Hayley and Grace: The Mysterious School

Chapter 3

Grace

I woke up to a siren sounding, I panicked at first but then realized it was the school siren, TO GET UP! I shook Hayley then got dressed into my uniform. Three quick days had passed since we had arrived. So that meant classes started today. I was sort of excited, because i loved to learn new things. Madeleine groaned as the siren stopped, she stood up, stretching then also got dressed, really quickly.

We quietly made our may to the Dining hall, because exams were in progress, at sat down at our table.
With food in our bowls, each student was given their new timetable. "Oh yes, i get Miss Kingston, Mother talked about her like a charm," I looked down to my timetable and saw all of my boring subjects, maths, geography, Humanities, English, and all that. Hayley groaned beside me as she read over hers. My first class for the day was Science.

I followed the map to a sharply closed door, with a teacher leaning onto it. She handed me a sheet with CAUTION SHEET in bold letters. I asked if this was my class and i handed her my timetable, so she reassured me this was it.
Slowly more students appeared and were also handed the same sheet. "Now, students, i expect you to take a few minutes to read this sheet i gave you while i go and get the ear muffs. She opened the closed door, only to reveal another one. She shut the first door, pink earmuffs on and i stood outside, knowing no one.

She came back out, a dark green  box full of earmuffs. Everyone kicked and shoved to get the non-pink-colored muffs. I did a Hayley thing, and walked to the box, shoving those who were in my way to get the last blue pair. I grabbed it, and as remembering from the sheet, it was to block the deafening sound. 
She gave us instructions to go inside and sit to a desk. We all walked in, silent. Professor Tiddlewot, waved her hands and took her muffs, with a few signals to do the same. I put my muffs onto the desk as the Professor began to speak. "No class, i have four boxes of Acrafrancis and now everyone come and get a pot from a box," It just looked like a sprout, coming out from soil. I followed the instructions and put my muffs on, and took the sprout out. Its mouth opened, but i heard nothing. I looked up as one kid took his muffs off, quickly turning to stone. I shrieked as the teacher took him out. 
After Professor Tiddlewot came back she sprinkled dust on the Acrafrancis, taking everyone's muffs off and putting them into her green box. Everyone sat down, Professor Tiddlewot at the front. "Why are they bad?"
"Because they can turn you to stone,"
"How can you stop them from crying?"
"Getting white bark tree and grinding them,"
"What if there are no White bark tree's around?"
"Use a leaf, it just doesn't work for as long,"

After science we headed to our next sets of classes for that day then went to our rooms. A few slow wail of screams sounded. It made Madeleine jump as we all sprinted to get outside our door. Piles and piles of students also heard it along with a few teachers. The teachers and Professor's exchanged a few words then sent everyone to the dining hall. Hayley, Madeleine and i stayed back, going to where the scream came from. It sounded a few times, which helped us find where it was coming from-
"Dining hall now!" Miss Whyte guided us to the hall, dumping us at the door. We received a detention of lines and aren't allowed to go to our elective class, Home Ec. Instead we would be writing lines. 

At Lunch i went to the Library to catch up on some reading. I went into fiction and saw some newspapers scattered. "Those girls!," A lady behind me sighed. I turned and came face to face with the librarian i think. She had her fingers on the bridge of her nose, taking very deep breaths. "You alright miss?" She turned to face me then went to clean the papers. So, just to get out of lines, i decided to help her. We organised them in dates and i read every head title on them. I stood up, and looked through the window i haven't ever noticed yet. Outside i could see the glistening lake with sea weed, and a pool near by. I turned back to the teacher and told her if i could have a pink slip. "Why?"
"Because i am meant to be helping another teacher, but this seemed more important and this pink slip would save me from lines," Only half of it was true, like the part where i said, 'and this pink slip would save me from lines,' part. and a pink slip is a slip to say where you were and where you were at what time along with the date, so you can't use it twice, or more. She quickly grabbed one from her desk, along with a deep blue pen to write on it. Then i ran out the Library, slowly walking to Miss Whyte's office. 

"Your late," She growled as i walked in. Madeleine and Hayley were already seated, close to completing their lines. I handed her my slip and went in. "Then, Grace," She said through gritted teeth. "Ten lines then your out, of here!" She quickly gave me a piece of lined paper and a pen, with a small box of ink. I wrote quickly, but as neatly as i could, just to get out of her office. Her office was filled with stuffed cats and pictures of them dead or as a coat. I gagged several times when i looked up to the board for the newer sentence. 
Once she let us all go, we headed to our room, then an engine roared to life.