Victoria

"So how's your pasta?" Matt said quietly.

Victoria assumed this was his attempt at making conversation. Victoria sighed. "We don't have to talk."

The two sat at dinner neither wanting to make eye contact with the other. Victoria tried to appreciate the fact that they were at her favorite restaurant, but the fact she was on an arranged date with Matthew Freeman was not that appealing.

"Come on Victoria. I know we don't like each other, but we can at least try to enjoy this time together." He said.

Victoria sighed. "I'm sure you're girlfriend would love that."

Matt frowned. "I wanted to tell Sarah about our parents' plan, but my father made these reservations so last minute."

"And what did she say to this?" Victoria asked.

Matt gulped. "I kind of told her that I was having dinner with my dad."

"I'm sure she's going to love the fact that you lied to her," Victoria said sarcastically.

He looked down at his steak and sighed.

"Our parents are crazy. They can't force us to date." She hissed.

"It would make them happy." Matt reasoned.

Victoria crossed her arms. "I've lived for my mother my entire life. I want to start living for myself. And no offense Matt, you're cute and all, but I don't have any feelings for you."

"No offense taken. Don't get me wrong V, you're gorgeous, but you're not my type." He blushed.

"Exactly! Our parents are completely ignoring our wants and dreams! We're not their puppets." Victoria frowned.

"Since when where you the rebellious one?" Matt laughed weakly.

Victoria shook her head. "I'm not rebellious. I'm just done pretending to be perfect. The perfect daughter, the perfect student, the perfect hero, etc. It's just so exhausting."

Matt sighed. It looked like he understood what she was saying. Victoria frowned.

"And on top of that, your girlfriend is a psycho. If she found out what our parents are doing, she'll kill me." He said.

Matt laughed. "Come on your Victoria Crown, Sarah couldn't handle you."

Victoria raised an eyebrow. It was interesting how he looked down at Sarah. Like she wasn't a threat.

"There's more to Sarah than you think." She said.

Matt frowned. "Of course, I know that."

"Really? Sometimes it seems like everyone around here thinks her only personality trait is being your girlfriend." Victoria said.

Matt crossed his arms. "That's not true. Besides where is all of this coming from?"

"I'm just telling you my observations." Victoria shrugged.

Matt looked up at Victoria. It seemed like he was searching for something to say. "How come we never tried being a couple?"

"Excuse me?" Victoria coughed.

Did he really just ask that?

Matt sighed. "We've known each other since we were four. Our families like each other. We're both very powerful."

"Out of respect for Sarah and utter disgust at the question, I'm going to pretend you didn't say that." Victoria scoffed.

Matt held his hands out in defense. "I'm not saying I want to leave Sarah…I just wanted to know, if there's something wrong with me. How come you never picked me? It seemed like you were into Hunter."

Victoria rolled her eyes. "Are you seriously asking me romantic questions on our fake date? Come on Matt, let's just take these pictures for the paparazzi and get the hell out of this restaurant."

Matt nodded and stood up. "Pretend I didn't say anything."

"Believe me, I will," Victoria said.

He offed his hand to Victoria, and she reluctantly took it. His hand was rough and callous, however, when the paparazzi came it had to seem like they were a real couple. Only then would their parents be satisfied.

"I hate my mother for this." She sighed.

"Careful, you never know when she's listening." Matt joked.

Victoria frowned. "I hope she is. I want her to know that she can't control me for much longer."


Lex

"So are we ever going to talk about how you used me for the pep rally?" Lex asked.

Lex and Faith were walking to the common room, the majority of their class was already there.

"I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you." Faith joked.

However, Lex could tell she was hiding something. "Why are you hiding these things from me?"

Faith frowned. "What makes you think I'm hiding something?" She asked.

Lex rolled his eyes. "Gee, I have no idea."

"It's too early for sarcasm." Faith laughed.

Lex was about to answer when his phone buzzed. Lex pulled out his phone and frowned. It was a link forwarded to him by some of the sophomores. Lex rolled his eyes.

"The sophomores are so problematic." Lex sighed.

"Ain't that the truth. What did they send you?" Faith asked.

