October 5th, 2013
I never used to keep a diary before, so this is kind of new to me. I suppose it's mainly down to Ms Usher, she suggested that a record of all this crazy stuff would be useful if someone comes to help us. Maybe the guys from New York? They own the place after all, surely they'd want to find out what happened to everyone here?
There are three of us left in the building, everyone else either died or left. I don't know what happened to them. Maybe they got away, but looking outside I kind of doubt it. It's just me, Ms Usher, and Mr Montag now. I suppose I could have worse people to be stuck with, but the principal always scared me. It's not because he's a scary guy, he tries to be nice. I just don't think he's very good at it. Last time he tried to give the school a pep talk, I couldn't sleep all semester. Ms Usher keeps him in check, a little, but I can see things getting pretty awkward pretty quickly.
I should probably start at the beginning, I'm getting way too ahead of myself. My name's Carter. You don't need to know any more, Carter will do just fine. I never really liked the rest of my name anyway. This hell hole (almost literally) is Innsmouth Academy, and the place outside is a mess. That's not what it's called, but I reckon it'd be an apt renaming. And for lack of a better word, we study magic here.
I know, it sounds really corny and stupid. Like Hogwarts, right? That's pretty much what it is, except instead of learning charms and potions we learn how to fight wendigos and summon spirits and all kinds of crap like that. I wish I could say it was interesting, but for me, it's not so much. I never asked for any of this, and truth be told I'd be happier without any of these powers. I just want my life to be normal.
I'll be turning sixteen pretty soon. Andy and Danny said they'd try and make it special. Andy even said he'd try and bake a cake, up at the sheriff's office. I don't know if Mr Montag will let me out to go celebrate, even though he knows I can take care of myself. We're holed up in the admin office, though I said we should be in the headmaster's room instead on the upper floor, much easier to defend. Mr Montag shot that down, apparently it's haunted by something and he didn't want to trap a bunch of ghosts in the wards with us. So, the admin office it is.
Maybe I can sneak out to the precinct instead. I don't want to be stuck in here with nothing to do on my birthday, and the familiars running around don't make great party guests. At least Danny will be there. I don't like it when he tries to visit me here. It's too dangerous in the woods, but he never listens. Oh well, hopefully I'll see him on my birthday. That'll definitely be something...
