The Blue Glow

Meeting The Blue Glow

     Dougal had to lay on his stomach this time for bedtime, otherwise, his bottom would get more sore than ever. Yes. Dougal indeed received the worst spanking of his life after that horrible situation happened. His mother promised that if he ever were bound to get out of bed tonight, then he would get an extra ten swats. He knows his mother real well. She sure as hell never gave up on her own promises, especially if someone is in need of a consequence for it. 

     He was so into his head that he didn't even notice the humming sound in his room. The room suddenly felt colder, and he felt a presence behind him. Well, just to make sure that nothing bad was in his room, he had to roll over on his back. His backside stung, and he hisses in pain as he sees a blue glow looming over the front of his bed. 

     He gasps as he sees it. It looks very tall! Like, two-heads-taller-than-him kind of thing. He kind of realizes now that this may be the first time he's ever seen a ghost in his lifetime. Except, it wasn't a type of ghost that he expected to see. It was just a big blue glow, with a bit of shape at its legs and shoulders, but anything other than that, it was just one big blue oval-shaped glow. 

    Dougal sits up, and when he does, the glow takes a few steps back as if startled. It kind of expected Dougal to be utterly frightened of its presence. He wasn't frightened though; he was fascinated of its shape, size, and the rest of its unexpected appearance. 

     Instead of looking at it more, he sneaks towards it. This time, the glow let him inch towards it, but what it didn't expect is when Dougal touches its almost unshapable body. Well, the part he touched did kind of look like a hand. 

     He gasped as it felt surprisingly warm. He couldn't make sense of this, which was why it was more fascinating than frightening. Perhaps its hum was what calmed down Dougal in the first place. Anyways, he is, for some reason, happy that he saw this glow. Happy that he is able to see it and experience its presence. His smile looks the same as it did when his grammy was here to visit yesterday. That says a lot compared to other things he's seen his whole life. Not even his pet fish could compare to his fascination and happiness to the spirit thing. 

     He let go of the glow, and fell on his bed in shock. What made him touch that thing? It couldn't possibly be his anger issue. Perhaps it was his rare utter curiosity? 

     To be honest, he usually never has curiosities for anything. He would either feel bored while seeing a new thing or happy while seeing a new thing. He never really did much in his lifetime to feel curious about anything... well, until now, of course. 

     The more Dougal stared at the amazing spiritual creature, the lower its hum became. That was because it was disappearing. 

     "No." Dougal whispered. It was still disappearing. "No." He said it louder. "No! Please don't go away! You were great company!" 

     But it does. 

     And there was nothing he could do about it but watch it fade into nothingness. 

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