Next day, YN's POV

I returned from work around 6pm and made myself a nice dinner that I ate in front of the TV. I listened to the news and watched some boring movie, then decided to go upstairs and prepare for bed because I was very tired.

After I took a shower, combed my hair and put some clothes on, I returned into my room and noticed through my window that the lamp in YFN's room was on. I didn't know what, but something made me... and I know this would sound bad, but I decided to spy on her a little. I know it was disgusting, but something deep inside forced me to do it, so I turned off the lamps in my room and walked over to the window, hiding behind the curtains.

I watched.

In the distance I could see her silhouette walking back and forth in the room. Seemed she was in a hurry because she walked too fast, almost running. She'd enter the bathroom and after a few minutes she'd come out. She did something on her desk, then entered the bathroom again. I guessed there was nothing suspicious about her, she looked completely okay.

Watching her made me feel closer to her. I missed my friend and sister so so much and I knew that one day, we'd make up and things would return back to normal.

I thought she was going to take her clothes off and go to bed, but on the contrary, I came to the conclusion she went in and out of the bathroom only to get ready to go out. She grabbed her pursue and approached her big window, that was open.

She switched the lights off in her room, walked over to the window and closed it. Then with a sharp move she pulled the curtains. I saw her silhouette turn around and walk to the door. She was about to leave the room. As she went further in her room, I saw her shadow appear. The moon was full and it was shining very brightly and its light penetrated very well her room, so I could clearly see her sha-

I blinked a few times just to make sure I was seeing things clearly for this didn't seem like her shadow!

I looked at her silhouette once more and then at the shadow too but they didn't match! THEY JUST DIDN'T MATCH!

I was staring like crazy with eyes wide open - her hair was tied up in a pony tail and looked neat, whereas the hair of the shadow looked like a hot mess! Her figure was slim and perfect but the shadow showed the figure of someone who was... old and tired and their spine was curved which made the figure look strange. YFN's clothes were clean and tight but the clothes in the shadow were loose and ragged, pieces were hanging unevenly! Then as she moved I saw her face and it was nothing like YFN's tiny, pretty face. It was distorted and the jaw was... hanging from it!

The shadow and YFN's figure did the exact same moves and had the exact position, only, they didn't visually correspond.

One body and a whole different shadow that did the exact same moves... how was this possible??!!! I couldn't understand! It was like a cat had the shadow of a dog! I kept blinking and wiping my eyes but still I was seeing the exact same thing! One body and another shadow.

She left the room and closed the door behind her. After just a few minutes of standing in front of my window without moving an inch and trying to decide whether I should trust my own eyes or not, she walked out of the house.

I witnessed the same scene again.

The shadow that was being casted on the ground by the shine of the moon coming from above, wasn't hers! This wasn't in my mind, it was real! I kept watching her until she disappeared in the distance. Where was she going? And what the hell was this with her shadow??! I just had to sit down.

After doing it, I took a breath really deeply and then realized another thing - the way she walked was also different. I've spent my life with her so I knew her every move, and the way she was walking, and not only now but also from before and while she was in her room tonight, there was something very different about her moves! They were faster, impatient and not as gracious as they used to be!

Then I realized something else too - this shadow was familiar to me. The face, the body, the clothes... I've seen it before.

It was hers.

The ghost that we got rid of recently had the exact same face, hair, clothes and body shape. Something very wrong was going on here and I was afraid to even think what, but one thing I knew I just had to do... I had to go in her house and look around. Maybe I'd find some kind of explanation! And now was the perfect time to do it because she was gone and I saw she didn't lock the door. Maybe she went to some club or something like that, so I should have plenty of time to look around and leave before she returned.

I jumped from the chair and grabbed my lantern. I scurried out of my house and run to hers. I opened the door, closed it behind me and switched on my lantern.

It was a mess. Empty, used dishes everywhere, clothes thrown all over the place, shoes and bags thrown... I just couldn't believe it. She was the kind of woman that liked to have their houses fresh and cleaned!

I decided I should go upstairs in her room, because she spent most of her time there.

The room was cold, dirty, messy and smelled weird - the same smell of earth. Her desk had paper and books on it which reminded me of the paintings I had seen earlier! I scurried to the desk to look for them but they were gone. She must have done something to them. They portrayed the way her boyfriend died. Could it be that she-

I didn't even wanna think it! I decided to go look somewhere else for the pictures and if I found them, I was gonna take them with me and show them to the police, although I wasn't sure if this was the right thing to do... I wasn't even sure if she made them, maybe it was some kind of coincidence?

