The Untold (Unedited)

Be Careful Out There

Annika's POV
At this very moment no amount of torture could compare to the excruciatingly boring lecture my professor was giving at the moment. Honestly I couldn't even tell you what the lecture was about because I lost track after the first three weeks of school. I don't even think I'm supposed to be in this class to be completely truthful.

It's my fourth year at Colorado state and quite frankly I'm most upset about my sleep schedule being messed up to be a real adult more than anything else. This school was trash to begin with and trash to end with, so I'm most definitely not sad about leaving. The only good part about this place was coming my childhood friends Julio, Harper, and Gio a.k.a "The triplets". Ever since we were born our mothers have had us

"Do you get any of this?" A girl beside me shook me from my thoughts.

"Not one bit." I said shaking my head. Looking at her a little longer I noticed she had dark auburn hair, pearly white teeth, and hazel eyes, but the most beautiful part of her was that she was black and the look fit her very well.

Turning away with another small head shake I look towards Professor Dearius and begin to listen to his lecture. After about ten minutes of attempting to force myself to pay attention I give up on trying and put my headphones in and lean back waiting for the last hour to pass. As my mellow music plays I feel the burning of someone's stare on my back, but as I look around no one is even looking in my direction. Ignoring the irritation I somehow find myself falling into a deep sleep in the back off the classroom almost completely slouching in my seat. As darkness covers my sight and mind images flicker within the folds of my brain I slowly fall into a deep slumber.

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As I slowly open my eyes I find myself alone in the classroom. I scan the large area for anyone left, but everyone has gone out of the class. As I'm about to get up to scurry out I hear the shuffle of papers and few of which I see Professor Dearius give F's to without even turning through the pages of the students post test.

"Sleeping beauty has finally risen from her joyous slumber!" He exclaims without even a glimpse in my direction. "Did you sleep well during my lesson?" He finally looks up and peaks over his reading glasses. I must say with the situation at hand the fifty something year old man looks extremely handsome. I'm sure when he was in his twenties he was one of the most wanted in town.

Grabbing my backpack I begin to walk down the stairs towards his cherry wood desk. He sat watching as I approached most likely awaiting a witty or disrespectful response like he got from all of his students.

"I apologize sir. I promise it'll never happen again. I must change my ways especially since this is my very last year as a student here." I said with a little base in my voice. I don't think it did much to impress him, but it did take the tiredness out of my voice.

"I accept your apology Ms. Annika, but please don't let it happen again." He says shooing me away. I say my goodbye and walk towards the exit of the classroom. As I'm about to exit I realize the door is bolted shut. I turn towards Professor Dearius to find some kind of answer to this issue, but all there is behind me is darkness. My heart speeds up so quickly I almost go into cardiac arrest. Lost in thought, the darkness begins to spread around me. Without a warning it consumes everything around me leaving me in the lightest, and brightest spot in the room. I feel naked and afraid. Like prey being cornered by a predator.

"Hello?" I scream into the open black space.

"We're coming soon Annika." Someone whispers. I jump to get away from anywhere near the voice except I can't identify which direction the whisper came from.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I scream loud into the darkness. No one answers until I scream the sentence once more.

"We're coming for you my lovely girl. Be ready for your family." Suddenly a loud ringing screeched through my mind. Quickly I awoke with a slight jump. I looked around the room panicking and looking for signs of danger. Nothing was found and soon I realized the bell is what woke me from the awful dream.

Was it a dream A?

Of course it was. Why wouldn't it have been a dream? My anxiety always tried to question my logic, but I know when I'm right and when I'm wrong, when I'm overthinking and under thinking. I know myself and that was only a day scare.

"Hey Princesa." I heard from the upstairs exit to my right. Turning around I see Harper, Julio, and Gio walking down the stairs towards my seat.

"What's wrong Annie you look pale?" Harper asks as she pushes her brothers out of the way to get to me quicker.

"Nothing, I fell asleep in class and had a day scare. Most likely karma for missing the lesson." I say laughing off the situation. Harper nods her head and laughs along with me.

Swiftly grabbing my belongings I start to stand up to follow my three friends who've already started walking towards the door when I see Professor Dearius staring at me intently. I stare back waiting for him to say something but he never does oddly enough.

"Is there something you needed to say Professor?"

"Be careful out there Sanders." He says. "See you in a few days." He looks back down to grading our test.

Soon? There's class tomorrow though?

I begin to walk towards him to question him further, but something in my gut tells me that I need to leave immediately. So that's what I do. I run up the stairs to the exit and find myself in front of my waiting friends.

"What took so long?" Gio asks irritably. I shrug and push past him.

"Let's go get pancakes from Pedro's!" I exclaim as I skip towards the buildings exit.

Pushing open the door the fall breeze hits my skin like a whip and small shiver runs down my spine. Harper finds her way next to me and we indulge in conversation pertaining to a certain ex's party coming up this weekend, but my hearts not in it because something is telling me we- I won't be able to attend.

"A? A!" I hear someone say. I look towards the voice and come face to face with a concerned Harper.

"Yeah?"

"What was that day scare about that has you this worked up?" She asks stopping. Her brothers nod their heads wanting to know what my issue is.

"Nothing guys, seriously." I say trying to walk again, but Gio grabs me.

"No, tell us." He says and for some reason the look in their faces make me spill my worries.

"I was in the class alone, it went dark, and a voice said 'be ready for your family because we're coming', or something like that." I say trying to remember exactly. The triplets look at one another and give each other a look I can't quite understand. Gio give Harper a small shake of the head no and Harper turns to me again.

"That sounds very...strange Annika. I doubt it's anything you need to worry about." She says grabbing my head. The sincerity in her eyes calms me and I smile.

"You're right Harp." And with that we're on our way to the

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