HAUNTED

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GROWING UP IN Woodsboro was never boring. For as long as Marjorie Harver could remember, someone always decided to try and recreate the killings — originally enacted by Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, a pair of psychotic boys who thought they could get away with murder — every few years. Or maybe after a decade or two.

Every time someone tried to kill Sidney Prescott, a woman who had become famous as a teenager because of her relationship with Billy Loomis (and her mother's promiscuous reputation), Marjorie would see the stories on the news. She never thought she would be a part of those stories.

This time around, Marjorie had been involved in the killings performed by a man named Richie Kirsch, and Amber Freeman, a girl who Marjorie had spent a majority of her high school years with.

A girl who Marjorie had fallen in love with over those years.

Amber made her feel loved, even if it wasn't meant to be romantic, and never left Marjorie out. She invited her to sleepovers almost every weekend. She invited her to all the house parties held by their classmates. She made her gifts and cards for every birthday and holiday.

Marjorie Harver was loved by Amber Freeman.

Although Amber never reciprocated those feelings, instead falling for their friend Tara, Marjorie never expected anything in return. She was just happy being around her.

Then Amber moved into a new house, and everything changed.

Marjorie will always wish she noticed the signs, if there were any, that Amber had been acting differently. That Amber had planned the deaths of their friends for months beforehand.

But she didn't— and now there were only five of them left from the third Woodsboro Massacre.

After graduation, Tara decided to move to New York City to continue her education at Blackmore University, Chad and Mindy choosing to follow her as well. Sam, being the protective older sister she is, ultimately moved along with the group.

Marjorie stayed in Woodsboro for another month before deciding to join her friends in New York.

For the eight months following the killings, she experienced many ups and downs. Sometimes she was able to go out and keep conversations with people — and other times she laid in bed for a few weeks and barely spoke to anyone.

She hardly uttered a word to her parents. While her father had grown concerned for his daughter, Marjorie's mother still refused to care despite everything that had happened. Nothing would ever change their difficult relationship.

Marjorie's father considered placing her into therapy, but he was forced to acknowledge the fact that Marjorie wouldn't even speak to him. How could she talk to a random stranger about all the pain and trauma she endured?

So, he allowed her to "heal" at her own pace. Little did he know, Marjorie was doing anything but healing. She began to feel nothing but disgust when she looked at herself in the mirror. Her pale body was covered in scars. Scars that Amber had given to her as a final gift.

She missed Wes Hicks, too. Her best friend. The one who Marjorie would go to when she couldn't handle the silence at home any longer. The boy who loved her enough to give up his life in exchange for hers. He gave her somewhere safe to stay and somebody to talk to.

Wes Hicks was her person — but then he was gone, and Marjorie was left alone.

Marjorie rewatched old videos and looked back at photos of them: sleepovers, hangouts, school. Everything. Everywhere. Every place in Woodsboro was a constant reminder of the black-haired girl who tried to murder her because a set of writers and movie directors fucked up a film.

Everything hurt when Marjorie gazed through the glass of her bedroom window at the town. So, she eventually packed her bags and bought a ticket to New York when the reminders became too much for her.

She left only a note for her parents, not wanting to deal with any of the tears they might've shed. The girl had already cried enough herself as she exited the door to her childhood home.

Then, when Marjorie reunited with her friends after not seeing them for almost a month, she found that they had already welcomed three new people into their lives.

Quinn Bailey, a "sex positive" woman, as she liked to put it. She answered Sam and Tara's anonymous ad for a roommate, and the Carpenter sisters did a deep and thorough background check before approving the application.

Anika Kayoko, a student at Blackmore who Mindy had taken a liking to. The girl was beautiful, with black hair and white streaks underneath. Her smile was sweet, and she was more than kind to Marjorie when they met. The two grew close rather quickly.

Finally, Ethan Landry. The curly haired boy was Chad's roommate at Blackmore, and the athlete wasted no time in calling Ethan his new best friend. Marjorie noticed how Chad seemed to be happier around Ethan, and she was glad he found someone else to spend time with after Wes's death.

Marjorie tried her best to give Ethan a slight smile, finding it more difficult to greet him than Anika and Quinn. Ethan struggled to return the gesture, seemingly uncomfortable in the presence of her. She brushed it off as him being awkward with girls (and ended up being right).

They didn't speak much for the first few weeks of Marjorie being in New York, even though they were now in the same friend group and spent most of their time in the Carpenter sisters' apartment.

The girl wanted to settle into her new life and find something to keep her grounded. To keep her from thinking about the person who ruined her life. She wanted to focus on herself.

Marjorie wishes it stayed that way.