Hey everyone
So our first friend is dead. Killed by another friend. The question is...which one? Time to find the clues and suspect everyone. Time to INVESTIGATE!
Just a Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or the world they come from. Just the idea of the story
As the elevator stops, my heart began racing a million beats per minute. In a moment, we will all go into the class trial.
Though, I didn't think we would do it here...
As the doors open, we were treated to a lavished courtroom. Red velvet curtains hung on the wall with golden rope hanging down off the ceiling. Placed on the four walls were giant tv screens, showing us in 8-bit. The floor had a black and white checkerboard pattern. At the far side of the room as a high throne with a small computer screen in front of it. In the middle of the room, 16 golden podiums were in a circle, facing one another. On one of the podiums was a small golden stand with a portrait of Sandy's face, crossed with a bloody X on it.
"This place gives me the creeps," Rapunzel said hugging herself.
"Yeah," Anna agrees.
"I know right."
We all turn to the throne to see Monokuma sitting high like a king.
"Sure it's not the best court room around, but it'll get the job done."
"It's screwed up either way," Maui said.
"But why...is there a picture of Sandy?" Fishlegs asks pointing to that podium.
"Just because he's dead, doesn't mean he should be left out on the fun," Monokuma replied.
Fun? This is certainly not what I would call fun.
"But enough talk, it's time to get down to business." Monokuma spoke. Suddenly, the doors leading to the elevator slammed shut and a red curtain dropped to conceal it.
"Everyone! Please go to your designated spot, and let's get this show on the road!" As Monokuma roared, we all made our way to the podiums. There were names at the bottom so we can tell whose is whose. I managed to find my name and stepped on. To my left was Maui, then Astrid, followed by Merida, next Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Jack, Pitch, Moana, Flynn, Fishlegs, the portrait of Sandy, Snotlout, Anna, Elsa, and finally Rapunzel to my right.
There was a spot at our podiums to put the e-book in. I guess I case we need to look up any evidence we've collected. I placed mine there and heard a beep. It seems connected to something now.
"I'm scared," Rapunzel muttered beside me.
I feel the same way. I'm scared in my own right. Our friend, Sandy is dead. And one of us killed him. Unless we can figure out who did it, we'll all get executed.
But we have to do this; it is the only way to survive...
Class Trial Start: All Rise!
"Now then," Monokuma said. Man, it makes me sick to see him pretty much in front of me. "Let me give a simple explanation of the class trial. During the class trial, you will present your arguments for who you think the killer is, and vote for who dunnit. If you vote correctly, then only the blacken will receive punishment. But if you pick the wrong one... I'll punish everyone besides the blacken. And only that person will be able leave this camp."
"But...is there really a murderer here?" Anna asks while looking at all of us.
"Of course there's a murderer here," Monokuma answers. "A blacken is hidden among you all. And one of you knows who it is."
"Really who?" Tuffnut asks surprised.
"The one who did the killing, duh!" Ruffnut said slightly embarrassed.
"So then...how do we do this?" Moana asks. "I've never been in a trial before."
"Me either," Jack admits.
"Maybe we should discuss the murder weapon first?" Elsa suggests.
"What else could it be but the dumbbell," Astrid said. "It's the only thing that was at the scene of the crime."
"Yeah," I agreed. "It has blood on it, and it could produce the instant kill shot at the back of his head."
"And there were no mentions of other injuries in the Monokuma file," Fishlegs said reading the description on his E-book.
"Except for the scrapes and bruises," Flynn said while rubbing is arm.
"It is most likely those are from when he fell," Pitch said. "He didn't know there was a hole where he walked. Once he stepped on the net, he fell fast and hard."
"Still, falling that hard and deep isn't enough to kill a person," Jack said in turn. "And the Monokuma file said that it's an instant kill."
"So we all agree that it was the dumbbell that was the murder weapon?" Elsa asks.
"Pretty much," I agreed.
"And who does that dumbbell belong too?" Elsa asks again.
"It belongs to Snotlout," Merida said pointing to him. "He's wouldn't stop showing it off to any who doesn't give a crap."
"Yeah, it's mine!" He said with such force. "But I lost it before the murder."
"Yeah, if that's the truth," Moana said with her arms crossed.
"It is! You should believe me!" He yells.
"Except we don't," Moana said with a stoned face.
"Let's deal with one problem at a time," Pitch said. "The first thing we should do is discuss how the crime took place."
"Agreed," Fishlegs said.
"I think it's obvious how the crime took place," Flynn said with certainly. "Sandy was walking down the path, the culprit found him and took him out with the dumbbell, and then dropped him down into the hole"
"That's not what happened!" I called out. It seemed to take people by surprise. But I have to make this point come across. "There were traces of mud on Sandy's fingers, and there small holes inside the hole. So I'm certain he was still alive when he fell in, and possibly tried to crawl out."
"I see… That's a good point," Flynn said with a small realization.
"So Sandy fell into the hole, and as he tried to get out, that's where the culprit bashed the dumbbell into his skull!" Ruffnut said.
"That's what is making the most sense," I replied back.
"Wowee you guys, you're making this out like a real trial," Monokuma comments.
"I guess that's ….good?" Anna said with a small smile. "At least we know we're on the right track."
"Speaking of that hole...does anyone know about that?" Rapunzel asks.
"What do you mean? It's just a hole in the ground?" Tuffnut said.
"I meant by how it got there?" Rapunzel said with a little more exaggeration.
"Yeah, I've been wondering that for a while too," Fishlegs said stroking his chin. "How did a hole so deep get there?"
"It was in the middle of the path between the campsite and the cabins," Maui points out. "We all walked that path a number of times since our arrival."
"So how come no one noticed the hole there before?" Tuffnut asks.
"Because it wasn't there before," Merida answers with a blunt expression. "It obviously was dug up recently."
"But by who?" Fishlegs wonders. "Everyone was in their groups getting ready for the party. Well everyone except for Snotlout, Merida, Astrid and the sisters."
"But Merida and I were seen from time to time," Astrid said.
"And I was knocking on Elsa's door," Anna confesses. "There was no way I would be able to leave and go dig."
"I can confirm," Elsa said. "She and I have been talking through my door all that time between breakfast and the party. And I have not heard her once leave the door."
"But what if you two are conspiring together," Snotlout said with anger. "If you did that, then you'll just have to keep your stories straight."
"Umm…Isn't that kinda against the rules?" Ruffnut points out.
"In a way," Monokuma cheers out. "It's only the one that commits the murder is eligible to leave. Anyone that wants to team up to commit the murder is just wasting precious time and effort."
"That… makes sense," Snotlout grumbles.
"So this plot clearly isn't a team up," Pitch said in a loud thought.
"And besides," Anna said. "We all walked that path tonight to grab our gifts and to go to the party. So Elsa and I are not the only ones with alibis for the hole."
