Prologue: The Diary of Ember J. Maclain

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It was 9:00 and a young teenage girl, around the age of 18, had finished getting dressed and she headed to her table. The girl had brown hair and her eyes were a stunning sky blue, on the table in front of her was a closed leathered covered journal. It had a skull with blue and purple flames around it. the girl opened up the journal and grabbed her pen and began to write

1/3/2003:

So I and the band are going to be playing at a local talent show and we heard that there was going to be some big music associations their and hopefully, they'll be able to see what we've got! Maybe we'll make it big this time!

On another note, I heard that Dad is doing better, his kidney transplant was a success. Mom and Trisha are helping so much with him and I keep sending the money...

Brian and I broke up... said he wouldn't even remember who I was after he found someone better, but trust me, once me and the guys make it big, he'll remember!

Anyways that's all for now, gotta go and help the guys get set up!

Sincerely - Ember J. Mclain

Ember closed her journal and put it back in a safe place where no one was ever going to find it. She hid her journal in the vent under her bed. Sure, she was very paranoid that someone was going to read it. It was her private thoughts after all.

After she was done putting her journal away, she headed out of her apartment and got on her motorcycle. Today was the day! she was gonna make it big! she just knew it!

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"OH MY GOD! THE STAGE!"

"Call the fire department! Get help quick!"

"Someone stuck!"

"Jesus! Help her!"

"EMBER!"

Ember Mclain, the now Ghostly Rockstar, woke up in her bed in the Ghost Zone. She looked around and realized she was still in her realm. Ember let out a ragged sigh. She hated remembering how she died. it always made her feel afraid. She hated being afraid. Funny, the very thing that killed her, she could now control. She hated fire. Sure, she could control it, but she hated having fire as her power. She remembered how her burning flesh smelled when the fire caught up with her. She remembered how agonizing it was, how bad she smelled, how the smoke had filled her lungs.

Ember got out of bed and changed into her clothes. The very same clothes that she had died in. She looked to the mirror and could barely remember what her hair color was, she couldn't even remember her own eye color.

She left her room and wanted to travel the Ghost Zone, she just needed to leave her realm and take her mind off her nightmare/memory. It didn't matter if she was already dead, every time she remembered how she died, she relived the pain and the horror that she experienced.

As she left she sung the song that she played before she died...

"It was, it was September~ Winds blow, the dead leaves fall~ To you, I did surrender~ Two weeks, you didn't call~ Your life goes on without me~ My life, a losing game~ But you should, you should not doubt me~ You will remember my name~" Ember Sung the first part

Memories of her living ex-boyfriend flooded her mind. She remembered all the time that he had ignored her calls, she remembered how much it hurt when he told her that they should see other people.

"Oh, Ember, you will remember~ Ember, one thing remains~ Oh, Ember, so warm and tender~ You will remember my name~" Ember Sung "Your heart, your heart has rendered~ Your loss, now bear the shame~ Like dead trees, in cold December~ Nothing but ashes remain~"

The Memories of her family flooded into her mind as well. She remembered how awful she felt and how confused she was when she saw them at her funeral. She cried and begged for them to notice her, but they wept, wept as they, and Ember herself, watched the closed coffin descend into the ground.

"Oh, Ember, you will remember~ Ember, one thing remains~ Ember, so warm and tender~ You will remember my name~ Oh, Woah, Woah~" Ember sang "Ember, you will remember~ Ember, one thing remains~ Ember, so warm and tender~"

Tears began to form in her ectoplasm green eyes and they finally fell from Ember's blue face. The memories were too painful to remember.

"You will remember my name...~" Ember sang sadly.