I never thought that exorcism would look this scary, but I knew if she tried to escape, it would never go away. It was like taking out a soul and replacing it again and again. It felt like there's another person replaced by her soul. I just wished that we hadn’t done such a stupid idea and visited that place...
Emily Ayden was a fascinating soul that inspired her friends to have a better attitude towards life. She was always looking for an adventure with a fearless attitude. On the other hand, Emily's roommate knew it, because she came from a barbarian family. Victoria felt envious toward Emily’s barbarian beauty, and always tried to copy anything she did, hoping that she could look just as beautiful. Waking up to the ringing of the alarm clock set on my bedside table, I put on my glasses and headed to the bathroom to get ready before Emily wake up. She always got angry if she woke up and I was not done with the bathroom, since she took forever to get ready no matter what the occasion is. The bell rang indicating that the first period had started, and I hurried to my first class thinking about some plans for tonight since it was Friday the thirteenth.
After attending four classes, the nuns dismissed all the students to get ready for tonight. While everyone strolled away excited for their plans, Emily and I walked to our dorm hoping that we could find something to do tonight. "Can we please visit the cemetery next to us?" Emily said eagerly, hoping I would agree to go to the HAUNTED cemetery next to our orphanage.
I just couldn’t believe she was this crazy, but I added courageously "We can drop by and come back before the sunsets since we have nothing to do.”
On our way to the cemetery Emily was squealing and talking excitingly until we finally arrived.
I trembled and hesitated to open the gate, since I was having a terrible feeling about this. We entered the cemetery with big cautious eyes staring at the scenery in front of us. Fog was covering the place, and dark black crows hovered over the graves. The place was littered and disgusting with enormous banyans planted on both sides of the pathway in front of the gate. They attracted my attention because according to Sister Mary, our biology teacher, banyans are normally located in the east of Asia. I ignored everything in realization that Emily wasn’t insight anymore.
I called loudly "Emily, where are you? Stop kidding around. It’s time to leave. The sun is setting, “but all I heard is crickets chirping. I walked guardedly towards the fountain located in the center of the cemetery, which was still running with unclean water. I started calling her name again and again until I heard whispers and my spirits lift with hope. Emily was sitting before me rocking back and forth with a huge stupid smile on her face and wide glistening eyes staring at me.
“What’s wrong Emily? Are you ok?" I asked. Emily replied with a laughing sob and stood up heading to the gate and exiting the park. I was staring with utter denial at what had just happened. I followed her feeling panicky and a bit shaken about all of this. As I was following her, I noticed that we weren’t going back to the orphanage; it wasn’t the right path. I hesitantly asked Emily, “Where are we going?” She answered me with a freakishly creepy grin. I then stopped and stood still for a few minutes. Emily didn’t stop walking. She continued and disappeared into the dark forest.

I went back to the orphanage alone since Emily was acting weird and scary. It was past twelve o’clock, which meant I’m in huge trouble. As I walked through the dark green hallway, my thoughts drifted away to how all the nuns and sister Marry would react when they find out that Emily is not with me. When I reached to the stairs, I saw sister Marry sitting on the stair staring at me with her deep brown eyes gazing in to mine. “Where have you been, and where’s Emily?” she asked furiously trying not to raise her voice because the rest of the orphans were asleep. I stood there quietly not knowing how to tell her about what happened to Emily. Then she scolded at me and yelled, “Answer me, Victoria!” I then had to tell her. I couldn’t lie to Sister Marry; she’d been the closest thing to a mother to me since my biological mother left me. I didn’t want to disappoint her, so I started to talk about how Emily was acting creepy after she had entered the cemetery and how she had disappeared into the dark forest without hesitating. Sister Marry was shocked and worried. She didn’t know what to do, so she ordered me to go to sleep.
I headed to my room confused about what had happened to Emily, and of course, I was worried about her. In fact, I was so worried that I stayed up all night thinking about her. I stayed up till three o’clock then drifted to sleep. As I woke up the next day, I found Emily sleeping like a baby. I was too scared to wake her up, because she really frightened me yesterday. I got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast. Everyone else was still asleep. I sat down, ate and enjoyed the delicious taste of my home baked muffins. While I was eating my breakfast-heard footsteps.
