
"Why? Are you going to risk your life, just to save us?" Niall asked, with sadness in his voice.
"I am already dead, there is no life in me left to risk,"Mystery said without hesitation. ".. And both of you are the only friends I have. I can not bare the thought of losing you both."
Niall and Harry could not believe what they just heard. Mystery? Expressing her emotions?
Mystery quickly changed the subject.
"There are rumours in our world that you two are LIGHT."
"Light?" Niall asked.
"It means that you two are going to be able to help us."
"We? Help? What?" Harry asked.
"How?" Niall added.
"I have no idea, they would not tell me because they now I betrayed them by protecting you."
"Why are they after us? Should not they be thrilled?"
"That is the point. We are never happy. We forgot how it feels to be happy."
"Are all 'Forgotten Souls' like you?" Harry asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Are they nice like you?"
Mystery scoffed, "Nice? They are nothing near nice. If they get their filthy hands on you, they would not hesitate to kill you."
Niall stuttered, "Why do they want to kill us?"
"They already lost hope. They are tired of waiting for their so-called happiness. They think both of you are not needed but they are wrong. They need you. We need you both."
"What can we do?" Harry asked.
"That, I'm working on."
"Are all 'Forgotten Souls' walking around like you?" Niall asked.
"No, I'm the only one. I am a guardian."
"A guardian?" Harry asked.
"I help the mortals."
"Oh, what do the others look like?" Niall asked.
"They look normal. They look like your typical spirit."
"Ahhhh."
"They have no control outside our world, except for 'it'. The one you saw last night."
"Who was that?"
"They are then ones sent to .. kill you."
"What an 'it'?" Harry asked.
"A spell casted by 'them'."
