Chapter 1: the beginning of the end

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Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.  The clock chimed softly through the classroom, ensuring the students were aware of the passage of time, as the last class was rapping up, the walls are a dull white, and brown oak styled desks stood in rows, there were three computers along the back wall, and the teacher sat at his desk, reading emails as his pupils chatted or played on their phones, all the teens looked different despite looking exactly the same. But one would stand out, a brown haired, shifty eyed 16 your old boy, his eyes had dark circles, he wore a white hoodie and blue jeans, with black sneakers, his hair was frizzy and he wore wide lenses glasses, as the clock ticked along he swore time went slower at this point, as if the clock was being held back, and was struggling to keep up. He packed his book bag and stood up, as the bell rang students dashed for the door, finally, the warm breeze of summer would take them away from the dreary place, the boy stood and looked around before hustling towards the door, before being stopped by a black haired boy, who smiled "hey Hex!" He would exclaims "oh hey cole, what's up?" Hex would say, as his friend approached him, now, hex and cole weren't that different in appearance, but hex was sure cole was a psychopath waiting to happen. "Oh nothing!" Cole said  with a sigh "I can't believe schools over for the summer!" He'd nods as they walk out into the soft summer breezes of their quiet town, the warm sun beaming down on the two, chasing away the chilly schools air conditioning "yeah, finally away from these people!" Hex and cole continued to meander to their homes chatting about video games, people, and the weather, hex skillfully avoiding questions from cole such as "if two astronauts were on the moon, and one killed the other with a rock, would that be fucked up or what?"  Cole asked many of these, but hex would be able to dodge them easily, soon cole reached his home"well see you later dude!" Cole shouted as hex continued his walk, heading for his home not more then four or five blocks away from Coles. Hex began his walk, nearing the concrete path that lead all over town, he would soon see the forest, green, dark, and lush, that Cole claimed he "walked through at least two bajillion times" to get to Hexs house, so, in a spur of the moment decision he began to walk towards the forest, enjoying the cool air and warm sun, keeping a straight path toward his house, the leaves of the prior fall rustled under his feet, making him smile softly, before he felt a colder wind brush his back. He shivered and sighed, looking around before he heard something that chilled his bones, laughter, he looked around in panic, and walked faster, before a bush in front of him began to rustle and shake, he looked at it in fear taking a few steps back, before something jumped out, he screamed, louder then a normal scream, as if he'd just died, he stumbled backwards and looked at the glowing white figure. Hex, had just seen, a ghost

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