8:30am, Thursday 21st September, 2006 - Fernwood Heights
The return to Fernwood had been a whirlwind of welcome back banners, freshly painted walls, already covered with sign-up sheets, wide-eyed freshmans bumping into everything and anyone. The days passed on, teachers containing student’s restless energy of summer, posters beginning to peel at the corners, the freshly-cleaned sparkle of the floor starting to dull already. By the time the week was almost over, the rhythm of mundane school life had settled back in. Until, gradually, just over a dozen students began to slip quietly out during the day.