Mask: The genesis of mystery

Riddle on the Library

"Please come back, I need you"

"Wake up already"

"What will happen to her now doc"

Those were the words that I heard in my dream, before my alarm clock gets to shout and wake my sleepy mind up.

I can't seem to see any visuals, It's just plain black, I could see nothing from that dream but I can clearly hear someone saying those things. I don't know what those words mean, and I don't know who was the one saying those words. The voice of the person saying those is kind of familiar, but as I repeated to hear them on my mind, I can't think of anyone, I don't know who it was but for sure, I want to know who it was.

There are four mysterious persons swirling mysteriously on my mind right now. The old lady, the little girl, the girl that I saw during my birthday, and the person that I heard saying those words in my dream. Just who are they? and What do they want from me? There's just so many complicated questions that I always ask on myself. I can't wait to find out, I can't wait to know the answers to my questions, and I can't wait to exactly know who those four persons are.

My mom said that she will go on her friend's house, and as for me, I have classes to attend because it's Wednesday. I got up to bed, I'm still sleepy but I have no choice but to attend school. My grades are- You know I really don't want to talk about it. I thought College is fun. Yes it is fun, it is fun when it's lunch time.

I went down the stairs, just like my grades. What can I do? I have a valid excuse, I have been hospitalized. I took a fast bath, get prepared, and wear my mask. I didn't eat breakfast because I decided to eat on school.

(1 hour later..)

"You go on ahead I still have something to do" I said to my friends and went to the library. We have a long quiz tomorrow and I'm really out of myself a little while ago, so I don't quite understand what the teacher was discussing. And besides, the subject is physics and it really is not my forte. That is why I went here on the library, I'm going to study for my long quiz tomorrow, I can't afford to fail now, my mom will kill me.

I am currently searching for this book that I need for reviewing. "Found it" I said as I saw it. I picked up the book from the shelf.

I was so shocked when I saw that there was a person behind the shelf where I took the book. " you" I said.

I couldn't take my eyes off her, She's not moving, she looks at me with plain eyes but,

She's smiling.

She looks like someone I have seen before, I know her! Now I can remember where I saw her.

She was the girl I saw looking at me with the exact same smile during my birthday. I started running to get to the other side of the shelf but she's not there, she disappeared. Suddenly It feels like there is someone behind me. I don't want to turn my back and I don't want to look but It touched me in the shoulder and said...

"It's almost closing time Ms." said the librarian. I sighed heavily, it's just the librarian. I looked around and realize that

I was the only one left in the library aside from the librarian.

I decided to go out of the library, but before I went out, I asked the librarian if she saw a girl with such a very long hair around my age. "I'm sorry Miss, there are so much students who comes in here everyday, It's impossible for me to remember all of them" she said.

I went out of the library and I am now walking to reach the gate of the school, all by myself. It's quite dark now, I didn't realize that it was already late. There are only few people walking in the campus.

Did I even review? I suddenly thought of. The time seems to flow fast when I was at the library. I know that I have as much as two hours before the closing time. I didn't even get the chance to open the book that I searched for.

"That girl, just who was she?" I murmured in the air. I can hear that there is someone walking behind me, I can clearly hear footsteps. Maybe it's just another student.

"Mei!" someone shouted, It's shiela,. She's in front of me, running. "I waited for you, you should treat me" she said while laughing. I remembered that there is someone walking behind me a while ago, but that person should already get passed us because we stopped walking.

But I didn't saw anyone who did. There's no one left in this campus but us, me and shiela.

We got out of the school and we took a separate cab. The cab driver looks familiar, his smile looks familiar.

"You still have that mask?" he said. I didn't get what he just said, did he said still? but I don't even know him.

"I got it not too long ago, have I been one of your passenger before?" I said. He didn't respond, but he's still smiling. What a weirdo. I didn't mind him and get my attention to my cellphone. It's really late, I hope that my mom is still on her friend's house.

I got home and my mom was in the house already. It's the end of me. "Where have you been?" she said as she saw me quietly and slowly walking. "I- I-.. Sheila and I reviewed for our long quiz tomorrow" I said. "Really?" she asked. I just nodded then asked her what she did on her friend's house. I was so confused when she said that..

"That was yesterday sweetie, I went to my friend's house yesterday, did you forget?"