Okay, I am happy that at least one person actually went to my poll and voted. THANK YOU! You gave me courage to write some more! Sorry for taking a few days, but no need to worry! I have finished the next chapter faster than expected! (I was sick yesterday so I stayed home and played on the laptop, thats partially why.) Anyways, enjoy the next chapter! I know I put Friendship as a genre, but it also has some romance as well. LOVE TRIANGLES RULE! (Ah-hem)

Kellyn: Okay, Since I am in this chapter a little, I am going to say something...WOOHOO! I GOT MORE TIME IN THE STORY! Im happy, 'cause my presence felt unneeded in the last chapter. Anyways, Chappy starts now, so enjoy~!

Time skip

'Thought'

"Talking"

~Completely Oblivious~

As if on cue, Elaine walked into the infirmary room, wiping her hands on a white cloth.

"We are ready to examinate. Lets see whats going on."

Winter nodded sadly and exited the room, still bawling her eyes out.

"I know theres hope. Somewhere out there. Its just meandering around for a bit." Winter chocked out, trying to calm herself.

She sighed then soaked in some air to her lungs.

'I will do it for Kate! I will become a top ranger and fulfill our pledge! We will be together forever, and maybe...maybe I WILL become friends with Keith...Because right now... I have no one else to turn to...'

Winter wipes her tears away and went back to the dorms sadly.

"I heard what happened...are you okay?" Keith said, popping out of particularly nowhere.

"...Yeah" Winter lied. She didn't want anybody to worry though, so she shouldn't say anything to Keith.

Keith gave her a disapproving expression.

"I would like it for you to tell me the truth Winter." He said, pinching the bridge of his nose irritatedly.

Winter shifted uncomfortably and turned her head. To tell him or not?

Winter looked back into his eyes, and then she wished she hadn't.

Her eyes widened and she stared at the blue orbs for a few moments, before feeling the tears swell her eyes.

The serious blue eyes scared her, and she just had to give in

."I...I..." Her posture broke, and Keith found himself with a crying girl tucked into his chest.

Keith blushed and patted Winter on the head.

"Its okay..." he comforted.

Keith looked down at her and sighed.

"Winter...This is the first time I've seen you cry. Even if people tease you by calling you a ghost or a vampire, you never care. Why?"

Winter took her head back and wiped the tears off her face with her shirt.

"Because what other people say is useless. Its not like they are going to hit me with a knife. Besides, criticism wont get in the way of my dreams...But if my friend dies, that probably will."

"… …Baka." Keith said, hitting Winter on the head. " Kate is not going to die, and you know it. They said that her heart still beats, so there is nothing to be afraid of..."

Keith patted Winters head once more before turning around.

"Well? You coming?"

Winter gave him a confused look. "Where to?"

"To the site of the crime!"

Winter was taken aback by that comment, but agreed in two seconds flat. She had to find some clues!

"RACE YA!" She heard Keith yell.

She notice that Keith was running ahead of her.

"HEY! JERK!" Winter laughed. "I WANNA SOLVE THIS JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO, LOVER BOY!"

Keith stopped in his track. "Okay, Kate IS my best friend and I am worried about her, but I am SO not in love with her!"

Winter raised an eyebrow. "Oh sure. I agree...Lover boy." Winter jolted past Keith, leaving him fuming.

"I SAID IM NOT IN LOVE WITH HER!" He yelled, trying to catch up with Winter. 'God damnit, I like...someone else, I think.' Keith thought, trying not to admit to himself who it was.

Winter exited the building then closed the door on Keiths face. She smirked at her success.

"Owwwww~"

"Hehe." She chuckled, then turned around.

The courtyard looked really normal, even though there was a crime scene a few hours ago...But it was a bit too normal.

"I wonder..." She said, ignoring Keiths entrance.

"Thanks for the face lift. –.–"

"Anytime." Winter deadpanned.

She looked around then suddenly, a gracedia flower floated down and landed on her head.

She grabbed the flower quickly and examined it.

