One life of Sarro la Cassa

5 Suspicions

What? Who? How? Why?

But how to answer fate?

In the morning I was in a hurry. She packed her bag in a hurry, hastily stuffing textbooks and a book borrowed from the library into it. I decided that today I have to read it! How much news I wanted to tell my friends! How many new thoughts and doubts overwhelmed me! And not only me...

   The stairs were always full of people. Somewhere in the distance, the blue-haired silhouette of the moon flickered, it was hard not to notice it.

 - You will not believe it! - I said to Vega, the first one I met on the way, - But the Moon! .. - I involuntarily looked around. There was no one behind. Of course, I didn’t choose the best interlocutor, but how I wanted to share the news with anyone!

She's not who we think she is!

- And who is she? - the girl replied indifferently, - What difference does it make to me! - she continued, instantly remembering the irony.

-I'm afraid we'll have to find out...

-Hey! To her! Why are you so gloomy? Rejoice! There will be no first lesson! The chemist is sick!” Anfissa interrupted us, suddenly approaching from behind.

“How do you know that?” I asked.

- I heard it in the hall. There about ... A lot of things are said! Come on, I'll tell you everything!

   The lobby, as always, was full of people. Although today it was even more.

        Leng and Lei sat at one end, surrounded by crowds of astonished students. The boys waved their arms, spoke violently and sometimes swallowed words.

"What happened?" I whispered as I approached them.

   On the way, some junior high school students almost knocked me down, they were also heading towards the speakers.

- ... they, I assure you, were alive! Without a doubt!

"Who are 'they'?" Karme asked in surprise.

-…armor!

    Standing behind, Vega laughed.

- ... an evil spirit wound up in them! I saw his shadow!

     Lan told this story over and over again, embellishing it each time, eventually creating a real horror movie in which a dead man in armor attacked him!

 - Well, you still say that it was Elrond Clayde! – laughed Anfissa, - Our Elrond!...

      The blushing narrator fell silent. The girl gave him a good idea, although it was only a joke.

     Meanwhile, a different story was heard from the other end of the hall...

-..I was just returning to the castle, when suddenly a fat man was running in the distance. Steps and clang. Suddenly silence, but then he crashed into me!

Lunatic, for sure, I assure you; his eyes sparkle in the night!

- Sleepwalker? - the children whispered, - Wow! Who is he?

-Lan! He's hanging around the school! He has nothing to do! He is looking for adventure on the fifth point!

   As you understand, it was Lay and he deliberately turned everything onto a friend. Only unlike that, he hid about the shadow that he also saw.

***

       “Where is the Moon?” I looked around again, out of habit noticing who came in last. The girl was nowhere to be found. I wanted to sound the alarm and tell my friends how I saw her silhouette in the distance, at the very window of the buffet, in which our alfirinka Vee Blade worked part-time. I froze as I looked. What is happening there?

    The words were inaudible, only snippets: “Something refreshing!”. A second later I see the woman takes out and pours something - attention! - red again. I immediately remembered Anfissa with the story about Sarro. “Is this a coincidence? And what is it? ” - flashed through my head. Yes, sometimes they sell us tomato juice, but this strange feeling does not leave me ...

***

       - Oh, so! - Lan roared, - I'll show you how to slander me! You won't leave me! the redhead hissed, fisting towards the blond as the grimaces of the upperclassmen grimacing reached his ears.

       The bell rang.

     Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a running silhouette with short blue hair in the distance. Eternally black clothes… Moon! Instantly hidden behind the corridor, she did not go to class.

“How strange! Where did she go?” I thought, deciding to write it down in my diary. And what did she drink? Don't worry if I'm a little late. Was or was! We must go!...

       What kind of school is this? Isn't it a secret establishment?"

"You have something 'refreshing,'" she whispered, looking directly into the eyes of the Alfirinka, trying to repeat Luna's words.

     Emby Vy Blade looked up at me with surprised emerald green eyes widening a little and quickly replied: “The tomato is over.” I went back to my friends.

   Miss Luifiklar loomed in the distance and shouted:

- March to the lesson! Lively-oh-oh!!!..- she hissed, as always in an angry tone.

  But there is no chemist today! No! Rejoice! - Anfissa whispered in amazement, - Where are we going?

- Edmond will be replaced by la Cass! - and the mathematician began to push the students out of the hall.

- I could say hello for a start! - hissed Karme.

Why weren't we warned before?! We could take a walk!

- We need to talk! - I whispered, grabbing Sasha's hand, - Immediately! Moon...

-Hurry up!... - the roar of the Luificlar roared overhead. It was clear that there would be no conversation now.

       The chemistry room, full of flasks and test tubes, was still in disarray. The remains of spilled phosphorus rushed behind their feet, decorating the office with a web of glowing footprints.

 -Where is the moon? Becca seemed to read my mind.

    The teacher soon showed up. La Cassa's black hair was disheveled, his eyes darted from side to side. “Probably he was also looking for someone, but who was the Moon?” - flashed through my head.

      Suddenly, a piece of paper flew over the desk. Another time, seeing this, La Casse would have started screaming, but today everything was somehow different, very, very quiet, not at all like always - I don’t know why.

     The note read: “I don’t understand. Sasha." She always preferred to speak briefly about the main thing. And now she was back in her repertoire.

