Chapter 10
#Laim’s POV#
After school, the students of 11th grade all trooped into the bus the school had hired for our trip to S’orf . I sat in the second to the last row chit chatting with Luke, my best friend.
The bus soon arrived at its destination in the middle of a dead woods with dried up trees with no leaves on them.
We all stepped out of the bus to behold the old building which had half of its roofing sheet removed probably from rusting.
Miss Ruth spoke with her bright voice that pierced through the silence of the woods, “We are here! Like I explained, this is S’orphraighn. A well known orphanage in the 1960s, it was well known for acknowledging orphans of the age range 0-21 years. Yes, 21!! But, the orphanage’s business came crashing down”
“What made the business die?”a girl asked, they all laughed but I didn’t get the joke.
“It’s not to be told here. You shall know in our next class”Ms. Ruth spoke, “questions?”she added. We all murmured for a bit indicating we had no questions before she spoke again, “great! I guess that’s a no. Let’s all troop into the building and explore ourselves. You can wander to any part of the building, but there’s a rule; touch nothing. If you find anything sorta fascinating, you can call my attention to it. There’s a story behind all”
“Okay Ms. Ruth”we all chorused.
“Great. Now go explore”she said as we all went in the building and spread into different parts of the building.
I entered into a room with hundreds of bunk beds arranged along both sides of it, leaving a narrow way to walk in between the right and the left side. I made sure I didn’t touch anything, I was walking along the room quietly when something called my attention, a crystal like substance Laying on the floor glimmered. I picked the crystal, it was attached to a necklace. I held it tight in my palm examining its fascinating features.
“Touch nothing”Ms. Ruth’s bright voice rang in my head. I had forgotten the rules so quickly, f#ck!!
“Yeah- hold on to the necklace”I heard a voice whisper, I knew I was probably imagining things, there’s no way I really heard that voice whisper.
‘BANG! BANG!! BANG!!!’I Heard a bell as my neck snapped to sweep my gaze across the dark room. As my heart accelerated, I quickly put the attractive necklace in my pocket.
“It’s time to go!!!”I heard Miss Ruth’s voice, she was probably the one who hit the orphanage’s giant bell. I trailed her voice to the fore room of the orphanage which seemed to be the cafeteria. Miss Ruth was standing beside the giant bell suspended in the fore room smiling as usual.
We all matched to the bus which drove us back to school.
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I sat on the grass at the school’s yard with Luke beside me. He was talking to me about breathtaking things he saw at surf earlier that afternoon though I wasn’t interested in the conversation for some reason, at some point I wasn’t even listening to him.
He suddenly asked me after noticing my expression, “are you okay mahn. You seem lost”
“No, I don’t, i-“I heard the same bell Miss Ruth banged, banging in my head but louder that I abruptly gripped my head and put my head on the ground pressing it against the ground closely. Darkness swallow£d me.
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My eyes fluttered open as slow as ever. I rolled my eyes across the room to scan everything in it. I was in my room, on my bed, alone.
“Liam, you’re awake, you passed out”I heard someone speak as the door opened, Luke walked in with a cup of coffee in his left hand.
“Woah, woah, woah. What are you doing here? At me house, in my room, using my mug”I asked as I sat with the duvet still over my body.
“Chill dude”he laughed. I raised the duvet and looked underneath.
“Did you change my outfit?”I asked.
“I did bath you! Twice!!”he shouted.
“What the heck!! Gayy!!!”
“Did you expect me to watch you stink?”
“Then how’d I not wake when you poured water over me?”
“Who knows. You’re a deep dier”
“What? I didn’t die!”
“Hmm..”
“How long have I passed out?”
“Two days. It’s Friday!”
“Shit!”
“You owe me. I’ve been watching over you and lying to your parents that you didn’t want to see them”
“How did you sneak me in?”
He smirked before sipping the coffee and sighing. I knew his next words would be Tory.
“With the help of Tory”he said.
“Wasn’t Mum worried?”
“She was. She gave me foods and drinks to give to you. I ate them ”
“Now that explains why you’re drinking my coffee. You were practically living here weren’t you?”
“Of course. I was”
“Are you parents aware!”
“Yeah. Chill, you just asked 8 questions!! My turn, why do you drink coffee in the evening”
“I just love coffee alot. Wait, is that my clothes”
He rolled his eyes, “9. What do you think I’ve been wearing. Tory’s bikinis?”. I laughed.
Just then I remembered the necklace I took from the orphanage. I remembered keeping it in my trousers so I went into my bathroom in a swift and went to the laundry basket but it was empty.
