AN: So I'm co-writing this fic with fellow author ISntSheLovely0007! Check out her awesome stories if you haven't already done so;) Every two chapters we're going to switch so if you notice different writing styles that's why! We just wanted to write a fun little horror fic based off of the Scream movies! This will be a Semma obvs. It won't follow the movie exactly but some lines and story plots will be stolen as well as some stuff from Degrassi too! As always, both of us get more motivated by how many reviews we're getting so if you like what we're writing please let us know! We might also be persuaded to do a sequel if we are getting enough reviews! Here's who our main characters are going to be "played by" in the Degrassi world:
Sidney-Emma Nelson
Dewey-Spinner Mason
Gale-Paige Michalchuk
Tatum-Manny Santos
Randy-JT Yorke
Stu-Jay Hogart
Billy-Sean Cameron
Principal Himbry-Mr. Perino
Sid's parents-Spike and Snake
I'm also adding Jane in as one of Emma and Manny's friends as well as throwing in Toby and Liberty as characters! I'd like to point out that the killers won't follow the original movie script! The plot's going to be changed up and I'll spoil it a little by telling you Sean isn't the killer;) cause it's a Semma and they're going to end up together obviously! As far as who I'm killing off, that won't follow the movie either! It's all going to be a big surprise! But I will tell you that I'm not killing off everyone, cause I don't want all of them to die and I also want to leave it open for a possible sequel! This story happens during their senior year and we'll just make all of the characters in the same grade to help things along. Spin and Paige obviously already graduated. But they're only one year above the others so they all still know them from high school. Let's just pretend in the Degrassi world it only takes one year to become a cop. And Paige is home from Banting where she had her panic attack and dropped out but she's determined to make it writing her first true crime novel even without a degree. She gets bored during her time back at Degrassi and starts sleuthing around with her ex and good pal Spinner when their old classmates start getting murdered. Sean DID come back from Wasaga for Emma just like on the show but he never got kicked out of Degrassi because Peter never planted drugs in his locker so they never had the car race or anything and Sean never went to jail. Basically Emma dumped Peter right away when Sean came home and Peter didn't fight it as strongly as he did on the show. He and Emma ended on good terms and they're friendly but not exactly friends, they all just hang out with the same group of people. Emma and Jay's hook up happened but Sean doesn't know about it yet. Spinner and Jay had nothing to do with the paint and feathers thing so they were never expelled from Degrassi. Jane and Spinner were never together. They're all friends and get along pretty well. I don't think I'm leaving anything out...Well, here we go!
-X-
ONE YEAR AGO…
Emma Nelson stared at her reflection in her stand up mirror. She looked good! She was finally back to her normal, healthy weight again after her horrible bout with anorexia after the shooting. Sean Cameron, the love of her life, was finally back home and they were finally back together and happy so she had that "I have the best boyfriend ever" glow going for her also. Summer was a few months ago but she still had a great glowing tan and tonight she was showing it off in her brand new tight black mini skirt. Normally she wouldn't wear something so short but it was her and Sean's three month anniversary of them getting back together for the second..no THIRD time...and Emma really wanted to look hot for him! She paired it with a low cut red sparkly top that showed off the cleavage she only had when she wore her "Manny boobs" push up bra. It was a little chilly so Emma put a cropped black leather jacket over top and finished the look with her new favorite black strappy sandals that made her only slightly taller than Sean but not so much that she wasn't eye level with him. She had just finished curling her long silky blonde hair and was putting on her shiny natural peach lip gloss when her mom came down to her room.
"Oh Em, you look just beautiful!" Spike gushed coming up behind her daughter and hugging her from behind.
Emma stared at their reflection in the mirror and smiled. Her mom was her best friend. They'd been through so much together the past few years and Emma was grateful her mom hadn't given up on her with all she put her through. First Snake got diagnosed with cancer and luckily beat it, then Emma almost got shot, then Emma went through a downward spiral of depression when Sean left town that caused her to get gonorrhea after she started hanging out with Jay at the ravine, then she had an eating disorder, then she caught Snake kissing Peter's mom after the movie premiere where she and Peter snuck off to make out, then her best friend moved in after she got kicked out of her house. Emma's head spun just thinking about how crazy her mom could have gone in the past few years but they got through it every single time and for that Emma didn't think she could ever repay Spike.
"Really? You think so mom?" Emma still wasn't sure.
Maybe her skirt really was too short? She didn't want Sean to get the wrong idea...ok so maybe she did. Tonight was the night! They had waited more than long enough. If the low top and short skirt didn't send him the right message maybe the sexy black lingerie Emma had on underneath would do the trick.
