Isabella

'I was an ordinary girl?'"

"I was shocked to realize that I was no more an ordinary girl. I was a guardian angel!"Anastasia continued.

"I asked him,' Father, What do you mean?'

He said,'My child, when evil wakes, only God is the one who can defeat him.'

'I know that.' I said.

'Your name is Anastasia, right?"he said. I was surprised to see that he knew my name. I didn't even tell him my name and he knew it already.

I nodded to him in response. He explained further,'My child, You are a high school student of the Heaven Academy. You are a brilliant student and you talk a lot. But you don't have any friends because your school is strange. No one talks and just sits there like a dead body. There's a hostel in your school and you live in the Room No. 25. Your parents died long ago and you live with your brother who lives in another country from 2 years. Am I right?'

I was amazed to hear all that. He seemed to know all my history! I said to him,'Absolutely! It's all true! But how do you know it, father?'

'Anastasia, I know each and everything about you. But first listen. You have been chosen to become the guardian angel of a girl and protect her from a spirit.'

'A spirit? You want me to protect someone from a spirit. Father, I just can't kill an ant with my own hands. How am I supposed to kill a spirit?'

'You haven't killed a single creature, even an ant. That's why you've been chosen to avenge. You have that power. You were born to be a guardian angel or simply a spirit world warrior who'll spread happiness. Just take a look at your right hand. It's sparkling. This is a sign that your powers have awakened.'

I looked at my right hand and just as the priest said, it sparkled. I could feel a strange power within me. Suddenly, I saw my hands shining and eventually a sword having a holy cross at the handle,  arose from my palm. I held it tightly and it was heavy. See I still have that sword."

She pulled out her sword. It was having a holy cross at its handle just as Anastasia said. It's blade was shining brightly. The tip of the blade was sharp, I could see it. Anastasia was my guardian angel. 

She continued,"I was amazed to hold a sword in my hand. I asked,'But Father, who's that girl?'

'She's Isabella. Isabella Gray. Have you heard about that girl who was found dead in the Room No.13?'

'Yes. She was Alma. Alma Winston. She was found dead in the Room No. 13 of our school about 100 years ago. People say that she committed suicide.' I remembered about the Room No. 13 and about Alma. 

He continued,'The day on which she died was Friday and the date was 13. It was Friday, the 13th. And even worse, the Room No.13.'

'What's with the date and day?'

'Don't you know that Friday, the 13th is considered a cursed day. Alma died on that day and before dying she cursed that a girl who would be born on the same date as her's and at the time of her death would meet  the same fate. Alma cursed that she would end up in the Room No.13 of the hostel. Alma would give her a warning but if that girl still continued to live in the Room No. 13, then Alma would kill her herself. Alma's spirit still roams in the school and she is going to kill that girl. A lot of girls are born on Friday, the 13th. After 84 years of Alma's death, a girl was born on Friday, the 13th but the difference was that unlike others, she was born at the same time as Alma's death. That girl is Isabella Gray. She'll come to your academy two months later and you have to identify her yourself.'

I realized what it was. Friday, the 13th is a cursed day. It couldn't be neglected. It is a truth. The priest told each and everything about Alma to me. He told me that Alma didn't kill herself. The truth is that she was killed."

"She was killed?" Ryan and I asked.

"Yes, she was killed."Anastasia replied.

The three of us sat there silently. I was shocked to know that Alma was killed and she didn't kill herself.

Suddenly, Anastasia looked at me and said,"After that day, I could see Alma's spirit roaming here and there in the school campus.Although I could see her yet I couldn't capture and make her rest in peace. Isa, I need you to kill her. I alone cannot kill her. We both together can kill her. Ryan, we need your help as well. It's your story, Isa."

Ryan smiled at me and said,"If it means to protect Isa, then I'll do anything."

I was on cloud nine to have such friends. Anastasia and Ryan were the best friends I ever made. I was so happy to have them as my friends. I was relieved to have Ryan and Anastasia as my liberators, as my saviors. Suddenly, I thought something and looked at Anastasia and asked,"Can I call you Ana, for short?"

"Sure, you can call me Ana."she replied with a smile.

Ryan said,"I'll also call you Ana. Is that alright?"

Ana responded with a smile and then Ryan asked,"Hey Ana! How did you identify Isa?"

"When you were taking her to the infirmary then suddenly my heart said something to me. I felt that the girl you were carrying was Isabella. And it was true. I noticed her broken head and a lot of bruises and that turned my guess to reality. I noticed you when you were passing through the garden that comes in the way to the infirmary. I was sitting under a tree and I was thinking something. I heard some footsteps and then I realized that it was you carrying a girl in your arms to the infirmary."she replied.

"Hey, what about Alma, Zara and Richard?You didn't tell us further about them?"Ryan asked.

"Who killed Alma?" I asked.

"Zara and Richard..."

In between the words, I saw something. Ryan was hit hard on his head and a voice echoed,"Don't you dare tell my past!!"

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