The misty atmosphere slightly blurred Gabriella's view and she could barely see the grey color of the tall school building. As she walked through the school field, the water droplets from the grass jumped to her shoes.

The school surroundings were enveloped in a frightening pin-drop silence, a stark contrast to the usual noise of the students in the later hours of the school day. The only person Gabriella had seen so far was the stumpy security man at the school entrance who teased her for coming to school so early.

She climbed up the school corridor, took a few steps forward and pushed open the door to the empty...