Lex frowned and opened the link. It sent him to the C&T (which stood for Capes and Tea) it was the hottest superhero gossip blog in America. Lex widened his eyes in shock at what he saw. It was a picture of Victoria and Matt in a restaurant, their hands linked and bright smiles on their faces.

"What the hell." Lex coughed.

Faith frowned and looked over his shoulder. She gasped when she saw the post.

"Sarah is going to kill them." Faith said.

"Are you two talking about me?" A voice hissed.

The two turned to see Sarah glaring at them.

"Sarah it's not what you think-" Faith was cut off by Sarah rolling her eyes.

"Jesus, can you shut up? Can you do something other than being Lex's fangirl? Honestly, it's exhausting to look at you." Sarah hissed.

"Sarah that's not nice." Lex frowned.

Sarah crossed her arms. "Save it Manbun."

Faith sighed and stepped forward to Sarah. "I'm going to excuse your behavior right now because I'm guessing you saw the post. I know you must be hurting."

"Faith please, I have a heart of stone. If Matt wants to date uptight Victoria, that's fine by me. I was getting tired of a dude with a four-inch penis. Plus he couldn't find a G-spot to save his life." Sarah snapped.

Lex could have sworn Sarah had an ice quirk because she made the air so much colder. Lex gulped. He would hate to be Matt right now.

"Sarah we can talk about it you know," Lex said.

Sarah scowled. "There's nothing to talk about."

"Well, you just went through a break-up." Faith reasoned.

"I don't even know if it's a breakup! Matt told me he was going to a family dinner last night, then I wake up to find out the whole world knows that he cheated on me! With Victoria Crown of all people! I could understand if it was with someone hot, but Victoria motherfucking Crown!" Sarah hissed.

Lex growled. "He cheated on you? That's messed up."

Faith nodded. "Agreed."

Sarah forced a smile. "It's whatever. I already have a way to get back at him. You know what they say, when they go low, go lower."

"I'm pretty sure the phrase is go high," Lex said.

"Well, whoever came up with that phrase must have never met Sarah Smith." She scowled.

"Babe!" A voice called.

The trio turned to see Matt walking towards them.

"Is he seriously calling me babe?" Sarah yelled.

She was loud enough for the rest of the class to hear her. Matt walked over to them and smiled.

"Sarah, can we talk in private?" He asked.

"Sure, I'm free between the times hell no and fuck you." Sarah hissed.

Matt sighed. "Can you let me explain?"

"Explain cheating on me with Victoria? I don't want to hear it." Sarah snapped.

"I didn't cheat on you!" Matt yelled.

The rest of the class was watching the scene intensely.

"Drama!" Jake shouted.

"Shut up Jake." Fouzia hissed.

Lex stepped in between Matt and Sarah. "Why don't you give her a minute? She needs some time to think."

Matt growled. "Are you telling me what my girlfriend needs?"

His eyes darkened and he stepped closer to Lex. Lex planted his feet and met the boy's gaze. He wasn't a confrontational person, but he wasn't going to let Matt push him around. He had been letting the boy get away with his temper tantrums ever since the arena.

"After the stunt, you pulled, I don't think she's your girlfriend anymore." Lex snapped.

Matt lunged towards Lex, almost as if he was ready to tackle him. It happened so fast; Lex couldn't even think to move out of the way. However, as soon as his foot left the ground, he promptly fell on the floor, not even reaching the boy. Matt growled and leaped up.

"Using your weak quirk to trick me, Lex?" Matt hissed.

"No fuckboy. It was me." Sarah said.

Lex and Matt turned to see Sarah with her hand up. Lex raised an eyebrow, he didn't know she could do that with her quirk. He was impressed, it seemed like she had been practicing.

"Matt, do the world a favor and go fuck off." Sarah snapped.

Matt growled and dusted himself off. "We're going to talk later."

"I doubt it." Sarah hissed.


Hunter

"Victoria can we talk?" Hunter asked.

The girl was walking towards the common room. The girl was walking faster than he could run.

"Leave me alone Hunter." She hissed.

The two made their way to the common room and stopped when they saw Lex and Matt arguing.

"Guess the cat is out of the bag." Victoria sighed.

