1 Chapter 1

Boredom. All I feel is boredom. Mrs Frazier is talking about maths. I'm not really listening. My head is all over the place. This class is so boring. How can people like maths? It is so boring. Liam loves the subject, I have no idea why. Maybe because he doesn't think the way I do. Hopefully we will go to the same University. I want to do Computing Science. I have always been in love with the subject. That is actually how I met Liam coincidentally.

We were beginning High School. I know nobody. I sat in a chair on the left side of the class room. My computer was the only white computer. A girl sat to the left of me. She said "Hi." and I greeted her as well. Then Liam walked in. There was only one seat left. Next to me. "Hi." I said to him, He moaned. "Come on, you can do better than that." He stared at me. "Come on." I say. "Hi." He moaned. "There you go. I am Lara, what is your name?" "Liam." "Hi Liam." I talk to him everyday. We then became friends. He is the only friend I have.

Just as I was about to dose off, the door opened. It startled me. "Hi Mrs Frazier, can Miss Wilson come to my office? I have something to tell her." Mr Leroy, my principal, asked "Yeah sure. Lara go to Mr Leroy." She answered. I stood up. Liam did the OK sign. I am assuming that means: "You OK?" I shrugged in response. Mr Leroy turned to face away from me and walked out the class.

We started walking to his office. "What is this about, Mr Leroy?" He did not respond to my question. I am in trouble. What have I done? I looked at him. He does not look back. He just leaves me staring. I looked in front of me. Walking the same speed as Mr Leroy. A student is drinking from a water fountain. We arrived in the staff room. I hear some crying from his office. It sounded like Mum. Why is Mum here? Mr Leroy lets me in first. What a gentlemen. I see Mum's head on Dad's lap. Tears pouring down her cheeks. "What's going on?" Lily is looking at me. It is very creepy. Why is she looking at me like that? I am so confused. She is about half-way through her bottle of milk. "Sit down Lara." Mr Leroy says, I sit next to my mum. "So, do you want to tell her or should I?" Mr Leroy asked my parents. "I will do it" Father declared "Grandma was thought to be in a coma for a week. The doctors just figured out that she had passed." My mouth flopped to the ground. "No." I said in disbelief.

My head is in my arms. Tears rolling my face. Almost at the same speed as the rain outside. It's starting to pick up speed and I'll lose the race. You can go home if you would like." Mr Leroy utters under his breath. I nodded and we stood up and walked to my locker. 1-6-4-3. My locker opened. I grabbed my bag and books. We walked out to the car. Lily is looking at me again. "Hey Mum, why is Lily looking at me like that?" I asked "She isn't. She is asleep." I rubbed my eyes and looked back at her. Yes, she was asleep. "When did she go into the supposed coma?" I asked Dad "The day before your sister was born." He said. I opened the trunk. I put my bag and books inside. I closed it. The rain is getting more violent. I went inside and sat right behind Dad. Lily wakes up from her sleep. "Once we get home there will be a chest full of Grandma's old stuff. You can have whatever you like." Mum told me. I said "Okay, Mum." I looked outside and saw the rain pouring so violently. I feel like dosing off. I look at my family. My eyes are getting heavy. I close them.

"Lara, are you awake?" Dad exclaimed. I looked around and saw Dad staring at me. "What?" I saw a little boy on his blue bike. It had blue training wheels. I think that would be his mother who is running behind him. I also saw Mum going inside with Lily. I got out of the car. I walked inside. She is gone. I cannot believe it. Flashbacks happen while I am walking. I miss her. We all sat on the couch. Mum opens her chest. It has a diary, some old money, clothes and more. I saw this little box. It is a leather box. I am not sure if it is real or not. I opened the box. It has a beautiful necklace on the inside. The necklace has a dragonfly on it. I put it on. It is amazing. The chain is silver. The insect is opal I think. On the back it has a circle. I do not know why.

