Silver Bullet

Chapter 11

  I awake suddenly to a bright glowing light. I notice that it's coming from under my bed so I reach under and grab the book and necklace. They both were glowing and emitting a blue light that shone so bright it gave the moonlight competition. As I open the book and flip through the pages I begin to see that the words in the book are in some foreign language I've never seen before and I really am not sure how this is supposed to help me if I can't even read what the book is saying!  I put the book back underneath my bed and put the necklace on my drawer and climbed back into bed. I just moved here and I already feel like I'm going insane but I push those thoughts aside and I fall asleep again. I was not going to lose it. At least not now.

 The next morning I rise a bit later than usual and immediately take a shower. I feel so exhausted for some reason. I mean it couldn't have possibly been because of my first day at a new school, the long hours of swim practice or strange appearances of people I've only known for a little over 24 hours. Who am I kidding? I am exhausted because of those things, I hate that things are going this way. It really pisses me off to know that my first week of being in a new country is going to be totally shitty. I mean the people are weird and some have anger issues as I've learned. It's just been crazy, I mean I got eaten by a boy I don't even know! Right now I'm just going to try and relax because I don't want to work myself up too much.

 When I arrive at school I see my group of friends from yesterday all waiting for me at the front gate and to my surprise they all welcomed me, I felt really warm and I immediately started to feel better about school. I don't see Jace at all, it bothers me a bit but I dismiss the thought and focus on getting through class. The courses I'm taking here aren't that much of a challenge and I thank God for that because the last thing I need right now is the stress and pressure of getting good grades. We all walk into the school together but everyone is awkwardly silent. I'm pretty sure everyone notices but no one seems to say anything to other. No one dares to break the silence. We reach in home room earlier than most of the class and take our seats.

I look around for Jace and to my surprise he was actually present. He had his head on his desk and didn't take it up until role call. I turn towards Casper and he smiles at me weakly. I look at him with questioning eyes and he groans a little and puts his head on his desk.  We get let out of homeroom and I head to the math room. Casper sits next to me and I notice he doesn't look so well.

"Hey, are you feeling alright?" I whisper to him.

"I'm sick, I think I ate something out of the way last night." He says holding his head.

"Aww I hope you feel better." I smile and focus my attention on our teacher.

The last 5 minutes of math Casper asked to go to the bathroom and never returned. I looked for him through the halls on my way to the next class and I didn't see him nor Jace. I realized no one I knew or came in contact with on the first day was there. I make it through the remainder of my classes in deep thought about where everyone disappeared to and now I have a headache. I wait for my ride outside the school gates and my mom comes to get me in about 10 minutes. 

I rest my bags down and hurry up to my room to change for swimming and I go right back to the car. While doing my laps in the pool I tried to clear my mind of all thoughts I was thinking for the past hours. I can't help but think about where all of my "friends" were and why was it that they didn't come to school. I manage to push the thoughts out of my mind as practice comes to a close and my instructor announces the regional competition that's coming up in October.  After I get the twins I head to the car and close my eyes on the ride home. It's too early in the school year for this and it is too early for me to be sleepy but I am.

As soon as I get home I head straight for the shower and let my down and allow the warm water to run over my sore and weakened body. I wish I could just stay in the shower forever but eventually I come out and lay on my bed and fall asleep. I awake to a soft knock on my door and I am able to hear this because I am a very light sleeper. I get out of bed and to my surprise it's Liza. Well well well, look who we have here!