Hello! This is my first Victorious fanfiction. My story is will be AU. And this is my first attempted at the horror genre too, so I'm sorry if this is bad xD

The ages between the main characters are different than what they actually are, so don't mind that. By the way, Trina won't be in this story.

I don't own anything except the plot.

If I wanted to be betrayed, I'd would rather be physically torn apart.

I trusted her. No...I do trust her. I trust her even now. But I am starting to come to a realization. The only reason I trust her is because I don't want to admit the truth.

I force myself to believe in her. I am sick and tired of feeling this way...

My eyes become slightly clouded as tears formed and soaked my eyes. The mechanical movements I've made stops and the room is now filled with silence. I feel like I can still hear her. That can't be right. She stopped awhile ago.

I am the only one crying. She didn't even cry. When she was repeating those words to me, she had no expression or emotion at all. If she doesn't have anymore tears to shed for me, then I shouldn't cry for her. I shouldn't be crying right now.

But why does it hurt so much? Is it because I wanted to believe what she didn't betray me? Isn't that enough? No. It's not.

I want to leave this unbarring feeling behind. I chose not to do that. It would have been easier for me to dismiss the pain then and there. I knew this, but I still chose to believe. The only person who knew how dreadful this is was...was me.

I did what I could have. I know I did. It's enough for me. I should just let it go. But I'm not getting rid it. I am going to lay it down with her, like flowers on a grave. So please...calm down.

My right arm feels numb, but I raise it one more time. Every time I swing, bits and pieces of my baggage gets thrown away.

I value her kindness and friendship. I valued her smile.

This is my very last one. After this swing, it's all over. This my first and last flowers for you, my friend.

"Hey, Tori. Over here!" Cat smiled and she called me over. I grabbed my things and head over. A nice group of desks surround Cat, along with a group of our friends. "So, how is your morning?"

Cat's smile didn't fade, but it managed to still active on her face, making me feel light inside. "Pretty good."

This one that smiling and being cute, that is Cat Valentine. I have only been friends with her for a couple of weeks and it feels like we've been friends for years. She isn't the only one in the group.

"Seriously? I feel horrible this morning." This one, her name is Jade West. Unlike Cat, she kinda likes to make her own rules. There are also 3 males with us, Beck Oliver, Andre Harris and Robbie Shapiro. They are pretty cool, but I haven't really gotten to know them as well as Jade and Cat.

"How come?" Beck asked her.

"Didn't go to bed until 3 am. Don't ask." Jade laughed as the bell rang for school.

All of us go to one school and pretty much anyone student in this village. We live in Westlake, a small, rural village outside of Los Angeles. The school here only has one class room, with 20 students in it, including myself. All of them are different grade levels. I don't how the teacher does it, teaching all these grade levels at the same time.

Jade is one grade higher than all of us, making her the chick who runs this place. Beck and Robbie are in the same grade as Cat and I, which is the tenth grade. Andre is the only one who is the underclass.

When the others need help, I sometimes have to teach them myself. Not all of them, but some of them.

As class time went on, I didn't notice it was already time to go home. I had to help Jade and Cat. With the boys, it seemed like they had everything under control and they were already helping each other from the start.

"Wow. You're good that this." Cat said.

I leaned back, exhausted from all the tutoring. "I hate teaching. It makes me think how little I know." Jade laughed.

"You what they say, if you're going to teach something, you'd better know it three times better."

I jumped and leaned in closer to Jade. "Aren't you a grade higher than me?! Why am I teaching you?"

She pushed me back into my seat. "Buzz off."

"Tori, you got any plans tomorrow?" I quickly sat up correctly.

"No. Why?"

Jade casually butted into the conversation, as if it was nothing. "I hear you you still need to figure out your way around here." She grinned at me, looking like she was going to do something.

"Well, let's go out after school and show you around. All six of us."

"Um...sure okay." To be honest, I wasn't expecting this, but it's really nice of Cat to show me around.

"On top of that, you will be able to meet more citizens of this village. It's really small. The population is less two thousand people." Jade said.

That I didn't know. My mom told me it was around four thousand. "It sounds awesome. I can't wait."

The tour with all of them was fun. We all had a in the park, which wasn't too far from the school. We bought snacks from a nearby vendor who was selling them. It got closer to sunset, a few people left. Andre and Jade already left. Which only left Robbie, Beck and Cat, plus myself.

"Hey, since we got to go somewhere where you thought it was fun, how about we go somewhere I like." Cat suggested. I didn't mind that. I didn't want to leave yet.

Everyone agreed and all of us went back to the park. Cat and Robbie started running around like children while Beck and I sat on the bench, watching them. Cat didn't want to run around alone, so she dragged Robbie along with her. Both of them had a wonderful time. I laughed, along with Beck, who were teasing them to ourselves. They ran pretty far away, but both of us were able to still see them from a distance. It seemed like both of them were coming back. Once they did, Cat came back with a worried look.

"Cat, what's wrong?" I asked.

"I think I dropped something back there. My earring that I had." I took a good look at her ear and it was true, it was missing.

"Robbie, Beck. Do you think you could help me find it?"

I didn't mind she was asking the boys to help. I was tired anyway. "Sure." They both said in unison. Beck got up and started walking next Cat. I lied my head back on the top of the bench, trying to relax a bit.

