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The clock struck 12:00. The bell sounded. I looked at my fingers. They felt odd. Like a tingling sensation rushing through my veins. Had it not worked? I did what she asked, I followed her orders. Yet it hadn’t worked.

My fingers were feeling suddenly lighter. It then was obvious that I was turning into a spirit. That old lady tricked me. Not only did she place a curse on me, because of a mistake my father made years ago, but she said that if I did what she said I would be free.

Let me explain. I’m Iris. I have lived with my aunt Katrina since as long as I can remember. But, this September I moved away to go to college in Pennsylvania. My year started normally, a lot of work, but then I noticed some weird things happening.

Well first of all, my things continuously switched places. I put my book on the table, I came back and found it on the shelf. There was also this one time I found a mug broken on the floor. Then, she was following me. She was watching me from afar. After that, she talked to me.

I was walking out of my college, she approached me, and said some weird things. She said that I would pay for what he, my father, did. Then she started to say some words that I didn't understand. They sounded Latin. Suddenly it felt as if electricity was running through my body. If anyone said “you can’t feel a curse”, well they better take my place then. It was painful. She continued to talk. She said that if I didn’t help her, I would become a spirit by tomorrow, the time the clock struck twelve at midnight. I agreed to help her. I was scared. She wanted me to steal from her. She said that a man took one of her most prized possessions, her diamond necklace. I went to his house and took it. I thought she would stick to her promise.

But it seemed otherwise. Now I was fully a spirit. Tears started going down my face. I didn’t think it would actually happen. What would I do? My aunt kept telling me that life is like a fairy tale, that you need to get through the difficult parts to reach a happy end. I guess I didn’t deserve a happy ending…

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