Beyond a locked restroom's door, Lay a girl thrown into a urinal, Her hair in a disheveled mess. Traces of trash juice and garbage filled the strands, Turning the once vibrant yellow into a grayish green. A couple of girls in the group Infront of her scrunched their noses, Some giggling in a mocking gesture, While some avarted their gaze away. She sat on the urinal stall, Limbs sprawled across it, Cameras flashes came and went, Her hazy eyes locked into the floor, Giving up on fighting back. The girl's bag was shoved away into the toilet stall Infront of the urinal, Causing the toilet to overflow and soak all her belongings.
"....." The girl in the utmost front Kneeled Infront of me, I couldn't see her eyes due to strands of hair blocking my vision making me only capable of seeing half her face, A slight smile was upon her face, That wretched face, She shot her hand suddenly, gripping my jaw and abruptly yanking it up.
She moved the strands of hair blocking my vision mockingly gently, Then she looked into my eyes, Her's were a gouge mine, A deep pool of darkness encompassing her's, Not a glint of light within them.
She turned her head to look at the group from behind her shoulder while still gripping my jaw, "Don't make me appear in the photos, Zoom into her face, Alright?" she said, As of making her point clear, She grips my face harder and begin shaking it.
She released my jaw,
Listening to her command, The group begun to take dozens of photos, All from different angles as they circled me, She clapped her hands after what felt like en eternity "Alight, Stop shooting."
Satisfied, She sat up and turned around reaching with her hands, Gesturing for a nearby girl to lend her something.
The second she got it she suddenly turned around and throw a black plastic bag into my lap, My eyes widened and i looked up at her. Desperation filled my eyes, Seeing her holding a red book adorned with golden embellishments titled
"Everlasting Dawn
Book 3. "
with her right hand.
A slight smile stood at her face, That damn face.
"Found this book wrapped in plastic in the janitor's cleaning supplies room, I told him to kindly lend me the room after his work hours, But for you to use it also? Anyway, It saddens me that you're hiding this from me, May i ask why?"
I laid on the urinal, Unable to mumble anything 'What should i do, What should i do, Would she do something to the bo-'
/\CLUCK/\
A single audible camera shutter came from the left, Moving my sight, I saw a girl with a frozen face, Her eyes filled with panic as the room fell in silence.
She the one holding the red book, Landed it to a nearby girl unceremoniously without looking and started taking deliberate steps towards
the panicked girl.
".....Did you do that on purpose?" Elinor said with mild annoyance, Her face stoic as she stood Infront of her.
"I-I-I did it accidentally i swear, My.... F-finger hovered unconsciously, I swear!" The girl started stuttering, Elinor smiled "It's alright don't worry about it." She then gripped the girl's shoulders and used her left knee to kick the girl in the stomach, The girl gasped as air was kicked out of her lungs, Her phone hit the ground, Elinor then punched her in the face, Causing her to fall into the ground, Gasping for air as she clutched her stomach.
/\Crash/\
Elinor stamped the phone repeatedly, crushing it "Hey, Don't worry the school's infirmary is still operating." She gestured to the group to take the girl to the infirmary.
Due to this, Even if it may sound wrong, I was able to collect my thoughts. Elinor turned around to see me, A slight smile upon her face yet again, That face. "Now that's done, I wonder if we should continue? My mood's been ruined." She went and snatched the red book back from her minion, "I'll take this with me~ See ya tomorrow at the same time." She and her group existed one by one until i was the only person at the bathroom, Alone.
I stood up from the urinal, Moved a clump of sticky strands close to my eye and smelled it. It was awful, Like rancid eggs and rotten milk. Walking to the bathroom stall i found my bag soaked completely, All the books and pens and erasers.....were wet.
'... It's alright.
How many times has this happened?'
I went to clean my face and hair in the sink, 'It's alright'. The stench didn't go but i was able to retain part of its original colour. Grayish Yellow strands glistened by the bathroom's luminescent lights, I looked into the mirror. Miserable eyes looked back at me, Dark green in colour, Without a hint of a glint '....Looks like Elinor's eyes.'
I hooked my hands into the metal soup container beside the sink and started pulling it, I heard it strain until it broke free. I brought it above my head, Looking at the miserable thing reflected in the mirror, Resembling that devil, THAT face, Made me angry.
So angry.
