Chapter 1 I Seem To Know This
The day started at the academy. everything is cool and steady. I got new books for my studies.
It's saturday, yesterday I slept like a bear in my bed, Friday is the best because it's the time off to do what your body carve for.
But there is something keeping my mind flying around, thinking and trying to collect my brain, is that dream I dreamed of yesterday.
Someone was sitting beside my bed, and was reading me something I seem to know it's content.
But everything was blurry, I couldn't know the person's face at all, but I managed to see the person's hair, it was black with white edges, maybe the person's old.
*Closing the book*
"The class will start, I have to go"
*gets up and grab the book package*
The hallway is long, and so many students came out of their dorms, it's not just me who got back to his dorm after morning class after all.
That is the class's door, I opened it slowly to see five adult females talking about their comic competitions. it's non of my business, but their chat took most of the time, I'm going crazy because of this.
"The teacher is coming. hurry, go to your chairs!"
"Faster!!!"
The teacher opened the door and came inside, I can see hearts on some girl's heads already, and the adult males making a wow expression over the teacher is body. for me, they hired him to punch the bad adults here, even though they supposed to be old enough to know that being kids is no longer in our hands.
"So, our future SANE adults, did everyone do their work?"
"YES TEACHER"
That was a girl, yawk.
"Jushoa Jefferson?"
Oh that's me.
"Yes teacher?"
"What are you spacing out for?, you can share with me, don't be shy"
Oh, he think I'm not paying attention to his class. look at his scary smile. from his face, I can say he want to punch me already.
"I'm just reaaaally excited for the Living Nature Project"
"Good boy, oops, I mean, good adult"
Ha, funny... I guess.
***
We went to the laboratory for our project. everyone made their version of nature they think is right.
But, this volcano project this adult male made is really old, it's older than grandpa-... grandpa?.
"Hey Joshua Jefferson?"
"Ah!!! Sorry"
"Where is your project?"
"AH, I forgot it in my dorm!"
"You have ten minutes to get it before I completely see the rest of projects, hurry"
I runned out of the room to my dorm, hopping that I can make it.
*Loudspeaker*
"Listen listeeeeen. after tomorrow, an exam is taking place. repeat, an exam is taking place"
"WHAT?!, after tomorrow? Isn't this too much for the students, and for ME?!!!"
I got back to my dorm, and took my project between my arms, and ran back to the laboratory.
***
"I like your work Joshua! Good one adult boy"
I like the compliment and all, but why is the star on my forehead?. maybe I'm wrong to think of my self as an adult.
"Now everyoneŰ clap for our student who took first place"
*Clap clap clap*
It's not wrong to feel good sometimes. but this feeling that I'm missing something, isn't leaving me even for a second after that dream.
***
Running in the town near the academy wasn't exhausting like everyone says, it's rather good to train from time to time.
As I stopped on someone's voice saying candy, and I carve for some sweet in my mouth.
"Hey uncle, how much is the lollipop?"
"Eight ricts"
"Okay. give me five please"
"There's just three left of lollipop"
"It's okay, give them to me"
After taking the lollipop, I runned again to reach the library to buy the books needed for the exam.
***
It's midnight, and I kept myself awake by this lollipop, because it give me the energy to keep licking it.
And it's going to be sunday after seven hours, the time do really flow like the wind.
Because of that project, I didn't have the time to study for that surprise exam, so I need to study day and night for it, staying awake was my priority now.
*alarm 7:15 am alarm*
"Ha?, what?. REALLY!"
I grabbed the curtain and pulled it away from the window, the time to sleep was gone already.
I can't believe that I'm going to the class without an ounce of sleep. as I was putting everything in place before the time becomes eight, I found something under my desk.
"What is that?, a book?"
*taking the book between hands*
*alarm 7:55 alarm*
"Am I the fool who put the alarm like that?"
I got up from the ground and stopped the alarm, and put the book beside it.
"Okay, let's try to stay awake in the class, no other way"
And went to the door with my books in my hand.
***
Am I the only one who got scared over the exam?, everyone seem relaxed... and have so much energy to talk, so I put earplugs to not hear their chitchat
As I reached the class, and pulled the door open, I saw the whole class running around while screaming.