- What is our topic? - Lay shouted from Kamchatka, abruptly standing up and almost tripping over his own backpack. The teacher sighed, looked around, he had recently learned about the need for a replacement and was completely unprepared for this. Where the chemist went, he also did not know. Seeing the chubby blonde Anfissa in the distance, he froze, her gaze bored into him, like mine. Passing by a drawer, Sarro looked at all its contents and took a long look at one of the test tubes. All the substances that were here played with different colors, but he was interested in the red flask. Her blissful scarlet color reminded him so much…

-…blut* (German blood) – he said dreamily with half-closed eyes.    

       Becca, who was sitting nearby, froze. "Did you hear that?" she turned to me and her neighbor Len. There was a bandage on her arm - thanks to yesterday's creatures, which her friends looked at with distrust.

       Voices were heard behind him, he did not hear the words themselves, but he caught their energy, swallowed from a sudden onset of fear and turned around sharply.

“Today we will study…” Sarro began, trying to suppress the trembling in his head.

-Tell us about the blood! - the redhead spoke pleadingly, - I'm so tired of all these formulas ...

- And me!

-Me too!

- Please!... - howled the class, turning to the teacher.

 - Well, - the Vampire agreed and, as they say, then he "carried away" ... - quietly, with half-closed eyes, almost without opening his lips, as if dreaming.

     So the forbidden topic was accidentally uttered. For a moment, Sarro relaxed, because they themselves asked him, but, unfortunately, it was not so. Children, like no one else, are observant and quick-witted. They notice everything and do not leave things halfway. And what has been said can no longer be returned ...

      Sarro looked around. Cold sweat dripped invisibly down his arms. He understood that he should not, but he could no longer stop ...

   “What am I doing? I give myself away… But I decided it myself!…” he thought.

-What about him? - Sondra whispered, rubbing her forehead, - I already have a headache!

- Music should be listened to less! - Vega quipped.

- Just a vampire of some kind! - I heard the voice of Len in the distance, - I even almost fell asleep!

     For a second it seemed to me that a red light flickered in the eyes of the teacher.

And it was not just fire, but a real adrenaline rush. “That’s what they called him a sanguinarian! With Kerrow! But what if the plan fails? Then Omederro is right, we will all be doomed!...”

   Not knowing where to go, he grabbed the first test tubes that came across, and without looking at the inscription, merged them together. As soon as the drops of substances touched, they immediately scattered in all directions into small pieces of glass and burning drops of silver substance. The explosion even shook the picture hanging on the wall.

      Sarro was shocked. Now he understood why Rush is always such a mess! And why the children accepted the incident with laughter - they are used to it.

           The bell rang. Bringing happiness to the disciples, what a relief he brought to la Cassa. His hands stopped trembling, his lips tightened into a narrow slit, despair was read in his eyes. And scarlet spots appeared on the pale skin. “By all means, Omederro must not know what happened! - a whirlwind flashed through his head, - otherwise he will kill me! - I remembered the words of the director: “I always dreamed of killing a person! …but a vampire would do for a start!” It's too early for me to die! Too early! We need to urgently contact Lou…”

“Eh, you’re far away now…” he whispered, making sure that there was no one nearby, “I want to tell you that the old world is crumbling before our eyes!… And there’s no way back! Haha! Ahead of us is the light, we will win, remember this, the Moon and look forward to it!...

***

       The absence of the Moon was not an accident. Quietly slipping through the corridors, she instantly ran into the distance, hiding in the foggy corridors. The girl still listened to her mother, shared her views on me.

     “Here are their rooms! - the shadow slipped imperceptibly into the first one, which belonged to Vega. Starting to look around frantically, I saw a small notebook under the bed, “Elrond Clayde,” Luna read, “It means that general surveillance is not the intention of Clio alone. What a pity that they all support Kerrow's "stupid fantasies" ... But everyone is like everyone else, and dad is a fool! It seems to me, or is he running into it on purpose?...”

***

-..Sasha! Wait! - it seemed that she did not hear me, - I wanted to say ... What is happening here?

   She shrugged her shoulders briefly and, as if nothing had happened, rushed forward.

- In the morning I did not have enough time to tell, yesterday Becca and I decided to go around the neighborhood, it was something terrible! And, as you can see! - I told her everything.

- There are no stairs! No, and it was not ... - she snapped.

-You do not believe? Let's go - I'll show you this place!

   Sasha didn’t mind, but still decided to express her opinion:

“Wouldn’t it be better to look at the other side of the castle… Where Lei and Len were…” she froze in an instant, something changed in her eyes, even her voice changed intonation: “

Yes they were just joking! They saw each other and everything.

    I was surprised by her answer.

- More recently, she spoke about Sarro with such enthusiasm, now she seems to have been replaced.

- See you at 16?

-Let's! – again changing in voice and becoming former, she answered.

     Anfissa was just passing by.

-Hi Hi! How is your surveillance?

- No way, - I sighed, Sasha nodded, - Me too.

- I wanted to ask everything, so in that book, did you read it?

-Crap! I completely forgot! - she remembered, remembering that she wanted to take care of her in class and, feverishly rummaging in her bag, pulled it out.

     Anfissa smiled, then bent down and whispered almost in her ear: “There is news! I saw Hylaren! He is so beautiful! Just don't take your eyes off! Such a cutie! Where has he been for all these years?...

       The same thought flashed through my mind: “Where has he been all this time? Why was he absent and why did he return right now? - A cold shiver ran down my spine - What if it has something to do with the Moon or Sarro?

- And they are all not people! - Leng suddenly appeared and laughed.

Don't show up like that from behind! she shouted at him, tapping her clenched fingers on the boy's forehead.

      It's a geography lesson. Vega was following the teacher, but I did not trust her much and decided to also follow in order to find out for sure - who is Elrond?

