Afterlife

“Well, I think this will do,” Meredith said adding the last bits of wood to the fire.

“Is this the closest we can get to celebrating Halloween?” Jill giggled.

It was the 31st of October. Olivia, Meredith and Jill sat in the school grounds, enjoying their evening tea. Gathering firewood from around the place, they had made a small fire to cheer up Connie who was a newbie.

Connie was 13 years old and she was from Finland. She had arrived at the school a few days ago. Her parents had come to know about her pyro-kinesis abilities when she was just 11. Against their better judgement they had decided to keep this a secret until recently, when Connie, pissed at one of her schoolmates had started a fire. When the Agency came to know about the event, Allen was asked to intervene and bring her on-board. Connie being the only child had almost suffered a breakdown. She couldn’t bear the thought of living away from her parents and siblings. On the day in question, Meredith had found her crying alo