Two Ghost's Salvation - Section 03
Ghost Hunters - Salvation, #3
Reeks: Ghost Hunters - Salvation
S. H. Marpel
- In
- the
- days
- when
- people
- were
- owned
- by
- the
- land,
- two
- young
- girls
- found
- their
- power
- by
- becoming
- ghosts,
- then
- spirit
- guides.This
- is
- their
- origin-story...Their
- parents
- were
- serfs,
- and
- belonged
- to
- two
- different
- dukedoms.
- Falling
- in
- love
- endangered
- them
- both.
- Becoming
- pregnant
- with
- twins
- made
- this
- even
- worse.Their
- Dad
- had
- to
- raise
- them
- by
- himself,
- as
- Mother
- died
- shortly
- after
- birthing
- them.
- But
- as
- a
- spirit,
- she
- remained
- on
- Earth
- to
- watch
- over
- them.
- Sal
- and
- Jude
- could
- see
- her,
- and
- knew
- their
- Dad
- could
- feel
- her
- presence.The
- King's
- soldiers
- have
- visited
- the
- forest
- and
- found
- their
- hut,
- only
- to
- be
- chased
- away
- by
- a
- specter.In
- Spring,
- they
- returned,
- forcing
- nearby
- villagers
- to
- make
- a
- crossing
- into
- the
- ravine
- that
- will
- enable
- wagons
- to
- bring
- a
- hunting
- party.Their
- Dad
- starts
- training
- Sal
- and
- Jude
- to
- hide
- themselves
- in
- the
- forest
- as
- they
- hunt
- and
- forage
- for
- food.
- What
- they
- find
- in
- their
- training
- is
- unexpected...Excerpt:Da
- returned
- one
- cold
- morning
- and
- was
- worried.
- He
- had
- been
- near
- the
- ravine
- and
- saw
- that
- some
- workers
- were
- improving
- the
- road.
- There
- was
- a
- seldom
- used
- trail
- that
- led
- to
- the
- one
- crossing
- horses
- could
- take
- their
- riders
- across.
- These
- workers
- were
- widening
- this
- road
- so
- that
- a
- wagon
- could
- travel
- it.He
- told
- us
- that
- he
- had
- seen
- them
- bring
- tools
- in
- their
- carts
- so
- that
- they
- could
- bring
- gravel
- and
- small
- rocks
- up
- from
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- ravine
- to
- make
- the
- road
- solid.
- They
- wanted
- it
- passable
- and
- keep
- wagons
- from
- getting
- mired
- in
- mud
- during
- wet
- weather.Da
- said
- he
- saw
- the
- captain
- and
- some
- soldiers
- nearby.
- They
- were
- all
- mounted
- on
- horses
- and
- looked
- to
- be
- arguing
- with
- the
- men
- who
- were
- getting
- rocks
- out
- of
- the
- ravines.
- At
- any
- loud
- noise,
- even
- a
- crow's
- caw,
- the
- men
- would
- run
- up
- the
- side
- of
- the
- ravine
- and
- then
- have
- to
- be
- forced
- back
- to
- their
- work
- of
- getting
- the
- rock
- and
- gravel.
- Everyone's
- faces
- were
- white
- with
- strain.Da's
- face
- was
- coated
- with
- mud
- and
- clay
- so
- that
- it
- couldn't
- be
- seen
- by
- them.
- So
- he
- watched
- for
- a
- good
- while
- and
- then
- crept
- quietly
- away.He
- came
- back
- to
- our
- hut
- and
- got
- us
- ready.
- But
- today
- we
- didn't
- need
- our
- packs.
- We
- each
- got
- a
- small
- bag
- of
- the
- meat-berry-fat
- mix
- instead.Da
- again
- said
- we
- were
- going
- to
- practice
- being
- ghosts.
- We
- were
- going
- to
- make
- no
- sound
- and
- leave
- no
- trace
- of
- our
- passing.
- "Like
- Ma?"
- we
- both
- asked
- at
- once.Da
- cocked
- his
- head
- to
- the
- side,
- and
- smiled.
- "You've
- felt
- her
- too?""Yes,"
- we
- both
- replied
- as
- one.
- And
- started
- to
- tell
- him
- our
- stories
- of
- seeing
- her,
- but
- he
- held
- his
- finger
- up
- to
- his
- lips."We
- must
- first
- learn
- to
- be
- quiet
- inside
- our
- little
- hut,"
- he
- said.
- "You'll
- be
- able
- to
- tell
- me
- later,
- and
- I
- want
- to
- hear
- all
- about
- it.
- But
- right
- now,
- we
- must
- practice
- being
- as
- good
- as
- your
- mother
- in
- being
- able
- to
- disappear
- anytime
- we
- need
- to.
- No
- one
- can
- ever
- be
- allowed
- to
- follow
- us
- back
- to
- this
- hut,
- or
- anywhere
- we
- go.
- Our
- family
- staying
- together
- depends
- on
- us
- being
- able
- to
- vanish
- whenever
- we
- need
- to."That
- day,
- we
- never
- said
- another
- word
- until
- we
- returned
- to
- the
- hut
- and
- had
- closed
- the
- door again...
