by midnight a woke up to realize that she could not move any part of her body it was as if something was holding her down making it difficult for her to move for hours she remained stuck on the bed and struggled to regain control of her body once morning came I really felt as though a weight was lifted from her body as she stood up from her bed terrified [Music] Once Upon a Time a girl named a went to the Village Market to buy some clothes it was almost Christmas and her father gave her some
money to buy some new clothes for Christmas filled with excitement I really rushed off to the Village Market she decided to buy some used clothes which seemed to be way cheaper than the new ones sold in the CL clothing stores she arrived one of the popular trip sellers in the market and began to see through the Heap of clothes that she had on sale after a few minutes I caught sight of an extremely beautiful dress which seemed to grab her attention she immediately set the dress aside and continued to search for other dresses that she
liked not long after words another young woman grabbed the dress that a had set aside and tried to pay for a realizing what had just happened confronted the young woman said that the dress was hers but the young woman seemed so determined to pay for the dress and this resulted in an argument which attracted the attention of the tri seller who intervened and handed the dress over to the other woman who offered to pay more money for it a filled with so much Fury left the trip store and marched home in anger without buying any
clothes she was extremely angry and she could not believe the Injustice that was meted out on her she told her father all that happened and her father advised her that in life some things are not worth killing oneself over and that a should visit another shop instead and a despite being pissed decided to do as her father had advised a few days later a decided to visit the Village Market again this time she went to another tree vendor and to her amazement she saw a dress which looked exactly like the dress that was unjustly taken
away from her I without wasting any time paid for the dress and returned home extremely excited she tried on the dress and could not believe how beautiful it looked on her the beautiful dress reminded her of her late mother who had something similar when she was alive the thought of this moved a to tears as she hung the dress in the corner of her room this was a few days to Christmas and A's father informed her that her twin cousins will be coming over to De to spend the Christmas with them a was so excited
to hear this as she had not seen her twin cousins in a very long time the day of the Aral came and a was so delighted to reconnect with them after so many years they spent their time laughing and talking and before they knew what was happening it was already night I really beat them good night as she returned to her room to sleep it was the eve of Christmas and AR was extremely happy at the thought of wearing her special dress the next morning by midnight I woke up to realize that she could not
move any part of her body it was as if something was holding her down making it difficult for her to move for hours she remained stuck on the bed and struggled to regain control of her body once morning came I felt as though a weight was lifted from her body as she stood up from her bed terrified she rushed to go talk to her father but realized that he was no longer in his room confused as to where her father could have gone so early I decided to check on her twin cousins and realized that
they too were nowhere to be found this was so concerning as a wondered where they could have gone she waited for them for hours but her father and cousins did not return it was Christmas Day and a could hear the Jubilation of her neighbors she walked around asking everyone she came across if they had seen her father and one of her neighbors revealed that she saw a walking out of her heart with her father's and cousin trailing her behind a looked at her confused as she could not remember anything of such happening she returned to
her room and tried to wrap her head around what her neighbor had just said as she was thinking a realized something strange about her dress it had some strange muddy stains on it stains that wearing there the day that she hung it up in her room confused as to how the stains got there A's mind was taken back to her strange experience during the night when she felt a strange presence in her room and was unable to move desperate for answers a rushed out of her heart in search of her father and cousins she searched
the entire Village for them and came across a strange old woman who told her that the aners she sought were right in her home the woman said to her that the dress she bought from the thrift store was behind all that was happening I will ask how this was possible and the woman informed her that the dress was possessed by a Restless spirit and that the dress had the ability to possess its owner this explained why her neighbor saw her walking out of her heart with her father and cousins that night a now filled with
shock asked the woman if she knew where her father and cousins were and the woman told her to return home and wear the dress as only then would she be able to find the answers that she sold desperately yearned I thank the strange woman and return home she stayed at the dress for a while and could not believe that the dress was possessed by a Restless Spirit a feared what will happen to her if she eventually wore the dress but the thought of her father and cousins in danger filled her with so much courage as
she decided to put on the dress immediately a noticed the strange Spirit taking over her body she found herself walking to an unknown destination a was so conscious of all that was happening around her despite the fact that she no longer had control of her body she found herself walking for hours to an unknown Place deep in the forest not long afterwards she arrived a very big hot in the middle of the forest they walked into the h and a was so eager to find her father and cousins in the H but the h thought
seemed to be empty and surprisingly quiet it had an eerie feel to it and this terrified a who wondered why the spirit was there she began to panic and did everything possible to connect with the spirit but couldn't and this frustrated her greatly to know that she had no control of her body she felt like a puppet being controlled by an external force and hoped that she made the right decision to wear the dress however a noticed something strange about the spirit in her it seemed to be searching for something in the heart as it
