Most of you didn't like the second part, but I thought I'd post it all anyways. This is the first story in a collection of stories about God, Death and the Afterlife that I will be writing, so you will probably be seeing much more of this series. I don't have a name for it yet. Thanks for clicking, hope you have time to read. P.S. this isn't the end.
“What am I supposed to do?” She started her walk down the mountain. He followed her, a few steps behind. She noticed that his bare feet were covered with short black hairs. He was rather mannish for someone of his stature.
He frowned. “How the hell am I supposed to know that?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that I’m a part of You. I’m that part of Your brain that was shut down on Earth; while You were living. The part of your brain that knows things like God and Ghosts exist, but doesn’t want to show you until the opportune moment.”
She shook her head.
“I am your spirit.”
“Oh.” She looked at him intently, trying to figure out how she knew him. “Do I know you?I’ve seen you before.”
He scratched behind his large ear and smiled. Then it clicked.
“Jonas!” She yelped, hugging her brother.
But, he pushed her away. “No.”
“What?” She looked at him again. His eyes… they weren’t bright and blue, but rather a sick shade of black. And his nails; instead of pink and lively, they were dull and yellowish. His feet were bare, and his body was covered by only a long black shirt draped over it. “Why do you remind me of Jonas?”
He sighed. “Because… because when people come to this ‘world,’ they often forget their reason for coming here.”
“I thought the reason was because Death thought I didn’t get to live my life.”
“That’s the reason you were brought here. The reason you are here is much bigger than that. Once you agree to come here, you must improve someone’s life to fully pass on. Because Death and other leaders of the afterlife think that every person in their lifetime improves something – just one thing. And You didn’t have the opportunity to do that.”
“I’m sixteen – I was sixteen. In that time I had to have improved something… my brother! He loves me; I am – was – his favorite person! I improved his life.”
The little spirit shook his head. “You have no idea how You have affected his life. Close your eyes.” She did. Her body didn’t feel like hers anymore. It was owned by the harsh gusts of wind surrounding her. Her hair whipped around and stung her cheeks, and all of the sudden it stopped, and she fell to the ground.
They were now in front of her big blue house, right on the beach.
The boy pointed at the window. “Take a look.”
“What if they see me?”
He cocked an eyebrow. “You’re dead.”
“Yeah, but I’m in between worlds.”
“Yes. You will be able to touch things in their world, but they cannot speak to or see You. They will, however, see if You move anything, so don’t be stupid.”
She nodded and walked up the short wooden steps to the large back window of the house. Through the window and past the useless cream blinds she could see her house: big and roomy, classic and quiet, as usual. She didn’t see her family, though, and that worried Her. She turned around to the boy. “Where are they?”
He shrugged and tapped his foot, as if he had somewhere to be.
Then She heard a slam from behind Her. She looked in and saw Jonas running in from the back door, which was actually the door to the street, and run upstairs to his room. She sighed, and suddenly Her body lifted into the air.
“What the hell?” She screamed.
“Calm down. Your body is just doing what your brain is telling it to.”
“I didn’t tell it to do anything!” She yelled and kicked her feet, yet her body kept climbing.
She gently landed on the second-floor balcony and peered in through the large glass window. She could see her brother sitting on her bed, and looking out. It looked as if he was looking at Her, but he was looking beyond Her. She smiled at his crying face.
She didn’t know for sure what he was crying about, since the young boy was always crying, but she had a hunch.
He picked up Rhino and threw it at Her… or the window. She stepped through the glass and picked up the toy. He looked at the animal, screamed and ran out the door. “Stupid! What are you doing!” the spirit shouted and appeared, slapping Rhino out of Her hands.
“I was helping him-“
“No!” He grabbed his hair and started to pull it from his roots. “No no no! Didn’t You hear what the Rider of the Pale Horse said?”
“Rider of what?”
“The Reaper! Death! Didn’t You hear what He said?” Death’s white face appeared where the boy’s was. “’The rules are unbreakable. Don’t try to break them,’” he mimicked.
“He also said that they were penetrable…”
“Don’t meddle with life and death, God.”
She twitched. “What did you call me?”
“God. By being in this world, You are a God. And You are also dumb. Smart up!” He grabbed Her hand and pulled Her out of the room and onto the balcony. He jumped off it and She was forced to follow. To Her surprise, She fell gently.
They walked to the beach, far away from the house, and stopped and turned around to face Her. He looked at an invisible watch. “My hour is up.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I have to go back inside your head now.”
“But I have no idea what I’m doing!”
“Don’t worry… I’m just going back inside your head. Just call when You need me.”
She hunger her head. Her long brown hair flew over her face. The salty sea air matched Jonas’ salty tears. “Okay. But…” She looked up and he was gone. “What am I supposed to do?” She finished to herself.
God sat down on the beach and stared out towards the ocean. “What am I to do? Am I supposed to stay here forever? What if I never discover my purpose… what if it dies before I can?”
“Mine died.”
She whipped around and standing behind Her was a little girl, about Jonas’ age. “I always thought that my mission was to take back the last words I said to my mother.” She looked into the horizon. Her blonde hair flew over her face, hiding her strikingly green eyes. “’You did this to me! I hate you! Leave me alone! Let me die alone!’” The girl turned back and faced Her. “When You were alive, I would always watch You and your brother. I had nothing else to do! My favorite part of your relationship was when he gave you his bottle cap.” She giggled and recalled the memory. “And You took it like a big sister should! You were so kind to him, and now look at him.
“He’s crying up there, all alone. He saw You, you know.”
“What?”
“Well he saw Rhino float in midair.” She walked over and sat next to Her. “That was very bad of You. Now he probably thinks you’re a ghost or something.” The blonde girl giggled, though God failed to see the humor in any of it.
“Aren’t I?”
“Hmm?” She dug her feet into the sand.
“Aren’t I technically a ghost?”
“Maybe… So what’s your plan?”
God shook her head. “I have no idea.”
The young girl hummed a merry tune, then said, “I bet it has something to do with Jonas.”
