1.19

Ms. Decker was writing on the blackboard with her marker, I just remembered something from an article I used to read back in the old days. Apparently some people are addicted to the aroma that a marker emits. It is pretty crazy not gonna lie, at least 2 out of 15 people love the smell of it.

Ms. Decker just wrote a whole equation on the board, teaching us about long division something like that. The weird thing is, they are only going to teach it when it is necessary in the outside world. Like you don't need to learn polynomials because you can't use it if your job doesn't involve any math. Which is pretty handy, they really thought this through huh. Good thing they changed it, back in the near 2018-2025 the suicide rate goes up by 10% mainly are students that are struggling on their studies.

"can someone solve this equation??" Ms. Decker asked

Some of the students raised their hands to participate in the class while others just sits and listen to Ms. Decker how its done. You can do that if you want to, there aren't specific rules in this school because they wanted to make the students actually learn.

"Yes Hannah," Ms. Decker called one of the students who are raising their hands. A girl with pink hair long hair stood up and went in front, her hair reaches about near her waist. She solved the equation without any trouble at all. She returned to her seat and Ms. Decker begun explaining how she did it again.

Sometimes math is confusing if there are a lot of numbers involve in it.

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After our math class all of us went to the stage "where" the announcement was supposed to be held. A lot of students begun to argue around on those strange occurrences that had happened.

"you know I really really love being strong but with this stick like body there was no way I couldn't do it. But when all of this started to happen, I accidentally ran to a tree and a made a human shaped hole in it," said a random guy.

"no way!!! I was actually crawling on the walls," said another guy. They seemed to be happy that these strange occurences kinda gave others a temporary ability.

Me and Chase casually wait, while students begun to leave one by one to prepare for the next subject, though for us it's chemistry next but it seems like the announcement is cancelled??? All of us left without knowing anything and headed straight to our next class

-

Recess time, vacant or free time. Whatever you want to call it doesn't matter, we are born in a time where countries are at peace, no war, no hunger and no poverty. Everyone is now living under a roof with something to put in their stomachs.

Chase and I took a seat, putting my wrist on top of the table. We casually wait for Ashley and Kyle, joining us with Grant and Stacy. The only time where all of us could eat together besides the gymnasium.

It is kinda crowded since it is also massive and they have food, snacks for years. Though when some of the food are about to go to waste in 5 months prior to its expiration date, they give it out to those who are in prison.

From a far I could see Ashley and Kyle standing under the tunnel that leads to the other building, I stood up and waved my hand so they could spot me. They approached us and took a seat beside us.

"I'm so glad both of you are finally out!" I cried.

"geez I didn't know you were such a crybaby," Chase murmured.

"shut up!! I'm just glad that they are ok," I replied. How annoying.

"let's don't start a fight now you two," Ashley added.

"so, you two are waiting for someone??" Kyle asked.

"yeah, it's the two people we mentioned coming with us on this Saturday," Chase answered.

"add another three, remember the boys Chase helped??? They are joining us as well," I added.

"that makes us ten??" Ashley asked.

"yup, that should be enough for tomorrow. But today we are going to gather around for some data," Chase replied.

"so this is the two that got caught in the accident," that was Stacy's voice?!?! I look around and there they are standing besides us while Jack, Zayn and Michael are carrying some huge trays with food on them.

"looks like you guys are here, come on take a seat," Chase insisted. They drop the trays on top of the table. Me, Chase, Kyle and Ashley are on the same row while Stacy, Grant, Zayn, Jack and Michael are in front of us.

"it's great that you two are alright, the name is Grant," Grant introduced himself.

"and I'm Stacy -" Stacy pointed at them one by one -"This three are Zayn, Jack and Michael," Stacy added.

They greeted Kyle and Ashley, as if welcoming someone in the family.

"come on don't be shy, grab some snack on the tray. Luckily it's just enough for each and everyone of us," Grant spoke.

"bacon and eggs in the afternoon, steaming hot coffee with sandwiches. Definitely a great combo," I commented.

"I didn't know you can get coffee in the afternoon. I thought it was only a morning thing," Chase added.

We begin to chow down on our lunch, the steaming hot coffee with its strong aroma is definitely what I've been waiting for. Sided with some crunchy, toasted bacon and eggs. Delicious!!! And a sandwich to get rid the late taste of the bacon and eggs. We were eating peacefully and quietly when we heard some footsteps headed towards us, we didn't mind it at all until they came close.

"here you go, Chase," it mentioned Chase's name so we took a look at them. It was Daniel and some other dudes in the back, he was standing beside Chase's side of the table that's why the others looked at them as well.