moved her from one room to the other ransacking the entire heart a tried to speak to the spirit again but to no avail before she knew what was happening the spirit took her out of the heart and began to walk so briskly a felt helpless as she had no control of all that was happening it was now getting dark and a could not believe that her Christmas turned out to be such a terrible day the thought of something terrible happening to her father and cousins terrified her greatly as she continued to plead with the spirit
to take her to them but the spirit ignored her as they arrived a second H this time the spirit stood in a distance and stared at the h i really wondered why they were there as all the Spirit did was stare at the strange heart without making any attempt to move suddenly I really noticed tears pouring down her eyes it was the spirit crying and a knew that she had to connect with the spirit to understand all that was happening she tried to speak to the spirit again but got no response from it so a
then decided to sing a song that her late mother sang to her whenever she was sad immediately the tears pouring down her eyes seized and a heard a still voice that asked her where she learned the song shocked to hear the spirit speaking to her a told the spirit that her late mother sang the song to her whenever she was sad the spirit then revealed to her that the song reminded her of her late mother too a was so grateful that the spirit was now communicating with her so she asked the spirit why she was
crying and the spirit told her that the house in the distance was her home she revealed that a few years ago she met a woman who seemed so nice to her at the time she was having several issues with her husband and needed someone to talk to so when she met the strange woman she narrated the issue she was having with her and the woman listened and and advised her on what to do that was how she became friends with the strange woman who became her very good friend and visited her home at intervals one
day however the woman invited her to her own home and she gladly went little did she know that the woman she called her friend had planned evil for her when she arrived the woman's house the woman handed her a beautiful dress that she made for her and asked her to try it on immediately she wore the dress she slumped to the floor and realized that her spirit was now trapped in the dress all the while she never knew that the woman was a witch who envied her life and wanted to be like her the witch
then took over her body and went to her home to pretend to be her she took over her family and lived her life and for years she remained trapped in the dress which was hanging in the witch's home in the forest until some thieves raided the home and stole the dress they took the dress to the Village Market and sold it to a thrift seller not knowing that it was no ordinary dress AI on hearing this asked the spirits why they were standing in a distance instead of confronting the witch and the spirits revealed to
her that she tried to do so once but was unable to approach the house house as the witch Put a Spell around the house which made it impossible for her to go closer she then told AI that on the night when a was unable to move from her bed she took over her body and tried to gain access to her home and family but couldn't because of the wi little did she know that A's father and cousins saw her leaving the house that night and trailed her thinking that it was a unfortunately the witch was
doing some incantations outside the house when they arrived so she cast a spell on them and turned them into trees A's father and cousins were now trees standing at the corner of her home the spirits told a that if they found a way to banish the witch her spirits could return back to her body and her family will be free a unsure of what to do decided that they should return home to strategize on how to banish the witch when they arrived home a took off the dress and began to think later that night she
heard a sound outside her heart it was the sound of a drum playing at repeated intervals a walked out of her heart and saw the old woman who stopped her on the street that afternoon the old woman told a that she knew how to take down the wicked witch and a looked at her excitedly as she listened to what she had to say the old woman gave her a drum and told her to beat the drum outside the witch's home she said that a should ensure that she wore the dress to enable her free the
spirits that resided within a was so excited as she thanked the old woman and collected the drum as the old woman turned to leave a stopped her to ask why she was helping her and the old woman revealed to her that she was the late mother of the young woman trapped in the dress she pleaded with a to help her daughter as she disappeared into the night and a rushed into her room to quickly wear the dress it was almost midnight but a did not care as she took the drum and walked to the Beach's
home when she arrived she began to beat the drum and the sound of the drum echoed through the night as the witch emerged from her heart with her eyes blazing with Fury who dares to disturb my peace the witch screamed as a continued to beat the drum her heart pounding in syn with the beat a then noticed that the witch was now becoming weak with each bit of the drum the witch grew weaker as she began to plead with a to stop she tried to cast a spell on a to silence her but nothing she
did worked as she fell to the ground unable to stand as the drum beats grew louder the ground around the witch's home began to shake as the spell cast around the house shattered and a bright light enveloped the witch who disappeared into the drum giving way for the spirit in the dress to return to her rightful body A's father and cousins transformed back to their human forms as they embraced a and thanked her for saving them the spirit is the dress now back to her human form thanks a for saving her life as a went
on to narrate how her late mother helped in Saving her from the witch this brought tears to her eyes as she thanked a for being there for her when no one else was she then returned to her heart to meet her family who she had not seen in so many years I returned home and was so excited to have her family back as although their Christmas did not go as planned a was glad to have helped a helpless woman reunite with her family she later bned the dress and the drum to end the curse and
suffering it had caused the spirit now back in her rightful body visited A's family to express her heartfelt gratitude she brought gifts for a to thank her again for reuniting her with her family and that was how a became friends with the woman that she saved the lesson to to be learned from this story is that everything in life happens for a reason also we should be careful of the people we tell our problems as often times it is only those that are close to us that will be able to harm us choose your friends
wisely and be careful of those you open up to especially strangers I hope you enjoyed the story like subscribe and leave a comment it helps us grow our Channel I'll see you in our next story bye
