CHAPTER SEVEN :

THE SCREAM AT SNOWBALL

It's been a few days since that incident.
Twelve is different from Eleven.
While her sister was used to such things like that, Twelve was not. She was traumatized to leave school for several days.

But Twelve is finally persuaded by her older brother, Will.

Today is Twelve's first day at school after about a week of absence.

As usual, Twelve, Eleven and Will were accompanied by their older brother Jonathan and his friend Argyle.

"Bye, El! See you later!!" Twelve said excitedly waving.

"Yeah, see you later!"

"Good school spirit, Giselle!" Will said teasing Twelve.

Twelve just laughed then ran away from her two siblings.

"Hey, Twe-"
"Oops, sorry. Hi, Gisella!"

"Haha hello, Erica!"

Twelve--
or Giselle walking with her best friend to their class.

"Giselle! You know? Yesterday's incident really amazed and speechless at the same time!" Erica said.

"Haha, really?"

Erica nodded and then asked.
"Uhm... how does it feel like you're in Vecna's world?"

Twelve frowned.
"So weird..."

"Hey Byers!"

The sound made Twelve and Erica turn their heads.
Turning to Jerry Washington who had always been a bully.

Twelve and Erica glanced at each other for a moment then approached Jerry's gang.
Jerry, Moreo, Allure and Lena.

Jerry in front of his three friends looked arrogant with his evil laugh.

"Hey you weirdo, why do you always skip classes? Are you ashamed because you're poor? HAHA!"

Lena approached Jerry with a reply. "Uhm, I guess not, Jerry. Giselle isn't in because she's traveling to another worlddd. HAHAHA!"

"HA HA HA!"

Twelve's face looked irritated. With that, she approached Jerry and Lena and said.
"I'm not afraid to fucking hurt you." She said looking cynically at Jerry and Lena.

Lena, Jerry as well as Moreo and Allure laughed.

"You?"

Jerry seemed to push Twelve's shoulder with his index finger.
"You? You want to fight me, you freak?"

SLAP

"SHIT!"

Finally, Twelve gave vent to her anger by slapping Jerry's face. "HOW DARE YOU!"

Twelve turned her gaze to Lena who shouted. "I'll probably gonna kill you too, dipshit."

Lena was wide-eyed, then she immediately ran with her three arrogant friends.

"WHAT THE FUCK."
"WHAT. THE . FUCK!"
"TWELVE? TWELVE IS THAT YOU???"

Twelve just chuckled at Erica's words. The two of them ended up walking towards class.

"Wait, where did you learn from?"

"You told me yourself."

"Good! Very good!"

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"Good Morning Class!"

"Good Morning, Mrs. Olivia!"

After greeting all the students cheerfully as usual, Mrs. Olivia as a ten grade Twelve's teacher put her journal on the table.

Mrs. Olivia walked in front of the whiteboard with her arms full of posters. The pile made all the students curious, including Twelve and Erica.

"What did she bring?" Twelve said and Erica only shook her head said 'don't know'

"All right, kids!"
"Before we start our lesson on this cheerful Monday.... I have something special to share with you!"

Mrs. Olivia looked at the top poster on her arm then looked around the students again.
"Snowball Party!"

Erica opened her mouth in astonishment.
"Snowballs?!"

Twelve frowned,
"Snowball? What is a Snowball?"

Erica shook her head.
"Snowball is the school's annual event."

Erica lowered her chin.
"Parties, dancing, dining. Huh, so fucking boring."

Twelve who heard Erica's explanation only pursed her lips when Erica rambled on again.

Erica shook her body to feed her older brother.
"I'm not going to dance, I just want to mock Lucas who moves like a cobra."

Twelve just laughed at Erica's behavior.

After that, Mrs. Olivia passed the posters out to Erica and Twelve.

"Ms. Sinclair, don't miss Snowball again!"
"And... Ms. Byers, it's your first Snowball, cheers!"

Twelve seemed to nod with a friendly smile and Mrs. Olivia left her.

Twelve looked down at the poster for Snowball's party on her desk and smiled faintly.
"Snowball Party.."

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Pass the Dutchie 'pon the left hand side
Pass the Dutchie 'pon the left hand side

It a go bun (give me the music, make me jump and prance)
It's a go dung, you know? (Give me the music, make me rockin' at the dance)

"Turn the volume down, Jonathan."

Jonathan turned to Eleven.
"Hmm.. okay."

After turning down the volume of the music he was setting, Jonathan frowned again at Eleven and Twelve.

"What are you guys doing?"

Eleven looked up smiling.
"We're looking for dresses for the Snowball party!"

Will who fiddling with his painting equipment rolled his eyes.
"Girls."

Jonathan just shook his head.

"Hi, kids." said Mrs. Byers suddenly came rushing in lifting a large box.

Jonathan who saw his mother in distress, reflexively helped her. "Thank you, sweetheart."

"You're welcome, mum."
Jonathan looked at the contents of the box, "What's in it?"

Mrs. Byers, or Joyce smiled.
"Eleven...Twelve..these are my dresses when I was a teenager, I gave them all for you."

Eleven and Twelve looked at each other with excited faces. The two of them quickly walked towards the large box containing the dress with Joyce by her side.

