ELLA :
Francis, Victor, Anthony, these are the names of three men.
Francis is a bachelor man who lives all alone, he had adopted a boy but soon he left with his wife and kids leaving him all alone.
Victor is a retired officer and now rests at home with a huge family of three sons. They all live together happily.
Anthony has only one son, who lives a bit far away from him with his family, his wife passed away recently.
Amanda, Lily, Felicia are the names of three women.
Amanda is a happily divorced woman, she also doesn't have any kid like Francis but she has not adopted any child, like Francis.
Lily is a good, gentle lady, a simple housewife, and a grandma of 5 grandkids.
Felicia is a gardener and recently she has been fed up with her chatty husband, thus, she joined this reunion to have some peaceful alone time.
All 6 people were very good and friendly with me. I helped Anthony as he started putting up a tent and Francis started unfolding the table to set things while Victor brought some wood and light the bonfire.
All four women just sat and chatted, they all had brought homemade food and we all ate it together, it felt so good and lively. Everyone started sharing their stories from their past and I laughed hearing about their young old days.
Would I be able to make memories as they have made? A thought appeared in my mind disturbing me a bit.
I shifted feeling uncomfortable and then taking my excuse I went to sit inside the cruck. Looking at their cheerful sight, I felt depressed, and then taking a long breath I took out my journal and a pencil.
Yes, I have brought it in case I want to write or draw something to kill the boredom. I stared at the blank page for a while not knowing what to write.
And then pondering for a long time I finally sighed, “Gael.”
Yes, this is the only name that came into my mind. If I wanted to spend a night like this when I will get old I would love to spend it with Gael beside me.
I wrote his name and then stared at it for a long time, as the tip of my pencil touched the paper, suddenly my hand moved with a force as it draw a zigzag line on the page.
I frowned and then taking an eraser I erased that line, again I started writing, and as the tip of the pencil touched the paper my hands moved again with force.
The same zig-zag line appeared, I frowned, feeling distressed I don’t understand what was happening, as I picked the eraser to erase it, again I heard that familiar voice calling my name “Ella” and then suddenly the car started on its own and the GPS appeared in front of me, showing me the destination that I didn’t even fill in.
But when I looked carefully, it was the same lines that were drawn on the paper by me.
“F**k… Gael, is this you?”I gasped, my eyes were getting heavy with tears.
I felt joy and happiness, is it, Gael? Is he calling me somewhere? But it’s impossible for him to be alive, I have burned his soul… No No No… My mind was getting dizzy but I couldn’t lose this chance, after thinking for a while, I had made up my mind. I hopped down from the truck and then made an excuse about meeting my friend near this place.
Miss Van believed me and then I drove away, I followed the map carefully, the roads were dark and quiet and my heart was getting excited from the hope that I would be meeting Gael but my mind was warning me to be careful, this can also be a trap for me.
Well, no matter what it is I would risk a chance, if only once I could get a chance to meet Gael that would be enough for me.
I clutched the steering wheel tightly and kept driving, even when I was feeling tired the joy on my face and the curiosity in my eyes didn’t lessen.
I kept driving for an hour and reached a very dark place, between the forest. “YOU HAVE REACHED THE DESTINATION.”
A voice came and turning off the truck, I hopped down looking carefully around. It was all dark and except for trees, I couldn’t see anything.
“Gael…” I yelled loudly and there I saw that shining shadow up in the sky and realized that it was guiding me through a place. Without hesitation, I followed it, my hopes were getting high and with joy, I was running after it.
That’s Gael… I am sure that’s Gael. He has returned to meet me… Yes, he has returned….
With high hopes, I followed the shadow and it led me to a house, a very old scary house. I stopped looking at that creepy place, my instincts were telling me to go back but I brushed off all the negative thoughts and warnings as I pushed open the door.
The door opened with a creaking sound that made it look more scary.
“Gael…”With a hoarse voice, I called out hoping to see him but all my hopes got crushed when an ugly old woman stepped out of the dark and I stumbled in fear.
“So, you’re here…”She said and looked at me with an evil smirk on her face.
“Where is… he?”I asked, stuttering.
“Hahahaha…. You are a brave woman… I like it…”The old woman said and her laugh echoed in the whole house making me shiver in fear.
“Who… who… are you?”I asked, my voice came as a whisper but still she heard me clearly.
“Witch… I am a witch…”She said and I immediately turned and ran out but to my surprise, the door slammed shut and I got trapped in the house with that witch.
The bells of danger started ringing in my ears... I kicked the door but it was of no use and then the witch’s laughter was making my whole body tremble with fear.
“Hahaha…”
“Let me go…”I shouted helplessly but she seemed to ignore it and when she took a step towards me, I suddenly felt a burning rage rising in my body and there it came.
Suddenly, I felt myself burning and when I looked at my hands that same green-colored flames with the yellowish color around it appeared and suddenly the witch’s laughter stopped as she looked at me in amusement.
I smirked at her, looking at the fear on her ugly face. Yeah, Bitch I am going to be your death. I snorted in my mind and before I could stretch my hand to hit her with my powers, she chanted some mantras and then suddenly the flames ignited from a huge boiling water bowl.
I stopped my actions when I heard the same heart-wrenching cry of Gael from that unfortunate night, “ELLA…”
I exhaled and when I focused on the burning flames coming from the pot, I realized that she was showing me the past. The past when Gael died when I was pushed away by him and fainted.