Year Eleven, Class Nine, Esserwich High School
Student List
Male
1. Harry Jones.
2. George Wittleshire.
3. Sam Lucaros.
4. Henry Smith.
5. Dave Smith.
6. Josh Shining.
7. Danny Harper.
8. Chris Hope.
9. Lucas Shire.
10. Joe Don.
11. Ralph Shepard.
12. Will Senate.
13. Lewis Parkinson.
14. Simon Bennett.
15. Paul Letresh.
16. Mark Springs.
17. Michael Mont.
18. Nick Lawn.
19. Alex Yagami.
20. Donald Walters.
Female
1. Amelia Brown.
2. Stacey Richards.
3. Jemma Mitra.
4. Yazmin Mae.
5. Madison Jole.
6. Emily Park.
7. Victoria Evenspire.
8. Sarah Petil.
9. Rosario Green.
10. Evelyn Ladel.
11. Alesha Parkers.
12. Kelly Sommers.
13. Janet Dyke.
14. Katie Winters.
15. Emma Lyon.
16. Patrisha Lowe.
17. Molly Drive.
18. May Yagami.
19. Alannah Grottle.
20. Rachel Pole.
Letter from the Government of England to Esserwich High School Headmaster.
Dear Mr Blockswyth,
The Government has chosen you to give Year Eleven, Class Nine the opportunity of a life time. Not only will they learn significant skills, they will learn how to fight for survival in this hectic world.
To miss a chance like this would be highly irrelevant and the Government may have to take action against your decline. Please choose wisely and get back to us in the next 24 hours. If you accept the chance of a lifetime, we will guarantee a free coach to the destination this Friday morning, 9:00am sharp. You will need to do all you can to make sure every student goes. Rejection is not an answer.
Yours Sincerely,
John Walter,
Head of Education & Affairs.
Part I
Start game.
Friday,
8:00AM,
40 Students remaining.
Summer heat blurred the road for miles, what seemed like an illusion of water on the road was the evaporating heat searing off the piercing hot surface of tarmac. In the daze of heat, the vision of a large coach appeared.
"Will you tosser, the bus is here." snapped Danny Harper, Student No. 7, his long black hair dazzling the girls behind him in the sunlight. Danny was the leader of the class, a typical male egotist with too many contacts in his life. His Father owned three successful worldwide businesses, all internet-based. Their monthly income was incredible compared to most of the snobs of Esserwich. He had the type of look that made him irresistible to pull away from. Those magnetic eyes, chizzled cheekbones and Vamperic long black hair. He always wore his white shirt, tucked in with his sleeves rolled up, his naturally tanned skin showing through whenever the Sun caught his shirt.
Will pulled himself off the grass and pulled his cowboy hat further down over his eyes, a cigarette hanging from his mouth. Will Senate, Student No. 12, never spoke a word to anyone. He was Danny Harpers sidekick, the silent strong one with chocolate brown hair and huge, light blue eyes; which also dazzled the gaggle of girls behind them. Will came from a small-time family in the urban area of Esserwich and was soon degraded to a council flat after his Mother was taken into a mental care home. It often stuns Danny how Will can keep so stable and calm under the pressure he's been through. This was one of the reasons why he used Will as his sidekick, his apprentice.
"Why on Earth do you wear that hat Will?" said Danny, snatching the cigarette from Will's mouth and putting it into his own where he coolly turned to the girls and raised an eyebrow. In seconds, Sarah Petil, Student No. 8, got out her sparkly pink lighter and lit the end of his cigarette. Danny's piercing eyes eyed Sarah up and down, admiring how much she had grown since the last Summer holidays. Sarah slinked back into her group of friends and giggled annoyingly. She was obviously the Queen Bee, the Blonde Mistress of Esserwich High School. She had everything at her beck and call. If she forgot homework, the teacher would let it slide every time, if she wanted Danny Harper, she would get Danny Harper. The surrounding girls were all her followers, all with fashionable names from their fashionable parents. Madison Jole, Student No. 5 and May Yagami (Japanese), Student No. 18 all varied in stereotype. Madison was a punk, the original genre went out years ago but she still keeps it alive in the burning flame of the group. May Yagami is the bitchy copycat of Esserwich. Everything she says, does and wears is all a mirror image of Sarah Petil. Two years ago before May met Sarah, her brother Alex Yagami, Student No. 19 and her would always play together and hang out around school. Those were the most fruitful years of her life, she was in absolute awe of Alex for his knowledge and wisdom in Science & Physics. He wasn't even a nerd, he was one of the "hot" outsider boys that all the girls wished they were secretly with.
