Chapter 5: Possession

Chapter 5: Possession

It was break time, and I stayed inside their classroom. I kept my head down on the desk, simply soaking in the silence of the room.

A loud thud broke the silence. I turned to my right. I saw a somewhat older-looking girl, compared to her classmates, slowly stand up. My eyebrows furrowed when I noticed one of Freiya’s classmates sneak behind the girl without her noticing. I stood up and walked over to them.

My eyebrows were furrowed as I read what was written on the paper: “I’m so pretty, aren’t I? Are you jealous?” Oh, this is really crossing the line! I looked over at the group of male students, and I could see their grins.

The girl tried to protest, but she was cut off by one of the guys. "What’s wrong? Are you going to cry? Are you going to tell your mom? Owwwwwww," he teased, and his friends laughed along. The girl stayed silent, and I could tell she was on the verge of tears. I suddenly felt sympathy for her. An emotion stirred inside me, and I wasn’t sure why, but it felt like I knew exactly what she was going through.

One of the guys grabbed her bag and was about to swing it at her. I ran toward the girl to stop him. I raised my hands to stop the guy. I saw how I was able to hold his hand with my bare hands and stop him with physical strength. The guy’s face registered shock, and I was equally stunned. He quickly regained himself and pulled his hand away from mine. I then felt a force from behind and quickly dodged, causing one of the guys to crash into the desk in front of me. He shot me a harsh glare. I turned around and immediately grabbed the hand of another guy who was about to push me. I pushed his hand off, and he staggered backward.

Another guy was about to swing the bag at me again, but a voice stopped him.

"Jeff! What do you think you’re doing?" It was the teacher’s authoritative voice. "You’re not children anymore to be bullying your classmate! Where is your respect? It’s as if you’ve forgotten what that even means! You know bullying is wrong. If I hadn’t come in early, I wouldn’t have known just how rotten your behavior is! Now, go back to your seats!" the teacher added, furious. She walked over to me—or, more accurately, to the girl who had been bullied earlier, the one whose body I was in at that moment.

The teacher sighed and gently took my hand. "Are you okay, Kyla?" she asked. I nodded slowly. "Next time, if they do this again, tell me or any teacher, okay?" she added calmly, then gave the boys now sitting in their seats a sharp, reproachful look. I nodded quietly.

I glanced toward the door, and just then, Freiya entered. She looked around as if searching for something. I was about to call out to her, but just as I took a step forward, a strong force pushed me. I turned around and only then realized I was no longer inside the girl’s body that I had inhabited just moments ago. The girl was left standing there, clearly confused, as she looked around, unsure of what had just happened.

My eyes quickly searched for Freiya, and I saw her walking toward me. She casually waved at me and then took her seat. Even though I was still unsettled from earlier, I decided to follow her to the back of the room and wait for their class to end.

I walked alongside Freiya. Their class had just finished, and now we were heading home. I glanced at her before speaking, "Freiya, I think I can possess someone."

She turned to look at me. "How?"

"Well, you know, while you were buying food in the canteen earlier… Ummm, one of your classmates was being bullied by some others. I was about to help her, but when I tried to intervene and stop them from hitting her with the bag, I was suddenly surprised because I was controlling her body. I mean, I was the one controlling her body." I explained to her in one long sentence. Her eyes widened in disbelief. "Really?" she asked eagerly. I nodded. Her smile grew wider, "Let’s try it!!!" she exclaimed excitedly.

I gave her an unsure smile, "But I’m not really sure how I did it. It just kind of happened, and I ended up outside of her body."

"Then let’s practice!" she suggested.

I just smiled and shook my head. How were we going to make this work?