Hailey was confused, but she decided to take a few more pictures. After all, for a theory to be correct you needed more than just a few pieces of evidence. Hailey knew that from some TV show her brother watched. Maybe class? She couldn’t remember, and honestly didn’t care too much. The point was what mattered, right?
Obviously she couldn’t pull out a camera in the middle of class, but next period was her free period, and that meant all sorts of possibilities. Hailey watched the clock, which, as usual when she was in class, seemed to move at a absurdly slow rate, before(finally! She thought) reaching the end of class. With a loud “BRRRINNNNG!” the bell sounded, causing a stream of students to flood out of the classroom and into the hallway.
Hailey made her way to her locker, retrieved her makeup set to refresh her lip gloss—-hey, a girl has to be ready, she thought with a grin—and then prepared to keep testing the camera. Leaning against her locker, she prepared the camera and got ready to see who came by.
FLASH
A male teacher walking by gave her a dirty look. “Careful with that.” He grumbled as he passed by, quickly continuing on his way towards the school’s administration office.
FLASH
A shy freshman boy, his arms full of books, barely spared her a glance as he hurried towards his next class, already running late.
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Two of the JV cheerleaders gave her a curious glance as they headed down the hallway towards the cafeteria. “So, like I was saying, Justin is asking me to the dance next week....” one of the girls began, trailing off as they rounded the corner.
“Now, time to see what these pictures turn out as.... and if they match up with what I saw when I took them.” Hailey says as she slips into a stall in the girls’ bathroom, pulling out the photos as she does.
The first shows a tall African American woman in her thirties, clearly a teacher, heading towards the administration office. “Yeah, that clearly isn’t right.” Hailey says with a laugh. The other two photos are likewise altered; the shy freshman is now a busty brunette with a vacant look in her eyes, while the JV cheerleaders are now boys wearing football uniforms.
“Too weird....” Hailey whispers. It’s become pretty clear to her that this camera has power. Question is, what should she do with it?