Lily and I woke up a bit on the late side the next morning. I had lain on my bed for at least half an hour watching the dust motes swirl in the morning sunshine before I realised what time it was. We were currently rushing around, frantically pulling on socks with toothbrushes in our mouths, packing our bags and trying to memorize our timetables.

We finally made it out the door. It seemed we weren't the only late risers this morning. I kept my eyes open for any sign of a teacher approaching, looking to talk to me.

"Alice, are you okay?"
"Huh, why?" I asked Lily as we power walked to our first class.

"You seem really on edge…"

"Just don't want to be late," I replied with a grimace.

We waved goodbye to each other before heading our separate ways. I had art, one of my favourite subjects. I burst into the classroom and hurried to the last empty seat while blushing violently. The class turned back towards our teacher and the lesson began.

We were told to draw anything that we wanted, just so the teacher had an idea of our ability. I couldn't help but think back to the previous night, so I drew the old dorm building, with him looking out of the window…

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"I officially HATE that woman," I moaned as Lily and our friends sat around the lunch table. I was talking about our new maths teacher; Miss Walker.

"I have to agree with you there," grumbled Lily before taking a bite out of her pizza.

I looked out of the window and watched the September rain. It wasn't gloomy and grey outside but I still couldn't shake the ominous feeling I'd been having. So far no teachers had approached me to scold be about last night. Maybe he hadn't told anyone then again maybe pigs could fly…

"Crap!" I exclaimed as I darted back under the arch. There had been someone standing in one of the windows. They wouldn't have seen me, would they?

I peeped around the corner and looked back up to the window where I had seen the figure. I could see that they weren't looking at me but instead watching the sunset or something. How nice.

I snuck back over to the gate and hid a little behind the wall so they wouldn't see me. I peeked over the top and saw him properly for the first time.

"What are you doing here?"

I jumped in surprise and span around. I found myself face to face with two night class students. I was sure they were the black haired siblings from before; the girl being the one that Ryan couldn't take his eyes off. It was the boy who had spoken to me.

I simply gaped at them.

"You would do well to answer us," he said darkly, stepping closer to me.

"I-I-I uh…" I tried to reply but only could manage a feeble stutter. These people were far more intimidating up close. Their cerulean eyes glinted sinisterly in the twilight.

"I'm getting bored, Lucas," said the girl in a sleepy, delicate voice. She fiddled absently with the ear of her stuffed bunny rabbit, although, it was far too ornate and detailed to be referred to as just a toy.

The one called Lucas sighed and glided past me. The girl (his sister?) followed close behind. He pushed on the gates firmly and they opened with a creak. I mentally kicked myself; they weren't locked after all.

"Follow us," said Lucas over his shoulder.

I was frozen on the spot but suddenly thawed out as the girl turned around to gaze at me. I jumped again and began to follow them. I kept turning around just to watch the gates close behind me.

When we reached the door I couldn't help but admire the quality and elegance of the white marble that it was made out of. It was bigger than I expected too. Why didn't the day class have anything like this?

The two opened the doubled doors and strode inside. I waited on the threshold, not sure whether I should actually go inside or just wait.

It looked dark inside though I could see that the floor was made out of the same stone as the door. The walls were panelled with what looked like oak, though it was hard to be sure. As for the ceiling there was definitely a chandelier there but there was something else unusual about it. I just wished it wasn't so dark.

A chill breeze blew through the trees and I shivered a little, what on earth were they going to do?

"You can come in, you know…"spoke a different voice from within the building.

I shuffled in as quietly as I could and closed the door. I pushed on it quite hard, expecting it to be very hard to close. It slammed shut and the noise echoed for what seemed like forever.

"Oh, um, sorry…" I mumbled, though I wasn't sure who to.

I heard some shifting and could just make out a tall figure standing up from some kind of seat. They walked towards me, almost silently, and then stood a few paces away from me.

"So, you were sneaking around outside, hm?" he asked.

I nodded my head but couldn't bring myself to say anything; I just needed to get out.

He took a step closer to me and went to reach for my wrist. I yanked it away from him and he chuckled darkly.

"What's going to happen to me?" I asked, trying not to sound scared and intimidated.

"Well," he began, "That just depends, now, doesn't it?"