Another Life

Chapter 2: The Big Bag of Ugly

"Im here! Im here!" Ashlyn spat out in between heavy breaths.
"Your late" replied the teacher.
"Off to the main offi-"
"I know, i know." Ashlyn walked out of class and down the hall to the the main office. She had never been late before, but she had seen her classmates; who have been late many times.

When she ran into the class, just a few minutes before, she noticed that Nathan, James, and Lukas weren't there. *i wonder where they went...* she thought.

Dazed and confused, she stepped into the office. She was surprised to see someone new sitting behind the desk. She had seen her principle get sick many times. And she often needed to get a replacement until she got better. But this woman, she wasn't even a substitute. You see, Ashlyn's school was a small building and all of the kids, teachers, and substitutes knew who each other were. This lady was definitely someone new.

The women had grey hair tied into a tight bun. She had on a brown leather jacket buttoned from top to bottom. Topped off with some brown boots. She seemed kind of in fashion with the 21st century...kind of. She stood up tall over Ashlyn, and looked down at her. "H-hi" Ashlyn squeaked.

The strange woman spoke in a very loud and  booming voice,
"I, am Mrs. Ziggoury"

Ashlyn was to stunned and scared to speak or move. Instead, she just made this high-pitched squeaking sound.

Miss Ziggoury turned and locked the door "Are you enjoying your pathetic little life Ashlyn?" Mrs Ziggoury said. Ashlyn was now scared out of her mind. "Yes, no, wait what!? how do you know my name!? Who are you!? What are you!?" Mrs Ziggoury smiled a crooked and ugly smile as she thought about what Ashlyn had just said. "You mean you can't tell? The mist must be very strong." *mist? What mist? There's no mist outside!!* Ashlyn thought to herself. 

In a matter of seconds, Mrs Ziggoury was changing. Into- into some creature. Ashlyn didn't know what the heck it was but it definitely wasn't human! It looked like It had the face of a human and a body of a-... a lion?... With razor sharp claws and wings. Surprisingly, that wasn't the scariest part. The most scariest thing about this hideous creature was its tail...the tale of a scorpion...

Ashlyn was probably thinking too much because the thing in front of her had started shooting knives at her. No, wait! They weren't knives, they were...spikes? They were coming from its tail!! *What is this thing!!?* she screamed in her head. Ashlyn needed to buy herself some more time.

The monster thing lunged towards her. Ashlyn tucked and rolled out of the way to dodge its blow.

She then got up and went to run out of the way but she tripped on a stool and fell to the ground. She was about to get clawed to pieces by the big bag of ugly so she did the first thing that came to mind. Ashlyn, still on the ground, turned and grabbed the little stool that she tripped on, and threw it at the monster. Next, she grabbed her phone from her pocket of her hoodie, and quickly snapped a picture of the monster.

If she was going to tell anyone about this day, everyone would think she was crazy. At least now she had a image to prove that she wasn't imagining it. A few more spikes shot towards her head. One of them landed in the wall right beside Ashlyn.

From spending hours a day in the chemistry lab at her school, she knew what poison smelled like... And the spike things were definitely poisonous!! She didn't know what the monster was, or where it came from, but she knew she had to get out of there...and fast!!