Murder Miracle

By H.M.Bird

I had done it again. It is not normal, oops I killed my tribal leader. It was more of, oops I killed half my tribe for fun, kind of deal. There was blood everywhere. I started with my father. Everyone hated him so I used him as an outlet of my anger. When that did not work I moved on to my little sister. I had always hated her. She had gotten all the attention, being a Scorpio and all. I had been living in the Scorpion river tribe and I hated my sister with a burning passion. The weird thing was that once I had killed her I was still angry. I mean several cereal killers had killed more than two people. So I kept going. Till I was competing with Luis Garavito who had killed one-hundred-thirty-eight people. I had only killed seventy. That was when I died. Well, I didn't die, but everyone thought I did. I thought I did when I woke up. I woke up in SK high, though I did not know it. All I knew was I was laying in a bed that had a skylight above it. The skylight was covering the bed and showed a dorm room. The room was large with at least 200 bunk beds. Every one of them was decorated one way or another, but there was a common theme. Around all the beds were at least one wanted poster of a serial killer that I had past when I "died". I saw posters for famous serial killers. I swung my feet over the edge of the bed hitting my head on the skylight and looked around my glass coffin. I had enough space to walk around. The floor was also made of glass. It was far enough away that I would have the space to crawl under the bed.

Under my bed was a second bed. I assumed right then and there that I was on the top bunk of a bunk bed. On the bottom bunk was a Chinese girl who was smiling as if she had caught a fish. She looked to be around my age. Eight-teen through nineteen.

"Who are you," I called down to her, wondering if she was like my sister and needed to be taught a lesson.

All she did though was smile her creepy smile and shake her head. Her creepy look had started to soften and she looked worried. I sighed, figuring that it would be awhile I climbed back on my bed and looked up at the ceiling of the coffin. That was when it vanished. The roof of the coffin had vanished! I know I sound crazy but it did and not only did it do that, but a sword and a uniform appeared next to me. I could hear the girl underneath me ranting on and on. I took a closer look at the uniform and sword. The uniform was my favorite color, orange. It was also black in a ninja stripe pattern. The handle on the sword had also a hint of orange in the leather work. I reached out to touch the uniform to find out what it felt like because it looked like silk when it vanished. I wouldn't have known where it went exempt for my arm being stretched out in front of me.

"Whoa," I gasped while scooting backward.

I hadn't realized that I wasn't heading towards the head of my bed until I could feel myself falling. BAM! My thud had interrupted the girl beneath my bed. I watched as she got up and walked over. I couldn't help but think that she was taller from my new position from the pebbled floor. I was freaking out in my head as she walked a full circle around me before stopping in front of me.

She squatted down and looked me in the eyes while saying, "Hello, my name is Feng-Po-Po, but you can call my Feng."

"Hello," was all I could muster out to attempt to talk to her.

"Well, what's your name?"

"Soso."

"Cool. I can't help but be offended that you weren't listening to me when I was telling you the rules."

"How did you know that I was not listening to you?"

"You will find out if you don't mind if we go to class."

So with that, we became friends. I learned that we were in SK high or serial killer high. So I went along with it. After a couple of weeks of training with the girls, my anger was on point again. Feng kept on beating me at everything. We headed outside when we found out that we were going to be training with the boys. I hadn't even known that there were boys here. So we played a game of hide and catch girls versus boys. The girls were the first hiders. The last time we played Feng admitted that I was the hardest to find, even though my uniform was bright orange.

The first place that I went was the river. The rocks along the side of the river were slippery and hard to climb. The river cascades into a huge waterfall, and next to that waterfall is the tallest tree. That was where I was going to hide. So I got set to climbing. Once I reached a comfortable ledge I waltzed my way to the edge of the leaves and peered down. The ground was close enough that it would be safe to jump off of the tree. far enough that it would take an hour for a non-skilled climber to attempt to climb the complex branches.