***

     Luna, too, was tormented by a million questions. “Do they know the whole truth? Or maybe too stupid to comprehend the truth? - flickered in her head. The girl opened her diary. There was an inscription in small handwriting: “Elrond Clayde. My observations. "Yes! So the girl forgot it! This is nice!” she rejoiced, turning the pages with thin fingers and looking at the clumsy inscriptions in small handwriting ... “He has some kind of unhealthy complexion: not that white, like La Cassa’s, rather pale, even sickly. By the way, Lay just says that he is no more beautiful than a dead man - I don’t know anything else ... ”

     “ Sarro won’t believe me! - Luna remembered, - I didn’t imagine that everything would change so quickly ... How long has everyone taken the appearance of Elrond, for granted ... And then she appeared! What should I do?"

     A small electronic device, reminiscent of a camera, once given to Sarro, swayed slowly in her hand.

-Now or never! - the girl whispered and turned the wheel, - They should know that I'm not lying! I won’t be able to take a diary, but I’ll take a picture - that’s what I’ll do! Yes, that's better! - She looked at the picture, - Now we have not only bare facts, but also evidence! Lou silently slipped out of the room. She glanced at her watch, there were still 45 minutes left, but there was so much work!...

***

     Spacious office: large windows wide open towards the sun; many cabinets with globes on them; several old yellowed cards framed in a glass frame.

     Today Elrond was imperturbable and did his job without noticing the children at all. He was talking about some cards, squinting in my direction out of the corner of his eye. At times it even felt like he was talking to himself. When I was hanging the map, I slipped among the phrases that someone tall was needed to hang it. Deciding not to lose the chance, I volunteered, although usually such requests were directed to Lay. And then I saw a face up close. Unwittingly realizing how Elrond is different from an ordinary normal person. “It’s like he’s someone else. Not a human. And if ... "- a chill ran through my hands, slowly taking the card and reaching for the cherished hook, along my legs, standing on tiptoe. I wanted to back off and just run away. All because of that long, unblinking gaze of multicolored eyes and scars! They scribbled his entire face with a pattern of life's injustice and pain!

    “Now I understand why he inflicted all these tattoos on himself - to hide the scars! But where did they come from???

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  “So that's what you are, Clio!” he thought, “If only you knew how many hopes you sent into Sarro's heart! I don't want to disappoint him, but can you handle this?"

"Thanks," he whispered, rolling his eyes. For a moment, it even seemed that sparks of different colors began to play in his eyes - green and blue.

     Today Elrond talked about all sorts of catacombs, subway tunnels and abandoned caves, casemates - in general, anywhere that ghost trains could get to. Everyone who was “lucky” to be there disappeared forever, and no one could intentionally find this amazing train ...

    The children listened to him so carefully that they could hear a fly buzzing over an extinguished light bulb. There is no doubt that this theme came to their liking!

-..trains from parallel worlds have been running along the same routes for hundreds of years already….their paths, past and future railways, are not visible to the eye of a mortal! Only the chosen one can see them!

Hearing this, Sondra even slightly opened her mouth, then immediately closed it, only catching my gaze. That's something no one expected from her!

     Elrond turned sharply in our direction, twisting his neck in an awkward angle for a human. Everyone froze.

- How did he do it? - Lay whispered curiously, trying with all his might to repeat the act of the teacher, - I can’t do anything! .... - the blond was indignant.

      Out of the corner of my eye it was noticeable how Sasha winked at Vega, after which she said:

- How do you know this? - it seemed that the girl deliberately started the conversation from afar, trying to find out something.

- I ... Yes, what do I know? ... - the teacher was embarrassed, - I just live a long time and have seen a lot.

- And saw the ghost train? - Vega could not resist. Apparently, she liked the theme.

-Of course I saw it.

“But I wanted to ask…” Becca interrupted, then Karma, bombarding Clayde with a million different questions, on the topic and having nothing to do.

    So we learned quite a lot of what we wanted, from which in an instant everything began to look in a completely different light. The teacher said that he used to be a soldier, often went on business trips, participated in military operations, from which so many scars remained.

- He has a hard fate ... - Sasha said with sympathy, - And why didn’t you tell anything before? After all, it would be easier for him himself ...

  - It's somehow strange, - Lan whispered to me, - I think that if he had really been in battles and received all these scars from that, he would not have survived, he would have died; you just look!

- Yes, I think so too, but is he ... It happens to everyone ...

- Look at his eyes! Yes, he's the spitting image of a zombie!

   I laughed, - Considering how many classes there are in the school, and there is only one teacher, you would look no better. And in general, all your assumptions are inspired by your games! Although… I like the way you think.

- You're not kidding? - Leng trembled and grimaced in an embarrassed smile that spread like a scarlet blush on his full freckled cheeks.

-I'm not kidding. But agree that he looks like a dead man? Although, as I already said, everything can be ... - the unknown force, which is a piece of radium, diverging from this boy, attracted me very much. All these crazy ideas are full of such depth!...Of course, it's stupid and even a little funny, but if you add a bit of imagination...I can't deny it. It all looks so enticing and so explanatory. Deceased, let the soldier, if he so pleases, for some reason managed to return to life. It does not have the limitations inherent in the living, namely: it can make sudden movements, for example, head turns, which we just witnessed. “Still, these are just our fantasies. In reality, this cannot be ... "- assured me the common sense that Len so stubbornly denied. “Who is he anyway? Where did it come from? Why did you enter this particular school? And why does something stubbornly tell me that we have met somewhere before? ... ”- a snowball of tormented questions followed me inseparably.

