Chapter 8
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When Mary returned to school on Thursday, people looked at her funny. The question on most of their minds was, why would a serial killer harass one girl first, and then move on to murder another. The most popular theory was that Mary, being repressed by her religious father, and trying to contain her homosexuality, snapped and murdered a girl she secretly loved. The theory claimed that Mary faked the initial call from Ghostface to deflect suspicion from herself. Thus people looked at Mary with suspicion today. At lunchtime a couple of students came up to her, Amy and Kalil. Mary had been friends with Kalil as a child, and when Amy moved to Woodsboro this past summer Mary had tried to be her friend. But then they both abandoned Mary to be friends with "the cool kids" namely Amanda and Greg. Yet now here they were, reaching out to her, for some reason.
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Mary: What do you two want?
Amy: We wanted to make sure you're okay.
Mary: I was harassed by a serial killer, considering that I guess I'll be okay. You two sure you want to be seen with me?
Kalil: We're sorry, for how we treated you. For what it's worth, I know you would never do anything like...
Mary: Like what they say I did. I didn't.
Kalil: I've known you yur whole life, I was your beard, I already know you're innocent.
Mary: What about you Amy?
Amy: I trust Kalil's judgement. Besides, I believe in innocent until proven guilty.
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As Amy said this, a voice from a nearby table let out a little laugh. This was Christina, the only open goth at Woodsboro Highschool.
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Kalil: You find it funny that she's being accused of being a serial killer?
Christina: I do, because Mary here is more likely to be killed then be the killer. The new girl might end up being the final girl.
Mary: The what?
Christina: Final girl. The one who defeats the killer in the end. You're new, stalked by a previous psychopath with the scars to prove it. You'll probably find your inner strength and win, after the killer murders the arrest of us.
Amy: I'm not liking any of these options. And why do you assume the rest of you will die.
Christina: Let's look at the facts. I'm goth, Mary's a lesbian, Kalil is african-american. None of us are likely to survive a slasher film.
Mary: This isn't a movie, it's real life.
Christina: Real life, where all three of us face possible retribution from lone psychos. You think that part isn't based somewhat on reality? Are we really suprised that the psychopath might be racist, misogyist, homophobic, or all of the above?
Kalil: I hate to say this, but she might be right. It's like how the black soldier always dies in war movies. My grandfather served in Korea, he said he and other black soldiers were typically given more dangerous duty than white soldiers.
Mary: Say this is a horror movie, what can we do to survive?
Christina: Typically the teens who avoid drugs, alcohol, smoking, they have a better chance of surviving.
Amy: My mother was right, smoking does kill.
Christina: Virgins typically survive. If you're babysitting a small child, you have a better chance. Try to stay in pairs, and under no circumstances should you say the phrase "I'll be right back."
Mary: Why would this killer let me live? I didn't even get the trivia uestion right.
Christina: They're going for shock value, they want to play on the audience's expectations and fool them. That would work out well, because then we might have a better chance of surviving. But ofcourse they have to kill, it's what the audience pays for. In order to get them really interested, like for another sequal, they'd have to kill the original final girl.
Amy: You mean Sydney Bristow?
Christina: It would be the only way to stand out with a low body count.
Amy: Her book saved my life, and others, so I really hope you're wrong.