The Mediums Help

13

Dinner has just finished, Silva washes all the dirty dishes without the help of Sofi or Tengku. She did it while humming a little. After finishing her light kitchen work, Silva went to the bedroom.

A comfortable room without schoolwork put the girl in a good mood. Silva lay her body on the bed, feeling the soft mattress and beautiful ceiling of the room truly heaven on earth.

The corners of the girl's lips pulled upwards, forming a beautiful knot. The smile she never made at school, and tutoring. It's a shame because she only makes that smile when she's with her family, with people she trusts and never finds her weird.

Someone's scream broke the silence of Silva's room. The pleasant atmosphere broke in an instant, Silva frowned while listening intently. The voice was getting clearer, but she couldn't tell where the figure was hiding. There was no one in this room, not even a ghost aura in every corner of the room.

"Help me." A female ghost who had talked with Silva appeared from inside the wall suddenly. She kept crying as she walked closer, as if her voice was melodious because she hadn't stopped crying since she was at school.

Even though the tears were gone, the blood was still flowing profusely. Wet all over her face, and her school uniform was very dirty. She sat on the floor close to the bed, looking up at Silva.

"Help me, Silva," she said. A pleading expression she gave, looking pitiful but sadly Silva couldn't do anything.

"I told you earlier at school that it's hard to help you," Silva answered honestly.

"What must I do so you can help me?"

Silva was silent, so far there had never been a ghost that could help her to get a picture of the past. The past came suddenly in a different way, so she didn't really know when this dark story of the female ghost came.

"My name is Juwita, I am in the same class as you. Not in the same class, but I was also there when I was alive. The class was fun, but I had to be bullied for some reason." At first her expression was happy, but then turned gloomy.

"Why should be bullied?"

Juwita was silent for a moment, thinking about the past that was so dark it made her cry again. Her tears fell several times, and this made Silva sad too.

"Don't tell me if you're not ready, I can wait until you're ready," said Silva.

Juwita shook her head quickly, she rubbed her right and left cheeks without thinking about the blood that would stick to the back of her hand. "I accidentally pushed Laura, the popular girl in class. She didn't accept it, and became violent in class. Everyone just watched, enjoyed every scream I let out, some even took pictures of me."

"Why is he that mean to you?"

"I don't know, even I don't know why I have to be here. I was stuck in school for six years, and finally met you." She tried to take a deep breath, feeling something uncomfortable. "I'm begging for your help, please help me as soon as possible!"

"Silva!"

The scream surprised Silva, while Juwita looked fine with Sofi's scream just now.

"Mommy call me, I'll listen to your story again. I'll definitely help you, but later," said Silva before walking out.

She met Sofi who was standing near the stairs, Sofi's expression was annoyed and about to get angry now. With her hands on her hips, she looked at Silva. "What is this?" she said pointing at the bloodstains along the stairs.

Silva was surprised to see blood everywhere, she never thought Juwita would do this or maybe it was intentional. She let out a sigh when she saw Juwita grimacing while begging for mercy.

"Mommy ask once again whose doing this is?"

"It's impossible for me, who is already seventeen years old, not to use pads when I have my period again. It's not me, Mom," said Silva.

"Then what is this? Dad said he didn't know anything about this. Whose blood is still fresh like this?" Sofi is getting dizzy with the strange happenings at her house, and she still hasn't finished her office work. "Are there any dying animals that enter our house?"

"Dying animals?" Silva frowned, she wanted to say yes, but was afraid of getting orders to look for the wild animals. She also would never say that if this was Juwita's blood, there might be a ghost exorcism ritual like before.

"Silva, I don't know what to do with animals or whatever. I'm dizzy with my work in the room, please clean it up!"

As expected and with a heavy heart Silva nodded weakly. She wanted to sleep as fast as lightning, but again there must be a burden that she must bear. If it's not from school, it's definitely from a ghost. As soon as she got down without stepping on bloodstains, she took the mop along with the scented carbolic acid in the room near the kitchen.

"I'm sorry Silva, I really didn't know that this would happen," said Juwita, she was very sorry for the incident she never wanted. "In class this morning I did it on purpose, but not tonight. I really didn't do it on purpose."

Silva just nodded while continuing to clean up the bloodstains from the first to the last step. Slowly so that no blood was left behind, she even cleaned it twice with carbolic acid until the fishy smell no longer smelled.

Juwita faithfully waited down there, the corners of her lips pulled down in regret. She didn't dare approach Silva now, but she needed help getting home. The dilemma now is so complicated because approaching would be wrong, and going even more wrong.

"You can't put on a nicer face?" asked Silva after a few moments of silence.

Juwita smiled happily hearing the sound she wanted all along. She quickly went to the owner of the voice earlier. "In a moment, I'll try to do it because I've never done it before," she said.

The female ghost began to close her eyes, don't know what spell she used to change her terrible figure into a beautiful ghost. The clothes that had been stained with blood were now worn out. Her face also looks charming even though her eyes are sad.

"You are beautiful," Silva said suddenly. She gave a friendly smile to Juwita. "You should have changed from the start, don't use your real face because I'm not that comfortable."

"Sorry, I should have thought of that from the start."