A small piece of paper was attached to it with a music note scribbled on it.

"Huh?" She said, obviously confused.

She looked closer at the note.

"E minor..." She whispered, then she remembered a saying, but had no idea where the memory came from. "...Une note de musique peut faire plus d'un son, le bruit, ou une chanson..."

Keith meandered around, still looking for clues.

"Hey Winter! I found something!"

Winter rushed over towards Keith, wanting to get her mind off of the strange memory.

"This." He showed Winter a lock of fur.

Winter studied it.

"Do you know what pokemon it came from?"

Winter shook her head sadly.

She grabbed the lock of fur and put in in a small baggy that she used for her dried snack.

"I see..." Keith said sadly after seeing her answer. "Well, lets goo check on kate."

Winter nodded and followed Keith back to the infirmary room.

Elaine was already done with the examination, or it seems.

"Elaine, did you find anything?" Winter asked, hoping that Elaine found out whats wrong.

"..." Elaine put a hand on her chin. "For some scary reason...there was absolutely nothing wrong with her..."

Winter felt shock run through her. How was it physically possible that Kate has nothing wrong with her? Its not possible...but maybe...

Winter felt as if she came through a breakthrough, but she wasn't sure if it was exactly true or not. She decided not to sidetrack the rangers investigation until she knew exactly if her hypothesis is correct or inaccurate.

Winter ran downstairs and into the classroom, searching through her desk until she found a sketching journal.

She drew the gracedia flower and the music note. Even if her evidence gets lost, she will still have a picture of it.

She examined all the angles and found something quite different. A gracedia flower usually has a orange/pink middle, but this one had a black middle.

Winter wrote down the color difference and made sure she did as much detail as possible, knowing this would come in handy.

"There. A replica. Not very exact but good enough."

"NOT EXACT? YOUR KIDDING RIGHT!"

"OH MY EFFING GOD! KEITH!" Winter jumped out of her chair and screamed, surprised (Almost killed) by Keith's appearance.

Keith fell the the ground laughing at Winter's reaction.

"Hahahaha-your-hahaha-so-hahaha-funny!-HAHAHAHAH!"

"Ugh!" Winter glomped back down on her chair and pinched the bridge of her nose.

She looked back at keith and sighed. "I hate you."

"Aww, I hate you too." Keith smirked and walked towards the door.

"Oh and, before I leave, When I told you that before, I wasn't kidding."

"What befor-" Winter remembered what Keith said. She wasn't kidding...but he actually thought it was exact?

Keith closed the door on her and Winter winced.

She groaned once again then started to scribble on the notepad again.

She drew the music note once again and tried to get through this clue.

A music note...Sometimes have other meanings, right? Like that french saying... Wait!

A B C D E F G, the keys of a piano! They each have a letter! This one is E minor, so maybe, just maybe, this is part of a sentence! But, doesn't that mean that there is other letters? Its obvious that there is going to be more letters to make a sentence so...

No!

No no no NO!

'This weirdo is going to cause more of these frozen people! But...Who? Who will be his next victim?...Music...Melody? Isn't that Isaacs sister? Oh no! I have to warn him before it happens!'

Winter jolted up from her chair and ran to the library, hoping to see the blonde genius reading a book...or something...

"Isaac!" Winter called, spying him from the corner of the room. "Isaac! You have to call your sister now!"

"Huh? What is the logical reason for that."

"DUDE? Seriously, do you know what happened to Kate? Kate is frozen stiff yet she can breathe! She cant move, her eyes are bloodshot and her hands are freezing cold. After picking up some clues from this crime, I found out that your little sister may be the next victim! You have to do something about this, or else you may have to face the pain of seeing YOUR sister basically died before she even is!"

Isaac's heart almost stopped completely when he heard the last sentence of Winters speech.

"...D-dead?" Winter nodded.

Isaac stood up suddenly and grabbed Winters arm, dragging her off the the principles office.

"Hey! Whats with you? Why are you dragging me along?" Winter growled, struggling to rip off Isaacs grip.

