,,AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Eric yelled as Mily poured a potion to wake him up down his throat.
,,It tastes awful, I know!” Midari grinned.
,,It tastes like vomit!”
,,You have to endure, kiddo” Mily gave him a cold glare like she always does to make newcomers feel at ease.
,,Hiuuu lucky you! I never ran so fast in my life!” Erika exclaimed.
,,We literally teleported” Millie added but no one except me heard her.
Midari was studying the newcomer with her eyes wide open, just like she did to me. Just like Mily, she wanted new people to feel safe.
,,He literally copied my name!” Erika scoffed.
,,Hmmm Eric! Cool name! But don’t worry a lot of people here are named the same. Like Mily and Millie! And Saki and Misaki! Of course I am the one and only, Midari, because I’m unique and I’m the best kiddo around! And the best part is, I’m not even a kid!!!”
,,Okay, got it.”
Midari quickly introduced everyone and then left saying that she needed her beauty sleep (not that Midari wasn’t a pretty kid).
,,So…Mily…” I asked her. Mily’s response was a tired yawn.
,,What?”
,,What does it mean when two ghosts glow?”
,,Uh? Glow?”
Millie explained Mily the situation. The witch looked interested at first but now she looked very bored. Instead of an enthusiastic response, she gave a very very bored one.
,,Well, it means that Eric is your” she yawned again ,,new” she yawned again ,,companion.”
,,I’m sorry” Eric said ,,What?”
,,No way” my sister commented ,,wait till Midari finds out Luna got a second companion and she still hasn’t gotten hers.”
It was no secret that Midari wanted a companion. I think I’ve explained it before, but I’ll do it again: companions are a Ghost’s platonic soulmates. Midari wanted a companion, because she yearned for said friendship.
And honestly, who could blame her? Every ghost, no matter the rank, wanted a friend like that. Though some evil ghosts (not us) wanted to use companions as their servants, us kinder spirits wanted a friend whom we can trust.
Low and middle ranked Ghosts were unlucky enough not to have a companion. High ranked ghosts could “obtain” such a partner when they died and their soul adjusted to the human world without its protecting core (aka the human body). Even so, not every high ranked got a companion when they would wake up, for the simple reason that their so called soulmate hadn’t died yet or couldn’t establish a connection with their destined Ghost.
Midari, as I’ve said earlier, was the unlucky kind. She was still waiting for her companion.
,,I’ll adjust your room for Eric to fit inside” Mily said ,,Now go to sleep. All of you. I’m tired.”
Saki followed her, both of them yawning at the same time and stumbling over the carpet.
Erika caught both of them in time and carried both to their room, saying that “the babies need sleep”.
,,Soooo…” I turned to Eric who looked traumatized ,,How are you feeling?”
,,A bit anxious.”
,,Yeah we can see that” Millie told him ,,But don’t worry, it’s going to be alright.”
,,I highly doubt that but thank you.”
,,Oh c’mon is your name Pessimism or what? I’ll show you to our room.”
I dragged the poor guy to our room where Edgar was awake. He probably got woken up by Erika shouting after Mily and he couldn’t sleep. Instead, he was reading. When we entered he raised an eyebrow.
,,Luna, welcome. And you are…?”
,,My new companion” I proudly said ,,I’m not the only kid anymore.”
,,You never were” Edgar said and I assumed he was referring to my sister ,,Is this why a bed randomly appeared and the room got bigger?”
,,Yep! Edgar this is Eric and Eric this is Edgar!”
Edgar looked like he found a new son, but alas, he was everyone’s dad.
,,Hi” Eric said. The boy looked terrified. I was like that too when I first arrived here, so I could totally empathize with him.
,,You must be tired” said Edgar-the-worried-dad.
,,I am…I honestly am so tired…”
,,Then let’s take those bandages off. You don’t need them anymore.”
,,No absolutely not!” he flinched.
,,Okay, I’m sorry. If you do want to take them off tell me. I’m totally a qualified nurse!”
Soon enough we went to sleep and I swear I could hear Eric silently cry.
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I honestly did not expect what happened the next morning.
Edgar and Eric were still sleeping when I woke up at around 10 am. Feeling very productive (I didn’t do anything the whole day) I went down to cook breakfast (to ask Mily or Erika to cook) and to get energy (souls) for the day!
What I didn’t expect was a black haired girl with bangs sitting at my breakfast table eating my banana-strawberry cereal. She was also sitting in my usual spot.
