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Octavian Country Day School
Auditorium
1:02 PM
Monday, June 3rd
Massie Block twirled a lock of hair around her finger and her amber eyes glinted. She was sitting in between Alicia and Dylan and she smirked knowingly. An assembly had been called and now everyone was filing in.
"Ehmagawd, I wonder what kind of contest this is," Claire said, her eyes gleaming.
"Who cares? We're winning anyways," Massie said confidently as she examined her perfect nail bed. She blew on her hands and relaxed her shoulders as everyone around her talked and laughed. Her eyes quickly flew open as she heard someone's voice rise above the rest.
"Quiet down, ladies! Quiet down!" Principal Burns said into the microphone. Someone made the usual buzzard noise and Principal Burns pursed her lips. As soon as the crowded room settled and focused their attention on the stage, she continued talking. "Now I know that you ladies are excited for the end of the school year and the beginning of summer break -."
"Woohoo! Yeah!" a series of cheers erupted from the OCD Student body, interrupting the principal. Massie Block smiled demurely at the fact that she knew what was coming.
"… and I know you are making plans for the summer, but you might not need to," Principal Burns said. Dylan nudged Massie and she wanted to tell Principal Burns to hurry up. "OCD has set up a contest that corresponds with a challenge set up for the Briarwood boys. Whoever wins this contest wins a trip to anywhere around the world with your OCD and Briarwood friends." Principal Burns introduced the topic and smiled, her beak nose widening. Massie glanced at Alicia and saw that the Ralph Lauren girl was smiling triumphantly at her gossip being confirmed.
She discreetly looked around at the faces of her classmates and noticed that they were all surprised. Suddenly a loud cheer sounded and Principal Burns smiled. "The basis of this contest is simple. It's a scavenger hunt. There will be groups of your choice. It will be the same for the Briarwood boys. The Briarwood groups and the OCD groups will be listed in both schools. You will get to choose your corresponding groups as long as both groups agree. You'll start at different locations and try to find each other. You'll gather clues and points along the way and at the end they will be confirmed. The scavenger hunt ends by next Friday and you'll have until tomorrow, before school ends, to turn in your group name, members, and captain name. The names of Briarwood and OCD groups and members will be posted in each classroom by Wednesday. But the scavenger hunt starts now, if you know what I mean," Principal Burns said mischievously.
Everyone fluttered at the principal's tone and they automatically started filing out. Alicia, Dylan, and Massie stood up, straightening and brushing their clothes off. "Kristen! Kuh-laire! Get up and move!" Alicia said to the two hesitating girls.
"Wait. Don't you think it's weird how Principal Burns said '…if you know what I mean'?" Claire said.
"Yeah. I think she's hinting at something," Kristen said her eyes gleaming.
"Hey guys. Are your names Steve?" Massie said.
"Uh… no," Claire answered for both of them.
"Then why are you looking for Blue's Clues?" Massie said. Dylan and Alicia cracked up.
"Yeah. You guys did sound like you were starring on that show right now," the redhead laughed.
Kristen laughed and rolled her eyes. "Come on. What if there is a clue?" she said.
"Fine, fine, Nancy Drew. We'll look around," Massie sighed and giggled.
Massie and the rest of the Pretty Committee scanned their chairs. Massie lifted her chair seat (they have ones like in movie theaters) and glanced away at the sound of Kristen's voice. "Found it! Oh… never mind, that's a gum wrapper." Everyone giggled at Kristen's change in tone.
Massie glanced down under her chair and saw a white envelope. Her perfectly shaped eyebrows furrowed together as she bent down to pick it up. She didn't shout out because she didn't want to seem as dejected as Kristen. She opened the envelope and found a letter. At the top it read:
OCD/Briarwood Scavenger Hunt
Clue: o1/10
"Kristen, you were right," Massie announced to her crew. They turned their heads around and saw the paper in her hands. As soon as everyone gathered around Massie, she read:
"A door in a wood,
The door number 3.
There's a key in a tree,
In the daughter
the 18th
"What the hell?" Massie retorted as soon as she finished the last words of the poem.
"Whoever wrote that poem… sucks!" Dylan stated and laughed as Kristen cackled at the redhead's words.
Massie laughed and quickly started to stride out. "Come on guys. We've got to work on this clue," Massie said, quickly taking charge.
A/N: Hey guyss. Didn't update for a long time. But that's cus i wanted reviews. and i was on writer's block after one chapter. LOL. REVIEWW. if i get 5 reviews on this chapter ill update. )