"Yeah," Moana said with a sigh. "Then that leaves Merida, Astrid, and Snotlout the only ones with no Alibis at the time of the party.
"That's not true," I said to her. "Merida and Astrid have alibis."
"That's true," Fishlegs said. "They spend some time talking with me before heading to their cabins."
"And I can assure you we watched each other go into our own cabins, and then came out to talk," Merida said. "We spent about 5 minutes in our cabins, not enough to dig a big hole."
"Then...what did you guys talked about?" Maui asks them.
"It's…. nothing…. really," Merida said while looking away.
"If it's nothing, then tell us." Maui insisted.
"Just...girl stuff..." Astrid said. She looked at me, giving me the hint not to tell anyone what they really talked about. It's not necessary in the trial to tell everyone what they were doing. So I slightly nod, giving her the sign that their secret is safe with me.
"You two don't really look like the kind of girls that would talk about… girls stuff," Anna said bluntly.
"What's girls stuff?" Tuffnut asks out loud. "What do girls talk about that they can't be the same as boys stuff."
"Regardless, we both have alibis," Astrid said with force.
"So that still leaves only Snotlout that could've dug that hole," Flynn points out.
"Yeah," Snotlout said. Then he just realized what he admits to. "Except it wasn't me!"
"It could've been you though," Jack said. "You were missing for a bit. You certainly didn't come to the party."
"Yeah," Maui said firmly. "You could've been digging the hole the whole time!"
"Wait a second!" I yell.
Oh crap! Did I really say that? I mean it is the truth...but am I really defending Snotlout?
"What is it Hiccup?" Maui asked totally confused.
Well, too late to turn back now. "It's just...Fishlegs said that he saw him."
"Yeah, I did," Fishlegs nods. "A few minutes after the girls left, I saw Snotlout coming from the Great Fire pit path, and walk down the stable path."
"So...he didn't even go to the cabin path?" Rapunzel asks.
"Yes...at least that's what I think," he replied. "After that a number of you came out and went in different directions; and I went in for some food."
"So...no one has any idea if Snotlout even gone up the Cabin path?" Ruffnut asks.
"I do," Flynn said while look straight at him. "I was one of the first people out and I saw him going from the Stable path to the Cabin path."
"Yeah, me too," Elsa said. "Though only for a split second."
"By the time most of us dispersed, it was around 8," Anna thought out loud.
"That would line up with the time of death," Moana said studying the file.
"But that still isn't enough time to dig a hole that big," Rapunzel said. "And that short of time too."
"But he still could've done it," Maui said. "There is proof of him at the scene of the crime."
"You mean his gift?" Jack asks.
"Didn't I tell you that my gift was stolen from me?!" Snotlout said with a bit of anger.
"That's your story," Merida said. "Who's to say that you told us someone's stolen it, but you've had it the whole time."
"That makes no sense?" Snotlout objected.
"It actually makes perfect sense," Pitch intervenes. "You could've just told us that story to make us believe you. When all the while you had it to commit your crime."
"What?" Snotlout said, not believing what is happening around him. Not that I blame him, after all, we're all pointing a gun at him right now. But I have to think...did he really do it?
I don't know, but my gut is telling me that something is off here. It seems...too obvious.
"And besides that, your foot print was left at the scene of the crime," Anna said firmly.
Wait! That's it!
"Anna, I think your right," I said loudly. "But that's not the whole story."
"Not the whole story?" She repeats.
"What do you mean by that?" Pitch asked intrigued.
I gather myself to answer that question. "It seemed weird to me that Snotlout's foot print is the only one that was at the crime scene."
"Where are you getting at little man?" Maui asked equally as confused as everyone else.
"Think about it," I said trying to be as collective as I can. "We all know Sandy was alive as he fell into the hole. But where are Sandy's foot prints? They aren't anywhere in the dirt of the crime scene."
"Really?" Anna gasps. "I never thought to look at the ground for any other footprints."
"Maybe he floated over to the hole!" Tuffnut suggests.
"Yeah, I doubt he had the ability to fly," Astrid said remarking how dumb Tuffnut's answer was.
"Maybe Snotlout picked him up and threw him into the hole when he was alive," Ruffnut suggests. "And then clobbered him while he was in the hole."
"That's a possibility," Rapunzel said. "After all he's the Ultimate Weight Lifter. A little man like Sandy would be easy peasy for him."
"Yeah! That's how he did it!" Moana screams. "That's how he killed Sandy!"
"I told you I didn't do it!" Snotlout screams, his face molded into a begging plea.
"There's no doubt now, he has to be the murderer," Elsa declares.
No, that can't be it. There is still one piece of evidence that maybe proves Snotlout isn't the culprit. I can't believe I'm doing this for Snotlout, after all the bad things he's done to me...to us. But...I have this gut feeling he can't be the culprit. And if we chose the wrong culprit, we all get executed.
I just need to think. I looked through my bullets option to find nothing. But I know there's something...
I just need to think...
Break it down...
Before the murder...we all left into our groups...shortly I left the party with Jack...we ran into someone screaming...and then we found the body...
Wait! That's it! I just need to confirm something first.
"I have to ask though," I said loudly so that everyone can hear. "And be honest...did anyone find the body before Jack and I have?"
As I figured, most people shook their heads...
Except for Snotlout. "I...I think so...so what if I saw the body first?"
"Of course you saw the body first!" Tuffnut screams. "You're the murderer!"
"That one statement just proves that he isn't the murderer!" I yell.
"Huh? Where's the proof in that?" Ruffnut asks.
"The body announcement," I told everyone. "Monokuma said that he would only make the announcement when three or more people find a body."
"Yes, it's stated in the rules," Astrid concludes.
"So if Jack and I found the body, that means there was one more person who saw the body for the discovery announcement to be made," I told everyone.
"Snotlout!" Jack chimes in. "In fact, I remember kinda seeing him run past us in a frightful expression."
"Why didn't you mention this before?" Elsa asked seemingly angry.
"Give me a break, it was dark out and I fell on top of a dead guy," Jack said jokingly. "Ummm...no offense Sandy."
"So if those three are the three people for the body discovery announcement, they neither of them can be the culprit," Anna pieced together.
"That seems to be the case," Moana said while giving a disgusted look towards Snotlout.
"But...where does that leave us?" Flynn asks. "We've got no suspects now. Everyone has an alibi."
"Maybe we should discuss the hole again?" Rapunzel suggest. "See if we can figure out who dug it."
"Yeah, we were all at the party, so it can't be one of us?" Maui said.
"So that just leaves the girls, Merida and Astrid," Tuffnut said thinking out loud.
"We already told you that it isn't us," Astrid said. "We also have air tight alibis."
"Then...that leaves...no one...?" Tuffnut concluded.
"Yeah... We have no suspects left," Ruffnut said with dread.
But she's right, we have no more suspects. We were either at the party or in the cabins. Where do we go from here?
