I feel
the tears of relief trickle down my face, I don’t even care. How happy my heart
feels now that I have BP with me.
BP sits
on my shoulder and says with a voice that is cold and stern “You cannot take
your duties lightly and you must be very careful of these trolls”
“They
have power over me, over all of us because they run the school’s hostel”
“We need
to be clever, outsmart them at every turn”
“You’re
staying with me BP?”
“Yes for
now”
“Oh BP
you don’t know how happy that makes me”
“There
are other plans underfoot as well, but more about that later”
BP
Continues “That was a close call today; you can never let those words leave
your lips”
“I won’t,
I promise”
BP gets more
serious, if that was even possible.
“We need
to spread the word that Fairies DO exist” and she continues “We cannot afford
to be caught”
“How do
I do that? I’m not allowed to mention Fairies as I may get into serious trouble
with the Lawly”
We talk
tactics until the sun creeps up into vision above the window sill. BP bids me
farewell and I
Begin to
get ready for the school day ahead.
With a
spring in my step and a light heart I set about with my morning chores, making
my bed and getting ready for school. I’m dressed and waiting when my dorm mates
are only just beginning to stir.
As they
ready themselves one by one, my mind goes over the plans that were laid out throughout
the night and into the early hours. This is going to work. I know it is.
Once
everyone is ready we leave for the dining hall, walking in single file as is
the expectation.
We open
the door and file in, immediately something feels wrong. Why are all the girls
looking at us?
What
have we done? We are not late are we? No we can’t be!
The air
around me suddenly chills; I feel her presence before I see her.
A hush
descends….
We all
hold our collective breath, for what seems like an age. Then suddenly it comes.
“DORMITORY
13!”
Oh no!!!
That’s us…. Does she know?
“Yes Mrs
Lawly” we answer together in a sing song response, not one of us brave enough
to turn and face the Troll woman. My nostrils fill with the stench of her and
my tummy does a summersault. Knowing what is coming next made my stomach do
flips and my legs begin to feel hollow, my head is light and I’m feeling faint.
Holding it together I wait for the next outburst. My dorm mates are trembling
too, do they fear her the way I do?
It
appears so.
Then it
came, the tirade from Mrs Lawly. “Who dare have their candles lit after lights
out?”
Silence
“Answer
me now!”
Silence again
“Who was
it?”
Silence still
“I saw a
light flashing at the window of Dormitory 13 last night and I want an answer
now!”
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