The World We Once Knew

1 - The World We Once Knew

I sit there impatiently, twirling a piece of my light brown hair around my finger as I glance towards the clock on the wall beside me, the glass window taunting me with the alternative to this draining class. A bit dramatic, I know but it seems that whenever I enter this classroom I feel every fibre in my body die as I listen to Ms Green drag on and on about...what was it again, oh it doesn't really matter all you need to know is that Ms Green isn't the most interesting person and has quite the unusual talent, making her students lose the will to live.

I search the room for anything that could make this class a little more bearable, soon I realize that besides me there were only about 10 other students in the class, weird, I didn't really notice that before, but honestly I've never really been the observant type. My friends always tell me that someone could put a gun to my head and shoot me and I wouldn't even notice, they're very rude aren't they? I should get new friends, anyway I somehow manage to lock my attention onto the spotted pink bag in front of me, not the most riveting thing I could be doing but it's much better than sitting in silence, trying to understand whatever gibberish was on the board, so this tiny bag would have to occupy me for now

The glorious sound of the bell ringing finally fills my ears and I can't pack my stuff faster as I dart out of the classroom. "the bell doesn't dismiss you, I do" Ignoring her calls I enter the hallway, again noticing that there was only about 20 people out here...odd, what was going on today? I shrug it off as just the flu or something and start my trek towards my locker. I rub my hands together and warm breath leaves my mouth and fills my hands, slowly I wrap my arms around myself in a pathetic attempt to keep the cold at bay , soon an icy chill finds its way towards me, and I look around and finally figure out that some damn idiot left the window open...IN WINTER, it was like our school wanted us all to get hypothermia. Annoyed, I make my way over to the window, because like the hero I am, I was going to save the whole school from dying because some genius doesn't know how to close a window, sometimes I really do worry about my peers.

Finally my frozen fingers find their way to the window latch and I slowly close it, pleased that the insistent cold was dimmed in even the smallest amount, I turn away, ready to retreat back into the warmth of the classrooms, yes I was just complaining about lesson, but that was before I realized that running around an empty hall in the freezing cold was much worse than being bored to death in a cosy classroom. but just as I was about to turn around I notice the smallest detail on the window, I smirk to myself, and people say I'm unobservant, leaning down to get a clearer view, I spot the smallest dot of blood on the window. Disgusted, I jump up, seriously, what the hell was going on today? It seemed like I had entered a horror movie and the desolate halls weren't doing anything to calm my nerves. I try to reassure myself, calm down Emma, I repeat calm down, all you have to do is take a few steps and then you will be in a classroom (not really a positive but I'm just gonna go with it)

It's not like you're going to die

But what if you do?

No shut up, I'm meant to be calming myself down

I can't believe that I'm standing here in the middle of a hallway having an argument with myself, I knew Ms Green would send me crazy one day. Deciding that If I do die I won't have to show up to class anymore, I finally get enough confidence and continue on my way towards my locker. What's even weirder is that now there was literally nobody in the hallways, not one single person, I knew showing up to school was a mistake. When I'm dead I'm definitely haunting my Dad for forcing me to come to school, shouldn't this be considered child abuse or something? My heartbeat begins to race as I approach my locker, slowly I place all my books into it. A chill finding its way up my spine, and it begins to feel as if someone was watching me. Seriously, it's not like school isn't torturous enough without some creepy voodoo crap going on. Suddenly, I'm pulled out of my thoughts as blackness consumes my vision, and a chilling voice fills my ears "Found you"