Haunted Affairs

01 | New Girl In Town

I walked to school and held my backpack "Have a good day sweetie!" my Mom yelled from the front room. I smiled "I'll try!" I answered I started to leave my street, but people were just staring, I looked at them confusingly "Okay... That's weird," I muttered to myself.

"Beware! You're next!" The voice from behind me said.

I turned around but no one was behind me "That's weird..." I walked more until I stood upon Nova High, I looked at my watch "An hour early..." I looked to see which places in the High were open and the library was, instead of standing outside in the cold, I decided to head down there.

I walked to the library, the doors were unlocked, I opened it before I looked through the shelves until one book stood out the most, it was velvet dark red with a golden edge, I gently took it from the shelf and sat down on a beanbag near to the fireplace to warm myself up, I started to scroll through the book vividly.

A picture caught my eye "5 missing teens.." I spoke it loudly until I heard a voice from the entrance "You shouldn't be in here," a deep voice said.

I put the book down and stood up "Oh I'm sorry, I'm new and I was way too early and I thought just come in here to warm up," I said as I saw the figure coming closer to me. The man was handsome.

"Being wise, what are you reading?" He asked.

"Uh," I went to grab the book but it vanished. "It was just here a second go," I said as I felt a tad weirded out.

He looked at me not finding the situation amusing "What's your name?" He asked.

"Oh it's Vae Morgan, new girl," I smiled.

"You're in my first period this morning, I'm Mr.Perez, Spanish teacher," he said extending his hand.

"Nice to meet you," I said with a smile before shaking his hand.

It went silent after I spoke "I'll see you in class," he said as he walked away.

I watched his figure leave, he was handsome and of course, he had to be a damn teacher. Heartbroken. I slumped back down onto the beanbag and I saw the book back on the shelf "What is going on..?" I stood back up and grabbed the book off the shelf before I sat back down.

I continued reading, and I learned about this High school's history, I learned about the teens that went missing all on the same date 30th October for the past five years now, I looked at my phone to check the date "29th.." I shoved the book in my backpack as I saw it was almost ready for my first period, I walked out of the library and down to my first class "Room A-13" I whispered to myself until I found it.

I was the first in class surprisingly, with a teacher that hot I thought he would've been crowded with students, but instead, it was just him marking tests in his room alone "Morning again," I said as I stood next to the door.

He raised his head "Have a seat," he spoke. I nodded as I walked to the front of the classroom and sat next to the window, I carefully got out my notebook and pencil, and I just sat in silence, I was quite shy to even start a conversation but I wanted to ask him about the missing teens, but would he call me weird for being so invested in something... I wouldn't know.

"Mr Perez?" I said as he looked up.

"Yes Vae?" he asked.

"How long have you been working here?" I asked.

"About 5 years," he replied.

"So you've heard about the missing teens?" I questioned.

"We don't talk about what happened to them, no one likes to talk about it," he mentioned as he looked back down at his papers.

I thought to myself 'Weird'. I nodded as the lesson began, and all the students walked inside "Morning Mr Perez! Morning sir," all the female students were talking to him, smiling and flirting. But he just smiled telling everyone to sit down at their desks.

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It was finally 3 p.m., it was a long day. I grabbed my backpack and walked back to the library to read more about the cases, I was intrigued by anything about History I'm a sucker for, and this it's more intense because I'm living it. Living in this town, this school. I wanted to know more, so I sat there in the library for another 3 hours, until the librarian left, I decided to pack my bag.

As I started to walk out, the entrance of the library closed in my face "What the.." I spoke, and I knocked on the door "Hello?" But no response, I turned around to see a figure between the shelves of the books "Uh hi?" I said, as I saw a machete in the figure's hand, I started to pull on the door handle of the door "Help! Someone!" I screamed the figure came closer as I kept screaming. I ran away from the doors and started to run towards the exit, I heard the footsteps get closer.

I was throwing shelves in front of the figure as I kept screaming, I ran over to the exit as the figure pushed me over, I hit my head on the shelf but I didn't get a knockout. I stood up to see a figure over me, the same figure. I ran out of the exit until I bumped into someone. I was crying, my heart was beating so damn fast.

"Hey hey, what's wrong?" Mr Perez spoke softly, as he held my shoulders to calm down. "I- There's someone in there," I cried out, he pulled me into his grasp and hugged me "Just breathe and tell me everything," he spoke softly he held my face as he saw the cut on my forehead.

He got me to sit down on the curb, and he sat down beside me using his handkerchief on my forehead, "I was just reading since school finished, when the librarian left I decided to leave too, then the door shut on me. Then I turned around to see this figure with a machete, it chased me down the hallways until I reached the exit it knocked me down, then here I am," I explained to him, I held the handkerchief on my head.

30 minutes later, police arrived at the scene they were asking questions, and I answered them all however they couldn't find any trace in the library, and the security cameras couldn't find anything. Perez stayed behind watching me deeply, I looked over at him before he walked to his car.

The policewoman spoke "I think it's some cruel
Halloween prank to the new girl, don't worry. We will drive you home," she said as she rubbed my arm, I just nodded. I didn't think of any of it.