Sophia

Part One~1956~May 19th 1956, a little girl was walking around the township of Thunder bay with her mother, it was a sunny afternoon. At around 3:36pm a black car idled into the town centre. Stopping at a red light. when it turned green, the car sped off down the road at a life threatening speed. Sophia and her mother started to cross the road, the black car sped towards them at an alarming speed, it was to late the black car couldn't stop and Sophia and her mother were both killed, Brent finished the story, his little sister was shaking uncontrollably "what happened to Sophia?" Some say she still walks these streets on warm afternoons looking for revenge...~2008~The next morning Brent's little sister Ava slowly crept down the stairs making sure nobody could hear her, she slowly opened the front door and walked out. While she was on her way to the library she thought she could hear moaning, but it was probably just the trees rustling in the wind. She walked up the front steps of the library very quickly keen to get inside and start researching. She found that the library's one and only computer was taken so she went to the front desk and asked if there were any books on 'Sophia'. The librarian said she would look and find out for her so after 5 minutes of waiting she finally got the answer she had been waiting for, that there were many books that mentioned a girl called Sophia and there even was a article in a old newspaper! So Ava set to work scanning through the books trying to find anything that could help her find more information. Suddenly she came upon a chapter called "The Mysterious Sophia" she scanned the first page to see if it was the right Sophia, and  it was! She read the chapter and took some notes. Then she reached for the article, there was a small picture of a young girl with the tag line underneath it of "Curious Death of Sophia Archibald" she read the article and found that the information in it was very useful AND it matched up to the story from the book. 1 hour after she had got there she suddenly remembered nobody knew where she was so she quickly packed up her things and rushed home thanking the librarian for her help as she went. When she arrived home her mother was pacing the length of the front room and glancing out of the window, when I walked in. When she saw me her eyes shone with anger, "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN AVA?!!" I quickly replied researching a story that Brent told me last night, my mother replied " Oh Ava, those stories that Brent tells you are not true! They are made up rumours from school, he just likes to scare you!" But Mom! This one IS real! In the library there was an article on it and there were many books that stated the disappearance of Sophia, "What did you say? Did you say the name Sophia?" I instantly drew back thinking that I was about to be ridiculed for what I said. "Ava, sit down I need to tell you something". Minutes passed as my mother told me the story of Sophia. Half an Hour later I drew back again In shock, I screamed HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL ME THIS?! my mother replies in a soft tone "I didn't think you knew about the story" WELL YOU WERE WRONG THERE!. I ran up to my room furious with her I kept thinking how could she not tell me her own sister was killed in a crash...~1956~ 1 week after the death of Sophia and her mother, the family held a funeral for them, Sophia's sister Desali had been so shocked at the death of her beloved mother and sister that she could not attend the service, but instead when she was ready watched the video of it. It was a lovely service full of Flowers and tears, it was filmed and broadcast on live Television for the public to see. The other girls at Desali's school paid their respects by wearing blue, Sophia's favorite colour to school one day. All of Sophia's friends were devastated by the loss of the beautiful young girl. ~2008~ Ava's mother Desali was making dinner that night when she remembered she had kept the video tape of the funeral, she called Ava into the room and said "I do have the video tape of the funeral if you would like to see it" "really? yes please" so I go and wash up, find the video tape in a box in the cupboard under the stairs and put in the player for Ava. The video was 2 hours long, I sat down and watched it with her, filling in the details as it played. After it Had finished we were both in tears, I had forgotten how sad and beautiful that funeral was. You told me that Gran had died from child birth! "yes, i'm sorry I should of told you the truth, but it was so hard, you were only a little girl" So what happened to Aunt Sophia and Gran's bodies? "Oh, yes they were buried not far from here actually! We should go and visit them sometime tomorrow, but now it's time for bed.The next day the pair went and visited the two graves, they payed their respect's by placing Rose's on top of each grave. The head stones had a loving message engraved on them, "In loving memory