Precious has always felt different from her peers, she has always had a hard time fitting in, so she wears a hoodie to be invisible but this only makes her visible and an easy target. Everything changes when a ghost Tommy suddenly appears and makes her life more complicated. Precious learns things about herself that her parents had kept from her, and realises she really isn't like others around her. Will she be able to fulfil her purpose?.
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It's a stormy night, the rain falls heavily, the strong wind blew around destroying everything that came in its path, it's almost impossible for anyone to be outside by this time, No one has ever seen a storm like this, it was different, ice fell from the sky, but yet there wasn't a single cold, the weather was pretty warm, strange right?
In an old-story building, there's screaming, they're people going up and down each holding bowls and towels. in a room with a cracked door, there's a woman in labor, the more she screamed the more the lightning struck, the poor dark-skinned woman is in serious pain, A middle-aged man wearing glasses stood beside her, in his worn-out suit his dark skin more of brown, his hands on top of his head and sweat dripping all over his body.
An old woman with rich grey hair looks at the woman in pain and tries her best to calm her down." Everything's going to be alright my child, something tells me that this baby is no ordinary one" she stretches her hands towards the lady's open legs " I know it's been a long time you and your husband have been waiting for a child, but everything's going to be fine, now you have to be strong don't give up, Push!! "
She nods and starts pushing with everything she got, she screams her lungs out because of the terrible pain, then finally, she hears a baby cry, she starts panting, fighting the urge to faint she shakes her head continuously
"It's a girl!" she smiles with tears rolling down her face hearing those words. The storm gradually goes away
" But wait something's not right," the old woman said looking at the baby who was already wrapped in white clothing in her arms "she's white " the man steps in
"What do you mean by that, is she sick?"
The old woman shakes her head "No, I mean she's white, your baby skin isn't dark like you or the mother, she's white like that of a white man"
"How is that possible?" The man approaches the child in anger, he gasps "it's true, she's white!" he looks at the woman "Deborah!! Why is our child white?" She tries to catch her breath
"I don't know" the man's eyes began to turn red, yells at the top of his voice " Deborah!, why is our child Godforsaken white!! " The old lady jumps in
" Daniel, don't raise your voice at her, she just came out from serious labor, most women wouldn't survive" he glares at the old woman, looks at the child who was still crying, then he looks at his wife, without saying another word, he leaves and aggressively shuts the door.
"Mama" Deborah calls "can I see my child? " the old lady nods and hands over the crying baby gently to her mother "Oh my sweet child, look at your beautiful skin, your pretty hair, you're so beautiful " the old lady smiles looking at Deborah ''So, what are you going to call her?''
"I'm going to call her precious''
"That's a beautiful name for a unique child" Deborah smiles. The clouds became clear and the rain stops, it was exactly 3 am.
**Few months passed and Deborah's husband is nowhere to be found, it's a small village and yet she never sighted him or bumped into him.
"Mother please you have to believe me" Deborah pleads with tears on her face
A woman in her 60s wearing a simple orange dress, with a disgusted look on her face responds "Don't you dare call me mother, I am not your mother, you have succeeded in sleeping with another man, a white man for that matter! and you are here asking of my son? what does he owe you? please leave my house and look for the man that owns that thing you carry in your arms"
Deborah replies with a bit of anger in the tone of her voice "Don't call my baby a thing!, and no I am not leaving here until I see her father''
"This woman, don't you hear a word? or are you deaf? my son has nothing to do with you or that thing! so please get up and leave here and go and disturb the bastard that owns that child for the last time"
"Mother please!" Debbie begs on her knees with the baby in her arms "please I have to see Daniel, he has a family to take care of and..."
