Home room ended and I did the walk of shame up to my hateful teacher's desk. She seemed more on edge today, more like a hungry animal waiting for its prey to wander just close enough for it to snap its neck. My palms were sweaty, I never liked being along with teachers and the fact I was all alone with made me even more nervous. "Answer me this Maya,"she said through a clenched jaw "are you aware of the school dress code?"I nodded my head yes. "Well then you must remember that all shirts need to be at least an index card in width." That was the real rule, there were no shirts that had straps that wide. My school was insane.
"Yeah, I know but I don't own any shirts like that." That sadly was not a lie. I had a very limited amount of clothing because I didn't have a job and lived in foster care. They didn't buy your clothes, that was all up to you. "Besides, Brenda's shirt didn't even have straps, so I don't understand why,"
"I'm not concerned with Brenda." she cut me off. "It's you, Maya, that I'm concerned with." my stomach did a backflip and I got a little light-headed. My level of uncomfortablness got twenty times higher. She stood up from her desk, and I might sound crazy saying this but I swear it happened, her hands stared to change into claws. Giant lion claws. I gulped tried backing away but my legs were to shaky and I fell on my butt. Large white wings started sprouting from her back as her eyes glowed like a lantern in the darkness of the night. "Sit down Maya, lets take a small pop quiz." This sounded so strange to me, a giant monster stood in front of me and wanted me to take a quiz. This just didn't add up. But I forced myself to take a seat, she stared greedily at me like I was a delicious dinner. In my seat I got a better look at her. She was huge, but it look like she hadn't eaten anything in thousands of years. "Heres your paper, you will be timed. Instead of a grade this is worth your life. If you fail, I get to eat you." she said and licked her lips. I sat there trying to hide tears of fear.
"And what happens if I dont fail?" I forced the words out of my mouth. I sounded more calm than I felt. She just laughed as if that wasnt going to happen and shook her head.
"Your time starts now, I will collect your quiz in ten minutes." She said and sat at her desk staring at me with the most intense look ever. I looked down at the paper, there was only one question on it. Reading when Im calm is difficult enough. But when I'm reading because my life depends on it makes it even worse. Letters were flying off the page and changing places with each other. I cursed myself for having a learning distillate underneath my breath. "Five minutes left" she sang quietly. Her smile grew maliciously large. Only five minutes left and then I was dead. My leg was shaking and I was trying so hard to focus, but I couldnt. I looked up and he was there. In the corner of the room walking out of the shadows he appeared. My eyes widened and I gasped the monster must have noticed and her eyes went from me directly to him.