I watched as the boys scattered. Most of their uniforms were dark blues, greens, or reds, but there were two that caught my eye. Their uniforms were white and grey. The one that caught my eye first was Mr. Grey. He looked like the popular guy in school or those guys that you want to avoid so that you don't have to deal with his fans. Now Mr. White was a different story. He was quick and was a little creepy looking, but that was what intrigued me. I could hear screams from the part of the woods that they had vanished into. I sighed. Those two were the ones to get the girls out. I adjusted on the branch to get into a more comfortable position. After about 30 minutes I could see the two guys heading out of the forest. They were heading to the clearing that I was hiding in. They started to get closer, so I stood up rustling the leaves as I started the climb higher. I could hear one of the guys yelling. Scolding myself I started to climb faster. Not only was I the second hardest to find I was the second fastest climber in the class. Once I reached the top of the tree I watched as Mr. Grey started to climb, but I couldn't see Mr. White anywhere. I shifted myself so that I could jump from the tree to a tree at the border of the clearing on the side that I had entered from. I leaped for it. Knowing that Feng would have been able to go riskier I scolded myself again. I managed to see that all the girls, except for Feng and I were caught. I smiled to myself as I caught a branch and did a backflip onto it. I looked over my shoulder to see Mr. White at the top of the tree. This was my chance to get a closer look at him. His skin was so pale that he looked like a ghost. His white irises pulsed with anger that I had never seen another human being have beside me. His messy raven hair glinted in the sun. I could tell. He was mad. I looked forward and started to sprint along the branch. I could hear people gasping as I ran.

The few words that I heard was, "Only Feng could run from his freaky stare." or, "She didn't scream or fall." or, "Wow"

These words pushed me onwards as I jumped from tree to tree. That was when I saw the grey guy running after me on the ground. That was when I decided that I was gonna scare him. So I jumped down one branch so that I could get a closer look at him too. Unfortunately, I had not realized that the guy in white was right behind me. I could feel someone's hand rubbing my arm as they fell, making me turn and almost lose my balance. There he was on the ground looking up at me. I could hear the screams in the back of my head as the girls raced back.

"You got me," I muttered bothered that he had caught me.

"You coming down," The guy in grey asked

"Yeah," with that I jumped down. Landing right in front of the guy white who jerked away.

"My name is Otis, and I haven't met you yet," Otis said

"Soso."

"This grump is M"

I glance over at M to find him glaring at me but avoiding looking at my uniform. As I was about to ask why he was glaring at me M looked up and jumped into the trees. His soundless movements startling several girls. That was when I heard the giggling. I looked up to find Feng about to fall on me. I was about to sidestep when Otis grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the way. We watched as Feng fell with a flop on the ground, still laughing. When I glanced up to see if the medic was coming I found at least fifty girls glaring at me. That was when I noticed how close Otis and I were. I stepped three large steps away and glared at Otis who was hiding his face with his hand. That was when M landed between us and after glaring at me for a second he glared at Feng who was still laughing.

"Feng-Po-Po you gave us trouble finding you again," I was alarmed at the deep masculine voice that exited M's mouth. This caused the girls in front of the group that had been glaring at me to jump out of fright. This caused Feng to look away and blush, though it was very hard to see. The only way to be able to tell that she was blushing was the fact that her freckles disappear. This caused a collective gasp from the group of girls. That was followed by the boys saying, "There is a girl who likes M!?"

This made M glare at Feng even more. I could feel my lips tighten in an attempt to not laugh, but failed. The small giggle that escaped turned all the guys to look at me. I couldn't take the attention, considering that I had never had it before. So I jumped up catching the rough bark and backflipping into the branch. Then running through the trees.

I don't know how long I ran. I past the clearing a while ago. I had found an oak tree with a comfortable place to sit. It was large enough for Otis as well as M to sit with me, so it was a pretty large space where the branches met the trunk. I sat there for a while until I heard rustling in the leaves above me. Shortly after the rustling started Otis came climbing down. He left a gap in the leaves were I could see M and Feng watching.

"Hey, you okay," Otis asked bringing my attention back to him. His hair seemed to glow, it's pale blond color, expanding to the tree we were sitting on. His sky blue eyes seemed to deposit genuine concern.

"I am fine now that not everyone's attention is on me," I responded.

