Forbidden
*blink, blink* Huh? How did _I_ manage to get all these reviews? *blink, blink* Maybe it was just another nasty trick...
I need a little help deciding the couples. So far, I've decided on Max/Emily, Hilary/Tyson, Ray/Mariah, and Salima/Kane. Please vote on who should be paired up with:
Mariam
Ozuma
Kai
Tala
Kenny
VOTE, people!
Note: If you have HUGE problems with any of the couples, please tell me so and I'll see what I can do. And if you really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY want a certain couple in the story, I'll consider putting in hints. ^_^ I kinda wanted to make it Mariam/Kai, Mariam/Ozuma or Mariam/Tala (happy, Angela?). Anyways it's up to you.
And sorry Salima and Ray fans. This probably isn't going to end Salima/Ray (BOTH my friends in my class promised me slow and painful deaths if it does) but if Mariah wasn't in season one, I'd probably write it that way. ^^;;
Enough ranting, on to the story!!
Chapter two: Unending Halls
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"Hey, Mariam, wait up!!" yelled Mariah, jogging a bit just to keep up with her angry friend. The said friend just kept storming up the hallway as if she didn't hear her. Maybe she really didn't or maybe she was just pretending. Maybe it was both. "I said wait!" she yelled again. Mariam slowed to a stop and turned around with a controlled expression.
"Sorry, I guess I just got angry," It didn't seem like much of an apology since her shoulders were shaking with suppressed rage and one of her veins seemed ready to explode. Well, kind of... Mariah stepped back a step in shock.
"What's wrong, Mariam?" she finally managed to ask.
"Nothing. Nothing at all," Mariam responded. Mariah concluded that she was a very bad liar.
"But what made you run off like that?" she asked cautiously. Mariam stiffened.
"I forgot something at my locker," she said rather unexpectedly, "I'll go get it. I'll meet you at the front of the school outside, okay?" she asked, "Do you remember how to get out?" she furrowed her eyebrows. Mariah nodded a bit unsurely.
"Of course. Right out that door, right?" Mariam nodded and turned around a corner and disappeared from Mariah's sight. Mariah sighed, and then walked down the corridor that she had previously pointed at.
"Boy, this had been such an, interesting day. I've made friends with Mariam who seems like such a nice person to be around," Mariah didn't notice that the hallway was getting darker, "But I wonder why she seemed to really dislike Ray," the hallway seemed to get narrower, "Is Ray really such a bad person?" Mariah stopped in her tracks and sighed. In her heart, she sincerely hoped that he wasn't. She really wanted to get to know him better. Well, you couldn't really say better since they've never spoken to each other. Mariah was about to continue walking again until she suddenly realized that there was a fork in the hall. She suddenly started to panic. She hadn't remembered that there.
"I... think it was... that one!" she said, randomly selecting the corridor on the left. Closing her eyes for a moment and hoping that her intuition was to be trusted, the pink-haired girl headed down the passageway.
She rounded the corner and bit back a yell of frustration as she became face to face with yet another fork.
"The building designers thought it was funny, did they?" she snarled as she ran down the hall again, this time choosing the right one. (No pun intended.)
But, as all the cliché and classical stories demands, she just had to come across yet another fork.
"Argh!!!!!!"
~A Little Bit Later~
"D***! Where am I, NOW!!!!!?" Mariah cursed, banging her fist on the wall. It was starting to become a habit. Just then, Mariah heard a loud bell, signifying the departure of all the students from the building. The worst thing was that, it also signified the lockage of the building. "Oh, _great_!!" she yelled again. She didn't realize that it was so late already. Suddenly, (maybe it was her imagination but) it seemed that the halls became a lot eerier. Before, even through the walls, Mariah had heard the happy shouts of all the other kids in the building although it was too hard for her to figure out which directions they came from. But now, the building became deathly quiet. She felt goose bumps steadily creep up on her arms. All of the shadows seemed to move about on their own accord. She could have sworn that she saw a shadowed figure run across the foyer.
"Heeeeeelllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooo?!!!?????!!!!!!!??????!!!!!????? !!!!!!???? Is somebody theeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeee???!!!!????!!!!!!?????!!!!!!!???? ???" she called. And of course, in all the cliché stories and movies, nobody answers and no sounds are heard except for the little scratching noises and the imaginary evil footstep. But of course, she's probably just imagining them. Probably.
