It was a gloomy, cold night at White Rock Middle School in Spruce Grove. It was one of those days where it won't stop raining. We were all wondering why we were here. Apparently, we all got letters saying we were supposed to meet here in the purple pod. To be honest with you, I was quite scared to know why.

Everyone from my class is here.

"What time is it, Elaina?" I asked.

"It's 8:15."

"Ok. Do you know why we're here, Harper?" I wanted to know why we're all here on a Saturday morning in the Summer.

"No, I don't. Sorry Makayla."

Ring. Ring.

"Who's phone is that?" asked Kylo. "It's mine," I said, grabbing my phone from my sweater pocket. It's my mom asking why we're here. I answered that I don't know and sent it. I tucked it back.

"Hey, there's a tape recorder. Should we listen to it?" Questioned Miles.

"Sure. We will probably get some answers and some of our questions answered." Replied Hunter. Colton went to go grab the tape and everyone went silent immediately, and he played it.

"Hello. You are probably wondering why you are here at school in the summertime. You are here for a game that I like to call , The Murder Games. Here are the rules you must follow.

Rule number one: you CANNOT and I mean Cannot leave the school for any reason. To get food, you can call one of your parents to get more food and drinks if you're running out. You're allowed to leave the school but can't leave the boundaries. The fences that are surrounding it are your boundaries. If you try to leave the boundaries, you will be killed immediately.

Rule number two: the murderer will come every night to choose a victim to kill. The murderer can't say who he or she is under the clothing. They must keep their identiIsaac a secret or else the game is over.

Rule number three: you will act like yourself as it's like a normal day, but at night is when all the action comes in. You will have to survive for two weeks. Once the two weeks are over, the remaining people will get to go home and enjoy the rest of their lives.

The murderer will get to choose his or her ways for killing people. It can be violent and gory, or just a simple death. You may pick your class room to sleep in for the next two weeks. You will have to choose one person to be the leader so everyone would be in order, and not in chaos. Thanks for participating in the games, and enjoy dieing. Hahaha."

"Well that's a long message." Autumn says.

"We're going to die? Well I hope I live." Ellie says.

"So, who do we choose to be our leader?" Quinn asks.

"I think Hunter should," replies Isaac.

"Ok, I will. So that means everyone must listen to me if we all want to live." Hunter responds.

I gathered my things and said, "I'll take the portable class."

"I'll take Mrs. H.'s room," added Kylo.

"I'll take Mr. S.'s room," replied Elaina

"Ian, Colton, Gurpreet, Isaac, Quinn, Autumn, and I will take the blue pod classes," Hunter exclaimed.

"Harper and I will take front office," Samantha replied

"Irene, Ethan, Grace, Easton, Alice, and Ellie will take the green pod," Hunter commanded. "Miles, Aria, Carter, Claire, Addison, and Jacob will stay here and find a class. While Andrew and Evan will take the music room because there are no more classrooms. A few of you will have to share a class together, not to be weird and awkward."

We all headed to our rooms to get unpacked and things sorted out. Of course, I moved the two couches together to make a bed for myself. We all agreed to go to the food lab to get breakfast in ten minutes. No one is going to have the food lab as a room. the foods lab is a room with five kitchenettes to cook during options. The classroom seemed empty and quiet without the others around. As usual, I was scared of dying, let's hope that I would make it through the night. I really hope someone I don't like dies tonight. That's of course, Miles, Easton, Evan, Andrew, and Jacob.

I went to the foods lab early because I was done unpacking and getting my room set up, and I didn't know what to do. As I was heading my way over there, I saw Kylo heading his way. He was walking silently talking to himself. He was mumbling something, but I can't make it out what he's saying. All of a sudden, he stopped dead in his tracks.

"Um... Kylo?" He turned around. "Are you ok?" I walked right up to him seeing if he's ok. I've never seen him act like this, so I was curious.

"Yeah. I'm ok."

There's something in his tone that sends chills down my spine. He spoke like he was scared and confused at the same time. The look in his eyes definitely had me suspicious.

"Are you sure, because I heard you mumbling something."

"Yeah. I'm fine, everything's ok."

"Ok, just checking."

We both headed down there together, not one of us saying anything else. Once we got there, Quinn and Elaina were already there.

"Who is scared to death for tonight and the rest of the two weeks?" asked Quinn with a scared tone in her voice.

"I am," both Elaina and I said at the same time. "Who do you think the murderer is?" I was scared to death to know who it was.

"I don't know but my gut goes to Kylo. Sorry Makayla, I know you like him but that's my guess." Elaina replies

"Ok, I don't like him anymore, I got over it. Plus, my gut tells me either him or Hunter."

"Why me?" Kylo asked.

"Because, you love to murder your friends," I say in a sarcastic tone.

"Yeah I know I love to murder my friends, but I won't literally murder them."

After five minutes of chatting between the four of us, the rest came and we all talked about what's going to happen in the next couple of weeks. Easton suggested that we lock our rooms at night so none of us dies. Some of us had breakfast because we missed it. Aria and Grace were on their phones not listening to one word we say. As usual, they talk about boys and other things that the rest of us don't care about.

All of us were scared for tonight because we don't know who the murderer is and who he or she's going to kill tonight.

Lunch came around and we had a huge lunch. There were grilled cheese sandwiches, water and lemonade, carrots, strawberries, grapes, and blackberries, with a greek salad. I love greek salad so I took about 2-3 bowls of it. Of course I took out the olives because I despise them so much. After lunch, we all broke off into our groups. 

I went with my friends, the gulag gang went off, Aria and Grace went off their own way, Evan and Andrew went back to the music room, and Easton, Jacob, and Miles went back to their rooms and hung out. My group went outside and spent time on the hill. Autumn and I just chatted while Harper was beating the rest of them with sticks. Autumn and I were laughing at them all. It was hilarious the way the girls ran away from Harper, and Harper beating them up. I had one of my laugh attacks- it's where I can't stop laughing for about two minutes, maybe even three. This is the moment I'm definitely going to remember about my friends.

"This is hilarious, Autumn. I can't believe that Quinn is screaming for her life. It's just a stick."

" I know, this is an amazing show."

As we were watching them, the boys came out to see what we're doing. They all came to sit beside Autumn and I to watch. Ethan starts running from Kylo as usual, so he wouldn't die from him. This is an amazing show to watch after lunch and get our minds off of what's going to happen tonight when everyone's sleeping. To be honest, I completely forgot about it until now. My face went from laughing and smiling to a sad and scared look. Colton saw me and said, "Are you ok Makayla?"

"No. I don't want to die tonight. My mind was off of it until now."

"I know how you feel. I don't wanna die tonight either. I got a lot planned for the future, and I bet that you do too. We both have so much to live for. Let's hope that we both survive tonight."

"I hope so too. If not then, it was nice knowing you."

"Yeah nice knowing you too."

Later that evening, we just finished eating dinner and got ready for bed. All of us were saying good to know you and all and our goodbyes. If I die tonight, I had a good run of life. It wasn't smooth nor was it rough, just in between. I brushed my teeth, got my pajamas on and laid on the couch bed with my pillow and blanket ready. I got into it and spent time on my phone for the last bit of my life, in case I die tonight. I started to cry a bit. I cried myself to sleep.

I jolted up, awakened by a herling, loud scream. The games have now begun.