Hunter frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Matt and I went on a date last night," Victoria said.

"What the hell? Why didn't you tell me that?" Hunter yelled.

Victoria rolled her eyes and turned to face the boy. "Because Hunter Akira Sato, I don't owe you shit."

"Is this about what happened a couple of days ago?" Hunter asked.

"You mean when you rejected me and humiliated me?" Victoria asked.

"You wouldn't even let me explain!" Hunter yelled.

"Save it for someone who gives a damn," Victoria said.

Their conversation was interrupted by a loud voice over the intercom.

"Alexander Dayton, Maryanne Isla, Aurelie Duax, Hunter Sato, and Jarret Han. Please report to the principal's office." Ms. Morningstar said.

Victoria rolled her eyes. "Why don't you go see the headmistress. Must be important top five business."

"Have fun sleeping with Matt." He scowled.

"At least he would sleep with me!" Victoria yelled.

Hunter yelled in frustration and marched off. The boy followed the other kids in the top five, each of them seemed nervous about what was going to happen.

"It's hard to focus on anything with all this drama." Allison said.

Maryanne nodded. "Victoria has been on edge ever since her mother visited. And now Sarah and Matt are fighting."

Allison laughed. "Why are you scared of Sarah?"

"Well…she's like the Queen Bee." Maryanne reasoned.

"I'll be scared of her when she gets a useful quirk." Allison chuckled.

Lex frowned. "Sarah's quirk is useful."

"Say what you want about Sarah, but she deserves better than Matt." Hunter said venomously.

He wanted to strangle Matthew Freeman. Partly because he thought hurting the boy would make the pain his heart was feeling go away.

"Cheating on someone is messed up." Jarret sighed.

The five stopped when they reached Ms. Morningstar's office.

"Should we be afraid?" Maryanne gulped.

"We're top five for a reason," Hunter said.

Maryanne sighed. "It seems like everyone else is getting better, while I'm staying the same."

"Relax Maryanne, the five of us can handle whatever is behind that door together," Lex reassured.

With that, the boy opened the door. After that things got a little fuzzy for Hunter. He remembered the smell of gas and then everything went black.


Aurelie

"Aurelie." A voice whispered.

Aurelie groaned and sat up slowly. Her whole body felt numb and head felt like she was hit with a sledgehammer.

"What happened?" Aurelie said.

She turned and gasped at what she saw. She was in an arena.

"What happened is that Ms. Morningstar gassed us." Hunter snapped.

"We don't know that she did that." Jarret reasoned.

"Yeah, I'm sure someone was able to break into her office and place a gas bomb in there, right after she called us to her office," Hunter said sarcastically.

"Do you think this a test?" Maryanne asked.

A loud rattle was heard, a sound so loud that Aurelie had to cover her ears to prevent herself from going deaf.

"What the hell is that?" Lex asked.

Another rattle was heard making the kids grunt in agony.

"The sound! I think it's coming from the walls!" Jarret called.

With that, the walls exploded, bits of debris flinging themselves towards the kids. Aurelie gasped in shock and jumped back.

"Are we under attack?" Aurelie asked.

"Don't worry children this is just another test. It's time for you kids to prove you deserve the top spot." Ms. Morningstar said.

Hunter frowned. "Where is she?"

Aurelie gulped and looked up at the ceiling. She pointed to the sound system above them.

"She must be close if she can use the intercom, right?" Aurelie asked.

"What does she mean prove that we deserve to be in the top five?" Jarret gulped.

A loud buzz was heard, and the teens turned to the hole in a wall. Soon figures began to emerge from the smoke.

"What the hell is going on?" Lex yelled.

Soon the figured revealed themselves. They were robots. Humanoid robots at that. Their bodies were sleek and silver, however instead of arms that had long black coils with sharped edges and a long point.

"Are we supposed to fight those?" Maryanne gasped.

Aurelie stood up and sighed. "Let's get this over with."

Aurelie concentrated and willed the rest of her sisters to appear. Shimmering orbs of light formed around the kids. Each of these orbs soon transformed into a girl.

Adele looked at the robots and sighed. "They're probably going to kill us."

"Jesus, Adele you are depressing." Hunter sighed.

