No one spoke. It was almost as if everyone and everything was on mute. There was only silence. No birds singing, no foxes scuttling away. Occasionally a twig would snap under one of the teenagers feet, ringing around the large forest. The usual warm smells of the surroundings were gone, leaving dirty and unwelcome smells filling their airways as they all retraced the steps Robbie and Andre had taken earlier.

It was like a dream. A horrible, surreal dream. Not one of them could understand or comprehend what they were walking towards.

Jade was in front of the group of friends, making sure she was always two steps ahead of everyone. She didn't understand what was going on. She didn't want to understand, but she did. She felt as if her brain short-circuited and needed to be rebooted. Around her, everything was in fast-forward while she was motionless in the middle of it all. Her eyes felt hard and strong, although she felt weak inside, on the outside she was still the same old, Jade.

Following shortly behind Jade, was Tori. She felt as though she had been stabbed in the stomach with a blunt knife. None of it felt real. She felt as though she was stood still whilst watching everything else around her. With each slow step she became more afraid. Every step, every breath she breathed, seemed to echo through the forest around her. She was afraid to go forward and afraid to go back, and terrified to stand still. But she followed after Jade, wishing this was all a horrible nightmare.

Beck walked side by side with Trina, silently comforting the crying girl. He held one of her hands with his own, whilst the other one rest around her shaking shoulders. He couldn't think of the right thing to say to make her stop crying, he knew no matter what he said couldn't make this go away, he couldn't make it stop, not for even a second. Guilt burned deep in him as he was left with his own thoughts. His mind played games on him, playing the what if card with every step he took. What if he had heard something? What if he had seen something? But 'what ifs' mean nothing now.

Along with Trina, Robbie was the only other person crying. His eyes were red and sore from the salty tears that streamed down his face like a tap he couldn't stop. He took careful steps behind his friends, his cries being the only noise exchanged between them. Shock had taken over him, he went into autopilot, taking one step then another. His vision was blurry through his glasses, his knees weak and his heart breaking with every step closer.

Andre watched as his six friends got closer and closer, his heart thumping louder as they approached the spot they'd ran screaming from only minutes earlier. His mind was blank. He could feel himself losing grip on reality, his eyes wandered around the forest. The green seemed darker than before, almost as though the forest was dying too.

Jade stopped in her tracks as the lake came into view. The water was so blue and clear, a complete contrast to the gray sky above them. And then her heart stopped, almost dropping out of her body. She went stiff with fear as her eyes followed the waters edge. There she was. Just beside the water was Cat, curled up in the fetal position, both hands laying under the left side of her face, her tiny legs curled up slightly into her stomach. Her eyes were shut gently, her pink lips parted just enough to show off her white teeth. Her white t-shirt was almost still perfectly clean, as was the rest of her outfit. The only dirt on her being in her hair and on her bare feet. Apart from that, she looked so horribly normal.

"She's asleep." Jade laughed in shock.

Robbie let out a deep cry, falling to his knees and holding his body as he shook in fear. "No." He wept.

"That's how she sleeps. She's just asleep guys." Jade turned to face her friends broke faces, each of them had tears pouring down their cold cheeks as their eyes found Cat. Not one of them moved towards her or even Jade.

"Jade.." Beck started, not knowing how to finish his sentence as his eyes were drawn to the red head on the floor.

"I told you she was playing a trick." Jade tried one last time to make herself believe it wasn't true.

Robbie moved towards Cat, dragging his body heavily on his hands on knees.

"NO!" Jade screeched, her voice cracking as she stepped towards Cat. "Don't touch her."

Robbie fell back onto the dirt, kicking his feet into the ground and letting out a long scream of defeat.

"We found her like this and we ran straight back to you guys." Andre pinched his eyelids, trying to stop the flow of tears, his arms quickly finding Tori's shaking body.

Jade crouched down, her eyes not leaving Cat. Disbelief filled her mind. It couldn't be true. Only a few hours ago she had seen Cat, warming herself by the fire. Life and laughter in her eyes. This couldn't be the same girl lying lifeless on the ground. She still looked so warm and inviting. Her skin was slightly paler than usual, her cheeks as though they had been colored in with pink paint. Jade looked closer, her eyes blurring under her tears. She looked cold, so cold and frail. There wasn't a single scratch on her small body, no sign of harm or a struggle. She looked so peaceful and full of innocence.

