Prologue Part 2:The Present
Josh Matherson woke up earlier than usual that Friday morning. He had set his alarm for 5:00 but he woke up around 4:30 and decided just to stay up. He did his regular routine of showering, getting dressed and having his morning coffee. Since he had extra time that morning he went out for breakfast. He had a western omelet and a couple more cups of coffee and then he was up on his way.
He was a English high school teacher and he usually would get there by 6:30 so he could prepare for the day and get caught up on any work he had. It took him a little extra time getting to school because their was an accident on the highway so he had to take the back way. The road conditions were pretty bad due to the previous night's snow storm and he knew they should of canceled school.
The school principal Mr. Evans would only cancel school though if it was absolutely necessary and given the fact it was the last day before Christmas break, it would have to be a raging blizzard before he would call it. He took a good look outside at the thick snowflakes falling from above and shook his head.
"Michigan weather alright." he said to himself.
When he finally got to the school he found that it hadn't even been plowed or salted so he had one heck of a time getting into his parking place. Once he was parked he got out of his car, grabbed his bags and headed for the front doors. They were already unlocked because Filton the janitor was always there before anyone else.
He stepped inside and stomped his shoes off in the warm heated building. He walked down to the office to check his box for any and found the light was already on. The secretaries Kim and Bonnie didn't get there until quarter after seven so he wondered who was here. His question was answered when he seen the principal, Mr. Evans, sitting at his desk in his office.
Mr. Evans didn't usually come until later on to so this was kind of a surprise. Josh grabbed his papers from his box and took off towards his classroom. On his way there he ran into Filton, who was repairing a broken desk in the hall. Filton stopped what he was doing and moved toward him.
"Good mornin' Mr. Matherson, Hows life treatin' ya lately?"
"The sames as always Filton, keeping me busy, how about yourself?"
"Just fussin' with these darn desks again."
"Breaking again I see?"
"You know something, if I had a dollar for everyone I tun'd up this year I'd be a rich man."
Josh smiled.
"I bet you would be."
Filton lifted up his old bony finger and started shaking it frantically.
"What I oughta do is give that Mr. Evans a piece of my mind for keepin' these old junk wads around in the first place."
"I don't think that would be a wise thing to do Filton."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. I need this job anyways."
"Hopefully next year he'll come to his senses and get us all some new desks."
"I hope so."
"Well, if you'll excuse me, I have a lot work to get done before class."
"Of course, of course. Have a kindly sort of day Mr. Matherson!"
"You to Filton."
Josh started back down the hall. Filton was a nice guy but if you get him mad he has an awful temper. Luckily he's all bark and no bite. He's never stood up to Mr. Evans though, buts thats probably because he values his job more than his pride.
When he finally reached his room, he reached in his pocket for his keys. After unlocking the door he hung up his coat and took a seat at his desk. He had given a lot of tests out that week and that meant he had a lot of things to grade. He wanted to get as much done today as possible so he would have all of break to relax. If he wanted that to happen though he knew he had to get busy.
After school he decided to stay in for a couple extra hours to get the remainder of his work finished. At 6:00 he was ready to get going so he threw on his coat and headed out the door. He stopped in at a local diner to get something to eat because he hadn't gone grocery shopping yet and he really didn't want to make anything anyway.
After a nice steak dinner, he took off for home. The weather was starting to get bad again and he didn't want to be out later than he had to. He reached home just when the heavy snow was coming down and he grabbed his bags and went inside. He had a rather nice house which he kept pretty clean.
It had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, an upstairs, a basement and a garage. It was quite empty for a single person like him but he figured when it came time to tie the knot he wanted to have plenty of room. He went into the kitchen and started a pot of coffee and ended up turning the radio on for some Christmas tunes.
He went to work finishing his papers and finished at about 8:30. After he was done he went in the living room and watched some TV for an hour and then read for about fifteen minutes. He was getting tired so he decided to call it a night and went off to bed. At about three in the morning he was woken up by what sounded like thunder.
He got up and looked outside and saw nothing but snow. Suddenly he began to hear a swishing and swirling sound forming behind him. He turned around just in time to see a large diamond shape flash that blinded him for a few seconds. When he finally regained his eyesight he was puzzled by what or should I say who he saw.
