Hellooooooo people I was just very bored and I was like, yeah, I feel like writing another mystery. So, this one is about everyone going to prom and then things start getting bad. Friends start turning on each other. No one knows who to trust, and can only pray that they will make it out of the night of their lives . . . Alive.
I know, I know, very trailer-ish, but I just felt like attempting to build up suspense. So yeah. And I'm introducing new characters (one is based off of my sister-try to guess which one she is in reviews and you will get a virtual cookie if you're right.) And you will get a virtual cookie just for reviewing. Okay, I'm going to start writing the actual story now. ENJOY!
Senior prom!
It was written all over flyers ad posters stuck up all around the school. Girls wandering the school were all talking about their dresses, who they were going with, and the prom queen nominees. It was the 17th annual prom at East High.
"Gabi!" Taylor called to her friend, who was standing at her locker. "Gabriella, guess what?"
"What?" Gabriella asked.
"Chad asked me to prom!" Taylor squealed.
"Awesome!" Gabriella grinned. "Troy asked me too!"
Taylor grabbed her friends hands and started silent-screaming. Sharpay walked over. "What are you two spazzes doing?" she asked.
"Being happy because our boyfriends asked us both to prom." replied Taylor. Sharpay nodded.
"Well, I have very tragic news." she said. "Guess who broke up?"
"You and Zeke? Oh, Shar, I'm really sorry." said Gabriella.
"No, silly." Sharpay replied. "Zac and Vanessa. Zanessa is no more." She held a hand over her heart and closed her eyes.
Taylor and Gabriella looked at each other and started laughing. "Leave it to you to take a celebrity breakup so seriously." said Gabriella.
Sharpay shrugged. "I can't help it. What do your guys prom dresses look like? Mines-"
"Pink." said Taylor and Gabriella together.
Sharpay nodded. "How'd you guess? Anyway, it's got a puffy skirt and it's a strapless dress, and it's really pretty. What about yours?"
"Ours actually look a lot alike," replied Gabriella. They're both form-fitting floor length dresses. Mines purple and Tay's is blue."
Sharpay squealed. "Love it!" she exclaimed. "And you are all coming over my house beforehand and getting ready, okay? This is in, like, a week! We need to be ready!"
"It's in three days, Shar." said Taylor. Sharpay looked around and widened her eyes.
"What? Only? God, where have I been?" she muttered, and walked off hurriedly. Taylor and Gabriella looked at each other and burst out laughing.
Three Days Later:
"Oh, my goodness Gabi! You look AMAZING, if I do say so myself!" cried Sharpay. Gabriella smiled and looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a form-fitting, floor length lilac purple dress with sparkly jewels sewn into the v-neck line and straps. She wore a purple choker, and small silver hoop earrings that Troy had given her. Sharpay ahd done her hair in a complicated bun, with a few loose curls framing her face. She looked, like Sharpay had said, AMAZING.
"Thanks. You too, Shar." said Gabriella. It was true. Sharpay wore a strapless pink princess dress, with a floor-length puffy skirt. Her hair had been loosely curled, and set with small sparkly pink clips. She wore an elaborate drop necklace, with lots of little jewels coming down from the chain, and a diamond bracelet.
"What do you think? Did Sharpay do okay on my hair?"asked Taylor, stepping away from the pretty mirror with the little lights around it and going over to stand next to Gabriella in the full-length mirror. She wore a pale, sky blue dress, that was almost strapless, with very thin spaghetti straps. Her hair was down, and had been straightened carefully, and wore a simple necklace that Chad had given her, and large silver hoop earrings.
"You look great," Kelsi assured her, coming out of the bathroom, where she had been putting contacts in. "You all do."
Kelsi wore a red v-neck dress with a knee-length skirt. She had had her hair straightened like Taylor's, and wore it down. She had a simple necklace with a teardrop-shaped ruby charm, and matching dangly earrings.
"Thanks," said Hannah, who was one of Sharpay's friends. She was very shy, and as a result didn't hang out with the gang very much, because they barely knew her. She wore a turquoise v-neck dress, and had had extensions put into her blond hair, making it look much longer and wavy. She wore a silver choker necklace, and matching silver hoops.
"You too, Kels." said Sharpay. "We all look awesome!" Suddenly, the doorbell rang. "Ryan, would you get that?" Sharpay called. The girls heard a muffled "Sure!" in response, and then heard Ryan's footsteps running by. "Okay, girls, we're going to go out one by one." Sharpay instructed them. "Taylor, you first. Then Hannah, then me, then Gabriella, then Kelsi."
"I love how you have this all planned out," said Taylor jokingly.
"Well, I thought about it a lot last night, and decided that this is the best lineup." said Sharpay seriously. "Go, now! Don't keep Chad waiting!"
Taylor smiled, waved, and disappeared downstairs.
Sharpay watched her go, then turned and gave Hannah her cue out about a minute later. Then she turned to Gabriella and Kelsi. "Okay, after I go, Gabi, wait 45 seconds, then come down. Kelsi, wait a minute after she leaves, then come. Got that?"
