Aureole

We, ah, haven't told them yet, Ms. Frey."

"Well, I'll tell them, then. Well, kids, Skyline Academy, here, has very strict rules on passing this high school. You'll only have two classes each two hours long, and they'll be fairly easy once you get the hang of it, but there's a little twist here you see? To graduate from this academy, Carenfeir take over."

"Excuse, my lady. But you must murder someone in this classroom. A trial will be held twenty four hours after a murder has been caused, three suspects will be chosen by you all, and you will narrow it down to one, if it is the right person, the murderer will get executed, if not, you all will get punished," he paused making eye contact with each of us. "severely."

My mind was blank, and I was trying to make sense of everything. The first to react was Golden Boy, who was talking to me a while ago, and he let out an obviously forced laughed, "this is a joke, right?"

We all knew the answer, don't ask me how. This wasn't said in the type of mood that makes you think it's a joke, even if it was a very crude joke. It couldn't be reality though, they couldn't expect us to actually...

"I'm sorry, Mister Byte. I'm afraid this is very real."

"I want to leave," a quite girl with white long hair pulled back in a ponytail, and a model looking like structure and dark eyes, said. She was really quiet during the time we were supposed to talk to, so I was surprised that she was one of the first people to talk. "How do you get out?"

I saw a small smile on the tailor's face telling me this was a trap even before he said anything. "If you would like, I could show you to the door."

eleven people got up, out of the seventeen here, and I wanted to yell at them to stop, but I couldn't. I didn't understand, but for some reason my voice wouldn't work. I looked back at the five others remaining in the room, and once the others were out of earshot, I felt as if I could finally speak again. I took a deep breath and look at the rest of them, including, a girl with her hair dyed purple and black, the Golden Boy, a girl with red, fiery hair, and the two look alike boys.

"it's a trap. His expression..." I breathed out.

One of the twins, or at least I think they're twins, said, "I saw it too."

We all nodded and turned around probably our own scenarios running through our heads.

"smart children, huh?" a voice hissed, and I jumped. I had forgotten about the teacher of this room. "six, this should be a fun year. And even better if there's some that come back, but judging by their puny attitude I highly doubt that."

Wait so were they actually allowed to go? I looked around in confusion and it seemed the rest of them were doing that as well. But the way she said it, it just doesn't seem like it was that and then it hit me.

By 'come back' she hadn't meant them coming back to school again after being let out, she meant come back alive.

"they're going to..." Golden Boy started.

"Die?" Brunette finished.

Ms. Frey, supposedly, turned around and her silence was enough of an answer. Nightmare, this's a nightmare I need to wake up from.

"You're smart kids, I hope at least one of you graduate," she said, I think that was supposed to be a compliment. I didn't care though. These people were murderers. I was in a school full of murderer teachers.  They were going to die, we were going to die, and there was no way that I've walked closer to the doorstep of death than I am now.