I am somewhere in the dark. I realize something. I realize that I'm in my school, my present-day school, Heaven Academy. But something is different. The difference is that everyone seems happy. No one is in grief. I realize that the school is a bit ancient. The students are not the same. Even the teachers are not same. I feel a cool morning breeze brushing my hair. I see a girl, wearing spectacles, with short black hair looking for someone. As soon as she finds a boy standing near a tree, she calls out,"Richard!"

The boy looks at her and smiles. She rushes towards him and they start talking.

"She's Alma" I hear a voice.

"Who's here?"I ask to the unknown voice.

"It's me, Anastasia." the voice said and suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Ana! You scared me. What did you say?She's Alma. How could that be?She's dead already, don't you know."I ask her. 

She says,"I know Alma is dead but we're in Alma's past."

I am amazed by what she said and ask,"What do you mean we're in her past?"

"You wanted to see what happened to Alma, right?"

"Yes."

"So, with the help of the priest we came in her past. No one can see us because we're invisible to them. However, we can see each other."she replies "Today is the day when she was killed."

"I see. But look at her. She looks so happy right now."

"You never know when you'll be in trouble. Something has happened to her that made her evil."

I  nod and look at Alma and Richard. They are talking about something. We get closer to them to hear what the matter is. They are talking about some random things. Suddenly, a girl with long brown hair calls out to them,"Richard! Alma!"

They  smile and look at her. She is panting heavily. She comes towards them and Alma puts her hand on her shoulder and says,"Zara, who told you to run?Look, you are panting so heavily."

Zara looks at them and says,"I'm kinda this way. Don't you know that?"

"We know that."Alma and Richard say in unison as they wrap their arms around Zara. They look so happy together. They are rushing towards their class. But only Alma goes to the class. Richard and Zara go somewhere and tell Alma that they are missing the class today,

"Lets follow them."says Anastasia as she drags me along with her.

We follow both of them and notice that they are going out of the school. They come outside of the school and start rushing towards the left side of the road. I remember that when we were going to the church, we chose the right side of the road.  We keep on following them and finally reach the destination. We see that it is a graveyard.

I whisper to Ana,"Why the hell are they in the graveyard?"

"Just wait and watch."

We see them doing what they want. Suddenly we see someone behind a tree. She is Alma.

"What is Alma doing here?" I ask Ana.

"I told you to just wait and watch."Ana replies.

We go nearer to them and we see Richard doing something. We notice that a dead body of a girl is lying near Richard and he is doing something with it. Zara is accompanying him and doing what he is doing. Alma is watching all of it from a corner and she is scared as hell. Zara and Richard are stabbing that dead body even though it is already dead. 

Zara says to Richard with a smirk on her face,"You lusty boy! You raped her and just killed her!"

"You know, I can't help it when I saw her the very first time."

"I was a bit jealous when you did that in front of my eyes. You see, I love you."

"I know that already. And Ms. Zara, watch what you say. I didn't kill her. You did that 'cause you don't want any girl to be more beautiful than you."

"I know I killed her but it was fate. She was meant to die." says Zara as she laughs.

"What the heck! I didn't know that Richard was such a jerk! He raped a girl and killed and left her in the graveyard!" I yell in anger.

"That's a truth. He is a badass!"says Ana.

Alma is watching them from that tree and she puts her hands on her mouth as tears are coming out of her eyes and voice of  snivels is escaping from her mouth. She is stepping on fallen and dry leaves as she tries to run from the graveyard. Richard and Zara hear the voice made by the footsteps and spot Alma.

Alma looks behind and sees Richard and Zara looking at her.

"Alma, how the hell did you come here?"asks Richard. He is horrified to see Alma.

"Don't talk to me!You rapist! You murderer! I missed the class and followed you here. I thought I could spend nice day with both my friends and now I'm seeing you two this way!"yells Alma.

Zara says,"Alma, we're not murderers."

"You said you killed her, didn't you?"

"I know I said that. But I couldn't help it. But Alma you're my friend, right? So don't reveal it to anyone."

Alma clenches her fist in anger as she yells,"You both are my friends and that is why I'll tell everyone about what you did. I want my friends to realize their mistake and to get punished so that they don't repeat it again."

"Alma!No! Please don't.."

Alma doesn't listen to them and runs away. 

Richard yells"That bitch! Lets follow her."

Ana and I follow Alma and we see Richard and Zara behind us. Alma runs towards the hostel and I remember what Ana said. She said that she was killed on Friday, the 13th. It's the same date. I see Alma rushing towards the sixth floor to her Room No.13. I know that the date 13th is cursed. She locks herself in the room and suddenly she hears some knocks on the door. She cleans her face and opens the door as she thinks that a teacher has come. As soon as she opens the door, she sees Richard and Zara standing there.

She yells,"What do you want!?"

"Your blood, Alma."says Zara and pushes her inside the room and Richard locks the door behind them.

Zara pulls out a baseball bat that she hid behind her. Tears are rolling down Alma's cheeks. Zara has a evil grin on her face. She looks at Richard and signals him to tie Alma's mouth.

Zara yells,"I told you not to mess up with us!"

Alma is crying and Richard is laughing like a demon. Alma was alone ever since she was born and now, when she has some friends who meant the world to her were deceiving her. This was the pain that one feels in isolation. Isolation is good but extra isolation becomes unbearable and painful. Alma had felt that isolation and when she is about to come out of it, this happens. I want to help her but all in vain. I don't have the power to change the history. 

I hear a thud. This sound is made by Zara when she hits Alma hard on her head. She continues to hit her with the baseball bat that she's having and Alma can't scream as Richard is holding her mouth. 

Zara pulls Alma by her hair and says,"What did I tell you, bitch?"

Alma speaks as her voice breaks,"Zara....you...are....wrong!"

Zara's hand are all bloody and now she pulls out a knife and runs it slowly but deeply on Alma's wrist. Tears are flowing out of Alma's eyes as she feels the unbearable pain. Alma is in such pain that I feel like crying. 

At the final stage, Richard takes the sheet that was spread on the bed. He wrapped the sheet around Alma's neck and started pulling and he tied the sheet to the fan hung on the ceiling. Alma was not yet dead.

Her eyes are wide open. She says,"I..curse....a girl born on the 13th of Friday at the time of my death would meet the same fate.....She'll die and rot in hell like me..!"

She says as the last drop of tears falls from her eyes,"I wanted someone to stay by my side..."

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I opened my eyes back to the normal world. I was in the church. 

Ana asked,"Now, you know how Alma died, right?"

I nodded and said,"I am the girl whom Alma cursed."

I looked at Ryan and then at Anastasia. They were not like Richard and Zara. The two were my best friends and one of them was a guardian angel. But I felt sad about Alma. I realized that Ryan was fine because of the priest. The priest had used the wound healing technique and some holy water to heal it. 

I thought something and asked Ana,"What happened to Richard and Zara?"

"They died soon after Alma's death. Probably, Alma killed them. Alma felt so much pain. She faced many betrayals in her life. Betrayal from her family, her friends and God. That made her an evil spirit. She has already got her revenge by killing Richard and Zara but the oath and the curse is still left. And we don't want her to kill you. You are innocent." said Ana.

 The priest said,"Children, I think you should go back to your school."

We nodded and then he looked at me and said,"Isa, you will have to stay in the Room No.13, whether you like it or not."

"Why?"

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