Chapter two
I scrambled around in the morning making sure I had everything I needed for my first day at college. Satisfied, I took my bag and few books and began making my way downstairs. I didn't really see where I was going, and didn't have enough time to get out of the way of the person I just bumped into. Falling on my butt, I looked up to see a girl dressed rather Gothic and holding a cage of some sort.
" You..." She grumbled as she looked down at me. I gathered up my books and my bag and gave her a quizzing look.
" Uh, sorry?..." I managed to say while she still kept her cold gaze. " Um, I'm new here. I live in 204. My name's Mai."
" Kagome. These are my bee's." She said stiffly. I looked at the tiny cage seeing a few of the yellow and black creatures flying around. I tried not to make any faces of disgust or anxiety. She seemed really into her pet bee's that it was a little frightening. " Your going to be late." She stated simply.
" Uh wha-...Om my gosh your right, uh, see you!" I called over my shoulder. I rushed down the stairs and waved a hand at Emzee who had bin brewing coffee in the lobby. He nodded back.
As I made my way down the city sidewalk I thought back to the odd girl I met this morning How did she know I was late? I guess it didn't matter...
But then, what was she? Nothing stood out about her other than her dark clothes and her weird pet bee's...
I reached the campus and took out my map to find my first classroom. I was a little nervous, as I was sure I wouldn't really see anyone I knew. My friends back home were either going straight to work or going to a different college.
I sighed as I made it to the classroom I was looking for and found an empty seat in the row in the middle of the classroom. Looking around I still didn't see anybody I knew.
" Mai! Mai! over here!" I heard a familiar voice say. I looked up to see an old friend of mine, Kira, walking up the steps to the row I was sitting in. I stood up and went over to greet her as she hugged me.
" Kira! I haven't seen you in a really long time, Not since I was young!" I wailed, holding onto her hands. Kira threw me back her trademark grin. Kira had bright brown eyes that contrasted to her blue hair she often wore in a bun thrown on top of her head. It was really cute in my opinion, and I had always wished I had her sense of style. I wasn't really good at make-up or hair but she taught me the very basics when she would spend nights at my house.
" Heehee, I wasn't expecting to see you here either! now I'm really happy! How's your dad? and dante?" She asked. We both sat down next to each other in the row I picked.
" Ah, my dad's still calling me his dinosaur princess, and Dante's doing pretty well at work!" I smiled. Kira nodded happily as she shuffled some of her notebooks around.
" My parents decided to move back here this summer so I could go to college here. We had to move closer to the city though. Are you still in the same place?"
" Ah, my family is. Dante had a friend who owns an apartment complex around here, and he cut us a cheap deal to live there." I explained. Leaving out a few details, of course.
" Oh, wow, that's lucky! are the people there nice?" Kira asked. I nodded my head with a smile.
" I haven't met a lot of people but they're nice."
" Alright, class, sit down!" the male professor called out. students began rushing in and filling empty spots as our class began.
Me and Kira had a few classes together and decided to meet up again for lunch.
I dug in to my lunch with Kira until I heard a laugh. I looked up halfway to find her giggling while looking at me.
" Ha, you still eat your food way too fast Mai! One of these days your going to choke on something!" Kira exclaimed as she took a bite of her well made lunch. She was an impressive cook too, another quality I lacked. Kira would be the perfect wife, heck, she might even wear the pants in the relationship..
" I inhale my food. It's how I do-" I trailed off as my eyes began to wander to a group of girls who were talking rather loudly at the table next to us.
"- It's true! there used to be a really handsome young professor, professor Brooke, who worked in the English department, but he got depressed after his girlfriend broke up with him, so he committed suicide by jumping out the window from the third story in his old classroom- classroom 3A." The blonde began. Her two friends leaned in with excitement.
"...Th-that's our classroom for English..." I muttered to Kira. Kira rolled her eyes.
