"They say that.."she de-amplified her voice, "you hallucinate and they say that the reason was how you fell on the field the day before yesterday". She looked at him compassionately, "They said that before you fell, you were talking to yourself, some say you're sick and you're a drug addict".
Robert clenched his fist angrily. He never knew that someone would find out that he talks to himself. In fact he wasn't talking to himself but he was talking to a voice in his head but he couldn't just tell anyone that, at least not now. He had to get to the root of the matter that concerns him and the voice.
Vanessa left him and went to their form teacher's lodge to report the class status while he walked solemnly to his class. Lost in thought, he never realised that he slammed his leg on a rock and as expected the toe healed.
"Mr voice what's happening to me what are you doing to me?" He calmly asked, not wanting to panick.
"Meet me at the back of the chemistry lab by seven o'clock tomorrow", the voice said.
"You didn't even tell me if it's pm or am!"he whispered, afraid that he might be caught talking to himself.
"PM!" the voice withdrew and never spoke again.
Meanwhile Robert was trying to recover from the shock he got when the voice screamed PM. He walked to his class cheerfully, after all he would get to know about the voice and finally get it off him.
Ten meters away Jackson sneered. He was watching Robert for the past ten minutes and noticed that the rumors weren't false he clenched his fist and laughed.
"Robert sooner than later I'll expose you then the report would get to the principal that you're a drug addict and then you'll be expelled from this school and Vanessa would have no choice but to run to me begging to be my girlfriend hahaha, this sounds pretty easy". He walked away.
Robert entered his class but was late for the math class. The hostel master for the grade 12 students was his math teacher. Robert was told to wait out side till the lesson was over.
"What the hell is wrong with that man?" The voice asked.
"I don't know that's how he normally behaves, he hates students being late to his class and I was late because of you and Vanessa!", Robert mumbled surreptitiously, afraid that the other students would see him talking to himself and make fun of him.
"Hmm this era is quite interesting..."
"How do you mean?". Robert asked stupefied but the teacher,Mr Williams came out of the class.
"Robert this is the second time you are late to my class and it's now turning into an instinctive truancy I'm afraid that if it repeats next time I would have no choice but to punish you, by the way I wanna ask you something", Mr Williams looked at him keenly. Robert felt like he could see through his soul.
"Have you been feeling strange lately I mean the kids say you hallucinate so I want to confirm,have you been feeling strange lately?"
Robert feigned an innocent, puzzled face.
"No sir", he replied awkwardly and turned to enter the class filled with fear.
Mr Williams wasn't offended,he turned and left for his office. He smiled as his eyes darkened and faint light could be seen flashing through it. "I know, Robert and one way or another I'll have to get rid of you secretly, before you retrieve the ancestor seal". His eyes became normal as he enters his office.
Robert got to his seat and took a deep breath. The voice blared, "Hmm that man..., Robert keep an eye on him but remember,meet me behind the lab tomorrow". Robert rolled his eyes and opened his literature note as they stood up to greet Miss Green,the literature teacher.
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The Symbiosis 
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