THE UNWANTED GIFT

 CHAPTER ONE I found it weird that am running and to make it worse I was running in the dark and something or someone seem chasing me. I just gain my conscience here right in this place with a cold and odd air surrounding me, it’s so late at night and am frighten too, everywhere was so dark that I couldn’t see my hands, I could hear the cries of the crickets and all sound making animal, the big and tall trees around were waving strongly because of the air while the smaller trees looks human like. If I didn’t know better I would have said they were clapping in anticipation. What is going on, what is chasing me? .I just knew I have been running and it felt like I have been running for what seems like hours. Why am I running, what is making my body to feel this energized and strange at the same time? Is this really my body, it feels so light. I kept running deeper into the woods. There is something behind me, I could feel it. I have to turn, why should I be running for something I haven’t seen yet.  With a courage I didn’t know I possessed, I stopped immediately and turn to see what had been chasing me but I turned to see nothing but foggy like smoke everywhere. I saw nothing but at the same time I felt a cold and weird breeze. Then suddenly a strange figure appeared from afar and It was getting closer with a speed.  “is that a human or a spirit “ I  shivered . I felt my body shook like the leaves of the trees. My heart missed more than three beat, I closed my eyes expecting to be dead in next seconds. Is this how am going to die, was the first thing that came to my clouded mind. I didn’t know I could pray but i immediately started doing just that. “If there is really a God in heaven, please I don’t want to die yet, I beg of you to save me from this situation “. What exactly is happening to me? I was so scared I got lost in my thought till I heard a strange sound and figure close to me. I turned again but I saw nothing.  When I faced the north direction with the compact that seems to suddenly appeared on my hand. I can’t remember been with it when I was just running. I started going south but a strange whirlwind rolled round me twice and went north. It was like it was telling me to follow it.  My feet started moving towards it against my wish. Something was calling to me “Jane!!!  Jane!! “At first it felt like the whirlwind itself was calling out to me. Am really freaking here .how is it possible that the wind talks. That makes it worse for me. When I got closer to the wind as it kept moving I saw something like human figure in it but that seem to be my imagination, but everything happening here seem to be one. I followed it for what seem like one hour but I don’t know the actual time. Everything about this night is fast and scary. Am not the type to believe in something I can’t see. But that didn’t stop me from been scared of ghost. Suddenly the wind stopped in a spot darker than the dark night. When I went closer I saw a dead body, it’s should been about two days old or more. I was pulled out of the trance was in by someone scream which I later came to realize, it was my voice  that I heard .I’ve never been this scared before, I don’t know much about dead bodies. I haven’t seen any in my entire life.  The next few seconds a figure was standing close to the body , her tears were blood and she was  pointing at the body. I went closer to see the face of the dead body lo and behold she is the same person standing before me. I was so shocked I couldn’t even scream but stood like a status. “ I called you here” I heard I quite voice so faint I wouldn’t have heard if not for the quietness of the forest. “what!!!! , do I know you ? I question faintly “No , but please help me “  she was still crying. “How can I help you”? I asked with a shakily voice “I mean you are dead and am alive we don’t belong in the same world” I said without knowing where the courage is coming from. “ please I beg of you , my family are looking for me they don’t know where I am . I need you to please tell them where my body is” she said looking so sad. It suddenly came to me that I don’t know what happened to her” how did your body get here?” “ why am seeing ?“. I questioned her again till shaking badly. But it became worse when I realized I have speaking a ghost to ghost all this time.  Please said you are not a ghost but a spirit” I knew that was a stupid question since both are the same thing, but it somehow makes all  this feel better.  You know I love ghost and paranormal movies. “whichever way you want to take it” she said  still looking sad and pitiful. But I saw what seem to be a smile in her eyes. Looking at her now , I noticed she was once a pretty lady. Although she has a very deep and ugly scar on her face. “ I have been searching for a person that possess the ability to see and talk to me for the past three days now. It is lonely here”. She looked at me with sad face. I still do not understand myself , why am I still here talking to her when I should be fainting or running away. But I immediately noticed that I could not move my feet it is glued to the ground. I wonder if it is ordinary or this ghost is trying to keep me here. Am still wondering what chased me out of my house and made me running into the woods this late. it is not safe at all, we’ve been having series of robbery and attacks here. That is still a wonder to me. “ are you sure this not a dream, because I’ve never seen a ghost in my life before and I wouldn’t want see one now” I told her hotly. “I beg you to please leave me alone and don’t want my life to be disrupted by anyone” I told her not as frighten as I was the first few minutes. But i was still shaking. “sorry, I really can’t help you.” rubbing my eyes that were clear of sleep “If I send any info to your family ,I will be the number one suspect of this case and that is a risk can’t take”.  Her became face was so sad it automatically turn scarily and the blood tear continued , why is she crying blood. Maybe because she was kill by a multiple stabs to her face. “Okay sorry don’t harm me I will do as you have said” I shakily told her “I can never hurt anybody not ever an bug” she said looking really sad by my fear. What does she mean  by I  had never harm anybody. Please she should not blame me , am human after all . She should try putting herself in my shoes. Come to think of it, I heard somewhere that ghost don’t have emotion but why was she hurt by my fear of her and why was she crying. “ since you’ve accepted, I will keep reminding you” she  looked up . She is really lonely I can see that but there is nothing I can do for her. “Go back “she command “How? It’s so dark here and I don’t know where I am and I don’t know my way back home”. I asked her looking confused. She smiled “you do and it here” she pointed to my heart. “Go back”