" Oh, c'mon Mai, you can't really believe that stuff can you? It's made up." Kira sighed contently, eating her food with her usual grace.
" Haha, yeah..." I replied weakly. Oh if only she knew...
"- It gets even creepier though! If you come here when it's night, it's said you can see him walking around the classroom. One girl said she walked into the classroom at night and saw him- a-and.."
" And what?" One of the girls asked.
"-He tried to-" She paused for what I could guess was dramatic effect- " Drag her to the AFTERLIFE!"
Her friends gasped, One nodded while shaking a bit.
" I heard he was so heartbroken he wants to find an eternal wife to go with him to the afterlife- imagine if you looked like his girlfriend- he would definitely haunt you!" one of the other girl's said.
" Guys, I feel so bad for him. I wish there was something we could do." One of the girls added.
" Maybe we should try to send him to the afterlife peacefully!" The blonde girl suggested.
" How would we do that?" One of them asked.
" Oh, I have a Ouija board, maybe we could talk to him!"
" Yeah!, let's go into 3A tomorrow night!"
Kira shot me an exasperated look as she waved a hand in front of my face.
" There all a bunch of idiots." Kira muttered as she drank from her bottle of tea. I nodded, chuckling nervously. There couldn't really be a ghost here, right?
And even then, from what they said, it only showed up at night, and nobody was really here that late.
" Mai, you should come over to my place sometime, my parents miss you a lot!" Kira said. I looked up at her.
" Tell them I said hi! I would like to see them again. You should come see my apartment, it's nice, I think."
" What's dante's friend like? Is he kind of old?"
" Ah, he's actually...um,...22? 23? Actually, I'm pretty sure Dante said he was 22."
Kira almost spit out her food. " That's pretty young! how does he own a complex that young?..Oh, his parents must have passed it down to him, huh?"
" Ah, yeah! y'know, family business and all." I answered. I was an awful liar.
" Oh, Mai, you should sleepover tomorrow night!"
" Hm? that sounds fun," I answered, smiling back. It would be nice to do something with a friend once in awhile, considering everything that's happened.
" Welcome back, kid." Roku smirked, as he looked up from the poker game he and Angel were playing. By the looks of it, it looked like he was winning at the moment. Angel smiled and waved as well, but turned directly back to the game with what looked like her utmost concentration.
"Hey guys." I greeted as i lugged all of my school stuff up the steps. Putting it away in my apartment, I went back down to watch them play.
" How was your first day of college, Mai?" Angel asked as she laid down a card on the table. Roku grunted as he looked at his hand of cards.
" It was pretty good, I met a childhood friend of mine who moved away some time ago. Oh, this morning I met someone else, before I went to school,..uh, Kagome, right? I bumped into her."
Angel perked up. " Oh, Kagome. Yeah, she's a bit hard to talk to because she's quiet, but she's a nice person in her own way...she has pet bee's she's really protective of."
" Pretty weird. She sent her bee's to attack me once." Roku added. " She's actually a supernatural, with her abilities anyway. She's a Psychic. Like an actual Psychic."
" She can see the future? and talk to spirits?" I asked eagerly. Angel raised a brow.
"-Well, yes,..."
" The future is never a set occurrence, many factors and different variables come to affect it. Therefore, I do not get crystal clear images of the future, but at least small glimpses." Kagome added, seemingly coming out of nowhere making me jump. Angel sighed with a smile.
" Nice of you to join us, Kagome."
" Ay, Bee-freak, do you see me winning this poker game?" Roku grinned, looking at Kagome. Kagome gave her usual stone-faced look.
" I do not need to foresee the future...to tell you the answer; you will get cocky and lose." She deadpanned, making Roku huff. I giggled, Kagome was kind of funny.
" You know," I began, " When I was at lunch with my friend today, we overheard these girls talking about a ghost that was haunting my English classroom at night. They're planning on going to the classroom tomorrow night with a Ouija board or something."
