Astray (Tiredtwt High School AU)

7

Mr. Xisuma sent the group back to the school. He told the group that they needed something from one of the storage closets. Apparently, one was cold enough to be a freezer and was used to keep buckets of snow. Purpled didn't exactly know how snowballs could help with that beast of a monster or how they managed to keep something that could melt easily. He had asked Hannah but she only explained it could distract the Warden. He remembered when he used to throw snowballs at his backyard fence when he was a kid. They did make quite a loud noise. Though, he was a bit curious, what made these snowballs so special? Maybe the snowballs caused some sonic waves as soon as they hit something. Or one of the teachers created a snow formula that could kill anything in its way. He was hoping so at least, there had to be a reason why it was being collected by Hypixel.

There was a silence in his brain for a bit. Purpled thought about how he wanted a normal Halloween with his friends. Of course, a big monster appeared. Every time he wanted to do something that normal friend groups did, something strange happened. The portal incident yesterday had already put Purpled in a worse mood.

"Does anyone remember which closest it was, exactly?" Chaz asked.

"Oh, er, um," Eighty thought for a second. "Nope."

"Great, time to split up and find it then!" Hannah said. "We'll cover more ground. Leave the door open when you've checked the closet so someone else knows."

"Hey, guys! Come over here!" Sammy waved everyone over. "I found it."

"Oh, convenient!" Astelic exclaimed, she stepped closer to the storage closet before shivering and stepping back.

"Boomer, you go in, you're wearing a sweater," Rachel said.

"Astelic was wearing a hoodie and she still got cold!" Boomer defended.

"Cowards," David pushed everyone to the side and walked in.

David came out a few seconds later, holding two buckets by the handles. 

"How was it?"

"Why are you guys acting like I went to the top of a mountain and came back? It's a fucking storage closet," David laughed.

"We need to get back to Mr. Xisuma as fast as possible now," Hannah said. "Who knows where the Warden is."

"Hang on, we're going to need more than two buckets," David said, handing the two to Purpled.

"Really?" Purpled asked, looking down at the buckets. "I'm sure this is enough."

"Better be safe than sorry," David pushed another four buckets towards the door.

"I don't think we need this many," Walli took the two buckets out of Purpled's hands, allowing Purpled to take another two.

"We can keep one for ourselves just in case something bad happens," David said.

"Hey, let's not scare the kids, nothing is going to happen," Eighty added.

"You guys are foreshadowing something, stop it," Hannah huffed out a breath.

The 10 walked down the hallway, returning to the entrance they had previously entered from. The buckets Purpled were carrying were heavy, barely light enough for him to hold. His arms began to shake from the weight and nudged Sammy, who was less than willing to help him carry the buckets.

"Okay, just slowly hand it over," Sammy said, reaching out for the less snow-filled bucket.

"No, take the other one!"

The next thing the two knew, the buckets dropped to the ground with a loud metal clang. Everyone's attention turned towards Purpled, who couldn't bare to face the embarrassment of not being able to hold two buckets of snow. Sammy let out a small laugh before picking up the heavier bucket but the damage had already been done. The doors burst open, the Warden sniffing the air, trying to find where the noise came from. Purpled stood in fear, he didn't realize how close the Warden was. He was shocked that Mr. Xisuma let it get so close to the school.