Scene 4 - It became real
POSTED ON: Sunday, October 23, 2011 @ 4:05 PM | 0 comments
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"Hey guys, today's lesson would be in the Level 2, Unit 403 Classroom. There would be a change." Our class chairman piped up and notified us. We thanked him and proceeded to the location shortly after.
As I stepped into the classroom, I froze in horror. It gave me a familiar image and that pushed my brain. I remembered.
This classroom appeared in my dream. Was it a dream? Did it really happen? I looked around, forcing myself to spot a slightest difference, but to no avail. Everything was just so similar, except that the windows were clearly polished and there was not a single spider on the ground.
I gritted my teeth tightly, and muttered a silent prayer, hoping that nothing would go wrong.
"Move out of my way!" A boy raved behind my back. I snapped back into reality and realised that I was standing at the doorstep, blocking almost everybody. Leon and Calvin stood up for me, saying that he should not be so rude to a girl.
I quickly move my legs towards the nearby table, as my friends followed along. Angela and Brenda kept exchanging glances while Jennifer and the others seemed oblivious of the situation. I love my best friends, but for a moment I was curious why they always knew what was happening.
"Class, sorry to inform you this late but everyone has to stay back till 8pm tonight for a special programme. Your parents have already been notified, so all of you please do not go home after school." Mrs Lee announced to the class, and I, who was not paying attention, only got the announcement when she repeated it. Groaning was heard around the class while I pouted.
I was supposed to have dinner in the restaurant with my family tonight. Well, I guessed there would be times when things do not go your way. This is a perfect example.
Soon, my mood lightened up, credits to my firends who kept me engaged in the clique conversation, and made the atmosphere lively and cheery. Everything
was going smoothly and I felt light-hearted.The nightmare was soon forgotten.
The day finally ended, and we are the remaining few who are left in the classroom as usual. Everyone has already left. The night was darker than usual, and it felt like it was already 10pm. As we were preparing to leave the classroom, the door slammed shut and the lights turned off. Screaming were heard through the classroom. We rushed towards the door and tried to open it, but our efforts were futile. It was the exact same situation which i encountered
yesterday before dinner. I panicked and started to tear. Jennifer cried in despair. Calvin and Leon showed traces of fright and shock on their faces, although we did not see them afraid or cried before. It was totally shocking.
"WHERE ARE BRENDA AND ANGELA?" I realised that they were missing. We started searching for them, to no avail.
Tripping around in the darkness, we decided to huddle together in case we lost each other.
The window shut fiercely one by one, and we shivered in fear for every window closed.
A female laughter burst into the room and Jennifer fainted. It was as though we were in a horror movie, whereby the director is doing the horror scene and were laughing at it.
Leon and Calvin protected us with their arms, securing us.
At that point of time, we kept ourselves close and huddled together tightly, not risking any chance to lose one another.
The light above us started to flicker, giving us a dim light, enabling us to make out the fearful environment.
I tried to look outside the classroom, but it was very dark. Very dark. The door opened slightly, and in our hearts we were preparing ourselves for the worst. Behind the overturned tables and chairs, somebody appeared.
She was a female, with her face hidden behind her long straight hair.
She moved about swiftly across the classroom.
She reached her hand out, moving in our direction.
I forced myself not to look at her.
Focusing the attention straight across the room through underneath the desks, I realised that she...
was floating!
A GHOST!
DEFINITELY A GHOST!
"Guys! What do we do now?" I whimpered as I closed my eyes shut, yearning for a response. The door was still opened.
Perhaps, we could make a run for it and escape.
"Guys..?" I called out again when there was no response.
Reluctantly, I opened my eyes slowly, coming to realise that my friends were not around me anymore.
Strangely, I could still feel the warmth because they were huddling me tightly, close to them.
Yes, behind me.
I must have thought too much that I turned myself away from them without awareness.
I turned back with confidence that my friends were still with me.
"Hi..."
It was only then that I realised that the ghost had been huddling me all along!
I struggled and attempted to break myself loose from her arms.
My ear-piercing screams broke the silence in the classroom, I had never been so frightened before.
I could see her red-painted long nails, grabbing my waist tightly.
Leon! Calvin! HELP! HELP!
I screamed at the top of my voice, and even more when I could feel her hair brushed against my skin.
She pulled herself close to me, her face touching mine.
A chill went down my spine and a sense of eerieness set in.
I never gave up struggling, trying my best to break myself off her clutches.
Yet it seemed the harder I tried to push her away, the tighter she was holding me.
For a moment it was so hard to breathe. I gasped for oxygen as she held me by my neck.
I grabbed at her fingers and tried to make her released me.
But she tightened her grab.
I felt myself becoming weaker.
"MUAHEHAHEHAHHEHHAAHEHAHEHE!!"
My screams were drowned in her laughters.
I had almost no energy left to fight that devil.
A ray of light appreared. I saw Brenda and Angela.
OH MY GOD, ARE YOU OKAY? I screamed in my mind as I saw them.
THey were handtied and have tapes over their mouth.
The most peculiar thing was that, they were handtied with some magic dust!?
But I was drained, I just could not think about anything.
I closed my eyes and prayed.
The figure let me off and snared. I was thoroughly frightened. Too frightened.
Coughing violently, I touched my neck and tried to let more oxygen into my lungs.
My windpipe felt crushed.
The figure then burst out into laughter. Even her voice is enough to send shiver down my spine.
"HOW DO YOU FEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!?" She cracked out. My eardrums felt like they were bursting.
For the first time, I looked carefully at her.
She was wearing this schoolgirl outfit. I recognised it. It was the old school uniform belonged to this school, before they changed the policy that home clothes are allowed to school. It was dusty and grayish.
Her shoes are the most extraordinary, which also gave me the most creeps. Babydoll shoes.
I have watched a horror movie about Dolls. Wild imagination raced my mind.
I looked at Angela and Brenda, and came to a realisation that they had been wanting my attention.
They gave a contented expression after they made eye contact with me. They gestured me some moves, but I could not get it. Angela frowned and hinted Brenda something. Brenda nodded her head. I looked at the figure, she was not noticing them. Only a few seconds has passed and just she was about to probably kill me, Angela and Brenda had light rays coming out from their body.
The figure screamed so loudly that the windows shattered. I covered my ears at that instance. She glared at me as well as Angela and Brenda before she fled.
Angela and Brenda were freed as the magic dust restricting them disappeared. They came over to untie me. The classroom remained haunted and dark.
A gush of chill wind started to blow onto my face, probably through that opened door.
