20 parts Ongoing Four years ago, two girls from Hopewell Orphanage disappeared into the woods.
Only one came back.
Crystal and Mary were inseparable - two 10-year-olds with scraped knees, whispered dreams, and matching scars only they could see. Then, one ordinary afternoon in their secret forest, Mary vanished. No clues. No sound. Just gone.
Now 14, Crystal still visits the forest. Every day. Every hour she can. Not because she's clinging to hope - but because she sees Mary. Hears her. Talks to her. Laughs with her.
But everyone else? They think Mary's been dead for years.
They say Crystal's delusional. Broken. Grieving too hard for too long.
But she remembers Mary's freckles. Her laugh. The way her hoodie flapped behind her like wings when she ran.
And she made a promise.
"If I ever disappeared... would you come find me?"
"Of course I would."
Now, even the adults are starting to see the impossible.
But something in the forest wants to keep Mary - and the longer Crystal stays, the more she wonders if holding on might cost her everything else.
In a story where grief wears a smile and ghosts feel warm to the touch, Ghost of Mary is a haunting, heart-wrenching tale about love, loss, and the one friend we can never let go of - even when the world begs us to.