The school was quiet and peaceful. Everyone was doing their own thing, and Derek came up to me at recess. His face was serious.

– Did something happen to you? – he asked me.

This question suddenly made my legs feel like cotton wool, my head ached, then various thoughts began to spin in it, and a strange feeling appeared in my stomach that attracted me to him.

– I had a nightmare, – I said, surprising myself.

Why do I have a stutter? Before that, I was fine. I thought to myself, and then suddenly Zhenya sat down next to me. Her face showed that she had hardly slept and was always thinking or working.

– Hey, guys. Avrina, I did a little digging in my personal file and I didn't find anything, – she said.

– What are you both talking about? – Derek asked.

– Avrina asked me to sort out her nightmare. She told it to me, and I, for my part, started debriefing, but it didn't work out, – Zhenya replied as we entered the cafeteria and sat down at our table. Derek pushed his lunch aside and said, – I'm sorry.

– I think it was a dream.

– It depends on what she dreamed, and now let's go, since we have lessons and a meeting. – By the way, are you coming to the meeting? – Zhenya asked.

Derek thought for a moment, then answered.

– I'll come to the meeting. At least I'll have a good time, and besides, I had a nightmare, too.

Zhenya smiled, and Derek left with his lunch.

– Tell me, do you like him? – asked Eugene to me.

I shivered a little. She never asked me such questions. I wonder if she knows something about him, or if it's just my imagination. At this time, our school star Sailin Mirun passed by. I didn't notice how, but her light hand pushed the glass of juice, and the juice spilled on Zhenya.

– Hey, watch where you're putting your hands, you ugly monster. I'm not going to see that you're the star Of the school and the Queen of All Balls, plus the daughter of a rich businessman. I have nothing to lose, – she shouted to the entire dining room.

There was something fierce in her voice, and you could understand it, because this time she was clearly threatening, and she wasn't going to put up with anything that Cilean Mirun might do.

–I didn't do it, – she said defensively.

She didn't justify herself convincingly enough. It was obvious from her face that she did it, and no one else did. Everyone knew that she was lying, and there were many witnesses. In truth, everyone disliked her because of her temper, whims, and all that is in a spoiled and spoiled person. Immediately, she quickly cooled down and began to speak more calmly, thereby signing the jester's sentence for her. The guys respected and feared her for this at the same time, because she liked to tell the truth to her face, for injustice she can prove that she is, expressing arguments:

– Don't pretend to be a white sheep. You have "Chicken Queen" and "Star without Pants and Underpants" written on your forehead. You don't have to be as clueless as you make yourself out to be. Your jokes are outdated, and no one responds to them with laughter. Look around, no one likes you. You shouldn't bother people like me, because I'm a strong enough opponent. Read the history of America, maybe you'll learn something. Oh, Yes, plus read the fairy tale "Stupid, stupid, even dumber". Look at yourself from the outside, how it looks.

Cilean Mirun from these words a little twisted from such insults. Everyone understood that it was better not to mess with her, and besides, she was the most authoritative person in the class and all thanks to her dad, and now her authority has plummeted and everyone is now secretly ready to side with Zhenya. How I envy her, you have to be born in Russia and not be afraid of anything.

– Yes, how dare you? – he said, Sailin Miron.

–What don't you like? Everyone has the same rights as you, but they don't brag about it. Ask everyone and they will tell you how hard it was for them to get a job here to study. Yes, there are those who easily came here, but this is not a reason to show themselves like this, – said Zhenya.

Cilean Mirun blushed a little and walked away with an overflowing anger. Her friends stayed where they were. This is what I understand, effectively killed the authority of Cilean Mirun. After lunch, Zhenya and I went to the rest of the lessons. In this lesson, no one distracted me from my thoughts, and only later, I realized that I could sleep, but I did not sleep. All this was happening in reality. Or no, it's just my dream. After the showdown, each class went to class.

After school, we agreed to meet at our house, well, as I went, first I waited for Zhenya when she came out of the Director's office. Outside the door, he could be heard telling her to speak at international conferences, and after the incident in the cafeteria, Cilean Mirun's father decided to meet her in person. Such luck suddenly made me feel white with envy. Who am I next to Zhenya? She was clearly in a higher position than I was. And only then I decided to ask Zhenya to give me some lessons. She clearly won't refuse. So, Zhenya left the principal's office and we went home together after school. No one was waiting for us at home, and thank God. Now, we need to prepare for the moment when the guests will come and start a conversation. So all the guests came and began to confer about what was going on with them. I had Dreck as a guest, and some other unknown faces: three guys were sitting on the sofa, and two girls were standing behind the back of the sofa and looking at Zhenya. I stood and watched the meeting.

– So everyone's here? – Zhenya asked all the children.

Everyone nodded and looked at me.

– And here is another participant in our meeting, – Zhenya said.