"Oh, well it's hard not to pay attention to you when you are that skilled."

I couldn't help but notice Otis' pale skin becoming tainted with pink. I did not want to talk right now. So I kept the silence going till I could feel a yawn spreading across my face. I found myself blinking. It was as if I wasn't aware of the time. The sun was setting and I couldn't keep myself awake. When I wake up I wasn't at the tree. I was in my bed. I jolt out of bed. I could feel the panic as it sets in. As I looked around I noticed that everyone was asleep, except for Feng. I knew she was awake because a light was shining from her bunk. Grabbing onto the edge of my bunk I swang my head over the edge.

"Hey, Feng," I whispered

Looking up Feng responded with an annoyed look on her face, "What?"

"I'm bored, do you have anything for me to do?"

"No"

Swinging back up onto my bed I could feel suspicions coming to life. What if I was not even here? What if this was all a dream? Well if it was a dream then I can say that I was the best at Hide and Catch, but if it was a dream then I would lose my only friend. Friend? I had never had a friend before. All the girls my age in the tribe had called me crazy. Their all dead now. I stared into the darkness floating above my head. I wondered where the boys were now. Otis and M were different. They didn't stare at me like the rest of the guys. Does that make us friends? I felt myself rolling onto my side. My bed felt like it was made of rocks. I needed to get moving. I reached for the ladder that is at the head of my bed and pulled me closer to it. There I adjusted so that my knees were touching my chest. I pushed them out to the ladder, bumping my toes on the edge of it. Grunting in pain I pushed through. Once I reached the ground I open the drawer next to the bunk. I reached out and touched my uniform. The uniform vanished and was replaced with the black pajamas. I walked to the door.

"Where are you going So So?" A quiet whisper came from behind me.

"Out for a walk," I replied

"You know that you can't do that."

"Yeah, well I need to get my anger out without killing anyone."

"Go to sleep."

"Can't"

"Why not?"

"I have things on my mind and I am angry."

"Please."

"Sorry."

With that, I slipped out the door. Sneaking into the shadows I start towards the training room. I slithered past the guard into the training room. I found my way to the corner as I let my eyes adjust to the darkness that was encompassing me. Once I could see to some extent I walked over to the punching bags and dummies. I was tempted to grab a knife off the knife rack, but it is impossible to leave it alone. So instead I punched the punching bags and dummies. After a couple of hours passed, I slip back out of the training room and into the library which was down the hall. I walked past shelves and shelves of books until I found the book that I wanted. I felt the joy rise up in me like a live fire burning up the woods. A hyena's grin spread from ear to ear as I picked up the book of random serial killers and their zodiacs. I couldn't access a computer unless I had my own. Which would need buying one from the school store. So I sneaked out of the library and back to the girls' dorm. I found myself doing the same things that I did when I left but in reverse. So I opened the drawer, touched my Pajamas, climbed the ladder in my pajamas, and crawled into bed. There I grabbed my blanket, put it over my light so that it wouldn't wake up the others and made a miniature fort. I got into the fort. Then opened up the book of random serial killers and their zodiacs and turned to the table of contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction.......................1

What is a serial killer?..............................4

Zodiacs.............................15

Aries..................26

Leo....................37

Sagittarius..........48

Taurus................59

Virgo.................70

Capricorn.................81

Gemini....................92

Libra........................103

Aquarius.....................114

Cancer..................125

Pisces.....................136

Scorpio....................147

Epolouge.....................158

I looked through finding it annoying that there were so many Zodiac signs. When I finally found Leo I flipped through the pages to find 37, which I also found annoying. I made a mental note to get better at that too. As soon as I found it I started to read:

LEO

Leos have a way of always wanting to be the best. Like Aries or Sagittarius, they can have a quick temper. All fire zodiacs are like this. Though they are not as emotional as a Cancer, Leos can lose their cool.

Some serial killers with this zodiac sign are:

1 Elizabeth Bathory

The Blood Countess

Killed 80 people over 20 years

2 Yang Xinhai

Monster killer

Killed 65 people over 5 years

I found myself wondering is Yang Xinhai related to Feng-Po-Po? I shrugged it off and continued to read.