Hunter took a fighting stance and grinned.

"Squad assemble!" He yelled.

"That's the worst battle cry ever." Lex chuckled.

With that, the teens charged. A robot swung its blade-like arms towards Aurelie, however, the girl was swift and ducked under it.

"Adriana a little help!" She yelled.

Adriana grinned and grabbed the robot by its neck and roughly snapped it's head off. Aurelie chuckled, since her clones were made of solid light, they were much stronger than she was, or any other human for that matter.

Aurelie turned and saw Lex leaping away from a robot. The robot made a ticking noise and angled its monitor towards Lex. Bright red energy shot out of the mechanical eyeballs towards Lex.

"Lex look out!" Aurelie yelled.

Aurelie feared Lex was a goner, when Adeline tackled the boy, pushing him out of the way of the blast.

"What is Ms. Morningstar thinking?" Adeline asked.

Hunter growled as he punched a robot.

"How much she likes to watch us suffer! I'm shit out of luck, my paper form is useless against robots."

"They seem to be waterproof too!" Maryanne yelped.

The girl was currently in her water form, hurling globs of water at the robots, but they didn't seem fazed.

Lex growled and stepped in front of Hunter and Maryanne. He pointed his hands towards the robots and his eyes began to glow bright gold. Almost as if by magic all the robots froze. Soon their mechanical bodies began to thrash around, causing sparks to fly from their gears.

"What the hell." Allison yelped.

Lex grinned as all the robots began to simultaneously short circuit. "Nothing a little bad luck can't fix."

"There are more robots coming!" Aurelie yelled.

Amelie turned to Jarret. "How fast do you think you can spin around?"

Jarret blushed. "Pretty fast. Why?"

"Well if you spin in the direction opposite of the robots, with enough speed and force, you will create a cyclone that would be strong enough to suck them up." She said.

Jarret gulped. "I don't know that sounds like a big task."

"You got this Jarret," Aurelie reassured.

He nodded and took off in a sprint. As soon as he got close, he stopped running and began to twirl. He looked surprisingly majestic, twirling with the grace of a ballerina. He began to spin faster, soon his body was just a blur as the wind around him began to shape itself into a spiral.

"He's doing it!" Maryanne said.

"You got this Jarret!" Lex yelled.

The robots charged towards the cyclone; however, they didn't stand a chance. As soon as they got close, they were sucked into Jarret's orbit. Flying around helplessly as the boy continued to spin around. The was growing so strong that Maryanne's hair kept slapping Aurelie's face.

Soon the cyclone stopped suddenly, and all the robots fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

"We got it!" Jarret grinned.

"That was all you bud," Hunter said.

The kids ran into a huddle. "Go, team!" Maryanne cheered.

"I wouldn't celebrate so soon." A voice said.

The students looked to see a man approaching them.

"Who's that?" Aurelie asked.

"Is it a teacher?" Adele wondered.

The man wore a brown spandex suit with amber-colored orbs placed on his joints. He wore a dark amber domino mask that matched his amber belt.

"Trust me, kids, I am definitely not a teacher." He smirked.

He reached into his belt and pulled out a long knife. "You kids must be important, there is a big bounty on your head."

"What is he talking about?" Jarret asked.

"This must be another one of Ms. Morningstar's tests," Lex answered.

The man grunted and hurled his knife, the object flew through the air with incredible speed and grace. It happened so fast, Aurelie couldn't scream. The blade stuck itself in Lex's chest. In the movies whenever someone is attacked you expect them to scream. However, in reality, you're too busy stuck in a state of shock to scream.

Lex didn't scream, his face just froze as his body went limp. Aurelie was trapped where she was. She couldn't move she was too busy watching the scene in horror.

"Now who's next?"


Jake

"Can you believe that those losers get special attention, just because they are top five." Jake scowled.

We'll be up in the ranks before you know it. Aerolynn smiled.

The two were currently walking to the English class. It was one of the few non-hero classes that they shared together.

"Can you believe what happened with Matt, Sarah, and Victoria? That's one love triangle destined to explode." Jake chuckled.

I don't know if a love triangle is the right word since it's pretty clear Victoria and Matt have no feelings for each other.

