Six. There were only six of them against an entire country, and yet somehow they were winning....

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Oliver Todd alway thought that the biggest problem he would have in high school would be finals . Little did he know that it would get worse then it already was being at the "middle of the food chain" and all, he couldn't even imagine being at the bottom. Whoever is, he put pity on...

Oliver was sometimes considered the school punching bag, maybe not as often as some people are but still his friends just loved pulling pranks on him and other members of the ice hockey team. The sport itself was considered so Canadian that if you were on the team or involved with the team at all people tended to make fun of you for some really racists shit.

Oliver was smart but only when he wanted to be, if you caught him when he was in a strange mood then pulling out a camera would probably be your best method of self-defence. His grades were good unlike his social life, and his bright blue eyes could either be full of seriousness or stupidity, he always managed to have his dirty blond hair in a mess even with the buzzcut (don't ask how know one really knows), he was tall but not super tall maybe like 5'10, and aside from that he was a pretty normal guy.

He was walking towards his locker in the now empty hall way

Great! Late for class, thats what I get for letting myself be locked in the cafeteria... again. He thought, he quickened his pace grabbed his stuff from his locker and "walked" to the french classroom.

please don't get me in too much trouble please! Oliver silently prayed as he turned the nob to get in. He was smart enough to go in when the teacher wasn't looking and rather then quickly walking to his desk he turned himself so that it looked like he was leaving.

"And just WHAT? do you think your doing Mr.Todd" Mme screamed at him.

"W-well uh.. You see I forgot my pencil case in my locker an I didn't want to disturb the class so I just-"

She put up her hand and silenced him "I don't want to hear it Mr .Todd you can borrow a pencil from someone else now will you please sit down!"

He nodded his head and when he made it back to his desk he smirked to himself in accomplishment for tricking the teacher.

Yes! Point one Oliver! He mentally congratulated himself.

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It was the end of the day when Oliver started packing his bag as the basket-ball jerks came down the hall pushing him over and knocking his stuff out of his hands and calling him rude names. They all walked away laughing at there deed for the day as Oliver began picking his stuff up when a familiar face came and helped him out.

"Here man" Jake said handing Oliver the leftover books. Jake White was kinda tan but not really, he was tall probably around 6ft something. Jake had dark brown eyes and brown hair that no matter what always had some kind of hair-jell in it,(if you hit the top of his head his hair doesn't move). He gets decent grades, his girlfriend was the worlds biggest Diva, not helping the stereotype that no matter what cheerleaders are mean and girly, and his best friend that he can always count on is Oliver (and let me tell you the feelings are mutual between the two) Aside from that the only other details you need to know about Jake; he always wears to much of that stupid axe spray, he's captain of the school soccer team, and he can either be the worlds biggest jerk, strangely weird, or he can smarten up when he wants to.

"Thanks bro" Oliver responded taking the books from Jake. Jake was wearing his letterman jacket and when the sleeves were rolled up a bit you could see burn marks from something. Oliver noticed and couldn't help but comment

"What the hell have you been doing man?" Oliver grabbed Jakes arm before he could escape

"its nothing" Jake responded

"Thats not nothing! What the hell happened?"Oliver almost screamed staring at his friends burnt by fire skin

Jake sighed knowing The fact that he couldn't hide anything from Oliver

"After practice a couple days ago I went to the cafeteria to get some food, and when no one was in there I went exploring into the kitchen looking for something to eat. I closed the door and turned my back for a split second when three of the guys from the football team came and tackled me pushing me towards the stove. Those dick heads turned on the flame and burned my arms."

Oliver just starred at him not believing anyone could be so cruel as Jake began sliding his sleeves back down.

"don't worry about it dude, in a few years there going to be washing my car while you and I are sitting on top liven it large" Jake shrugged it off like he did most things.

"Well maybe if we're lucky we won't even have to wait a month" Oliver agreed not wanting to push Jake any harder on the topic.

"Hey you wanna go down to the field later and kick some ball, it might be fun. Then we should go to HQ just to get some work done. Besides your gonna need all the energy you can get after I kick your ass" Jake smirked

"Excuse me but we both know I taught you everything you know" Oliver sarcastically snapped back.

"Oh yeah, Well then we'll just have to see then won't we" Jake fake hit Oliver's arm before walking down the hall towards the soccer field with Oliver close behind.

The only problem with these two playing soccer is that the game automatically goes from just for fun to;

The Death Match

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Daniella was just as clueless as Oliver when it came to finals being the most difficult part of high school.

Daniella Arruda (or as some call her Dani) was one of the smartest kids in the whole school; straight A+'s, honours student, and most likely to be valid Victorian at the end of her high school days. Then again she has to compete against her worst enemy....

You'll here more about that later.

Dani was a medium hight for a girl, her eyes were beautiful emerald green and her hair was dirty blond. She typically had her hair in a ponytail even though most girls at lakewood high pull it down to have something to talk about when their nails weren't a good enough conversation topic. She wasn't like most of the girls at lakewood, the girls here were shallow and rude only caring about themselves and the latest gossip. Dani didn't care what others thought she just brushed it off and kept going. As good of a quality that was it lost her a lot of friends for some reason, but it gave here real friends instead. Speaking of her close friends...

Daniella began putting her stuff in her bag ready to go home and nap when Ivy (her best friend) came up to her.

"YIT!! Where are you going?" Ivy Mcallister yelled the first part getting her friends attention then spoke a little quieter... but not really.

Ivy was a little bit taller then Daniella but nothing too noticeable her dirty blond hair was in a messy bun on top of her head while a crappy looking head band held back the rest of her hair. Her green eyes were always full of happiness and randomness. Ivy was one of the most amazingly crazy people you will ever meet, she wasn't rude and shallow like most girls at the prison they call school, but she always knew what was going on. It was like she was there but not really, she was kinda invisible unless she wanted to be seen you know? And believe it when she wants to be seen... she will be seen.

"um, Home?" Dani questioned back

"Mmm no your not"Ivy shot back

"Yes I am, I miss my bed. Why? Where were you planning on dragging me?" Dani questioning her friend knowing her better than that

"To the the coffee parlour. I need some help with both homework and I wanna bug you for something. So put your books in your bag cause we gotta go if we wanna get a seat." said Ivy

"wait the HQ parlour?" Dani questioned, only for Ivy to nod in agreement. That just made Dani work at double the speed wanting to go to her favourite café "well then what are we waiting for?" Dani said slamming her locker shut and they began walking to the schools most popular coffee shop. (and yes before anyone questions further the name of the schools hangout is HQ).

Ivy and Daniella made it to the parking lot and got in Ivy's car. Ivy drove a white 2014 volkswagen beetle, and Daniella envied her for it. Also because she just really wanted a car currently not caring what it was as long as it wasn't used, but hey at this point she'll take anything she could get.

The two were about two minuets away when both their phones went off at the same time.

"can you check that?" Ivy pleaded not taking her eyes of the road.

"sure"Dani picked up both phones and saw it was an email from the school saying that the entire grade 10 class would be going to a new ancient flower exhibit at the some museum.

"oh looks like were going on a class trip!" Dani said putting both Ivy's phone and her own away.

"where we going?"Ivy questioned

"Some ancient flower exhibit thing" Dani responded

Oh, but little did she know it would be so much more then that...

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A/N

Hey guys!!!

Hope your enjoying this little chapter, its going slow for now but soon and I mean VERY soon it will be picking up and going little faster.

So be patient!!

Btw please not to much hate this is my first book being completely written in third person so ignore my mistakes (unless its spelling then please tell me)

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