Five years ago,1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxy4npOCff
February 13th, 2010.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVoQ0e48Ib
Mpunde Girls Secondary School,1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooAH8aIQ2J
Zambia.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuEAKWiJbW
I gasped for air as I 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV6rFPG0Cq
quickly sat up on my bed, holding my burning throat and feeling my lungs1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPYGsI8yDR
ache as air quickly flooded in. For a moment, I thought I was drowning 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTmtRNWZ5i
in water, but I was actually taking in air. I coughed out a little and 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrqMSW4cli
opened my eyes. The lights in the dorm were all turned on and the bunker1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZHunqZYrb
beds were all empty. For a moment, I panicked as I quickly got out of 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc6amZUeqg
bed on the bunker bed below, looking around the dorm. There was no one 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZy3R59A52
and I felt scared and worried. I quickly looked out of the window and I 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV8sSJzuuf
realised that the sun was rising up from the east. I couldn’t help but 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4et3CjkJa
sigh in relief, but then again, I realised that I was running late and 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc032jYtmwt
my dorm mates were obviously hitting the showers in the ablution. And I 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv2XTBsWYZ
was the only one left in the dorm.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLOyaiS1eH
I quickly grabbed my 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTw2nQifec
toothbrush, toothpaste, my bath towel and cloth. Quickly slipped my feet1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpC9lMFxyyW
into my bath slippers and when I turned around the corner of my bunker 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMq3OfvRYc
bed to grab my bucket, I realised it wasn’t there. I sighed, this time 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BbAMW2EVE
in frustration.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrDU0tJqaC
Obviously because I knew1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbfpQ0zDXJ
who took it. If it wasn’t my bunker mate, then it was probably one of 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfa0T2u1lCv
the dorm mates. In my nightdress, I rushed out of the dorm and headed 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRBuR6wDh4
for the ablution. The ablution was one place where I found it so 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb358425Tb
repulsive to be in. Despite it being cleaned every day, it was always a 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEnlnRC2jZ
surprise how it gets messed up and flooded afterwards. When I mean 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7KWmnYrbD
messed up, I mean the toilets is one thing you wouldn’t like to see 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8npMdStbD
first after you eat a meal. For a moment, I wonder if we really are 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPdcdQ9QgY
girls or sometimes we act like boys who like to leave a mess. We are 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J5D5tjYCy
“GIRLS” for crying out loud. And as far as I know, we need to take care 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpjj2TI48Z
of ourselves and the environment around us. Looks like being in boarding1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRipFX2y1Pi
school, you get to know that sometimes things aren’t always what you 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9QVCztWRg
thought it ought to be.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBrcjntRzE
On either side of the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmT49bH8vBC
ablution were the shower side and the toilet side. In between was a 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVXjsu55Nh
passage where people could move around and line up their buckets to get 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY7NgdSIm2
into the shower cubicles. When it gets flooded, it’s pretty hard to move1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1WCldQ1Gv
around and many people have slipped and fallen. Trust me; it’s not a 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlp3aaJUZv3
pretty sight when you see someone falling on their back into the water, 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVgi5qVRZE
which was probably dirty. Luckily for me, that hasn’t happened, yet. I 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGA0JdAdLaQ
wasn’t pushing my luck on that one. One day, I would probably fall and 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1xiem8jFE
hopefully I wouldn’t break my bones in the process. At the far end of 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGTplwiM9m
the ablution were sinks where you can go and brush your teeth and wash 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzYwZwJekm
your face. And by the corner was a store room where we kept the cleaning1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9oyx8hICD
materials for the ablution.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDc5gt1SgQ
I stood by the door of 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX73XK10swe
the ablution, and as usual, there were queues of buckets all lined up, 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuWMDjTjHC
their owners standing beside them waiting for the shower cubicles to be 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0njXwF38oI
vacant. I looked around for my bunker mate and I couldn’t see her on any1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyAmSMAum5
of the queues. I considered her to be in the shower and so I went by 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTe6LfyqKJ
the sink to brush my teeth. The ablution was flooded again and so as 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB02eYsTxfo
always I had to be careful, taking a step at a time.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjnbRgD60J
When I finally got to 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlPUDZIwyI
the sinks, all in one peace, I suddenly felt a jolt of pain in my head 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbdj7YkPbK
as though I was just struck by lightning. It felt more like a migraine 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT47708uvc0
and I held my head, almost screaming out in pain. I saw a dark image 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlESSGXQ6C0
flash before my eyes and for a moment, I thought the lights went off and1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9n66felfg
come back on. But when I looked around everything around the ablution 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnq0J5aCroL