"Speaking of feelings, what's going on with you and Cleo?" Jake asked.

Aerolynn blushed. There is nothing going on with me and Cleo.

"Come on Aero, yesterday you asked me to shove you into a locker just so she wouldn't see you." He said.

I just happen to like quiet spaces. She said.

"Bullshit. Why don't you just talk to her?" Jake asked.

I have my reasons, Mr. Hyde. Enough about me, don't you have a crush?

Jake stopped and rubbed the back of his neck. "It's complicated."

It's not me, is it? Because we've been over why that won't work. Aerolynn joked.

"Haha, very funny jackass. You wish I had a crush on you. I just mean it will never work with me and the girl I like." Jake sighed.

How about I make you a deal. You talk to the girl you like, and I'll talk to Cleo. Aerolynn said.

"You have a deal." Jake grinned.

The kids stopped walking when they saw Sarah laughing with some boy. Jake gasped when he realized who it was. It was Chris Price, the school's quarterback. Sarah titled her head back and let off an obnoxious laugh.

Is she flirting with him? Aerolynn asked.

Jake gulped. Matt was not going to like this.

"Maybe she's just being friendly," Jake said.

Sarah moved in closer to Chris whispered something in. This caused the boy smirk, just as her hand drifted towards his crotch.

"Oh my god." Jake coughed.

Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, the trash can right next to them exploded, causing the pair to jump. Jake frowned and turned to look at the source. An angry Matt watching the duo. Sarah and Chris smirked, they didn't seem the least bit fazed by the pyrokinetic teen.

Sarah laughed and blew Matt a kiss. With that, she grabbed Chris's arm and walked off. Soon she approached Jake and Aerolynn.

"Jake tell your roommate, that I'm done with his shit," Sarah said.

She dramatically flipped her arm and walked off.

"Is everyone in this school on crack?" Jake sighed.


Maryanne

There was so much blood. It was covering Lex's shirt. Hunter instantly sprang into action and tore a piece of shirt off.

"Hunter wait!" Amelie yelled.

He frowned. "We need to stop the bleeding."

"If we remove that knife, Lex's blood will gush out of him like a juice box. We don't have the proper tools to treat him." She said.

"Guys, what do we do about the angry guy with knives?" Maryanne yelped.

The man was walking toward them quickly.

Hunter growled and stood up. "Kick his ass."

"This can't be another test right?" Aurelie said, panic flooded her voice.

Hunter stopped and looked around. "Where the hell is Jarret?"

The students looked around to see that the boy was gone.

"Did he leave us?" Maryanne yelped.

That didn't sound like Jarret. Maybe he was hurt.

"He might be getting help," Aurelie said.

"Without even letting us know he was leaving. Yeah, right that asshole is just going to save himself." Adeline barked.

Adele sighed. "I saw him leaving, but I'm too pathetic to stop him."

Hunter turned to the others. "I'm going to kick his ass. You guys go get Lex help."

"Hunter wait!" Amelie called.

It was too late, the dark-haired boy was already soaring towards the assailant, his origami hands flatter and sharper than ever. Hunter grunted and swiftly slashed the man's arms. Maryanne expected the man to howl in pain, instead, he just laughed. Maryanne frowned and looked closer. She gasped at what she saw. A dark liquid was shooting from the cut, only it wasn't blood. It was mud.

"What the hell!" Allison yelled.

"Quicksand." A voice mumbled feebly.

Maryanne turned to Lex. "What did you say?"

"Q-u-ick-ick-ick-sand." He stuttered.

"Don't speak, try and save your energy," Amelie said.

"What does he mean Quicksand?" Adriana asked.

The man smirked. "That's the name the media gave me, I think it's tacky. I prefer to go by my real name. Orion!"

With that, the man grabbed Hunter by his neck and slammed him against the ground. Hunter grinned and flattened himself against the ground.

"You have to try to do better than that to hurt me." Hunter said.

Orion grinned. "Don't worry, my buyer gave me a lot of information about you. Want to know what happens to a piece of paper once you put mud on it?"

With that Orion raised his foot above Hunter as his foot melted into a pile of mud. Hunter shrieked as the mud began to cover his body, practically drowning him.

