Lies. People build their lives around them. Sometimes they are obvious. Other times they are there and you never know. Living your life all around them. We are part of them and they are part of us. People say that ignorance is bliss. We act like we do not wish to know the truth yet we secretly long to know. Yet as hard as we try we can't comprehend it, even when it is before us plain as day. This is the story of a group of teenagers who uncovered the truth, the truth of a cursed notebook that took the lives of many. This is the story of how they broke the rules and changed their lives forever. This story is the account of the pain and joy the truth brought and the power and responsibility that was pulled along with it. Because no human being should have the ability to kill with just a face and a name neither should a human being be able to bring him or her back to life.
For Jay it started as a normal day, for him at least. Normal for him though was absent-mindedly answering teacher's questions while he really was reading his book under his desk. He had ended up reading lunch again. He quickly rushed in to his English class but did not pick up his book just then. He knew he wouldn't be able to read. His friends would be to busy having some idiotic conversation he couldn't ignore. He usually pretended like he didn't care but was always really listening. He also liked to put in his own comment every now and then. The bell rang and his friends ended their interesting discussion on whether or not it was possible to kill yourself with an eraser. The teacher stood up and started to talk about quote 'The Great William Shakespeare!' unquote. Jay ignored it. He really didn't care. When they left English Jay and his friends all had the same next class. His friend Tryst was shorter than him, though most people were, and wore glasses. He had black hair and blackish colored eyes. Jay himself was really tall and also wore glasses. He had brown hair and greenish gray eyes. They had another friend whose name was Cora. She was shorter than Jay but taller than Tryst. She had mid length brown hair and brown eyes. They all had Spanish together next.
Jay and Tryst had both reached the classroom before Cora as usual. Their other friend Della was already there. Della was a little taller then Tryst but not by much. She also owned glasses but didn't wear them as much. She had brown curly hair and blackish eyes as well. Jay walked over to his desk and put his stuff down, he then proceeded in to flipping Cora's chair upside down. Tryst smirked and also flipped her desk. Della just watched. "I am not part of this! You two can get yourselves killed." The bell ring and Jay, Tryst, and Della waited for their friend to run in the door but she never did. The teacher came in and yelled at them to fix the desk and chair. They did and Cora still did not enter the classroom. The period was almost over when she finally did enter. She was holding a pass and handed it to the teacher. She then sat down in her chair; she didn't once look at her friends. Della frowned and tapped her on her shoulder. After being ignored she turned to her friends and shrugged. Cora had never ignored her before. Usually she was the first to talk. Jay frowned. 'Something has to be wrong.'
After class Tryst, Jay, and Della stopped her in the hall. "Cora what's up? Why were you late and how come you ignored me?" Cora looked around nervously then at her friends. "I h-had t-to g-go to lost and f-found. I l-lost m-my b-black notebook" Tryst laughed. "What's with the stuttering? You got your notebook back so your fine right?" She shook her head and pulled a black notebook out of her bag. She looked around once more to make sure no one was looking and showed it to them. "I thought it w-was my notebook. I j-just grabbed it because I was in an h-hurry. I then f-found mine in my locker. I w-went to give it back to the lady but…" Cora turned pale. Jay frowned. "What?" Cora swallowed hard. "She was dead." Jay looked back down at the letters on the notebook. In gold lettering it read as plain as day 'DEATH NOTE'.