"Morning sweetie, sleep well?" Trudy said in her usual cheerful voice as Jerome walked into the kitchen.
"Not really" Jerome replied as he slumped into his everyday chair next to Alfie.
"Oh really, is everything ok?" Trudy asked and everyone at the table turned to Jerome.
"Yeah everything's fine" Jerome said before returning to eating his breakfast.
The rest of breakfast went by normally until Victor came in with some news.
"Listen up everyone quite down" Victor's voice boomed and the room went quite.
"There is a demolition site around the school, I have been told to inform all of you to stay away from the area and let the men get on with their work" Victor said while he turned to leave the room and go back to his office.
"What's happening? What's getting knocked down?" Alfie asked excitedly and everyone laughed.
"An old boarding house, which if you ask me should have been knocked down a long time ago" Victor explained turning to leave again.
"The house of Ammit?" Jerome asked looking up from his plate as the Anubis house students looked at him and Victor turned yet again becoming very annoyed talking to the students.
"Yes, now if you don't mind I have a lot of work that needs to be done so please stay away from that vicinity" Victor shouted and marched to his office.
Jerome didn't say anything or show any emotion, he just went back to eating his breakfast as if nothing even happened. The Sibuna gang looked at each other and then Jerome before deciding to talk about it later.
"I'm going to school early" Jerome whispered to Alfie as he got up and left, not giving anyone time to respond.
Jerome was walking to school slowly, thinking about what Victor said. Maybe this will put his mind at rest; maybe as soon as the house of Ammit is destroyed all the nightmares will stop.
Jerome smiled at the thought of Ammit being gone for good when suddenly a gust of wind came from behind him and sent shivers down his spine. All the memories that he had tried so hard to push to the back of his head and forget about appeared before him.
"You have released me."
"I am the great Goddess Ammit, devourer of souls."
"Now that I have everything I need by midnight tonight your soul will be mine"
"Noooooooo" Ammit screamed as she was absorbed into the box of forgotten souls.
"Revenge, revenge I will get my revenge." A ghostly whisper came from behind him, Jerome turned around to find that he was on the path to school and there was no one there. Jerome would often have flashbacks of what happened and now they have become more frequent and real like he is back at the house. He couldn't wait for the house of Ammit to be shattered into a million little pieces. Then he might be able to get on with his life and forget about it.
Jerome continued on the path to school when he heard another whisper.
"I will get you were no one can help you, no one can save you" Jerome shook the thought from his head and decided not to constantly stop or he would never make it to school in time, but what Jerome didn't know was that getting to school on time was the least of his worries.