"Hunter!" Maryanne yelled in fear.

Orion

Quirk: Mud- Orion has the ability to turn any part of his body into mud. Not only that, his mud form seems to be bottomless meaning once he absorbs something it can never be found again.

Aurelie's doubles turned to Maryanne and Aurelie.

"You guys get out of here, we got this," Adeline said.

"What? We can't leave you!" Aurelie said.

"It's not like we can get hurt," Adriana said.

"You four can," Amelie said.

Allison sighed and turned back to Orion. "We'll hold him off, get the boys out of here now!"

With that, the girls charged.

"Hey jackass!" Adeline yelled.

Adeline punched Orion in his jaw, however, her fist sunk through his skin like it was made of putty. Adeline grunted and tried to yank her fist out, but it was pointless. She screamed in frustration as Orion's body continued to pull her fist in.

"Guys I think I figured out why the media calls him Quicksand!" She yelled.

While he was distracted by Adeline, Adele was able to pull Hunter from underneath his foot. The boy coughed loudly, mud coming out of his mouth and nose.

"Run!" Allison yelled.

Hunter limped over to Maryanne and Aurelie. "Guys come on!"

Aurelie looked at her doubles one last time and sighed. Maryanne knew she hated to leave them. Maryanne grunted and picked up Lex's limp body. The teens began to run off, going through the hole the robots had created earlier.

"Don't worry guys, we can get through this!" Hunter said encouragingly.

The kids kept running until Aurelie stopped suddenly. She began to cough rapidly, causing Maryanne to raise an eyebrow in concern. The girl reached for her throat almost as if she was choking.

"Aurelie we don't have time to stop!" Maryanne yelled.

"He's suffocating them!" She coughed. "I can feel it!"

With that she collapsed on the floor.

"Fuck, is she unconscious!" Hunter yelled.

He ran to her and shook her. The girl didn't move.

"It's just us." Maryanne yelped.

"Don't be scared little ones. I don't like to kill kids, so I'll make your deaths quick." Orion said solemnly.

Maryanne growled and stepped forward. She was scared as hell, however, her protective instincts were kicking in. She couldn't let him hurt Lex or Aurelie.

She held up her arms and willed them to turn into water. She grunted and hurled the boiling hot water towards Orion. The man raised an eyebrow once the water hit him.

"Is that the best you can do? Think Maryanne, I'm made of mud. How will throwing water at me stop me!" He yelled.

Maryanne gulped. "Oh fuck."

The water seemed to give the man more strength, his muscles bulging and his form growing.

"Stay away asshat!" Hunter said.

The man sighed. "Water and paper, two useless quirks. Why exactly did my buyer hire me to kill you? I guess anybody would do anything to advance in their rankings."

"What do you mean?" Maryanne yelped.

"Someone inside your school hired me. Isn't that the funny part. Someone you know hired me to kill you. Quite rich. It doesn't matter anyway. You won't live long enough to figure it out." He said.

Orion raised his hands and shot a wave of mud towards the duo. Maryanne and Hunter groaned as the mud slammed into them, throwing them on their backs. Maryanne tried to sit up, but the mud was too strong. It pressed itself against her lungs, causing her to gasp. He was going to crush her lungs. The mud slowly spread across her body, almost reaching her face. If it kept growing, she would suffocate.

"Please don't do this!" She screamed.

"I'm sorry, kid." He sighed.

"You're pathetic." A voice said.

Hope filled Maryanne's body. Was someone here to save them? She turned her neck to see someone standing in front of Orion. She gasped, Aurelie was awake! Maryanne gulped, but was her quirk going to be able to combat Orion's?

"That's not Aurelie." Hunter wheezed.

Maryanne gasped when she realized that this girl had red hair and blazing red eyes. Maryanne frowned, none of Aurelie's clones looked like that.

"Who the hell is that?" Maryanne coughed.

"I don't remember you being in the file," Orion observed.

The red-haired girl smirked. "My name's Alice. People tend to try and keep me a secret."

Orion shrugged. "No matter, you can die with the rest of them."

He stomped his and mud shot towards the red-haired girl. She laughed and took off in a sprint, she did a summersault over the man, landing behind him safely.

