The main hall of Sunrise Middle School was packed with terrified students, all the staff members and teachers were trying to get information out of students and also calm some of them who were scared, Sophie and Rain was in them too.
Some students were saying that gang war happened there, some were saying that they had big guns and were shooting at each other, some said they saw sword fighting and whatnot, as all the students were murmuring and telling their friends' different stories about the incident, Rain kept quite because she was numb and tried to focus her very last bit of sanity towards her little sister who was whimpering beside her.
"Sow, are you OK?" she bent down and asked her little sister while creasing her cheeks with one hand.
"yea…" Sophie answered shakily.
"I called mom, don't worry, she said she is going to be here in 5 minutes, okay?"
"yeah."
After waiting for 5 more minutes, in which Rain never left Sophie's side, and even though their hands got all sweaty, the sisters didn't bother to even leave each other's hands, to wipe it, after some more waiting their mom came to pick them up.
After talking with their homeroom teacher, they finally got to leave the spot, while going out with their mom, Rain could feel Sophie's grip getting tight and in response, she too hold her hands tightly, they walked slowly and attentively towards the car, which was just about 20-30 steps ahead of the main door, as they could see no one else other than themself and their mom in street, they ran towards the car and sat inside, closing all the windows and locking their doors.
After Sitting inside both the sisters started to tell their bits of the incident to their mom, and after cutting and crossing each other multiple times, they both looked satisfied, after looking through rare view mirror to her daughters, Mrs.Foster smiled and said," So, now you just need to make your story a little bit sane, with removing magic and what not things from it and tell the Police that you saw two groups of high schoolers fighting and they did it, okay?"
"Police?"
"what? Why?" Both the sisters asked nervously.
"Because, the public property was destroyed and a bunch of students called the police, calling the fight a gang war, and now they are included and now you guys are the only witnesses. You don't need to worry, they are going to question you tomorrow in school only, and I had a talk with your Miss, Rain, and she said only you need to testify not Sophie."
Rain got supper terrified hearing this, of course, she was there when her mom was talking to Miss. Moon but she never heard the part where this was being said, or maybe she was too much in her thoughts to hear it.
To which Sophie replied dejectedly," Why not me too?"
"Because you are a baby, Sow." Rain stated while ruffling her sister's hair, and smiled at her mum through the rare view mirror, and started to watch all the trees and house moving by.
Through all the ride, her thoughts were jumbled up and her mind couldn't get the fact out that she saw magic and that she was the only one who was there and saw, and her mom thinks that she is making all this up.
What if the cops know I am lying straight, and what if I tell them the truth and they make me go away to the mental hospital, claiming that I have gone mad. Ugh, I cant…
"RAIN!!!!!!!" her sister shouts and giggles as Rain looks at her," Where are you? don't you want to go inside?"
"common, Sweetie, we are home." her mom smiles warmly at her.
With all the tornado of thoughts in her mind, she didn't see the car stop or heard her mom and sister calling, she exited the car and went inside still in her thoughts.
The day went by, uneventfully and night came.
With thoughts of the incident at school and after a lot of tossing and turning she finally falls asleep.
Just like the night, the morning came and Rain had to get up to face the police and decide what she wanted to tell them, though it was already decided that she will not tell anyone about the magic and weird stuff, but she still needed to decide for herself if she wanted to do what others said or just do what she wants.
Because what she was the truth, though no one believes it.
While in the car on the route to school, Mr.Foster asks Rain once again about what she was going to tell the police, and rain replies with" only a bit where boys were fighting and they were high schooler." her father smiled at her while her mother who was driving wink at her through the rare view mirror.
At school, everyone was talking about the incident and as soon as Rain entered the class, all the students went silent and started to talk once again. Some asked Rain about what she saw and some asked her what she is going to tell the police. She replied to everyone with the same answer' "I saw nothing and I will say nothing." after some time everyone stopped asking her for any information as they all saw she isn't going to talk and started discussing it themself.
The first class was English and after that mathematics, as Rain was starting to think no one is going to come to ask her anything while in 3rd class, they had forgotten about it, she heard the croaky voice of her principal," Rain Foster to the Office please." With a groan, she got up and left her bag as well as Miss. Flora her Spanish teacher behind started to walk through the corridor towards the principal's office.
Humming her favorite song to herself, to feel calmer and less scared she looked across the ground through the windows that were lined up on her left in the narrow corridor, as soon as she got her eyes off the boys that were playing basketball and turns right towards the staff and principal area, she collides into a tall wall and to save herself moves a few step behind and was about to trip and smash onto the ground when a hand with long fingers holds her wrist and stops her from falling.
She looks up at the tall guy and the guy pulls her and makes her stand," Watch where you going, shorty." he remarks.
"So… Sorry, I.." before she could even say she was cut off.
"Was going to the principles office, yeah, I know." the guy exclaims.
"How…" Rain started to say again.
"Don't ask questions, just tell me what are you going to tell the cops?" The guy cuts her once again.
"who are…"
"I told you, no questions only answer, now speak."He cuts her gain and she snaps. What the hell does he think he is, but she saw what he was wearing and saw the same type of uniform the guys who fought were wearing yesterday and replies fast and nervously.
"Nothing, I am going to tell them nothing and same to you" ah am I going to die, is he going to kill me or kidnap me.
"Good, Good, now be a good little girl and don't tell anyone what you saw, or they will think you are insane, okay?" the guy says showing fake concern.
Like I am going to fall for that,
"huh? Who are…" as soon as she starts saying again, he beams, "Oh, hi Miss.Moon." With an absolute shock, Rain turns around and see no one there, and anger starts to surge through her, with clenched fists she turns and was about to shout at the guy, but to her surprise sees no one and with a sudden realization of what that guy said and who the guy was, panic starts to creep in. She starts to run toward the office and as soon as she reaches the door she opens it with a jerk and closes it behind her with a loud thud and releases a breath, but only to see the concerned faces of two officers standing and her principal looking utterly terrified.
"Ugh, what have I gotten into.