I had expected. Everyone but Lisa and Gigi was seated

on here?” I thought, finding neither

eir outfits quite similar. Both were dressed in sky blue school uniforms. It se

evident he was an aje-butter, one of those spoilt rich kids that could wet themselves over a cockroach. There were two other pe

Lisa and Gigi were not tired of grap

urself to swallow your pride and admit you we

Lisa responded

snigg

you ever done that?

d relaxin

on my bad side.” She picked her wor

be carefu

sai

, keep

ed pacing and glared at Lisa

are gone” Gi

een an illusion, that they would b

to be sacrificed before you actually do anything? Anything at all” “Could someone tell m

n, but no. Missy wanted it her own way”. He was getting overly dramatic now, waving his arms as he spoke, as

You merely risk your life and that of everyone who would be

seethed. It seems these guys were reall

ti?” I ask

still not looking at me. Lisa didn’t se

was one of those who believed in his fairytales. Sadly,

ow. Tiny sparks flew from him as he balle

I’m more than enough matc

This time, even Lisa ignored me as s

l me what is going

gly, Gigi

Come on, tell him.” He definitely was mocking. I ju

eserve an explanatio

use is

thing new. Even the dumbest of dummie

. “It waits till a kid turns nine and then z

them?”

their bodies and tr

him to contin

does it wan

know” Li

had to lie low for a while, say, a hundred years or so. After which they would be rebuilt to continue

is to be belie

e box that contains the temple priests’ case, a box hidden

say” I

, Ab

asy enoug

it that way” Gigi r

he darkness?”

, only today it seemed a lot more powerful than it used

sa were kind enough to answer my questions, maybe

rents?” I asked, direct

abou

ou got taken, err separated?

out their day like nothing had happened. Two years later, Fati got taken also, then they just disap

crass, Gigi?” Li

apped in a house with a couple of other kids being haunted by a sort of darkness that somehow drew me towards it. I panicked. I was just facing the darkness

e past twenty-four hours. Maybe they held a clue t

d to some sort of lucid dream, only I wasn’t dreaming. I couldn’t tell what form I was, but I watched myself stare into the darkness as I had done earlier on, with clear unblinking eyes

meone must have seen me. Maybe Gigi had seen me and was just bidding his time before having his

I gave up and grew back to reality. Lisa and Gigi were still howling at each other. Perfect. If the other kids would be as quiet as they had been since we all came into this wardrobe, I

g. Typical aje-butter, I thought. The other end of the wardrobe started seeming far away as I walked onwar

ome any

for a few seconds I did not mo

re could be no mistaking this time