"Enough with the parlor tricks," Alice said.

Orion growled and pulled out of a knife. "Gladly I'll stop."

He threw the knife at Alice; however, Alice chuckled and snatched the blade out of midair with remarkable speed.

"What a cute little knife," Alice said.

Alice threw the knife back at Orion, causing the man to smirk. The knife sunk into his skin like he was made of liquid.

"That's not going to work little girl." He said.

"Don't worry, that was just the distraction," Alice smirked.

She held up her hands and her body began to glow with piercing red light. Maryanne yelped and closed her eyes. The light was so bright she thought her eyes would explode. Soon screaming was heard. Although it wasn't Alice's. It was Orion's. Soon Maryanne felt the mud trapping her evaporate.

Alice smirked. "You can open your eyes now."

Maryanne opened her eyes and gasped. All the mud was gone and standing in front of Alice was a brown statue. Maryanne yelped; it wasn't just a statue it was Orion. Alice turned him into a statue.

"How did you do that?" Hunter asked.

Alice shrugged. "You guys ever do Arts and Crafts in elementary school? Put heat on some clay and it turns solid. Our little friend Orion is just like a clay statue."

"Who are you?" Maryanne asked.

"My parents named me Alice." She said simply.

Maryanne gulped. Alice didn't seem like the others. She had this coldness in her voice.

"Can we talk to Aurelie now?" Hunter asked.

Alice shook her head. "Aurelie is going away for a little bit."

"Excuse me?" Maryanne coughed.

Alice smirked. "Since Aurelie's been here people have been out for her. Now on top of this, someone placed a hit on her? Someone in our school? I'm not staying passive anymore. I'm not letting Aurelie come out until I handle this. So, get used to my face, because it's the only one you're going to be seeing these next couple of weeks."

Aurelie turned to the statue. "One more thing."

With that she punched the statue, causing it to shatter into a thousand pieces.

Maryanne yelped. "Did you just kill him?"

Aurelie shrugged. "Probably."


Sarah

"Are you okay?" Fouzia asked.

Sarah stopped and looked up at her roommate. The girl was currently standing by the door.

"Do you care?" Sarah snapped.

"I was just trying to be polite, something you don't know anything about," Fouzia said.

Sarah rolled her eyes. "So glad we get to have all these little bonding moments Fonzy."

Fouzia grunted and marched out of their dorm. Sarah sighed. How could she become roommates with the person she hated the most at this school? A loud knock on the door was heard, causing Sarah to jump.

"Jesus, what is it the cops?" Sarah asked.

She opened the door and rolled her eyes when she saw it was Matt.

"Can I help you?" She asked.

Matt growled and pushed past her, slamming the door behind him.

"What the hell were you thinking today? First, you trip me in front of everybody, then you flirt with Chris right in front of me!" He yelled.

"So you can go on a date with Victoria, but I flirt with a boy and suddenly I'm the whore?" Sarah snapped.

Matt crossed his arms. "You took that out of context! My dad is making me do that!"

"You could have talked to me! Instead, you just snuck behind my back and publicly humiliated me! The whole school saw that post!" Sarah yelled.

Matt sighed and grabbed her hand. "I'm sorry babe, I know I messed up. Let me make it up to you."

"You don't have to." Sarah sighed.

"Meaning you forgive me?" Matt said hopefully.

"No! That means I'm done. I don't care anymore. Do you know how hard it is to be your girlfriend? I put up with the temper tantrums, the ultimatums, I always put your feelings before mine! I ignore the bruises you give me! I lie for you! I let you do whatever you want to me like I'm some fucking toy! Yet you don't even have the decency to not cheat on me!" Sarah yelled.

It felt so good to finally say what she had been feeling. She had feared hurting his feelings for weeks. Now she could finally tell the truth. Maybe they could still be friends. She knew she didn't want to lose him forever.

Matt's face fell. Sarah sighed, he looked upset. She was about to say something when he grabbed her by her neck and slammed her against the wall. She tried to scream but he was squeezing so tight that no sound could leave her mouth.

"Listen to me! Please, Sarah, I need you to listen!" He pleaded.