The woman interrupts "What did I just hear, family?, what family?, my son has no family with you, so leave this house now before I lose my temper"
She quietly stands up, she bows a little as a sign of respect, she leaves the house, the woman immediately shuts the door, Deborah looks up, she sees Daniel who quickly closes the curtains, she began to scream his name
"Daniel!!, Daniel... Come out please, Daniel you have to believe me, the child is ours, Daniel please don't leave me, Daniel!!!" All of a sudden water began to pour on her, her mother in law was with a hose, pouring water on her body
"This is how prostitutes like you need to be treated, now get out!" she cries as she leaves their premises, people on her way home insult her and even spit on her, the word in the village that she committed adultery had gone around.
**A few days later there was a knock on the door, Deborah opens it with her child in her arms, "What are you doing here?" she asked when she sees village soldiers standing in front of her
"We were asked to bring you to the chiefs"
"Chiefs? I don't understand "
"Please just kindly come with us" they instantly grab her by the arms, and she starts struggling trying to resist their arrest.
Village trial
In the village square where everyone is gathered including the chiefs, Deborah's fate lies in the hands of their Judgment.
*** One of the chiefs with a big pot belly stands on i=his feet and speaks "So the situation in front of us, is that you committed adultery, which is a very punishable offense in the village"
Deborah pleads "Please elders, my friends, you all know that I can't do something like that, I've known Daniel for a long time and I can't dare do something to hurt him, I love him, despite the age gap, and my parent's refusal, I still married him, plus, where would I have seen a white man sleep with?"
One of the villagers stands up "Lies! how else can you explain the skin color of your child?"
"It was a gift from God" they all laughed, one of the villagers who was Deborah's closest friend stands up
"My elders, the child may be for Mr. John stones, the white man that owns the secret company that Deborah works for"
she doesn't make eye contact with Deborah, she just sat back down, hearing this, people began to shout saying different things. Deborah falls to her knees
"You have to believe me, I swear the child isn't for him, the only reason why I kept it a secret is because I know how our customs is against woman working to earn a living, and I-'
"Lies!!" One of the elders exclaimed, he points at her,"Your friend has exposed you, on hearing this you are banned from the village "
"Ah.... please think about it" Deborah's family begins to cry
Another elder speaks up "We have, we would have sentenced you to death"
"Please, where would I go? what of my child?" she turns to daniel "Daniel, please help me " he looks away
An elder yells "Guards, please, take this lady out of here"
They forcefully grab her, dragging her away as she constantly pleads with them, they carry her child from the old woman, who cries and begs them not to take them away. They escorted Deborah out of the village leaving her in the forest, alone with her child. She walks to the next village where the company she secretly worked for 3 months was located.
Village 2:
It took her 2 hours to walk there, but she finally reaches the company that says "Johnny stones milky way" she was already really dirty she looks at her reflection in a car next to her, she lets out a disappointed sigh and walks inside.
"Excuse me, may I help you?" a secretary asks
"Yes actually am hoping to speak with Mr. John"
The secretary eyes her "Do you have an appointment?"
"No, but please just tell him, Debbie is asking of him
"Debbie who? "
" Just Debbie please " the slightly fair-skinned secretary just eyed her and nodded, She grabs a phone and punches numbers "excuse me, sir, sorry to bother you, but a homeless lady with a white baby that goes with the name Debbie, who I think is your babySitter oR Nani... Oh OK sir, I will watch how I speak, ok sir. she ends the call, "he's in his office"
"Okay thanks " Debbie goes in, Mr. John stands up to embrace her
"oh Debbie, it's been so long, what happened to you? you're a mess", he looks at the child and said sarcastically "That isn't mine, is it? "she nodes no "What's wrong?" she suddenly burst into tears catching Mr. John off guard "oh no don't cry, here, have a seat and tell me all about it"
________ Mr. John gasps "oh mine, that must be so hard, have you done a DNA test?"
Debbie shakes her head"No, you have to believe me"
"I do, I do, tell you what, I am leaving for the states in 2 weeks why don't you tag along with me, and you can start afresh, I'll have my people do your paperwork and everything"
Debbies' eyes widen "No no that's far too generous "
"You've gone through a lot already, it's the least I can do, I am partly responsible for what happened, you need to focus on just you and your child, and she can grow up with people of the same color, she won't feel left out" People of the same color? arent we all human beings? Debbie thought to herself.