3 Anatoly Onoprienko

The Beast of Ukraine

Killed 52 people over 8 years

4 Karl Denik

The Cannibal of Ziębice

Killed 42 people over 16 years

5 Zhang Jun

Killed 28 people over 8 years

6 Angel Maturino Resendiz

The railroad killer

Killed 15 people over 14 years

7 William Suff

Riverside Prostitute killer

Killed 12 people over 7 years

8 Henry Lee Lucas

The Confession killer

Killed 11 people over 24 years

I gapped at Henry Lee Lucas' part of the list. Only 11 people in 24 years? What was he doing in the years that he did not kill anyone? Was he on the run? Or was he relaxing? I couldn't stop the questions from flowing into my head. I had killed more people than all these people. I had killed seventy people and the highest was fifty-two? None of these people could have even made it to SKhigh! Even though I was frustrated I continued to read.

9 Anthony Stowell

The Cleveland Strangler

Killed 11 people over 3 years

10 Jack Unterweger

Jack the writer

Killed 10 people over 19 years

Now I was getting bored with this craziness. If they were so bad at killing things then I would see the last five to find out if they are the best or the worst.

26 Cary Stayner

The Yosemite killer

Killed 4 people over 1 year

27 Fritz Honka

Peter Jensen

Killed 4 people over 4 years

28 Shawn Grate

Killed 4 people over 12 years

I groaned. Another serial killer that couldn't take his job. I grumbled as I slipped downwards a little bit. Sitting back up, my back to the frozen wall I continued to read:

29 Tsutomu Miyazaki

The Otaku Murderer

Killed 4 people over 1 year

30 Dallen Bounds

Dallen Forest bounds

Killed 4 people over 1 year

I was so annoyed that I could feel a scowl on my face. I wanted to find out if there were any serial killers in this book that was good enough to come to SK high. So I turned to what several people declared as the most dangerous zodiac sign. Cancer. I did not see how this was a dangerous sign. These people were emotional messes. Groaning I buried my head into my pillow. With that, I shut my eyes and fell asleep.

"Soso! Wake up!" I could hear Feng's voice whisper from below me.

"What!?" I practically yelled

"Shhh!"

I climbed out of bed expecting to see broad daylight only to find the darkness of night surrounding me. I swung my head over the edge for the second time that night. Only to come face to face with Feng.

"Well, since you already left once tonight, I hope you don't mind. We are going to meet M and Otis in the Library," Feng whispered.

"Fine sense that I am awake now," I responded, the curiosity getting to me.

I leaped out of the bed and changed into the uniform. Feng was already leaving. So I ran to catch up.

"Where are we going?" I asked the moment I caught up, which didn't take very long.

"The library." Was her short answer.

The walk to the library seemed to take forever. I found myself studying the wall across the hallway. The old bricks reaching high into the air, till it touched the old oak ceiling that seemed to reach even farther. The withered plants that lined the edge of the wall weren't even there. They were some vandalism that some serial killer had left years ago. I reached out to touch the cold bumpy wall beside me. After studying the stuff around me I started to think. What if I never am the best? What if I fail and end up dying? What am I even doing here? Luckily for me, all these thoughts went away as I entered the library to meet my new found friends. I could hear a ruff whisper from around the corner as we entered the library.

¨M! You know that I hate the library" It said. This led me to assume that it was Otis.

¨Yeah, well too bad. This is the only place that isn't guarded.¨ A voice that I assumed that belonged to M muttered back.

Feng and I snuck around the corner and motioned to M to stay quiet and to not give us away. Then I slithered back so that Otis would not see me and Feng crept closer.

Then I called, ¨Otis ya Voy por ti,¨ good thing that I had learned Spanish in school when I was a kid. After M saw Feng and claimed that he had to go get something and had left, ¨Otis, I am coming for you!¨

Which was the English version for Otis ya Voy por ti.

