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– Monica?
Monica was lying on the floor which seemed transparent and begins to stand up slowly.
– Am I dead? – Asks Monica looking at the man who was wearing a brown robe.
– Yes. – He said while getting closer to Monica and walked down some stairs.
– And Natalia?
– She died too… Several hours passed before she could be rescued, and her wounds were so serious, though yours were deeper and died just a few minutes after the accident. – The man stops a few steps away from Monica, and she puts her hands on her waist starting to cry.
– Why? – She asked after crying for a couple of seconds.
– Just… It was your time.
– And who are you? – Monica asked him now crossing her arms.
– I'm Archangel Gabriel, messenger from God. – He said extending his arms and showing his palms.
– Where is Natalia?
– I'm afraid I can't answer that question to you…
– Why? Where is she? – Asked Monica stepping a little forward towards him. She couldn't deny she was very worried for her best friend.
– I'm sorry, but the only thing I can tell you is that she is now in a better place.
– And, why am I here?
– Because you have an assignment to fulfil.
– Assignment? What assignment? Will I revive or something like that? – She asked him angrily… why did she have to fulfil an assignment and couldn't go to the same place Natalia did?
– That is something I'll tell you later. What I'm going to tell you is that you won't 'revive' precisely, because your body won't wake up; instead, you'll be an invisible being that cannot be seen with human sight. However, you'll use a pendant with a lapis lazuli stone and will have a thick blue line drown on your hair.
– But… Why am I going to use the pendant if I'm going to be invisible?
– Because with the pendant on your neck, you will be able to keep your human appearance; but, without it, you cannot be seen, just heard by humans.
– Will I be like a ghost? – Monica asked him leaning her head a little bit.
– Yes, it could be said that you'll be like those beings who you call 'ghosts'.
– Amazing… – Said Monica whispering.
– Now, I'm sending you to the earth, you'll wake up in the suburbs of Venosa with the pendant on your hand, so that you can decide when to put it on. Later, I'll contact you to explain you more things. See you, Monica, and good luck!
A great white light appears blinding Monica and she closes her eyes. A few seconds later, the light goes off slowly and Monica wakes up lying on the floor in the suburbs of Venosa approximately at 9 a.m.
She sits and feels the pendant on her left hand.
– It's pretty… – She whispers. She remembers everything he had mentioned her, stands up, and puts it in her pants pocket.
– Let's see if I can fly… – Said Monica. She expected that now that she was a ghost, she could fly. So, she extends her arms up and starts to fly. It felt like one of those characters on the TV who she watched so many times when she was a child.
– This is amazing! – She screamed while passing through the clouds.
Monica stopped when she noticed a bunch of people outside her place. So, she decided to go down and saw her two sisters crying.
– I can't believe she is really gone. And to think that I insisted to take me to the party! If I had gone, I would have died too! – Said Fiorella while passing a tissue over her mouth.
– I can't believe she really died, and Natalia, they say that Natalia lasted more time alive than Monica, that after a few hours passed and no one was around to rescue her, she died. – Said Elizabetta crossing her arms.
– Girls, Monica and Natalia's service will be within a few hours. Get ready. – Says Elizabetta and Fiorella's mother who was coming out her house and approaching to them.
– Ok, mom. – Said Fiorella putting her tissue inside the purse she was holding. Her mother goes away approaching to other people who were behind them.
– You know? If I had known, I would have treated Monica better or wouldn't have let her go to that party. – Said Elizabetta while she started to get in the house followed by Fiorella.
Monica stops when practically they closed the door on her face, could she go through it? That was something Archangel Gabriel didn't tell her.
She thinks about it a few seconds, takes a deep breath, extends her foot towards the door and sees how it slowly was passing through it.
– This is so cool. – Thought Monica amazed while she got the rest of her body into.
Once on the other side, she starts to look for her sisters. They were both in Monica's room sitting on her bed.
– I miss Monica. – Said Elizabetta while she lay down on Monica's bed and stretched her arms.
– Me too, you don't know how much I would give to see her one last time. – Fiorella said to put her right hand on her face.
Monica feels how sadness comes for what her sisters were passing through. She wished to put the pendant on, so that they could see her; but no. It was not time yet. They had to wait until after the funeral, at least she though that.
Monica sits next to Fiorella and hugs her slowly. Fiorella starts to feel cold and stands up.
– I'll go get a coat. Suddenly, it started to be cold. She said to leave to her bedroom that was next to Monica's.
Elizabetta sits on the bed, leans her head seeing where her eldest sister just left.
– But it is hot. How can you say it is cold? – She said surprised. She was hot because it was August. Monica got surprised… Then, that meant that every time she touched someone, would that someone get cold? Her powers amazed her more and more, and she was excited to know what she was able to do now.
Chapter 3
A few hours later before Natalia was buried, Monica got close to the coffin and put her hand on it.
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