“Where is the Moon?” she asked, slightly lowering her voice so that Elrond could not hear, “Where did she go?”

   Meanwhile, the teacher was diligently looking for something in the closet. “This,” he said, finding some tome, “is an old map of Emade Hall. As you can see, - he pointed to the very center with his finger, - there are also many tracks for amazing trains under the school.

     Yesterday flashed through my head. "Isn't this something like that?"

***

   Lou turned the sheet over, quickly running through the lines with an excited azure look. “...isn't our school a secret institution? Why do most students wear black? I somehow don't like it. It's like they're watching us too!"

     “But in this you are right, Vega! - the girl smiled, - After all, we, or rather I, are watching you! For Clio! For Kerrow!

     Lan's diary. Lo Arine Sarr was empty. And no citric acid or magic - the boy didn't even open it. Although, knowing his character... It's very hard to believe. But mother laziness creates not such impossibilities ...

     Finding the diary took 10 precious minutes, because, as you might guess, the boy's room was such a mess that no one had seen in a century! Papers, notebooks, some wrappers, dry insects - he especially liked bugs and spiders, who and what was not there! ... It was hard to imagine what was going on in his head, how he navigated all this and how he did not get up to his ears in the web of his own pun!

     Anfisa's diary. This inscription made the moon tremble.

“The look and speech of Nicollo drives you crazy with its mystery. What depth! What wisdom! How can a person have such knowledge!

Only it’s not possible for a person to be like that ... "

- Ah! - Luna cried and looked at her watch - only 5 minutes left! "We must hurry!" - I thought and, instantly grabbing the device, pressed the button. She immediately thrust the copy into her pocket and flew out of the room like an arrow, completely forgetting about the diary, which remained lying on Anfissa's table. A breeze poured from the half-open window, quietly leafing through the pages, the sun softly falling on them, illuminating the violet ornate letters. And between them lay a hair, the wind drove it under the very binding, and it clung securely there.

***

    Omederro knew that he was great, but he understood that the "web" should spread everywhere and therefore composed new ways for it.

- Brother! - He called, - Appear!

After a couple of moments, the air in front of the director's nose flickered and in the middle of the office, first a pink light appeared, then a completely material young man of 18 years old with bright red hair.

- Len?... What do you want? Where I am?

- I created this school in order to avenge your death! - Omederro explained, - But now I want to ask you for help! – and he told him his plan, - It's not hard for you, is it?...

***

      The bell rang. Children poured out of the classroom in a crowd like ants.

I keep remembering Clyrende! – puffed Len, - It was terrible! It's like she's gone crazy! And on whom to pour out anger? Well, of course, on the students! Ah, life, life! Why are you so unfair?!

- How do you know what injustice in life is? - objected Karme, - That's when you sit on the control and understand that you not only don't know, but also see almost nothing from the scribbled la Cassa, and he looks like an eagle at all and pushes everyone to pass the dictation, because otherwise it will be “bad”, this is a complete shame, but I’m an excellent student!

- Well, Karme… Is it possible to think only about studying? It's so boring! - Anfissa groaned, - Although, I agree, the Alfgessian is still that "gift" on our heads! Gift! and laughed at her own words.

   The girls nodded. I caught in the eyes of the indignant one a certain mysterious gleam, as if she was plotting something.

   And then it dawned on me! Book! It's still in the bottom of my backpack! “Oh, girlish memory, how I hate you! Although, I have it, probably worse than that ... Just don't say a word to anyone! Shh! Or they’ll laugh at it ... I don’t like this arrogance of Karma! ”

    A couple of seconds passed, a futile attempt to return deep into my memories again crowned with pain and dizziness. “What happened to me? Who am I? Who was before?

     Deciding to breathe fresh air, cool in the morning and always so invigorating, blowing such a sweet spruce aroma. A familiar silhouette appeared in the distance. Pink hair, a white shirt with rolled up arms and untanned elbows, a short pleated skirt and black stockings, one of which had slipped a little and now dangled like an accordion from her thin leg.

-SASHA! WAIT!... - I yelled, rushing with all my might. The girl was standing on the edge of the railing, leaning over the edge. Her hair fluttered in the wind, glistening in the midday May sun. Her eyes were closed, she did not know the danger, as if not aware of what she was doing. She stepped forward and...

- I'm catching you!... - managed to grab her hand, - Girls, help me! - shouted, calling out to the others, - Lan!

-Here is such a height! What got into you!

   Sasha slowly raised her eyelids.

- I... What happened? Ah… What happened to me?!

"What's wrong with her?" Vega whispered in astonishment.

-I saw some red-haired man, he hugged me, then disappeared into the air ... I don’t remember anything else.

-What's the shadow? What was she like?” I asked.

-Like a ghost. Which one else!

     And suddenly the moment flashed through my head when Karme and I saw someone in the library. Or is it just a coincidence? Lan and Lay's story may be fantasy, but your own eyes can't lie...

-Are you feeling better? We need to talk about it!” she whispered in her ear.

     The girl nodded. I looked around to make sure no one overheard us.

Something happened to Luna! She does not sleep and seems to be "waiting" for the night!

- Like this?

    I began to talk about yesterday's incident.

-Listen, - she interrupted, - don't you think that you are crazy with this surveillance?

    I frowned.

-No! There is definitely something wrong here! And whenever you say that, you know you're lying to yourself, don't you? Yes, and the Moon ... What then happens to her? And with you?

"I don't know," she sighed.

Do you want me to prove it?

-What? And to whom? Stop joking around, Clio. It's not funny anymore!