Jade moved an inch closer, sniffing under her breath as she collapsed to the ground, her body making the ground around her shake under her weight. "Please no." Jade whispered under her breath, stretching her hand out slowly and stroking a strand of red hair out of Cat's face, her fingers shaking as she came into contact with her cold skin. Jade lay her warm hand against Cat's frozen face. "Wake up." She whispered again, blinking away several tears. "Please, wake up." But nothing Jade said would wake Cat up and she knew that. Cat had become a perfect marble angel, captured in a moment, never to return to their hellish world.

"Oh, Cat." Tori's face crumpled into her hands as she finally took her eyes off the forever silenced girl in front of her.

"Should we call the cops now?" Beck rubbed his eyes so hard that white stars appeared in his vision. He ran his fingers through his thick hair, taking deep breaths as he started to pace up and down.

"No." Jade said, not taking her eyes off of Cat.

"What? Why the hell not? Cat's dead, Jade. We need an ambulance and the cops!" Trina screamed in anger.

"Don't say that." Jade spat at Trina, letting her hand drop from Cat's face and onto her rigid hands.

"We should call the cops, Jade. They'll help find out what happened to Cat." Andre added, pulling Tori into a tighter hug, trying to protect her as much as possible.

"If we call the cops do you really think they'll believe we had nothing to do with it? A bunch of teenagers on a drunken vacation over Halloween, it's the perfect cliche." Jade panicked.

"Well we didn't have anything to do with it so why wouldn't they? Unless you did?" Trina sat on a tree stump behind her, her eyes glaring at Jade.

"Take that fucking back right now, Trina Vega." Jade stood up in defense, almost running into the oldest sister with her fist.

"Jade, stop!" Tori ran inbetween the two girls, placing her arms around Jade and using herself as a human shield. "Please don't fight. Not now."

Jade stopped, her eyes falling back onto the peaceful girl by the water, her heart breaking all over again. She took deep breaths before moving back over to Cat, like she was a mother protecting her child she couldn't leave her. "I didn't do this." She spoke softly, her eyes wandering up and down Cat's body.

"Who would do this? Cat was the nicest person ever. How could anyone hurt her?" Robbie finally caught his breath after crying hysterically. He couldn't bare to look at Cat anyone, the image of her was already burned in his mind.

"Are you sure she's-" Tori started.

"Dead?" Jade finished. "Take a look at her, Vega."

Tori turned her head away, bowing it into Andre's shoulder.

"So what do you suggest we do?" Beck crossed his eyebrows at Jade.

"I really don't know. Find the fucker who did this and kill them?" Jade's pain turned to anger quickly, her fists clenching and her stomach knotting.

Tori moved towards Jade, falling to her knees just behind her. "What do we do?" She sobbed. "I don't wanna go to jail."

"No one's going to jail." Jade took Tori's hand tight. "We're going to find who or what did this to Cat and we're gonna make them confess."

"We're never going to find who did this, Jade. For all we know it could have been one of us." Beck pointed around the circle of friends. "We were all with her last night, and you three were the last to see her alive. You're the most liable suspects as of right now."

"Oh come on Beck, as if they did this to Cat. Trina would be afraid of breaking a nail, Tori couldn't even kill a fly and well Jade.. Jade is scary, and mean and a bitch, but she isn't a killer." Andre defended his friends.

"Well someone did it, and I'm not gonna stop until they pay for this." Jade unclenched her fists, moving from her knees onto her legs as she lent over the quiet body. "I'm so sorry." She whispered, letting her lips kiss Cat's red cheek softly.

A/N - I'm sorry for killing Cat, my heart ached writing this to be honest :(

You guys are already trying to guess who did it, which is super cool! But don't just put a name or a random guess. Give me reasons why, a motive etc! It'll be cool to hear what you guys think is going on!

I really wanted to touch on how close Jade and Cat actually were in Victorious in this chapter so I hope I did it justice!

Let me know what you guys think! A new update will be up in less than 24 hours! :)