She gets on her knees "thank you, thank you, I can't thank you enough"
"It's okay, stand up already, it's no big deal, so you'd follow me home, you'd shower I'd get my secretary to buy you things you'd need, and boom"He claps his hands
"Oh mine, I really can't thank you enough "
"It's alright," he responds smiling at herself and her baby
"A long-term demon is a demon that has been haunting a particular family for a very long time"."What do you mean?".Tommy sighs "You know how when ghost becomes vengeful they turn to demons? But in this case this spirit has not only stayed in that state but also been possessive for a long time".I stop him with my hands "Wait, so what you're telling me is, the demon inside of that little girl, has been possessing others for a long time, thats why it's like that?"." Pretty much, the only way to help that little girl is finding a way to get the demon out of her".I scratch the back of my head "How do we do that?".He shurgs "I have no idea".I roll my eyes as I groan and fall on my bed "Why is everything so complicated!" I whine"It's okay, we can figure it out".I instantly sit up "Wait, what if I let it possess me instead?"." I told you they can't fully possess you"."It doesn't know that yet". We exchange looks The next day at school, I rush to meet with Rebecca, I see her with T
After school Max and Blondie followed me to Tori's friend's house, we arrived at the house and Tori's friend presses the doorbell.A blonde hair lady opens the door "Welcome back Rebecca". She said with a smile "And these are?"." My friends, we are here for a group assignment". Her mom nods"Ah, I see, come in then". We enter the house."You guys wait by the living room and I'll go get Stella". Rebecca said immediately walking away We all awkwardly sit on the couch. Rebecca's mum walks in with some drinks " Please help yourself". We all thank her as we take one for ourselves, immediately drinking it. She disappears into the kitchenMax leans in and whispers in my ears "Precious, are you sure about this?".I nod " Yea I can't just ignore her, and I'm curious".Rebecca comes back with a black curled hair little girl wearing a bow, I see a bandage on her middle finger."So, this is my sister Stella, Stella these are my schoolmate". The little girl doesn't say anything, she stares blu
*Somewhere not too far away* A woman puts something in a blender and turns it on. A little girl just stares at it watching it spin round and round curiously with a smile on her face. Mother steps away from the kitchen leaving the little girl with the blender. She stares, so many disturbing thoughts go through her mind "you know you want to touch it" a voice whispers in her ear. "you wonder what will happen if you put your finger inside, do it! ". The little girl gulped "what if it hurts?" she asked with her shaky little voice. "I promise it won't, you would never know until you try". The little girl grabs a chair and takes a seat on the counter next to the blender. She opens it, and all the things inside start splashing out, she slowly puts her finger inside the blender Her mum walks into the kitchen and sees the mess, she exclaims "Stella, look what you've -" her eyes caught her daughter holding her finger that has been severely damaged with the splash of blood all over
I got home and my house was quiet, too quiet. What's going on?. I slowly go up to my room "Tommy?" I gulp "are you here?" still, no answer. Something doesn't feel quite right. I hear coughing coming from my parents' room. I race there. I burst the door open, and to my surprise I see my Dad choking Tommy I scream "Dad stop it" I run to him to stop him, he pushes me against the wall, he walks towards me leaving Tommy on the floor. "you aren't supposed to see that" I scream as he reaches for me I wake up, I find myself on my bed. I try to catch my breath. What was that?. How did I get here? oh lord, Tommy. "Tommy!" I yell "what is it?" he answered, I felt so relieved. If I could hug him I would. "Precious, are you okay?". I let out a sigh "well I had this horrible dream that-wait" I noticed something, I don't remember going to bed. "Tommy, how did I get in bed?". "Well, Uhmmm, you see" he was hesitating, he was thinking of what to say, then what Blondie said to be pla