"Yes! Em you look amazing! Sean won't know what hit him!" Spike ruffled Emma's hair before sitting down on her bed.
"Thanks mom!"
Emma went about getting her purse ready for the night, the condoms were already packed and hidden in a small zipper pouch so Spike wouldn't see.
Spike started to tear up and Emma looked at her in confusion.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing I'm fine! I'm just so proud of you is all!" Spike swiped the tears out of her eyes.
"But why are you crying?" Emma sat down on the bed next to her mom and put her arms around her.
"You're just so happy! It's so good to see you finally happen again Em. It's been a long time since I've seen you smile."
Emma smiled sadly back at her mom. She really did feel bad for all she had put her through.
"Mom I'm sorry. I know things with me haven't been easy the past year and a half."
Spike shushed her.
"Don't you worry about that Emma. Things have been fine. You're safe and you're happy and you're healthy now and that's all I care about."
Emma smiled and hugged her mom until they heard Sean's car pull up in the driveway. It always roared loudly and Emma usually heard him coming before he even rang the bell.
"There he is. Your knight in shining race car." Spike joked.
They heard Snake open the door and the two men upstairs just chatting away. She could swear Snake liked Sean better than her sometimes.
"Well you better get up there before Snake pulls him into a year long conversation."
Emma laughed and nodded.
"You gonna be ok mom?" she asked before she headed up the stairs.
"Yeah I'll be just fine. Have fun!"
Emma smiled.
"Love you!" she yelled over her shoulder before heading up the stairs.
"Love you too" Spike whispered back to an empty basement.
-X-
"Sean, where are you taking me?" Emma whined from the front seat.
Sean had picked her up twenty minutes ago and told her he had a surprise but wouldn't tell her what. He'd blindfolded her upon getting in the car and they'd been driving around.
Sean chuckled.
"For the bajillionth time, you'll see we are almost there!"
Emma huffed and Sean laughed at her. They'd been going back and forth for the past ten minutes and it was fully entertaining Sean to see her so impatient. It only took about ten minutes to get from her house to where they were going but Sean was having a good time getting her all worked up. He loved it when Emma got fiesty.
"I'm about to take this damn thing off." Emma grumbled next to him, her arms crossed angrily across her chest.
"Alright, alright we're here!" Sean finally decided to put her out of her misery and park the damn car.
"It's about time!" she groused.
Sean just chuckled again and told her not to peak before turning off the engine and getting out.
"You better not leave me in here like this!" Emma shrieked.
Sean opened the passenger door and grabbed her hand.
"Calm down you freak I was only gone for a minute!"
"It was longer than that!" Emma swore letting him pull her out of the car.
"Oh hush." he warned pulling her gently by the hand.
Emma huffed but let him lead her anyways.
"Can't I take the blindfold off now?" she asked a few minutes later.
Sean laughed.
"Alright I guess so."
She felt Sean's hands untie the blindfold around her eyes and when it dropped it took her eyes a minute to adjust. Sean had brought her to the ravine behind the school to the same spot they'd been in a few years before when he'd helped her clean the ravine at lunch. Kendra Mason had caught them making out and it eventually lead to their breakup. He had set up a blanket and a picnic dinner next to a big lantern that was bright enough for them to see but still dim enough to see a few stars. Emma's heart beat out of her chest.
"Oh Sean, it's beautiful." she murmured.
Sean beamed. He really wanted to do something special for her. He wasn't a huge fan of anniversaries or anything but she had mentioned she wanted to do something special for their three months back together so he went all out. He originally wanted to take her to a nice dinner but he figured Emma would appreciate something like this more.
"You really like it?" He asked standing shyly next to her.
Emma gave him a look that said "are you freaking kidding me of course!"
Sean just laughed.
"I thought you might." he admitted.
Emma melted.
"Sean, thank you so much for this. It really means everything to me." she leaned over and gave him a sweet kiss.
"I'm glad you like it. You wanna sit?"
Emma nodded excitedly and Sean helped her sit down on the blanket in her short skirt and high heels.
"I feel a little overdressed." Emma joked.
Sean pulled on his tie and button up shirt he'd put on just for her.
"Nah, you look perfect."
Emma smiled and slipped off her shoes. No point in killing her feet if they were just going to be sitting anyways.
"You're just saying that cause you're going to try and look up my skirt while I'm down on this blanket." Emma rose her eyebrow at him.
Sean laughed.
