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Chapter 2

3rd P.O.V (Point Of View)

As Flora walked down the hallways, she felt the presence of something which was walking with her. To her, it felt odd to be here, this place felt hollow but somehow seemed familiar. Statues shaped like animals, some I recognized, others were like stuff out of nightmares.  I had no idea what they were. They were everywhere, standing against the walls or on pillars. She was terrified as she was passing through the corridor, she felt like the statues watched her as she passed by them. Actually it seemed like she was stalked since she arrived at her new school. 

Flora P.O.V

As I was passing through the corridor, I felt frightened as if someone was walking on a tightrope with only their hands. Chills were running up and down my spine, I kept searching through the hall to find my dorm. I was afraid to look around and only glanced up to see the room numbers on the doors, I wasn't paying attention to what was in front of me.  With my head down, I suddenly bumped into someone and knocked something out of their hands. "Oh my! I'm so sorry! I didn't see where I was going"I apologized "Oh no it's okay, I wasn't paying attention either!" Said the person I walked into. I looked up and saw a girl, she was about my age with long raven black hair. "Sorry again, my name is Flora" I introduced myself to the girl "My name is Vinaya, nice to meet you," She said extended her hand with a wry smile. I shook with her hand and we realized that we were in a dorm together, we walked at the hall and finally found our dorm.

As we unpack our stuff and arranged our sides of our shared rooms my roomie and I made a list of the things we could share. I looked around the room that we just decorated, fairy lights were hung from the walls on my side. Everything on my side was neat and tidy as always, I was thrilled to see her side was just as neat as mine. I looked to my right "We did it!" Vinaya exclaimed. I chuckled, "Yes we did," I said as I put my hand on her shoulder "we survived the madness of unpacking." As I sat down on my chair in front of my desk, the bell rang "Awh c'mon! I just sat down!" I groaned. I stood up and went to our shared dresser to pull out the dresses we have to wear for dinner. It was sooo ugly, it was white but at the skirt, it has patterns of lines with a mix of the color Brown, Black, and White.

As I finally got in my dress I walked out and looked at Vinaya and said "are we ready" It has a little ruffle at the hemline, it has a collar with one button, everything seems to be sewn by hand and machine by little. As we all exited the rooms, we looked at our next neighbor. On my right, a girl who looked just like Vinaya rolled her eyes at me and next to her Ugh It was that dumb plastic girl, what a surprise! Also to add insult to injury they were My neighbor! I turned and began walking towards where everyone was, I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped into the cafeteria,  the dining table it looked neat and pleasant, everyone was coordinated with genders and age. This is where I knew I had to know some others my age. I looked around the room and wasn't sure where I was supposed to be, a lady walked toward my right and said "Hello dear" She said, "how old are you?" She asked in a raspy and creepy voice.  "Hello, I'm 17 years old" I faked a chuckle "Let me show you where you're supposed to be dear" She walks into a room that was like 2 floors in 1 room! As we got closer, I could already tell what they were doing. Girls at the bottom and boys at the top, such a sexist school. When I turned to say thank you she was gone, I walked to a table that was at the very back and sat on the only spot that was open. When I sat the girls in front of me looked up and smiled, they all had blonde hair, red lipstick, hair in a bun, I was so disgusted! When I looked around for a quick second and turn back to see them, they were gone..Weird..All of a sudden the lights went out "Ladies and Gentlemen thank you all for coming to dinner! You all look ravishing tonight!" An old raspy voice came from behind me, I turned back to see a woman in her late 50's and she wore a dress from the 90's. It was short-sleeved with a skirt knee-high, teal color with a mix of brownish-black, it was see-through at the sleeve and neck.  She had red lipstick and pink eye shadow, her wrinkles could be seen through her foundation and blush. It was so unfit for her, I faked an interesting look while others talked with their friends without giving any attention. I saw Vinaya with her sister at the table full of 16-year-olds, she was talking to a girl who I assumed her new friend. I looked back to the table and saw twins who looked 3 years old walking with their head upside down, they had no hair but there were thorns sticking out of their necks, it was scary. I looked back to the lady who kept of rambled on.  I kept hearing giggles from the other side of my table, so I turned back and saw nothing, not the twins, nothing, no one, It was weird. Creeped out, I focused on Vinaya and her new friend, suddenly the lights were off, some screaming or yelling, others laughing,  I could hear bells or some sort of sound that was ringing then it all stopped. The lights were on, some of us were bleeding from falling or running into a pillar. I was so scared, "Vinaya?!" I screamed, "Vinaya where are you?!" I kept yelling for her. I ran to her table to see her gone, everyone was trying to find they're friends or roommates. I ran towards my room and opened the door to find Vinaya laying in bed with her phone, "Vinaya! You scared me!" I said to her I as I reached out to shake her but she fades away. Just then the lights went off again, I looked around to get some sort of light. When the lights turned on Vinaya was gone and everything was back to normal, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I jumped as I turned and I looked back to see Vinaya, "Where have you been?! I was searching for you!" She gasped. "I-I don't know.." I stuttered "I saw you here but you were gone when I tried to reach to you.." I looked at her in distressed. "What-what are you talking about?" She told me "we were in the cafeteria taking cover, I was searching for you actually." I gasped for air, "maybe we should go to the nurse's office?" She asked I nodded "Wait I need to change," I told her.

As I walked out to the room from the bathroom I fixed my dress and got ready to go to the nurse's office. "You look great, now let's go," She said. 

As we were walking down the hallway we heard a scream, we looked at each other, we had a bad feeling about this. I walked faster, not looking back to see if Vinaya was following. I heard a loud crash as something fell, it sounded fragile, like someone dropped a tray of glasses on the floor but louder. Startled, I spun around and realized in an instant that I witnessed something I shouldn't have. I was terrified as I saw the scene unfold. There was Vinaya laying unconscious covered in blood. As I rushed to her, I realized there was nothing around her that could have caused such injuries. Suddenly all thoughts of my friend left my mind to be replaced with a sense of being watched. I know it was a terrible thing to do but I started running. Running away from what I just saw fearing that whoever or whatever got Vinaya was coming after me next.