My heart started to beat rapidly. I was still afraid and shocked. My brain still didn’t process the horror that I had faced yesterday. The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Then I saw Emily . She was standing by the door, her eyes red as blood, her skin pale as snow, and her long dark black hair covering her face. She looked different. She looked like a demon. Emily started to walk towards me while I was moving backwards trying to get away from her. I wanted to go to Sister Marry. I couldn’t handle the horror that I was witnessing. What’s wrong with Emily? She’s obviously isn’t normal! I suddenly bumped the sink behind me. I had nowhere to go to! As she came closer to me, Emily whispered to my ears, “Emily is gone forever!” and disappeared into the hallway. After that, I was sure that what I just saw wasn’t Emily. I collapsed to the ground with tears trickling from my dark brown eyes. Sister Marry found me crying. She swiftly came to me and hugged me really tight as she sat on the floor next to me asking me what was wrong. My tongue was tied. I couldn’t speak. I was shocked, and mortified. I just faced a demon for God’s sake!
Sister Marry gave me a cup of cold water to make me feel better which really helped. I hesitated to tell her about what had happened. I didn’t want her to think I was crazy or stupid. Trying to convince someone that I just faced an evil demon is not an easy thing to do. I had never believed in all these supernatural things. I had never thought they existed in the real world. I decided to keep it a secret for now. I told Sister Marry that I wasn’t feeling well. This was the first time I’d ever lied to her, and obviously I felt really guilty about it. I decided to go back to bed for the day. I missed all my classes watching over my shoulders. I was worried that the demon inside of Emily would somehow hurt me. When all classes ended, Emily came back to our room. Shockingly, she was acting normal as if nothing had happened today in the kitchen. She approached to me with her warm smile, hugged me and said, “Hope you’re feeling better, Vick.” I awkwardly hugged her back. I was confused; I didn’t know what to do, so I decided to act normal. Nighttime came and I headed back to my room to change into my nightgown. I did my nightly prayer before I went to sleep. Then Emily entered the room quietly; silence crammed the room. As we both reposed on our beds, we drifted to sleep. I woke up hearing a strange harsh laughing voice and red eyes were gawking into mine. It was happening all over again. The demon was back! I screamed at the top of my lungs, hoping that someone would hear me and come to my rescue. (

“Help me! Help me!” I screamed and repeated those words, hoping that someone could end this torment that I’m facing. I tried to get out of the room, but the demon was placing invisible mirrors wherever I went that were preventing me from escaping. I had nowhere to go. I couldn’t escape! As I walked backwards, I found myself standing in one of the corners of the room. I was scared and startled about what might happen to me. Would I be able to survive this, or the termination of my life is soon? She approached to me with a sinister smile, “There is no Emily now and there won’t be any Victoria”. She extended her hands up, placed it on to my neck, and began to suffocate me. Suddenly, Sister Mary entered the room and unexpectedly the demon disappeared and Emily returned asleep as if nothing had ever happened. Sister Mary didn’t realize anything; she didn’t even have the slightest clue about what I had gone through. She looked at me with shock and curiosity while I was standing in the corner of the room, with my eyes that were filled with fear and tears, and my color that turned into a pale shade of yellow. Sister Marry ran towards me, hugged me tightly; and said: “What’s going on with you, my dear daughter? Are you ok?? I came to you worried, because I thought something had hurt you!” She didn’t know that if she didn’t show up for at least three seconds more, she would have seen me dead. I didn’t answer any of her questions. I just held her hands firmly as I started to cry. Sister Mary gently took me to my bed and rested beside me to make me feel better. The sun shone as I woke up trying to forget about what had happened to me last night. I started getting ready for today because of the trip we are going this afternoon. No one knew anything about this trip; the nuns told us that it is a surprise. Five minutes later, Emily woke up. At the beginning, I felt a bit nervous, but when I saw her movements and expressions, I figured out that she was the real Emily. “Are you ready for today’s trip, Vick?” Emily asked enthusiastically. “Yes! And how is everything going with you? Did you sleep well?” I asked curiously, wanting to know if she remembered anything from yesterday. “Actually, I had the best sleep yesterday; I did not sleep like this since a year or so”. At that moment, I was sure a hundred percent that she was not responsible of her actions, and she didn’t have any idea about the demon that possessed her. Our first class was biology. While we were walking to class, my heart was beating promptly, knowing that Sister Mary would ask me about what had happened last night. In these forty minutes of class, Sister Mary didn’t take her eyes off me. She kept staring at me all the time! I kept on biting my nails because of the tension that was controlling me, thinking of what my answer would be if she asks me about how I acted yesterday. The bell rang, and Sister Mary dismissed everyone apart from me. Sister Mary summoned me and started asking me questions about