"You are coming with me! If you somehow know about this, then you need to explain to the principle how, when, why, and where you got that information from! Then you better go straight to the rangers to report to them about the next victim! I will ask the principle if I can use his phone, because us students-"

"Are not aloud to bring any device that has nothing to do with school, and if we wish to contact anyone, who MUST be a family member, we may ask one of the teachers or our principle, principle Lamont, if we may use there phone. We may only use there phone in an emergency or to tell them the score on your report card."

"..." Isaac gave Winter a blank expression. "...You do know the reason I think of you as a rival right?"

"Because ...Uh...No, why?"

"Because you are freakishly a ton more smarter than me."

Winter blinked twice then shrugged. "Heh, yeah right." She muttered under her breath. Isaac caught that but didn't say anything. He just pinched his nose and sighed. 'She doesn't notice it yet, but she may have an ability that no other ranger has.' Isaac thought.

Without realizing, Isaac stopped in his steps. 'Her ability is extraordinary. Kate has talked to me about it once or twice... but was too stupid and actually failed to notice that this was a supernatural capability. Not to mention that it is probably the cause of how she gets 100% on pop quizzes when we were never taught about thing thats on it. I still wonder how she knew every single bone in the human AND a charizards body.' Isaac bit his thumb, fully in thought. 'If she is this smart, then...She would also figure out this case. I can't interrupt her focus on this case, nor should I prevent anything from happening. If I do prevent something, a clue may be lost, or worst, it would point her in the wrong direction. No matter how much I want my sister to be protected, if I prevent whats going to happen to her, more lives will be at lost and the whole case would turn upside-down. I cannot have something like that happen...'

"Isaac?" Winter tried to snap the boy genius back to reality.

"Yes?" Isaac said, pretending as if he wasn't zoned out.

Winter didn't buy it but shrugged.

"Isaac, if you want to warn your sister to protect her, dont bother. I have a feeling that no matter what, she will end up in the same condition as Kate. I've been thinking, if Kate has nothing wrong with her, then wouldn't that mean someone did this without messing with her health? I bet this person didn't even touch her, and if thats true, then no matter what you do to protect Melody, she will get caught."

Isaac was shocked by her sudden hypothesis. 'Shes right, Nonetheless. There is no way that someone actually got even close to Kate to be able to put her in such a strange condition. The real question is, How? How is it possible to put a person in a condition thats basically dead without even touching her? ...I bet Winter is thinking the same thing right now.'

Isaac looked back at Winter and she was staring at the ground, as if having a staring contest with it.

'Shes in deep thought, as expected. Has she already found some clues? If so, she is already leading this case. Lets just hope she doesn't tell the Rangers about this. I can't believe I was going to make her tell this to the principle and the rangers. If she did that, they would take the case away from her and they will get absolutely nowhere. Winter has to keep this secret if she every wants to solve this case, but she also needs friends to support her. Although, I will just supervise. I will check to see if anybody leads her in the wrong direction, and try to help her if I have to. But, even is she goes in the wrong direction, she may go back on track if she understands her mistake. But by the looks of her personality, shes stubborn. She won't just back down on her train of thought...'

"Winter."

Winters head shot and she looked at Isaac in confusion.

"Yes?" She asked.

"I am absolutely positive that you can solve this case. I want you to NOT, and when I say not, I mean NOT TELL ANYBODY about this case! I also want you to improve on your personality. Nothing is wrong with it, but you are to stubborn if you actually want to solve this crime. At the same time, do not be docile. Thats worse. To be a detective you must learn to keep calm at all times, even a life or death matter. You should not spill answers like a waterfall either."

Winter sweatdropped, remembering when Crawford asked her a few questions and she spilled immediately.

"You also have to learn when to end your speech powerfully. If you were questioning somebody, your not just say it bluntly. It will make the suspect to confident."

Winter nodded, understanding what Isaac was trying to point out.

