A/N: Hey everyone! So i've wanted to do this story since October, and I wrote a REALLY bad version of this chapter back then, but I ended up never posting it or working on it because the school year was more stressful than I originally expected.

Anyways, this fic takes place as if the fab four were high schoolers in a public school in Delaware. Why in Delaware? Because nothing seems to take place there.

I'm going into highschool this year, but my sister has been, so most of the general highschool knowledge has been taken from her or any of my highschool friends, or just common sense. On that note, enjoy the chapter! :D

I'm a social outcast. A loser, an antisocial freak, someone who no one knows or talks to… That's what I said before the summer between my Sophomore and Junior year.

My name is Otto Malpense, and this is how I saved my social status from being absolute zero.

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It all started the last day of sophomore year. If you've been to highschool in USA, you'd know that NOBODY goes to school on the last day, besides a few kids. There are three categories of people who actually show up on the last day of school: The people who want their finals back, the people who feel sentimental on the last day of school, and the people who have nothing better to do.

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"All the sophomores are in the biology room, but there's only 3 of them so don't get too excited," Principal Nero said in his boring voice. He always made it seem like he'd rather be at the bar.

"Alright, thanks," I said, taking my tardy slip and heading towards the Biology room. I didn't expect many people to be there, and 3 seemed like a correct number. Well, 4, if you include me. I walked into the Biology room. The biology teacher, Ms. Gonzales, was inside, handing finals back to the 3 students inside. And guess what? I don't talk to any of them, and they probably have never heard of me. Shelby Trinity was sitting on a lab table and looking through her final grades, Laura Brand was sitting nicely at a desk, looking at her finals with displeasure, and Wing Fanchu was leaning against a desk and looking at his finals, no hint of emotion on his face.

"Hi, Ms. Gonzales," I said, handing her my tardy slip.

"Hello, Otto," she said, "sit wherever you like. I have the finals from all of your teachers," I put my backpack down next to a desk and sat down. She brought me my finals. I did pretty great. All a's.

"So, we're basically free to do whatever you kids would like," Ms. Gonzales said.

"Can we make popcorn?" Shelby said. I didn't really expect that from her. Shelby was very popular, and she must've dated at least 10 boys that year. She was cheer captain and she was the star of the school gymnastics team.

"If you have popcorn to make," Ms. Gonzales said.

"Ya hell no," Shelby said. That was odd.

"Can we use the computers?" Laura asked. That I expected. Everyone said Laura was a computer genius. I was too, but I didn't really ever think to speak to Laura about computers.

"Sorry, they're turned off for the summer," Ms. Gonzales said. Laura looked disappointed, but she nodded in understanding.

"Can we go to the gym?" Wing Fanchu asked. I literally knew nothing about him so I didn't know what to think.

"Yes, that is something we can do!" Ms Gonzales said, "Shelby, Laura, Otto, are you guys okay with that?"

"Okay," Shelby said as Laura nodded.

"Fantastic!" Ms Gonzales said, "Let's go,"

### At the Gym

"Alright, you guys can get whatever you'd like from the storage closet, as long as you put it back later," Mr. Francisco, the gym teacher said.

Shelby, Laura and Wing headed towards the closet. I couldn't think of anything I'd want to do in a gym, but I followed them anyways. Shelby and Wing headed towards the back of the closet, while Laura and I stood awkwardly in the middle of it.

"Do you play any sports?" Laura asked me.

"No, do you?" I asked.

"Nope." And it returned to silence. The silence was soon broken by a loud slamming, the door of the storage closet shutting.

"What the hell was that?" Shelby yelled. Suddenly the lights flickered, and they shut off.

I heard someone scream outside. I began to panic.

"Does anyone have a flashlight?" I asked.

"I have my phone," Shelby said somewhere in the darkness. I could hear her and Wing walking towards us. Shelby activated her phone flashlight, and Laura did the same. I tried to open the door, only to find that it wouldn't budge.

"Umm, the door is locked," I said.

"What the hell is going on?" Shelby asked,

"HELP!" Laura screamed. There was no reply.

"Here, I might be able to open it," Shelby said. She shined her flashlight on the door handle, and then made her way around the room, picking up small items that seemed to have fallen off the sports equipment. She walked up the door, and my view of what she was doing was blocked off, but she did something, and the door popped open.

"Got it!" She said.

"Wow, nice work, Shelby." Wing said, examining the doorway and walking towards it. We made our way out to the gym. It was very dark, but at least the door wasn't locked. Laura suddenly screamed, making me jump.

"What!" Shelby yelled, sounding surprised.

"Look," Laura said, shining her flashlight on something. There, lying dead on the ground, was Mr. Francisco and Ms. Gonzales.

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We were sprinting. Faster than ever. Someone was in the school, someone who wasn't supposed to be, and they had just killed 2 of our teachers. We got to the front office and stopped, gasping for air.

"Can I help you?" the secretary at the front office asked. Her name is Raven, and that's what we all call her. It's kinda weird that everyone calls her Raven. No one even knows her last name.

"This is gonna sound really, really insane," Shelby said, "But 2 teachers are dead in the gym,"

"I'm sorry, what?" Raven asked, looking annoyed.

"We were getting things out of the storage closet to use in the gym," I said.

"And when we were doing that, the door shut and locked randomly," Shelby said.

"Then the lights turned off," Wing explained.

"And when we managed to get out of the closet, Mr. Francisco and Ms. Gonzales were lying dead on the floor," Laura said. Raven looked shocked. She stood up.

"You guys have to come with me, right now," She said, and began walking towards the back of the office, where our principal is. We followed her. She took the turn into Principal Nero's office.

"Max, it's happening," Raven said. Nero's eyes widened and he locked the door behind us.

"What's going on?" Shelby asked, sounding nervous.

"Every 3 years, on the last day of school, this happens," Nero said.

"What happens?" Laura asked. She appeared to be crying.

"2 teachers die, in the gym. The lights mysteriously go out, the storage closet is locked. We call this incident the Strike. This has happened for 21 years now. This is my 6th year working here, and this is the second time it's happened," Raven said.

"It all started the year I began working here," Nero said, "The police investigate it, every time, but they never find anything. After the last incident, Raven and I decided to take matters into our own hands."

"We need your help, and we need to protect you from this person," Raven said.

"Yes. Please, come with me, down to the safehouse," Nero said, opening a hatch in the floor. I exchanged shocked and confused glances with the others, before deciding it was best to listen to Nero and Raven. That's the moment that changed my life forever.

A/N: Sorry that this chapter might be boring or dull. But I just needed a way to begin everything and explain everything, but next chapter will be better. I hope you enjoyed this!