This is a tale of betrayal that begins with love and leads to hate. It all begins at hopes peak academy. There the man who would soon be betrayed was happy.

(Spotlight)

His name was Hajime Hinata a boy with no talent which was why he wasn't in the main course. People like him were called reserve course students and were less honored compared to the main course students. Yet despite this he managed to encounter and befriend a main course student through sheer luck.

(Hajime bumps into chiaki)

Her name was Chiaki Nanami a girl as sweet as milk with the softest pink eyes.

(Hajime and Chiaki play video games at the fountain)

Ever since they met they had a bond that grew more and more each time they met. On lookers could mistake them for a couple, but surprisingly they weren't. Despite their powerful bond Chiaki was too nervous to ask while Hajime lacked the self confidence to confess. To Hajime he was not worthy to be beside the talented, but he never told Chiaki.

Then one day straight out of the blue Hajime received the opportunity to transfer into chiakis class. It was a dream come true for him, but he wanted to keep it a secret so as to surprise Chiaki.

Location: Reserve course

Hajime clenched his transfer letter in his hands. Just holding it felt amazing, because this was his chance to live his life long dream. Perhaps once he transferred in he would finally have the confidence to confess to Chiaki. The very thought made him blush.

However he was not the only one who knew about the transfer.

(Spotlight on Natsumi)

The first who knew was hajimes reserve course classmate Natsumi. She dreamed of being transferred into the main course. If she did she would be in the same class as her brother and would consider herself worthy to be by his side. However with Hajimes transfer there were no more open spots in hopes peak.

(Spotlight moves to matsuda)

The second was matsuda. He was a prodigy when it came to neurology and was recruited by the hopes peak steering committee for a special project. The special project would help him with his research and test his skills, but it required a subject. In this scenario Hajime was considered the most suitable subject out of all the reserve course students. This was due to his obvious enough desire for a talent and his lack of connections. If Hajime transferred into hopes peak he would surely decline the offer though, so matsuda was in a bind. Until the third person noticed.

(Spotlight moves to junko)

Junko enoshima the ultimate analyst was a clever a sly girl despite her appearance. She attended hopes peak alongside her sister in order to entertain herself. The moment she saw Hajime, Natsumi, and matsuda, junko analyzed them and learned everything about them. Junko had an insatiable hunger for despair that led her to create it in others. She would fill Hajime with despair but not for his sake. No, junko had a more malicious plan that centered around her one true love: Chiaki nanami.

Junko admired Chiaki for all the hope she symbolized. Compared to everyone else, Chiaki was different an unpredictable. That's why junko vowed to get close to Chiaki and see if she could break her like everyone else. All she needed to do was remove Hajime from the picture. So, she formed a plan and invited Natsumi and matsuda to the hopes peak fountain at midnight.

Location: hopes peak fountain.

Natsumi: what's the big idea?

Junko: sorry I thought you might be interested in transferring into the main course

Matsuda: I suppose you figured out my predicament as well

Junko: you guessed it. Now here me out on this. I think you both know how Hajime may ruin your dreams, but I have a solution.

Natsumi: and what would that be.

Junko: we simply have to get Hajime kicked out of hopes peak. Then he'll have to accept the project. What was the place called again?

Matsuda: The Chateau d'ef

Junko: yes once he takes up the project he'll go to the chateau d'ef he'll be out of your way and into your hands.

Natsumi: I guess it's kill or be killed, but what do you get out of it.

Junko: Hajime is my rival in the game of love. Now let's go over this one more time. ?

A Story Told

from The Count of Monte Cristo: The Musical

Lyrics by Jack Murphy

Junko:

We are friends, are we not?

Natsumi:

And our interests are the same

Matsuda:

We collaborate

Natsumi:

And trust in fate to

Parcel out the blame

Junko:

There are ends we've all got that can justify the means

Natsumi :

We negotiate

Matsuda:

Then fabricate the facts behind the scenes

Junko:

Keeping all the details vague and secrets hidden

Natsumi:

Safe from the balanced sheet of those you trust*

Because history is a story told by the winners of the fight

You imply a little

Junko:

Lie a little

Testifying

Matsuda:

Try a little

Junko AND Matsuda:

Sailor

Junko:

Who's gonna question what goes on in the middle of the night?

Not a tinker

Natsumi:

Not a tailor

Junko

Not his father or Nanami

Matsuda

Or a jailer

Junko:

So we all are agreed

Let's be vigilant and wise

Natsumi

We must all pretend our naïve friend was caught in his own lies

For our plan to succeed

we must share but one belief

Hajime Hinata stays and ends his days inside the Chateau d'If

Junko:

Where the softest things he'll touch are stones and darkness

Deep in an isolated lab

Matsuda:

Because history's a story told by the men who make the laws

Natsumi:

We supply a little lie

Junko:

To help the gullible to buy a little fable

Matsudas:

What will become of the righteous men who fashioned hinatas' flaws?

Natsumi:

The talented

Junko:

And well respected

Matsuda:

Are no more to be rejected at our table

Junko:

I'll be a comfort in her time of grief and anguish

I'll be Nanamis' ever faithful acolyte

Every night

Matsuda:

A part of me wishes Hinata didn't have to languish

Junko:

But I can see it's him or me**

Natsumi:

Let him sit there and rot until he's forgot

Junko:

Let him rot!

THREE TOGETHER:

History's a story told by the people who survive

Matsuda:

Let me sign and then initial

Natsumi:

It's the truth if it's officially the story

Junko:

What if the cost is one young man so three more men can survive?

Matsuda:

He's a price we have to pay

Junko:

So live and fight another day for love and glory

Natsumi:

He was standing in the way

A threat to justice in Kibougame

Matsuda :

So goes the story!

Junko:

Stick to the story!

THREE TOGETHER:

Here ends the story!