Chapter 4

Maybelle... Maybelle... Maybelle.
My name was being called from somewhere around me yet I couldn’t tell where. However this time the dream was in much more detail & I thought I could almost make out the person who was calling my name. I turned around, eyes squinting trying to bring the shadow of a person into focus. I shake my head. Everything in this dream was so foggy even now with the little bit of detail. Some of the dream was taking shape but there was no way to tell who was calling my name. Ever since mum had disappeared the dreams had been coming, it was the same type of dream every time and it always seemed to end with the calling of my name. Slowly, I felt my mind start to ascend towards the side of consciousness like always, this time though I knew that the mystery was slowly unravelling.

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My alarm woke me up this time. Looking at the clock beside my bed I see that it is already 7.50am, I had slept through the first alarm. The dream must have been running late... Ha! I get out of bed & go about my normal day routine a bit faster than usual. The day outside was ominous with the whole dark clouds & huge wind thing. The clouds were so dark that they looked as though they would burst within moments; the day obviously wasn't going to be good. Sure enough as I was heading down the stairs the rain started pouring down. A couple of minutes later I got a text from tash asking if I would like a lift with her & her dad , I texted her as fast as I could saying that I would love her to death if she would let me have a lift.
SRE, B DERE AT 8.15. She replied. I look at my watch and see that it was already 8.10 with only 5 minutes before Tash & her dad arrive. I wouldn’t be able to have a good breakfast in 5 minutes so I open the cupboard to see what we had to eat that wouldn’t take too long. I place my blueberry muffin on the bench when I remember the book from last night, if I had to be stuck in history today then I at least I should learn about the history of ghosts – if they actually existed. So I rushed up the stairs to get it from behind my bookshelf. As I look out of my window I see tash & her father arrive so I quickly grab the book and rush down the stairs.
“Maybelle, Natasha and her father are here.” John called from the kitchen. “Do you still want your muffin?”
“Of course I want my muffin!” I say as I head into the room. I grab my muffin from Johns hand and head towards the door, chucking my bag over my shoulder while reaching for the door.
“Hey Tash. Mr Williams thank you very much for giving me a ride.”
“You’re welcome.” Mr Williams replies as he pulls away from the curb.
We arrived at school just as the bell rung so Tash and I had to go our separate ways, I was off to History and she was off the English. Don’t get me wrong, I love going to school – it was the only way for me to get away from all the problems at the moment – but having to spend it without Tash made it so much less exciting then you add history to the mix and you have a one-way ticket to boredom.
When I got to History I chose a seat at the back and I got out my books, including my latest one.
My teacher never really care what we did in his class as he was more interested in the stories that he was always telling to us, so I didn’t worry about getting told off or getting in trouble, I put a pen in my hand just in case though.
You always get told growing up not to judge a book by its cover, I guess the saying was true here as well, the book cover was plain looking but I was hoping that the books contents would be far more interesting. It was like any other book on the contents page with a list of the chapters that the book contained. The first chapter was pretty basic, types of ghosts, it seemed silly to me as I could only think of one type of ghost and that was a ghosts! There couldn’t be any more but on the first page it proved me wrong saying that in fact there were two types, the Terinal and the Kindered. I flicked over to the next page and became quickly drawn into the book. The things that it described seemed so true & real that I found myself second guessing about our own world, maybe there actually was ghosts that floated around haunting us but then wouldn’t you think that it was more advertised with people on the news every night talking about ghosts. Time passed quickly and I found myself having to pack up my stuff and move onto the next class.
When I got to English I realised that I would have no chance to continue reading the book as my teacher, Mr. Turner, seemed to have his eyes constantly on me so the book would have to wait until a bit later. I tuned out of whatever Mr. Turner was saying although my head remained facing forward so as not to seem like I was daydreaming. It wasn’t until Peter whispered to me asking for a red pen that I really started to pay attention to what was happening outside.
There were two of them this time, the one who had been following me around for the past couple of days and a new one. She looked like me in a way, built like me except for the blonde hair. The two of them were arguing by the looks of it and slowly the word trickled into my mind.
“What are you doing here?” The blonde one asked
“I could ask the same thing.” Replied the other.
“You’re not allowed to touch property of the k...” The word was muffled so I couldn’t hear it properly.
“I haven’t... yet, but that’s not to say I won’t, besides she’s ours.” he turned his head to look at me and I felt like I was the person he was talking about, the girl looked over as well a weird expression on her face and then they were both suddenly gone, I looked around the room to see if anyone else had heard that strange conversation but no one seemed to be paying attention to what was happening. I whispered to Peter asking him if he had heard them.
“Heard what?” He asked back.
“Never Mind,” I mumble. “It was nothing.” I could feel a blush creeping along my cheeks so I turned my head away from Peter. I was sure that the people that I had just seen outside the classroom were real but no one noticed them. Hmmm it was something that would require some more thought.