Then Feng leaped out and covered Otis' mouth so that he wouldn't scream. After waiting about two minutes I came out right behind M laughing our heads off. We sat in a circle. Otis was in the library. I could tell because he was fidgeting way too much to be comfortable.

Otis perked up as if he had an idea, "We should play truth or dare!"

"How about we get to know each other instead," M muttered under his breath.

"OK!"

So we started asking questions. M went first, "What is your favorite thing to do here?"

"Playing hide and catch," I immediately responded.

"Read," was Feng's response

"Staying away from the library," Otis whispered

I glanced at Feng on that one. She shrugged.

"Dragging Otis to the library," M said

"Okay then, how old are you?" I asked the first question that came to my mind and regretted it.

"12," Feng said with a shrug.

I froze. That meant that I would never beat her because she was 6 years younger than me and in her senior year.

"Soso! Are you okay?" a voice asked

My eyes came back to focus as I nodded my head yes. I realized that I was laying on my back with Otis looking down at me with worried sky blue eyes. I sat up as the back of my head pounded.

I groaned and muttered, "Let's continue."

"Ok," M said with a shrug.

It was Feng's turn so I turned to look at her and she asked," I know it is my turn, but why are your eyes so dull?"

When I didn't respond she looked at me. So I faked a smile and responded, "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Ok, then who is your crush?"

Otis started and he looked down at his lap, "Soso."

Right then and there I thought to myself, well, this day can't get any worse, can it? M rolled his eyes and said, "No one."

"Same," I muttered.

At that moment I saw Otis' face fall and Feng's face was already in shadow.

"M," Feng whispered.

And with that, both Otis and Feng stood up and walked out of the library. I glanced at M who shrugged and we followed them. Once I made it back to the dorm I immediately climbed into my bed. I couldn't lift the heavy weight off of my soldiers as I cried myself back to sleep. In the morning I was in the glass coffin again. Groaning I turned to look out to see the principle looking up at me.

"You have cleaning duty once you are out of the box," With that, the principle stormed off.

I groaned again and shifted so that I could look out the window that was across from my bed. I scanned what I could see for M and Otis, but didn't find them. So I turned back to face the wall and remembered what had happened last night and started to cry. I will never be the best. Is what I told myself the rest of the day, and the next day, for the next month. At the end of the month, I could feel that my strength had left me. We were in the training room preparing for a test of our lives when I collapsed onto the floor. I knew that showing weakness is against the rules, but it seemed that a month ago I had lost control of my body. After collapsing I passed out making me see spots for the next few days after I wake up if I move too fast. I thought that it wouldn't get worse. Oh, how wrong I was.

A few weeks after the test.

I slipped out of my bed and down the ladder. I hadn't even bothered to change when I had gone to bed that night. I knew that this would be the last night that I would be in school. Sliding into the darkness I could hear the quiet creak from my now carless feet as I headed to the door. I paused, wondering if this was what I wanted to do. Deciding that it was what I wanted I opened up the door and slipped out of it. I closed the door with a motion as swift as a mouse, but as silent as an owl. I looked at it for a short moment before continuing along the now what seemed to be a squeaky hallway. When I slipped into the shadows to go to the training room I could hear someone behind me. So I spun around to find no one there. Creeped out I figured that it would be a good idea to get this over with. The pain of knowing that I will never be good enough was blooming from my stomach. Right then and there I decided to go back and go to bed. I would be the best tomorrow. So I headed back to the dorm to go to sleep.

In the morning the sadness was weighing me down even more then it was last night. We were playing hide and catch and the girls were the hiders again because we beat them at rock paper scissors. So I headed off and started to climb a tree. It wasn't a very tall tree and it was in the middle of a field. I couldn't get it into my head that I wanted to find a better place though, so I was immediately found by M.

"Hey M Soso should be taken to the healer," Otis said a worried look in his eyes.

"Why?" M responded searching around for a good place to leap up into a tree, but not finding any trees anywhere.

"Soso never lets us find her and catch her that."

"You have a point." This conversation had mad M stop looking around and come over to look me in the eyes, "Are you okay?"

"Yes," I brought myself to lie, making my sadness even worse.

