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33 : Unreal

"I just felt like that much was enough." He said. "There's something I would like you all to know about. About your opponent."

How does he know about HER?

"It's not a demon or a spirit that you're fighting against." He said. Louis' jaw dropped open.

"Then what is it?" He asked.

"Something...UNREAL." He said. "That is believed to be non-existent in this modern world, but now, IT IS." He said, walking away to his desk.

"What do we do then?" Elsa asked.

"I really wish if there was a way I could help you with this. I find no way at all. I'm sorry." He said.

"But father...there must be SOME WAY." Louis urged.

"I told you. I don't find any possible way to handle this...this thing you're dealing with." He explained.

"Thing?" Zayn asked.

"It's better if you all leave now." He said. "May God bless your souls." We didn't wait there to argue anymore. We left back to my place.

"May God bless your souls? Sounded like our souls are in danger or something." Louis said.

"I don't know about you guys, but I found him sort of weird. Not weird exactly, but, you know, mysterious. I don't know why. No offence though.  The way he talked about all that...sounded to realistic. Is all this true? Like, is there really something UNREAL out there?" Elsa asked.

"Maybe." Niall said. "I'm still stuck onto that verse Louis read the last time. Why did he make him stop? He didn't sound like he said the truth."

"Guys. Chill out. Stop stressing out like this." I said.

"How come you're so relaxed after listening to all of this?" Elsa asked.

"Never mind." I said.

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Louis went off for his football practice that evening with the rest of his team. He went back home directly from there. He must have had a hard time explaining his mom, but I guess he must have sorted it out somehow.

Niall had finished studying all the portions that he had missed while he was sick. Elsa and Zayn still hadn't come back together. They try to stay away from each other as much as possible.

 Louis and his team had plenty of practices throughout the month. They all seemed confident about their victory.

It was finally the seventh of September. Exactly one month back, classes had stopped because of the second message DJ left outside the library. There must be chances of Lisa's dad finding out the culprit, but they're less.

Niall looked perfectly alright. How did he even recover so fast? As far as I know, there are less chances of recovering from a state like that, and even if they do, not this quick. Niall is really lucky for this. Not only this. For a lot of other reasons in life, he's lucky. Damn I'm jealous of him now.

The message from DJ had somehow been wiped away from the walls. How they did it, I don't know. I'm guessing Lisa's dad found a way.

The first few hours of first day were literally boring with professor Denver's calculus classes for two hours straight. He took the second hour which was not his, but he did because professor Joanne was on leave.

Next was one hour of chemistry and again math. At the end of the fourth hour, it was recess. Finally. All of us looked exhausted.

"I wonder if that Denver has all those calculus formulas all over his wall at home. Must be reading them twenty four seven." Louis said, finishing his lunch.

"Calculus is the one thing I hate in math. I love trigonometry more than this." Harry said, agreeing with Louis.

"Remember when our math teacher hated calculus last year? Joseph? Remember?" Elsa said.

"Yea. He himself said he didn't like the chapter. That made us hate it too." Harry said.

"Are you alright Liam?" Elsa asked. That's when I noticed him looking very dull and gloomy.

"Huh? What was that?" Liam said suddenly.

"Are you alright?" Elsa repeated.

"Yea. I'm fine." He said, and continued with his lunch.

"Weird." Niall whispered to me.

Niall's POV :

I'm still not done with what happened to Zayn and Elsa, then me, then Louis. Now, what's wrong with Liam? He hasn't spoken anything since morning. And Audrey on the other hand looks so carefree and relaxed. I'm not able to sleep properly ever since all this started.

The day got over with two free hours because it was supposed to be physics practicals. Professor Denver decided not to take that class. Even professor Gibbs didn't want to come.

While I was leaving class, Niall pulled me out from the crowd to a deserted corridor.

"What are you doing?" He asked me seriously.

"Huh?" I asked.

"How are you so calm when all this is happening?"

"I don't know. I just imagine all this is not real, and try to forget it. Simple as that."

"Now that sound UNREAL." He said.

"What do you want Niall?" I asked.

"Just this." He said. "I just wanted to know this." He started pulling me closer trying to kiss me again. I pushed him away and ran back. I found Elsa and Lisa waiting outside the class.

"So, what happened there?" Elsa asked.

"Nothing." I said. "He asked me how I was not tensed about this entire situation. That's it."

"That's it?" Lisa asked.

"Um...yeah. That's it." I lied.

"Audrey. Hey wait!" Niall yelled and came running.

"Bye. I gotta go." I said, running out. Niall was running behind me.

"Wait up Audrey." He said, still running. I still kept running. Elsa and Lisa didn't seem to follow us. I stopped at a crowd near the first floor boy's bathroom. I could see Zayn and the other stuck in between the crowd too.

"Hey. What's going on here?" I asked, trying to find a way through the crowd. Niall stood behind me.

"It's another creepy message." A girl who stood in front of me said. I and Niall exchanged nervous looks. Both of us stood there clueless. Lisa and Elsa also came by now. The message read

You have defied my warning.  You'll pay for this ! – DJ

"Again?" Niall said.

"Look." I said, pointing at the symbol below the message. But this time, it was different from how we'd seen it before. All this was in blood just like the first two times.

An inverted triangle, a horizontal line dividing the triangle in between, two small triangles in the left and right corners of the upper part of the triangle, and a horizontal line just below the bottom tip of the triangle.

"This is not the previous one, is it?" Niall asked.

"No. It's not." I said, getting out of the crowd. All of us got out of the crowd, and walked away from the crowd.

"Something tells me it is that same symbol." Liam said.

"You saw it Liam. It's entirely different. This one's enclosed. The previous one was all open out. And the previous one definitely didn't look like this." Harry said.

"And that message? Whom did we defy?" Zayn asked.

"This is certainly UNREAL now." Niall said.