Chapter 1- Fire, Fire!

Some are just better off dead

Tianna slowly washed her hands after flushing the toilet.

She looked into the mirror and sighed. She brushed a strand out of her face.

"Well... Tomorrow is the big day...."

 "I can't sleep, too much jitters..."

 Tianna sat down on the couch and flipped on the television.

"More news on the recent sightings of spirits around town."

 Tianna leaned in and listened to the woman anchor take her turn speaking.

"Yes Phil, apparently what we would normally call Ghosts have not been taking their trip to the spirit world anymore, Perhaps the Grim Reaper is ticked off?"

 Tianna leaned back, "That's strange...."

 They camera turned to a scientist being interviewed. "We believe what has happened is that what originally kept humans from entering said Spirit World has suddenly been flung open for no reason at all. It's quite possible however that the return of our loved ones just might not be the best for us..."

 Tianna's face went into a more serious expression. "Some are better off dead..."

 The wind howled outside Tianna's house.

She slowly leaned over and fell asleep to the sound of the weatherman giving the upcoming forecast.

 "AHHHHHHH"

Tianna shot out of her bed, "How....."

"How did I end up in my bed....." she panicked and looked around worriedly. 

 Something moved outside.

 Tianna looked outside worriedly, "This is not the day to be terrified.... Not the day at all...."

 She exited her room and headed for the kitchen.

She opened the fridge, "Maybe some eggs for breakfast? I need to stay in shape...."

 She placed the bowl on the counter and begun mixing the eggs.

 She began calming down a bit, "Hopefully I'm just imagining things... maybe I dreamed that whole newscast and am freaking out over nothing...."

 She poured the mix into a pan, sizzling and beginning to crisp up.

 As she begun cooking once more, someone moved past her window.

Tianna's eyes narrowed and she looked up, "Dear God......"

She looked over and saw the door slide open.

 Someone walked in.

 Tianna refused to look at the person, "Please don't be a ghost... Please don't....."

 The woman shot her head back, "Tsup Tianna" she said in a really ghetto accent.

 Tianna sighed with relief and looked over, "Hey Jaqueline, I thought you were someone else."

"What are you doing..."

 "Making eggs" Tianna said confidently before dropping an entire thing of salt into the pan.

 "Uhh..... you okay? Today is the day...."

 Tianna nervously grabbed the salt before it could fill the pan. "Of course... Why wouldn't I be..."

Tianna grabbed the spatula and tried to keep the bottom of the eggs from burning.

"Well... I'm glad.... Almost thought you beleived I was a ghost which is so stupid...."

 Tianna closed her eyes and stopped scrapping.

 "What if I did....." she answered shyly.

Jaqueline's eyes sharpened.

 Suddenly, Tianna burst into flames.

 "Well... That happened didn't it..."

 "I'm... I'm on fire!! Jaqueline help!!"

"You deal with it, You burned my eggs you snit"

Tianna tried to pat out the flamed but couldn't.

 She ran in and quickly showered off the flames.

Suddenly, the fire began spreading as though invisible hands were fanning the flames.

Jaqueline began screaming intensely and fled Tianna's house.

 Tianna kicked down the door and brought a fire extinguisher.

 She clicked it in gear and shot out the white puffs that covered and extinguished the flames.

 She struggled as the force of the extinguished pushed her back, but she kept her ground.

 The flames finished burning and the extinguisher clanked to the ground.

Tianna wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead.

"Well, guess I can start my diet now that my oven's ruined"