The priest gave me a rosary to wear to help protect me from demons It's just like my old one except this one isn't wooden I had to go to school, I didn't want to, but I was forced to, sometimes I wonder if parents know school doesn't magically stop your problems. The school was exactly the way you'd imagine it, horrible Some people just mocked me, while others just gave me new nicknames, they started calling me scream queen some called me Carrie white It did hurt me, definitely didBut what can I doI am the hoodie girl right...so I'm used to it. just this one is way worse I remember I once asked my mum when I was little why I am different from her, and why do people always assume she isn't my mum, she just smiles and tells me that they were just jealous because we were perfect and unique combo.Even in school, I remember the kids always called my family a weird mix When I told my mum she just told me they were jealous because we were the perfect family My mum went through a lo
"It's nice to see you again child," a really old priest said walking toward me "Uhmm, have we met before?" He smiles at me "Of course, but you were still a lot younger, I see that the evil spirits are still disturbing you child, lucky that Tommy here knows what he's doing" I gasp, no way "You-you can see Tommy?" I asked surprised "of course, there's a lot of things the Lord blessed my eyes to gaze upon" "Wow, that's great, but please father can you help me? I don't know what's going on with me, I've been having these weird nightmares and visions" he touches my forehead and shuts his eyes for a few seconds, he suddenly lets go of me "Just like I suspected, you're being haunted" "Haunted? how?" Tommy sighs at me, I need to hear the priest's opinion too "Ghosts can't possess you, but they can still haunt you, demons to be exact" Tommy gives me that I told you so look "But why would they do that?" "Uhmmm I think is the power you possess they're drawn to it" I remember Tommy men
Debbie paces around the room"John, we can't leave her like this, it's been 3 days now and the only thing I've done about the situation is to tye her up like an animal!" John watches her "What about that lady we met, the one who gave us the necklace?" " I couldn't get a hold of her, is like she just disappeared, l asked around but no one even knows her, I am losing my mind!!, she's my only child John, my only Child" she starts to cry He rushes over and embraces her "Everything would be okay, we would get through this together" "I know, thank you so much, John, I don't know what I'll do without you, how could I ever repay you for everything?" "You letting me parent your daughter alone is more than enough, trust me" she smiles at him Later in the evening, Debbie thought about how she could help Precious, then she noticed something on her dressing table It was a flyer, a church flyer, with an address and phone number How it got there she didn't know, she didn't care either. The ne
*10 years ago* "That wooden necklace has been doing us good, we haven't had problems with her ever since, I think we're ought to a good start, or what do you think dear?" Debbie turns to John "I think you're right, it's been a year already right, I'm sure by now she must have forgotten those invisible people". ___________"uhmm excuse me, what are you doing?" A sassy little girl asks a little girl on the swings "I am waiting for my friends" "Don't they go to school here?" she shakes her head "do you want to me wait for your friends with you?" "No thanks, you won't be able to see them anyway " the little girl comes down from the swings "my friends are all dead" she flashes a smile at her The sassy little girl gets creeped out and runs away Why do they always run? She thought to herself "Precious, your parents are here to pick you up" A teacher announces "Okay, I am coming" she rushes down the swings and runs with her little feet ______"How was school today dear?" Debbie ask co
MAX POV"Precious can you hear me!!" I yell at the top of my voice. She was on the floor and kept screaming my name and Didi'sAt this point, I really don't know what to do "Max I'm so sacred is she okay?..." Didi sobs "this is all my fault I shouldn't have brought her here" "Don't say that is-" "I knew she was crazy!" her majesty exclaimed as she walked toward me "let's go, Maxy, just leave her here, she needs help" she takes my arm, and I forcefully let go "No, why don't you just join the others and fool yourself by taking videos and pics, while I do the human thing" I see Didi trying to get close to her, but Precious screams at her "go away!!" "I think she thinks I'm some kind of monster" she complains I let out a sigh "who do you think we should call?" She shrugs "I don't know....all the teachers are either in the staff room drinking or already gone" I snap my finger "Damn it, uhmmm what of her mum?" "Yes! But I don't have her number " "Didn't she bring her phone?" "Pa
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