"I would have been trying to do that no matter where we were." He said it as a joke but they both knew he was being mostly serious.
Emma laughed and Sean relished in it. He always did love hearing her cute little giggle. He loved being the guy to make her do that.
"So what'd you bring me to eat? Cake?"
"Ha ha. I do have more than that in my fridge you know!"
Emma had seen him eating chocolate cake for breakfast once and she hasn't let him live it down since! He'd been on his own for a while now, it was the one time he didn't go to the grocery store! Besides he was a self proclaimed choc-o-holic.
"Yeah milk to go with your cake and your cocoa puffs."
Sean just gave her a look and she laughed again.
"Be nice or I won't share this delicious dinner I ordered for you!"
Emma quirked her eyebrow.
"Ordered?"
Sean laughed.
"Yeah well I'm not so good at cooking the organic stuff so I ordered takeout from your favorite place on Main Street."
Emma squealed.
"Vegan Voodoo?"
Sean smiled at her.
"That would be the one!"
Emma clapped her hands in delight while he pulled out all of her favorite things from the menu. Everything was vegan and organic and blah blah blah just how she liked it. Emma couldn't believe he had gone to so much trouble...or that he even remembered what she liked from there.
"Are you really going to eat this with me?" Emma asked skeptically knowing Sean didn't like weird foods.
He was a pretty simple dude...cheeseburger, chocolate, milk and he was happy. All of Emma's health food confused him and half the time he didn't even try to pronounce the weird names.
"No you goof I got myself a double cheeseburger and fries from The Dot before I picked you up."
Emma giggled as he pulled his food out.
"Should have known." she joked.
"Emma you know I love you and you know I love grass...but not enough to eat it!"
Emma laughed.
"It's not grass!" she argued.
Sean just gave her a yeah whatever look as they dug into their food.
-X-
"Jay, stop we shouldn't!" Manny whispered pushing Jay off of her in the front seat of his civic.
Jay sighed and pulled away. They'd been fooling around for months now and no one knew yet. He was getting damn tired of it. At first the sneaking around had been hot and he and Manny really hadn't ever planned on hooking up it had just happened one night by complete accident! But then they kept doing it and before Jay knew it, he was falling head over heels for the girl.
"What's the problem dimples? You're the one that texted me tonight, remember?" he snapped putting his backwards cap back on and pouting in the drivers seat.
Manny rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, to talk!" she argued fixing her shirt.
Jay snorted.
"Manny when have you and I ever gotten together to talk?"
Manny sighed. He had a point.
"I know, but...I don't know. I just thought that maybe...ugh! Jay I'm just so confused. I can't even talk normal around you!" she huffed.
Jay rolled his eyes.
"Manny why are you being weird?" he got right to the point.
She obviously had something on her mind.
"I'm not! I just...I think Emma knows."
"What's your point?"
Manny smacked his arm.
"Ow! What the hell?"
"The point is that no one was ever supposed to find out Jay! She's probably going to hate me!"
"Why would she hate you?"
Ugh, Jay could be so stupid sometimes!
"Uh, hello! You gave her gonorrhea! She wouldn't want me hooking up with you after what you did to her!"
"Are you fucking kidding me Manny? That was a year ago! Right after Sean left down and she had a gun pointed at her head. We were both in a rough place. I was a different guy then. Emma and I are cool with each other now."
Manny nodded.
"Yeah you're cordial for Sean's sake. But I'm sure she still hates you!"
Jay sighed.
"Who cares? I'm not trying to date Emma, I'm trying to date you!" he yelled.
Manny froze. So did Jay. Oh shit. She wasn't supposed to know that.
"Since when are you trying to date me? I thought this was just...I don't even know what this is Jay but it isn't dating!"
Jay nodded.
"I know...I..It didn't start out that way...but now? I don't know Manny. I like you. I've come to care about you. And you're just so damn worried about someone finding out about us that you won't even bother to give me a chance. What happened with Emma was ages ago Manny. I've changed."
Manny nodded. She knew that. Deep down she knew Jay was a good guy and she really had come to care about him but after what had happened with Craig she didn't know if she could handle getting her heart broken again. Could she really trust Jay not to hurt her?
"Look Jay, you're a good guy. And I would be lying if I said I didn't care about you, but I don't really know how I feel just yet. Is that ok?" she asked really terrified to know the answer.
Manny really didn't want to lose him but she wasn't quite ready to let her guard down yet.
Jay nodded.
"It's ok, for now. But you need to figure out what you want soon dimples. Cause I don't really share well."
