Part 1I was scrolling through eBay at midnight, I was trying to buy a gift for my mom. I bought some beauty products for my mom, as soon as I clicked “Buy” I yawned so I closed my laptop, and walked over to my bed right on the side. I flopped down and went on my phone. I wonder if he’s awake right now, I went to Instagram and saw his status. Offline. I groaned, bored out of my mind, then a thought came to my mind. What if I bought an Ouija board? I was going to have a sleepover the day after tomorrow with my friends, and I had nothing in mind. I searched on Google to see if there were any shops nearby me that sold Ouija Boards. I found one called “Spiritual Awakening”.
*”*Who names their store that?” I said aloud. There were no other options so I decided I would check it out tomorrow. I went to charge my phone and didn’t bother to change my clothes. So, I went to bed.
Beep Beep Beep
“Aughhh” I was still half-asleep, I grabbed my phone and hit “stop”. I got up and forced myself to open my eyes. “Oh my lord, why is it so bright today?” I rubbed my eyes and did my morning routine. I changed into a beige crop top, a pink sweater, with a pastel pink skirt. I put my wallet, phone, car key, some makeup products, and wet wipes. As soon as I made sure that I brought everything I needed, I left. I got in the car and let google maps do all the work. I arrived at the shop after 15 minutes and headed inside.
I was greeted with multiple dolls, crystals, and dream catchers… It was pretty considering the limited space, I looked around and felt as if I was being watched.
“Hellllooooooo” I turned around and saw a ginger-haired lady who looked to be a little older than me. “What are you looking for today? Haunted dolls, dream catchers, books on your dreams, or an Ouija board?” She asked, grinning mischievously. “Someone told me that you were looking for an Ouija board yesterday, correct?” She lowered her voice, as she said this. I got the shivers, how did she know what I wanted?
“Oh, hi, uhh…yeah, I was looking for an Ouija board. Umm, may I ask how you know?” The lady was brushing off the dust as I asked and then turned to me.
‘Silly, I know everything,” I gave her a look that said yeah-sure-i-don’t-believe-you. “Don’t believe me? Well then, you’re Jess Himie, 25 years old and you are looking for an Ouija board to play with your friends at a sleepover, correct?” I gasped, how did she know? I wanted to get away from here as fast as possible.
“Yes, that is correct, now may you please direct me to where the Ouija boards are?”
“Sure! Right this way!” She walked past me and I followed her. I was concerned at how much she knew about me despite not having any connections before. I shrugged it off, and got the Ouija board from her, paid, and left. Before leaving though I heard something under her breath, but couldn’t make words with it so I brushed it off.
What was that all about? The Ouija board was expensive yet dusty, I opened it in my car and saw everything placed neatly, the plack and the board. There were no instructions in it, but I knew how to use one, it was easy. I got back home and started decorating the house for tomorrow. I called all my friends to make sure they knew what to bring.
“Amanda, you sure you know what to bring?” Kristen asked, with a slight hint of annoyance in her voice.
“Of course! Don’t worry about it.” Amanda responded she has no care in the world. I laughed in the background as they argued. Jen typed in the chat and sent Stop fighting you guys, if anything goes unplanned we can fix it together! I started to type, Jen just let them be, I know you are the problem solver, but when have they ever listened? As Amanda and Kristen kept on arguing, Jen and I talked about how funny and dumb each argument was. Finally, they both had finished complaining, and we continued to plan out everything, everything went smoothly except for a couple of outbreaks here and there.
At around 130 pm, we ended our call and I did some more clean-up before becoming all tired, I looked over at the Oujia board and it seemed as if I was drawn to something. I was tempted to pick it up, but I forced myself not to, and to wait for my friends before playing. I tried to watch some Tiktok pass the time but it just feels like something or someone is calling for me to pick up the board. I got quite annoyed and took a nap.
I woke up at the sound of scratches, huh is that the stray cat again? Ugh, it keeps coming back. I walked over to open the door and scare it away instead, there was nothing. “What the actual fuck, did it run away before I even got to the door?” I slammed the door, upset that I couldn’t sleep much. It was now 532 pm, I wasn’t in the mood to cook, so I just went out to grab some McDonalds. I sat near the vending machine, scrolling through Quora. I looked like such a mess, I barely could keep my eyelids open and decided to just sleep for the night, tomorrow is a big day anyways.