Footsteps were being made in the background. It began to get closer, which made me uneasy. I felt a presence behind me and jumped up. A stranger was smiling at me as he tried to explain. "Did I scare you? I'm sorry."

"That's okay."

"My name is Kyle. Kyle Vincent. I am tourist here. Are you local?"

"Sort of." I smiled at him as I looked out for Cat.

"What are they doing over there? Are they looking for something?" Kyle asked me.

At this point, I felt like joking around. "Not sure. I think they are trying to find that dead body that Cat chopped up awhile ago." I smirked afterwards, trying to hold in laughter.

Kyle's expression dropped from a smile to serious. "That was a horrible crime. I heard they are still missing one of the arms."

I went into a bit of shock. "Missing...arms?" I soon was snapped back into reality went I hear Cats voice.

"Tori!" Cat yelled. "I found it!"

"Awesome." I said blankly. I was still surprised on what Kyle said to me.

Kyle went back to being himself again. "I guess I better go. It was nice meeting you, Tori. Sorry for scaring you there." He walked off by himself and focused my attention to Cat.

"I found it see!" Cat yelled excitedly. She opened her hand to reveal the missing earring in her hand. She put it her pocket so she wouldn't lose it again. "Great! So are we leaving now?"

"We should it's getting dark." Robbie said to all of us. "I got to head home. See you guys tomorrow!"

Beck, Cat and I waved at Robbie who ran home from the path. I was still curious about what Kyle said. It still lingered in my mind. Ah. I am getting in way over my head.

"Has anything bad ever happen here?" I asked.

Cat thought about it, as well as Beck. "No, not that I know of." Beck said.

"Same. You see, I transferred here too, not too long ago."

"So you're new here too? I thought you were born here." I chuckled in embarrassment. Beck stared at me as I was talking to Cat.

"Yep. So I don't know anything about it." Cat laughed.

"Were there any clashes...like murder or assault?"

Both there faces held blank expressions just after I asked. I don't know why, but it seemed suspicious. "No." Cat said. As she spoke, she sounded more grown up than what she appears to be.

"What about you, Beck?"

Silence filled the air after that. He didn't say anything too quickly, but came to the conclusion that Cat did. "Not at all." He says with an empty voice. Cat smiled at me as we continued to walk.

Soon, Beck left to go home and it was just Cat and I. "I had a really good time, Tori. We should do this again."

"Yeah." I said softly. "We should."

Cat waved as she said goodbye. "Bye Tori!" I waved awkwardly and began to walk home.

School today was pretty boring. It seemed like nothing was happening and I got tired pretty easily. I almost fell asleep, along with a few others. "I can't wait to go home today. It was such a bore."

Cat rubbed my head. "Aw. Poor Tori."

Jade folded her arms. "I bet you want to go home now don't you." I detected the mockery coming from her mouth. I laughed.

"Hey, I have somewhere to be, I can't walk home with you guys, sorry." Cat said, gathering her things.

All of us waved goodbye to her as we put our books into our bags. As we left the school building, Andre and Beck left as well. There houses were closer to school than Jade and I's are. We started walking together and it was almost time for Jade to go, I asked the same question that I asked Beck and Cat.

"Did anything bad happen here?"

Jade turned at me. "Yep. Government officials threatened to kick us out. They were going wipe out this village to build somethin'. I don't know what it is."

"They were going to kick you out?"

"Yeah. So we decided to fight them. We got petitions from anyone we could. We went LA to even negotiate there. And in the end, we won. It the story on how the small guys took down the big guys." Jade laughed. It seemed like she didn't want to talk about it.

"Interesting. Were there any accidents...?" I asked politely.

Jade froze in her walk. She looked down at the ground and then back up again. She had the same lifeless assertion that Beck and Cat had. "No. Nothing happened." I gasped.

"Oh. Okay."

"See you tomorrow!" Jade said loudly. She walked off fast and left me to walk on my own. I walked through the park to get home, since it was the quickest route. In the distance, I saw Cat who was looking like she was lost.

"Cat! It's me!" I called out. She waved to me. "What are you doing?"

"I am looking for my earring." She said quietly. I managed to here her, despite it being a whisper.

"I thought you found it yesterday."

Cat looked like she was disappointed. "No. I didn't. Even with Beck and Robbie, I still couldn't find it."

"So, why did you lie to me?"

"I guess I didn't want to make you wait any longer, since you seemed tired yesterday."

"I see. Well, you need any help?" I asked.

Cat jumped up in excitement. "Yes please!"

I walked behind Cat, who was walking rapidly. She must be pretty excited about whatever. Over to my right, I see a small magazine near a tree. The tree looked old and rotting. As I got it, I skimmed through it.

"There it is." I said to myself, in panic. I started to read the article. "Horrifying tragedy in Westlake park. The victim was hacked to pieces. The murders viciously attacked the victim with hatchets and pick-axes. After torturing the victim the body was divided into six parts. Head, arms, legs and torso. one of the murders is still on the loose."

At that moment, I thought about what they had all said to me. "No. Not at all. No, nothing happened." Those words still remained in my head until I could fully grasp what was happening.

"It's true. There was a murder." I began to sweat as I looked up, trying to see Cat from the distance I was at.

"Tori?" I heard Cat calling me. Looking back that what they said, it seemed like they didn't want to talk about it. Were they lying to me? Did they really know what happened or...?

Either way, I still have to figure out more on what happened, whether they like it or not.