Which only reminded me that I was not the best at lying either. This made my head sink a little bit, but it was enough to catch the eyes of M and Otis.

M said in a normal tone, "Otis, take her to the healer. I am coming with you so that we can get through whatever hoards of girls that you are going to collect along the way."

Immediately I knew this sadness was going to kill me. If M wasn't muttering what he was saying then it is important and can not be ignored. Because of this, Otis grabbed my wrist and started to drag me back to SK high. M following right behind. I watched as the trees blurred into each other as we started to go faster and as M was taking the lead. I watched as a redhead tried to keep up with us but tried to stay as far from M as possible. She was leaping over bushes and dodging around trees. Until she went to fast and came into M's line of sight. A small glare from M and the girl was running the other way.

"Goodbye and nice try," I whispered after the girl, earning a worried look from Otis.

Soon I could see Feng-Po-Po running up. She sped up enough to find out what had happened from M. Her face when pale. Tears welled up in her eyes when M got to the part of me letting them catch me. Once we got to SK high I was dragged to where the healer was and Feng explained what happened. The healer's eyes grew wide. She said, "We need at least one person to stay with her at all times and she will not be attending lessons." It was barely loud enough for me to hear.

Otis looked up, "But what does she have."

I could feel Otis' hand clutching my wrist harder and pain flared from it. I closed my eyes and accepted the pain. When I opened my eyes and started listening again I heard. "... If this continues something terrible might happen." M's eyes were wide, "Like..." He couldn't finish his sentence, because the healer interrupted him, "We do not speak of that." I couldn't understand why they were worried about me. I was a useless mess. I wasn't the best. I wasn't even that good at anything. I didn't have any powers (of sorts) like M. I wasn't even that good looking. Yet there are several people wasting their worry on me. I couldn't stop myself anymore. I twisted out of Otis' grip and ran off. I knew that someone was following me, but I didn't care anymore. I climbed into the trees and ran across them to the one oak that I had found myself at after the game of hide and catch. When I first met Otis and M.

I sat down on the gruff bark of the tree holding a branch that branched off of the main trunk and cried. I had never cried before, always holding in my emotions had gotten to me. As I was crying I could hear someone sitting next to me. So I dried my tears and turned to find Otis sitting on the other side of the tree from where I was. Go figure.

I sighed, "I'll go back."

With that, I stood up as Otis said, "No rush."

I stared at him. As if it weren't obvious that I would have to go back any way I said, "Yeah right."

"Not joking. You can take up as much of my time as you want, I don't care."

"Well, I do."

With that, I ran off, but not fast enough, because Otis almost immediately caught up. I groaned and he said, "Why did you let us catch you?"

I rolled my eyes and said, "You looked like you needed the help."

"Well you know that we didn't, we had M who had taken out like half of your team, waltzing around."

"Yeah right."

"You know it is true."

With that, we continued the conversation all the way back to SK high. All along the way, I could feel the weight on my shoulders getting heavier and heavier. When we got back to SK high I went straight to bed, skipping dinner. I found myself pretending to sleep for more than four hours waiting for the others to all fall asleep. When I was certain I slipped out of bed and headed to the door. I opened the squeaky door to the empty hallway. I stepped out into the hallway closing the door behind me. I headed down the now too familiar hallway and down the stairs. I didn't even bother to hide in the shadows this time. Lucky or unlucky for me there was no guard to the training room. I could hear creaks behind me, but I didn't care anymore. The weight was too much and a knife is right here. I thought as I strode to the knife rack. Selecting a random knife I walked over to the door that leads to the stairs that lead to the roof. No one would find me there. I thought so I opened the door and headed up the stairs, not bothering to close the door behind me. I walked out to the cold night air and stepped to the edge. In the moonlight, I could now see that I had grabbed Otis' training knife. Oh well. I thought. I raised the gleaming blade up to the obsidian sky and paused, fear taking over me. My hand started to shake and my knees started to tremble. I thought, if I don't die because of stabbing myself I will die because I fell. I felt my arm dropping, but someone stopped it.

And a voice whispered in my ear, "I won't let you do that."

