Harriet Roswell and the School of Witchcraft

Chapter 18

Harriet was unpacking her suitcase into the drawers beneath her bed when Alex entered. Diana was putting away her makeup up into a small bag, she seemed to have spent ages doing her makeup, so she was still in the dorm room when Alex said it.

"I think Toby's dead." He said it loud enough for the sleeping babies to hear. Romero's alarm went off again. The first time it had Harriet had been walking in looking for her clothes to change into. Romero turned the alarm off, his curtains were drawn up, he laid in bed still.

"Did you say Toby was dead?" His voice squeaked.

"Yeah, I think he died in the shower yesterday morning, and he's still there." Alex said with his arms crossed.

"If he was dead, wouldn't someone have noticed?" Harriet asked.

"No, not unless he's missing in lesson's this morning" Diana said.

"Yeah I think we're the ones that are supposed to notice." Alex said, and Michael's curtains were slowly pulled up. He sat up rubbing his face.

"Did you see Toby last night?" Diana asked.

"No" Michael said and gave a yawn.

"Show me what shower he's in" Diana said, and almost without a second thought the whole group followed Alex into the boys bathroom.

The bathroom looked identical to the girls. Alex patted the door of the second shower in. Diana thought for a second before hitting on the door hard.

"Toby? Is anyone in this shower?" Diana yelled. They were all eagerly awaiting a reply. But no reply echoed out the bright white room. She tried giving the handle a good yank, it was locked. Diana looked to Alex and the others.

"Whoever's in the second shower if you don't reply we're going to kick the door down" Lemony yelled. Still no reply.

"I don't know if that's Toby, but I think someone in there, is dead." Diana said.

"We need to get a prefect" Lemony said.

"I know where Tyler is" Michael yawned "I'll go get him."

Michael returned with Tyler and two other elder years, all of whom were in their pyjamas. The two elder years seemed excited, they stood behind Tyler whispering.

"Oh there's a lot of you" Tyler said pausing for a moment in front of the group "you really think he's dead?" They nodded.

"Shit" Tyler said wiping sleepy dust from his eyes. He stood in front of the door and banged on it hard, so hard that Harriet thought he might knock it from it's hinges.

"Who's in this shower?" Tyler yelled into the white door, to no reply. He grabbed a hold of the circular handle and gave it a good shake, but it was firmly locked.

"I am a prefect. I am going to open this shower unless you reply, if you don't everyone out here is going to see you ass naked" Tyler yelled. He waited a moment, curious eyes darting to the first years. The sound of several hearts beating. He looked nervous.

"That usually works" Tyler said, taking a step back from the door and pressing a hand against his mouth in a moments preparation "if you don't want to see a dead kid, and probably get PTSD, I need you to turn around now." None of the first years moved a muscle, but one of the elder years did.

"Oh I can't looked" she squeaked covering her eyes and turning around. Tyler rolled his eyes.

"I'm going to get PTSD" Tyler said, and hovered his card over the scanner. The door unlocked with a clunk, and he slowly pushed the door open.

They all leaned forwards, even the elder years wanting to know what horror this room would bring, on just the third day. The room was made up of two segments, the shower, with a moveable blurred glass barrier at the far end, and a big space for changing at the end near to them. The floor was made of lumpy white tiles, and the walls were made from plastic for easy cleaning. The changing area housed a few pegs, on which were a couple of shirts. On the floor of the changing room was.... nothing. Nothing at all. It was empty.

"Why am I disappointed?" One of the elder years asked.

"You are literally a fucking psychopath Janice." Tyler said as he walked through the room, and pushed the glass barrier back like a door, revealing the shower head.

"That's weird." Tyler said and turned around.

"Could the door have just got pushed shut and locked?" Lemony asked.

"No, they don't do that. They only lock when you've touched the handle inside the room, and can only unlock by touch inside the room" he looks up the tall walls up "I suppose he could have come in and then... climbed out." Tyler pulled the clothes off the pegs.

"Is this stuff Toby's?" He asked, they all shrugged.

"Yikes. Okay well, I'll let someone know Toby's missing. Great news though! He hasn't died in the shower!" He yelled and left the room with the elder years.