"Mom I'm going to school see you later" this young redhead was going to be the centre of what was to unfold in the coming weeks, she just didn't know yet.

She skipped down the path from her front door, ponytail swaying from left to right loosely as she strode, humming along to the music she had turned right up in her headphones, full teeth smile flashing from between her deep red lips to every person she passed.

The posters were all still there, every corner, every shop window, "have you seen this girl?" Cat didn't like looking at them, in particular she didn't like reading the name in the description, "Jade West" she had been gone just over a week now, people were starting to give up hope, now pretty much the only thing the police were looking for was a body.

Cat started to speed up a little as the looks started to come, the report told that Cat was the last person with Jade , so everyone always had something to say to her, whether it be "have you seen her" or "murderous b*tch" Cat didn't like it, she could deal with being called stupid, or ugly, or fat, but she didn't like people calling her murderous, saying she was a violent person, it always upset Cat, she had to use her jacket to quickly wipe away the tears before they could fall, the stain of tears evident on the sleeve of her pink jacket.

She just wanted to get to school, she knew what the day would be like, but the sooner you start, the sooner you finish, she just wanted to be home, where it was safe, where no one could hurt her, or say the things they did, school was no different, whispers behind her all the time, even the teachers were a little cautious around her, almost as if she was a murderer.

Cat hated that word, murderer, she always has and always will, there was this one night when Cat's brother made her go to a party with him, it was a rather mature party, and the poor girl was only twelve at the time, before long her brother had gone off with some random girl, leaving her stuck in a room with about twenty guys, all with only one thing on their mind, they didn't care if she was too young, she would just be an easy f*ck, fighting against the tugs of her dress, she managed to get out the front door, but her ordeal was far from over, she was pushed from behind and went forward onto the concrete path, she hit her nose and it really hurt, she was too busy checking to see if it was broken or if she was bleeding to notice her dress being pulled above her hips, suddenly she was released though, she stood up, quickly sorting out her dress, her brother had come back, he was arguing with the boy, Cat hated arguing, her parents always argued before her dad moved out, she hated her dad, that one memory stuck with her forever, she was five at the time, she was woken up by shouting, she was scared, she clutched her pink teddy bear tight as she walked downstairs, looking in the kitchen she saw it, her mom was being slapped, punched, kicked, everything, when her dad saw her he stopped, and carried her back upstairs, put her in bed and locked the door, it didn't take long for the shouting to continue, Cat always had nightmares of that night, she would never, ever forgive him for that, Cat ran away from where her brother was, he tried to call after her but she didn't stop, what happened after that must have been bad, as the next time Cat saw her brother was in the hospital.

Finally, school, she hurried to the doors and went in, walking down the hallway, headphones still in to block out the various statements being thrown at her, she saw Tori getting her books so she started to speed up a bit to get to her, she always turned to Tori for support, before she could get there though she was tripped, some random jock stood over her, "if it isn't the murderer" he laughed, Tori caught sight of all this and wasted no time coming to Cat's aid.

"Hey!" Tori shouted, standing between the jock, Cat, who was still on the floor, "aww, Cat got her girlfriend to protect her" the boy was laughing with his two friends, Tori knew this boy, Nick his name, he had asked Cat out and she said no, since then he hated her, he never had much reason but he just did, "Nick, Cat's not into you, leave" she tried to reason, "like I wanna go out with a murderer anyway" this was one too many times for Cat, that word, murderer, murderer, murderer.

This was the final straw, she lost it, she jumped up as quickly as she could, fire in her eyes, she swung her hand, her nails, only done that morning dragged across his face, there was so much force that Cat broke all five nails, blood stained her hand as she pulled away, the boy stood, now with five long lines across his face, it was only when he registered the blood dripping that he left.

"Whoah Cat, that was awesome" Tori laughed, but Cat stood silent, looking at her hand, the blood, she hadn't seen blood since...

*Flashback*

"I hate you Cat, Jade screeched in her face, "how could you kiss my boyfriend? I thought we were friends" tears rolled down Jade's cheeks, Jade had come to Beck's to see Cat on top of him, kissing passionately as she unbuttoned his top, Cat immediately saw the error in her ways when she saw Jade, she ran after her, leaving Beck, "he told me you two broke up" Cat shouted in her defense, "well he's lying" Jade screamed back, "I'm sorry" Cat pleaded, "sorry isn't enough Cat, sorry is enough when maybe you spill paint on my carpet, or knock a glass off my table and break it, but kissing my boyfriend, and by the looks of things, hoping to sleep with him too, is too much" Cat didn't really know what to say as Jade continued her rant, "you always do something stupid, and you always think its funny, I hate you Cat, we only became friends because of Andre and Beck, I wish that never happened" Jade was getting more and more angry, she stepped closer, gripping Cat's shoulders, pushing her back against an old broken wall, Jade ran all the way to an old alley before Cat caught up with her, Cat gripped a loose brick to try and keep herself from falling, Jade slapped her, on instinct Cat went to slap her back, not noticing she didn't let go of the brick

*End Flashback*

"Cat?" Tori jolted her from her daydream by gripping her shoulders and giving her a shake, "we're gonna be late for class" she took Cat's hand and led her to the bathroom, so she could clean the blood from her hands.

"Tori, do you think Jade's dead?" Cat broke the silence as she dried her hands, "my dad always said, if seventy two hours pass and you don't find the victim, it usually becomes just a body search" Tori sighed, her and Jade didn't exactly see eye to eye but they were still close, "do you think maybe someone killed her? Or an accident?" Cat asked, curious, "I don't know, whatever happened, it happened to the wrong girl, she had so much to live for, she could have done so much" Cat nodded along in agreement, just wanting to break down in front of Tori and say "I did it, I killed her" but she couldnt, those words ringing in her mind every time she ever thought about it, "if you tell anyone, you die, your friends die, your family die, they will all die, unless you just stay quiet".

It was so hard for Cat, but she just had to, she didn't want to see any of her nearest and dearest killed, so she had no choice.

She followed Tori out of the bathroom and down the hall, she stopped as she felt her phone vibrate, a text message, unknown number, Cat didn't like getting messages or calls from unknown numbers, she opened it anyway.

"I know you killed her"