Horror Story. Novel By SajnRX

DECEMBER 24th 2021, Tokyo, Japan. 

Lying on my back, looking up at the ceiling, I sighed and coughed a bit.  “Ugh! Man! I hate getting sick, and I hate the cold. My throat felt like I had swallowed broken glass, and every breath tastes like copper.

This snow is getting on my nerves!....” I look at the time, it is 7:52 PM… Worried about my grades, I try to get up. 

But as soon as I get up, my head starts hurting…MMM! “Oh, this headache is so annoying!”

I look at my desk and get up from my bed, my head still spinning or fuzzy…Ugh, whatever…*I moved to my desk and sat down on a chair, looked down at the desk drawer, and pulled out a notebook, a laptop,  and headphones*

I put my headphones on, listening to peaceful music, researching on my laptop for my studies, and writing down notes in my notebook…

I have to have good grades or else I won't pass High School.  30 minutes later…my eyes start feeling heavy 

I tried to stay awake, but I kept drifting off…I soon could not resist and fell asleep on my desk…ZZZ

Some hours later, I woke up and saw I was late for school! “School starts at 8:00 am, and it's 7:55 AM” on the morning of Thursday, Noo!

I gotta change fast! Or else I am in trouble…” I scrambled to pull on my uniform, nearly tripping over my own feet as I rushed toward the stairs.

 But I went too fast and missed a step and fell and landed hard on my arms, but I caught myself…and continued running…I put on my shoes and ran out my door, not even locking the dang door…*starts running fast to school, it's 7 minutes away* “Wait for my fever…it’s gone YES…!” AAA! It's so cold, it's still snowing? And the roads and houses are covered in snow everywhere. The world was a blinding, silent white, as if the snow had buried the sounds of the city along with the pavement.

I ran quickly on the sidewalk but tried not to slip… while being stared at. Everyone just stared at me running …Please stop looking at me, it's weird!...*minutes later, I finally made it to the school gate.” No! The school gates closed, and now I am done for… I guess because I was weak and sick, my body took an extra hour nap than usual.  

Suddenly, somebody sneaks behind me and pushes me and says boo* 

“AAA,” I squeak like a girl and look back at him in shock, as if he assaulted my entire life.* But I then realized it's just my best friend, Haruto, is trying not to laugh his butt off. “Bro, you got me good. But you are also late for school, Ha! Loser!”

He replies, “Oh, really? Who is the one who has two  F’s in Gym and science…YOU!”

“Yeah, yeah, whatever you say…but…how are we gonna enter the school?” My eyes drifted up to the third-floor windows, whose

 lights were on. But in a random classroom, a shape stood pressed against the glass. It wasn't just a shadow; it was a dark, abnormal-looking shadow with a grin that looked too wide, stretched unnaturally from ear to ear. I blinked, my heart skipping a beat, and suddenly the classroom lights hummed to life. The glass was empty. There was no one there."

 The lights in that classroom were on, and the figure was gone…

Suddenly, my friend tapped me on my shoulder, and I looked at him, and he said, “You okay, man? You were staring hard at something.” He said, then I replied with…Yeah, I am good, just thought I saw something, but…how do we cross the gates?”

"I have an idea. Let's climb the gate!" Haruto said.  "How?" I       asked   , looking at the spikes. "By helping each other," he replied with a grin that didn't quite reach his eyes. *Haruto grabs me by the waist and lifts me, and I climb the gate, but I notice something off. He lifted me more easily; maybe he worked out? But I ignored it and reach out to Haruto and pulled him up too, and I pulled him too hard that we both fell back, and I landed on my butt, and Haruto landed on his arms* “Bro, let's hurry and make it to class, but not by the entrance, or else we'll be caught being late and also climbing the gates without permission.”

*I look around the school  and see our class window on the third floor open, and against the wall, there is a pole*

I'm gonna climb the pole and try to make it to our class, let's go!

* I hang on the pole and start climbing. Yes, I made it. I can see my class…* eyes widened. There was a black figure standing by our classroom window, just looking at me. Then it suddenly jumped at me, coming at me fast.* Oh crap!

*I almost fell but caught myself on the pole* Hey Haruto, did you see that-H-Haruto? “Where is Haruto? He is missing.”

*Suddenly, I hear Haruto calling my name, “Rocku!” I looked, and he was in the classroom, but he never even climbed the pole. He was also with me down on the field, so how did he get to class? So quick. * he asked me 

What I was doing, and he reached out to me. *Soon, we made it inside the class, and  I looked at Haruto and told him, “How did you get up here so fast? Weren’t you just with me?” 

*he looked confused and said he was always in class* “No you were with me and helped me climb the gate” *Haruto shakes his head* “stop joking around, bro i am serious i was here all the whole time and then looked the window to see you climbing like a robber trying to break in to steal something and you looked at me i was standing close to the window staring at you while you stare at me scared if i was a ghost then you just leaned back quick if tryna dodge something then you caught yourself”

“But-* Teacher Mrs.  Stongum  arrives in class and says*, “Class, good morning, sorry for being late; I was in a boring meeting.” *She looks at us and then says* “Hey! Why are you guys not in your seats, and why is the window open?” *She looks at me* “Hey Rocku, see me after class, I need to talk to you.” 