"Hey! Can you guys hurry this up?!" Monokuma said in a growl. "Times up when I get bored!"
Great, something we defiantly don't need. A cranky peanut gallery.
"I have to ask..."
I turn my head towards Jack's direction. "Do we even know when that hole was dug?"
"The only possibility would somewhere between when the party started and the killing," Maui said.
"I don't think so," Pitch said curling his finger on his chin. "We all have alibis for that time, and no one can be that fast to dig a hole that deep."
"But if the hole was there any time before, a lot of people would've fallen in," Anna points out. "There is no way that hole could've been there beforehand."
Wait! I wonder if that can be the reason.
"Hang on!" I said to her. "I think I found something that might explain a few things."
"What exactly?" Anna asks curious.
"There's a board in the warehouse," I told them flipping to the bullet in the E-book. "It was green, and brown, and kinda weird."
"Kinda weird?" Moana asks.
"It's...difficult to explain-"
"Then quit trying to explain something so pointlessly a waste of time!" Monokuma yelled to my annoyance. "If you found evidence and took a picture of it, then just click on it!"
Click on it? I looked down and click on the bullet. Suddenly, a beep came from the big screens. We all look up to see the 8-bit picture of me blinked a couple of times. Then a speech bubble appeared next to me and widens the photo I took of the board.
So that's how that works. Interesting...
I shook my head to get back to my train of thought. "You see that board. It may have been used as a makeshift bridge."
"A makeshift...bridge?" Moana asks.
"Yeah, I can see that," Rapunzel said looking at the picture. "I can see that it looks like the cardboard that was in the Craft lodge. Put a couple of long two by fours underneath it, and it's strong as a rock. And the paint on it can certainly help with blending it into the ground."
"So someone made the hole, and then place this on top to conceal it from all of us?" Elsa concluded.
"Those footprints are proof of that," Pitch said. "We all seemed to have walked on it at least once or twice."
"But then, when did they dig the hole and make the bridge?" Moana asked. "We were all preparing for the party at the time. Except for Snotlout of course."
"Don't forget the two girls too," Pitch said.
"Hey! We were busy keeping an eye out for Snotlout and Monokuma," Merida said in a huff.
"Just stating the facts," Pitch said.
"So if we were busy all day, then none of could find the time to make that hole," Flynn said.
"Then...what if they made the hole earlier than that?" Jack suggests.
Earlier?
"Earlier? How early?" Maui asks.
I think I can answer that one. There was only one time they could possibly dig the hole without anyone else noticing...
"They dug the hole at Night Time," I said with a serious tone.
"At Night Time?" Annal gasps.
"But...most of us were up at Night Time," Astrid said. "Mostly thanks to Snotlout's...alarm."
"But why?" Rapunzel asks. "Why would anyone stay up just to dig a hole?"
"My guess, the culprit planned to perform the murder that night," I concluded. "And then, they only had to wait for the opportune moment for the kill."
"They waited that long?" Snotlout asks out of high volume.
"But what would make them want to commit the murder?" Ruffnut asks.
"Isn't it obvious," Flynn said while scratching his wrist. "It has to do with the motive."
"You mean...our gifts?" Rapunzel gasps with fright.
"Of course," Flynn said serious. "They are the only reason a person would kill right now."
"But, we all shared our gifts!" Rapunzel reared up.
"Not everyone shared their gifts," Pitch reminds everyone. "The only ones that didn't were Merida, Astrid, Fishlegs, and Elsa."
"Hey! Don't put my sister in the suspects list!" Anna yells immediately defending her sister.
"Everyone is a suspect before proven innocent," Pitch said firmly.
"But still... There's no way my sister would even be consider as the killer," Anna said while sticking her arm in front of her sister.
"Anna..." Elsa said softly.
"Maybe we should solve one mystery with this question," Jack ponders. "When did everyone first discover their gifts?"
"I saw mine this morning," Fishlegs comments.
"Same here," Moana said.
"Yeah, I discovered mine just at the morning announcement," Flynn said. "I'm pretty sure everyone discovers theirs at the same time."
"Hang on," I said, remembering what Anna said to me. "Maybe not. Anna, you told me that last night, you heard something outside your door."
"Yeah," she said tensing a bit. "I heard Elsa knocking at my door, telling me never to go outside my cabin again."
"Any particular reason Elsa?" Pitch asks while everyone looks at her.
Elsa looked a little nervous as she sees everyone's eyes like daggers on her. "I...I just want my sister to be safe from you people. You can understand that, right?"
"But you were fine before...sort of fine anyway. But why that night would you come out to warn your sister?" Astrid asks.
Elsa tried to shuffle away, feeling more uncomfortable by the second. I might as well answer for her.
"It's because you received your gift, right?" I ask her.
"Huh?" She responds.
"You might have received your gift that hour, and figured out the motive. That's when you went to Anna's cabin to warn her."
"Y-yes." Elsa said shyly. "I suppose...you could call that the reason..."
"So that's when you went out to set your trap?" Snotlout asks.
"Now hold on!" Anna interjects. "We can't conclude my sister made that hole!"
"She's right!" Jack said, clearly taking Elsa's side. "And besides, I think this open up more problems."
"What do you mean by that?" Ruffnut asks him.
"If Elsa's gift was presented late that night, everyone else's must've had too," Jack suggests. "We can't just point the finger at one person."
He has a point there.
"But we said-"
"We only said when we found them," I said looking at Jack. "Not when they were placed in our rooms. Don't forget, Monokuma could take our dirty clothes and wash them while we're sleeping."
"That's right," Monokuma cheered. "Call me the Ultimate maid of the camp."
"I would imagine someone else with that title," Rapunzel comments.
"So someone who stayed up last night, got their present before any of us were awake, and dug the hole, all that to kill one of us?" Moana concluded.
"Seems that way," Jack said.
"But how? How could they dig the hole in the first place?" Tuffnut asks.
That answer...was obvious. I look down to my bullets to find the answer.
"They use this," I said showing everyone the picture of the shovels in the warehouse. "I believe they must've used one of these shovels to dig the hole."
"Are you kidding?! No way that possible!"
I turn to see Maui leaning towards me.
"I thought you were smart Hiccup, but that answer is stupid." He said glaring at me.
"What makes you say that?" I ask him.
"The warehouse was on shut down at Night Time," he said. "One foot inside and the alarms would go off. There's no way anyone could go in and get a shovel before getting an earful from the bear!"
"That's true," Monokuma chimed in. "Rules are rules."
Hmm. That is true. You can't step inside the warehouse without setting off the alarm.
But there is one other way to get in.
"What about an arm?" I ask him.
"Huh? An arm?" He asks me puzzled.
I point to the picture of the shovels on the screen. "You see, the shovels are right near the window. One person can stick their arm in through the window and grab a shovel."
"That would make sense," Astrid said. "The shovel closest to the window had a lot more dirt and use on it."