"Hello Lara." a cryptic voice said. "How have you been?" It's pitch black. I cannot see anything. "ANSWER ME!" "I'm alright." A light turned on in front of me. "Walk to me, Dear." I stay still. I'm a bit creeped out. I pinched my arm. It's real. An old lady's face is in front of me. "WALK TO ME, DEAR!" I am petrified. I walked forward. The light is slowly getting dimmer. "Have fun."

"Lara, wake up." I open my eyes to see Dad. I looked around. I do not see much but I do see the same little boy on his bike. Somehow it is a bit more grey than yesterday. "Time for school." "OK fine." I got up. Dad left my room. The door is still wide open. I close it then go to my wardrobe. I put on my uniform. These jerseys are so itchy. I wish we had hoodies or something. I saw the Dragonfly Necklace. "Is she really gone?" I asked myself. I picked it up. I look at the back. It had some writing on it. The writing was not there before. I looked at it closer. It says: Lara W. I blink twice. It's gone. Am I seeing things? I must be.

I went down stairs. Lily laughs. I walked to the table. I pour my cereal. "How did you sleep?" Mum asks me. "Alright. How were you?" "Not to good. I'm gonna miss her. Dad is not doing too well either. I better get ready for work." She gets up. "Mum," She looks at me. "we're here for you." She nods and wipes her eyes.

After 15 minutes, I hear a knock on the door. It's Liam. "Hey Lara," "Hi." "Where did you go yesterday." "I'll tell you on the way to school. Want something to eat?" "Can I have an orange?" "Sure." I got the fruit and gave it to Liam. "See you guys later." "Bye." Dad yells back. Liam peels his orange and passes the peal to me. I put it in our compost bin and we got going.

"So what happened yesterday?" Liam said. "I found out that Grandma passed away." I said in return "We inherited a whole lot of awesome things. I got this dragonfly necklace." "Whoa, that looks awesome. What is the gem on it?" "I think it is an opal." "It looks pretty on you." "Thanks. I really love it." We then walked in silence for a while. I saw a little boy on his bike. He looked at me. Then Liam. Then back at me. He smiled the same smile as Lily has for the past few days. Then he continued to ride his bike. "That was weird." I said to Liam. "What was?" "That little boy." "What little boy?" "You're joking?" "No?" I'm confused.

Once we arrived at school. I hear muttering amongst the students. We walked through the crowd. The bell rings. We all disperse to go our classes. Liam and I have the same class so we walk together. "Do they know how she passed away?" He asked "I have no idea. I would assume they didn't because they have told my Mum and Aunt nothi-"

Suddenly I was in the black room again. "Do you think I am dead?" I stared at the light. "Well, do you?" At that moment I realized this was grandma talking. Her voice was not the same. She sounded like a younger version of herself. Her voice was also somewhat creepy. Without warning, a table was in front of me. She is on the opposite end of the table to me. "Hello again Lara. It has been a while. I have miss you so much dear." She does a creepy smile. "How has Lily been?" I stayed silent "ANSWER ME RIGHT NOW, YOUNG LADY!" she yelled at me.

"Lara? Lara you awake?" Liam said "Yes." I replied "Good. You just fell over. Are you OK? Are you hurt?" "I'm alright." Mr Leroy comes up to us. "Are not you supposed to be in class?" "Yes, we are but Lara fell over and for the last 5 minutes I have been trying to wake her up." "Lara, are you okay?" "I am not feeling 100 percent." "You can go home. I'll call your home." "No one is home. I'll walk." We then all left. What does she want from me? What have I done? I do not know. I started walking home.

On my way home I saw a boy. I asked him where his mother was. He looks at me and pats his stomach "Mummy tasted good." He had a very creepy laugh. He then stared at me. Didn't look away. Then I started walking away. Out of nowhere, the child screamed. I turned to look at him and he was gone. Not a trace of him was left. I was creeped out. I started walking at a faster pace home. I arrived home and the door was wide open. I looked into the kitchen. No one was there. In the living room. Not a soul. I went up to Mum's and Dad's room. My knees drop to the ground. Mum committed suicide.