"I understand. My personality needs a checkup if I need to solve this case. I will try to become more confident so I would be able to question better, and I will also learn to be more secretive. Spilling answers easily is something I need to work on fully. And stubborn, yes. Sometimes I do tend to be slightly stubborn and that never really helps. Isaac, you have my word that I will improve on these qualities. I also promise you that I wont trust people so easily."

Isaac was shocked again by her brilliance. 'She noticed trust before I did. Interesting.'

"Very well. I'll be off." Isaac waved and left, smiling brightly. 'She has no idea how interesting her life is going to be from now on.' He snickered quietly.

Winter stood there, finger tapping her lips. 'I wonder, Why would I need to question anybody in the first place? And aren't the rangers best for this job? What in the world is Isaac thinking?' She looked back at the spot Isaac was standing in before. 'Does he know something about me that I dont? Now that I think of it, Kate tells him a lot about me. Maybe he figured out something that Kate was too dense to notice? Maybe, but its not 100%. Sometimes I wonder whats going on in that genius's head.'

"Winter!" Somebody yelled, Interrupting Winters train of thought.

Winter turned around and found Kellyn rushing towards her.

"Oh, hey Kellyn." She said.

Kellyn gave her a concerned look. "How's your friend?"

Winters face turned grim. 'I cant tell him! Didn't I just make a promise with Isaac that I will be more se-' Winters thoughts were interrupted once again when she felt something warm wrap around her.

"Its okay. You can tell me anything." The newbie was hugging her.

Winter blush lightly and gave a slight push.

"..." Winter thought is through. Was it okay? ' If I tell him, I would make him worry. But if I don't, will he think I am untrustworthy?'

Winter tried to choose which side. The Angel side, which wanted her to tell the truth, or the Devil side, which wanted her to lie.

As they say, the Angel side is always best.

"Kate...There is nothing wrong with her, but she looks like a corps and acts like one too."

Kellyn gave her a strange look. "How can that be possible?"

Winter looked at him strait in the eyes. "Her heart is beating and there is nothing wrong with any cell, organ, or anything in her body. But she cannot move an inch. Her skin is freezing cold and her eyes are bloodshot." Winter said in a serious tone.

Kellyn felt fear and shock run through his veins. 'So thats what she meant by 'looks and acts like a corps'. But if thats so, what possible reason would be the cause of this?'

"Kellyn, you can let go now." Winter said in an unamused tone.

Kellyn let go immediately and flushed. "Uh, sorry."

"Its okay. Anyways, I think I am going to investigate this crime myself. I have some clues, but you have to SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE that you will not tell the rangers." Winter said coldly, fully serious to this matter.

Kellyn rose one hand aligned with his head and the other hand on his chest. "I swear on my life that I will not tell the rangers. But you do know that if they find out, they will suspect you as the culprit."

"I know. The only reason I don't want anybody to tell or know about the clues is so that when I officially become a area ranger, I will assign this mission to myself with the leaders permission."

Kellyn nodded in agreement. 'Thats a smart idea. If she starts investigating now, it will seem suspicious. The rangers might also think that she is a suspect thats trying to cover up her tracks, and we don't want that.'

Kellyn chuckled slightly. "Wow, my first day and I already get to see someone I admire. Not to mention that I get that person asa friend."

Winter's cheeks were tinted pink and she laughed. "Thanks, and uh, LBY."

Kellyn turned around but saw nothing. He turned back around and Winter was gone.

"Hey! She tricked me!" Kellyn pouted. (A/N LBY means Look Behind You. I just made it up.)

Winter snickered, happy to be a silent runner. It gives her an advantage in a lot of things. Like for one, she can run away from a group and they wont notice her.

Winter walked back to the dorms and entered the pretty pink one, also known as the girls dorm.

Winter climbed up the bunk bed and opened up her duffle bag. Inside, there was a thick, black, hardcover book and white letters etched across the cover spelling "Crime scenes never solved."

