The narrative appears to be a first-person account of two distinct experiences from the author's high school years.
In the first story, the author recounts an incident that occurred during a fire drill in middle school. The author was in the bathroom when a stranger approached them. The stranger's intentions were unclear, but the author was able to scream for help, and the stranger left. The principal arrived and the author was escorted out of the school with their parents.
In the second story, the author and their friends sneaked out during a fire drill in high school to smoke by a sump in the woods. They encountered a man with a deformed face near the sump, and later, a similar man near the school's old shack. The author and their friends decided not to report these encounters, and they agreed never to return to the shack. They also discovered a hidden room in the school during a fire drill, but found it empty when they returned to investigate further.
These stories illustrate the author's experiences with unsettling encounters and the school's mysterious areas, providing a glimpse into their high school life.
1. The speaker was 14 years old during eighth grade, the last year of middle school.
2. The speaker had to go to the bathroom during math class and used a wooden plank as a bathroom pass.
3. The main floor bathroom was out of order, instructing the user to use the upstairs or downstairs bathroom instead.
4. A random older man asked the speaker where the nearest bathroom was, to which the speaker responded with either upstairs or downstairs.
5. The speaker went downstairs to the lower level, which had only four bathrooms and extra locker rooms for sports teams.
6. While in the bathroom, the speaker noticed a white light flashing and heard the sound of a fire alarm, indicating a fire.
7. The speaker found an unfamiliar man in the bathroom stall, who grabbed the speaker and covered their mouth, issuing instructions not to struggle.
8. The speaker was able to throw the man's hand off and ran out the stall door, only to be confronted by the principal.
9. The principal heard the commotion and rushed over to the stall, screaming to open the door. The man let go of the speaker, who then opened the door and ran away.
10. The principal hugged the speaker and told them to come with him to call their parents.
11. The speaker's friends saw them almost in tears as they walked with their parents to their car.
12. The principal saw the man pull the fire alarm and run downstairs, but unfortunately passed away five years ago.
13. The speaker had great appreciation for the principal, considering him a hero.
14. Back in high school, fire drills were usually fun, but during a particularly dark day, the speaker and their friends decided to sneak out to the sump by the woods and woods.
15. The speaker and their friends were able to escape without being seen by teachers and crossed through a narrow opening between the tennis courts and a line of bushes.
16. They arrived at the sump, a giant hole in the ground surrounded by bushes and trees at the edge of the woods.
17. The speaker noticed a face in the distance by the woods, which looked too much like a person's face.
18. The speaker and their friends decided to smoke at the sump, and the speaker became paranoid due to the high.
19. They decided to walk through the woods to an old shack that used to be used by the school.