Sophia came home from the airport and laid down on her bed. She took a photo frame from her shelf and looked at it. Sophia felt a couple of tears falling down her cheeks and she wiped them with her finger. Monday would be Sophia's first day back at school after the winter break. Most of her friends had gone back to school last week but Sophia didn't get home until Saturday morning.
"What's that?" Esmeralda asked as she followed Sophia into her bedroom.
"It's a picture of Michelle and me on our last day of primary school. The picture was taken an hour before everything changed." Sophia said. The picture featured the two girls in their school uniform standing outside the school gates. They both had their school leavers books and school bags in their hands.
Flashback
Oakwood Primary school. July 2016
It was the last day of term at Oakwood and all the children were looking forward to the summer holidays. For some of the children, it would be the last time that they entered the school as students. Sophia and her best friend Michelle sat next to each other during their final assembly. All of the children in Sophia's class had to read out a memory from their time at primary school. Sophia went first:
"My favourite memory is when we had a water fight in the school playground after school," Sophia said.
Once all the children had shared the favourite memory, the head teacher said a few words and then she started to read out all names of the children in Sophia's class.
"Sophia Abbott"
"Robbie Allen"
(Skip a few)
"Henry Walsh"
"James Walsh"
"Michelle Williams"
"I now present to you the class of 2016"
Everyone in Sophia's class cheered, some of them cried and others didn't know what to do. It was over. Sophia had spent six years with these people and some of them she would never see again.
"Michelle, Sophia let me take a picture of you," Michelle's Mum said as they walked outside the school gates for the last time.
Sophia and Michelle placed their arms around each other and smiled for the camera.
End of flashback
Present time, Sakura New Town. (Monday)
It was the start of a brand new school week and Sophia sat in her classroom listening to Mr. Barton explaining how to answer simple equations. Sophia was looking out the window and not paying attention.
"Sophia, is there something going on outside that you would like to share with us?" Mr. Barton asked.
"No. Sorry Sir," Sophia said.
"Please try and focus on the lesson," Mr. Barton said.
After class, Sophia went to get the lunch trolley from the kitchen. She helped serve lunch to her classmates with two other children. This was a new experience for Sophia as her old school had kitchen staff to make and serve food. Sophia sat down with Megan and Leah at the back of the classroom.
"Is everything ok, Sophia? You looked confused during class today." Megan asked.
"I'm ok. I'm still getting used to being back in Japan after almost three weeks away in London" Sophia said.
"Ok. If you need to talk about anything then you can tell us" Lucy said.
"Yeah. We are friends." Megan added.
"Thank you," Sophia said.
The rest of the school day was ok and Sophia soon found herself walking home. On the way home, she had a strange feeling that she was being followed. She looked around but other than a few older middle school children and her Yo-Kai partner Esmeralda she couldn't see anyone. She ignored it and carried on walking.
Two strange figures dressed in black were floating in the sky. They looked down at Sophia.
"That must be the girl with the Yo-Kai watch." one of them said.
"She doesn't seem important. I wonder why our leader would be interested in her" the other one asked.
"We don't have the right to question our leader." the first one said as the disappeared into thin air.
Note: Hi everyone.
This is a really bad filler chapter but some of the things mentioned will play a key part later on in the story.
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