"Why not," I whispered back to the mysterious person holding me back.

"Because if you died I would not be able to live with myself."

At these words, tears sprung to my eyes. The sticky, wet tears streamed down my face as I was pulled away from the edge. Time seemed to slow down as my head started to work. I could feel a strong arm around my waist. While what I assumed as the other one trying to pry my fingers open to get Otis' knife. I glanced at the arm wrestling for the knife. The color of the uniform was grey. This caused me to freeze. I realized that my face was heating up and that there was a warm feeling in my heart. What is this feeling? Where is it coming from? Why am I feeling it? How am I feeling it? I thought. I could feel my fingers being pried loose from the blade. I didn't want to let it go. I wanted to perish. My arm seemed to fall in slow motion. I looked around at the small area of the accessible roof. The very short wall. The black and white paneling on the ground. The satellite. The door. The broken bricks around the door. I felt Otis turning me around. The smell of the forest was always in the uniforms, but a faint orangey smell came. A brutal reminder that Otis was from California. The original States that the United had from before the American Chinese war. That war was only three years ago. I couldn't help but smile. The shock of the war after it had been finished was short. Everyone knew that the United would win. No matter how much everyone fought back, we all knew that the United would take over the world.

Otis spun me around so that I would face him, his eyes were full of concern and worry he whispered, "Are you okay?"

I did not answer him at first. I was lost in thought. Thinking thoughts like, Wow, how did I never notice how good looking his eyes were or how nice his voice sounds. What am I THINKING!

"Soso," he whispered, tears were springing to his eyes, "Why would you even try to do that."

He paused, I didn't respond. This time it was out of shame not thoughts distracting me.

"Soso you wouldn't believe how glad I am that you weren't trying to be quiet, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to stop you! I could hear creaking coming from the girls' dorm and went to investigate it and saw you. You could have died! And it would have been my fault if you died. I heard you walking and if I hadn't investigated it you would..." He ranted

I couldn't take it anymore so I raised one finger and whispered, "Stop," interrupting him.

"...d have died and I would be responsible and then I would never get to tell you that I love you..."

"What! Stop!"

No matter how hard I tried to get him to stop talking so that I would not start to bawl like a child, it didn't work.

"I don't know what I would do without you. I am responsible for your actions. If you killed yourself then I wouldn't be able to live with myself so I would kill myself and then no one would be happy..."

At that point, I gave up on trying to stop him from talking. It was almost a relief. That was until he started to cry.

"And if no one is happy then what was the point of doing all this? I.. I...hic...I am happy with you."

I reached up to wipe the tears off of his cheek when I thought, what are you doing! This is not you! Snap out of it! But no matter how hard I yelled at myself and the warm feeling I couldn't stop. I was enjoying the moment. I hadn't known what happiness felt like forever. Before I knew what was happening Otis' face was inches from mine. It was as if a dream that I hadn't had until now was coming true. I couldn't help, but notice how much warmer it was with Otis this close. It was as if having him near heightened my senses. I could sense the trees swaying in the wind. The clouds floating against the sky. I could see the sunrise behind Otis. Until Otis' hand pushed my chin up. He leaned forward. Butterflies started to form in my stomach. But right before he was about to kiss me. M and a panicked Feng came sprinting onto the roof, causing us to break apart. The disappointment felt like I had swallowed a rock. It was heavy in my stomach.

"Hey, Feng. We should go train."M muttered

"Fine." Feng groand, even though her cheeks glowing pink gave her away.

Once they left Otis glanced at me. Then he closed the distance with a few strides and kissed me.

4 Years later

I glanced into the tree next to me. There was Otis and next to him was M. On the other side of me Feng-Po-Po sat. A grin on her face. We watched as our four victims walked into the clearing. M was to strike first. Causing fear through three and one victims down. Then I would strike second. Two victims down. Then Otis would strike third. Three. Then Feng would do the final blow after we play with it for a while. Four. We were grinning from ear to ear. It was impossible not to have so much fun when killing our victims with our friends. As we were leaving I couldn't help but overhear M mutter, "We should play a game."