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"Are you okay, are you going somewhere?". Asked Jenna as he saw his son being worked up."Don't worry, I will tell you on e I am done okay, I promise you, you must surely be amazed at the outcome". Said Fred as be got everything ready.His mom gazed at him and wondered what he was up to.He went to his room, took his bath and left instantly to his friends house without saying anything further to his family members. He made sure to pack his school stuff and he didn't adwd out with them. He will be sleeping over at his place. Though be had never slept over at his friend's place before. This will be his first time.He set out on his journey to Mike's house. It was an hour journey and it felt like forever.He got to the burial ground beside Mike's house he stood there and began to observe it. His eyes went to the grave where Mike's mother was buried. He took few steps forward towards it and sttod before it."Rest in peace". He said as be dropped a small flower on it."I didn't come to see
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He then woke up immediately bit his eyes were still blur. He tried to wake Mike up but he was fast asleep."Mike wake up, I think I heard some footsteps here". Fred said again as he kept tapping Mike at his back in a bid to wake him up.Mike already knew what happened but he didn't want to wake up as he was still feeling sleepy. He wished that Fred hadn't heard the sound but as soon as he heard it, he woke up and decided to disturb his sleep. He was pissed off but he remained calm."Come on, I think they are thieves". Said Fred again to Mike, this time in a clear tone. Mike knew he isn't stopping anytime soon and so he decided to wake up and react to it."What is it, what did you hear. You said you heard some footsteps?". Mike asked and pretended as if he didn't hear him all this while he was calling as he woke up in a jiffy and turned to where Fred was."Come on I think I heard some footsteps and that too in this room. Light up the lantern, we need to clarify if we are alone here in
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One of our classmates probably". Responded Mike."What?, one of our classmate. What if they copy his work. It wouldn't be good for them. Did you inform him about it and the dangers involved?". Asked Fred to Mike."Well according to him, be said he knows what he is doing. He said he has his own way. You know he is smart, so don't bother about him let's just do us ourselves. I see him as our only competition. I don't care about the rest". Said Mike to Fred."Okay. Since he said so mets just focus on ourselves."Here Mela. Thanks for this I really learnt a lot. For sure you are going to be the winner of today's task". Said Joel as he came in side the class and handed mela back the work he took from him."Okay, thank you". Responded Mela as he took his work back from Joel."Wait, Joel was the with the project all this while". Said Fred as be remembered their encounter with him on their way back from the haunted house."Yes, I think". Responded Mike as he was observing them from his seat
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It was Mike's turn and the teacher pointed at him to come out by shouting "next!".Mike's heart skipped a bit as soon as the teacher pointed at him. He was surprised because it wasn't his turn yet and he wandered why the teacher had pointed at him when he is on the last roll with Fred sitting beside him."I think you made a mistake. You haven't finished with this roll yet". Said one if the staffs to the teacher."Yes, that's true. I almost forgot". Said the teacher and Mike sat down back in his seat."Alright, next". Said the the teacher as she pointed at Joel who was sitting at the extreme of the last roll before Mike's roll.As soon as the teacher called him up, he stood up sluggishly. Mere looking at him Mike and Fred could tell that his plans had failed."Come on walk faster, we have other things to attend to". Said one of the staffs to Joel after seeing the way he was walking slowly.The whole class had their eyes on him as they were expecting to hear some exciting things from hi
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"We can then call it a day. Make sure you both come to school very early tomorrow so that we can all go together and confirm, only then can you get your prize it its actually true". Said the staff again."Yes, sure. We will be there". Replied Mike."See you students again tomorrow". Said the teacher and the students responded warmly to her gesture.It wasn't long and the teacher and the staffs left the class, leaving the students alone including Mike and Fred."Wait are you for real?. You actually went to that house?, like seriousl". Asked one if the students to Fred."How many times am I going to confirm that?. Let's just wait till tomorrow amd let's see what happens". Said Fred as he was tired of saying 'yes' to every other question."I really can't believe that you actually wanted to outsmart Mela by copying his work. That was funny". Said I e of the students to Joel as he sat all alone by himself."Mind your business, you fool!." Shouted Joel at the student who made fun of him."
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Mike began touring them around the entire house while showing them things and also explaining them to there understanding to the surprise of the staffs and their teacher."This is the room. The darkest place in this while house, I supposed". Said Mike to the staffs."What do you mean that it was the the darkest place in the house". Asked one of the staffs to Mike."This room held the key to our liberation. There are some words in scripted on the wall which I read backwards and something surprising happened after o read it". Said Mike and he continued."The while house changed instantly, the words disappeared mysteriously, that's why you can not see it anymore here". Said Mike as he points his finger at the wall where the words were initially written."I felt the negative energy making its way out of the house into the abyss, where it belonged". Said Mike again while Fred stood beside him and was affirming to all his testaments."Wow!, impressive. Even I can feel it. There is no nega
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He had no other option than to give up."So today, I present before you the competitors and so with an adversary". Said Onaga as he points at the finalists.Everyone was shocked as soon as he made mention of an adversary and they couldn't wait to see what happens next.Fred was immediately elated as soon as he heard Onaga made mention of an adversary amongst them. He then knew why Joel was called out. He also remembered the staffs informing him earlier that they must surely punish him on the grounds of malpractice."So you are an adversary, now I remember. How can I not have a clue that today was your judgement day". Said Fed to Joel ridiculously."Hey, mind your business unless I will beat you and we both will end up disqualified ir have you forgotten?". Joel retorted with an angry and unpleasant look on his face. Fred tuned his front immediately he heard him made mention of beating and disqualification. He knew he can do anything just to get him out of it and he decided to mind his
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As soon as Mike and Fred was announced as the winner by the school staff, Onaga. Fred collapsed on the floor with excitement. He was overjoyed and couldn't contain his happiness. He got up from the floor and held Mike tightly with a hug. It was so tight that he almost suffocated Jim due to happiness.The whole students were all happy and equally surprised at the announcement. Not many knew Mike and Fred but Mela was widely known.The whole students had no option as the began to clap and hail the new winners of the task.Not long after, the whole students started chanting Mike and Fred's name to the disappointment of Mela who was still standing at the stage with them at the moment.He felt very sad and unhappy. This was the first time he had list a win to someone. It was somehow unbearable for him but he had to conceal his feelings. He left the stage quietly not long after the students started chanting Mike and Fred's name as the new winners.Mela's fa e turned red with defeat. It bite