While he was doing so, he had the strangest feeling that he wasn't alone. He looked around, but no one was there. Suddenly, he could hear a voice in his head, it sounded like a scream! He looked into the shadows, maybe someone was hiding from him? He heard the noise again, this time it was outside his head, and it grew louder.

Then he saw a figure, a woman in a blue gown, standing right in front of him. She appeared to have a big, red blotch over her heart. She looked at him desperately.

What was this? He wondered. "Am I seeing a ghost?" He whispered. He's been told that some witches happen to hear, see and speak to ghosts. What were they called? Med - I- ums.....mediums?

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Could I be a medium? That would be cool. Maybe THAT'S his power! Wait until Rose hears about this! The thought of that made him smile.

The woman reached out to him, as if she needed help. When he looked up, she disappeared. He wasn't scared of any ghosts, like most kids.... none of this was new to him.....he didn't mean the ghost, but death itself. It was death he was familiar with.

His and Rose's parents died in a fire when he was five. Rose took him to her friend's house to live with her.

They've lived with her for a few years....still are. He didn't like Valerian much.....she was too bossy. Thinking about his parents again brought him sadness.

The ghost appeared to him again, only a little closer this time. She reached out for him again, saying "Help me!"

I guess helping a ghost is no different than helping a living person, he thought to himself.

He took her hand and she led the way.