Alone. Alone, I have walked this Earth since the Victorian Era, wandering from place to place, but always ending back up to the place where it all began. My name is Anne Rose. This Victorian, two-story house before me has remained deserted for many years. This was once the place of my upbringing, beginning with my birth, where I lived with my mother and father, where I played with my friends, and where I had my first kiss. This is the place where I died. The glass of the windows shattered, most likely by some punk kids, who wanted to break in because they thought it would make them cool. The inside filled with many cobwebs and who knows what creatures lurking in the dark crevices of the once beautiful home at the end of the street. The furniture still remained from when I was alive. I made sure of it. Whenever I would catch word of a new owner, which rarely occurred, I would return. I would watch the new families who moved in without knowledge of the wonderful family, whose father built this home from the ground up as they say, lived here. I was fine when they painted or moved the furniture around or fixed what was broken, but when they tried to get rid of it, I would use my ghostly abilities, and scare them from the premises. I know I am no longer alive and they just want to make it feel more like their home, but it was once mine, and I don’t feel like losing all that I have left in this world.Now before you ask me, yes there are other ghosts. I am not the only one. I have come across them many times, but they have a purpose that they want to complete and cannot be bothered by others. The ones who have completed what they remained on this plane for have all gone, but there are those, The Lost Souls, who were unable to accept their deaths. For that, they just wander and repeat what they did before they died and that is why we have haunted places in today’s society. As for me, my only purpose is to remain here until I find my reason to remove myself from this plane. I know it sounds strange and hard to understand and I should want to move on, since I have accepted my death, but I was afraid of what I’d miss in these ever-changing times. Still I came back again to my home, not because of word of new residents or to see new changes in the neighborhood I once lived or because I've discovered everything in the world that has changed since my last search, but because I missed it. However, it appears I arrived just in time. The For Sale sign on the front lawn now has that SOLD sign plastered over it. Once again I must protect my home and ensure that it is left the way it used to be.I float up the stairs and open the door and go inside after some persistence on my part. You may now be wondering how I opened the door, if I am a ghost. Well, let’s just say a lot of practice goes a long way. I can do anything I used to do when I was alive, even talk to people, if I wanted to. They cannot hear or see me unless I wish them too. Becoming corporal is not without its disadvantages though. I cannot sustain myself for more than a few minutes or so and I always appear in what I wore when I died, so people could always look up who I was. I decided I no longer wanted to allow them to try and talk to me. All they ever wanted was for me to “move into the light” or “if you’re with us, please make this or that move” or “please communicate with us.” With The Lost Souls, however, they can only do things for a shorter period of time compared to me. Basically, just the second right before they recreate the end of their death sequence for the millionth time.Inside, the first thing I noticed is that everything is not the way I left it last; there are no cobwebs or mounds of dust. The sheets no longer cover the furniture and all the furniture appears to be reupholstered and looking as new as they did when I was alive. There were even a couple new features. There were these table lamps with bright colors on the shade covering the bulb. Tiffanys. It felt so much like home; like I hadn’t died and soon my mom would call me to come help her in the kitchen to bring out appetizers for our guests. My father owned a fair trading business and many of his trade friends would come over on a regular basis to discuss new shipments and sales and so forth. Suddenly, I heard the sound of footprints. I turned just in time to see a man descend the grand staircase in front of me and stop after he throws a button down shirt on and look up in my direction.Man: Hello!*Thanks for reading, I accept all feedback.