of Sophia and Amy, who died unnesserelly in a accident". We wept together, hoping they could see us, since it was such a long time ago someone had come and placed flowers. After we had got home, I started to research more and more, I wanted to find out more, I wanted to know more about my dead aunt. ~1956~Later that day after the service, they family gathered in the grave yard, preparing to farewell they pair, the two bodies rolled up in the herse, the men of the family ran up to help carry the coffins to the freshly dug holes, they were slowly lowered into place, the women were crying their eyes out, missing the two already. This was a sad goodbye as they were not supposed to leave this world until their time had come, and that resulted in their spirits staying in the world, watching over everybody who loved them. Their mother had passed on to the afterlife as her time had already come so Sophia stayed.~2008~ After researching some more, Ava had concluded that the reason why Sophia had stayed in the world was because she was not ready to leave, she had to complete a few tasks before she could pass on in peace. Ava asked her mother if she could go down to the library that after=noon to do some more reaserch on the subject, of couse vwanting to know more herself Desali had obliged to let Ava go. So that afternoon when Ava was walking down she thought she heard someone whispering in her ear *Don't goo-o-o-o-o* she turned around to see nothing but the street behind her, she continued to walk down the road to the library when this time she was sure she heard a girl say *Don't goo-o-o-o* and someone touch her shoulder, she kept thinking to herself that Is just my imagination playing up, after all I have been researching creepy topics, but her gut feeling was that Sophia was haunting her, trying to tell her something. But she could not convince her brain that it was Sophia, so she decided to continue on her way, and she was not disturbed again by any kind of "Spirit".When she finally reached the library she went straight to the desk on the far side of the room, wanting to stay as far away as she could from the public. She bought out her laptop and set up all her papers, then she went to find some more books on Ghost's or Spirits. She found some but they did not help at all it was just saying the different types of Ghost's and what the come back to earth for. So she resorted to using the Internet as her book. Ava continued to search up all sorts of things, including, How to communicate with a Ghost. All she found from that search was a little kids game of Ghost hunting. She went back and searched the words "Sophia Archibald 1948-1956" it came up with a list of website but only one caught her eye, a website called "The Mystery Of Sophia" she clicked the link and went onto it, instantly seeing that it would help her, it had a description of her and a picture that matched the ones she had seen in the Video tape.  There was a tab saying Family tree,   Ava clicked it and it came up with descendants of Sophia, it included her mother Desali Archibald and her mother's other younger sister Isabelle and their mother and Ava's gran who also died Amy Archibald. So this site definitely was what she had been looking for. She suddenly looked at the time, the library will be closing soon! so again she quickly packed up her things, texted her Mom that she was coming home now, then walked quickly out of the door so she did not cause any disruption. Part Two~1956~Months passed after the death of Sophia and Amy, people eventually carried on with their lives, as if nothing had happened, but in their hearts they think of the tradgic event everyday and they miss the two lovely young girls dearly.~2008~Ava walked back down the street, thinking about all her discoverys, she could not wait to tell her mom what she had found. When she got home she walked up stairs to her room and set her laptop back in its placed she turned around and a white figure stood there her head bleeding and on a unnatural angle, she floated closer, whispering *you did not listen, I am Sophia* Ava took a step back and screamed, her mom came rushing up and Sophia quickly dissapered. What happend Ava?! I stood there shocked at what I had just whitnessed, I thought so ghosts are real. Then I came back to reality with my mom staring at me saying "ava?!" I looked at her she looked at my eyes and said "Oh My GOD!" I nodded that was all I could do then I sat down in the same spot where Sophia had been, it was cold yet strangly wet. I thought that it could be her blood that had the wet feeling. I slowly got up and hugged my mom, some how I got two word's out; She's Real. After dinner that night, I sat down on the sofa to watch the video tape again to see if that face, that sinister smile actually belonged to Sophia, I watched the tape again and again staying up basiclly the whole night, trying to find a clear picture of Sophia. My mom came down at around 6:00 am and told me to turn the TV of and go to bed.