"But is that possible?" Rapunzel asks out loud. "Can someone do that?"
"Well Monokuma?" Jack asks the bear. "Can someone stick their arm in without setting off the alarms?"
"Welllllllll, I'm supposed to keep this fair...so yep. Putting your arm in isn't the same as entering the building," he answers. "It's like putting you head in the oven. You'd feel the heat but you're not entering the oven."
"Soooo, they can?" Ruffnut puzzled by Monokuma's example.
"It appears so," Pitch said. "Someone can grab a shovel through the window and dig the hole."
"What about the other stuff?" Flynn asks. "Where are you able to get the board and paint to make the bridge?"
"They're mostly at the Craft Lodge," Rapunzel answers. "I've seen them there enough times to know."
"And the craft lodge is one of the only places you can go at Night Time without setting off any alarms," Fishlegs points out.
"So anyone can enter the Craft Lodge, and use the materials to make the bridge," Moana said.
"So we're basically back to square one," Flynn said looking around. "We have the same undecided suspects. Except for the three people who discovered the body."
"So, maybe we should look at the crime scene again?" Anna suggests. "We may find some more clues."
"I can help with that!" Ruffnut said. She then points at her E-book. Her 8-bit character blinked on the big screens and a picture of the hole and the area around it. Including the dumbbell and the footprint.
"Ruffnut? You..." Flynn stuttered.
"I kinda got bored watching everyone wonder around," She replied. "So I took a couple of shots of the crime scene.
"Ruffnut, that's brilliant," Fishlegs gasps.
"Yeah, I know." She said with pride.
I look up at the picture; it seems to be the same as before.
"So someone made this hole trap to off someone?" Tuffnut asks while looking up.
"But that still could've been anyone," Merida said groaning with annoyance.
She's right; anyone could've set this up to kill someone. But still...why would they kill Sandy out of all people? Why would they want to kill him?
Wait? Was...was Sandy their target?
"Maybe...maybe not..." I spoke out.
"You have something to say Hiccup?" Pitch asks.
"Yeah," I reply. "Did the killer really intend to kill Sandy like that?"
"What other way is it to kill him?" Astrid told me.
"What I mean is...was it their plan to kill Sandy?" I ask.
"What?" Rapunzel gasp.
"Of course they did it to kill Sandy," Maui said. "Why would they set up that trap otherwise?"
"Or maybe...they just wanted to kill only one of us, and Sandy just walked in by accident?" Tuffnut asks out loud.
"Don't be so stupid," Ruffnut said rolling her eyes. "Gods I'm embarrassed to know someone as stupid as you."
"I think Tuffnut might be on to something," I point out.
"Please don't encourage him," Ruffnut said to me.
"What do you mean by that?" Jack asks me.
"I think the hole trap...might've been for someone else," I said with honestly. "And Sandy fell into the trap accidentally."
"And fell to his demise!" Tuffnut shouts.
"So...the culprit wanted to kill…someone else?" Anna asks out loud.
"But how?" Rapunzel asks. "We were all at the party. There's no one you can lure to their death."
"But there is," Pitch said with a proud smile. "The only person with not much of an alibi, Snotlout."
"What? Me?" Snotlout said in surprise.
"Yeah," He said looking at him. "And I have proof of that statement. Take a look at this."
I looked over curiously at what he's doing. He digs into his pocket and pulls out a piece of paper and shows it to everyone.
'Snotlout
Please meet on the pathway between the cabins and the main campsite at 8 p.m. There's a secret I want to share with you.
Please come alone...
Astrid.'
What? A note...from Astrid?
"wha-what is this?!" She gasp in outrage.
Snotlout's face turned red with embarrassed. "Dude! Not cool! Where did you get that?"
"From when Monkuma dragged you to the Fire pit," Pitch answers.
"A love note? For Snotlout?" Jack said in a disbelieving shock.
"And look who it's from!" Flynn said pointing at Astrid's name.
"H-Hang on! I didn't write that!" Astrid yells with furiously.
"Are you sure?" Tuffnut said. "Your name is right there."
"It's weird to think you would have a crush on Snotlout," his sister comments.
"I don't have a crush on...Snotlout!" She objects. "And I certainly didn't write that note!"
"But...can you prove it?" Pitch asks
"Well...I... I wouldn't have the patience to write a note like that. And the timing around it is the same time Merida and I met up," She told us.
"So...you didn't write it?" Tuffnut asks obviously clueless.
"Of course not!" Astrid screams.
"But you made the foolish mistake in writing you name on it." Pitch said determined.
"It's not a mistake," Astrid replied. "And I didn't write it."
"But you were also on your own for a long time," Pitch continued. "And the five minutes you had without Merida were more than enough to kill someone."
"Yeah," Fishlegs said thinking out loud. "She could've hid the dumbbell in her room, until the time was right."
"I would never do such a thing!" She yells.
Could she really...no. I've talked to her and been with her for a good while to know she would never do something like this. But it seems that Pitch is setting his sights on her. There's no way she can commit the crime. But...how can I prove it?
"Astrid, be honest, did you write the note?" Moana asks.
"No! How many times am I going to say it to get it through your skulls?!" Astrid defends angry.
"But...someone did write that note," Anna observe. "For Snotlout?"
"And the time that note is near the death of Sandy, at around 8," Fishlegs said observing the file again.
"So...someone made that note...to kill Snotlout at that time?" Moana said realizing what the plan was.
"What?!" Snotlout screamed outraged. "Are you saying Astrid wrote that note to kill me?!"
"For the final time, I didn't write that note!" Astrid said.
"But you had plenty of time to go and finishing setting up your plan," Pitch said.
Wait, maybe that's my window. With a bit more time, I can prove Astrid's innocence. I just need to stall until I can think of a plan.
Maybe...I normally wouldn't consider doing this, especially in a trial. But...everyone's lives are on the line.
"Actually, she couldn't," I lie.
"What?" Pitch said stunned.
"I've been walking around during most of the preparation for the party. I would often see her wondering around looking for Monokuma."
"You were watching me?" She asks stunned.
"Yes," I said. "And you weren't doing anything weird or unusual up and down that path. You just walked on it like everyone else."
"Y-yeah, that's right." She said. I don't know if she liked what I did or not.
"Ok, then what about during the party?" Flynn asks. "When you went up to the cabins?"
"I did just that," she replies. "I went into my cabin and came out again. Merida is my witness to that."
"But you lost sight of each other for at least five minutes, right?" Maui questioned. "Five minutes is more than enough to kill someone."
"No it's not," Astrid replied back with force.
It's true...Astrid could've gone and kill Sandy in that hole. But...that five minute window is too short for Astrid to get away with it.
"I believe Astrid," I said with confidence.
"Of course you do, you have a crush on her," Tuffnut joked.
"Um...no...I didn't mean...um..." I said, not expecting...That kind of response. But I quickly went back to my train of thought. "Back to my point. If she did kill Sandy, then she wouldn't have time to clean any blood."
