In a small apartment room; a sleeping figure lay tousled beneath the sheets. The wind breezes gently through the open window and the first ray of sunlight kisses her face and stirs her. Her eyes flutter open, a jewel of emerald green. Her hazy eyes searches for the digital clock to tell her what time it is. 6:59 the red led lights blink back at her. "Oh, it's almost time." she groans pulling the pillow and shielding her face from the bright rays that hit her. "It can't be time yet… I wish..." she mumbles incoherently into the pillow. A wish: suddenly the sunlight withdraws and the clock, the digital numbers count backward and she falls back into sleep.

"I'm late!" Sarah Williams suddenly throws back the blanket and looks at the watch on her bedside table. It reads 6:31. 'That's strange' she wonders. Didn't she wake up earlier and fell back asleep... She swears she overslept, last night going through and grading her students' papers she had slept late. And yet she felt quite rested; well rested. She scrambles to her window, she had left it open?

Looking out through the small window of her bedroom she notes the sun, it hasn't been long since it had risen and that cut out the possibilities that her watch may be at fault. "Well, I'm up a bit early, all right! Better get ready. It's going to be a long day miss Williams." Sarah snorted; talking to herself made her question her sanity. Though a lot of things had happened to her that could make anyone question hers.. if only they knew what she has seen.. Nope nope nopity nope.. I'm not going to think about that.. Dream. Sarah shook her head and headed to the bathroom.

Taking her time to brew her coffee while reading a book and making faces that reflected the mood of the characters of which she was reading about while her cat purred and rubbed her ankles was definitely Sarah. And as she grabbed her jacket, locked her apartment and ran down the stairwell and got to her car chanting "late, late late… ". He watched intently through the clear glass of the crystal bauble that he held. The cretins crowded at his feet for attention yet he kept his attention to the figure in the crystal. "Reckless isn't she?" he smirked as she drove off 'and he had reordered time for her'. He sighed and then kicked one of the goblins that had started to get too close for his liking.

At school.

"okay, so here are your papers, each of you have been graded according to your perception of the reading assignment and most of you have done exceptionally good, as for those who got an "F", you'll have to stay back during lunch and take another reading assignment." There were a few groans and Sarah smiled. "That's what you get for not taking the assignment seriously, Matthew." She turned to one particular kid who groaned louder than necessary.

"It's Matt, miss Williams, but do we have to do reading assignments? We're just kids, we should be having fun ya know". A kid with greasy hair smiled sheepishly at her. Some murmur at the back seemed to agree with him.

"It's a part of learning, the book was an abridged version of the water babies, you'll have to deal with more complex forms of literature as you go higher up the education ladder so Sock it in and take it like a man!" the class giggled. "So MATT," she paused, "I'll give you the liberty to choose your own reading assignment." It was her turn to smile sheepishly; Matt gulped inconspicuously. " from any of Shakespeare's original work, submit your opinions on it in a form of an essay which can exceed as many pages as you want but is only limited to a minimum of ten pages."

" TEN?! It's not fair" he groaned.

Miss Williams smiled at the familiarity of those words. "No it's not; therefore all of your "F" posse can take the same assignment." The few of them groaned helplessly while the others' giggled. "You can come to me anytime for assistance."

Miss Williams can be diabolical. No, cruel.

She smiled and turned to the board on the wall "All right, everyone turn to page… "

Outside the classroom, a snowy white owl perched on a branch observing the happenings inside the classroom.