Hello, my name is Aiko Takahashi. I'm an eighth grader at Hope's Peak Middle School, a school for talented students. I, however, don't have a talent. I was chosen by school lottery which makes me the Ultimate Luckster. Anyway, a couple days ago I received an invitation to a dinner party of sorts at MonoMono Mansion. I now stand in front of this large, black and white mansion. It looked nice and had a ton of windows. I took a deep breath then knocked on the door. When it opened, everything went black.

When I awoke I was in a room, lying on a big, comfy bed. I sat up and looked around. Was I inside the mansion? How'd I get here anyway? I looked over at the nightstand by the bed, there was a note. It read:

"Please meet us in the ballroom at 6:00 PM."

I looked over at the clock on the wall, 6:01.

I got up and left the room.

I found the ballroom in about five minutes later.

When I walked in I saw a group of people standing together.

"What's happening?" A sniffling little boy with green hair asked.

"And why did we all wake up in rooms?" An older blonde girl with glasses added. She was probably a high school student.

A black haired boy with glasses looked over at me. "You're late." He told me. "The note said to be here at 6:00 not 6:06."

"Oh just leave the kid alone, Arata." A purple haired girl said. She was definitely older than me but not as old as the black haired boy.

"Will you all shut up? You're annoying me." A blonde girl with pigtails asked with her arms crossed. She was probably around nine years old.

"Don't tell us what to do, Blondie." A white haired boy said.

Right before the blondie girl snapped back at him I interrupted, "Um, I hate to interrupt, but who are you people?"

"Shiro Nakahara. Ultimate Gang Leader. Nice to meet you Gorgeous." The white haired boy said causing me to blush a little.

"Ooh! Me next!" The purple haired girl exclaimed. "I'm Motoko Kawano, the Ultimate Guitarist! I'm a freshman this year!"

"Don't forget about the amazing me!" A boy with brown hair said. "I'm Kenji Nakagawa! Ultimate Swordsman if you can't tell." He told me with an arrogant grin.

A boy with dark purple hair walked over. "You can forget him, afterall, I think we all know what sword he likes to play with."

"Hey! You little-" Kenji exclaimed before being held back by Motoko.

"Hey! Hey! Don't fight!" She exclaimed.

"Anyway," The boy continued, "I'm Hiroaki Shizuka, the Ultimate Comedian and I'm currently in seventh grade."

A girl with red hair walks over. "Hey, I'm Lei-Lu Nakamura. I'm a junior with the title of Ultimate Physic."

"Arata Kurosawa, Ultimate Politician, Senior." The serious boy with glasses told me.

A boy with short brown hair and a scarf walked up to me and smiled. "I'm Yukio Nakada, it's nice to meet you. I'm in fifth grade and I have the title of Ultimate Protector."

"I guess I'll go next." The bratty blonde from before said. "My name is Kichi Yoshida and I'm the Ultimate Actress."

"Hey! I'm Eleanor Deveraux!" A brown haired girl with tattoos exclaimed. "I'm the Ultimate Tattoo Artist." She told me gesturing to a tattoo on her leg.

"I'm Isamu!" A white haired boy with a hoodie over his head exclaimed. "Or is it Ito? Oh yeah! It's Isamu Ito and I'm the Ultimate Drunk or something. But I don't look drunk, do I?" He said with a small laugh.

"I guess I'll go next." The blonde with glasses said. "I'm Priscilla Jitsuke, the Ultimate Paranormal Investigator."

"I'm Goro Kimura." A cute voice said. I turned around to see a brunette boy with two hand puppets, a black rabbit and a white cat. "I'm the Ultimate Puppeteer." He said in a different voice.

"I'm Takeshi Matsushita." The green haired boy who was sniffling earlier said. "I'm the Ultimate Sports Player."

"What about you two?" Motoko asked a girl with pink hair and a girl with blue.

"Midori Wakahisa…" The blue haired girl said. "Ultimate Thief."

"And I'm Yoshiko Akita, the Ultimate Maid. I look forward to serving you all." The pink haired maid said with a kind smile.

Eleanor looked at me. "Oh, you haven't introduced yourself." She pointed out.

"I'm Aiko Takahashi." I replied. "Ultimate Luckster."

"Good afternoon, everyone!" A shrill voice exclaimed.

We all looked over at where the voice came from to see a black and white teddy bear.

"A stuffed animal?" Kichi asked.

"I'm not a stuffed animal!" The bear exclaimed angrily. "I'm Monokuma! The head of this manson!"

"You're the one behind this then?" Arata asked.

"Yep!" Monokuma said.

"What's going on?" Priscilla asked the monochrome bear.

"Well basically, you all have to live here from now on! Noooo escaping! Here forever! Upu, isn't that great?" Monokuma replied.

"Stuck here!?" Motoko exclaimed.

Takeshi began to cry. "But-but I don't want to stay here!" He exclaimed.

"Well, there is one way to get out." Monokuma told us.

"How?" Kenji asked, "Do I have to show how amazing I am?"

"Amazing at murder." Monokuma replied.

"Murder!?" Priscilla exclaimed, sounding slightly pissed.

"Is that a new drink or something?" Isamu asked.

"Yeah, a drink that'll kill you. It's like poison." Hiroaki told him.

"Any method of murder is fine." Monokuma said. "Choking, poisoning, stabbing, bludgeoning, and so many more things are all ways to kill someone!"

"What kind of joke is this?" Shirk asked.

"Oh it's no joke." Monokuma told him. "It's aaallll real!"

I stood there just staring at the ground in shock. Why is this happening? Who is behind this? Questions swirled through my mind.

"Well, I have to go, you kids have fun." Monokuma said before disappearing.

"We're all gonna die!" Lei-Lu exclaimed.

"No, we'll be fine." I said. "As long as no one kills someone that is."

"But how do you know someone won't kill?" Goro asked in a creepy voice making it seem as if his rabbit puppet was talking. "Someone will do anything to escape, even commit murder." He said in a cute voice as he made the cat puppet speak.

"I'm not letting anyone kill me!" Kichi exclaimed.

"So are you saying you'll kill someone then?" Goro asked in his normal voice.

"N-no!" She told him in shock.

"You're one strange kid..." Shiro said to Goro.

Goro giggled and smiled. "I'm not the only one that's strange."

"Woah! That chick has pink hair!" Isamu randomly yelled out while pointing to Yoshiko.

Yoshiko was crying and muttering to herself.

"Are you okay?" I asked the maid.

"N-no I'm not!" She exclaimed. "Why did this happen to me? I don't want to die!"

"No one will die." Arata said, pushing up his glasses. "I won't let it happen."

"Th-thank you, Master!" Yoshiko exclaimed with a small smile.

"Master?" Eleanor asked.

"Yes, I said I was going to be serving everyone didn't I, Mistress?"

"Sweet! We get a maid!" Motoko exclaimed.

"Awesome!" Eleanor said.

"You may call me Mistress Kichi." Kichi told Yoshiko. "I'm thirsty, go prove your worth and get me some tea."

"Yes Mistress Kichi!" Yoshiko said with a bow before leaving.

"Why use her as a maid?" Yukio asked.

"Free service, duh! Are you stupid?" Kichi told him.

He shook his head

"We should look around." Priscilla suggested.

Hiroaki looked around the room then at Priscilla. "Done. It looks like quite the room to me. A ballroom maybe?" He said causing her to roll her eyes.

"Shut up." She told him. "Let's split up and look."