I was in the corridor, deciding where to search next when some kind of weird smell grabbed my attention. It smelled of burned paper and candles but a much stronger smell. I got the impression it was coming from upstairs so that was where I was going. Maybe something was burning! I scurried to the attic and froze once I got there to the sight of something demonic...

There was a big circle with a pentacle inside of it, painted on the ground with something red. Around it were candles and three big mirrors placed in the form of a triangle. On the floor, there was a pile of books with black covers too. What the hell was all this? Did she made the circle and brought the mirrors and everything???

I slowly walked over to the books and grabbed one to look at it.

It was old and dusty. I opened it and flipped through the pages. It had different texts that were short like poems with strange words! I begun reading one that said things about black locks, bad luck, nightmares, dead animals and oh my God! This was a book full of spells!!! I placed it on the ground and took another one to look at it! It was the same but in different language... it was in Latin! All the books had spells about different things... this was black magic. The circle, the pentacle, the candles the books.. they were all here to cast black spells.

My knees got weak.

What on earth was this girl doing!??! Oh God don't allow what I'm thinking be the truth! Could it be that she was possessed??? No way because we got rid of the ghost and broke the mirror and everything as the ghost hunters instructed! But what could be the explanation to all this??

Wait what was this??

In another book, I noticed something between the sheets. I opened it and saw it was the paintings from before. She must have put them inside this book. I looked at the text on this particular page to realize the spell was about death and possessing. Could it be that she killed him??

"YN, YN, YN..." I dropped the book and turned my head around to see YFN right behind me. "You don't listen to me when I tell you something, do you?" her eyes.. they weren't the same! They weren't YFN's eyes! "Oh stop staring at me like that you stupid human!" even her voice was different... "I can't believe it took you so much time to see the obvious!" she laughed out loud in an evil fashion. I slowly rose up.
"YFN?" then to my worst nightmare, she said
"No."
"Oh God.." I begun shaking uncontrollably "It's you!! You've possessed her! But we... I can't believe this... Is this some kind sick of joke, YFN???"
"I told you, I'm not YFN." she replied angry at the fact I called her YFN. "She is gone. She's no longer here."
"What... What have you done to my friend???"
"Nothing, I just possessed her body."
"WHAT!!??"
"I needed a body and..." she begun laughing again "those two fools you brought to cast me away were less than useless!" I couldn't believe my eyes and ears. Watching this woman in front me, looked like YFN, but it really wasn't her. "The only thing they did was to free me from the mirror!! Hahaha I should thank them actually!"
"No way..."
"And then I possessed your little friend's body because I needed one and it was the first one I saw." she caressed hers or should I say YN's body. "I was trapped for so long in that damn mirror and in that old house but not anymore." the smile on her face was big and evil "Now that I'm free and that I have a body, I'll live my life and control the world with my spells and power." her sharp eyes penetrated me "You should see yourself! You look like a damn rabbit that's about to be shot! I can smell your fear from over here!"
"What have you done to YFN?? Is she d-d-dead??"
"She's not. She's in a deep slumber and will remain in it as long as I'm in her body which will be.. well for pretty much forever!" I begun crying... I broke down, I couldn't believe it!!?? How could they have set her free instead of get rid of her?? "I see you've found my paintings.." I looked at her.. like hers?? "Yes, my paintings. I made them, I killed that fool!"
"Lord..." I whispered and this caused her to laugh hysterically.
"He's not gonna help you, dear! C'mon! You know how fun it was to kill him! The thought of it makes me wanna kill more people!"
"You're completely crazy!!! You can't do this!! Leave my friend's body right now!"
"You crazy, leave my friend's body!" she imitated me in a humiliating way. "Hahahaha! You're so funny! You know what... you should've stayed away from me when I told you. You shouldn't have followed me and you shouldn't have brought your curious nose in here... Now, what should I do with you, tell me?" she begun to slowly walk over to me "I guess I'll have to kill you now." I took a step back and continued walking away from her. This ghost was gonna kill me, using the body of my best friend! I had to do something "Or should I turn you into a puppet?" I was slowly making my way to the door.
"No, please don't just let me go!" I begun saying whatever only to distract her, so she won't notice my 'plan'.
"No can do. You should have let me alone when I told you, now it's too late! Or should I keep you in here and use your blood for the new circle I'm gonna draw? Because you know, I got this man from the park and dragging him all the way in here was a pretty hard job..." how many people has she killed???!! "You're here now, so I think that's a good idea! I'll put a spell on you to keep you still until I decide to use your blood and then I'll kill you?" I was almost to the door! God please help me! "Watcha think?"
"I think... this!" with all the strength I had, I run as fast as I could through the door!

