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Elisa, era una chica alegre y soñadora muy amiguera y popular, tenia muchas amistades que gustaban de compartir con ella en diferentes actividades. Se había criado, desde que nació en el mismo sitio o urbanización, así que todos sus vecinos le eran conocidos. Un día, una de sus vecinas mas queridas, murió inesperadamente y la familia se vio en el deber de acompañar a los deudos a su despedida final.
Al llegar al cementerio, Elisa se apartó un poco, pues no le gustaba estos lugares ya que, siempre que le había tocado ir, se sentía incomoda, intranquila y con ansiedad, siempre se sentía observada y no precisamente por los vivos, siempre había sido muy sensible a este tipo de sensaciones espirituales. Terminó el funeral y todos se retiraron del lugar, Elisa con mucho mas alivio que los demás.
Llegó tranquila a casa junto con sus padres y el día termino de fluir normalmente, terminó de bañarse cenar y arreglar sus cosas para sus clases, del día siguiente y se fue a dormir. Cuando ya estaba apunto de conciliar el sueño sintió que su perrita Sacha, se le subió a la cama, sintió sus paticas caminando alrededor de ella y su pequeño peso a su lado, luego empezó a sentir, justo en su oído derecho como si le murmuran unas voces extrañas.
En el acto, se sentó en la cama y encendió la cama, pensando que quizás era su imaginación, pero ni la perrita estaba en su cama, ni nadie estaba cerca de ella, así pasó toda la noche, cada vez que iba a rendirse por el sueño, aquellas voces la mantuvieron asustada y alerta toda la noche. Al día siguiente no quiso comentarle nada a su familia, pues pensó que seguramente había sido una pesadilla.
Pero todas las demás noches, siguieron igual, no podía dormir prácticamente, solo lograba hacerlo, cuando prendía las luces de su cuarto y ya agotada podía dormir unas pocas horas, pero pronto esto no fue suficiente, porque hasta con las luces encendidas, justo cuando estaba por caer en sueño profundo, sentía aquello que se subía a su cama y empezaban los ininteligibles susurros.
Aun así Elisa, se mantenía callada, por temor a que no le fuesen a creer, sabia que su familia era muy incrédula de estas cosas, pues no habían experimentado ningún hecho de este tipo. Pero una noche, la madre de Elisa al verla tan desmejorada, se quedó en su cuarto a acompañarla, pues se daba cuenta, que algo no estaba bien con su hija ya no era la misma y lo único que le decia, era que tenia insomnio.
Ella preocupada le preparó un te y se quedó hablando con ella, esperando que Elisa le comentara lo que le pasaba, pues su estado físico no era el mejor, se notaba a leguas, sus grandes ojeras, su falta de coordinación y concentración, algo le pasaba. Estuvieron hablando, hasta donde el sueño las venció serian como las 12 de la noche, cuando ambas se quedaron dormidas una al lado de la otra.
Justo en el momento en que estaban cayendo en el sueño mas profundo, Elisa sintió lo de siempre, alguien subiéndose a la cama y los murmullos, se movió y prendió su lamparita de noche, vio a su madre, ella seguía dormida aparentemente, dejó la lampara encendida tratando de dormir, pero como siempre solo dormitó. A la mañana siguiente, su madre espero quedar a solas, la sentó y le preguntó que estaba pasando.
Elisa, no tuvo que explicar, porque su madre le dijo directamente, que ella ya sabia lo que le estaba ocurriendo, que había sentido y oído todo. Elisa, por fin pudo respirar aliviada, al fin alguien había vivido lo que ella ya tenia meses experimentando. Su madre le dijo que irían a la iglesia con el párroco a ver que les aconsejaba, pero solo las mandaron a rezar unas oraciones y ya. Elisa siguió con su malas noches.
Pensando si seria que lo que fuera estaba en casa de sus padres o se quedaría allí, sin recordar esa noche del día del funeral, cuando comenzó todo.., Elisa, en cuanto pudo se mudó, estaba muy contenta, porque a pesar de todos los inconvenientes, había logrado salir adelante, obtener un trabajo y alquilar un pequeño departamento. Se mudo feliz con la esperanza de que todo había quedado atrás.
Pero a los dias, todo empezó de nuevo, esto la perseguía donde estuviera, ya resignada, trató de seguir con su vida, lo mejor que pudo, pero esto ya la estaba afectando horriblemente, sus amigos cada día la veían peor. Un día Elisa, se reunió con unas amigas en su casa y una de ellas se comportó muy extraña, veía para todos lados o puntos específicos, se quedaba retraída, todas le echaban bromas, ella nada decia, hasta que se fueron.
Al despedirse le dijo a Elisa que pronto vendría a visitarla, si ella se lo permitía, Elisa le pareció extraño que le dijera así, si todas sus amigas, siempre que querían pasaban a verla a pesar de que ella, no era en esos dias muy buena compañía. A los pocos dias, se apareció su amiga una tarde de domingo, con un regalo para Elisa, esta al ver que la caja se movía, se quedó viéndola sorprendida y cuando vio bien era una hermosa gatica negra.
Elisa no era amante de los animales y pensó que era mala idea ese regalo, pero antes de que dijera algo, su amiga, le pidió que la aceptara y la cuidara, que no la fuese a rechazar, ella para no ofender a su querida amiga, se quedó con el animalito, además esa pequeña mota negra, era muy tierna y pronto la seguía a todas partes, parecía que había llegado a casa. Aquella noche, la gatica bautizada ya con el nombre de "Pantera".
