Twenty years have passed and I'm still seeing paranormal entities. Mostly ghosts that lurk around almost everywhere. They like to hide in dark and cold places. It's better if it's not frequently visited by people. Ghosts like dirty places as well since they can overpower our dimension with their energy.
My name is Mary Davis and I'm twenty-five years old. I'm 5'6" and have an athletic build. My friends told me that I'm very appealing. Although I'm not that pretty like other girls around. I also have my hair in a pixie cut and keep on trying to not be your typical girl.
But that's just on the outside because hell, I'm too different from most people. I have an active third eye. People also call it the sixth sense. Yes, I see ghosts and spirits around me. But I also smell and hear them. It's too much for just an ordinary girl. Although I came from a family of faith healers.
I don't exactly consider myself a psychic even if I see a different dimension now and then. My gifts are not enhanced like my grandmother's. She wanted me to embrace it but I kept on trying to stay ordinary. But I fail every time a ghost shows up while I am with other people.
I was not bullied as a child but my schoolmates are frightened of me. For those who know me personally, they seem to always walk on eggshells. They have to be careful not to piss me off or they will end up throwing up all over the place. Then they will have to call me to take off the "usog" that causes them to feel sick.
I have to lick my finger and touch a person's belly with it. That's the only way that the person will get better. My parents were victims of usog and unlucky for them, they cant find whoever causes it. As a result, they died of dehydration and left me with my grandmother. I can also cause the same thing to other people.
That's the reason why even if it's against my will, I need to elevate that curse. Even if I don't mean to do it, that thing just happened. My high school life was a mess since I had to visit other people's houses. I have to treat them and lift that accidental curse I place upon them. That earned me the title, the demon child.
It's painful to be named like that because I'm not a bad person. I even do more good than any other people my age. But all they can see is the negative impact on my abilities. They didn't even know that I also cause usog for people I like. Although it also happens to those I secretly hate.
The only person who can understand me is my grandma. Our abilities only come out to one person in the family and it also skips the generation. My mom and her siblings didn't have any special abilities. My cousins are also normal people except for me. The lucky one who got the healer's touch and the curse of usog from my ancestors.
I had a lonely childhood because of my abilities. But when my imaginary friend, Angel, came, I was happy again. That happened in high school when some of my brave friends asked me to join them on an ouija board session. When the planchette moved on its own, they all ran away and left me.
We summoned an evil entity but Angel stopped it from hurting me. From that day forward, he remained on my side. He said that as long as he's around, nobody is going to harm me. I feel relieved because even the ghosts no longer show themselves in front of me. They just lurk around and try to take a peek.
But when I'm home, Angel will always disappear and wait for me in my room. He said that my grandma may disapprove of our friendship. Since she can also see spirits as well, she might misinterpret Angel. So I just let him hide from grandma. After all, he's just an imaginary friend for me.
As the years passed by, I'm no longer afraid of my gift. Although people I know are still afraid of me, I gave them a bracelet with a counter curse. Angel told me how to do it so that I can't harm my friends with my presence. He said that I was too powerful and humans can't handle it.
Angel explained my abilities better than my grandma. That's why I've grown to trust him more and more. I tell him things that I experience that I can't share with just anyone. He can understand me better than myself because I created him in my imagination.
"Mary, I'm just an imaginary friend. I'm real!" Angel tried to convince me one day.
"Of course, you are! You're not a ghost so it means you're imaginary." I told him.
During that time, I'm already in college and studying Psychology. It's the major that I can relate to the most. Yeah, I started to think that I'm a crazy person who sees the other side. That's why I don't feel I belong because I have a mental issue. That's why I can see Angel clear as day.
"You don't believe that I'm a ghost because I look colorful to you? That's absurd!" Angel commented.
"Why, are you a ghost?" I asked.
"No, I'm not. But I'm also not imaginary." Angel replied with a sad tone.
"Don't be sad, Angel. Whatever you are, you're always my best friend!" I reassure him.
"So even if I'm not a ghost or imaginary, you will still like me?" Angel asked.
"Of course! What's not to like about you?" I asked.
I should not have asked about it because that's one of the shocking moments of my life. Angel faced me and turned into something else. His face turns red like fire and he also has two small bumps on his forehead. They looked like horns and I felt my blood leave my body.
"Do you still like me now?" Angel asked and I fainted.