"YOU LITTLE WITCH COME BACK!" she screamed after me and I kept running, taking the stairs as fast as I could to reach the front door. Once I got out, I was gonna scream as loud as I could!! But this ghost was fast. I was almost there, when she caught me.

"You think you can run from me, ha?" then she begun pronouncing some words in Latin and pointing at my legs. Suddenly, I felt them become very heavy.. She was casting a spell upon me! My legs were becoming numb... they begun feeling like stone and couldn't even move!! She was gonna make me unable to run!!! I was gonna die tonight for sure! Oh God! My friend possessed, me about to die and-

RING RING

Her door bell rung and she stopped talking. I could feel my legs again!

"Open up! It's the police!" she looked at me.
"Seems your luck is working tonight." they banged very hard on the door "You know if you tell them about me, they'll think you're crazy, right!?" I didn't like it but she was right. I couldn't say that. She opened the door. "What can I do for you, Mr. Policeman?" she gave him a fake smile.
"Are you Mrs. YFN?"
"Yes."
"A colleague of mine was here and I-" the policeman was talking and I realized that if I didn't do anything now, I'd be dead when he left.

The only thing that came to mind and which I did was, with all my strength I run to the door, pushed her and the policeman off of my way and kept running until I couldn't breathe.

"Hey, take it easy young lady!" he yelled after me.
"I'll see you later, YN!" then I heard her voice and this was a threat, but there was not gonna be later.

I run to my house, climbed the stairs, went inside my room and grabbed all the money I had, then the piece of paper from under my night lamp.

I scurried downstairs, praying she was still busy with the policeman, and run straight to the center of the city. From there I took a taxi and told the driver to take me to the airport as fast as possible. In my mind, I was praying to God to protect me from her! I took the piece of paper out of my pursue and looked at the address.

Tomorrow, I was gonna see him.

Daryl's POV, Gary, Indiana

"Yes, Mrs. Jackson, it's the same. Nothing's changed. I don't really know what's going on with him! Maybe you should try talking to him again... Okay, I'll make sure he eats something and I won't tell him you're coming tomorrow. No problem, Mrs. Jackson. Bye."

I put the phone on the coffee table and as I spun around to head for the kitchen to see if they've made lunch for Mr. Jackson, I saw the two maids and the cook eavesdropping.

"I thought we already talked about eavesdropping, girls!" they laughed at my comment.
"C'mon, Daryl, we've known each other for how many years? 15? You know damn well we never gonna stop eavesdropping!" I shook my head. "So tell us, what did Mrs. Jackson say?"
"Well, we talked about Mr. Jackson and his... condition.."
"So you don't really know why he's been acting like that recently?"
"I have no idea! No body knows. Is his lunch ready?"
"Yes."
"I'll go bring it to him."

I've been the butler in the Jackson family for almost 30 years!! I've known Mr. Jackson very well and have never seen him act like this before.. like it wasn't himself! I had no idea what happened to him and tried finding out but without success.

He spent the last week completely isolated in his bedroom. He won't talk to anybody, he won't go out like usual, he won't bring girls or his friend over and he'd eat so little and only when I made him eat! He hasn't even taken a shower! I couldn't believe it. No one knew what the reason for his sudden strange and concerning behavior was. Well, I've always thought that having too much money spoiled people.

I knocked at his door and came in with his lunch.

He was sitting on the floor next to his bed, as usual, curled up in a bawl, looking tired and disappointed. Sometimes I'd even catch him wipe his eyes when I come in and they'd be red from crying.