Tears started to stream down his face, causing him to look more tormented.

"Nothing is going to change baby. This relationship with Victoria is all fake, I'm just doing it for my dad. I still love you. Don't you remember how things were before me? No one wanted to be your friend and your own parents didn't even love you. You were practically begging for me to let you in. Begging for me to love you." He said.

His grip on her throat didn't falter. Her vision was starting to blur, and her body was slowly going numb.

"I'm the only person that's been there for you and that won't change. I love you Sarah Smith and there's nothing you can do to change that." Matt said.

He let go of her throat, causing the girl to fall the floor. She began to wheeze rapidly, gasping for air. He crouched down next to her and sighed. He gently moved a strand of hair out of her face.

"I'm sorry I hurt you baby; I shouldn't have done that." He said sincerely.

She looked up at him with pain in her eyes. Maybe he was right. She didn't have friends. Her family wasn't there. No one loved her. Only Matt. He was the only one that was there. He would be the one to stay. The one that would love her.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have acted out today." Sarah coughed.

He smiled. "I forgive you. Do you forgive me?"

Sarah nodded slowly. Although part of her body was screaming in fear, she knew that Matt was the only one for her. He was the only one that cared.

"I forgive you." She said.

Those words felt like the keys locking her back into her cage. Matt leaned in and kissed her softly, however, Sarah didn't feel the sparks she normally felt. She felt nothing.


Faith

"Sarah is a massive bitch," Fouzia yelled.

Faith and Fouzia were currently walking towards the gym, getting ready for a mid-day workout.

"I've tried being nice to her lately because it seems like Lex has grown fond of her." Faith admitted.

Fouzia raised an eyebrow. "Is that okay with you?"

Faith blushed. "Why wouldn't it be?"

"Because of…oh my god, Lex!" Fouzia said.

Faith frowned. "What about him?"

Faith followed the girl's line of vision to see two nurses carrying Lex on a stretcher. Faith screamed in shock. She ran over to her friend.

"What happened? Is he okay?" Faith asked.

"Move, Miss Ritter, we need to get him to a medic." One of them said.

Faith sighed and let go of the stretcher. She would see Lex when he was conscious and properly taken care of. She sighed. He had to get better. Walking behind the nurses was Maryanne, Hunter, and Aurelie. At least Faith thought it was Aurelie. The girl had red hair and crimson eyes. Their clothes were torn and covered in mud.

"What the hell happened?" Faith demanded.

Hunter growled and looked around the common room. "Where is Jarret? I'm going to kick his ass."

"Maybe he left us because he was hurt," Maryanne said.

Faith frowned. "What do you mean left you? What the hell happened?"

"Someone tried to kill us." The red-haired girl said nonchalantly.

"What?" Faith said.

How could a villain get inside the school? It made her remember her fight with Verity. She never felt so unsafe in a place she was supposed to be protected.

"Lex was stabbed, and Jarret left us to die. I'm going to kill him." Hunter snapped.

Faith frowned. Was this true? Would Jarret really leave the others to die? He seemed like such a sweet boy.

"Jarret is the least of our problems." The red-haired girl said.

Faith turned to face the girl. "Who are you?"

"My name is Alice. I'm here to investigate our class." She said.

Faith frowned. "Our class?"

"Well someone placed a hit on us. I'm going to find out who did it and then I'm going to snap their neck." Alice said coldly.


Ms. Morningstar's Files

Name: Aurelie Duax

Quirk: Spectral Color

Parents/Legal Guardians: Arthur Duax (Father), Momoka Ichinose (Mother)

Medical Condition: Dissociative Identity Disorder

Notes: Physically Aurelie is a great specimen. Incredibly fit and light on her feet, with amazing gymnastic skills. unfortunately, her lack of control over her clones makes her a liability. She treats them as if they are her sisters, allowing her quirk to control her. Until she accepts her place as the dominant personability they will always walk all over her. My initial hypothesis was that they each had their own personality however the more I study her the more I realize that they all share various aspects of her personality. The parts of her she's ashamed of her greed, pride, temper, etc. Aurelie might have more darkness in her than she thinks.

Danger Level: Orange


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