Kelsi and Gabriella nodded. Sharpay looked over at her digital clock that was surrounded by a pink fuzzy cover. "Oh, gotta go!" she squealed. She waved and disappeared.
Gabriella and Kelsi looked at each other and took a deep breath. "Wow," muttered Kelsi.
"How stupid do I look?"
"Kels, how can you say that?" asked Gabriella gently. "You look amazing." She looked over at the clock. "See you in a minute!" she said. "Knock Jason out!" She slipped out the door, leaving Kelsi alone.
Gabriella made her way down the dark hall, and to the stairs, then paused for a second and started down.
She heard Troy talking to Jason, but he stopped when he saw her. He looked amazed.
"Wow," he said, looking at her as she approached. She laughed.
"Hey, girl." said Taylor, from where she was standing next to Chad. Gabriella grinned at her.
"Where's Kelsi?" asked Jason. "I feel so left out!" Everyone laughed.
Suddenly, Gabriella heard a hush fall over the group. She turned and looked up at the stairs. It was Kelsi.
She looked amazing, which wasn't what surprised Gabriella. It was the confidence with which Kelsi walked, with something that wasn't usually there.
"Hey," she said quietly as she reached them and walked over to Jason. Jason seemed speechless.
"Come on, everyone!" Sharpay cried out. "To the limos!"
Everyone walked outside, where there were two limos waiting for the group. Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Jason, and Kelsi all climbed in, and Ryan, Martha, Zeke, Sharpay, and Sharpay's friend Hannah and her boyfriend, Chris, climbed into the other one.
"This is going to be the BEST prom ever!" Sharpay yelled, sticking her head out of the sunroof.
"What have you got in store for us?" asked Kelsi.
"Oh, you'll see," replied Sharpay, sliding back into the limo. Kelsi shook her head, got into her limo, and closed the door. The gang spent the time on their way taking pictures and talking about the jokes they wanted to play on Amanda, who was a very annoying, stuck-up girl who had been nominated for prom queen. The discussion then turned to the other nominees-Selena, one of Hannah's friends, who was a singer/actor, and was also friends with Sharpay, but a lot more outgoing, Laura, a very popular girl who had nothing about her but her beauty, and Sharpay.
"Bet Sharpay wins." said Jason.
"Bet Laura doesn't," said Troy.
"Who cares who wins prom queen? I've got the only girl that matters right here," said Chad, giving Taylor's hand a squeeze.
"Aw, you're such a little kiss-up!" Taylor cried.
Chad shrugged. "But I'm your annoying kiss-up, right?" he asked.
Taylor laughed. "Right," she replied.
"Oh, guys, we're here!" Kelsi exclaimed. She opened the door and stepped out, then gasped. "Oh, god, it's amazing!" she cried out. "Guys, come on!" Gabriella stepped out after her and saw a huge fancy hotel, where there were many East High students were walking in, decked out in prom stuff. She grinned over at Kelsi.
"Looks like Sharpay really outdid herself." she remarked. "This is really amazing." her friends gathered around her, all in awe about what Sharpay had managed to do for their prom.
"Let's go! Come on, guys!" cried Sharpay, sneaking up from behind. "Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!"
The gang all walked inside, still amazed. "Shar, how'd you book this place? And how'd you afford it?" asked Gabriella. "The funds the entire prom committee raised was barely enough to cover the DJ!"
Sharpay smiled and replied: "Two little words, Gabi, my friend. Mom and Dad."
"That would be three," Taylor corrected. Sharpay shrugged.
"You're the math genius, not me." she replied airily. She led her friends into the prom.
Several hours and a very large amount of dances later, one of the teachers called up all the prom queen nominees. Sharpay raced up to the stage, along with Zeke, where she met Selena, and hugged her. Selena wore a blue strapless form-fitting skirt, with her hair down like usual, with a silver choker and silver hoop earrings. Laura wore a simple white strapless dress, with her hair in a style that looked like it had taken hours to put up, and a lot of silver jewelry. Amanda wore a black dress with spaghetti straps and a short skirt, and a lot of gold jewelry.
"Okay, everyone, can I have your attention please?" the teacher called out.
Everyone looked up, knowing that she was about to announce the prom king and queen.
"I am about to announce this years prom king and queen," she said, just clarifying what everyone already knew. She opened the envelope. "This years prom king is . . . Daniel Mersetti!"
Everyone clapped as Selena's boyfriend stepped up. "This years prom queen is . . ." the teacher made a huge deal of opening the envelope. Just as she was about to call out the name of the prom queen, the lights went out. Everyone looked around, wondering what the heck was going on.
"Excuse me!" the teacher yelled. "Would everyone please calm down? I'm sure that the hotel staff will work this problem out very soon. I am going to go find a staff ,ember, who can put me in touch with the manager. I want everyone to stay in this room while I am gone!" A few seconds later, the students heard her shutting the door. Then everyone burst into conversation.