“Hmm!” *I mumble to myself* “Oh no, I am in trouble, but what did I do? Is it for being late?”  * I then closed the window and sat down at my seat and thought about the incident with Haruto. Is he pranking me? Or is he being serious?!” *I looked out the window, bored because Mrs. Strongum is annoying and a bit of an idiot.

She yells at the kids who were whispering. She yells at them if they did the most unforgivable thing on earth. She was known as the mean old lady who lived across the street from my grandma… I don't really like her because she always yells at my friends and me. Her favorite line is,  “STOP YELLING, EVEN HUMANS FROM OTHER TIMELINES CAN HEAR YOU GUYS! NOW SHUT UP!” *After class, I stayed, and soon Mrs. Strongum walked up to me.* “Now explain why you broke two rules, first climbing the gate, and then climbing the pole.”

Because* she paused  me with her hand, then said, “How?”

*stares at her, confused* “What do you mean by how??”

She says, “How did you climb the gate? Alone because the gate is 1 timer taller than you, and you somehow climbed it, if something was under your foot, you were floating on air, then reached out to someone if there were two people, but I saw only you! But I did not see anyone else. Then you fell and started talking to someone, but who? There was no one.”

“WHAT!? You mean this is not a prank?

“What prank?” She asks 

“Oh, uhm, it's nothing. I think you are hallucinating.”

“Do I look dumb to you!?” She asked 

*thinks* “maybe because you are” * I mumble under my breath holding a chuckle* “Mrs.strongum I just pulled a prank on you Haha* I lie to her so I can get out of this mess* *she looked mad and said “you little you wasted my time don’t do pranks and what did you even use to get over the gate you making a fool of yourself talking to air” *She rolls her eyes and leaves and I sigh and leave the class then I go to my next class that is PE gym*

*I made it to the class and got myself ready, and asked the gym teacher, Mr. Johnson, what game are we playing today?* He replied, "We are playing  basketball, Rocku.” *I thanked him and then went to find Haruto. I saw him and went over to him and jumped on his back sneakily.* He says, Whoa, calm down, bro, you scared me. My knees almost gave out because you are so heavy!” *I chuckle at his reaction as he tease me about me being fat* I replied” Boy look at your self you built like a stickman completely always too lazy or whining like a spoil baby not wanna do workout” *he gently slaps the back of my neck and walks away if he someone innocent doggy or something while acting like he did not see or did anything* “BRUH!” *I quickly chased after him, ready to get him back, and he noticed and started running* “Bro, you are  too skinny to outrun me.” *I quickly caught up and hit his neck too, and laughed at him* “BOO HOO, you are too slow!” *suddenly Mr.Johnson yelled my name “Hey Rocku stop running’ He says” Sorry about that sir I replied” *then he yells back “Hey Rocku you mind going to the storage room and getting a basketball out one of them is missing” *I nod and slap haruto arm and laugh at her pointing at him and walking to the storage room* I got to the storage room and entered and wow the place felt weird it felt colder and uncomfortable but i ignored it and searched for a basketball and looked at the storage corner and saw a shadow like a ball I went to check i could not see what it was* I  reached into the shadows, my fingers brushing against the cold, pebbled surface of the ball. As I pulled it closer to my face, the gym light from behind the doors caught it, and I looked closely…

*it was a frickin persons cutted blood head, My heart dropped I quickly threw  it away scared yelling and I ran out the storage room and went to the teacher and tried to talk but I was so scared I could not talk* *he looked at me in concern and other kids staring at the commotion and the teacher asked” Woah calm down what happen Rocku why are you panicking and why you look so scared and you are literally trembling* *I tried to calm down taking deep breaths  and then said “Sir ther-there is a head in the storage room in blood!” *Mr.johnson went to check while holding me comforting me and he went to the corner and picked it up and it was a basketball*He looked at me and said” I think you mistook a basketball for a head Rocku maybe it was too dark and it looked like a face” “No i swear I saw it like it was a head I replied” *he then said “go rest i think you need some rest because i do not think you are fooling or pranking. After all, your reaction and body reaction is too true to be a acting you maybe just tired or a bit sick still and your body showing hallucination maybe just rest* *I try to explain but gave up and went to Gym corner and sat down thinking about it* “I swear I know I saw a head because when I grabbed it and brought it to my face I felt its eyes on mine and it was breathing and I swear I heard it laughing silently in a deep voice that I never heard before. *I sigh and close my eyes, trying to sleep for a while, thinking I must be going crazy.* After a while, I put my arms in the air, bored, but then I noticed something… my jacket collar had a red blood stain, and then it hit me… “Omg, am I going crazy? Was that real or fake? This is blood, right?! From earlier in the storage room, when I touched the head that had blood almost all over his face

I scrambled to my feet and rushed over to Mr. Johnson. My hands were shaking as I pointed at the collar of my jacket.

"Sir! Look! This is the proof!" I shouted, my voice cracking. "This is the blood from the head! I didn't imagine it!"

Mr. Johnson leaned in, squinting at my shoulder. He looked back at me, his expression shifting from concern to genuine confusion.

"Rocku, what are you talking about?" he asked softly. "There’s nothing there. Your jacket is pure white. Not a single spot on it."

I looked down. To my eyes, the stain was a deep, wet crimson, spreading across the fabric like an ink blot. I could even smell the metallic tang of it. But to him, I was just pointing at empty air. *I sigh, realizing whatever this creature is… It's after me.