"oh -" Chase drank some iced coffee to clear his mouth -" thanks Daniel -" Daniel handed over the a list?? -"is this all from the other sections??" Chase added.

"that's all of them, you better not forget our deal. My business is done here. Laters," Daniel replied and they walked away from us.

"what's that about, Chase???" Stacy asked.

"I made them run an errand for me. Since we didn't have any connection from all of the sections and upper-class men, I gave them a task to gather some data on the strange occurrences. Anything related to that," Chase stated.

"that's smart of you to do. Also what deal was it you made with him huh?" I asked.

"he said something about checking the library?? It's strange honestly, I was thinking it would be something like turn over your position as president. Like that," Chase replied.

"library huh?!?! Come to think of it we still haven't explored much of this school," Stacy added.

"this school does have a lot floors, I even heard some rumors that there's a hidden tunnel under the school," Michael spoke.

"secret tunnel ey, it would be fun to explore that," Zayn added.

"though can we explore all of this in two days prior???" Jack asked.

"maybe we should split up, what do you think Chase??" Grant asked.

It would be also wide to do that, I scanned the whole area for any suspicious activity. That's just how I act, we must stay vigilant. Though is it just me or the students seems a bit lesser than usual. Hmmmm weird.

"splitting up is a dumb idea specially when we are investigating an area," Chase stated. Wait?? Isn't that what happened to that series?

"geez you're so into that series huh," Ashley stated.

"series?? What did you watch Chase?" Grant asked.

"oh nothing, it's just a horror, mystery type of genre," he chuckled, he's definitely loving it.

"ehh?? Share it with me next time. Once we are done with this recent events," Grant replied.

"done? There's a lot to investigate in this school, I doubt that it would be that easy," Chase spoke.

"you're right, plus we are still studying and we have this activities to watch out for," Grant added.

"it's weird to call it activities, it's more of a challenge you know," I replied.

"true!!" Stacy agreed.

"yeah I'm getting bored calling it activities, it's not even a kids thing," Chase added.

-

We finished eating and we get back to PE class, I just love this class, you could do everything you want related to moving your body. Though for what I heard you could also call some members from a certain club to train with them. I've always wanted to learn archery. I'll be the one who supports them from behind, they even have something like capture the flag.

"so Chase should we go around and ask everyone about the recent events???" I asked.

"yeah, we should do it right now. You have your notepad and the pen I gave you???" he asked.

"it's here in my backpack, lets go then," I replied.

There's definitely lesser students in the gymnasium as well, I'm getting kinda worried about this. We approach a group that belongs to our class, most of them are compose of boys and some girls. Since their is 51 of us this shouldn't be a hussle for us.

"hey Chase and Reanna, what can we do for you??" a short guy walked towards us, he's also holding a long stick?? It was Milo

"nothing much, just asking some questions. Also can I get your full names Milo???" Chase asked.

"uhh sure," he walk back to his friends and a girl with blue hair approached us, Jewel is Friends with Milo huh.

"hello Mr. President Chase and Ms. Reanna, my name is Jewel Foster, I'll be giving their names so it wouldn't be too much of a problem," she spoke.

"nice to meet you Jewel Foster, shall we get started," I asked.

"y-yeah," she replied. One by one she game their names and pointed at them.

"so we have me, hannah Clover and Scarlet Higgins for the girls. For the boys we have Milo Silva, Chad Cooper and Howell Rogers," their names are unique if I do say so myself. Even though this is the second time I'm hearing all of their names.

"yes that would be all of us in our group," Jewel replied.

"ok thanks for the info. Can you call Milo again," Chase asked.

"be right back," Jewel left and gave a signal to Milo.

"so what can I do for you two," Milo asked.

"tell me Milo, has your group been affected by the strange occurances," Chase asked. He begun sweating. Maybe he's scared or confused??

"don't worry Milo we just want to investigate on what happened," I added.

He sighed "ok fine. I'll tell you, Jewel, Me and hannah have forgotten about people we know for a short amount of time before regaining our memories. It was that time when it all happened, Tuesday, somewhere at 12pm we were on our way to the gymnasium to hang out. When suddenly the three of us stopped for a moment and after some seconds had passed we forgot some people including them. Though we arrived at the gym, that's what Howell said and the others. After an hour everything was back to normal, it was a relief it wasn't permanent," He stated.

"something about forgetting people. Noted, alright thanks Milo for the information," I took down notes. Mental/physical occurrences. Grouping them would be a lot easier.

"thanks Milo, we can take it from here," we left them and started to find another group that belong to our class.

"oh hey!! You two, there's another group near those guys playing basketball," Milo shouted.

"alright thanks!!!" I yelled.

Time to head there then.