It was raining outside. As always. Isaac was wearing a black uniform, a special school uniform that was only to be worn whenever a fellow student or teacher had passed away. Isaac felt uncomfortable wearing the uniform. It clung to his neck like a noose, forcing him to loosen his tie to get some of the "fresh" air from the men's bathroom. He faced the mirror, staring into his own brown eyes, his smart, short hair and slightly pale look. His scar that went across his left cheek. He sighed. The sudden death of his history teacher, Mr. Allistair, wasn't a big surprise, but the fact that the other teachers described Mr. Allistair's death as being attacked by a pack of ravenous dogs brought suspicious thoughts to Isaac's mind. Most of the dogs in Tunbridge were domesticated, and the area around Tunbridge wasn't notorious for it's wildlife either.
"You a'right mate?" said Jack. Jack had always been there for Isaac. During Isaac's first years at Tunbridge School for Educated Youngsters, Isaac got into many fights with the older and much stronger boys who bullied Isaac's classmates. Among these classmates was Jack.
"Yeah," Isaac said, straightening his tie. "I just feel like I'm being strangled. It might as well be me in that bloody casket today."
Jack laughed. So maybe this Friday wasn't going to be so awful as they had thought. He had his mate with him, and the rest of the day's lessons were cancelled. And today was the day that he was going to ask Emily out to the School Ball.
An hour later both of them were standing in the school church, surrounded by seven hundred other students of all ages. Isaac spotted Emily from where he was standing. Her gorgeous blue eyes caught his, a small smile on her lips. Isaac was about to give his most charming smile back, when the church doors opened with a boom and a yell from one of the teachers:
"The body! The body's gone!" the teacher shouted frantically, waving her arms about. "Mr. Allistair's body has vanished!"
"The body! The body's gone!" the teacher shouted frantically, waving her arms about. "Mr. Allistair's body has vanished!"
Voices sprang up like wildfire. All over the room students were talking amongst each other. Isaac stared at Jack. There could only be two reasons why the body was gone, and the first one was more likely than the other. Mr. Allistair had returned from the dead. Question was, where was Mr. Allistair now?
"SILENCE! ALL OF YOU, SILENCE!" the Headmaster shouted. "Go back to your dormitories, immediately!"
Isaac tried to look for Emily, but was whisked away by the stream of students and teachers leaving the church before he could find her.
