Lamb to the Slaughter

Chapter 3

Puffy waits by her locker a few minutes after the bell rings, then walks down the hallway. She walks as though she's on a mission. She slammed through the door and caught Niki right before she turned the corner.
"Oh, hey Puff! What's up?" She asked. Typical Niki, being able to hide her emotions like a cgi mask. If Puffy hadn't seen her acting weird earlier, she would've thought the girl was completely fine.
"Oh nothing much, just wondering how you're doing" She looked up at the girl, her face not changing but her eyes saying it all.
"Niki, what's wrong?" She glanced at the shorter girl then stopped walking.
"Minx..." She trailed off. Puffy waiting in anticipation.

"She seems off..."
"Like a demon?"
"Puffy!" Niki said, resuming their walk.
"What?! I don't mean it in a personality way, I mean there have been rumors that her and Sapnap are literally demons. That's all" She fills Niki in.
"That's all?? Puffy do you know what this means?"
"That George was wrong?"
"No genius, that everyone was wrong. Also how do you not know for sure if she's a demon?" Niki asked, looking at her.
"I didn't check, I just assumed Wil was wrong."

The two laughed as they approached the parking lot. They waved at each other before walking separate ways.
"What took you so long short stack?"
"Shut up"
"No but seriously" Schlatt smirked at his joke.
"I was talking with Niki, now can we please get in the car?" He shrugged and moved away from the door so she could get in. He went around the other side and climbed in as well.
"What'd she say?" Wilbur asked as she settled in and they began to drive off.
"How'd you- never mind. She said she agreed with me about the two being..." Wilbur nodded. After a long pause he asked,
"Sooooo what do we do with this information?"Puffy shrugged,
"Not sure, I mean probably nothing. If they don't wanna say anything it's probably for a reason."
"I mean yeah, they're demons and all those religious people wanna kill them-" Wilbur smiled, with a hint of pity for the two.

The rest of the ride home was uneventful, and when Schlatt and Puffy got inside and yelled for the others.
"RANBOO AND TOM ARE OVER" Tubbo yelled,
"ALRIGHT, DON'T FORGET-"
"HOMEWORK YEAH WE KNOW PUFF" He cut her off. Tubbo is probably Puffy's favorite brother just because he's pretty funny but also smart and mature-ish for his age.
"I have a shitload of homework tonight, you ok with takeout?" Schlatt asked as the two headed up to their rooms.
"Yeah that's fine, ask the others though, Dream's in a mood" She whispered the last part, her ears, tail, and horns revealing themselves, Schlatt following.
"I HEARD THAT" Dream yelled and Puffy quickly went to her room and shut the door.

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About two weeks later, they'd all fallen back into their school schedules. Now, they're all sitting down at the lunch table, striking up a conversation about Dream and Sapnap's new friend.
"So who is this kid? We know like nothing about 'em" Schlatt said, glancing up at the two.
"Well you kinda do..." Sapnap replied. He'd been all caught up on who's related to who and their 'family trees'.
"What does that mean?" Wilbur smirked in question,
"Uhm...here I'll describe him"
"Dude why can't you just tell us his name?" Puffy asked,
"Cause, now listen" Dream snapped.

"He's shorter than me but taller than Sap, he's got dark hair, and he's an elf." Niki smirked subtly and Wilbur barely caught it.
"What're you smirking about over there?"
"Nothing, continue" She gestured to Dream and Sapnap, wiping the expression off her face.
"Okaaayy, he's our age and he goes here." Puffy and Wilbur get it at the same time and glance at each other,
"George?!" Wil says and the two nod.
"You. Dream. Are friends with George? As in her brother?" Puffy jabbed her thumb at Niki who stifled a laugh at their disbelief. Knowing from the start.
"Mhm...why are you two so confused?" Sapnap asked.
"Well we never thought you two with your dark clothes and humor, depressing lives, and 'badboyness' would be friends with bright happy ol' George." Wilbur said, air quoting the badboyness.

The boys glanced at each other and chuckled,
"He's not all that bright and happy Wil" Techno said from his seat.
"Yeah? And how would you know?"
"I have my ways" At that statement Wilbur just shook his head. Tired of his brother's secrecy and 'ways'.

When the bell rang they all stood, Niki and Puffy going the same direction.
"Oh yeah, also on Thursday my parents said we could have you guys over for a party thing if enough people wanna go-"
"We'd love to Niki! Is this like a family thing too? Should I ask the boys?" She nodded, a bit upset.
"Yeah, and tell Dream to contact Sapnap if he wants to come-" she leaned closer to Puffy so that she's the only one that can hear, "-George's words" They smiled and parted ways, Puffy entering her classroom and Niki continuing down the hall. This'll be fun she thought, as long as those assholes don't pull a prank or something. She prayed they didn't.