I looked at everyone else, and I wanted to know about all the participants. Looking at Zhenya, I saw that I had to sit in an empty seat. There was an empty seat near the bedroom door.

– So we have new faces, and my friends wanted to know the names of the new members of our meeting. I'll introduce you. The oldest of the guys is called Esteban.

A tall guy with short black hair, straight features, yellow eyes, a straight nose, and thin lips stood up. He has an athletic build and dark skin. He was sitting on the right side. He was wearing jeans, a black t-shirt, and a biker jacket with spikes. It feels like he belongs to the descendants of the Indians, then Zhenya continued.

– The other guy's name is Cyron.

The guy who was sitting in the center of the sofa got up. The guy was of medium height, with long gray hair, brown eyes, rounded features, a thin nose, and plump lips. He has a built-up physique. He was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and his skin was yellowish. He looked at me strangely enough, but it doesn't matter, it's important to get to know the others.

– The third is called Aster.

The last guy got up. So he made me nervous because his eyes were completely white, his features were straight, his skin was light like a vampire's, his mouth was thin, his nose was straight, slightly snub-nosed, and his build was excellent. I don't know where Zhenya finds such guys, but they look quite strange and at the same time gloomy.

– Now, I'll introduce you to two girls: Sarabi and Sara. They're sisters.

After their performance, two girls came out and stood behind the sofa and watched the Council. Sarabi was a big girl, but well – shaped. His features were pleasant, his mouth puffy, his nose upturned, and his eyes black as night. Her physique is excellent. She was wearing short shorts and a white t-shirt that accentuated her curves. Sarah was a shorter girl, with a slight build. Blue eyes, straight features, straight nose, thin mouth. She was wearing knee - length shorts and a pink t-shirt with a rainbow Dej pony on it.

–So, when everyone is already assembled. I know all of you have seen strange visions that have frightened you, so I want to ask you one question: who will start your story? Zhenya asked when they were all seated.

Her voice had become a little harsh, commanding, but it remained the same. This pleases, but at the same time scares, and suggests that I may be facing a maniac.

– So I'll start. Two weeks ago, I had a dream that I was now in a room with a strange figure hanging over me, resembling the skeleton of an old maid. I remember now: the old skeleton was hanging in the air and could float around the room, hanging in the air, as if he was swimming in a pool, – Derek briefly told about his dream.

Zhenya nodded, then looked at me. I sat quietly and did not say anything, but under the look of Zhenya, you could understand that she would wait a long time for an answer until something happened to me. But then I decided to tell you what happened to me:

– I'll always remember that day. When Zhenya returned late and after the conversation, I was woken up by some noise in the kitchen. Naturally, I thought it was Zhenya making a noise in the kitchen. But then I realized it wasn't Zhenya when I entered the kitchen. There was a shapeless creature, and it was doing something, I didn't have time to make out what it was doing, and when I got there, it looked at me. She was looking at me when she came into the kitchen with the electric shock. The shapeless creature stared at me intently, then took the man's lance. He had an axe in his hand. When I remember this picture, when I immediately have a mondrage, when I remember that this man with an axe shouted the word "blood", I wanted to run away from all this as soon as possible. I do not know where the rooster came from, but the sound made the Ghost shiver and scream as if it were not natural and it was a miracle that the eardrums did not burst from such a cry. The shadow shrank and backed away, then disappeared.

After this mini–story, the guys looked at me with glassy eyes. Everyone was not interested in listening to what I told them.

– I know what you're saying, – Sarah said suddenly, – I've seen the most terrifying thing myself: a woman with a huge meat cleaver and a broken head. She was in the warehouse when I went to my room. It was about twelve at night. I was returning from a walk and it was dark, so I quietly turned on the lamp on the second floor so as not to disturb my parents. They are asleep at this time. I had only taken a few steps when I heard a noise outside the warehouse door. The door was ajar, and the room was terribly dark, with only a faint light coming through a small window that was located near the ceiling. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. As I said before, I saw a woman with a knife in her hands and a broken head. As soon as she saw me, she came straight to me. It took me a moment to realize what was happening, but then I was on the floor with a body hovering over me. She said the word "meat", then my sister appeared and she saw everything that I'm telling you now. She came out of her room and turned her head in my direction. The Ghost laughed at what he saw and tried to throw the knife at Sarabi, but before he could, a strange pain shot through him, as if someone had cut him on the very sick person. So the second and third times. But for the third time, the Ghost screamed, as if his eardrums were straining.

Her voice was shaky and thin as she spoke. Everyone looked at her, and then at me.

– Do not escalate the situation, – Zhenya began to calm everyone, – we all have something that we are afraid of. We have two stories to consider. Do not underestimate the enemy, and besides, we do not know what is happening, maybe we are all just tired and have seen enough horror movies.