"Great. What a great way to start off the term," Mariah muttered bitterly to herself. "Well, at least I didn't get locked in a closet." She sighed, wondering where Mariam was now. "I wonder if she got stuck it there as long as I did." She now sat down on the cold stone ground and hugged her knees to her stomach. "Maybe this is tradition for welcoming all the new students." She laughed bitterly. Mariah buried her head in her arms which she rested on her knees.
"I wonder if anyone will find me." Was her lasted thought before she drifted off to sleep.
She was woken up to the sound of footsteps. Yes, that right, the boring classical cliché footsteps. Rubbing her blurry eyes, she glancing around, trying to remember why she wasn't in her bed. Then it hit her. She was still stuck inside her smelly old new school. But then, to top things off, she suddenly heard, voices. She narrowed her eyes and tried to decipher them.
"Are you sure this is a good idea, you guys?" said a first voice anxiously.
"Of course. Aren't you a little curious about whether the rumors are true?" asked a second.
"I guess." The first one replied. Mariah strained to hear them. 'What rumors?' she asked herself.
"Good. Now let's keep going!" the second voice exclaimed.
"But what if we get caught?" a third, familiar, voice spoke up. Mariah nearly gasped. She had heard that voice somewhere before, but where? Just then the footsteps paused.
"Guys!" yelled a fourth, slightly high-pitched voice, "I think we're not alone!" it yelled, "I hear somebody _breathing_ just further up ahead!" he sounded slightly panicked. Mariah gulped.
"Who's there?" called the third voice. A beam of light from a flashlight now started to move over to where Mariah was. "Show yourself!" Mariah hesitated. 'What if they're criminals?" she wondered.
"Come out now!" the first yelled. Deciding that they sounded too young and scared to belong to real criminals, she hoisted herself up and stepped into the light.
"Er, hi!" she said, "Nice weather, huh?"
Five shocked faces stared at her.
"Hey wait, I know you!" one of them suddenly spoke up, "You're Mariah, aren't you?"
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A/N MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Suspense!!!
What's going to happen next? Who are the five people? Who cares?
See you soon!
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*blink, blink* Huh? How did _I_ manage to get all these reviews? *blink, blink* Maybe it was just another nasty trick...
I need a little help deciding the couples. So far, I've decided on Max/Emily, Hilary/Tyson, Ray/Mariah, and Salima/Kane. Please vote on who should be paired up with:
Mariam
Ozuma
Kai
Tala
Kenny
VOTE, people!
Note: If you have HUGE problems with any of the couples, please tell me so and I'll see what I can do. And if you really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY want a certain couple in the story, I'll consider putting in hints. ^_^ I kinda wanted to make it Mariam/Kai, Mariam/Ozuma or Mariam/Tala (happy, Angela?). Anyways it's up to you.
And sorry Salima and Ray fans. This probably isn't going to end Salima/Ray (BOTH my friends in my class promised me slow and painful deaths if it does) but if Mariah wasn't in season one, I'd probably write it that way. ^^;;
Enough ranting, on to the story!!
Chapter two: Unending Halls
***
"Hey, Mariam, wait up!!" yelled Mariah, jogging a bit just to keep up with her angry friend. The said friend just kept storming up the hallway as if she didn't hear her. Maybe she really didn't or maybe she was just pretending. Maybe it was both. "I said wait!" she yelled again. Mariam slowed to a stop and turned around with a controlled expression.
"Sorry, I guess I just got angry," It didn't seem like much of an apology since her shoulders were shaking with suppressed rage and one of her veins seemed ready to explode. Well, kind of... Mariah stepped back a step in shock.
"What's wrong, Mariam?" she finally managed to ask.
"Nothing. Nothing at all," Mariam responded. Mariah concluded that she was a very bad liar.
"But what made you run off like that?" she asked cautiously. Mariam stiffened.
"I forgot something at my locker," she said rather unexpectedly, "I'll go get it. I'll meet you at the front of the school outside, okay?" she asked, "Do you remember how to get out?" she furrowed her eyebrows. Mariah nodded a bit unsurely.
"Of course. Right out that door, right?" Mariam nodded and turned around a corner and disappeared from Mariah's sight. Mariah sighed, and then walked down the corridor that she had previously pointed at.