seemed to be normal. Usually when the power cuts, we girls like to 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKByIScCql
scream, a lot, except for a few of us who are already used to the dark. 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsH3d1rQfD
This time, that wasn’t the case. Everything seemed normal and I felt 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpp40OsUqz2
maybe I was being delirious.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi9Y4g7Skg
“Hey, Diana, are you okay?”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9AjyidLFZ
I turned to the last 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkv64RRAmt
shower cubicle which was closer to the sinks, and there wrapped up in a 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmgionkHcP
pink towel stood my bunker mate, Christine. And just as I expected, she 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErXIT3kev9
was holding my bucket. She slowly walked over to me, trying to avoid the1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiqSVVbCqb
dirty ablution water from flowing into her bath slippers.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9Bto1T4BQ
“Are you okay? It looks like you just saw a ghost,” Christine had a worrying look on her face.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauowrvde9J
“No, I’m fine, just a little ache in the head, that’s all,” I replied, trying to act normal when I really wasn’t.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4J1Lu4LEM
“You had me worried, I thought you saw something like a ghost.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ8yDUXlNs
“You know I don’t believe in such things as the ghosts that haunt people around school.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOomDLF48dD
“Well, you better believe. One day it might just visit you,” Christine said that with a laugh. All I did was scowl back at her.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LNTHMYuGV
“What happened to you 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerGF6bwrG3
today, anyway? You’re usually the first to wake up when the morning bell1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsg5IHbScP
rings. But today you slept like a rock,” Christine added on, this time 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBwtaK3BAG
there was a concerned tone in her voice.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixPqzrWRfF
It hadn’t occurred to me1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xtRRafyhV
that I had never heard the morning bell in the first place. I was 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NAyVXGmth
always the early bird and I was never a heavy sleeper. I was always 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgKToKNGK8
sensitive with whatever sounds I get to hear. But today, I hadn’t even 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzhqrdYYkV
heard my own dorm mates’ footsteps as they always rush out and into the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyuVhloUsE
dorm.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgTKS1YtAt
“I guess today just wasn’t my day,” I replied, shrugging my shoulders.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZH84K1TFSU
“Well, you better hurry 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQm3av9aIv
up then,” said Christine, handling the bucket over to me, “you don’t 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5nR5sZopK
want to be caught by the prefects when it’s time to clean up the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3mBqXUOyR
ablution. And that’s not how you want to start the day.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9rEqRpQ92
I scowled again as I 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVR77lgOPg
took the bucket away from Christine. As I mentioned earlier, the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNMJpwagSp
ablution always get cleaned. And we the pupils clean it with the senior 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8CT7w4M7B
prefects as our supervisors. At 6:30 AM, everyone should vacate the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S2RyjWS6j
ablutions so that the assigned group of pupils put to clean up the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xmIiQ1J4S
ablution should do their work. If you’re caught still in the showers, 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrdsJhRnAd
you would obviously have to join in the cleaning process. And that 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjxG4lo5bA
proves to be twice as difficult when you know you’re also assigned to 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy71BQa6toP
another area to clean in school. As soon as I finished brushing my 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNBv2QriYn
teeth, I quickly got out of the ablution to fetch water by a nearby tap.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph0wi3OZXt
Most of the showers never worked in the ablution, henceforth, fetching 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiKcZzjCAd
water outside.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FjHE2R5RB
Luckily, for me, there was no queue and I did things as fast as I could.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqaAvY9Jr5
Afterwards, I went back into the ablution and quickly found a vacant cubicle.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmC2GaIoYh
After getting cleaned 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELB39bwl7J
up, I wore my beige school uniform, clean white stockings and I had my 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPXznWIJ4m
black shoes, neatly clean and polished. I looked at myself in the mirror1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9JBFbMPE3
and made sure my short afro hair was neatly combed. I had cut my long 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gvWkb2tGs
hair a year ago before coming to this missionary school. As usual, one 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGC75dOoYv1
of the rules was not to come with long hair, especially if was it was 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1wbAwZtvv
permed. They strongly insisted on natural hair. I had to cut my hair 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsL8EtYSwB
when I was going into grade 8 and I felt it was pretty unfair. But after1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5REHaEBmQ
that year, I kind of got used to it. Surly they were just trying to 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xkbKcyRq5
promote equality amongst us, but there were a lot of things I never 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyVNPcK2oe
found amusing in this school.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaNuUxTbA9
Mpunde Girls Secondary 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoFD4aRB83
School, a Catholic school run by the Hand Maid Sisters. Located in the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrcvpMlSeZ
Central Province of Zambia in the town of Kabwe, but pretty much away 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rX8yRwE9V
from civilisation. When I say that, I mean the school is located far 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4AKXkUwSg
