Riley was reading a magazine article, about a school curse. Somewhere out of state, some kids read a fortune telling website telling them how they could trick their friends. In the article, kids were laughing about the website. The curse lasted for two days in a row.

"Maya, come over here, I want you to see this," stated Riley.

"Riley, just read it to me," answered Maya.

"Maya, I'll just summarize it for you," answered Riley. "On the first day, some ball players got locked in the locker room, before the game. It turns out there wasn't a handle on the door."

"How'd they get out?" asked Maya.

"Well, the game was about to start on they didn't come into the gym. One of the coaches went to the locker room to check on them. She couldn't get the door open, so she had to get somebody to come take the door of the hinges."

"Wow, that is weird," remarked Maya.

"I know," responded Riley. "Here is what happened on the second day. The school lost power and the students were freaking out. But, they were able to open the windows and they had back up lights. Many of the students called home because the school was hot and dark. After three hours had passed, the power and the air conditioning came back on."

"Wouldn't it be funny that happened here," remarked Maya. "We'd get out of school and no homework!"

"That wouldn't be funny at all!" interrupted Cory. "Riley, give me that magazine!"

"But, dad we weren't doing anything," replied Riley.

"Yes you were, I don't allow things like that in my class room!" answered Cory. "Keep it up and you will be ground when you get home from school."

Riley handed her magazine to her father. He put it in his desk and locked it. Then he started to begin the lesson. Maya was disappointed because she didn't get to read the rest of the article.

"Class, I have some news," declared Cory. "What you read isn't always true. So today we are going to talk about Fiction and Nonfiction. Who can tell me the difference?"

"Farkle, since I saw you raise your hand first, I'll let you answer," stated Cory.

"Can I make this part of Farkle Time?" asked Farkle.

"Yes," answered Cory.

Farkle got out of his desk and walked to Cory's desk. He flipped over Cory's name plate to the other side were it said Farkle. He made himself comfortable at Cory's desk.

"Fiction is made up stories, like Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, etc. People come up with those stories on their own. Non-Fiction is the truth, such as British Tea Party, John Adams, and things that happened in the past. Does anyone have any questions?" asked Farkle. "I see that no one has raised their hand so, I'm done for the day. Thank you, I am Farkle."

"Okay, class, I'm giving you an assignment," stated Cory. "I'm going to write it on the board. Please write it in your agenda books."

Cory went to the board, to write down the assignment. As soon as he picked up the piece of chalk, the light began to flicker on and off. After the lights flickered a few times, the lights went out.

Several of the students began to scream and panic. Cory turned around and there were some students out of their seats. Some were about to leave the class room. Cory knew that he had to keep order in his class.

"Everyone find a seat and sit down! We don't need any screaming!" declared Cory.

"Mr. Matthews, some of us are scared of the dark," remarked Farkle.

"We're all in middle school, and we know how to behave," declared Cory. "I don't understand this. Some of my students have just read an article about a school losing power, and it happens. This has never happened before."

"Since we don't have any power, this gives us time to tell ghost stories," declared Lucas.

"Mr. Matthews, can we tell ghost stories?" asked Maya.

"No, we are going to sit! I am going to open the door so we can have some more light," answered Cory.

Even though, there were emergency backup lights in the class room, Cory opened the door. He saw there were other teachers standing out in the hall way. Some had flash lights because since there were parts of the school that were darker. The principal called school off for the rest of the day, since they lost power.

"Dad, this didn't have anything to do with the magazine article, did it?" asked Riley.

"No Riley, I don't think it did," answered Cory.