"What?" Pitch said surprise.
"If Merida is Astrid's witness to the five minutes she was left alone, then five minutes isn't enough to fully set the trap, kill the victim, and clean any blood before meeting Merida."
"And I can confirm that Astrid had no trace of blood when we met later," Merida said looking at Astrid.
"So...Astrid isn't the one that did it?" Ruffnut asks.
"No!" Astrid said with a hint of rage.
"Then someone must've made this to lead us all down the wrong trail," Elsa concluded.
"A clever trick," Jack said. "Someone disguised their writing to make it look like Astrid's."
"All to get Snotlout to the meeting place," Fishlegs concluded.
"But...why lure Snotlout?" Anna asks. "Was it all just to kill him!"
That answer...it's obvious...
"Yes," I reply. "Snotlout was the intended target."
"What?! Why me?!" Snotlout screamed outraged. "I'm the Ultimate Ultimate! No one should want to kill me!"
"Geesh, does your ego know no bounds?" Merida said annoyed.
"Ummm, ignoring that comment," Jack said. "We now know that note was meant to lure Snotlout to that hole. So maybe now we can finally get Snotlout's testimony..."
"My...what?" Snotlout asks totally confused.
"Yeah! Tell us what you did when you got that note!" Maui demanded.
"Why should I tell you losers anything?" He scuffs at us like we were beneath him. "My business is my business."
"Well...your business maybe the very clue into solving this mystery," Moana said angry.
"And besides," I added. "If we guess wrong, everyone dies. Including you."
"Do you want that? Do want us all to die?" Elsa asked crossed. Geesh, she has the state of an ice queen.
"I...well...in that case...I'll tell you." Snotlout reluctantly told us. "I got that note just a little after breakfast. It was just sitting on my door mat. Afterwards I thought; I just wait around for the time. I got bored, so I decided to pump some muscle for the date."
"Can you even call that a date?" Anna asks softly.
"Where did you go for your training?" I ask him.
"Just near the path to the Fire Pit I think. But as I did my routine, I decided to take a break and grab some water," Snotlout continued. "When I looked back, I noticed my dumbbell was missing. So I spent the afternoon looking for it."
"And threating us in the process," Moana comments.
"I kept looking till the appointed time, and went down the path. But no one was there. After waiting for a number of minutes, I realized I was on the wrong path. So I race down the right path, and found my dumbbell...and the dead guy too..."
"His name is Sandy!" Maui screams.
"But, seriously? You went down the wrong path?" Ruffnut questions him.
"Yeah! So what?" Snotlout yells.
"That's dumb, even for you," Tuffnut chimes.
But still...the fact that Snotlout went that the wrong path was kinda stupid. But that stupid decision might have save his life.
"So...Snotlout showed up on the path after the murder happened," Pitch concluded.
"And then the murderer cleaned up the scene to make it look like Snotlout was the only one there," Anna said.
"Making it look like Snotlout committed the murder," Flynn said in surprise while fingering his wrist band.
"But...in doing so, they also made the mistake of getting rid of Sandy's footprints along with their own," Astrid said studying the picture of the crime scene. "I have to say, that's pretty stupid."
"So...who did it?" Jack asks out of the blue.
"I...don't know?" Tuffnut said out loud.
That's the one question that has been bugging us for a while. All this time, we've talked about who didn't do it, rather than who did it.
But...I have a feeling I know who did it...they've been giving away a big hint that connects them to the crime...I need to drag them out into the spotlight...
"Arg! This was so straight forward when we came here," Anna groaned.
"I know, if only we had something more to go on," Elsa comments.
I think I have the evidence to do it. I can use this to blow this case wide open.
"I think I've got something," I said out loud.
"Well, spill little man," Maui said as all eyes target me.
I gulp before speaking. "Take a look at this." I click the bullet to make it bigger on the screen.
"Take a look at what?" Elsa questions. "It's nothing but woods."
"What is that?" Rapunzel gasps with her eyes wide.
"What is what?" Ruffnut said looking up at the screen. "I can't see it."
"Really?" Rapunzel said surprise. "You can see the paint clear as day."
"Ummm...I'm with Ruffnut on this one, I can't see a thing," Fishlegs said.
"I know," I told them, "it is kinda hard to see. I couldn't see it myself without Jack's help."
"Yeah," Jack admits. "I tripped on the root and fell into the woods."
"Why would do that?" Monokuma asks with glee. "You're supposed to be the Ultimate Lucky Student. But to have something like that happen, it seems more unlucky then lucky."
"Ummmm...Never mind that," he said in a hurry. "The light of my flashlight caught the edge of a hidden hideout."
"A hidden hideout!" Moana called out.
"It was painted to blend into the woods, making it hard to see from the path," I explain.
"But being the Ultimate Painter, Rapunzel would have to doubt to pick it out," Pitch said.
"Yeah," Rapunzel said ashamed. "Maybe I should've investigated instead of watching the crime scene."
"But still, what's so important for a painted box in the woods?" Flynn asks.
"Here, a picture of what's behind it," Jack said picking a bullet on his E-book. Soon, his 8-bit blinks and his picture showed up on the screen. It showed the back half of the cardboard hideout, with the ivy around, the footprint, and an impression on the ground.
"Whoa!" Anna gasps. "It's like something from G.I. Joe back there."
"So someone hid in that hideout until their target fell in the hole, and then killed them," Fishlegs concluded.
"They leapt out and bashed Sandy in the head!" Tuffnut yelled.
"But who would hide behind that tacky thing?" Snotlout asks out loud.
I know who was hiding in there. It's kinda obvious now that I think about it. They were the only ones that can get there and back in time without anyone noticing, and they left behind a personal clue.
"There is only one person that could hide there," I said determined.
"Hiccup...it sounds like you know who it is?" Elsa said nervously.
"I...I believe so," I said unsure what to say next. But the evidence can't be wrong.
"So? Spill! Who is the killer?" Maui yells.
Everyone looks at me with their full attention. It's time to call out the killer. ...as much as I don't want to. But, it's the only way we all can survive.
I made sure to have good eye contact with him before saying his name.
"It was you...isn't Flynn."
"Wha-whaaaaaaaat did you say?" Flynn said totally surprised.
"Flynn! Is the killer?!" Rapunzel said in total shock.
"Is...is that true?" Anna asks in disbelief.
"O-of course it's not true!" Flynn objects. "How can I be the killer?"
"But it could be you," Pitch told him.
"No way!" Flynn said. "Thsat's impossible. I'm the Ultimate Gentleman. I could never kill."
"Are you really feeding us that lie?" Maui asks with his arms crossed."
"Of course, this just my opinion," I said to Flynn. "If you have any objections, then please…"
"Objection or not… there's no way you should point the finger at me." His face started to get sweaty as he scratches his arm harder. "Besides, we have no proof that I went to that path."