A secret crush with his short black hair and mean stare, tall and manly in his natural posture.
For quite some time, May would see Sarah and her group walking across the field, they looked like floating goddesses in the sunshine and oh how she wished to be like them.
However in the Summer of 06', May had been spotted by Sarah and obviously thought she was pretty enough to be a part of the annual Esserwich Beach Party. She became everything she always wanted to be, a floating goddess. Alex scorned her for this and they gradually grew apart until they never spoke to each other again, even while living in the same house as each other.
"Girls, I think this trip will go to our advantage." oozed Sarah, smirking to her peers, all of them copying.
"Of course it will Sarah, you'll finally push that bitch Amelia out of the frame and you'll finally be able to get your hands on Danny." whispered May, her hand over her mouth.
Suddenly the crowd of students went quiet until a black land rover parked up outside the school. The coach was still approaching in the distance. The door opened to reveal a small, honey-blonde haired girl with big green eyes getting out of the land rover. Yazmin Mae, Student No. 4, wore baggy-fitted white trousers, a silver and navy-blue striped cardigan which was buttoned down to her navel where it stopped, her inner-belly button peaking through. On her feet were noisy white flip-flops. Her hair was long, curly and tied once at both sides to reveal some of her face. To some she looked pretty, to some she looked a freak. Not like she cared.
"Ew, sick, what the fuck?" laughed May under her breathe to Sarah who was already pushing her way through the boys.
"Ugh, biatch, I wore those trousers last week." said Sarah, her nose turned upwards as she gazed down at Yazmin who was only five foot four. Yazmin grinned and snorted a small laugh. She raised her head a little and smiled at Sarah expectantly.
"I wore them last month." bit back Yazmin, her eyes turning from innocent to cold in a split second. Sarah, May and Madison all gasped in the most exaggerated way. Sarah began to move forward aggressively but Madison tugged back on her arm.
"Fucking teacher is coming, get back." murmured Madison. They all turned to see their typical looking Headmaster wearing worn out geography teacher clothes and a forehead sweating more than an obese man on a running machine.
The coach turned into the layby and drove down to the shroud of students. It came to a halt and the doors opened.
"Excuse me, yes, NO, move, thank you, excuse me!" shouted Mr Blockswyth, pushing his way through Danny's group. Will merely glared at the Headmaster, Blockswyth glancing back at him.
"We're not in America William." said Mr Blocksywth sternly, eyeing the black cowboy hat on Will's head. Danny, taller than the Headmaster, looked down upon him with an aggressive stare, waiting for him to say something else. Mr Blocksywth knew that was his cue to dash onto the coach before he got into a fight with one of the richest man in England's Son.
Sat in the drivers seat of the large white coach was a fat Italian man with a harsh comb over which simmered in the wind of the fan behind him. He seemed miles away as the students began to file onto the bus, all of them shouting and whispering stuff to him as they went passed.
Heh heh, if only they knew what this trip was really about.
Thought the Italian bus driver, folding his arms, a masochistic grin glazing his expression.
Yazmin had moved to the middle of the bus and took the window seat before the twin-seats ran out. She sighed and looked out of the window, slipping off into her own world again. She had moved many places when she was a child, her parents split up seven years ago and has been through a lot of family troubles and she is still surprised that she is part-sane after the entire outcome. Events often came into her life that seemed like a movie, she found it amusing most of the time until somebody came and tripped her up like Sarah Petil, who knew that Yazmin wasn't scared of her, or scared of anybody else for that matter.
Careful, Yazmin thought as she tapped her finger on the arm of the seat, Don't make yourself sound too big-headed...
Will walked passed Yazmin and his presence caught her attention immediately. He looked down through the shade of his cowboy hat and smirked at her, a cigarette alight in his mouth. Will had always had a crush on her but never made a move, it would cause too many complications between him and Danny. He feared that he would be beaten up for leaving his Master.
Yazmin gazed at him for a moment and smiled, slowly slipping a timid Hi as he left, Will tipped his hat in return. She turned her head back to normal, facing the opposite seat in front of her and smiled, thinking about all the wonderful things about Will and how amazing it would be to be his.