Angel is a demon and not a ghost! That's why he keeps on telling me that he's real. He was able to use a face that would not freak me out. But the moment he showed me his real face, I didn't know how to unsee it. The best thing I can do is to just ignore his presence.It went on until it's my last year of college. I was able to trick my third eye not to see him. Although I'm aware that he's still around me. I can feel his presence especially when I'm inside my dorm room. He tried many tricks to make me look at him again.But I keep on ignoring the fact that he's there and not planning to leave. One day, I was left alone around the dorm for the holidays. My grandmother left for the US for a visit. I had nowhere to go so I stayed in my dorm. It's eerily quiet when I arrived at the mall.
I felt a hand grab my wrist and pulled me out of that stream where my room was supposed to be located. Everything looks different now from what it was earlier. All I did was get out of my room to take a leak. But everything turns upside down because instead of my world, I am now on a different side of it."Careful! That stream is too deep. You can drown there if you fall." Said the voice I can recognize anywhere."Angel?" I asked even though I already know that it's him."Who else will save you from the other side?" Angel replied with a question.He's smiling at me as if nothing happened to us before. I know that I was wrong for just ignoring him after I saw his true face. It's been a long time since we talked to ea
"Angel, what is this pale vampire talking about?" I asked with a confused tone."It's true. I can't lie to you." Angel replied with his head down trying to avoid my gaze.That's another sudden realization after a few years of thinking that Angel is a demon. But he just told me that he's an angel earlier. I guess he's telling the truth. He is indeed an angel...An angel of death!"So it means that you're with me because I'm already dead?" I asked in a panicked voice."Mary, the first time you saw me, I was supposed to be your soul to the afterlife. But I can't just do it!" He explained."That's why you have been protecting me all these years. I ha
I'm still in a dream state because I can see Gregory sneaking inside my dorm room. He's watching me sleep and I can see that my body keeps on tossing and turning from my bed. When Gregory went near my body, he smiled as he looked at my exposed neck. When his fangs show up as he smiles and looks at me before bending over to my sleeping body. He sinks his vampire fangs to my exposed neck and I felt a sharp pain. The skin on my neck stings like hell after he takes away his vampire fangs from me. Gregory just sits beside my body for the longest time as if waiting for me to wake up. But he became impatient and stood up. To my horror, he looked me directly in the eye. Then he was away and just vanished in thin air. That's when I walk to go outside of my room. I s
"Okay, enough drinking for now!" Gregory pushed me away from him slightly.I almost didn't let go of him because his blood made me quench my thirst as well as satisfy my hunger. But I never thought that I would see his memories from my vision from drinking his blood. It's so vivid as a dream but the only difference is that it was his memory.Gregory wiped his blood from my lips clean with his thumb. I feel like a child who needs to be taken care of by an adult. But I like the gesture and I can get used to it. Nobody has taken care of me ever since my grandma passed away. But it's too much to ask from anyone until Gregory."Welcome to my world!" Gregory said to me, smiling sweetly.I wasn't able to take a good look a
It's a surprise marriage and I never thought that Gregory was serious about it. But since we're already in the chapel, I don't have a choice but to play along. There were about six vampires who attended our wedding ceremony. They all look like couples and ready to catch me in case I change my mind about it.I'm not sure if the priest is human though. But he looks stoned the entire time. Maybe Gregory hypnotized him or something. He's not pale to be a vampire so I concluded that he's human. I absent-mindedly touched my neck where Greg bit me while I was asleep from my dorm."Do you, Gregory Duke, take this woman as your lawfully wedded wife?" The priest asked in a robotic tone."I do!" Gregory replied to the priest.
Waiting for a destined lover for 500 years has never crossed my mind when I met Gregory from the other side. That was just yesterday and now, we're already married.I've learned that for vampires, it's more important for them to have a companion. Our marriage is not exactly because of love like humans were trying to accomplish.Vampires don't have to worry about the need to have children. All they have to do is to bite someone and give them their blood. That's how newborn vampires like me were created.After the wedding, Gregory left me by myself inside the room where I woke up earlier. I'm not sure what I have to do now that I was left alone. After becoming a vampire, I already feel bored.I
"Gregory! Don't ever do that again!" I firmly said when I realized that it was him.I can see him smirk with his white teeth and fangs protruding from his luscious lips. It made me think about how those lips will feel on me besides my lips. We already kissed twice before so I have an idea that they taste sweet."What are you doing here? Let's get back outside!" Gregory said and took my hand.My thoughts about how his lips tasted made me feel embarrassed. How come I have to think about that the moment I see him? But I tried to hide my thoughts and just followed him with one hand on his.I have never been so close to a guy before and I can’t help but feel as if I’m blushing. That&rs