Two best friends, Andy and Lila, heard of an old seer in their neighbourhood and decided to find out what the future had in store for them. Right after school, they made their way to her house. The seer’s house was like any ordinary house. Before they could knock, the door swung open with a sweet old lady standing in the doorway. She had bright brown eyes, a trusting face, and a voice that was soothing to the heart.
“You came to know your future,”
she said, and they nodded. They all went inside and sat by a round table in the middle of the room. The seer brought a handmade doll, which looked like Andy. After a moment of silence, she whispered;
“You, Andy, will be killed by the one you love most dearly.”
And just like that, the doll changed form to look like Lila, and the seer proceeded;
“And you will choke on your own hair.”
They asked how much for the reading, but she said not now. They both ran out, scared and in disbelief. Several days after the encounter, they swore in blood that if what the seer said came to pass, they would both hunt down their murderers in their next life.
Years later, Andy lived life to the fullest before getting married to a beautiful woman. They both traveled back and forth, enjoying their time together. Lila, on the other hand, got paranoid over the years, trying to avoid the seer’s words. Months later, she got news of Andy’s passing and went to pay her respects. She passed by their old neighborhood and glanced at the place where the seer used to live, and her house had been torn down, and new neighbors had moved in. It filled her with joy to see the seer’s house gone.
She got to Andy’s house, and before she could knock, the door swung open, and she was greeted by Andy’s widow. She was beautiful, with bright brown eyes that looked too familiar. Nevertheless, she went inside, and the widow brought her a cup of tea. Lila took a sip and asked what happened to Andy: how did he die? Andy’s wife breathed a sigh of relief and responded.
“He was killed by the one he loved most dearly. And you, by your own hair.”
Shocked to hear this, she attempted to flee the house, but the woman pinned her down with incredible strength and morphed into the old seer. The seer laughed and started stuffing Lila’s mouth with her own hair. She died minutes later, and the old woman said with relief.
“Another 70 years of life for myself.”
Suddenly, all the doors swung open, and behind her stood Andy and Lila’s ghosts.
“Not too fast, we have a reading for you. For all the lives you’ve taken, it’s time to answer for them,”
Andy and Lila said in unison before dragging her to the depths of their dimension.