away from town and deep into the bush. It’s located in the farthest 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafkqvYO7mH
rural part of Kabwe.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVpGLocRnU
When I first came to 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh40Zp0HVTI
this school to write an aptitude test to go into grade 8, I was greeted 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lBtiOoHPP
by the lovely surroundings of the school. The lawns of the school were 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3wx2iUOHd
properly well cared for, and there were beautiful flowers everywhere. A 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs9M96Vdkd
beautiful Catholic church was situated right outside the school grounds,1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9P8Vut2dHv
meant for the local people that lived around that area and for us 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgZ18d1X2F
pupils. The attractive colours painted in different Catholic symbols, 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1lnEuizAy
inside and outside the walls of the church were astonishing to look at. 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQHPGCZa9I
It looked more like art in my eyes.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxm2ZLtF1Ll
At that moment, I 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTWubDRN79
thought things were going to get better in my life. The school was 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWDlIGbulf
beautiful and the Catholic sisters and teachers who introduced 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rl5ofVaep
themselves to us girls and our parents, seemed so kind. And I was 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbzIOFx4cc
Catholic, so attending mass wasn’t much of a big deal. I thought I was 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlPCMeZFaU
going to love this place and make it more like my second home. But 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvP2DFYlFs
things weren’t the case when I got to know the school a whole lot 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVkqSoOJ2d
better. I remember a certain friend of mine back home tell me that,1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmBKwbfO7j
most Catholic girl schools in Zambia were highly recommended because 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguUe0IUCiK
the Sisters were strict and pupils are disciplined. As far as I had 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXxhCDamAo
known, most Sisters were meant to be kind and loving, not strict and 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7pdbtgezY
mean. It looked like I had been stuck in oblivion for quite a while in 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UcH5Koynm
my life, that when I got to know what my friend truly meant, it was like1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvqnemxBOl
a hammer blow to the head. One's thing for sure, I didn’t like this 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZG4jvKWj7
school. Every time we begun a new term, I would pray for the three 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnzUUDS9cO
months to pass by quickly. Whenever I came back home, it felt like I had1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuzdCqA5eB
just come back from a beat-down, and as usual, losing the match every 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9UYgs1Xyz
time.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR2QHARwuW
The school was strict 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXVXFsLF4f
and on point with their rules, I felt like a minion under their control.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XqsHEY0XF
Any little offense you make, they will take you as an offender. They 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6BU4HndoF
were strict with how you kept the rooms and the surrounding areas clean.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmq6YPIZP0
If they found that nothing was clean or things were out of place, 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XMzjEiSb3
whether in the dorms or in the surrounding areas, either one of the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdj0smfEay
sisters or one of the teachers on duty, would call the pupils assigned 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmW3rSaCrS7
to cleaning the area or the dorm, out of class to go back and do their 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KDkITQuhF
work properly. And by the end of the day they are given a punishment, 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7rS4rBh6a
which was usually to weed the garden, clean the poultry shack or sweep 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvgqjwJt5x
up the leaves in the orchard. To me, that’s like working twice as hard 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGr0hdO1VK
as you usually do on a daily basis. There was nothing you could do about1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43Psy9B4wx
that anyway. That wasn’t the only that ticked me off sometimes. Most 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEJK1smej0
prefects were mean and complete jerks towards us. It’s even much worse 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgCOh7N6E5
when you were in a lower grade. That meant more work, and if things 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgn4FUrWF7
weren’t done right, punishment in the worst way, cleaning up the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFYteCDvIR
disgusting ablution or weeding the entire garden, with your hands. And 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiS9qqSTDp
they always had a special day to punish offenders. If you know you were 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH50kcVgzg7
late for classes or attending meals and your name was written in any of 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEktiYk8DfA
the prefect’s books, just know you will find yourself on the offender’s 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemCe4fXHXy
list which is always stuck on Thursdays. That means after classes on 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuGReQIiti
Thursdays, the first thing you would want to see first is if you’re on 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeds2KfS0YO
the offender’s list. If you aren’t, then it’s just a time to relax. If 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMZvlAqSgB
you are on the list, get ready to thoroughly clean up the whole school, 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrsMvDIBzX
you aren’t going to get off that list so easily if you didn’t work. 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kvapaWfFm
You’ll just find yourself on the other week’s offenders list.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pZL9ddlEG
Enough about what ticks 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpfF8TXPNH
me off in this place. It was 7:00 AM and that meant it was time to get 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvuWFufbFy
to work. The way we were allocated to our places of work is according to1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGb5l862BM
dorms. There are 10 dorms in school. The size of the dorm also depends 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCICmhbtX5
where you’re allocated to work. For example, the second biggest dorm 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAEpfj8zsl
called Dolores, which I’m in, usually worked in big places like the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5WIngIVNB
orchard. And smaller dorms like Xavier A, usually worked in smaller 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxx1rUispBg
areas like the kitchen area or the ablutions.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTN43DQ6lJ2
It was time to go to the1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RVQYbnVlX
orchard, and as usual, we were always greeted by the sight of leaves 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvD7PnzsF6
everywhere in the morning. Most of the time, people would usually sweep 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XCztNSwrI
up the leaves with a rake, but here, we would use brooms made up for the1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIG9AdBF7z
strongest tree branches. It was more than enough to sweep up the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HA7oEeMvY
leaves. So, we got to work with the brooms. Since there weren’t enough 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosiYYwH1JN
brooms, most of us had to wait until one finishes her potion and gave it1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJz5pExxlb
you. I was one of those waiting today and I stood under a tree. 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9D293hqFSU
Christine came up to stand beside me. Our dorm prefect, Chileshe, stood 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQwRBrBy6K
in front of us, doing her duty, to supervise.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE5BduO6lR
“Hey, are you going to tell me why you couldn’t wake up today?” Christine asked, nudging her elbow to my side.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajhNGSA9N1
“I don’t know,” I replied. “And you are such a bad bunker mate. You couldn’t even wake me up.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFOqZq0FDF
“Huh?” Christine looked confused as she looked at me. “I tried to wake you up, but you were as still as a rock.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiUHacWfCh
I now stared back at Christine with a frown. “Are you sure? I didn’t hear you at all.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLqTqoKNB4
“Not only did I call out to you, but I shook you too. You didn’t even budge at all. It was like you were dead or something.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡba2jy27xYa
I shook my head. This 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0xcpbgKOp
was ridiculous and Christine was taking it like it was one big deal. If 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZvlX2ehJm
she was going to start talking about ghosts again, like she usually 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXQ2oqq3bq
does, I didn’t know what I would do to her that would land me in serious1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcl9chQ6NZ
trouble.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmk3bdpwbgG
“Christine, all that just happened to me today. It’s not like it’s going to happen again,” I said.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaaloXemWI
“Diana, you had me worried,” said Christine. “What if you didn’t wake up?”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhOMll2uwv
“But I woke up, didn’t I?”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUbu9eDHaQ
“Somehow I feel that there is something you aren’t telling me.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtSdg8ZnYG
I grew startled by what 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMdTdncjhB
Christine said. I was just about to ask what she meant by that when 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9bctq6tcw
Amanda came back from sweeping her potion and Christine was quick enough1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcafjfFO8xE
to get the broom before anyone else. I could feel that Christine was 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLW0kkgd2st
really mad at me and the confusing part about it was why she was taking 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK20fQ5CZiA
all of this seriously. If I wanted an answer, I was so not ready to get a1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgw5qfqwNH
ridiculous one from Christine. She was so superstitious about things 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9DVUleHTf
and I wasn’t coping with all of that ever since I first came to school 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTSe6ovS9d
and learnt mysterious things that I wasn’t even willing to know.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dpB3g9zlF
Amanda came to stand 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIXV1LZWTq
beside me as we watched Christine head towards her portion of the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQLV0QiEyU
orchard. I drew out a breath of air. Amanda who had a bunker bed right 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4TAOXQD2C
next to Christine’s and mine, looked over at me. By the look on her 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyOdEgyhdr
face, I could tell she knew what Christine and I were arguing about. I 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCslBFoQVJY
wasn’t even ready to hear what she had to say. Hearing from Christine 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXhDQxdNpN
was more than enough.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDy4Fq6by3
“I wouldn’t be so mad at Christine if I were you,” said Amanda.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3ne4WJAqQ
“I’m not mad at her,” I said, “I just feel that she is making a mountain out of a mole hill.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ufr0HS1IU
Amanda folded her arms 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKN08Qcz5EI
across her chest and leaned in closer to me so that people wouldn’t hear1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKdt1Ump1H
us. “I was there when Christine tried to wake you up. You didn’t even 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8axsp7KOF
move an inch. You just laid there. And you looked, I don’t know, dead.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStjp1mLw5s
As far as I had known 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVqYzLJuCm
Amanda, she was one person who always aired out her honest opinions 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82CgqW16NQ
about things and she was one who wouldn’t even lie. She was quite 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2URHBjmCy
terrible at it if you ask me. I knew what she was telling me right now 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfdfY4Qswv
