“Yaaaaawn.”
I woke up at 7:00 am to the sound of dishes clattering in the kitchen. The stairs whined underneath my feet as I crept down to the kitchen. While munching on my Weetabix just like I did every morning, I thought about how slow the day was going to be.
My dad drove me to school at 8:00 and I arrived at 8:30. I walked into Mr. Molino’s classroom. The rest of the class went as it usually does: relaxed and quiet. The day was just like any other, a bit too much like any other...
I went to the General Store during break to get some snacks to keep me going. Next, I was off to English class.
I arrived at Thayendanegea (Mr. Cohen’s classroom). The first half of class was reasonably typical, except… something felt off. I felt a gravity towards the door in the corner of the classroom. Mr. Cohen told us to never go through the door under any circumstance.
During break, I stayed in class and waited for everyone to leave. The door was giving off an even more eerie energy when it was just me. I crept up to the door and unlocked the latch; the door creaked open without warning; all I saw was a long dark hallway with a gleaming light at the end. I whispered quietly through the hall, at the other end I found an exact replica of Mr. Cohen’s classroom. The door shut and locked behind me.
I assumed I had walked in a loop without noticing so I just sat and waited for everyone to come back. Everyone was arriving back from break when I noticed something off; everyone's skin was shiny and off-tone. Mr. Cohen walked in and said: “Welcome to back to class, students of... Blith.”
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