"Mr. Jackson, your lunch."
"I'm not hungry, Daryl." his voice was husky and powerless.
"But, sir, you must eat! You're gonna lose so much weight!"
"It doesn't matter..."
"It does! You don't want to become ill, do you?" I placed the food on the table and walked over to him "Please, sir, eat!"
"I don't want to..." I hoped that he'd allow his mother to talk to him tomorrow and maybe she'll succeed in putting some brain back into his head.
"With all my respect, sir, but if you go on like this, you won't survive. If you have some problem, I think you should talk about it with someone and-"
"My problem can't be solved, Daryl... please leave, I want to be alone."
"You've been alone up in here for more than a week, sir."
"Time feels as if it had stopped... now please go, I wanna be alone with my pain.."
"As you wish." and I left him, there was nothing I could do. This man needed to see a specialist and for the sake of his own good, when his mother came tomorrow, I was going to let her know my opinion.

I went downstairs to return to my usual chores for the day, when one of the maids came to me and said

"Daryl, there is this girl at the door that wants to talk to Mr. Jackson!"
"I don't think he's in the mood to talk now, so send her away."
"I can't, she passed through the security! She's very persistent and looks... kinda scared."
"Well, okay, tell her to come in."

After a few minutes the maid came with this girl in the dining room. I had to admit, she was very beautiful, but dressed badly with sports shoes and an elegant pursue.

"Hi, my name is YN and I've come to see M-Michael."
"My name is Daryl and I'm the butler, but I doubt Mr. Jackson would want to talk to anybody right now. He's been in a very bad mood lately... Do you know him?"
"Well, sort of... he had worked for me like a month ago." so he must have been with her while he was gone. "And I came all the way from California because I need to talk to him!" she looked very worried and scared "It's very important! Is he home??"
"Yes he is, but as I've already said, he's been in a very bad mood recently and I think you might have come all the here for nothing..."
"You don't understand! It's of extreme importance that I talk to him! I have to see him, please, tell him I'm here, please, please!" she insisted.
"I will let him now. Why don't you take the young lady in the living room and have her sit down while she's waiting?"
"Yes, Daryl. Follow me, Miss." they headed for the living room and she kept turning around to look at me, I think to see if I was actually going. What a troubled lady! What was going on with today's young people?? Geez.

I went upstairs and knocked at his door.

"Mr. Jackson, may I please come in?"
"No!" I heard him from inside of the room "I told you to leave me alone!"
"But there's somebody downstairs that wants to see you and says it's very important!"
"Send them away!"
"But she seemed very worried and said it was very important to talk to you, her name is YN."

Then in like less than a second, the door flung open. He looked at me with such a big eyes filled with excitement and said

"YN you say?"
"Yes, sir." his whole face lit up and his eyes begun sparkling brighter than the sun. I even thought I noticed a slight smile.
"Where is she?"
"Downstairs in the living room."
"Tell her to wait for me! I'll come right away!"
"Yes sir."
"Oh and keep her company!" then he slammed the door in my face and I heard him running inside the room.

What did just happen? What has gotten into him all of a sudden? He must know this girl very well to agree to see her!!? Well, who could understand him! I went downstairs to keep the lady company just as he ordered.

She was sitting on the big sofa, sighing and nervously tapping her foot, playing with her hair from time to time.

"Mr. Jackson will see you. He said to wait for him here." she sighed with relief. "Can I offer you anything to drink?" I politely asked.
"Uh-Uh..." she replied biting her nails.

What was wrong with her? Why was she so nervous?

After around 30 minutes of waiting, she couldn't control herself no more. She was sighing even more, flipping her hair around like crazy, biting her nails, playing with her clothes until she couldn't stand it anymore.

"What is going on, why isn't he coming!!!!" she said out loud.
"I'm sorry Miss YN, I have no idea..."
"What the hell is he doing?? Is this house so big that he needs 30 damn minutes to get to the living room!!?? What is taking him so long???"

"Impatient to see me again, YN?" we heard his voice and turned around to see him coming down the stairs, looking so elegant, clean and sleek!

Like what!!??

There was no sign of the man that I saw like 30 minutes ago! He must have taken a shower, because his hair looked perfect, his clothes were fresh and clean, super elegant, his face looked perfect as well! I could smell his cologne all the way down here! So this was what he was doing all this time! He was dressing up for... I looked at her... probably for this lady. From looking like a hot mess

he came downstairs looking like the most elegant, self-confident gentleman

I even thought he was overdoing it a little...  The girl got up from her sit and examined him really well. He did the same thing.

"Missed me?" he asked, looking right into her eyes and smirked.