was the truth. I swallowed, still finding it hard to believe what Amanda1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa5Fd4Uhfy
had just told me.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWO973u6oX
“If I was like that, why1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BFio6V2Ow
didn’t you call the nurse or inform one of the prefects?” I turned to 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5kyRMHTBn
face Amanda, her brown innocent eyes staring back at me.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcYXTYMrRR
“Christine was scared 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kMhRMtaCn
when she couldn’t wake you. She almost freaked out and I told her that 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw1D0T0y8p
you would be fine, that you were just in a deep sleep. I told her to 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FoCQrWkj9
leave the dorm and that I would watch over you until you woke up. We 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzl6sTh8A3B
didn’t want to attract any attention among the dorm mates until we were 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOewahh3lvl
sure you were okay.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SsI9HIweL
“Where were you when I woke up? I didn’t see you and the whole dorm was empty.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLpGJJOYWw
“I was standing by the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXUuKZnKUR
door of the dorm when you woke up. And to be honest, you woke up in the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JJhgAOmOe
weirdest way possible. It was like you were given CPR and was suddenly 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1cNJarrqY
revived.”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoeAwRiQZr
Now that Amanda had 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkw7XGGh6f
mentioned it, I did wake up in the weirdest way today. I felt like 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5ets85aMB
someone had pumped in water into my nostrils when it was actually air. I1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAQRSrDOLE
could still remember my throat burn and I held it again without even 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPM4tt05Avw
realising it. I looked up at Amanda and she gave me a sad smile.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKfh0efOqO
“And you told Christine?” I asked when I obviously knew the answer.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bCtDrimKg
“You know I couldn’t lie1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2T8cfSx0T
to her. She was worried and she has every right to. And so was I. What 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJarrwK2He
if you never did wake up? Have you ever thought of what would have 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAjEIlellj
happened if you had died in your sleep?”1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TM5Dc4Ykp
I took in Amanda’s 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnMs4HNABL
questions into consideration and I looked at Christine who was busy at 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMaMk3wVJ8
work. It was obvious that she was avoiding me. I swallowed hard and 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1m5kxrfOJ
stared off in a distance. All Christine was trying to do was help me out1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWZIf6x2FO
and I was acting like a complete jerk. But she couldn’t blame me for 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGobEoLzR3d
it. I didn’t even know what had happened to me in the first place.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IqHr8YDr4
It was now my turn to go1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCY24upvW1
and sweep as I took the broom from my fellow dorm mate, Chilufya who 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOH8fIE9UUO
was a grade ahead of me. I went to my portion under a few guava trees. 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCnNhNqbfY
Before I could bend down to start sweeping, a sudden wave of pain gushed1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUqlsirQ8M
down upon my head. The pain was so unbearable, that I almost screamed 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIiGDBbHCQ
aloud as I held my head.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUo8tiSm5MA
As I looked around the 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDQLHiw08k
place, everything seemed blurry. I tried blinking my eyes a few times to1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIQzql4Cly
refocus my sight, but that didn’t seem to work. I leaned onto a tree 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacG6ybgASi
for support and I soon felt a jolt of dizziness and I felt like I would 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIMfmqdLPs
throw up at any moment. Soon, voices of concern surrounded me and I felt1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWQm2XWJTP
a warm familiar hand hold my shoulder. I saw Christine looking at me 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpBhyrvbsZ
and with our other dorm mates surrounding me.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5f6IDeYiN
My vision was still 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvromWqVkX
blurry and my head ached like hell. What was even worse was the fact 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDNzo5hXPJ
that everyone was talking and I couldn’t get a thing they said, not even1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvVdbsWhfB
Christine who was right next to me. I felt so confused that I was 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlyQhFEhhW
afraid of running mad with all the noise. I looked around and I noticed 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EHorIB5t0
that my vision was getting worse. I could notice a few of my dorm mates’1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtHc2TmUv1
faces including the dorm prefect, Chileshe. I saw Amanda at the far end1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6husU1eZ1
of the crowd, looking scared. And I noticed someone standing right 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ECMNGzB8i
behind her.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyYiETdaFw
At that moment, my 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KCSsvIxOO
vision cleared when I saw the tall person who was standing behind 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdjvm0bwga
Amanda. I felt a burning sensation run through my body, but I was 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe7Nj9i3uq
sensible enough not to scream. I continued to look at the tall figure 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45VDyRqQQk
and out of nowhere, a flood of images rushed through my head in a quick 1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwTqciZy3I
flash.1225Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyPCrJXZQ5
Right before I could figure out what had just happened; I was falling into a pit of darkness, right into oblivion.
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and then Add to home screen.