I immediately ran off. I needed to get back to the plaza and tell Coco and Lucky what happened. While running, all I could think about was Apollo's dead body. I didn't even know him very much, but I felt bad. I hated Ryan for killing him.

While on my way there, I remembered the first time I saw a dead body. I was walking home from school when I heard Anthony and Sam screaming. I looked around and I saw my own father's dead body in an alley. Everything else after that was a blur.

I finally made it to the plaza. I found Coco and Lucky sitting by a bench in front of the large tree. I ran up towards them.

"What's going on?" Coco asked.

"R-Ryan, h-he," I stuttered. I couldn't even say it. Instead of being told to calm down, Coco took my hand and started walking towards the forest. Lucky tagged along with us.

"Where are we going?" he asked. Coco stayed silent.

"What are you doing?" I asked her. She stayed silent, and Lucky just shrugged. I saw her take a look at him and just nod. Then, he started crying like how he did last night.

"She's going to show her," I heard him whisper.

We made it towards the forest. We all walked through it. Coco walked through anything that was in her path. I looked around and I realized that this forest looked exactly like the one in the dream. I looked around and I saw some structures in the distance.

A graveyard. Also like the one from my dream.

We walked closer and closer to it. I felt like I was being dragged to my death. Why did I move here. Why did I leave Mom behind? Why did I leave everything behind only for all of this to happen?

Those last two questions were the same questions I asked about Sam when he left for college. I wondered why he would leave his family just to go to college for four years. I begged him to stay, but he had a conversation with me about how college can change his life. So, when it was Anthony's turn to go, around a year ago, I was prepared for it and I didn't beg him to stay. I felt bad for not begging him to stay. I sounded like I didn't care as much as I did when Sam left.

We finally made it to the graveyard. Coco let go of my hand.

"Look around," she muttered, "Find out who that monster of a mayor really is."

I looked at all of the graves. Just like in the dream, there were three rows of eight. Unlike in the dream, however, only the first seven were covered in moss. I looked at the names on the graves. I never knew anything about the people on these graves. The first one I read had the name Cupcake on it. Another one I read had the name Champ on it. I looked over at the edge of the graveyard and I saw that same grave that had been dug up from the dream. It wasn't mossy, either. I looked at the grave to see who it belonged too. I had to clean off some dust, and I was able to look at the name. I figured it would probably be someone I didn't know.

So, when I saw the name Coco written on it, I was too shocked to move. Was I reading it right? I looked over at Coco. She and Lucky were standing there being silent. Finally, Coco spoke.

"You would've found out at some point," she whispered. I looked over at Lucky. He had tears in his eye. His bandages below the eye were wet.

"What's going on?" I stuttered. I look at Coco's dark, hollow, emotionless eyes. I stumbled back a bit, almost falling in the grave.

"I never looked like this," Coco whispered while looking at her cold, clay hands, "I never wanted to." I looked over at Lucky. He whispered something to her, but I didn't hear what he said.

"Just tell me!" I screamed. I probably shouldn't had done that. That probably made her feel worse about herself. However, Coco looked right at me. At that moment, I wished everything was just a dream. I wished I could just wake up back at home with my mom. I wished I never moved here!

"The mayor murdered me. Ryan murdered me. He was behind the slaughter of all of these villagers, including me. He took away everything!" She screamed. She then fell down to the floor and starting crying. What was I supposed to say to my dead friend?

"We need to stop him," I said without thinking. Coco and Lucky both looked at me, like I had said something revolutionary. Turns out, I did.

"I never even knew the mayor did any of this," Lucky said. He turned around and looked at Coco.

"But you already know about what happened to her, right?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I was the one who helped her out of her grave," he answered.

"Riley's right," I heard Coco mutter suddenly, "I never tried to stop him. All I did was watch. I need to stop him." She got up and looked at me and Lucky. "We need to stop him."

"How?" Lucky asked.

"We need to get him out of Redwood. We need to tell everyone when the time is right," Coco answered.

"Isn't a K.K. Slider concert happening on Saturday?" he wondered. I would be so excited for a K.K. concert if none of this was happening right now.

"Yes. Everyone will be there," Coco said. All of the sudden, we heard something from behind us. We turned around and we saw Ryan dragging Apollo's body towards the graveyard.

"Did he notice us?" I thought to myself. Unfortunately, I heard his cold-hearted voice speaking to us.

"Looks like you found out," he said. He then chuckled.

"I can't believe you would do this!" I screamed at him. Lucky was hiding behind a grave, while Coco stood in front of me. She was defending me.

"It's not like anyone will believe anything bad that you say about me," he answered. Lucky poked his head out.

"I believe her," he said. Ryan turned around and looked at him. He immediately started hiding again.

"Don't touch anyone ever again," Coco said all of the sudden. Ryan chucked. He was getting closer.

"Rules are the rules, little rabbit," he said crazily.

"You can't just kill people if they want to leave!" She said angrily.

"We have a zero percent move-out rate," he replied, "I want to keep it that way." At this point, he was right in front of us. I noticed he had shovel in his right hand. The axe was still in Apollo's chest.

"I'll let you guys run free, but that's your only warning," he said. He then walked passed us and started to bury Apollo.

"Do something," I whispered to Coco. She immediately snuck up behind Ryan and took his shovel. All of the sudden, before she could hit him, Ryan grabbed the handle of the shovel and turned around.

"Do that again and I'll chop your head off like I should've done when you first came back," he said angrily. He then threw the shovel on the floor. He then took the axe out of Apollo's bloody body and began showing it off to her.

"The hero of the village," he teased, "Why didn't you save him?"

That's when Coco fell down to the floor and started crying. No tears rolled down her eyes, but I knew she wasn't faking it. Lucky got up from behind the grave.

"Let's go," he said. He went towards Coco and grabbed her hand.

"Let me go!" she screamed. She tried to break free, but she couldn't. All of the sudden, she stopped crying and stood up. She looked over at Ryan.

"I'll tell everyone," she said. Lucky let go of her. She then walked towards me. He followed her.

"Come on," she muttered. After that, we all left the graveyard. I looked behind me and I saw Ryan holding the bloody axe that was in Apollo's chest. He was staring at us.

That day, I learned something. You can't always trust the people you think are supposed to be good. Sometimes, their goodness is just an illusion.

They could be someone behind the slaughters of innocent people.