A Ghost You Say? (Number Five X OC) {DISCONTINUED}

☆ミ Chapter Four - Part One ☆ミ

~Flashback~

Ashley's PoV

I had been at the academy for two years now and was at the age of 13. These past two years have been amung the best of my life, besides being treated like you were at a military camp, it wasn't so bad. Klaus and myself quickly became best friends, one day we actually bought stupid bracelets, mine saying best and his saying friends. They were a fun joke until Five 'accidentally' broke Klaus' leaving me with a lone best. Personally I just think he was jelous. Five and I became inseperable, every minute we spent in each other's company. We became closer and closer and teased each other constantly, in return the others teased us. Myself and Five were always paired together on missions as we worked so well in a team that even Reggie couldn't deny that it.

Five and I were sitting on the floor of his room, he was reading out loud from one of my favourite Books. Les Miserables. I was zoned out with my head resting on his lap, quite content, when suddenly the grub bell rang. "Hmm guess we will finish it another time" I say right before I let a loud yawn out. Five smiles and puts the book back on the shelf. "Let's go get fed" he says, he seems slightly worried about something so I give him a quick hug before running downstairs.

We all sat in our usual positions, myself next to Five and Vanya, and across from me sat Ben and Klaus. It was silent and all you could hear was Hargreeves' dull record and the munching of food being shoveled down the other kids throats. I never really had a big appatite so i just sat and took the occasional bite, enough to keep me going for the day. Five still looks nervous so I place my hand on his lap. He jumps, turning to see that it was only me. I mouth to him 'You sure you're ok?' but all I get back is slight nod. I decide to ask him later what's wrong, not wanting to get into another argument with Reggie. Everything was silent until Five stabbed his knife into the table. I got such a fright I almost fell out of my seat and Vanya reached put her arms incase I fell. "Holy shit" I whisper.
"Number Five?" Hargreeve says not looking up from his meal
"I have a question" Five says, cheekily.
"Knowledge is an admirable goal, but you know the rules. No talking during mealtimes. You are interrupting  Herr Carlson." Reginald replies, clearly not in the mood for any of Five's nonsense. Five on the other hand wasn't giving up so easily.
"I want to time travel" Five says, pushing his meal away from him.
"No"
"But I'm ready. I've been practicing my spatial jumps, just like you said." Five says, getting annoyed and standing up. He jumps over to beside Sir Hargreeves. He has got a lot better maybe he should at least let Five try. "See?" He says.
"A spatial jump is trivial when compared with the unknowns of time travel. One is like sliding along the ice, the other is akin to descending blindly into the depths of the freezing water and reappearing as an acorn." Cryptic Reginald is back at it again. I sigh, why does he have to be so dismissive? Five looks stumped for a second clearly just as confused by Reginald's statement, he looks to me for some help. I clear my throat. "Well surely you can help him, sir? What's the harm in trying?" I say, as confidently as I can. Reggie just scoffs at what I say. "I-I don't get it" Five eventually whispers. "Hence the reason you're not ready" Reggie snaps back. "I'm not afraid!" Five says even more irritated than before. "Fear isn't the issue, The effects it might have on your body, even on your mind, are far too unpredictable. Now, I forbid you to talk about this anymore." Reginald says turning to where Five was. Five looks at me then back at Reginald then makes a break for the door. "Number Five! You haven't been excused-" Reginald shouts. "Excuse yourself old man" I say, becoming my 'Ghost' and running through the table to catch Five. I catch him just as he is leaving the academy and is walking away. "Five wait!" I say he quickly turns with a slight grin taking my hand "I want to come with you" I whisper and he slows down slightly. "Ashley, I want you to come too, but what if the old man's right? I need to go alone first and see." He says, holding my chin up to face him. "But, that means you could get hurt" I frown. "Yeah, but I'm 99% sure I won't, I just don't want to take the chance of you getting hurt Ashley, don't worry I'll be back in a minute" he says before kissing my cheek and running off. "I love you" he shouts before disappearing with a jump. "I love you too" I say, waving at the space where he once stood. Hargreeves appeared asking me what had happend but I refuseto say. He dragged me back into the Academy and left me alone, so I went up to Five's room to wait.

One Minute turned into an hour,

An hour turned into a day,

A day turned into a week,

A week into a month,

A month to a year.

That was the year Ashley became a true ghost. A ghost of her former self...