– I've had a worse situation. A strange creature came into my room that looked like a dwarf, but instead of a knife or an axe, it was an axe, – Esteban said. His voice during the beginning of the story was loud, which broke the silence, but at the same time it was even-the Ghost came to me in the form of an old woman with huge scissors. She spoke without the words "eyes." I feel like she wanted to gouge out my eyes. I tried to fight her off, but the objects didn't touch her. It was twelve o'clock at night, and then in the morning she screamed three times. Ironically, on the third time, a cry so that the tympanic membrane would collapse to pieces.

–So we have three stories. It remains to find out the rest. What kind of ghosts have you seen? – Zhenya asked.

Cyron described seeing a police officer with a burnt face and garden shears and his word «nose», Astaire had a butcher with a meat cleaver, and he had the word «feet with hands». It was Zhenya's turn to tell what she had seen.

–So, as I will tell you about what I saw. The night after I took Avrina in, I saw a Ghost that turned into a middle-aged man with a chainsaw in his hand. He was looking for a victim to fulfill the most incredible fantasies that were born in his head, and I'm not talking about Freddy Kruegen or the guy in the hockey mask. The man was very fat, and at the same time very strong. Every girl ran away from him in fear, but I stayed where I was. I saw him take the girl in his arms and start torturing her until she lost consciousness. And when he had enough of playing, he took up the chainsaw and began to cut the body still alive. And now it was my turn. I was ready for a fight, but it wasn't there. The Ghost began to scream in pain. At first it was not natural, but then the cry came at such a volume that you can say goodbye to your ears forever, but they remained in place. And so, from that day on, my hunt for such phenomena began. I thought that I would succeed, but the guys first made fun of me, and when the school started shouting, noise, DIN, when the children began to get into school. Everyone started talking about ghosts. That they came for children who were left alone or misbehaved, although the ghosts don't care which children to take. And when all the people were desperate, then came my skills. I found the Ghost, but with difficulty. But now there is another Ghost, or group of ghosts, who want to take control of the city, and this is not a joke. Those ghosts you saw were just a signal that they existed. Their job is to scare kids like us. You don't need to know more about it yet. Now give us your opinion.

After such a monologue, everyone looked at Zhenya with horror. I don't know what's going on yet, but I thought the thought that came to me would be correct:

–My opinion is that we don't know where they came from yet, and besides, no one knows the history of the city's creation.

–And also, evil spirits want to tell parents that children are important to them. Look at the fact that parents just don't want to be with children, especially teenagers, – Esteban said.

– I understand your attitude to parallel worlds, but now we have a situation unfolding such that someone is controlling the ghosts and this is someone quite smart and perverted, – said Zhenya.

– I have an idea. I agree with Avriani and Esteban. We still don't know the history of the city, and yet, all this is somehow connected with parallel worlds. We'd better not risk our lives and just tell the experts, – Derek said.

– They'll say it's the bogeyman Ghost, – Sarabi said.

– Plus, it doesn't help us. They can kill a person. The police will be powerless against such power, – Aster said.

Jack paced around the living room. Her face was thoughtful. She had never expected so many opinions, and it was up to her to decide which one was right. And after a few minutes, she answered:

– You're staying here because it's late. I'll send messages to your parents that you're staying with me. There's enough space for everyone. Now make yourself comfortable.

How sweet of her. I didn't expect this decision from her. That's why I began to respect her.

– Can I speak to Avriani? Derek asked Zhenya.

She looked at me and then said:

– You have two minutes, and then I will distribute you to your rooms, please do not delay this.

As I understand it: its house – its rules. Derek came up to me with this question:

– How are you feeling?

I looked up at him with startled eyes. She stared at him blankly for a few minutes before deciding to answer.

– I feel somehow not important, because I have a premonition that something very terrible is coming.

– We can handle that, – Derek said.

– Tell me, are you always this optimistic? – I asked.

–Yes, I'm always so optimistic. Plus, my parents told me not to be discouraged in moments of grief and sadness, especially now that we are under threat, – Derek said.

I didn't ask him any more questions, as Zhenya clapped her hands in the center of the room.

–Please take your seats. I'll give you a list of who you'll sleep with. Ariana sleeping in his room with Sarabi and Sarah. Derek is in the other room with Esteban, Aster, and Cyran. I'll stay in the living room, because I have to work. I also know that you all go to the same school, and in each class you are terrorized by the wards of the «Queen of The School» Sailin Mirun. I'm not happy with it myself. Although, for my part, she needs to meet one of the ghosts, so she will understand that she can't think too arrogantly of herself. This will affect her and her attitude to people. If someone doesn't like something, say it right away.

A bleak silence fell over the group. No one dared to speak out, as we were all very tired.

–There are no questions, so go to your rooms, – said Zhenya, and we all went to our rooms. Here's to you, and «Hello mouse look who's here».