" Sounds like a bunch of bored and hyped girls..." Angel muttered. Kagome visibly stiffened.
" That...even if there is no spirit...they will open a way for spirits to infest..." Kagome spoke. Roku snorted.
" They'll probably get too scared to do anything and leave. " Angel added. Kagome seemed to walk off on her own without saying anything.
" I think your right..." I said slowly as I turned back to Angel. Just then Emzee walked out into the lobby and came over to us. He seemed to be fiddling with something that looked like a ring.
" What's that Emzee?" Roku questioned. Emzee took my hand and slipped a shiny silver ring on my finger.
" Oh, good, it fits."
" Wh-what is this?" I asked with a stutter. Emzee raised a brow.
" It's a little device that will let us know where you are- for safety. I imagine you don't want bodyguards, and this is will do-" He paused for a second. " What did you think it was?" He smirked.
" Pfft! nothing! weirdo." I spat back.
" Geez, Emzee, if your gonna get a girl a ring at least make it a little prettier. It's so bland. " Angel pointed out.
" It looks fine-" Emzee began until I cut him off,
" Wait, how did you get my ring size?" I asked looking up at Emzee. He looked at me like the question had an obvious answer.
" I walked into your apartment the other day, and you were asleep on your couch, so I just measured your finger while you were sleeping. By the way, you talk in your sleep and it's a little weird."
" You- Wait, WHAT?!" I twitched. He just waltzes into my room at his leisure while I'm asleep?!
I was about to open my mouth again until Emzee grabbed my cheek and pinched it.
" Don't get any weird ideas, red-head, your too short for my tastes." Emzee retorted. I puffed my cheeks out and glared at him with as much disgust as I could, to which he seemed to find amusing.
" Oh, stop teasing the poor girl. She's gonna get you back one day, Emzee."
Emzee seemed to laugh at that statement as he walked away.
" Gah, is he always like that?" I seethed. Angel laughed as she set a few more cards down making Roku slam his face on the table down- looks like he lost this game of poker.
" Looks like I won this one!~" Angel said in a sing-song voice. Roku grumbled putting the cards away and stalking off.
" Oh, that's right, ah, Angel, I won't be coming back here after school tomorrow because I'm going to my friend's house for a sleepover."
" Okay. Oh, we should get each other's numbers. Call me if you need something, Kay?"
I smiled and nodded as I began putting her number into my phone. Which reminds me, I should call Dante and Dad tonight to tell them how I'm doing...
I met Kira again the next day in class and we laughed over a few inside jokes we had.
" Oh, Kira, that necklace is pretty!" I said pointing to her neck; it was a small amulet with little engravings on the front.
" Oh, thank you. It was given to me by my late grandmother. It has a picture of my favorite flower inside." She said displaying it.
" Wow, it's so cool..."
" Yeah, I wear it all the time, it's pretty much glued to my neck." She laughed.
" Kiraaaaa, will you make me foooood tonight?" I whined. Kira sighed but still held her usual smile. " Yeah, yeah. God forbid you try to cook something."
'' I can cook!"
" Cereal doesn't count."
We went to her house after our classes that day and I was greeted warmly by her parents. I was glad they still remembered me!
" Mai-dearie! Were glad you got an apartment up here!" Kira's mom gushed.
" Yeah, I was really lucky Dante had a friend who owned a complex!"
"Mai! I made dinner!" Kira called.
" Me and my husband are going out to dinner tonight, so we can't join you guys. Make sure you eat a lot Mai!" Kira's mom called out as she and Kira's dad left.
" Ha, don't need to worry!" I replied. I sat down at the table with Kira as we began to eat dinner.
" Oh, Mai..."
" Hm?" I said as I looked up at Kira with food stuffed in my mouth. She giggled but went back to looking at my hand.
" Where'd you get that ring? Dante?"
" Oh, this? Emzee gave it to me-" I choked on my food as Kira grew a scary, wicked grin.