"I think we have proof," I said.
"Seriously? How can you have proof of that?" Flynn asks me.
I had to think back to the party, and what Flynn did. "You were one of the first ones to leave. The list Maui made proves that."
"Yeah, so what?" Flynn argued. "I had to go to the bathroom."
"And...Where was the nearest bathroom?" I ask everyone.
"The Dinning lodge?" Tuffnut suggests.
"No, there no bathrooms there," Astrid said.
"And there were no washrooms in the warehouse," Fishlegs add.
"So the nearest washrooms...are actually our cabins," Jack told us. Honestly, I can't believe we all forgot about that fact.
"And Astrid and I don't remember seeing him anywhere near the cabins," Merida points out.
"I didn't go to the cabins," Flynn said. "I had to go so bad; I decided to go...lumberjack style."
"You mean? You peed in the woods?!" Elsa said totally disgusted.
"That is so gross!" Moana said equally grossed out.
"Hey, when you have to go, you have to go," Flynn said. "But that's what happened. As you can see, I couldn't have gone anywhere else."
"That's wrong!" I call out. "In fact, you did go somewhere else."
"And what proof do you have for that?" Flynn asks. "Where did I go?"
"The kitchen," I said.
"The kitchen?!" He repeats.
"Why would he need to go into the kitchen?" Anna asks.
"It was the only area with a sink," I said.
"That makes sense," Ruffnut comments.
"And there was a small towel in the garbage with blood on it." I added.
"Blood?" Fishlegs screech.
"Yeah, take a look," I said putting the picture on the monitor. To not my surprise, most of everyone gasp.
"How did that get there? Rapunzel asks.
"Obviously the killer wiped off the blood," Elsa said.
"And there was a bit of blood on the underside of the bridge," I said. "The culprit moved it to the warehouse from the crime scene."
"It was already getting dark out," Moana said. "Besides Rapunzel who can pick out the paint, the rest of us would think of it more in the background and not pay any attention to it."
"He placed it in the warehouse," I talked out loud. "And can quickly get to the kitchen to clean the blood off."
"That can still be anyone? So why blame me?" Flynn asks with his anger boiling.
"Well...the kitchen is the only place you can go to wash your hands," Fishlegs said. "Like we said earlier."
"And you were gone for a while...so...you could've done it..." Moana gasp in realization.
"Flynn, please, tell us. Was it really you that killed Sandy?" Rapunzel ask totally afraid of the answer.
"No way am I the killer!" Flynn screams. "Stop accusing me as the killer. You don't even have proof I was at the scene of the crime."
"How about this as proof?" I said looking back at the picture of the hideout. "That foot print, which matches yours perfectly."
"What?!" He screamed in anger and shock.
"His footprint?" Ruffnut said in surprise.
"Hang on!" Flynn said clearly loosing his cool now. "You can decide solely base on a footprint. That could be anyone's."
"Seriously? That's your defense?" Astrid said unimpressed.
"Only a few people have a shoe like that," I explain.
"Yes," Pitch said. "Only Flynn and I have that style of shoe. And I was at the party the whole time."
"What about the other thing on the ground?" Flynn asks. "It was clearly something big."
"And from the impression on the ground, it looks like it was heavy too," Anna comments
"Yeah!" Flynn screams, "Where can I hide something like that?"
"You're a thief, you could figure that out," Tuffnut points out.
But I already know the answer.
"You hid it in your bag," I said. "If you took out the flashlight and the stuff animal, you can fit something that size in there."
"So...what did he hid in there?" Maui asks me.
"The dumbbell," I told him and everyone.
"He hid my dumbbell in his bag!" Snotlout scream outraged. "So he's the one who took it!"
"My hypothesis is this. He stole it and hid it in his bag. He then placed it in the hideout as he left to get his gift. Then went back when he left the party," I said.
"And used it to kill Sandy," Jack concluded.
"But I didn't do it!" Flynn argued with rage. "I would never do such a thing! Why are you all pinning this on me?!"
"No one else but you could've done this," I interject.
"But like I said! I was nowhere near the scene of the crime!" Flynn said, his face turning red. "You have no solid evidence to that fact!"
"But your shoe, your absence, they're all evidence!" I yell back.
"That's all you got! That has nothing to do with me! That can be anyone!"
"Maybe, but there is something else that connects you to the crime scene!"
"This is all BS! You got nothing!"
"In fact, you have it on you right now!"
"What the hell are you talking about?! I've got nothing on me!"
"But what I've got is right..."
"Just SHUT UP!"
"Then it proves you are the killer!"
"I'm warning you! BACK OFF! I got nothing on me that say I killed Sandy!"
"It's there on your wrist!"
I point to Flynn making him freak out with shock. Sweat really showed on his forehead and his eyes became white.
"Wha-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He yells in terror.
"His wrist?" Moana said in surprise.
"How? How can his wrist become evidence?" Tuffnut ask.
This is it. The final nail in the coffin...
I'm sorry Flynn.
"The poison ivy," I told everyone.
"Poison ivy!" Rapunzel said in shock.
"It's all over the woods, but only about a foot or so beyond the path," Merida said. "From there, the whole forest is covered in that stuff."
"And that hideout was in that area," Jack said.
"I have a feeling when Flynn dropped the dumbbell and reached down to grab it, he touched the poison ivy," I explain. "That's why he was in a rush in getting the baking soda from the kitchen."
"Baking soda?" Ruffnut asks puzzled.
"It's an old trick," Astrid said. "It's a homemade recipe to cure poison Ivy. Just mix baking soda with water."
"And that's why he kept scratching his wrist!" Maui shouts astounded.
"Because he tried to heal the Ivy quickly, he didn't give it enough time to react," I said. "So the effects are still there on his skin."
"But...because he's covered with poison ivy… that would mean he was there..." Elsa said sadden.
"And he killed Sandy!" Anna said outraged.
"No...I mean...I would never..." Flynn was utterly lost for words.
"You can still turn it around Flynn," Rapunzel points out while being teary eyed. "Just show us your wrist. Show that you didn't go into the woods. Show that it is clean…Then...we can believe you..."
Flynn looked down at his wrist band, his hand shaking like a leaf.
But after a few seconds of all of us staring, he sighs as he slums down into his podium.
"Flynn...I'm sorry," I said to him. "I'll fully explain your crime one more time. Then...all questions will be answered..."
Here is how this case was played out…
This whole plan started last night, when Monokuma gave us our motive gifts. After receiving their gift, the culprit left their cabin, while most of us were asleep. They went to the warehouse, and use the window to grab a shovel. They then dig a hole large enough for someone to fall in. To make sure only their intended target falls in, the culprit managed to make a bridge, using materials in the Craft Lodge. They also made a little hideout to be placed into the woods.
