Chapter 11: A new life – 9

“Hey, do you know about the explosion yesterday…”

“I heard it! It was this very low-pitched BOOOMMM, right? I could feel the very earth shaking under my feet.” 

“I heard it too! Not only that, I saw the entire thing from my house—” 

“You live at Woodlands, right? I heard thatʼs very near the supposed location of the explosion…” 

“Hey, what did you see? Was it really a shooting star?” 

“Yep, I saw a streak of gold falling almost vertically down from the sky. It nearly gave me a heart attack sia, I thought it was a plane at first…” 

“42S03A, I know what happened yesterday is very exciting, but please, we still need to carry on with our lesson,” Miss Ang tried to quieten the class down to no avail. 

I was about to step in and help Miss Ang out when the crashing noise of a chair being kicked backwards silenced the whole class immediately. Everyoneʼs shocked gazes fell upon Seraphine, who was standing at her desk. 

“...can we proceed with the lesson now?” she said in a quiet but dangerous voice. “Thank you.” 

She replaced her overturned chair and sat back down quietly. The classmates who had been gossiping in their cliques also hurriedly returned to their seats in awkward silence. 

“T-thank you, Seraphine.” Miss Ang gave a polite cough and switched the projector on. “Todayʼs lesson will be a continuation of where we left off from yesterday, so can everyone please turn to page 20 of your notes? Under the chapter on hybridisation, I want you to highlight the sentence—” 

A scream from outside interrupted her suddenly. 

“Class, pay attention please,” Miss Ang said, glancing at the classroom windows facing the common corridor. “Please highlight the sentence that reads—” 

Another piercing scream, and panicked voices resounded from the corridor. 

I stood up from my seat in a hurry and opened the classroom door, peeking out to see what was going on. Yet all I could see was a group of students crowding near the staircase, some running away to safety while others were holding up their phones to take pictures. 

“Move!” 

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Without warning, Seraphine pushed past me and ran towards the staircase. 

“W-wait up!” I immediately ran as well and caught up to her. “What is going on here??” 

One of the students saw us approaching and frantically pointed down the flight of stairs. “That girl over there!” 

I turned my head in the direction where she was pointing—my eyes landed on a crying girl backed against the railing of the staircase landing below, her trembling hands gripping on a pocket knife. Another girl, presumably her classmate, was trying to talk to her—but it was clear that the girl wasnʼt listening to a word she said. 

“Stop it, please!” The classmate pleaded with her. “P-put the knife down, we can talk about it…” 

“Shut up!” The girl pointed the shaking blade towards her. “Shut-up-shut-up-shut-up-shut-up!!” 

“Avery,” Seraphine suddenly said in a low voice. “Iʼm going to go down the stairs. If anything happens, call Miss Ang immediately.” 

“Okay…” I stepped aside and she walked down the stairs ever so slowly. Putting her hand on the classmateʼs back, she faced the girl calmly. 

“Itʼs alright now, youʼre safe here with me. Nobody is going to hurt you anymore.” 

The girl blinked back her tears and shook her head vehemently. “Y-you are a liar!” 

Seraphine didnʼt flinch in the slightest. “Trust me, nothingʼs going to happen to you. Please, trust me.” 

She sobbed loudly and continued to shake her head. “Liar, liar, liar, liar, LIAR!!” 

It happened in a flash—she lunged at Seraphine with her pocket knife all of a sudden. Seraphineʼs eyes widened and she instinctively tried to block the attack with her arms—but the attack didnʼt strike her. 

“You donʼt want to do that,” I whispered as I embraced her frozen body tightly. “Please, let go of it.”

With a metallic thud, the pocket knife in her outstretched hand fell onto the floor. 

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