Beep Beep Beep
Today was the day! I got a great sleep, and nothing is ruined, yet. I went to my closet and picked out a floral dress, and a white cardigan. I brushed my hair and did my makeup, everything was going well. I went downstairs and went to make breakfast for myself. I went to the fridge to get some fruit” and found a peanut butter jar inside…
Did I accidentally buy this? I’m allergic to peanut butter… I grabbed the jar and looked at it cautiously, No one was at my house yesterday. the cat was nowhere to be found, and it usually comes at that time. However, the lady did seem to say something, but I couldn’t make anything out of it. Nothing unusual after that…
I left it in the fridge just in case Kristin wanted it, she loves peanut butter and I didn’t want my money to go to waste. I proceeded with the day like how I always did, and then I hear a…
Ding!
“Coming!” I yelled as I rushed over to open the door for my friends, we all gathered inside and talked about our lives, it was such a long time since we ever went on a hangout like this. We laughed and teased each other. A great moment to cherish, then Amanda piped up, “Hey guys let’s play some games and then eat at the restaurant that we used to always eat at. How does that sound?” We all nodded our heads in agreement and played truth or dare, Monopoly, Mario Kart, super smash bros, and Wolvesville. We had lots of fun and then we got ready to get out, we rode Kristin’s car to get to Crab Daddy, it tasted just like how it did before. We didn’t notice the time until we were all full and ready to go back to my house.
“That was so much fun!!”
“Yeah, it felt like as if we had no tomorrow huh?”
“Oh shush, just wait till you see my Ouija board that we’re going to play.” I chimed, snickering.
“Imagine if you got scammed girl,” we laughed at Jen’s comment, inside, I was praying that I didn’t get scammed.
We soon landed in my house and went straight for the bedroom. We lit some candles and dimmed my light. Jen wanted to be the leader to ask questions, while Amanda had to write down what the spirit said. Kristin and I were in charge of handling the plachet.
We all read the prayer and then we started.
“Is there any spirit that wants to talk with us?” Jen starts
It starts to move, to “Hello” Amanda keeps the record and we keep on going.
“Are you a good or an evil spirit?”
It moves to G, O, O, and D then returns to the middle. We rejoice as we have nothing to worry about anymore. Amanda shushes us and Kristin scowls at her.
We waited for Jen to ask the next question. “What’s your name?”
“Seriously? The most basic question?” Amanda pipes, we ignore her as the planchet moves to A, L, E, and X. “And a basic answer.”
“Shush! You do know that spirits also have feelings right?” Jen squeaks, she becomes pale, and I was about to take my hands off until it started moving.
I, T, I, S, O, K, A, Y
“Are you sure, we deeply apologize for our friend’s action Alex,” Jen, Kristin, and I all say. Amanda rolls her eyes and continues writing. We all continue for another 15 minutes before going to bed. Our experience was overall good, it was kind of disappointing to not become one of those really scary paranormal kind of stories. Nevertheless, we were all grateful that we didn’t meet an evil spirit.
Jen and Kristin were talking about how cool it was, until I remembered, “Hey, did we say goodbye to the spirit?”“No, I don’t think we did…Amanda did we?” Jen said.
“Uhm, let me check…No, nothing.” She looks at us gravely, we were either in danger, or fine. We didn’t want to risk it, we all gathered our supplies and quickly said goodbye, covering the Ouija board back in its case. We all sighed, thinking we were safe.”That was a close call.”
“Yeah”
We decided to end the night and went to bed. I was in a deep slumber until somebody screamed.
“AAAAAAAAAAAHAHHHHHHHHH” Jen screams in horror, pointing at the closet, I woke up and so did everyone else, we all looked at her and then at the closet.
“What the actual fuck is going on with that book?”
“We’re all seeing the same thing, right?” We all knew the answer. It was floating in the air, I rubbed my eyes to get a clearer look at it. It was actually floating in mid-air. As soon as we realized what happened the book flung at Amanda, and we all shrieked. She moaned in pain, and her forehead was bleeding. I think the answer was clear, the spirit was angered.
We ran across the room, scared. Jen and I looked at each other and Kristin was staring at Amanda. The book started to move again, this time at me, I ran and jumped on the bed, until I slipped and hit my knee against the bed’s edge. The book hit me on the back and I fell, on my head. I slowly closed my eyes, hoping they can get it under control. They were our last hope