The culprit then proceeded the day with everyone else, like nothing is wrong. Even going along with the Party idea. But before the culprit went to work for the party, they made a fake note to lure their target to the hole at a certain time. Their target, Snotlout. To convince him to come, he wrote it as if Astrid wrote it. During the day, the culprit managed to steal a weapon powerful enough to kill, the dumbbell, Snotlout's gift and hid it in their bag. Then then placed it inside the hideout before heading to the party.
After showing the gifts, the culprit snuck out to their secret hiding spot. Soon they finished setting up their trap, and all they had to do was wait. They even readied the murder weapon, but as they reached for the dumbbell, their hands touched the poison ivy.
They waited there for their intended target; unfortunately, Snotlout went down the wrong path.
Soon though, Sandy went down the path, and fell down into the hole. Realizing it was too late to change a thing; the killer acted through their plan...and killed Sandy.
Thinking quickly though, the culprit scuffled the ground to get rid of his footprints. But that also got rid of Sandy's footprints. They also dropped the dumbbell to make it look like Snotlout committed the murder instead. They used the bridge to hide their movements from the rest of us and placed it in the warehouse. They then raced to the kitchen to clean up all the blood and dirt before joining the others. They even try to hide the effects of the poison ivy, with a baking soda solution and their wrist band.
But it can't hide everything! And it can't hide what you've done!
Flynn Rider! You're the killer!
"I... I... I..." Flynn stutters. Soon, his words became mopes as he nearly collapsed on the podium.
"I guess, that's it then," Elsa said looking away from Flynn.
"It appears so," Pitch said.
"It looks like you've come to a conclusion," Monokuma said with glee. "Man, the first trials are always exciting. Like a new born babe learning to walk. I was literally speechless there. Now then, let's get on to VOTING TIME! Now then, look at your E-book and cast your vote. Just a reminder though, refusing to vote is call for extermination! So, make sure you vote for the right person."
I look down to see my screen change. It had all our pictures in rows, with an X on Sandy's. Gods, I don't want to do this. But, I have to.
Regretfully, I click on Flynn's picture.
Soon, the screen went blank.
"Who will be chosen as the blacken!?" Monokuma asked like he was in a game show. "Will you make the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one!?"
Soon, the big screens around is light up to show a bright wheel with our 8-bit pictures on it. One by one, a bright light flash around them like a whammy game. Till it stopped on Flynn's picture. It then pan out into a slot machine with coins coming out. There was also confetti and cheers on the screen before it black out again.
This was defiantly not an occasion to celebrate.
Class Trial End: All Rise!
Monokuma raise and wave its arms in the air. "That is correct! The blacken that killed Sandy 'Sanderson' Moone is Flyyyyyyynn Rider!"
"We...were right?" Anna said in total shock.
"Flynn...is the killer?" Rapunzel said with her eyes starting to produce tears.
"why would you?…What were you thinking Flynn?!" Maui asks him in rage.
"I...didn't mean...I didn't mean to kill Sandy!" Flynn said while trying to get over the shock. "That was never my intention!"
"Even so, you were planning to kill Snotlout, why would you do such a thing?" Moana ask in a fit.
Flynn bit his lip, afraid to answer.
"Does it have something to do with your motive gift?" Jack said disappointed.
"You mean that coin?!" Tuffnut said remembering the coin Flynn presented at the party. "Why would you kill for a measly coin?"
"I was talking about his real gift?" Jack said.
"His...real gift?" Elsa asks confused.
"It was something on my mind for a bit," Jack said. "As we presented our gifts, they were related to someone from our family. Our parents, our siblings, even our pets."
I have a feeling he directed that comment towards me.
"But Flynn's gift...there was no connections what so ever. There was almost no reason to go back. So...what was your real reason?" Jack asks.
Flynn nervously looked at the ground, unsure how to answer.
"Maybe I can enlighten everyone!"
We all turn to face Monokuma. He reached down the side of the throne and pulled out what looked like a picture.
"Here is The Ultimate Thief's little gift," Monokuma said. He then places the picture on his little monitor. Soon, the big screens blinked and showed us the picture.
It was a bunch of little boys and girls, all with messed up hair and tattered clothes. They were all standing in front of an old worn out building with smiles on their faces.
"Who? Who are they? Fishlegs asked curious.
"They are the little brothers and sisters in the Peaking Duck's Orphanage," Monokuma answers.
"Orphans? So Flynn is an orphan?" Rapunzel gasp.
"Eugene."
We all turn to Flynn as he talked in a low defeated tone.
"My real name is Eugene Fitzherbert," he said. "Someone might as well know at this point."
"Seriously? Tuffnut said. "Your name is a lie?"
"Not a complete lie," Flynn...I mean Eugene answer. "I changed my name before I came here. It was a story I told the orphans at bedtime. 'The Tales of Flynnigan Rider'. That one was their favorite. Every time I read and acted out that story, they would always smile. But soon the orphanage was undergoing some trouble, and the happiness ended. So to keep the kids optimistic, I would steal. I would steal things that would bring smiles to their faces. Like books and toys. Even some jewelry for the girls."
I guess what he was saying is true about stealing the girls necklaces around camp.
"But...now that I'm here... And got that picture...I became worried about the kids. I was the oldest...so they depended on me a lot..."
"So you made this plan to go to them," Pitch said.
"Yeah," Eugene admits. "I thought I made a good plan too. I even made my own fake gift with the coin, just so you guys wouldn't know the truth."
"But...but..." Rapunzel said, unable to understand. "You didn't have to kill! You could've have waited till help arrived!"
"Help isn't coming," Eugene said. "If it was, it would've come here by now. Either way, those kids couldn't wait. I even picked an easy target too. But I guess I overestimated Snotlout's stupidity."
"Hey! I'm not stupid!" Snotlout yells.
"Umm... You are dumb enough to go down the wrong path," Ruffnut points out.
"And more importantly, I'm the Ultimate Ultimate!" Snotlout yells. "Why would anyone want to kill me?!"
We all look at him with an annoyance look.
"No offense, but no one would care if you were gone or not," Merida said bluntly.
"Hey!" Snotlout yells. "That's not true! Right guys!"
We all turn away from him and focus back to Eugene.
"Right...guys...?" Snotlout said totally stunned.
"Anyway, I would never expect Sandy to fall in instead," Eugene continued. "But once he did, I panicked and…. killed him. But...I...I didn't..."
"You didn't mean to?" Pitch said in total disgust.
"I had to think on the slide," he continued. "So I fixed up the crime scene to pin it up on Snotlout. It didn't take people long to point the finger at him too."
"Yeah," we were all quick to push the blame on him," Anna said depressed.
"And we would not moan for his passing," Merida said on the side.
"Guys...I'm still here..." He said weepy.
"So you were still planning to kill Snotidiot anyway," Monokuma said with glee. "Cause if you were successful in tricking everyone, he would be dead along with the rest of the class. Don't look so blue though, it's what you're supposed to do."
"Shut up!" I yell at the bear. "All of this...is your fault!"
