[ PROLOGUE ] [ POV : PERCY ]

An enthusiastic voice came from the phone. "Did you get the letter?"
Annabeth. The letter she is referring to was mailed to us from a prestigious academy in downtown Manhattan, Hope's Peak Academy. They had started a special program for 10 students, and it just so happened to be that me and Annabeth were two of the ten chosen. Since the program itself started in a few days, all the paperwork was to be sent back tomorrow. It had barely occurred to us at the moment, but what we thought was going to be the time of our lives, was going to be our last.

I woke up in a classroom. It seemed like a regular old classroom, except that there was surveillance cameras from all four corners of the room. I had buried my head in my arms (I've been told that I drool in my sleep). In the classroom were several other kids, all looking my age and all looking just as confused as I was. They all seemed familiar, like I should recognize them, but... Who were they? Annabeth sat in a desk next to me.

"Ah, Percy. You're finally awake." Annabeth said.

"Finally awake? Where am I?" I asked. "All I remember is walking into Hope's Peak, and I passed ou-"

Annabeth interrupted me. "I know we're in Hope's Peak, but, I don't remember much else. It seems everyone else here doesn't remember much either."

I looked around. A boy with tan skin and curly brown hair spoke up.

"Is this some kind of prank? If so, I don't think it's very funny."

"No," this time, a girl with a dark braid and a purple cloak spoke. "Perhaps, it's some kind of an entrance exam. But, the letter sent to me said that there was no entrance exam."

"Either way, I don't like this!" Said a girl with dark skin and chocolate-colored hair.

"Alright," Annabeth started. "How about we all introduce ourselves first?" Everyone seemed to agree. One by one, everyone said their names: Leo, Piper, Jason, Hazel, Frank, Nico, Will, Reyna, and Rachel. Add me and Annabeth, and that was the whole group. But, something was off.

"Hey," I said. Everyone turned to look at me. "Anyone else notice that there's 11 of us, but the letter said the program was for 10 students?"

They all silently nodded. The girl who introduced herself as Piper stood up.

"It's probably nothing," she said. Her voice reassured me. Everyone silently nodded once more. Before I could comment on the whole situation, the PA system went off.

"Hello, new students!" A cartoonish voice came from the speaker, like a mascot. But, it sounded like there was something much deeper behind. Despite my thoughts, the voice continued. "Please meet in the gymnasium. See you there bear-y soon!" I cringed at that, but we all left the room anyways.

Upon arrival at the gymnasium, we found it to be empty. There was no one in there except for us. Once again, surveillance cameras lined the walls. Who was watching us?
Someone appeared at the podium at the front of the gym. Well, something, really. A monochromatic bear, half blindingly white and the other dark as night, with a jagged red eye. It would've been kinda creepy, except for the fact that it was 3 feet tall.

"Hi, everyone! I'm Monokuma!" The creepy cheeriness remained in his voice.

"Is that," Will said, "A talking teddy bear?"

"I'm no teddy bear, sunshine!" the totally-not-teddy-bear replied.

"Anyways, I bet you guys are wondering why I asked you to come here. "Well..."

"You've all been brought here, to kill each other."

A deep wave of panic set over us all. An awful feeling, a feeling that can only be described as despair. This time, Rachel said something.

"Do you really expect one of us to kill the other?! We may not know each other, but we'd never do that!" She exclaimed.

"Okay, seriously?! Whoever's doing this to us, you can stop now! It's not funny anymore!" Leo shouted, anxiousness setting over his voice.

For the first time after introducing himself, Nico spoke.

"As much as I hate to agree with that guy," he pointed to Leo, "If's someone's joking around, it's not funny at all." He made air quotes when he said 'funny'.

"They always say they won't kill anyone..." Monokuma said. "But don't worry, you'll come around."

I was freaking out just as much, but for Annabeth's sake, I tried not to show it. She didn't look very scared either, she looked tense instead. I'd been told to kill things and people many times in the years past, but never strange kids I had vague recollections of. Hazel, who looked like the youngest of the group, seemed to be in a state of utter terror. Another boy, Frank, seemed like he was trying to comfort her. I had seen them talking to each other, joking around nervously, in the classroom where we all had woken up.

"Also," the bear added, "You may have noticed there are 11 of you. Plot twist! Turns out, one of you here is the mastermind behind this all. The one who brought you to Hope's Peak, the one controlling me, and the one telling all of you to kill each other. Find that person before they turn all of you over to despair!" He said all this with the now annoying, happy tone in his voice.

"This 'mastermind' can wait," a girl in the back said. Reyna. "But killing... How exactly would we do that?"

"Stabbing, shooting, drowning, poisoning, maiming, repeated hitting with an object, any way you'd like!" Monokuma said with morbid glee. "Let me explain how this works. You'll probably forget this anyways, teenagers these days, am I right?" (No one responded.) "You see, when someone is killed, we get to hold a class trial! There, you must find out who did it! Or else..." He smiled (is that a smile?). "Since this a boarding school, after all, there is a curfew! Night time is from 10 PM to 7 AM! Well, off with all of you! Good night!" And with that, he disappeared from the gym, leaving us to ourselves.

With a quick goodbye, we all left the gym. Traitors, class trials, it was too much to process. I fell into a light sleep, waking up and falling asleep several times in a matter of minutes. I, luckily, didn't dream. This would've made things a lot, lot worse than they already were, and worse than they were going to get.

[ PROLOGUE : END ] [REMAINING : 11]

If you've never seen/played Danganronpa, and expected a light hearted crossover, I can tell you, and you probably know by now, you're not getting any of that. Don't worry, I'm still gonna post once a week. I'm hoping I get to post a chapter of this one week and a chapter of DOL the next. I'm also hoping this holds up. Till next time, this is Fial, signing off.

~Waterfial