Hey there, my name is… Well, I can't tell you my name. It's confidential. If my name got out, they would come and get me. What's that? Who's coming to get me? We'll get to that later. From now on, my name is Ben, ok? Got it? Ok, good. You see, what happened to me was crazy.
It all started last summer. Well, right before summer. See, I was still in school and sitting in my 6th period geometry class because I was definitely in 9th grade at the time. Why would you even question that I'm not in high school? What kind of a person do you think I am? Anyways, it was my last class at Iridium High before summer and I was stoked. As my whole class watched the clock in it's final ticks before the final bell, I turned to my friend Daniel.
Daniel was clean cut, tall, athletic, and very boring. And not too bad on the eyes, but you didn't hear that from me. My brother told me that. I swear. Daniel shot me a glance that was full of excitement. And why wouldn't it be? It's the last day of 9th grade, for gosh sakes! I turned back to the clock, ignoring everything Mr. Alonso, the geometry teacher, was saying. He didn't matter any more. It was all about what was going to happen this summer.
The bell finally rang, and everyone in class jumped up and rushed out into the halls. Daniel and I met up with the rest of our friends. Because we're in the same friend group. Obvs. We walked up to the rest of the Sharks, as we called ourselves, and started conversing. There was Andi, who was the tomboy, Diego, who tried to be goofy a lot, and I don't remember who else was in the Sharks because they don't matter. Oh, and of course, Daniel's new girlfriend Emma.
Emma was bland, uninteresting, and was generally pretty terrible at showing her emotions well. A basic acting class probably would have helped her to show her emotions better, but, you know, I'm not in charge of these things. But the one thing that made her stand out was that she was a witch. Or so I've heard. I never actually saw her doing any witchcraft, but the rumor is all over school.
Right as Emma and Daniel were about to smoosh lips like the power couple that they are should, there was a shriek. I turned around, and there was Maddie Van Pelt standing there with her arms crossed and with a pout on her face. You see, Maddie was the head of the Panthers. The Panthers were a group of girls who thought they were popular, but I've never seen any evidence that anyone outside of the group likes them. Besides Maddie, there were two other girls in the Panthers. The one who lost her eyebrows that one time, and the one that fell in love with a lizard. They are also unimportant to this story.
Maddie glared at Emma and screamed, "I can't believe you stole Daniel away from me!" She then proceeded to angrily walk away, and the other two Panthers followed suit. I don't know, that's just what they do. But just as Emma and Daniel were about to smoosh lips again, a startling voice came from behind.