Okay I didn't hear them because of the earplugs, so I took them off and tried to ask one of them.
"Hey hey, what's wrong?"
"Didn't you hear?, There's an exam taking place after tomorrow!"
"...Ha?..."
"We are doomed!"
"No the exam is tomorrow!"
"WHAT! TOMORROW, THAT'S EVEN WORSE"
"No wait-"
"Everyone, Joshua is saying that the exam is tomorrow!"
"the whole class: AHHHHHH"
"No. the exam is after tomorrow"
I looked behind me to see the teacher looking at the boy with a smile, making the boy get stunned and nod his head.
"H-how is it after tomorrow? I heard with my own ears it-"
Without a warning, the teacher put his hand on my forehead,
"Maybe you dreamed about it adult boy"
"Teacher please don't try to be funny now, I'm talking serious here!"
"So do I, did you sleep yesterday?"
"Ummm, no, because I was studying for the exam"
"...Then go and have some sleep"
"No I'm fine. I need to be in every lesson. after the class I'll go to sleep"
"Okay then, everyone to your tables"
As I went to my table, I kept thinking about what did my ears hear yesterday, and what heard today.
If what I heard from the loudspeaker yesterday is right, that means the time was eight,
*checking the time (8:24)*
So it's the same, I don't know the time exactly but this will be a good memory to know what happened yesterday.
If it were an accident of course they can tell the students that it was, but here everyone is saying no it doesn't exist in the first place, I need to find out about the reason, why is everyone trying to be deaf.
"So our future SANE adult, did everyone do their project?"
"YES TEACHER"
There... There is something wrong here, they just said the same words, in the same way.
It's like the day just repeated itself... with some changes. but, why did the loudspeaker's speech time change?. If that were a repeat, means the loudspeaker have to say it's speech while the students is in the laboratory with the teacher for the project, but here... it just changed.
***
After the repeat project class, I got out to the near town, and walked in front of the same old man who is selling candy.
"Hey uncle, did you buy lollipop?, I do really carve for one now"
"Sorry young man, I remember having three left yesterday, but woke up and didn't find them"
"Haha, Uncle you sold them to me yesterday"
"That's impossible, I don't work on friday young man"
"What?-no. Yesterday was saturday uncle, today is sunday"
The old man got up and went to a shop near by, and asked the shop keeper about the date. And I got closer to hear him saying.
"It's 18**/3/12 saturday old man"
After hearing the stunning answer, the old man went back to his place, and looked at my stunned face.
"Haha, It's not embarrassing to find out you were wrong sometimes young man"
"No- believe me yesterday was saturday!"
The old man looked around, trying his best to understand me. I think I went to much, especially on this old man.
"Ohhh thanks uncle for your time. when you buy new lollipop, please tell me because I walk from here to the library every now and then."
"Okay young man, hope those dreams stop, because we don't want to dream about our day and repeat it haha"
This old man is a good person.
"Me too uncle, bye then"
"bye"
After waving goodbye to him, I turned to continue my way to the library, and turned to my brain to collect it again.
Did I really dream about the whole thing?, or did it even exist in the first place?.
It's like everyone didn't live Saturday, only I lived through it, it's really making me creep out.
I stood in front of the library's door, fearing I'll hear another stunning answer from the library keeper.
As I pushed the door I stared at the library for ten seconds, and went inside.
As I was walking inside, I was searching for the same books, I'm trying to find out if what I did yesterday did happen or not.
Yesterday I bought books for the exam, and a book talk about poetry.
So I searched for the poetry book hoping to find it missing, but it was there, of course it have to be here it's not just one copy after all.
So I went to the library keeper and asked him.
"Hi sir. can I know about the date to return the books I took yesterday?, my name is Joshua Jefferson!"
The library keeper took out the registration book and went through it.
"Saturday, you took four books about history and math and language and poetry"
"Can I know the date?"
"18**/3/12, It's saturd- no wait did I write it wrong?"
"What? - no you didn't, because I really took them yesterday"
"But that doesn't make sense, you went inside just now. and I remember you taking another books for poetry too"
"Please don't change the date. Can you make a copy of it?"
"But sir it's wrong!"
"No it's not wrong. Just give me a copy of it, without changing it a single bit. I need it"
"Okay sir"