Se metió con ella a su cuarto a la hora de dormir, Elisa se rio por lo confianzuda que era, pronto se subió a la cama y se acostó justo a sus pies, Elisa la dejó le pareció tan tierna y se acostó resignada a la noche de insomnio que le esperaba, pero para su asombro se quedó dormida en el acto, hasta el día siguiente, de allí en adelante, sus noches de pesadillas cesaron, pues al llegar Pantera, lo que fuera se había retirado.
Desde ese día Elisa y su mascota eran inseparables, luego supo que Pantera se había convertido en su protectora, si notaba que de vez en cuando la gatica tiraba unos zarpazos al aire y se engrinchaba, estaba segura que su animalito la defendía de esas extrañas energías o entidades, desde ese momento Elisa se convirtió en otra "Karen" para Pantera y otros gatos mas...
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Elisa was a cheerful and dreamy girl, very friendly and popular, she had many friends who liked to share with her in different activities. She had grown up since she was born in the same place or urbanization, so all her neighbors were known to her. One day, one of her dearest neighbors died unexpectedly and the family had to accompany her relatives to her final farewell.
When they arrived at the cemetery, Elisa moved away a little, because she did not like these places since, whenever she had to go there, she always felt uncomfortable, uneasy and anxious, she always felt observed and not exactly by the living, she had always been very sensitive to this type of spiritual sensations. The funeral ended and everyone left the place, Elisa with much more relief than the others.
She arrived home calmly with her parents and the day ended up flowing normally, she finished bathing, had dinner and arranged her things for her classes the next day and went to sleep. When she was about to fall asleep, she felt her dog Sacha climb on her bed, she felt her paws walking around her and her little weight next to her, then she began to feel, right in her right ear, as if she was murmuring strange voices.
On the spot, she sat on the bed and turned on the bed, thinking that maybe it was her imagination, but neither the little dog was in her bed, nor anyone was near her, so she spent the whole night, every time she was going to give in to sleep, those voices kept her scared and alert all night long. The next day she didn't want to say anything to her family, because she thought it was probably a nightmare.
But all the other nights, she could not sleep practically, she could only sleep when she turned on the lights in her room and already exhausted she could sleep a few hours, but soon this was not enough, because even with the lights on, just when she was about to fall into a deep sleep, she felt that thing that climbed into her bed and began the unintelligible whispers.
Even so, Elisa kept quiet, for fear that they would not believe her, she knew that her family was very incredulous of these things, because they had not experienced any event of this type. But one night, Elisa's mother, seeing her so deteriorated, stayed in her room to accompany her, because she realized that something was not right with her daughter, she was no longer the same and the only thing she told her was that she had insomnia.
She was worried and made her a cup of tea and stayed talking to her, waiting for Elisa to tell her what was wrong with her, because her physical condition was not the best, it was obvious, her dark circles under her eyes, her lack of coordination and concentration, something was wrong with her. They were talking, until sleep overcame them, it would be about 12 o'clock at night, when they both fell asleep next to each other.
Just as they were falling into the deepest sleep, Elisa felt the usual, someone climbing on the bed and the murmurs, she moved and turned on her bedside lamp, she saw her mother, she was still asleep apparently, she left the lamp on trying to sleep, but as usual she just dozed off. The next morning, her mother waited to be alone, sat her down and asked her what was going on.
Elisa did not have to explain, because her mother told her directly that she already knew what was happening to her, that she had felt and heard everything. Elisa could finally breathe a sigh of relief, at last someone had experienced what she had been experiencing for months. Her mother told her that they would go to church with the parish priest to see what he would advise them, but they were only sent to say a few prayers and that was it. Elisa continued with her bad nights.
Thinking about whether she would stay at her parents' house or not, without remembering that night of the day of the funeral, when everything started, Elisa moved out as soon as she could, she was very happy, because in spite of all the inconveniences, she had managed to get ahead, get a job and rent a small apartment. She moved happily with the hope that everything was behind her.
But a few days later, everything started all over again, this was chasing her wherever she was. Resigned, she tried to go on with her life, as best she could, but this was already affecting her horribly, her friends were seeing her worse every day. One day Elisa met with some friends at her house and one of them behaved very strangely, she looked everywhere or specific points, she was withdrawn, they all made jokes, she said nothing, until they left.
When she said goodbye, she told Elisa that soon she would come to visit her, if she allowed it. Elisa thought it was strange that she told her like that, if all her friends, whenever they wanted, came to see her, even though she was not very good company in those days. A few days later, her friend appeared one Sunday afternoon, with a gift for Elisa, when she saw that the box was moving, she was surprised and when she saw it well, it was a beautiful black cat.
Elisa was not an animal lover and thought that this gift was a bad idea, but before she said anything, her friend asked her to accept it and take care of it, that she would not reject it, so as not to offend her dear friend, she kept the animal, besides that little black speck was very cute and soon followed her everywhere, it seemed that she had come home. That night, the kitten, already baptized with the name of "Panther".
She went with her to her room at bedtime, Elisa laughed at how trusting she was, she soon climbed into bed and lay down right at her feet, Elisa left her she seemed so tender and went to bed resigned to the sleepless night that awaited her, but to her amazement she fell asleep on the spot, until the next day, from then on, her nights of nightmares ceased, because when Panther arrived, whatever it was had withdrawn.
From that day on, Elisa and her pet were inseparable, later she knew that Pantera had become her protector, if she noticed that from time to time the cat threw some claws in the air and became engrinchaba, she was sure that her little animal defended her from those strange energies or entities, from that moment on Elisa became another "Karen" for Pantera and other cats...
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