He leaned over and gave her a kiss. Manny melted into it and thanked god she wasn't going to lose him yet.
She just needed a little more time to figure things out…
Just a little more time…
-X-
"Sean, we have to stop. I'm going to be late!" Emma whispered in Sean's ear.
He was on top of her kissing her like there was no tomorrow. After they had finished eating they laid down on the blanket to look at the stars. The stars were soon forgotten and they started making out pretty much right away. Emma had started her night completely prepared to give Sean her virginity but it wasn't long before she started freaking out. It's not that she had doubts necessarily, she knew Sean was the one for her and the right guy and all that. It's just that the ravine kind of held some bad memories for her..memories Sean still didn't know about. She got to thinking about the lie she and Jay had been keeping from him for months and she just kind of clammed up. Sean had never been one to push her for more and he wasn't pushing her tonight but Emma still felt awful. Sean didn't even know what she was planning but she still felt like she was letting him down or something. It just didn't feel right for some reason. So instead she kept it at just making out.
"Aw come on, Em, be late just this once." Sean teased nipping at the sweet spot on her neck.
Emma moaned into his ear and her back arched towards him by reflex.
"I can't." she argued.
Sean sighed and pulled away. Emma's body always said yes but then her brain always shut down and she pulled away from him. It was so frustrating. They were so in love what was she waiting for anyways?
"I'm sorry." Emma croaked out trying to hold back tears.
Sean softened.
"Hey, it's ok. You know I don't need that Em. I'm not trying to pressure you or anything."
Emma gave him a sad smile and put her jacket and shoes back on.
"I know." she whispered.
Sean gave her a reassuring kiss and then went about cleaning up their picnic mess.
They walked back to his car hand in hand.
"Thank you for tonight Sean. It was really thoughtful."
Sean leaned over and kissed her.
"I love you."
He opened the passenger door for her.
"Love you too." she gave him another small kiss before she got in the car.
Sean put the blanket and picnic basket in his trunk and got in the drivers seat.
"Maybe next weekend I can stay over?" Emma said suddenly as sean started up the car.
Wait, stay over? Did he hear her right?
"Yeah?" he asked trying not to appear to eager.
Emma smiled.
"Yeah. I think maybe if we're in your apartment in your bed with no distractions...it would...work out better."
Yeah, it was just because they were in the ravine Emma told herself. If they had been at Sean's they would have definitely had sex tonight. Atmosphere was everything.
Sean grabbed her hand and kissed it.
"It's a date."
-X-
Emma knew she was late. Almost a half hour past her curfew to be exact. And this was after her mom agreed to let her stay out until one which was an entire hour later than she usually let her stay out with Sean. Emma felt like the biggest jerk! Her mom was going to kill her! She barely had a chance to kiss Sean goodbye before she bolted out of his car and ran towards the front door. With any luck her mom had hopefully already fallen asleep and wouldn't even notice!
Emma rushed inside and immediately she could sense something was...off. It was like the air was different. And what was that smell? Emma timidly walked towards the living room and that was when she saw it. The entire living room had been trashed. Lamps and end tables were thrown about, pictures were smashed, the sofa cushions had been slashed leaving white stuffing trailed everywhere, pillows were torn apart. Emma noticed white feathers mingled in with sticky thick red blood in a big pool on the floor. Emma gasped and followed the blood trail to the kitchen. She saw blood spattered everywhere. And there in the middle of the kitchen floor Emma saw Snake covered in blood holding her mother's lifeless body. Spike had been slashed to pieces. There was so much blood and so many knife wounds Emma couldn't even recognize her mother's face, but she knew it was her. Snake was holding her in his arms rocking her and crying.
"Em! Oh god Emma get out of here! Emma call 911!"
Emma heard him yelling but nothing he was saying registered. Her mother was dead. DEAD.
-X-
Three months later Archie Simpson was convicted of his wife's murder. Emma testified against him and was the key witness during the trial. Archie maintained his innocence the entire time but the evidence was stacked so highly against him that every single juror voted guilty. Turns out Spike had been having an affair with one of her younger clients for months now and Snake had supposedly walked in on it that night. The guy ran off and he killed Spike in a jealous rage. It happened all the time. The husband was always guilty, right? In the meantime, Spike's best friend Caitlin was granted custody of Emma and was now living in Emma's house with her taking care of her until she graduated high school and turned eighteen. Manny moved back in with her parents after the murder and she and Jay finally went public with their relationship. Sean never left Emma's side but their relationship has been strained lately because she's been keeping a wall up with him and he knows it.
-X-
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