Match made in the department of distribution

Chapter 1: The crazy good

It was early in the morning and Daniel was walking to school. The school was just two blocks away from his home so he never took the bus. Winter was ending, but it was still cold outside, which didn't help him stay awake. All he could think about was his bed and a pile of blankets while Akriel and Degdror were hovering around him bickering. They have been at it all night until he drove them out of his room last night around three o'clock.

With all the bickering, Daniel wished that he couldn't hear what Akriel and Degdror were arguing about. About halfway to school Daniel stopped, turned around towards Akriel and Degdror and said. "Stop it. You two have been arguing since yesterday. This has to stop. Akriel, you are a good spirit and you are older, you should be smarter and just let it go."

"Let it go? Are you out of your mind?" Akriel said.

"Yeah, just let it go. You have been arguing all night. Nothing can be so important." Daniel said.

Akriel and Degdror both gasped in shock.

"This is important. The result could have cosmic consequences." Akriel said.

"Then let's hear it. What's the argument about?" Daniel asked.

"You have a staircase in your house that leads up to the second floor. I say that it has eleven steps and Degdror says it has twelve, based on that the floor of the second floor counts as a stair. I say it's thirteen because the floor on the second floor is not a step." Akriel said.

"That's what you have been arguing about?" David asked looking at them like he was looking at two monkeys scratching their butts.

"Let's put it this way. To climb the stairs, to the second floor, you have to climb eleven steps. That means you lift your legs eleven times. But if you want to actually walk on the second floor, you have to lift your legs one more time and that means you have to climb another step. Following that logic, the staircase has twelve stairs. Argument over. Are we clear?" David said and looked at them.

Degdror was sticking out his snake-like tongue towards Akriel and making fun of him. Degdror actually made fireworks explode around him as he did his victory dance as Akriel hovered, his hands crossed, sulking.

'Cosmic importance. How did I get stuck with these two buffoons?' Daniel thought, turned around and continued walking to school. 'Only one more year and I'll be left with only one of them. Maybe then it'll be quieter.' That sounded like a dream come through but Daniel still didn't know which one to choose.

After a few steps, Daniel heard them arguing again behind him. He gripped the tip of his nose, between the eyes, and sighed. He turned around and angrily asked. "What are you arguing about now?"

"Ketchup." Degdror said.

"You are arguing about ketchup?" Daniel asked with an irritated look on his face.

"Yes, I claim that ketchup is jam because tomatoes are, technically, fruits. Akriel doesn't agree." Degdror said.

"Just... Just keep me out of this one guys. If you don't stop arguing when we get to school I swear that both of you will spend the next eight hours with duct tape over your mouths." Daniel said, gave them a cold look and started walking to school.

Every human got a good and a bad spirit when they were born. The humans had both spirits until they were eighteen when their subconscious mind chooses one of the spirits as their companion for the rest of their life. Every human could see the spirits of other humans, but they couldn't hear what the other spirits were talking about. Only the person to whom the spirit was attached to could hear what the spirit was saying.