Chapter 1: fame or friendship
I wake up to the morning announcement "Rise and shine everyone, time to get up! We have a big day ahead of us!" Monokuma said as the announcement ended. I pulled myself out of bed and got ready for school. I leave my room and freeze. Blood. There was a trail blood on the floor. Soon everyone is behind me, everyone except. Massolia. We all looked at each other and started running. We followed the trail to the gym and my stomach turned. Just then we heard an announcement; "Ahem! A body has been discovered, after a short amount of time, which you may use however you'd like. The class trial will commence" it was then the end of the announcement. There was the body; "Ma-Massolia?" I whispered softly. Everyone stared in shock and horror. Massolia was laying on the floor with a pencil stabbed in her throat. Misumi dropped down and started sobbing. "Massolia! No! Not her" Misumi sobbed. "Let's just start investigating..." Togamiku muttered. We discovered a monokuma file which had all the information, the victim's name, time of death, weapon, wounds, cause of death and truth bullets which are used during the trials. We discovered new rules:
school rules
Rule #1: Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time.
Rule #2: "Nighttime" is from 10 pm to 7 am. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution.
Rule #3: Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.
Rule #4: With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Hope's Peak Academy at your discretion.
Rule #5: Violence against headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras.
Rule #6: Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.
Rule #7: Once a murder takes place, a class trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving students.
Rule #8: If the guilty party is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.
Rule #9: If the guilty party is not exposed, they alone will graduate, and all remaining students will be executed.
Rule #10: Lending your e-Handbook to another student is strictly prohibited.
Rule #11: The guilty party may only kill a maximum of two people during any single "Killing Game."
Rule #12: Attempting to break into locked rooms is strictly prohibited.
We all began investigating the body. Before we knew it Monokuma had led us to an elevator; and we all stood on it. We walked into the court room and found a podium with everyone's picture on it, Massolia's had a big bright pink X on it. We all stood on our podiums and then Monokuma began "The goal of Class Trials is for the students, you guys, to uncover the "Blackened", the student who has, either voluntarily or involuntarily, murdered another student as part of the mutual Killing Game. During the Class Trial, they oppose all the other students, who are known as the "Spotless". Find out who the blackened is and only they will be punished get it wrong and the blackened walks out free and everyone else gets punished. Alrighty, let's begin" Monokuma said. "So, we know her cause of death was the pencil in her throat, but we don't know who killed her" Nemokasha said. "During my own investigation, I discovered a bit of Misumi's hair" Occa said. The room fell silent. "I- No! It's not mine!" Misumi yelled. She was sweating. "Then who's is it?" Nemokasha asked. Misumi went awfully silent, "Misumi?" I asked as my voice broke. "I-I had to! I got a note saying Massolia would become more famous than me so I-" she trailed off. "SO, YOU MURDERED HER!?" Makota yelled. Misumi started crying "I'm sorry! I had to!" we all glanced at each other before we all pressed down on the button. Monokuma pulled a lever "CORRECT! MISUMI KILLED MASSOLIA!" he pulled out a hammer and smiled evilly. "Let's give it everything we got.... it's punishment time!" He hit a button. A metal chocker went around Misumi's neck and pulled her back. She was in a circle full of robots dressed up in cosplays. Her eyes darted around. "Guess the cosplay?" she muttered. She started running around, "This one is Sonia Nevermind, Gonta Gokuhara" she kept naming them. So far, she was doing well. She got to one and she stared "Shuichi Saihara?" she muttered. "WRONG!" Monokuma said and then blood went everywhere, some landed on my cheek. She was impaled with a hanger. She dropped down dead. I suddenly threw up. We all returned to our rooms, I laid down on my bed. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
End of Chapter 1
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