Twin Destiny

Most people can not remember the moment they were born, but I can and in vivid detail. I remember being inside the womb with my twin sister. She was sick so I tried to use my energy to help her. Unfortunately, it didn’t work, and she died and was still born, I was also weak due to trying to save her and I also died soon after I was born. I remember holding my sister’s hand as we looked down at our dead bodies. We were no longer babies, but around ten years old. Our mum was in bad shape and was rushed to surgery due to haemorrhaging. Our poor father was sat in a chair looking lost, his whole world had just come crashing down. I looked to my side and saw a huge angle appear with magnificent black and white wings. He smiled at me and then shook his head pointing at my body. I saw the nurses working on trying to revive me. Suddenly I was s*ck*d away from my sister and pulled back into my body. I let out a loud scream needing my sister back with me. I looked up and saw her with the angel, I decided I did not like him anymore. He was trying to take my sister away and she was refusing, I carried on crying trying to get her attention. She looked over at me before saying something to the angel and leaving him to lay next to me.

“It’s ok, I will never leave your side again” She murmured as she stroked my hair.

My father came over and lifted me into his arms as he cried. My sister sat on the chair arm next to him. “We lost your sister little one, we lost Kitty” He started to cry harder.

“I wish he knew I was right here” Kitty sighed

All I could do was gurgle, the joys of being a baby.

My mum came out of surgery and recovered well, and we all went home. Kitty helped me through learning to walk and talk. My first word was Kitty, my parents looked at me in shock and then smiled. They thought I just said her name as they spoke of her often.

“If only they knew I am still here” She smiled at me as we played dolls.

I smiled at her and then turned to my parents “Kitty here” I told them pointing at Kitty

“What did you say?” My mother asked coming over to sit next to me.

“Kitty here” I told her again pointing at my sister again.

Kitty looked at her smiling, she had been trying to move solid objects. It used a lot of her energy, but she managed to move the doll that was in front of her. My mother gasped as she looked at the doll that was floating in the air before it fell.

“Brent” She yelled “Did you just see that?”

Dad walked over and looked at me in shock “Is she really here baby?”

“umm hmm” I hummed grinning “Kitty here”

After that things were perfect, mum and dad started setting a spot at the table for Kitty. Even though she could not eat she was still part of the family. I though this was how life would always be, I thought my life and my family was normal. But the I turned five and I had to start school, I was so excited to make new friends. I held my mums and Kitty’s hand as I skipped into the classroom to meet my new friends. The teacher seemed nice and sat me down at a desk between another couple of girls.

“What about Kitty?” I asked “She will need a desk too”

“Who is Kitty?” The teacher asked.

“My sister” I told her pointing at Kitty who was stood right next to me.

“What is she talking about?” The teacher asked my mum.

“She can see her dead sister” Mum told her.

“We do not encourage that kind of rubbish here” The teacher glared at her and walked her out of the classroom and closed the door. She then turned to me “We do not have desks for people who are not real” She sneered.

This caused all the other children in the class to start laughing and pointing fingers at me.

“What a freak” On boy laughed.

“Who still has imaginary friends at five” another girl joined in.

 “Don’t let them know they have upset you” Kitty told me “I will figure something out to get them to leave you alone.

I did as she said and tried to act brave and hold in my tears. As soon as it was morning play everyone ran outside to play while I snook away to the toilets. I entered the cubicle and let the tears flow.

When the bell rang to go back to class, I wiped my face and went back to class. The other children carried on teasing me and some of them even threw things at me. I had decided I hated school and wished I had just stayed home with my parents. At lunch I found a tree near the back field, not many kids seemed to come out here. I sat down and started to eat my lunch, since no one was around I could talk to Kitty freely. For the first time since arriving at school I was finally happy.

“I hate it here” I told her “Why do they think you are imaginary?”

“Because you have a gift, not many people can see ghosts”

“So, I should hide the fact I can see you?”

“Maybe, just when you are around new people. I will figure something out that will stop the kids teasing you” She grinned at me.

“Ok” I smiled back “I will just focus on learning and staying away from people”

“It will get better” She gave me a hug just as the bell rang and we had to go back to class.

After school I ran out of the door to find my mum, I noticed straight away that she was getting funny looks from the other parents.

As soon as she saw me, she opened her arms, and I went running into them “Why are the other mums looking at you funny?” I asked.

“Because I do not fit into their standards baby girl”

I had no idea what she was talking about, so I left it and let her walk me to her bike. My parents did not drive a car as they did not want to hard the environment. Looking around at the cars the other mums drove I started to think that maybe my parents were different.

We arrived home and my father was just coming in from tending to the animals, my parents were self sufficient and grew all our food themselves.

“How was your first day?” he asked as he sat down and pulled me into his lap.

“The kids think I am freak” I sighed “They said that Kitty is just imaginary. Kitty said I should not talk about her around people I don’t know. She said