- So you don't believe me?

- Well ... - she thought, - A little bit.

-But still?

   She sighed.

-Leave me…

-What I saw with Becca is very incomprehensible to me, I would like to check again…

   Sasha nodded.

-I don't doubt it! - laughed, - You want to prove that our school is not like that, but isn't it easier to accept that it just seems to you? shone on her face

 a dreamy smile, but his eyes were misty again.

-What's wrong with you?! Wake up, immediately! - shouted, pulling that one.

   To no avail. Sasha obviously didn't realize.

   “What happened to her ?! - fear beat in me faster than blood, - Damn! What to do!...”

     The bell rang. Some boys almost knocked me off my feet on the way to the office. As a result, I went in last, stopped in front of my desk and froze. The moon, as if nothing had happened, was sitting in its place! When and where did it appear and why was it absent?

   Thus began the lesson of Alfirinskogo.

    Through the cracks in the window came the rustling of the forest, the distant and muffled chirping of birds was heard, and a draft was also felt. The board was covered with a sheet of incomprehensible words, and a portrait of the writer hung nearby. On the table stood a bouquet of some variegated flowers, from which a delicate and sweetish aroma wafted.

“Let’s continue the topic…” Embi said in a monotonous voice.

-The fifth lesson is the same! Becca groaned. “What a horror! Besides, I can’t write!” she pointed to the bandage.

     The point was the work of some writer, which, to be honest, the children really did not like ... Everyone was doing something: listening to music, talking, even frankly lying on their desks. I had already written both the essay and the review, passed the passage by heart, and therefore I realized that it was time to open the mysterious book.

      It was a dirty scarlet with torn leaves of a reddish-yellow color, on which some small ornate black letters appeared everywhere. As soon as I wanted to read what was written on them, as in an instant the letters danced before my eyes, like fiery tongues. They swirled and merged together, leaving behind one large dark blot.

      Out of the corner of my eye, I managed to notice that the numbering of the sheets was odd, and the words between themselves did not make any sense, as if the lines were written through both sheets in full length. I couldn’t make out the language, although it clearly felt the influence of the Algessian dialect, or was that it, but only the handwriting distorted the truth?

     Meanwhile, it seemed that Embi did not pay attention to what was happening around: how Lay and Sondra played cards in the last games, which, by the way, often happened to them. Did she just not see it or didn't want to see it? No one seemed to listen to the teacher. However, despite being the most “normal” of all, even Luna, who is interested in languages, was idly doing her own thing.

    “Clio…” the teacher thought, “Now you don’t suspect who you really are, well, nothing, we will kill you before the memories from the future come back to you. It remains only to wait for the right moment ... I don’t want to overshadow my own Birthday with blood, but your death will be the best gift for all of us!

"What's wrong with you?" I whispered, reaching out to the girl with my hand. She, as if shocked, recoiled, sharply turned her head and smiled ridiculously.

   Sasha sat in the distance, as if she could not find a place for herself.

   "What with her? - I thought, and fear added: You see, Clio, you were right! They believe you, but are afraid to admit it!”

      The lesson dragged on slowly. It's boring. Vega looked at her watch with sleepy eyes, counting the minutes until the bell rang. In a word, we always rested during V Blade's lessons. But then ... half a book was waiting for us to go home, which was never asked.

    Out of the corner of my eye I noticed how Luna was digging through some sheets, very reminiscent of the pages of our diaries. “Is it a coincidence? Where can they get it from?” I thought, but my heart told me otherwise. I just wanted to bend down and take a closer look, as someone's fingers touched my arm. It was Lan, handing me a folded piece of paper.

- Look ... - laughed, - It turned out bad!

   On the sheet is a drawing of the shadow that the boy saw yesterday before "meeting" with the armor.

"Isn't she too fat?" he asked. (His pictures always came out somehow awkward, funny and somewhat reminiscent of big-eyed Japanese chans), “What does she remind you of?” He ran his fingers along the jagged edges, which smeared the pencil even more.

      Giant wings developed in bird flight, but it was clearly a person who had long enough (for a man) hair.

- A bird…

- And from the teachers?

-Come on! So I don’t know right away - I need to think.

   Len laughed, - How do I understand you!

   “Is it you, me? Rather the opposite! Your "brilliant" idea does not give me a moment's rest!"

"I know it's one of them," he whispered.

“Perhaps…” she shrugged.

-I say I'm sure!

    Embi glanced sideways at the leaf. “Sarro!” I realized when I saw the winged figure, “I see that your policy of truth and justice will not lead to good!”

-Moon! Stay ... - I heard the quiet voice of the teacher, as soon as the bell rang.

   I wanted to stop and look at what would happen next, but Vega pushed me, after which the hurrying boys finally pushed me out of the office. Out of the corner of my eye I managed to see how the blue-haired woman took something out of her bag and handed Vee Blade.

   Then the fuss, the noise, the slammed door…

***

         Everything went according to plan. Luna went up to Embi and took out those very sheets from the diaries, without saying anything, put them on the table. The teacher whispered something back to her, and after a couple of seconds the girl was gone from the classroom. Embi took the sheets and looked at them fearfully.

-Omederro was right when he said that children are dangerous. They know more than they should! and she looked down. She sighed. She shook her head. “They don’t behave like people” - this alarmed the Alfirinka very much.

Do you remember what you have to tell them? Let's look at the reaction of Kerrow and the rest, they won't believe it - good.

-What if they believe? We can open ourselves with this!

   Embi sighed.

- You always have to sacrifice something ...

- But she will understand right away! What a stupid plan, mom?

