Descendants

Chapter 5 -Julie

The world is glowing and I look upon this elegant, angelic lady's face. It's sparkling, like little crystals embedded on every inch of her skin. She wears a silk rob and a wreath. She looks too sad to be the angel in my imagination, but her beautiful wings are the prove. Tears drop from her cheeks. One drop, two drops,three drops, four drops. Why is she crying? What makes her so sad?
'Ring, ring.' Indoor usually sleep till the alarm clock rings. This is abnormal. I pull on a T-shirt which writes 'Cool for the summer' and go straight to brush my teeth.
I have to know what's going on. And the best way is the examine that spooky toilet on the first floor.
'Ah!' A scream so sharp that pierces my eardrums. Students pour out of their classrooms to see what's going on. The scream comes from the female toilet. I push my way through the crowd till I get a glimpse on what's happening.
'Get out!'
I scream at the boys attempting to invade the female toilet. It's Lily. She's a history student from next class.  She looks at the toilet bowl, eyes widened, lips trembling. I rush to her side. When I see the thing in the toilet. I scream.

The deeds of a demon. This is what this is. It's a baby. Dead. A baby so small that it must have been a newly born one. It's body is covered with blood and there's a belly cord tying it up. How is the mother so cruel? A flash of black and white words pops beneath my eye lids. 'We are just warming up with you'.
'Hey you okay?' Cherry ask.
A bunch of girls gather outside the hallway.
'Yea.' I nod half heartedly.
'I don't see anyone at school being pregnant.'
'No one has a big belly, right?'
'Maybe it's one of the form six students.'
'But if someone is pregnant, the whole school would definitely know.'
'It's not hard to cover her belly with the right sweater.'
'Wait guys I heard that Arian and Irina had sex.'
The whole group snickers as I stand in their circle listening.
'Hey Julie, you have been quiet, what's your theory.'
'You know what I should go to the library. Catch you guys later.'

Typing on the keyboard, I search 'the history of Jupiter High'.
'Neil where are you. I need you.'
'Hey.'
Neil just appear behind my computer chair，giving a tap on my shoulder, scaring the hell out of me.
'Look what I've found.'
I shift the notebook so Neil could see my research.
Jupiter High is founded on the 9th September, 1950. The school was founded by Sir Alexander Gonzalez. He had passion for developing the education for the younger generation. However,he had not enough capital to build a school. A year later, an old cemetery was going to be removed for other landuses, as a result, Sir Alexander Gonzalez used a cheap prize to buy the land and changed it into the school now.
'A cemetery? Really?'
'Hey I think I have found something too.'
It's a newspaper clipping.
Girl Commits Suicide Due to Fail Talent Show
Khloe Hall, a 15-year-old girl studying in Jupiter High, committed suicide at the playground of her school under the tree.
'She was an introvert. She didn't have much friends, but I have never thought that she would do such silly thing,' expressed her mother.
Khloe had entered a school talent show and she tripped while performing ballet. This is the belief of the police that she had committed suicide due to depression.
'Wait, when is the news issued?'
'February 2013. Why?'
'So that's why the school is closed for 3 years? It doesn't make sense.'
'Maybe the school doesn't want students to panic so they say that the school is under renovation until the people forget about the incident.'
'This is a plausible explanation, but I still think there's something big that we're missing...'
'Hey Julie, do you think we should tell our classmates of our findings?'
'No, let's not put our friends in panic.'
I don't know why I feel like this, but despite my lack of power, I want to protect these people.