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Erika was there too, trying to make her go away but the girl simply did not move. I swore that Erika was about to take the Millie path and try to kill herself.
The black haired was stirring in the cereal bowl when she noticed me enter. My confused morning self must have looked funny to her because she started laughing. Then she choked on a cereal and the whole thing wasn’t so funny anymore. Luckily she recovered soon.
,,BAHHHH sorry” she said, then materialized in another corner of the room, grabbed some tissues and wiped her mouth.
Erika was pulling her hair out.
,,Okay what is happening here? I literally just woke up” I said.
The new girl waved and with a mouth full of cereal she said:
,,I’m Ts” she munched some more ,,nice to” she swallowed ,,meet you!”
,,What?” I looked at Erika for a translation. The former teacher face palmed and then said:
,,Luna, this is Hell’s current ruler, Tsuki. She likes milk and strawberries.”
I looked back at the girl.
,,DON”T TAKE MILLIE AWAY FROM MEEEE!”
,,I’m not taking Mily! What would I do with Mily? She’s a witch! I don’t need witches I need Reapers.”
,,She’s Millicent’s sister. Here, we call her Millie, just like Mily. But Mily is just Mily and Millie is Millicent so let’s not mix Mily with Millie up.”
,,Your sentence didn’t make any sense” Tsuki pointed out ,,so…” she turned to me ,,You’re the twin sister of Millicent?”
,,Yeah.”
,,You would have made a wonderful Reaper. Why don’t you apply for my academy?”
,,ABSOLUTELY not Tsuki, I mean your Majesty.”
,,Erika stop being so formal, it’s boring. I don’t command you, you don’t command me, so why use fancy words? It always kills the vibe” Tsuki corrected her.
,,You’re a queen…!” Erika protested.
,,And you’re a commander.”
,,What is even happening here?” I asked.
,,Oh you didn’t know?” Tsuki turned to me ,,Erika is part of the ten Spectre commanders and believe ME it’s very hard to get accepted in that community.”
,,Okay okay so…I have a queen in Mily’s kitchen, I have a teacher who works a side job as a literal general?! My librarian this is shocking.”
,,And you have an angry witch right behind ya” Tsuki smiled.
I turned around to see Mily in her usual black dress looking displeased.
,,Well hello my favorite witch of all times!” Tsuki greeted.
,,Tsuki, you look very happy today. You’re actually talking! Did you make progress on those talking lessons I recommended you ten years ago?”
,,Absolutely my dear! Who do you take me for?” Tsuki gave the fakest smile ever.
,,But” Tsuki also added ,,I’m not here to discuss stuff with you. Bring me the other Mily.”
,,She’s sleeping” Mily said.
,,That’s what I’ve been trying to tell her for the past hour…”
,,Then I’ll come back tomorrow.”
I felt like saying something, so I did.
,,Miss Tsuki…”
,,Just Tsuki is fine.”
,,Okay, Tsuki…so I know that my twin is a very good Reaper but like…can you not take her with you? Imagine how heartbroken I’d feel without her. If you had a sister you’d feel the same way.”
,,I do have a sister” Tsuki told me ,,And I understand the feeling. But I’m not stupid, so tell me, would you actually miss her?”
I had a feeling that the queen had a talk with my evil bored self.
,,I would” I lied.
,,Yeah totally” Tsuki replied ,,This makes me wanna employ her more.”
,,Well I’m not letting her” Mily said ,,She’s part of our team.”
,,And I would assume you’re the leader?” Tsuki raised an eyebrow and smiled mischievously.
,,Uhh…” Mily was stunned for a moment, because she wasn’t, in fact the leader, but Lord.
,,I thought so too” Tsuki leaned on her hand.
,,Well I am the boss” Erika said ,,And I’m not letting Millie get a new job.”
,,But the said job pays well” Tsuki insisted ,,It’s every Reapers duty to work for the Underworld.”
,,Shall we call Elizabeth and have us confirm what you just said?” Mily snorted.
,,Stop trying to make me look like the bad guy. I’m doing this for her own good, because Reapers don’t fit in with ghosts and they never will.”
,,Uhh…But Merlé is a Reaper and she’s doing just fine…”
,, Merlé is a Reaper whom I personally let go. She’s quite the oldie.”
,, Merlé is old?”
,,This is really besides the point” Tsuki noticed ,,Don’t change the subject. Now, I will stay here until Millicent wakes up.”