- No, Lou, who will reveal themselves? If we say so, then we deny it. Make Kerrow look like a fool to everyone!

    Nodding, the girl ran away.

    “We need to contact Sarro immediately!” thought the Alfirinka, looking after her.

      There were flashes of green light as the teacher teleported away. She did not take into account one thing - when this happens, the ears lengthen ...

    A shadow flickered in the distance, then a flash, the office was empty.

   The door was not tightly closed, a high school student who, by the will of fate, passed by, fixed his gaze and froze, after which he was taken to the infirmary with a faint ...

     Instead of a nurse, the same Emby Vy Blade, he was met by completely different girls, high school students trying themselves in this matter.

     On the way, she was met by Sonny Clyrend. Eternal conversations about life, chatter and other snot accompanied every such meeting. These were memories from the past and plans for the future. The gymnast was Embi's best friend. It was with her that she revealed her true nature, openly speaking about Sarro everything that she did not dare to say to his face. Approaching the tower, she quickened her pace so that her husband would not see her friend.

      Turn!

      With what impatience the lazy people waited for her! from the beginning of the lesson.

     It seems to me, - Becca laughed, - We won't do anything for another 10 lessons!

   I agreed.  

   The moon appeared on the horizon. She was alarmed. I wonder from what?

She probably got 2! Or 1, for lack of work! - suggested Anfissa, looking at the approaching figure.

-I have a bad feeling...

-Girls! - out of breath, exclaimed Luna, - You won't believe it, but our Alfirinka... She... She's not a man!

-Who? was my first question.

- Wee Blade!

-Who is she?

-Come on! Someone else, but not Embi! - blurted out Karma.

   For a moment, happiness flowed through the girl's veins.

    "Well done to Karma!" Luna thought, trying not to change her face.

“Where did you get it from?” - again the question.

-She told me this herself…

-So right away? Out of the blue? Tell me! I cried.

   She swallowed and chattered:

- I was going to leave, like all of you, but her look stopped me! She said that you, Clio, are right, because she is not really a person!

    Vega laughed.

"Even so, why would she say that?"

   Luna was confused.

“How should I know,” she replied.

    The girls looked at me, then at Vega.

-How funny! - the latter sneered.

- And you there same! - sighed. Gone.

   Sondra and Lei, passing by, also laughed.

What did she think this time? Clea has gone crazy! - a gray eye looked down at me from under the oblique bangs. Such a poignant look. Such thin crooked eyebrows. How nasty she was now!

- Oblique, as it seems to you, views, strange themes of compositions ... Is it possible, having this, to assert?

-Can! And that's not enough for you? I pounced on her, "What else do you need?"

   Sondra laughed.

“We need to think,” she turned around and went on, again saying something excitedly to the blond.

    At some point, I felt uncomfortable, a cold ran down my arms and ankles.

- Don't pay attention, - whispered Becca, - I believe you. And they... Don't listen to them!

- But what if... "What if I'm right," flashed through my head, "to assure everyone of such stupidity... How can this be? What got into me? I'm probably sick ... Nothing else. What about Becca? She just doesn't tell me that for the sake of appearances. And Karma, Anfissa? Why are they silent? “It’s a sin to laugh at the sick,” is that why?”

-Hey, what's the matter with you? - the black-haired woman shook me, - What are you thinking about? They have already left. And also, remember, Len, come here! - She shouted, calling the redhead, - Did you tell us about the Alfirinka books?  

-Of course I remember! And I regret that I don't have such…

-So, they weren't about people either, were they?

   The boy nodded.

- You see, - she looked at me, - There is a clue!

- Luna believed it and that's why she said so? - Lan.

- I don't think I said that because of that. We obviously don't know something. What am I saying! She's connected to this whole story! We just don't know its true role yet...

 I frantically looked around, looking for Sasha. And suddenly I saw her in the distance! Sad, the girl sat on the stone steps under the stairs of the second floor.

- What's the matter with you? - I asked and she began to tell, as if someone had taken possession of her mind.

-I saw him again... I don't know who it is, but he's following me. I just close my eyes and I see. I'm scared, Clio... Who is this? What does he want from me?

   I sat down opposite my friend.

-Don't know. But this is no accident. Sure. You don't give in to him!

- You have no idea what I'm feeling! You don't understand this!

    There was silence. Her long reddish bangs moved in time with her breath.

“I think I’ll go,” she said, getting up, the break is about to end ...

- Sash, in this book, - I began and opened the pages on the go, - there are only odd sheets! I do not understand anything of what is written here, and this, I feel, is not good. It's not just a book, it's something more that we don't know about! And it all has a connection...

   A friend suggested that I sit down with me and look at a book.

    There was physics.

    Hundreds of flasks and vintage appliances; wires connected to desks; a large number of thermometers, hygrometers and barometers ...

-Now we will translate! - threw Sasha with a perky smile, - Don't worry!

   At the lessons of Lo Arine, we often changed seats, the main thing is that the physicist did not pay any attention to this! However, not everyone was like that, for example, as Luificlar screamed, tore at her ears and put 2 in every lesson, I don’t even want to remember!

- Today we are studying a new topic... - Luo Arine spoke in a hoarse voice, - but, as they say, our topic was a book.

"It's like a diary," I began. Sasha nodded.

-Whose? Oh, its owner is now probably so many years old!

“Maybe not,” she suggested, “this is obviously not a current student!”

-It is understandable that if he is, then he has already graduated a long time ago! And actually, who knows how old this school is?

   I shrugged.

- If only it was written somewhere...

