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Moira awoke.

"Woah, Mum!" Sonny froze on the spot at the sight of his mother charging down the stairs. "It's just me, I don't think we'll be getting any more burglars after last time."

"You're not going to work." Moira stood before the door, her chest still heaving, her fists clenched at her sides.

"...What?" The iron was placed back onto the board.

"YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WORK!" Moira bellowed, her eyes wild. "You're not! I won't let you!" She couldn't stand it. Smashed, broken to bits, impaled, cut in two. She had lost count of the amount of times the scene played over by now. Everytime something new. Every time the pain stabbed into her heart a little deeper.

Sonny stared. "Mum... you okay? You're acting wierd."

"YOU'VE ASKED ME THAT TWENTY TIMES NOW!" Moira screamed with wild eyes, clenching her hands in her hair. It was probably more, but she couldn't remember anymore. "Just do as you're fuckin' told for once!"

A pause. "...Okay, okay, I'll stay home if it'll make you feel better. Promise. Just calm down." Sonny backed away from the ironing board, his hands in the air. "I'll make you a cup of coffee, okay?" He gave her one last look, like he wasn't entirely sure if she'll lose it, before walking into the kitchen.

The entire house shook as something in the kitchen [i]exploded[/i].

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"Sir! Sir! I'm scared!"

The screams continued, the children crying and running as they were struck down by the curse. Kirby and Frenda and Joe and Cruz and one by one the class was whittled down. And while the first was quite a slow transformation, these were anything but.

Syed pulled. He pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled but every pull just sent vibrations through his ribs the chain just wouldn't move-

"Sir!!! Sir, what's happening?!"

He was trapped here. He was trapped here, and he could feel [i]it[/i] bubbling up deep inside of him. Reacting to his panic and his fear and his distress and his confusion, rising up and up and up and up. He couldn't- he was trying, he was trying so hard! His eyes darted to the trees which now littered the room.

"Do something!"

"I can't..." Syed muttered, his eyes wide in terror. He could feel his hair begin to stand on end already. No no no no no no no no! In one last, desperate move, he looked back up to the two remaining children, their expressions terrified yet totally trusting. Oh gods. "I need you to go to the fire meeting point. Do you understand?!"

"But sir!"

The room was suddenly filled with a brilliant bright blue-white light, and all the windows blew out into a million shards of glass.