" Oh?"
" No,no,no! It's not even that- Kira, no-"
"-And here I thought Dante would keep the guys at bay for quite awhile...So, who is this guy, hm?"
" NO. ANYONE BUT HIM." I sternly stated. Kira seemed dissatisfied but went back to eating her meal with that wicked look still in her eyes.
" Oh, I think that cop drama is on tonight!" Kira said with excitement, I perked up too.
" We need to watch it!" I said excitingly. I quickly rinsed our dishes and joined Kira in the living room to watch TV. It was then I noticed something a little off.
" Hey, Kira, did you take your necklace off?" I said pointing to her neck.
" Huh?...no, what are you-" Kira moved her hand to feel around her neck. Panic struck quickly in her face and I began to worry,
" It must have fallen off-...Mai, can you help me look?" She said shakily. I nodded and frantically began to look around her house.
" Mai, let's check outside, it doesn't seem to be here.." Kira called out as she put a jacket on and slipped on her sneakers. I followed her and began looking around on the ground for the amulet.
"...I left it in our English classroom, I think. I remember hearing something drop when we were getting up to leave!" Kira explained as she gave me a worried expression.
" It's okay, Kira, we'll get it back as soon as possible! Do you want to head over there right now?" I asked. Kira nodded.
" Will the classroom be open?"
" The night classes got out a little bit ago, so the professor will probably still be there." I explained as we began to head towards the school.
It wasn't too far of a walk thankfully and we were glad to still see a few people on campus. We quickly went to the English department and climbed the steps up to the third floor. Stopping in front of 3A, we noticed that the door was closed and it was dark inside. Kira frowned.
" I guess we got here too late..."
" Wait a sec, I think this is unlocked..." I muttered. I opened the sliding door and was met with shrieks coming from a group of females sitting on the floor.
I screamed too, not expecting the girls who were sitting at our table the other day to be there.
" What are you guys doing here?" Kira asked. The blonde girl stood up.
" Well, we were busy calling a spirit, until you two barged in. Why are you guys here?"
" I dropped something." Kira answered rolling her eyes as she went over to where we sat. her eyes lit up as she pulled up her necklace from the floor.
" Mai! I found it!"
" Yay! I'm glad!" I cheered as I waited for her to come back down the steps.
Suddenly, a large boom sounded, coming from the sliding classroom door shutting.
All of us jumped, looking at the door.
" Wh-what was that, Macy?!" One of the girls shrieked. The blonde girl, who I now knew as Macy, shivered.
" I-i don't know...!"
Kira rolled her eyes even though she looked scared too.
" I think the wind just shut it. see?-" Kira went to open the door, but couldn't get it to even budge. I walked over to her and tried to pry the door open with her.
" That's weird, it's like it just..." I breathed nervously. I think I knew what was happening but I wasn't totally sure.
" Girls, I think professor Brooke is here!" Macy shouted. the other two girls shrieked and held onto each other in fear.
" I knew we shouldn't have used the Ouija board!" the brunette cried.
" Wait, let's see if we can ask him some questions!" Macy said. Me and Kira sat on the desk wondering what to do while watching them.
They put their hands on the small piece that was meant to glide above the letters and closed their eyes.
" Are you here with us, Professor Brooke?"
The piece began to move spelling out 'Yes'.
they gasped. Kira found this ridiculous judging from the look on her face.
" Are you still haunting this classroom?"
The piece moved around, spelling out another yes.
" Are you going to try to drag us to the afterlife, P-"
That was when desks began rattling and it felt like a small earthquake. Kira gasped as we held onto each other and the trio of girls shrieked.
" M-Mai, I think something might really be here with us!" Kira said shakily as she held onto me.
And she was right.
Oooh, cliffhanger~
Haha, anyway, I appreciate anyone who has read my story and I will probably make another update this later this week.
Have a happy thanksgiving!