    I knew the handwriting of all my classmates and even some of the parallel ones, but I could not imagine such a small one! Even Vega, who was very fond of small things, wrote in giant letters in comparison with him, and as for Lan, it was just so giant!

- This someone wrote through two sheets at once.

- Stop! - I suddenly whispered, - Turn over! - for a second it seemed that the crooked letters really looked like something! - Get the mirror!

-Stunned! - she just said.

  “Being a vampire doesn't mean being… Fiction, it means… Living next to a human… Trying to keep a secret…”

- These are fragments of one phrase! Where are the passes?

-..we don't have them ... - I whispered, - and it's a pity!

    Sasha turned the sheet:

   “Every person… Those who tasted… rise…”

-It seems that the topic does not change…

-…according to the laws of mechanics, as well as recent studies, as a result of the given data, it has been proven that life after death exists! - exclaimed the teacher.

- Hmm, is this already such physics? Haven't heard before...

"Under the Moon... Moon... to tell..." -

How can the Moon be under the Moon? - I whispered. Sasha shrugged.

“We need to find out!” I whispered and looked up.

  Everyone yawned, no one liked this subject, or rather not he himself, but the teacher. The only thing that brought smiles was when Sondra, "cutely" called him "dwarf and dwarf."

     Luo Arine kept muttering about the mechanical abilities of time, the possibility of such travels, and so on. His small bright eyes darted from side to side, sweeping the space with the gaze of a kite.

- Learn everything from home! Physics is the most important subject! Not knowing her is very, very bad! - the teacher looked sideways at the yellowed cover of the book, - There are only 12 paragraphs! ...

     If it seems to you that his story is very interesting, then I advise you to listen to this "tambourine" - and you will terribly want to dissolve under the desk!

     The long-awaited bell rang.

“If you don’t mind, then we’ll meet at 16, under the stairs!” I said goodbye to Sasha. Everyone dispersed. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a strange gleam in Karma's eyes. And I looked after my friend for a long time. Suddenly, an unnaturally smiling moon suddenly appeared in front of me.

“How are you?” she asked, laughing at the very threshold of our room. I kept silent. “It's all because of you! I don't know who you are or why you do what you do, but we better stay away from each other! Do you think I don't understand why you said that? Rejoice, everything turned out great for you!” she thought, looking away.

"Where have you been?" I asked softly.

- At Emby Vy Blade... In the first-aid post... - she quickly responded.

-For what?

- I got sick ...

“What?” she asked sharply, preventing her from going further down the corridor.

    She hesitated, her eyes darting from side to side. Lied! It was obvious right away!

“I hit my hand…” the blue-haired woman muttered.

- Show me! - I did not back down and immediately saw a bruise.

   “Okay,” she muttered, “come in…” and slammed the door.

    The moon began to fiddle with something in her notes, in poetry. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that almost every one of the sheets had a strange symbol - a small, barely visible gear. I've seen her somewhere before!

    And suddenly - illumination! It seemed to me that this is the missing thread in this whole story.

***

      Anfissa lived in the next room. When she returned from school, she decided it was time to clean up. She carefully removed the notebooks from the table and laid them in a pile on the sofa. A light breeze blew through the open window. The girl was sorting through the extra scribbled notebooks, throwing out occasionally flashing candy wrappers and scribbled drafts, when she suddenly saw an open diary, the one about Haylaren.

“Strange,” she thought, “I clearly remember that I left it on a shelf near the table, how did it end up by the window?”

     Anfissa picked up the notepad and saw a small bluish hair lying calmly next to it. The girl gasped. “A diary can open in the wind, but move? And bring hair with you? No! Where did he come from? The only one who has such hair is Luna! I don't know blue hair anymore!" She ran like an arrow along the corridor, taking a couple of steps and looking around, it seemed to her as if some kind of spark flickered in the distance before knocking on my door.

-Cleo…- she called, - Can you go out? Clio?

    I started. Has something happened again? Before meeting with Sasha, there were still 2 hours left. I walked out and Luna didn't even seem to turn her head. Specially?

  Anfissa slammed the door. We were left alone.

    How much I know a friend who is always cheerful, daring, mischievous, frank, organizer of all kinds of events, telling only the truth; I had never seen such an expression on her face before. How terrible it was to see her so agitated and serious!

-I'll tell you this: let not everyone believe, but you're right! Something is clearly going on here!

-Well? - and she beckoned me to her room - look, I did not even dare to touch him.

   I lifted my hair.

-What was she doing here?

     And in an instant, the hair dissolved in my hands, crumbled on the first ray of sunlight that fell on it.

-Now we have no evidence ... - sadly said a friend.

   I shook my head.

- Can you still say that?

***

      Completely unaware of our doubts, a high school student named Ell Nur Avi also shared his incredible story. Whether he wanted it or not, whether he doubted the correctness of his actions, now he just wanted to pour out his soul. To anyone.

- ...dissolved? Like this, in the air? .. - Rich, Ella's friend, said in bewilderment.

“Yes,” said the speaker, waving his hands, “trust me!

- Yes, you're lying, just something! - Laughed Caedma, a friend - This simply does not happen! Some kind of alien you are with us! Chatting nonsense non-stop!

-But believe me! I saw with my own eyes, and the infirmary was empty—Vee Blade was gone!

-Who took you there?

-Children are kind...

"Ha ha," Rich drawled, "Are you sure you don't need a doctor's services?" Have you been to the infirmary? Ha! Lies from the first word!

   Ell shouted something in excuse, they still didn't want to believe him!

    How hard it is sometimes to convey the truth to some people...

