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be long,” I say quickly.
    “I don’t think it’s safe to leave you to walk back alone…” he mutters, puzzled. We always walk home from shinty together.
    “My sister’s coming, I just texted her.”
    “Are you sure?” He is concerned.
    “Positive.”
    He buys it. I make sure I see him leaving the sports centre before slipping out myself, still in my shinty gear. Instead of turning right, I turn left, towards the back of the playing fields. In the distance, I spot Valentina’s blonde hair shining in the pink light of sunset. Camilla’s white dress looks all pink too. They’re hiding behind a concrete pillar.
    I run to them, hoping that Gary won’t spot me. He’s on his hands and knees in the grass, checking every inch for the imaginary mobile phone.
    “What happened to your face?” exclaims Valentina, horrified.
    “Let’s just say it’s another good reason to do this.”
    Camilla touches my face gently, with her transparent cold hands. “I’ll sort it.”
    Her eyes are so empty and dark that I feel my knees giving way. I hesitate, just for a second. Then my face throbs again, and I steel myself.
    “He’s in the playing field. Go.”
    Camilla dissolves before our eyes.
    Gary is about a hundred yards away. Greedy, dishonest, and a real bully, I say to myself. I won’t change my mind. We’re going through with this.
    Camilla starts taking shape, hovering above Gary’s head. I catch a glimpse of her face, and I don’t like what I see. I really don’t like what I see… I hesitate. I’m about to call Camilla back, when…
    “ Don’t! ” whispers Valentina fiercely, grabbing my shoulder. “We have to do this. There’s no other way to make him stop.”
    Camilla keeps circling him, like a vulture. Her braids have come undone, her eyes are empty pools of darkness, her hands like claws. I can see her thickening, becoming more and more solid in order to make herself visible… I just hope and pray that Mr MacDonald has gone home…
    Gary is still on all fours, scouring the grass.
    “She’s asking him if he found it,” whispers Valentina, reading Camilla’s mind. My sister is excited, elated, I can see it in her face.
    We see Gary looking up, surprised, straight into Camilla’s eyes, and then falling on his knees in terror, his hands covering his face. We can hear his screams from here.
    “She’s asking him if he enjoys tormenting you,” says Valentina, reading Camilla’s mind.
    Gary’s now shaking his head, over and over again. Camilla’s face is the stuff of nightmares, her dress looks ragged, floating in the darkening light… her claw-like hands are poised to touch him…
    “She says that if he ever bothers you again, she’ll take him with her to the land of the dead!” Valentina laughs.
    I’m horrified. What a dreadful thought. I just feel terribly sorry for Gary.
    I watch Camilla circling him again, once, twice. Then she strikes. She falls on him at incredible speed, her black hair streaming behind her like a bat’s wings, her eyes getting bigger and darker…
    Gary screams again, covering his head with his arms. In a heartbeat, Camilla is gone.
    He keeps on screaming for a couple of minutes.
    Somebody must have heard, because staff from the sports centre are running out over the field. Gary’s crumpled up in a heap. I feel awful.
    “So, did I do ok?” Camilla materialises by our side. Her black hair is still flowing around her, and her eyes are still empty, but mainly she looks like herself again.
    “You did great,” I say, but I’m shaking. “Let’s go. Don’t run, just walk.” I pull Valentina back. “A lot of people will wonder what happened. Let’s not look suspicious.”
    Gary is being helped inside. He’s struggling to walk.
    “I want to hear what he says!” cries Camilla, as she floats away.
    Valentina and I head down towards our house.
    “You look terrible, Luca,” laughs Valentina.
    “I know. It’s just that she was so… so scary ,” I whisper. “I