She crossed her arms and refused to leave her seat. Erika tried to shove her away in a polite way but she didn’t succeed.
Millie didn’t wake up (I think that Mily cast a spell on her. This is how my sister turned into sleeping beauty) and Tsuki left angrily.
Erika was sure that she’d come back and Mily went to her room to cast some protection spells on Millie.
My sister woke up in the afternoon, but as soon as she did, she fell asleep again.
I did nothing special. Midari and I went out on a walk and we ended up buying lots of stuff that Mily wasn’t pleased about (for example a book about the history of Salem).
In the evening I went back to my shared room. Edgar wasn’t inside. Instead, Eric was at my desk (or our desk), trying out some of my markers.
He flinched the moment I closed the door behind me. Turning his head towards me, he seemed nervous and scared.
,,Hi” was all he said.
,,Oh hi” I replied ,,Ohh you found my markers!”
,,Uhh…are you upset that I’m using them…?”
I stared at him for a moment before I laughed.
,,No of course not. Why would you think that? What belongs to me, belongs to my companions as well.”
He sighed, probably not expecting my answer.
,,So what are you drawing??”
,,Just some random stuff…”
We had a chat about how incredible his drawing skills are. He was as good as Misaki, no, better!
After some time I was starting to feel tired. Laying down on my bed, I continued talking to my new friend. He seemed a lot more relaxed now.
And then, without realizing I fell asleep.
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,,Welcome back to my world!”
Miss Evil Luna was quite happy. Today she was having a tea party with plushies.
,,Hi again” I said, not pleased.
,,How have you been?”
,,Wonderful…”
,,I HEARD WE HAVE A NEW COMPANION!” she yelled, interrupting me.
,,I do.”
,,WE do.”
,,No, I DO!”
,,WE BOTH DO! I’m you!”
,,That’s where you lack logic. You’re me and so we are one person. Therefore it’s just me who has a new companion.”
Evil Luna scoffed.
,,Whatever! “
,,Anyway, why did you bring me here again?” I questioned. She didn’t even offer me to sit down.
She stared at her fake tea and her plushies. My evil self then sipped invisible tea.
,,I brought you here to warn you” she said and got all serious ,,Today when we were shopping with Midari there was someone watching us.”
She put her empty teacup down.
,,I suspect whoever that was, was trying to hurt us.”
,,And where exactly did you get this feeling…?”
,,Somewhere near that abandoned hospital in town. The creepy one.”
Just because I was a Ghost that didn’t mean that I wasn’t scared of other supernatural beings. Sure, as a high ranked, there were hardly any undead beings that could actually put up a fight against me. But even so, I was scared that one day, someone with more power might actually defeat me.
Plus, other Ghosts aren’t as nice as us.
,,So…tell me miss Evil Luna, were you able to also indentify the watcher?”
Evil Luna shook her head.
,,All I can say is, that it wasn’t a high ranked. Or a ghost.”
,,I swear if it’s Spectres again…”
,,It wasn’t that either” Evil Luna announced.
,,Well…who cares. They’re gone now. They can’t hurt us with Mily the almighty witch on our side.”
,,Just be careful while walking in that area.”
,,Could you actually be concerned about me?”
,,Well duh. If you get hurt then I get hurt.”
I stared at her with a judging look on my face.
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I felt watched. Everyday when I went out or when I was just having a picnic by myself in the school yard, I felt watched.
At first I thought that I was crazy and that my evil self was crazy too. Until Midari mentioned the following:
,,SO!” she said while stuffing crackers in Saki’s mouth ,,TODAY when I was walking down the hallway,…the one that basic humans use I mean, I also felt like someone was staring at me!”
,,E oo” Saki tried to say.
,,This is weird” our magic expert shared her opinion ,,I remember that I cast protection spells…”
,,Maybe they don’t work anymore?” Millie tried her best.
,,That’s not it.”
,,Maybe we’re all just hallucinating!” Midari grinned the tenth time that day.
,,Midari, shut up for a moment I’m trying to think” Mily told her. Midari got upset and took the crackers away from Saki, eating them all by herself.
After a few moments of awkward silence, Mily said:
,,I don’t know, but if you guys feel watched, just attack at random and see how it goes.”
We did try to do as told. At first we attacked at random but we hit nothing. A few months passed and again, nothing happened. We still felt as if we were being watched, but we just gave up on trying to find the creature/person responsible for that.
And that was, until one day, when Mily planned a family trip.