Trouble in Salem

Chapter Six - Cottage

Buzz buzz
Y/n's phone rings
Hello?
Hello this is Miss Robs, I'm your daughter Alice's teacher, she's been in a fight and is suspended for three days, can you come get her?
What happened?
I am at work and I cannot leave right now, ugh I'll talk to my boss.
Y/n hangs up and calls Alice:
What happened Alice? "Mum ok I know this looks bad, that girl has told you about she kept calling you a dyke, kept calling me a freak and I had enough so I hit her, broke her nose and made her cry"
Alice, I'm not mad I told you it's ok to stand up for yourself, come to the office "the teachers won't let me leave"
Put miss robs on, "hello?"
Hi Alice has my permission to walk to the office I work at, "just downtown"
We can't let her leave, "well I'm giving her permission "
"Alice takes the phone, mum I'm coming"
Bye

Alice pov:
Arguing with Miss Robs it's only 12pm I am safe to walk to my mothers office "which is right next to town hall I am going"
Storming out of the building I see the girl I punched "smiling at her, she hides her head" I don't even know her name. "Walking out of the school and out the gate, up towards town hall I see Winifred " walking out of the building and walking in my direction "I hide behind the wall because she scares me"
Peaking around the corner she's gone, I step out and look forward "she's gone"
Turning around she's behind me "agh"
I jump because she wasn't there a second ago "why are you hiding, Winifred asks me?"
I am uh not hiding "you were"
I don't want to die, I don't!
You're not going to as long as you and your mother keep the promise "sundown"
She says as she walks closer to me, I back up but my back hits the brick wall behind me "I tremble as the witch Winifred is a few inches away from me" she puts her hands on the wall either side of me "all I want to do is kick and run" but I'll be as good as dead if I do that.
All I can do is stare "she raises a finger running it down my face"
My eyes follow her finger, worried she might scratch me. "Her fingers cup my chin, she's levelled my face with her eyes" iii.if mum knew you were doing this she wouldn't be happy. "Oh your mother, obedient little woman, the perfect pet"
" You are the disobedient brat that I will have fun torturing",
Winifred smiles with mischievous eyes and I notice Winifred has grabbed my wrist "she's put a bracelet on me"
What is this?
A tracker "I'll know where you are at all times" your mother has one too "you're both alike, easy to scare"
Winifred leans in and whispers "I am going to kill you both, one slip up and that's it"
"Her words send shivers down my spine"
Her true intentions are to kill me to torture my mother "buzz buzz"
Winifred stands up straight "I gulp and answer my phone"
H.hello?
Alice: where are you? "Mum asks me"
I'm outside sorry someone stopped to talk to me "I'm outside the building"
Alright "I will come downstairs and we can grab coffee"
Sounds good mum.
I hang up and notice Winifred is gone? So I quickly walk inside and wait near the elevator "excuse me? Aren't you meant to be in school?" Who is that I wonder?
I'm waiting for my mother "I tell the nosy lady"
Ding
There's mum "should I tell her about what happened?"
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Hey Alice y/n says are you ok? "I.I need to tell you something
"Y/n puts her arm around Alice, let's talk at the cafe". Anything you want, food coffee you name it."Alice smiles as they walk out of the building and towards the cafe "Mum can I have coffee? And a burger? "
Yes, veggie or meat? "Do you think they'd do both?"
Uh maybe, ask them "yay"
Alice and y/. Sit down and look at the menu "I'll order the veggie patty separately and put it on"
Coffee and burger with veggie patty on the side "y/n wants to order the vegan burger and coffee"

Hi ready to order? "The waiter asks"
Yep "two soy lattes, one vegan burger, one regular burger with a veggie patty on the side"
Thank you, won't be long.
"So you wanted to tell me something?" Y/n asks Alice
I..I saw Winifred when I was walking to the office, "did she hurt you?"
No just scared me "I don't want to go to her place later, I'm too scared"
Y/n reaches her hand to Alice's face and rubs Alice's tears away, "me neither but if we don't we will die"
I'll keep you safe, even if I die in the process!
"where'd you get the bracelet?" Y/n asks?
Winifred put it on my wrist it's a tracker "she did the same to me, y/n says showing the green shiny bracelet "do you think these come off?"
Probably but they would magically come back "knowing Winifred there's probably a microphone or something so she can hear us"