THE BUREAU OF FAMILIARS ACADEMY
Anthony sat at the front of his dad's new car, he took on a deep breath
"Ah that new car smell "
They were on their way to drop Anthony at his new school. Personally Anthonys Dad, Jefrey Davis aka Jeff, didn't see what was so special about The Bureau of familiar academy but his son seemed to prefer it to any other school in their hometown and as a supportive father he chose to go along with his sons idea. He had gone to do some research on the school and aside from the schools website, which barely gave enough information about the school, and some people's remarks about the school, the school was practically invisible.
Jeff didn't feel like a boarding house was what Anthony really needed right now. His therapist said that Anthony should be surrounded by family and friends but even family was hard to come by these days. The boarding house didn't accept provisions, only money was allowed and Jeff was ready to spoil his son to the max. They had already said their goodbyes but Jeff still didn't like the school and the look in Anthony's eyes told him that he didn't like the school either. I mean what kind of name is "Bureau of familiar?"
When Jeff researched on the name all he saw was stories about a group of creatures coming together for occultist reasons but none had any connection with the school.
They had finally arrived at the school and they both got out of the car carrying all of Anthonys luggage.
They both stopped in awe as they looked at the huge mass of land containing top notch buildings. Students walked by them busily, none paying attention to them. Anthony watched his dad walk over to the security station to ask for directions. Anthony looked around and saw Joshua staring at him. He looked really surprised to see Anthony and he walked over to him
"Hey Andy" Joshua called out
Joshua hadn't called Anthony by the nickname he made for him in years. It kind of startled Anthony.
"Hey Joshua " Anthony replied dryly and looked away from Joshua.
Even Joshua could sense the coldness in Anthony's voice.
"Look, I'm sorry we stopped talking all these years but you're here now so you're gonna find out why soon enough "
Anthony looked straight at him and said "We? " while air quoting it.
"OK, I stopped talking to you"
Anthony really wanted to stay mad at Joshua but when he started singing the horrible song they made as kids after they won a Relay race, Anthony couldn't stop laughing .
The song went like
"Now i know we're faster than lightning,
Maybe faster than the speed of light and sound itself
Maybe faster than a book falling down a shelf
Maybe now we'll both look so frightening "
Anthony laughed so hard he thought he'll faint, by now some other kids were starting to look their way.
"I can't believe you still remember that bad song" Anthony laughed
"What!?, that song was a hit, it's a shame the world will never get to hear it" Joshua laughed also
Anthonys dad came back and smiled as he saw Anthony and Joshua laughing together.
"Nice to finally see you two getting along"
"Daaad!!! " Anthony said embarrassingly
A strict looking woman walked up to them. She turned to Joshua and said
"Shouldn't you be in class? "
All the fun in Joshua seemed to have drained from him and he stood up upright, head straight and answered
"I was just trying to help these man take his sons luggage to the hostel ma'am"
She stared intensively at him and asked "Is that your line of duty? "
"No ma'am "
"Then get out of my sight" she snapped, she looked around her and called two well built boys over.
"Carry his luggage and take them to the 'new comers ' room".
In an instant the boys carried his stuffs and asked him to follow them.
The strict woman faced Anthonys dad with a charming smile wide on her face
"Mr Jeff Davis, do not be alarmed cause your son is in safe hands. Please do be aware that we do not condone visitation to the students unless when announced by the school and all contraband would be destroyed at sight. You are only allowed to call between the hours of twelve pm to two pm everyday although due to the rigorous schedule your son will have due to his transfer he might not have the time to attend to such distractions.... "
"When will the visitation date be posted? " Jeff asked
"We will let you know at due time, Bureau of familiar academy prides itself upon our anonymity, excellent sport team and private lessons which though might be disturbing for you, will be of immense benefit towards your son. Please know that some false rumors have been released into the public by other schools, they are all fake and nothing of that sort is actually true. For legal reasons our teachers remain anonymous and would therefore like to advise you for your own safety to avoid any snooping which might show disastrous results in which we will have no fault over. Thank you for choosing Bureau of familiar academy". And with that she walked away leaving Jeff with more questions than he ever had before.
Security escorted Jeff out of the schools premises and with that he drove off. Though he was certain that the school wasn't what it seemed.
Back in The Bureau of familiar academy, Anthony was kept in a room all alone. But what was weird was that there were no windows, beds, fan and none of the things a normal room should have. All it had were six little holes on the ceiling and before Anthony knew it the holes released gas into the room. Anthony ran towards the door but it was locked. He punched and kicked it over and over again but it was of no use and then he heard laughing, bit the laughter wasn't human.
He whirled around and saw the same demon he saw the day his mother died.
The demon swayed it's tails threatingly as he walked towards Anthony. The demon smiled as he held Anthony by the neck. Anthony struggled for air but couldn't breathe, he started to feel light headed and was slowly losing his grip of consciousness, and slowly he closed his eyes surrendering to the mighty power of the demon in front of him.
Anthony blacked out and then the demon dropped him, his body landed with a thud on the granite floor.
What a first day.