ENCHANTED

fourteen

"Ms. Myers do you love us?" One of her students, Amelia, asked.

Eryzo's eyebrows furrowed as she stood fully from her bent knees at a student's desk. "Of course, I love all of you. Each one of you are special to me in a different way." She replied. "Where'd your question come from?"

Amelia shrugged her little shoulders as she went back to her work. Eryzo watched her tensely with a semi-concerned look. Amelia was one of her quiet students. She could never get her to talk most of the time, so she was suprised to hear her ask anything especially that specific question.

"I love you Ms. Myers too." Kenarie said. "In the whole wide world." She motioned holding her arms as wide as they could go.

"I love you too." Amelia mumbled to herself.

The room fell silent as the gut wrenching feeling struck Eryzo again. She sat down behind her desk, trying to put her mind on something else. "Something isn't right." She mumbled to herself.

"Ms. Myers my tummy isn't right." Amelia said, now standing at Eryzo's desk.

"What's wrong baby? Did you eat breakfast this morning?"

"I'm nervous, but I don't know why." Amelia pouted. "Bad Butterflies in my tummy." She added, now climbing in Eryzo's lap.

Eryzo frowned, feeling the same feeling. She allowed for Amelia to rest her head on her chest as she gently rocked them back and forth. "Let's just try to relax." She whispered trying to convince herself to actually relax.

Not even two seconds later, Katia entered the classroom. "Awe what's wrong with my Milly baby?" She pouted. Everyone loved Amelia. Even though she was quiet and timid she was a very likeable student.

"Right on time, Milly sit in my chair for a second I'll be right back. Can I talk to you?" Eryzo asked Katia. Not even waiting for a response, she pulled Katia into the hallway shutting the door behind them.

"What's wrong?"

"Something is off Tia, I'm telling you. Yesterday I had a bad gut feeling and it just came back today. To add, you know Amelia doesn't talk, but today she suprised me. I had them doing their spelling worksheets and she just burst out and ask did I love them. So after I reassured the whole class she came to me and said she's nervous, but she doesn't know why."

"Do you think you're just stressed from you and your mom's disagreement?" Katia questioned. Katia pretty much knew the whole story, so she figured it was just a lot piling up on Eryzo.

"No Tia, I know stress. This is different. It feels as if something is gonna happen. It's scaring me so bad." Eryzo sighed. "I even told Ren and she tried to convince me not to come in, but—

"But you don't like anyone else watching your class. I know friend. It's weird that Amelia's having the same feeling too though." Katia mumbled.

"Exactly."

~

Four hours later...

"Attention Brewster Little, this is not a drill! I repeat this is not a drill. Lock your doors and shut your windows. We have an intruder in the building! I repeat this is not a drill!"

Eryzo's world stopped as she heard the intercoms announce the warning. She looked around her class staring at her students as they stared back at her with fear written across their face. Her students knew when there was a drill or not and they clearly heard the announcement.

"Go, go, get in your spots." She whispered, motioning all of them to run in her office. She quickly grabbed her key lanyard and ran to lock her door. Afterwards she covered all of the windows with the black-out curtains she had hung before she grabbed her purse and ran to her office.