***

-Imagine, Lamain, - a whisper came to the vampire from around the corner, - I saw... - the physicist waved his arms, explaining to the biologist about some book.

    "My diary! - Mentally exulted Sarro, - She found him!

***

    Edmond Rush was angry. Due to lack of mood, I canceled the lesson. But the phosphorus scattered everywhere did its job - the explosion that Sarro ran into was intended for Kerrow. But everything worked out!

- Why so lament? - the mathematician was surprised, - You and I seem to be similar, but I don’t understand you at all.

   Edmond cursed.

-What is the use of this phosphorus?

-If she steps into it, it will explode!

-What nonsense!

- If you like it, poison it! - suggested Elaida, - Why blow up the castle???

***

      With the disappearance of the last flashes, Emby was instantly transported to the tower to hand over the sheets to la Cass. Sarro silently waited for her there.

- Clea already knows too much. This is bad.

- She not only knows, she claims! - he exclaimed theatrically, - And this is much more serious ... It is dangerous for all of us !!!

- What do you propose? - Omederro sneered, - Oh, our great bloodthirsty genius! - He didn’t really listen to them, didn’t go into the depth of what happened, but only periodically snatched out separate phrases and commented on them.

"She's watching everyone!" Embi screamed.

- Lou is excited, - said la Casse, - Clio is dangerous for her no less than for us.

- You yourself bring Kerrow to this! - Omederro put in, - If it were not for your vampire tricks, she would never understand who we are!

    Sarro winced. "What if the headmaster declassified my plan?!" - bell flashed through his mind.

     "And now? What will happen now? If Kerrow realizes the truth, the end will come! And then even He will not be able to save us. Oh, if only He could restrain her now… Before it’s too late!”

- Omederro is right, - whispered Embi, looking into the eyes of the black-haired one, - You don't even want to take off your cloak! So you walk around like a Vampire!

-What-o-o?! What do you care about my appearance?!" Sarro shouted.

- Men don't walk like that! Get your hair cut! They also think you have makeup on. Paleness scares them. She is out of fashion now. Tanned a little ...

   The teacher jumped up.

- Are you in your mind, what are you talking about?! What fashion?!

“And you?” Embi said ironically.

-Calm down! - yelled Omederro, - I understood everything, if it goes on like this, the children will know everything! Luckily, they don't have suspicions about Lo Arine and you yet, Embi! So, Sarro... I have to suspend you from school! At least until Kerrow is destroyed!

- But the Moon!... - the vampire flew up, - I can't!

- Without any "but"! - the director grimaced. Embi chuckled in response.

-Do you want to be not like everyone else? Please, stay!” he continued, raising his tone.

   Sarro snarled, his hands trembling, his face white with anger, streaked blue.

- I can not ... - he whispered, - She is my daughter!

    Omederro picked up the sheet and scribbled across it with a pen.

-Now you're fired! - He pointed to the paper, - Read! - throwing a sheet with a signature long signature into the air, - And get out of my sight!

- If so! - Sarro roared, taking a couple of steps to the window, - Then I won’t be back! Never!... - he jumped, spreading his big black wings.

-Do not say that! Embi whispered, “You just need to change…

       Gusts of wind flew in through the open windows, they began to scatter around the office, picking up the papers lying on the director's desk. On one of them sat the spider Kayla, which the director had not let go of all this time.

- Kayla! - he started up, jumping up, - Grab the sheets!

   Embi looked around. The shadow of Sarro was not to be seen either in the west or in the east, and yet such a view opened from the tower! All Alfirin, at a glance!

    Only a small dot flickered behind the forest, Embi sighed. It was he! “Why did Sarro decide to leave? What stupidity are you planning this time?” she thought.

“You will follow him,” Omederro said sternly, clutching Kayla in his arms again, “if at least someone finds out that you are not a person either!”

     Embi shuddered, not realizing it herself. She was tormented by a premonition.

***

       The green light flashed again. Emby Vblade went back to her office.

- How tired I am of all this ... I feel that from now on it will only get worse ... - Alfirinka whispered.

***

      The same thoughts haunted Omederro. Putting Kayla on his shoulder and pressing the phone, he realized that the time had come.

 - Sandra?...

    There was a quiet noise...

- Except for you, I have no one else to turn to!

***

-…I think you're overplaying!

-I'm doing everything according to plan, - Sarro was indignant, staring into the dark space of the empty classroom, - Today she saw my diary. Heard from a physicist. It's good that he is very talkative!

- To hell with it! - Elrond intervened, - The main thing is that everything is quiet and efficient!

-I know. What am I doing?

“I already said,” Nicollo folded his arms across his chest, “If you get caught, don’t tie me up.”

- And me! - added the geographer.

-That's not going to work! Do we all want this?

- All ... - the speakers agreed, - But not in this way ...

   Sarro did not answer.

-What about your daughter?

- She's not doing well. I have to play.

- Didn't you try to speak? - asked Elrond.

- It's pointless. Well, that's it for now!

-We can't do it alone! Do you have those who can help us? - Exclaimed Sarro - I will only "for"!

-Everyone I knew perished in the war... The dead will not be of any use to us...

-In my short life, I knew very few people... - Nicollo repeated.

- And I can brag! - The vampire grinned and told the story of the de Lour family.

   “How hard it is for you girls! It is impossible to admit what it is impossible to believe in! ... Be strong! Trust each other! What else can I say when I am one of them… No, no, not an enemy, of course, what are you? I'm just not human! And I'm proud of it! Oh ... oh ... You didn’t hear anything!