yesterday’s situation. I was evading her questions by giving stupid answers that cannot be believed until she said with all affection and love, holding my hands, “I’m worried about you dear. Please, don’t hide anything from me. If anything bad happens to you, I wouldn’t forgive myself.” I was nodding my head back and forth not knowing what to tell her. I felt like a fool, and as soon as Sister Marry dismissed me, I then headed to my room with the fear of being chased again by the demon. I was confused whether I should tell Sister Marry about what’s going on with me. I felt that sheknew something about the situation I’m in, but she isn’t sure about it. Nighttime came, andas Iwas changing into my nightgown, I noticed that Sister Marry was coming to my room quickly. When she entered the room; I asked her directly, “What’s going on?”She repliedthat she just wanted to check on me. I couldn’t sleep, the thought of me dying in my sleep kept me awake all night long. I was frightened. I just wanted all this to end; I just wanted my friend back! I had this feeling in my heart that something is about to happen. I kept on asking myself if I was a good person. Am I being agood friend? Knowing what’s wrong with her and hiding the truth about it? I knew that deep down inside me, Emily wassuffering, and Icould hear hercrying for help... I wanted to help her; I wanted to relief her from this pain she’s in, but how?!? …

Time passed by without me noticing it was three in the morning!!!I forced myself to sleep and shut my eyes down slowly. Then all of a sudden I heard the door cracking. I was so nervous I didn’t move a singlemuscle. Heavy footsteps came towards me!! As I pictured myself in a horror movie!! I knew it this is the time where I stood up bravely and spokeup.” I WANT MY FRIEND BACK!”I shouted “DON’T YOU EVER… “, Suddenly my face turned slightly red from the embarrassment I was feeling. It wasn’t Emily, its Sister Marry! She looked at me baffled not knowing whether to laugh or to cry, to hug me or to stay away from me. She thought that something was terribly wrong with me. I wanted to explain everything to her, but I knew that she hasn’t been able to handle it, and I was afraid that once I tell her she’d leave me just like my biological mother did. She looked at me with a sympathetic look. I wasn’t sure what was going on. I asked her “What is wrong?” I repeated these word a couple of times more. Sister Marry then approached me, and whispered in my ears with a deep sorrowful voice ‘’ we have to do something about Emily …… we have to save her.” I understood what she was talking about. She pointed to the window, Emily stood on the edge of the rooftop on the opposite building from the orphanage. Sister Marry yelled out as she started to cry, “Emily’s life is now in the hands of this wicked demon!” I immediately told her that she needed to calm down in order for her to think right and help rescue Emily. I ran to the nun’s rooms to wake them all up for help and got the keys of the other building, while Sister Marry was calling the priest for help. As soon as we all came together we thought that we were too late to help Emily, but she was lying on the ground bursting with tears! Sister Marry ran to her, but the priest stopped her because he wasn’t sure if it was Emily or the demon acting like Emily. Emily stayed down on the ground for a while she was hiding her face, not making any other movements and sounds. We didn’t know who she was. Suddenly Emily screamed with a deep none human voice, when we knew that she wasn’t Emily it was the demon! Emily’s head started to spin as her body started to bend over like it had no bones. We all heard her spine and bones as they cracked! I never thought that I’d ever witness something like this. The demon yelled out saying that he’s going to make each and every one of us suffer for taking something that doesn’t belong to us… The roof got dark. I took a glimpse of something that shone on Emily’s chest, and I’d seen this necklace before! It shocked me! It was the same necklace I had seen in the haunted cemetery. It was on Emily’s chest! She must have taken it when we had visited the hunted cemetery. I never thought that I could do this, but as soon as I saw the necklace, I yanked the necklace off of Emily’s neck. The demon was getting weaker and weaker. The priest then started an elaborate ritual that vanished demons and killed them. The demon started to panic, its voice was getting louder and louder it even started saying words than none of us understood but the priest. Emily’s body was scattered into pieces all over the roof; the place was bloody. The demon promised that he’d make us all suffer, so he did. Sister Marry and I were the only ones who survived this incident. Later on things got worse, sister Marry was in a coma, and after several months she had passed away. I lost everyone I cared about. My real mother gave me up and she obviously didn’t want me back. The person I cared about the most, Sister Marry, was like a mother to me. She loved me, understood me, and was always there for me, had just died. My closest friend who was more than a sister to me, passed away in the rooftop with a demon possessing every inch of her soul and body. I finally decided to leave this place no matter how hard or tough the real world is. I’ve survived a demon attack that killed everyone but me, and I can handle other things that might happen in my future life. I promised myself to never look back at this awful memory; I couldn’t let that evil demon win again! Yes, he took everything away from me, but I still have his stupid necklace, which I’ll never ever give back. (