"Yaz!" came a familiar voice from above, Yazmin grinned and looked up to see Victoria Evenspire, Student No. 7, an exotic looking girl with bright eyes and chocolate brown hair. Yaz slapped the seat beside her with her hand and laughed.
"Orite darls, sit us down." Yaz said, her use of English language made no sense to Victoria sometimes but it was expected. A natural trait she had gotten used to.
"I saw Sarah raping you for those trousers, what the fuck, who does she think she is the pathetic bitch with her Barbie hair. I mean come on, it isn't real. Probably her Grandma's pubes." Victoria explained, her tone quite serious.
"Yes, because old women's pubes are blonde, yummay!" exclaimed Yazmin, raising a finger into the air. Two girls in front turned and scowled, Alannah Grottle, Student No. 19 and Rachel Pole, Student No. 20, both found Yazmin and Victoria annoying as Hell.
"If you two are going to be like this the whole way, I'm not going to give a shit about sitting here." hissed Rachel, her ginger hair illuminating her alabaster white skin.
"Yeah, whatev." smiled Yazmin, glancing at Victoria who was narrowing her eyes at Alannah.
"Oh geez, Yazmin get a grip, seriously, you go on far too much about nothing." sighed Rachel, slumping back into her previous position. Yazmin merely annoyed her on purpose as a form of revenge. She liked revenge, especially when the enemy bit the bait and let themselves get tortured by her mental dealings. Victoria nudged Yazmin and sniggered.
"Pathetic no?" whispered Victoria, the engine of the coach suddenly turning on.
"Oh my god, my bottom is vibrating!"
"Shut the fuck up, nobody wants to know." hissed Victoria, looking around for Mr Blocksywth.
"Don't you think Danny Harper is hot?" asked Yazmin, peeking through the seats behind her to see Danny Harper sat all posh and proper for the bus journey. Victoria turned in and smiled,
"To be honest, he looks like a Vampire." she said as she glanced at Will in the corner of her eye. Yazmin saw her and thought nothing of it again, this wasn't the first time Victoria had eyed Will for more than five seconds but she didn't want anything to happen to their friendship.
"Ugh... yeah Vampires are hot, duh." said Yazmin, trying to pry Victoria away from Will.
"I know Yaz, I know. There are other guys who are hot in this class though, like Ralph Shepards!" Victoria laughed, grabbing Yazmin's arm.
"Oh yeah, I'm totally going to bone him. If I had a dick, but I'm not gay? I'm confused." said Yazmin, her eyes spacing out.
"What are you on about?" question Victoria, one eyebrow raised.
Before Yazmin could reply, Mr Blocksywth was stood at the front of the coach, his arms raised into the air.
"Settle down please, settle down!" shouted Blocksywth, his glasses falling half way down his nose.
"Dave Smith put that gameboy down now!" he shouted again, his finger pointed at the scavenger in the corner. Dave Smith, Male Student No. 5 was the class pikey. Henry Smith was his brother, he looked just like him but his stereotype was pure "emo" as they called him. Dave and Henry were as thick as thieves and it often baffled people how a pikey and an emo could get along so well together. Dave's manners were non-existent and he spent half of his time on his game boy.
"Fak' off!" shouted Dave.
"I beg your pardon!"
"Nowt." replied Dave, and he carried on his business, pretending to listen to Blocksywth who's face was now brimming with the colour red. He started to walk forward, his eyes glaring into ours.
"Don't think of for a second that this trip will be all fine and dandy, no sir'ee, you are all under my supervision now, is that clear! Good, now, we are about to set off and it will take us an hour to get there. I do not want any complaining and if you feel the need to be sick, turn to your friend next-door. That is all." finished Blockswyth as he sat down, mopping the sweat of his face with a dirty cloth.
"Whata nutter." said Yazmin quietly to Victoria, catching a glimpse of Will who had covered his eyes completely with his hat, she guessed he was asleep. Victoria knew that Yazmin had something for Will but she never spoke about it because of her own feelings, she was scared they would spill out in front of her own best friend.
The coach grilled its engines and the Italian bus driver began to steer the students away from the school. Mr Blockswyth couldn't stop fidgeting at every minute that went by. He hoped that if he watched time pass, it would go slower, or at least feel it. The coach made one final turn and Esserwich's Headmaster stared back at the beauty of his school. A lump of guilt and fear ladened his throat, tightening his breathing, suffocating for freedom.
What have I gotten myself into, what have I gotten THEM into?
40 Students remaining.