From that Saturday, everyone of those teachers came once a month to give additional lessons about the instruments. Charlie found himself waiting eagerly every time for the next violin lesson, it was a good distraction from the everyday quarrels at home. He asked the teacher about the name of the piece he played and found out that it was a small part of Mendelssohn violin concerto, he wrote it in his notebook to not forget it, he even told his aunt about it when she called. His aunt from his father's side is a very nice lady, her name is Marie, every time she visits them his parents change their attitude; they stop fighting and arguing for every meaningless detail, and his older brother become a tamed dog and no longer annoy him. It was funny seeing them acting the same way the students react when they see the headmaster coming their way, but unfortunately she lived in a different city and she was busy all the time because she was a doctor and couldn't come for more than three times a year.
At the end of his third grade year, the music teacher announced that she had another surprise, but this time they are going to wait until the next year to know what is it. Since the waiting time was long she agreed to give a hint this time, she said that the class may not be optional next year and that it is all she can say.
Charlie didn't like summer vacations, he had to stay at home the whole day burning from the heat, listening to his brother's complaints, his father's snoring until 3 pm and his mother comments on the soap opera she is watching, and now he had to wait the whole vacation to find what is the surprise this time. So when he saw his aunt at the door when he came back from grocery shopping one day in the middle of the vacation he was over the moon, no more pain for a few days.
Marie was outside because no one answered the door, she could hear the sound of the TV but no one answered when she rung the bell; maybe her sister in law saw her from the window and told her useless brother who was asleep and now he is trying to hide his alcohol bottles so she won't see them. But when she saw her nephew holding heavy bags and hardly walking without falling, she hit the door with her high heels and said loudly: "You open the the door now or I will break it, you choose. ", then quickly strode towards her nephew and took the bags from his little hands that turned red.
"Why are you going out in this scorching sun? You will get a heat stroke, let's enter quickly."
The door was opened but no one could be seen in the messy living room, she put the bags on the table then brought her luggage from outside, "Sit down honey, I will be back in a minute.", she brought a glass of cold water and put in front of him then went to the second floor. Charlie heard her saying one sentence before his parents appeared, she sat back beside him and said to them, " How could you send a child to the grocery store at this time, the streets are empty what if he got kidnapped. What are you looking at me with those eyes for? You don't know how to welcome a guest? You didn't even bring a glass of water! "
When Razel and Alan got off the car, they found an earnest looking, middle aged women standing beside the secondary door of the school. When she saw them coming towards her, she quickly put on a friendly smile, approached them and asked, "Excuse me, are you the responsible from the advertising company? "
Razel answered: "Hello, I am Michelle, the responsible that contacted the headmistress of this school a few days ago, and this is my assistant Alan. You are the headmistress right? "
Alan felt something was wrong when he heard the name Michelle, but then the women's answer made him turn to look at Razel shocked.
She said: "We apologize Ms Michelle, the headmistress had some health problems and couldn't come. I am Rose, I have been teaching in this school for more than a decade and I am sure I can provide any information you may need, and we hope you don't mind."
Alan was wondering if he had a sudden hearing problem or the women didn't see clearly; did she just say Ms? Ms? When he look at Razel, he still sees a six foot man, where did this Ms come from?
Razel didn't even notice him and continued talking to Rose, "No problem, let's get going. Please lead the way Ms,Rose."
After the women guided them to enter, Razel quickly whispered to him, "She sees and hears what I want her to; Michelle is sitting at her office right now, I am just borrowing her identity. I didn't give you a different name so you can react when I talk to you in front of her, make sure not to blow up our cover; I am not allowed to modify any memory at the moment.". Then he gave him a tablet and told him to pretend to take notes an photos; they are here as representative of an advertising company that needs to shoot an ad at an old school and this one is of the schools they have to choose from.
Alan nod in response and reminded himself not to be surprised again, he died an.. no he committed suicide and now he is here doing... whatever this is, what could be more strange than that?
The only one who is in the school right now beside them was the security guard; it was summer and students were on vacation so they had the chance to circle around the school without any disturbance. Rose led the way and presented the facilities one by one while Alan was seriously taking notes, Razel said they are looking for the soul, how is that? He has no idea.
Razel insisted on entering all the classrooms specially the music one, but he didn't find anything. When they were in the last one, Rose mentioned that it was her classroom; she was a music teacher.
Razel took the opportunity to investigate a bit more, " You said you have been teaching here for more than a decade right? I wander if you remember one student, he introduced this school to us, he said he studied here when he was kid and wanted us to give it a chance."
"I am not sure I could remember all the students I have taught, what is his name? "
"Charlie Xxxx, he is a classmate of my assistant.", he patted Alan on the back to make him join the conversation. Alan reacted after a few seconds, " Yes, we're in the same class, when he accidentally heard me talking about this ad on the phone he mentioned the school so i asked the responsible if we can give it shot. I have been busy these last few weeks and haven't contacted him, I wander if you saw him these days."
"Charlie...., yes I remember him; he adored playing the violin and became a skilled violinist, he often visited and even played for the kids. Last time I saw him was before a month, unfortunately unfortunately. He actually entered eternal rest, his funeral was last Friday.
Razel and Alan gave shocked expressions in synchronization like they just knew about it and said: "May his soul rest in peace.", but Razel continued Silently: ' If he had entered any eternal rest or anything we wouldn't be here'.
When they were escorted out, they told Rose that the company will notify the school of the results in a few days and even if the school wasn't chosen, there still opportunities in the future.
In the car, Alan still didn't know if Razel has found anything so he asked him, "So... what did we get from this place?"
"There is no trace of him here, we will have to go to the next place."
"And what exactly this trace is?"
"Resented energy, and to know if it is from the soul we are looking for we have to look at the card. The energy changes the color of the card from before, I can see the resentment because I am a grim reaper, you will be able too after getting your spiritual weapon. "
Alan just remembered the weapons that assistant Jacob talked about. There is two types of spiritual weapons; attachment weapons and normal ones. The first are made from something the soul has on it after death as a base, like his bracelet that he... didn't gave to Jacob because they left in a hurry, or from a small part of the soul which it is not recommended to souls like him; it's for real grim reapers. The later don't use anything as a base, just normal materials, but the details are unknown to everyone only the weaponsmith knows the secret.