A New Beginning ©

So, here I am at my new school. Well, school isn't the only new thing, it's new school, new city, new house and a lot of other new things. You see, my dad keeps getting transferred to new places, so I'm kinda used to all this stuff. But I still can't ignore the excitement of the new place, the fear of not fitting in and the the sadness of leaving old friends behind. But I'm going to stop thinking about this and make a brand new start. So, this is me, Nikki Sharma, starting at anew place, a new beginning.

I entered the school, went straight to the office and performed the usual rituals that every new student had to perform. By the time I was finished, it was already time for my first class so I quickly rushed to my home-room as I didn't want to be late on my very first day. I was in such a hurry that I accidentally crashed into someone. "Hey, what's the rush? Take it easy!", the girl whom I crashed into said. "I'm sorry" I apologized, "I'm new to this place....could you tell me where Room No. 56 is?"
"Room 56? Why, that's my home room! Let's go together! I'm Anuja by the way!"
"Nice to meet you Anuja! I'm Nikki."
"Nikki as in Nikki Sharma?"
"Yeah...how do you know my full name? Have we met before?"
"Of course silly! Don't tell me you don't know who I am! I'm Anuja Arora! We were in fourth standard together...do you remember me?"
"Oh yeah I remember! I'm sorry I didn't recognize you!You have changed so much!"
"So have you! Now let's hurry or our class teacher will eat us alive!"

The classes passed like a blur and soon it was our 'Free Hour'.
"Our school provides us with Free Hour. We are supposed to spend our Free Hour in other co-curricular activities. It depends on whatever you are most interested in and there are a variety of clubs which you can join, whichever fits you best", Anuja explained.

"Well that sounds like a cool thing. Let me take a look at the various clubs."
There were a variety of clubs to get started with. Clubs on books, music and what not. But the club that interested me the most was 'The Horror Freaks Club'. Now you may consider me a freak but I'm interested in this stuff. So I became a member of the club.

Well, the club as the name suggests was about nothing but paranormal stuff. The club conducted its daily meetings and the members discussed ghosts and spirit sightings, shared ghost stories and did other activities. I even made some friends there-Sakshi, Manan, Anshika, Yash, are a few of them. Sakshi reported that there was a sort of haunted manor in the city itself. So we decided to give it a try on Saturday.

Saturday arrived and we all reached the manor at sharp 6 p.m. We brought flash-lights with us and also a big rope which could be tied at each one's hand in case something happened. So, all prepared, we entered the manor. It was pitch dark inside and I have to admit that I was pretty scared myself. I think all of us was getting the creeps cuz Manan kept cracking silly jokes in order to keep the mood light. All of a sudden everything froze, m flashlight didn't work and the ropes around my friends' hands loosened and fell to the floor. And then I saw the most horrifying site of my life. All my club friends, Sakshi, Manan, Anshika, Yash...were floating up in the air and they were not human, they were something else, something silvery white, something like ghosts. I was petrified. Then Anshika or rather I should say Anshika's ghost said, "You don't need to be afraid of us Nikki. We are here to recruit you as our true club member."

"Wh-What d-do y-you mean?" I somehow managed to say those words.
"We mean that we truly want you as a part of our club. And that's possible only when you become like us."

"Nooooooooooooooooo!! I don't wanna be a ghost. I want to live my life." I ran as fast as I could but my legs weren't fast enough. I rushed out of the front door out into the overgrown garden. I was just a few feet away from the gate of the manor when I bumped into Anuja.
"Anuja run as fast as you can! This place is full of ghosts!" I tugged at her arm to run away with me. But Anuja didn't move. She was smiling. And slowly she turned like all others, silvery white and I could easily see through her. I was horrified

"You don't need to be afraid Nikki. I assure you that it won't hurt a bit."
I couldn't help it but some powerful, invisible force was pulling me back into the manor. My legs weren't obeying me. All my club mates and Anuja were closing in on me and then I felt a whoosh of air. I felt light and I saw my body lying at the floor.

Now I was one of them. I was a silvery white ghost. I wanted to cry but I wasn't human any more. I felt horrible.
"Hey it's okay! We're gonna have loads of fun!" Sakshi assured me.

Fun? How can one have fun as a ghost. Well now that I come to think of it, there's a lot of stuff I can do as a ghost. See, this is not exactly what I wanted but now that I'm a ghost, I can't help it. It's not that bad even. I always liked paranormal stuff and now I'm one of them. So, it is indeed a new beginning!