/Smash\ /Shatter\ /Smash\ /Shatter\
/Smash\ /Shatter\ /Smash\ /Shatter\
/Smash\ /Shatter\ Smash\
/Smash\ /Shatter\
/Smash\ /Shatter\
/Smash\
'.....My hands bleeding.' i looked at the smashed mirror as droplets of blood fell to the ground, Even when i broke and smashed it repeatedly, A couple of shards still clinged to it, Still reflecting those miserable eyes of mine. I throw the soup container at the ground, Stomping it again and again and yet again, Tears wouldn't stop coming out of my eyes. 'Why me? What have i done to deserve this? Why me? Did i do something wrong?'
I slipped while stomping the container, Causing me to fall on my back, I stared at the ceiling, The luminous lights burned through my teary eyes '....why?'
I lifted my right hand, Blocking the rays of light, Staring at it's bloody cuts. 'How will this stop? Can something stop it? Can anything stop it?'
I stayed there for half an hour, Then decided there's only one solution to end this all.
******
'What a strange book.' Elinor thought as she was walking through the school's gate, A limousine parked Infront of it while a butler was waiting patiently.
His hands tucked behind his back and his form straight, The definition of a butler in perfect attire.
"Have i kept you waiting Wilfred?" The butler opened the limousine door swiftly "No my lady, But you've indeed came at a different time than regular, Any problems i should know of?" Elinor entered the door and put the red book at her lap "Although i am quite bothered, It's not a matter to be worried of."
"If you say so lady Elinor." Wilfred closed the door and started walking to the driver's door.
Elinor opened her phone to search the book's name, No results.
Elinor has checked the book's back cover earlier for any codes to scan, None.
Elinor searched the book's cover art through image searching, Nothing.
'...Where did she even find this? There's no printing date or publisher, Neither any indication of the author.'
Elinor flipped the book upside down, The back cover only contained an extraordinary lengthy summery for the book، covering the backcover from head to toe completely.
She couldn't understand a thing considering this was the 3rd book in the series, But she got tid bits of the plot, It seemed like a generic otome setting that's inspired by noble culture in light novel form.
But there was one curious detail that caught her attention.
The female lead name was Luciana akin to lucy, The name of the girl she bullied earlier, And the villanous name was Eleanor akin to Elinor.....Her name.
"Huh?"
A pfft sound almost escaped her lips.
Elinor couldn't keep herself from chuckling at this ridiculous coincidence, She brought a finger to her eye to wipe a tear. 'Haaaah...I wonder if she made this book, The quality is pretty good for something so unknown.'
Elinor was sure this wasn't made by lucy, Lucy didn't have any time nor the necessary tools to make such a lengthy book. Elinor put the book aside, And looked through the window, Staring at the landscape around her, The manor she stayed in was a bit far away taking half an hour drive.
She brought her arm close to the window to her left and rested her chin atop her hand, Contemplating.
A slight smile was upon her face.
'...I wonder if i went too far today? She wouldn't commit any funny ideas i suppose,
She's too weak to be able to do so.'
She averted her gaze from the scenery to the book next to her
'This book's such a great catch, Her reaction was brilliant.'
Suddenly, A flash as bright as the summer's sun came from her left, She quickly averted her gaze to look at the blinding light source, There Infront of her, For only a second, She catched a truck's headlight.
For that single second, Only one thought came to her mind, One singular conclusion.
This truck was heading straight into her
compartment, And as fast as that thought went, Everything disappeared.
******
"GAHH... Ahhh....Ah....huh?"
While Clutching her body, Shuddering from the memory, Her breath was ragged and her heartbeat as fast as it could be, She was dumbfounded.
The area around her wasn't the expected medical facility, Nor did any pain wash over her, Only a throbbing sensation was within her head.
She was placed in what she presumed to be a bed, While her eyes adjusted to the darkness, She could but barely see a faint light source from the right through what she thought were curtains, She slowly and deliberately crawled to the light source.
It took far too long to reach the curtains, The bed was surprisingly large. When she opened them, An unexpected sight was Infront of her.
A fancy white desk adorned with golden embellishment, It had a large mirror and a candlestick that's almost running out atop it. What shocked her wasn't the canopy bed nor the ceramic floor, But what stared back at her through the mirror.
Hair as white as snow, Skin as pale as a dead person, Eyes as purple as Amethyst, Lips as red as blood. And the youth of a young child.
This wasn't her, This fit the image of a single character, Eleanor the villanous.