In search of new dreams
Sarah has very much moved on from her time in the Labyrinth. She's got a much better relationship with her parents, Toby and her new sister Renee. And after pulling her head out of the clouds, she has gotten into a prestigious college. Everything seems to be going well. Until she walks into her first class. Her teacher is so familiar it frightens her. Her attraction to the teacher also makes her worry. Who is he? Why does she feel this way towards him?
Chapter 1 – All falls apart
Sarah strolled happily into the cafeteria. So far her first day was going amazingly well. She had gotten professors that appeared to be very nice. She had made a friend in each class. And now all she had was lunch and another class before she was driving back home to pick Toby and Renee up from her first week at school. Today was a good day. She gathered a chicken and avocado sandwich and a bottle of water. Karen still worried that she didn't eat enough, but she simply wasn't hungry half the time.
"Sarah!" Someone called to her. She turned around and found a group of girls waving at her. She paid for her meal and made her way over. She knew a few of the girls but not a lot of them. She recognised a blonde as Maddie, one of the girls in her modern history class.
"Hi." She said as she sat next to Maddie and another girl.
"Guys, this is Sarah, she's in my Modern history class." Maddie introduced. "Oh and this is, Monica, Nicole, Bronte, Claudia, Molly and Emily." Sarah said hello to all the girls.
"So Sarah, tell us about yourself?" Bronte asked. She had her red curly hair pulled back into a messy pony tail, almost as if she had planned on having it out all day but then got sick of it.
"Um, what do you want to know? I have a younger brother and sister?" She shrugged.
"Oh that's cute, my sister just started high school." Claudia smiled. She had lovely olive skin that the very white Sarah was jealous of.
"Yeah I'm picking Toby up from his first week of being in grade 3 today and Renee from her first week in Kindergarten." Sarah smiled.
"So why are you here? What do you want to do?" Nicole asked, after wiping her mouth following a bite of her burger. Nicole was small and Asian but by the looks of it she ate a lot.
"Pre-school teaching" Sarah said definitively. She had wanted to do something with kids especially after spending so much time with Toby and Renee.
"Oh cool, that's what I want to do." Bronte said.
"Has anyone got myths and legends next?" Molly asked, glancing at her schedule.
"Ahh, I think I do... Is it with Professor King?" Sarah asked, trying to eat her lunch and search through her bag for her timetable.
"Yeah... Cool at least someone has an interest in the strange." Molly said glaring at the other girls.
"We have better things to do then learn about things that don't exist." Monica said standing up. She had her hair cut into a tight bob. She looked very organised and poised.
"Whatever." Molly shot back rolling her eyes.
Maddie took Sarah's hand and murmured to her. "Those two are always like this. They really are good friends, they just don't always see eye to eye."
Sarah nodded slightly to indicate that she had understood. Sarah knew a few friends who were like that. Not that she ever mentioned that night. She had convinced herself that it was all a dream. She had also removed her head from the clouds. This allowed her to focus on school more.
"Sarah, shit, we're late." Molly cried out. Sarah glanced at her watch. They were 5 minutes late.
"Aww shit." She stood up and shoved the rest of the sandwich into her mouth. She picked her bag and water bottle up before almost running out of the cafeteria, Molly hot on her trail.
They reached the classroom about 5 minutes later, both out of breath and extremely nervous. Sarah quickly wiped her mouth to ensure she didn't have any stray pieces of food. She fixed her hair and clothes as well in an attempt to look at least a little presentable. Molly beside her was smoothing down her skirt.
"Ready?" Sarah asked, placing a hand onto the doorknob. Molly nodded her head while biting her lip.
Sarah took a deep breath before opening the door. Thankfully the classroom was dark as it appeared that the Professor was showing the class a PowerPoint. Sarah slipped in and held the door open for Molly. She turned around to find every person's eyes on her. She felt her face turn red.
"And here are the missing students." A surprisingly familiar voice said at the front of the room.
"We are so sorry sir, we got caught up with lunch." Sarah explained. She couldn't really see him, but that voice. Where had she heard it before? It was hauntingly familiar.
"Yes, yes, Miss. Williams, please find a seat and take down the notes." The man snapped.
"Yes sir." Sarah said. She felt like a child who had been caught doing something bad. She was a grown-up now, why did his voice make her feel like she was 16 years old?
Sarah went in search of a seat and quickly found one to the left hand side of the room. Cursing the world, she realised she had left her book at the table. Not wanting to disturb the class again, she pulled out another book. Now she would have more work to do. Molly sat next to her and raised her eyebrows at her. Sarah shook her head, as if to say that she was fine. She flipped the book open and started to the write notes from the PowerPoint. Her day had been going so well, until this stupid class.
After about 45 minutes of note taking the Professor finally turned the lights on. Sarah began to pack up so she didn't notice the fact that Professor King had dismissed everyone else and now stood in front of her. Instead Sarah was imagining picking Toby and Renee up and having a family dinner, something she had never truly appreciated before. Taking her phone out of her bag she put it into her jeans back pocket and turned around.
She let out a little scream at the man behind her. He had ash white hair but it wasn't as wild as the man in her dream's had been. The Professor's hair was smoothed down and he wore glasses. Still, Sarah couldn't suppress a shudder as she looking into his eyes. They were also extremely familiar. This had to have been a coincidence. That was a dream and dreams like that didn't exist. They were not tangible.
"Sir?" Sarah asked.
"Miss. Williams, I wish to discuss your lateness this morning. Though I realise that this class is only a choice course it does not allow students to miss out on lessons. Any lateness will not be tolerated." The Professor said.
"I won't be late again sir." Sarah hung her head. He was still making her feel like a child.
"Ensure you don't, Sarah." He said walking away.
Sarah was suddenly blinded by images of Barn owls. She gripped the seat in front of her to keep herself steady. Her phone vibrating, helped her bring her back to the present. The Professor had left and Sarah was alone in the room. She reached for her phone and found that it was a text from Karen: Please don't forget to get Toby and Renee. Thank you for doing this.
Sarah sighed and picked up her bag. So within an hour her perfect day had fallen apart. That was just typical Sarah luck.