"Troy? Chad? Taylor?" Gabriella called out. She had been standing with them when the lights went out, but now she didn't know where they were.
"Gabriella?" she heard Troy call out. She followed his voice to a spot several feet away, where he was standing with Taylor and Chad.
"Where are the others?" asked Taylor.
"I'm here," said Sharpay's voice. "So is Zeke."
"Where are Kelsi and Jason and Ryan?" asked Gabriella.
"What? Did someone call us?" asked Kelsi. "It's me and Ryan.""Yeah. It's everyone else. Where's Jason?" asked Chad.
"I don't know. He disappeared when the lights went out." said Kelsi. She sounded frightened.
"Well, we all kinda did, Kels. We can't really see in the pitch-dark." replied Chad. Kelsi sighed.
"No, I mean, we were holding hands, and he let go of my hand the second the lights went out." Kelsi explained.
"Oh. That makes sense." said Troy.
"Yeah." replied Kelsi. Suddenly, they all heard a loud scream.
"Sharpay!" Zeke yelled.
"I'm fine." said Sharpay. "Hannah just walked into me."
"Sorry," said another voice, presumably Hannah's.
The lights flickered back on. Everyone looked around, glad to be able to see again. The gang was standing in a tight huddle, as well as Hannah, her boyfriend, (whose name I forget, now I have to go look it up . . . Oh, it's Chris, okay) Selena and Daniel. "What happened, like with the lights and all? Why'd they go out?" asked Selena.
Troy shrugged. "Your guess is as good as ours . . . I'm sorry, I forget your name, what was it again?" Selena smiled.
"I'm Selena, this is Daniel, this is Hannah, and this is Chris." said Selena, gesturing to her friends. "You're . . . Troy, right?"
Tory nodded. "Yeah. This is Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Jason, Zeke, and Martha, and you know Sharpay and Ryan, right?"
"Yup." replied Selena. Suddenly, someone let out a loud scream. Everyone looked around wildly.
"What happened?" yelled Taylor.
"That," replied a girl standing nearby, pointing up to the ceiling fearfully.
A dark-haired girls body was hanging there. No one could tell who it was, but it was really freaking them out. And with good reason.
"Wait! Where are Kelsi and Hannah?" said Sharpay suddenly. Everyone looked around, but no one saw them.
"I'm getting really freaked. Someone please tell me that this is all just a dream, or that that's a dummy, and Kelsi and Hannah went to the bathroom or something." Gabriella said to herself.
"It's all real," said a voice from behind her. "You will pay for what you did to me, Vanessa."
Gabriella whirled around. Standing there was a man, who Gabriella almost recognized, but not quite. She stared at him, then suddenly realized who she thought it was.
"Troy?" she asked incredulously.
"What's up, Gabi?" asked Troy from where the rest of the group was standing. "What are you doing over there?"
Gabriella shook her head. This had to be just a sick joke, and she had just imagined the man. She wanted out now, though. "Nothing." she called over, walking back to her friends. "Have Kelsi and Hannah gotten back yet?"
"From where? Do you know where they are?" asked Hannah's boyfriend, Don.
Gabriella shook her head. "No, I just thought they went to the bathroom or something." she explained. "Do you guys know what happened to them?"
Everyone shook their heads no. "I don't like this," muttered Selena. "Let's get out of here."
"What about Kelsi and Hannah? We can't just leave without them," said Sharpay.
Selena shrugged. "I don't know," she said. "But I'm getting really scared."
"Where'd everyone go?" asked Taylor suddenly.
Everyone looked around the large ballroom, but saw no one. All of their classmates, their teachers, and the DJ had disappeared. The place looked deserted.
"Let's go find everyone," said Jason. "They have to be somewhere."
The gang left the ballroom and walked back to the main lobby. It, too, was deserted. There was no one at the front desk, and no people who were checked in that I forget the word for at the moment, oh yeah, I mean, no hotel guests.
"Guys? Am I the only one who is starting to get really freaked out here?" asked Gabriella, looking around at her friends.
"No, believe me, I'm just as scared as you," replied Taylor.
"We'll be fine," Troy reassured Gabriella, giving her a hug as best he could while they were still moving. I'm not really sure how that would work out, but oh well. The group approached the doors and pushed on them, but they wouldn't open. They were locked.
MWAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA okay I'm going to stop writing now for several reasons, one being that my mom could be home any minute and it's 1 am-ish and I am not supposed to be up, and I am also really creeping myself out with this story, and now I keep thinking that some crazy person is going to jump out of my closet or whatever. I know, sad right, I'm the one writing this story and I'm getting more freaked out by this than by all the really scary stories that I was reading by CSIBeauty and she has VERY VERY VERY scary stories, scarier than this one right now anyway. I'm not trying to say I'm a really good horror/mystery writer, I'm just saying it's really kind of depressing. Okay, I'm going to bed now before my mother busts me for being up this late even though it's VACATION FOR ME. :P but oh well my mother has problems and I really need to shut up now. Okay, bye and this time I really mean it.