"Boy, this had been such an, interesting day. I've made friends with Mariam who seems like such a nice person to be around," Mariah didn't notice that the hallway was getting darker, "But I wonder why she seemed to really dislike Ray," the hallway seemed to get narrower, "Is Ray really such a bad person?" Mariah stopped in her tracks and sighed. In her heart, she sincerely hoped that he wasn't. She really wanted to get to know him better. Well, you couldn't really say better since they've never spoken to each other. Mariah was about to continue walking again until she suddenly realized that there was a fork in the hall. She suddenly started to panic. She hadn't remembered that there.
"I... think it was... that one!" she said, randomly selecting the corridor on the left. Closing her eyes for a moment and hoping that her intuition was to be trusted, the pink-haired girl headed down the passageway.
She rounded the corner and bit back a yell of frustration as she became face to face with yet another fork.
"The building designers thought it was funny, did they?" she snarled as she ran down the hall again, this time choosing the right one. (No pun intended.)
But, as all the cliché and classical stories demands, she just had to come across yet another fork.
"Argh!!!!!!"
~A Little Bit Later~
"D***! Where am I, NOW!!!!!?" Mariah cursed, banging her fist on the wall. It was starting to become a habit. Just then, Mariah heard a loud bell, signifying the departure of all the students from the building. The worst thing was that, it also signified the lockage of the building. "Oh, _great_!!" she yelled again. She didn't realize that it was so late already. Suddenly, (maybe it was her imagination but) it seemed that the halls became a lot eerier. Before, even through the walls, Mariah had heard the happy shouts of all the other kids in the building although it was too hard for her to figure out which directions they came from. But now, the building became deathly quiet. She felt goose bumps steadily creep up on her arms. All of the shadows seemed to move about on their own accord. She could have sworn that she saw a shadowed figure run across the foyer.
"Heeeeeelllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooo?!!!?????!!!!!!!??????!!!!!????? !!!!!!???? Is somebody theeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeee???!!!!????!!!!!!?????!!!!!!!???? ???" she called. And of course, in all the cliché stories and movies, nobody answers and no sounds are heard except for the little scratching noises and the imaginary evil footstep. But of course, she's probably just imagining them. Probably.
"Great. What a great way to start off the term," Mariah muttered bitterly to herself. "Well, at least I didn't get locked in a closet." She sighed, wondering where Mariam was now. "I wonder if she got stuck it there as long as I did." She now sat down on the cold stone ground and hugged her knees to her stomach. "Maybe this is tradition for welcoming all the new students." She laughed bitterly. Mariah buried her head in her arms which she rested on her knees.
"I wonder if anyone will find me." Was her lasted thought before she drifted off to sleep.
She was woken up to the sound of footsteps. Yes, that right, the boring classical cliché footsteps. Rubbing her blurry eyes, she glancing around, trying to remember why she wasn't in her bed. Then it hit her. She was still stuck inside her smelly old new school. But then, to top things off, she suddenly heard, voices. She narrowed her eyes and tried to decipher them.
"Are you sure this is a good idea, you guys?" said a first voice anxiously.
"Of course. Aren't you a little curious about whether the rumors are true?" asked a second.
"I guess." The first one replied. Mariah strained to hear them. 'What rumors?' she asked herself.
"Good. Now let's keep going!" the second voice exclaimed.
"But what if we get caught?" a third, familiar, voice spoke up. Mariah nearly gasped. She had heard that voice somewhere before, but where? Just then the footsteps paused.
"Guys!" yelled a fourth, slightly high-pitched voice, "I think we're not alone!" it yelled, "I hear somebody _breathing_ just further up ahead!" he sounded slightly panicked. Mariah gulped.
"Who's there?" called the third voice. A beam of light from a flashlight now started to move over to where Mariah was. "Show yourself!" Mariah hesitated. 'What if they're criminals?" she wondered.
"Come out now!" the first yelled. Deciding that they sounded too young and scared to belong to real criminals, she hoisted herself up and stepped into the light.
"Er, hi!" she said, "Nice weather, huh?"
Five shocked faces stared at her.
"Hey wait, I know you!" one of them suddenly spoke up, "You're Mariah, aren't you?"
***
A/N MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Suspense!!!
What's going to happen next? Who are the five people? Who cares?
See you soon!
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