"..." Winter looked at the book then thought about her friend. 'If I can solve at least three crimes from this book, I will consider myself worthy of taking this mission. And I swear, I will solve three so I can save Kate myself.'

Winter opened the book and read through it, melting the information in her brain.

'this one says that a murder was struck on a homeless person on street puelly, somewhere next to house 35. He was found in a dumpster and nothing was wrong with his body. Heh, sounds like Kate. It also says that he had a strange substance in him, like poison, but the poison that was extracted was so harmless that the only way to actually kill him with it is to cause a chemical reaction, which the possibility of that happening inside his body is Zero. The subtance was a dark purple/red color and the scientist think that it was red from the blood...But didn't it say a few pages ago that it was found in his skin? Are the people who investigated this stupid? Its clear that someone gave him two shots that didn't pierce into his veins. On shot held the poison and the other contained the material to create the chemical reaction...But if its physically impossible for the chemical reaction to be in the body, that would mean that any liquid is out of the picture. What if...He, the Murderer, crushed whatever the hard material into a fine powder and added water? Like the indians did to make that white paint...Yeah, makes perfect sense! Then he put the substance into the needle and gave the homeless guy the shot!'

Winter smiled to herself, but that was too easy. This wouldn't improve her skills at all. She decided to choose a different one.

after reading the crimes

Winter plopped the book in front of her and pouted. "I solved every single crime in this book and they were all easy! I demand a refund!" She said to herself.

A small chuckle was heard under the bunk bed.

Winter hung her head down to see who was the chuckler, and saw Rhythmi.

"You talk to yourself in the most funniest way, Winter."

"Shut up." Winter said coldly. 'Ugh, was she listening to me mutter about the book and talk to myself this whole time?'

"What do you want?" She asked, sitting cooly upright again.

Rhythmi got of the bed and looked up at the emotionless Winter, sitting promptly of the bed.

"I wan't you to be my slave."

Winter gave her an emotionless look for three seconds then looked back at the Crime book.

"Very funny." She deadpanned.

Rhythmi started to laugh in a mad way.

"Oh, You have no idea how funny this is going to be."

Rhythmi picked up a red sling bag and pulled out a red skirt, tights, and a white and green striped tank-top.

Rhythmi then climbed up the latter to the bunk bed, confusing Winter slightly, before she was tackled down and was being dressed up like a porcelain doll.

Winter struggled and even screamed, but she didn't know that everybody was already outside.

"Rhythmi, If you don't get off in three second I will-"

"What can you actually do when you are the one being attacked?" Rhythmi said evilly.

Winter tried to reach for the thick crime book, and when she grabbed it-

WHAM!

She hit Rhythmi square in the face, knocking her out.

Winter took this as a opportunity to get dressed and again and escape to the court yard, which she gladly did.

Winter panted heavily when she escaped the devil, or so what Winter called Rhythmi. 'That devil is EVIL! How dare she attack me like that! I was totally caught off guard, I need to be less oblivious. She was going to put me in a SKIRT! A SKIRT FOR PEETS SAKE! That girl is probably going to try that again, so I need to be careful. At least I don't have to go with her to the night task tonight. I wonder why they haven't canceled that though. I mean, a crime scene was committed...then again, its a tradition.'

Winter sighed and looked around the courtyard. People were avoiding her and she had no idea why, then again, they always have avoided her.

But this time, it seemed different. Usually, people would ignore her, but this time, if they even see her, their expressions grow grim.

'This is weird.' Winter thought as she strode down the courtyard. 'Their avoidance is different than before. I used to be invisible, I was a thing they were oblivious to. Now, they notice me, and you would think thats a good thing, but this time, I have a feeling I know whats they're thinking.'

Kellyn watched Winter strode down the courtyard, and he watched the people move out of her way and avoid her, some giving off scowls as she walked by.

Winter seemed oblivious to the scowls and the avoidance, and Kellyn did not like it. He even saw students whispering and spreading rumors about the poor Winter.

He, too, knew what everyone was thinking and whispering about.

'Winter just became a suspect.'