"Sticks and stone will break bones if you throw them," Monokuma said uncaring. "But never mind that; let's get to the main event."
"The main event?" Fishlegs question.
"The punishment of course!" Monokuma answers.
"Pu-punishment?" Rapunzel gasps. "You mean-?"
"Execution!" Monokuma cheers!
"You've got to be kidding me!" Jack yells in disgust.
"No way!" Maui said stepping in front of Eugene. "No way would any of us allow that."
"It's not up for you to intervene," Monokuma said with a sick smile. "It's written in stone, so it must be the law. He killed and got caught. So now he dies!"
"You can't!" Rapunzel yells. "What about the children in the orphanage! Show some compassion."
Monokuma laughed at her plea. "Compassion? You've got to be kidding. I'm immune to that. And besides, brats like that know how to worm their place in the world. They don't really have much of a choice…or a home anymore."
"What are you talking about?" Flynn asked both scared and curious.
"Phuhuhu, you don't know?" Monokuma giggled. "The orphanage was shut down a long time ago! All those children have been scattered all over the world."
Flynn's face became white; his body shook like he's cold. "Wh..what are you talking about? I came from there before coming here. There's no way it's gone!"
"Phuhuhu, believe what you want Eugene, it doesn't matter to me." The bear's red eye glowed as his smiles widen. "I just thought you might want to know the truth before you die. I guess I was too kind though."
That was anything but kind.
"You're not going to kill him!" Jack said as he stands in fronting Flynn. Soon, most of us created a wall with our bodies between Eugene and Monokuma.
"That's right," Maui shouts.
"We won't let you!" Astrid agrees.
Soon, I find myself joining with them. Along with Merida, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Moana. Anna wanted to join too, but was held back by her sister. Everyone else just stood and glared at Monokuma.
But for some reason, the bear didn't seem to mind. "Now then, I prepared a special punishment for Flynn Rider aka Eugene Fitzherbert, the Ultimate Thief!"
"Guys..." Eugene said softly.
"Let's give it everything we've got!" Monokuma yells. "IIIIIIIIIIt's...PUNISHMENT TIME!"
"I'm so sorry," Eugene said. "I…let you all … down…"
Monokuma grabbed a hammer hidden in the throne, and walked a red button in front of him.
The screens flashed and show an 8-bit Eugene being dragged away by an 8-bit Monokuma.
There was a text that reads; 'Eugene has been found guilty. Time for the Punishment!'
Suddenly a hatch opens up on the ceiling. A chain came down with a metal claw on the end. It grabbed Eugene by the neck and dragged him up. Away from us.
Soon, the screens blinked again...showing us what's happening to him...
Punishment: Buried Treasure!
Ultimate Thief's Execution: Executed
Flynn was dropped in a tall metal box, with little to no room to move. He looked up to see the light from the opening. Monokuma peers over, with a conveyor belt. The bear giggled as it steps out of the light.
Flynn bewildered looked up to see the belt moving. Soon, gold coins started to fall inside the metal box. Some hit Flynn in the head as he tries to move out of the way. But it wasn't working. Soon, his feet and legs were covered in gold coins. He tried to claw his way out of the box. But, his waist and chest were covered in coins. He reaches out for any ray of hope as his face and elbow became covered.
As coins continue to pour into the box, Monokuma flipped a lever outside. It opens the bottom of the box, dropping the coins and Eugene into a hot cauldron of molten gold.
Eugene's scream were muffled by the coins as his body melted into the gold. His body was gone…and Eugene was no more.
We all watched in horror as Eugene was being killed before our eyes.
There...there were no words to describe how everyone was feeling.
"That was EXTREEEEEEEEEME!" Monokuma cheered against our sadness. "The excitement filled my body light lightning!"
"Ahhhhhhh!" Moana screamed.
"Eugeeeeeeeeene!" Rapunzel cried through her tears.
"This isn't happening, this isn't happening, this isn't happening!" Fishlegs repeats in sorrow.
I could barely hold my own tears back. Watching someone die in front of your eyes can bring horror to reality.
"Why? That idiot!" Maui said through tears and anger.
"What's the point in all this?" Jack asks, turning his attention to the bear. "Why are you making us do this?!"
"What's the point?" Monokuma asked in a growl. "The point is to fill you all with despair! After all, it's what pushes people over the edge, and rebirth the world. So I want to push your world into despair!"
"That's your reason?!" I yell in anger. "That's stupid!"
"Stupid? Don't call a bear stupid!" Quickly Monokuma's expression changed into an anger one. "It's stupid to defy me. After all, I run the show! Not you folks! So one way or another, I will fill you all with despair! Puhuhuhuhu...MWAHahahahaha!"
After that strike of laughter, the bear disappeared.
"He's gone..." Astrid said disgusted.
"Dammit!" Merida said slamming her fist into her podium. "How could Flynn do this to us?!"
"I don't think I can take any of this," Anna said looking down.
"I can't! I can't take this!" Elsa yells while clutching her head. "I knew this would happen, I knew this would happen!"
"What...what are we supposed to do now?" Ruffnut asks.
"I...I don't know," Fishlegs said still in shock.
"We need to keep it together," Pitch said, trying to keep himself composed. "We must not give up hope."
"How can we find hope here?" I ask looking away. "This is the camp of despair. Hope doesn't exist here..."
"It's true," Astrid said making her way towards me. "This room has drained any sense of hope."
"I can't do this!" Elsa screamed. "I can't be around you people!"
"Elsa! Stop!" Anna shouts. "We...can't continue like this. It's...it's better if we try to leave with our chins up, and make sure this never happens again!"
Everyone slowly nod their heads, but still feel very depressed. Soon, the curtain opened up and we were allowed to leave on the elevator. Everyone stepped onto the elevator to go up...
Everyone except for Snotlout.
I look back to see him still staring at the screens wide eyed. His skin almost as white as a ghost.
I decided not to go on the first elevator and went to Snotlout.
"Hey," I said.
I think I saw Snotlout shutter at my voice. His eyes started to tinkle water. I think this was the first time I've ever see him cry. His fist clutch nervously as his body began to shake.
He then fell on his knees...and began to ball his eyes out.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He screamed through his tears. His voice echoes through the out the court room.
I stood there and watch, seeing Snotlout becoming weak. It didn't help that tears coming from my eyes.
It makes me wonder if we can find hope on this island...
And if we can truly escape this hell...
"Hey...long time no hear."
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"Yeah...it's good to hear from you too."
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"So...you found them?"
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"I knew I can count on your skills."
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"Great, I can tell that cop that…"
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"...so...it's just like back then..."
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"In that place?"
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"...that makes sense..."
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"Can you...?...ah, you already have. You do work fast don't you?"
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"Good idea...I'll gather him."
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"We'll find a way to get them out...and to make sure history doesn't repeat itself."
Surviving members: 14
To be continued.
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