Chapter 11: Chapter 11 : "so you dare to get angry"
Keisha barely slept after last night's incident. What did Matilda mean ?. All her roommates were behaving strange. She only manged to sleep for three hours . Which was totally not enough considering the exhausting lessons she was going to have during the day , the hidden chamber she had to find.
And the chaotic map she had to study in order to find the hidden chamber. It was a lot . The alarm clock rang , Keisha felt irritated. Another day of feeling like she was carrying the whole world's burdens.
She noticed she was the only one left in the room . 'Strange',her and Tori were the only early birds. Matilda and Zenid loved their beauty sleep. After she finished preparing for school and collecting her breakfast , Keisha quickly headed to her classroom.
She didn't bother looking for her roommates,it's not like they matter that much. She got in class and found her friends waiting for her. " You look grumpy as hell" Zelda said as soon as she saw Keisha . " As if you look any better , atleast it's a Friday this has been one hell of a week ". Keisha said sitting on top of her desk .
" Your mom asked me to confirm from you if you want to come home for the weekend". Nora said passing the message before she forgets . " Urgh no . I just want to study this weekend,maybe next time " Keisha quickly said dismissing the issue .
" Ohh is it". Mandy said sounding shocked . Keisha loved being home,but now she behaved differently. " Well you still haven't told us about what's going on with you. You behave strangely these days" . Mandy added looking attentively at Keisha.
" Guys it's nothing, I've been sleep walking lately and having insomnia, but the boarding house teachers are taking care of me" . Keisha said looking quite pityful . She hated the fact that she's lying to her friends. She was always the honest one ,but she has no option a lot is at stake. " Its okay. I'm really not buying it all but ,I hope you settle in, living at the boarding house can be scary" . Nora said .
" Settle down ladies ! " Mr Rorzits ,the physics teacher said ready to start the lesson.
Keisha was finding it hard concertrate . She found it better for her to study the map , during sunset she was going to look for the hidden chamber. Her mind was made up. The map didn't make sense at all .
She tried to focus and find hints but the marked points didn't make sense at all . Keisha felt her anger rising. She closed her eyes in frustration " what's the use of choosing me,then you don't bother helping me,I'm mortal not from any realms ,do something" Keisha said inwardly sounding really pissed off.
She took a deep breath . And opened the map again. She felt a cold shiver run in her spine, the bracelet pulsed on her wrist . Keisha felt her eyes closing ,she couldn't fight it .
'so you dare to get angry ' the girl with blonde hair said while looking at Keisha . They were surrounded by white smoke ,making it hard for Keisha to know where she was . 'follow me' she girl commanded.
Keisha followed closely , surprisingly she still had the map in her hand . The smoke started to clear making her surroundings visible . She was walking in the school premises close to the school assembly hall . Keisha looked at her map and saw it shining at the point where the assembly was marked . 'follow the mark ' solve the riddle, unlock the door , the rest of the task is yours ,it's nothing you can't manage someone already did the rest for you ' with that the girl with blonde hair vanised making Keisha come back to the real world.
Her heart raced ,she felt cold sweat on her forehead. " Miss Keisha is everything okay, you're sweating?". Mr Rorzits asked .
" Yes yes I'm okay just feeling hot. " She lied . Nora just looked at Keisha and continued writing.
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All the lessons soon ended . Some students went to their clubs ,while some enjoyed sports . Keisha was just impatiently waiting for sunset she had important things to do . She needed time to think ,hence she told her friends that she was feeling sick so that they won't look for her . She wanted to sit by the garden chairs and some peace and quiet.
" I knew I would find you here , where are your friends?" . Tori asked making herself comfortable on the opposite bench .
"Tori I also think that's none of your business what are you even doing here?" ...Keisha asked looking annoyed.
"Well you're my tutor remember .So I just wanted to confirm, if i'm starting the lessons today or what . Oh you're really addicted to these scrolls and ancient books . What's interesting about reading ancient books?".Tori asked taking the map Keisha was holding.
"This looks like a map of some old school or church .more like a Catholic Church cause those are the only church buildings here in Pines town". Tori said while carefully studying the map.
"So whatever you're trying to find ,is at the points marked x . Probably looks like a hall or something then from that point to there's another point marked x looks the same like first point marked x but slightly different because there's no exact exit once you enter. Errh ". Tori said shrugging her shoulders.
Keisha just kept quiet while listening to Tori's thoughts . Some how it made sense,she needed some help in understanding the map.
"Then I guess the rest of the places on this map ,are located in a forest or in a place much scarier ".Tori explained while Keisha was listening attentively.
The remaining quests are done inside a forest . Keisha thought inwardly .
"anyways it's almost four thirty ,let's go to the hostel ". Tori said getting up ,to wait for Keisha to pack up..
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Every student living in the boarding house was now ready for the sunset jog. Keisha had other plans, she felt nervous . She kept asking herself why the hidden chamber was in the assembly hall .
It was going to be a one hour jog she had to finish everything by then.
As soon as they got to the sports ground, Keisha excluded herself as she stood next to a big tree then slowly found a way to escape.....