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Moira woke with a start, gasping for air.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, which was strange. She had been a light sleeper for years. She sat up with wide eyes, and found herself looking around herself. No, nothing unusual. Just her in her bedroom. She placed a hand on her chest, feeling her heart rapidly beating against her ribs. What a horrible nightmare.

She got up quite quickly, padding out into the hallway. "Sonny?!" she called. As much as she hated to admit it, that dream freaked her out. The thought...

"You alright Mum?" he called back up the stairs. He was alive! He was alive... Moira felt the relief wash over her. Oh thank fuck for that. She quickly decended the stairs, spotting him ironing his shirt for work. He looked up at her expectantly, pushing his glasses further up his freckled nose.

"Eh, it's nothin'," Moira smiled. "Bad dream, that's all." She looked uncomfortable for a moment, feeling the need to say something but not really wanting to. "You heading to work? T... take care of yourself, won't you?"

"Um... yeah. Sure..." Sonny looked a little confused by this, but he shrugged anyway. "I will, don't worry. Seeya later." He gave her a peck on the cheek. And with that, Moira's whole world stepped out of the door.

[b]CRASH[/b]

Moira scrambled after him, her breath catching in her throat. NO!

"Woah, close call!" Sonny stood just a little to one side, a horrible mess of brick and mortar where he was stood just a second ago. It looked like he had dodged it just in time. He turned and gave Moira a wide grin.

Moira could only stare blankly at the mess. This was... like her dream. What... what was going on? Sonny seemed oblivious to her reaction, waving as he stepped into the road.

Blood splattered everywhere when the bus hit him.

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"Danny, if you could read us the next paragraph, please."

A blond haired boy stood up and opened his mouth wide, before positively bellowing the passage in their text books. His voice lisped slightly thanks to the tooth he had lost the day before. Bless him, he always tried hard.

While Syed listened and nodded enouragingly, his eyes were unfocused. He knew this story word for word by now, he didn't need to read the book along with them. Plus, his thoughts were on something else. Namely the absence of... well... everyone. All there was were him and his class. Why... why did this feel familar?!

His thoughts were disrupted by a high-pitched, ear piercing scream.

Syed's head shot up, his eyes clicking desperately around the class. "What's going on?!" he called out, standing up behind his desk.

"Mr Dyjani!" One of the girls at the back of the class screamed, tears welling up in her eyes. A birthday badge was pinned to her top. Jainie. "SIR! What's happening?!"

She tried to move her legs, only to find her feet rooted to the floor. Literally. Bark was swiftly travelling up her body, her body transforming from flesh and bone to wood. "Sir!" she screamed, looking towards him like he was the only person in the world who could help her. "I don't like this! Please sir I really don't like this!"

"Jainie!" Syed called back, trying his hardest to keep himself at least sounding calm as he quickly went to move around his desk. "Hang on!" He didn't know what to do. He had absolutely no idea. He felt panic through every fibre in his body, but he was the [i]teacher[/i], he had to stay calm-!

He found himself suddenly halted by something pulling at his chest. Something was stopping him going any further. He looked down slowly, his entire body shaking...

...And his gaze was met by a large horrific looking chain, embedded deep into his chest. A horrible, foreign thing invading his body, and no matter how much he pulled it wouldn't come free. All he could do was raise his head again, seeing Jainie's panicked eyes lock with his before she was completely consumed by the bark. And then she was gone. A tree sat in her place.

The classroom erupted into screams.