"Oh my god..."
"Thank you, Mrs--"
Twelve smiled cutting herself off.
"--I mean.. thanks, mum!"

Joyce smiled broadly holding the heads of her two daughters.
"Equally, love!"

"Uhm..don't forget to have dinner after this, ok?" Joyce said and her four children nodded.

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Today, at 18.00 right in front of Wheeler's house.

"Mike, wait for us!"

Mike stopped his bike.
"Especially?"

"Why did you leave us?"

Mike clucked. "We're almost late, dumbass."

Dustin and Lucas who had stopped their best friend, Mike, only laughed awkwardly.

"Come on, hurry up all of you." Will said then immediately rode his bike.

It looks adorable.
They all seemed to leave using adult bicycles with their partners.

Mike with Eleven,
Twelve with Will,
Lucas with Max,
and Dustin with Erica.

"This sucks."

"Stop babbling, Erica."

Several minutes later after they passed through the highway, they finally arrived in front of the Snowball Hall.

Everything looks festive. With blue nuances, spinning disco lights illuminate all invited students, and a beautiful song plays.

Twelve in her pink dress enters the Snowball Hall with Will.

Even though everyone already has a partner, Twelve feels confused because she doesn't actually have one.

And she doesn't care either.

"Will, will I dance with you later?" Twelve asked innocently.

Will giggling. "Of course not. Find your partner, alright?"

Twelve just nodded with a soft eyes.

"Will, I found the perfect girl for you!" Mike and El said suddenly came.

Will felt confused.
"What is--"

"Hurry up!"

"HEY!"
"BYE, TWELVE!"

Without having time to say anything, Will and Eleven also Mike left Twelve standing alone in the middle of the Hall.

Twelve just looked around innocently.
She took a deep breath and didn't care a bit.

In the end, she decided not to dance because she didn't want to.
Twelve sat on one of the chairs with a table full of the desserts she was currently eating.

Twelve just spends her time on it.
At one point too, she saw El and Mike kissing, making Twelve laugh amused and wanted to quickly make her material to prank Eleven later.

"LENAAAAA!!!!"

The sound of hysterical screams reflexively made everyone turn to the center of the sound. Including Twelve.

Everyone immediately scattered running toward the sound except for Twelve.
Twelve was at the very back of the crowd so that her short self had to tiptoe.

"HEY, YOU WEIRD SHIT!"

Twelve turned to Allure who was coming from beside her. Allure is not alone, there is Moreo beside her.

"HOW DARE YOU DO ALL THIS TO LENA!" Twelve just frowned at Allure's words.

"W-what do you mean--"

"LOOK!" Allure seemed to be pointing at something that had been surrounded by people with anger.
"LOOK, BYERS!"
"YOU---YOU KILLED LENA!"

Twelve's heart immediately beat fast, She don't know what Allure's words meant, making Twelve's mind confused.

Allure looked teary and walked backwards. Now, Moreo came to Twelve taking turns blaspheming that innocent girl.

"First you broke Jerry's leg!"
"And Second, what? Huh? You threatened Lena and now you actually killed her??! WHAT DO YOU FUCKING MEAN?!?"

Twelve's eyes watered helplessly, but she had to hold back her tears. She shook her head weakly, "B-But I don't..."

"Don't be ridiculous, idiot!" Mike said suddenly coming to defend from behind Twelve.

Twelve turned her head, while Allure walked forward in anger. Allure haughtily crossed her arms.
"Oohh, so now this Loser Wheeler has Two Freaky Girlfriends?"

Those words made Eleven come too.
"You will regret it after this."

Allure looked disdainfully at El. "Are you? Now you dare to fight me? HAHA, maybe later you will also complain to your father!"

"Wait, does she have a father?"

"NOO, HAHAHA!"

Eleven snorted a few times to express her annoyance, she looked at Allure and Moreo with her sharp eyes. Her head slowly lowered to beat the two bastards with her mind.

"WHAT IS THIS?"

damn.

A teacher who suddenly comes makes Eleven's plan fail.

"It's Mrs. They--"

"Come on, Ms. Allure, don't make any more trouble."
"You two, come with me to the guidance counseling room!"

Allure and Moreo looked at each other in disapproval. "But Mrs..."

"QUICK UP, YOU ALWAYS MAKE TROUBLES!"
"OTHER THAN ALLURE AND MOREO, BACK TO YOUR HOME!"

“Both of you, follow me!!”
Allure and Moreo could only give up and unsteadily followed Mrs. Della.

After the three of them and also the school crowd left, Twelve finally shed a drop of tears that had been held back.

"What is this--"
"Twelve, w-what's wrong.." Will who came to join immediately hugged Twelve's head into his arms.

Will looked at his friends.
"What is it?!"

Eleven exhaled, "Never mind, I'll tell you later."

Will just nodded and let go of the hug. Twelve with her head down seemed to wipe away the tears from her eyes.

Maxine who had not been seen since earlier, suddenly shouted a call.
"Guys, you have to see this!"

All of her friends remaining in Snowball's hall, namely Twelve, Eleven, Will, Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Erica approached Max.

Everyone opened their mouths when they saw someone lying strangely lifeless on the floor, Lena.

Lena's eyes filled with blood, her arms bent as well as her legs. Above Lena there are lots of flies that swarm her lifeless body.

"Vecna..."

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