||Welcome to the Glade|| •Minewt•

-Chapter Three-

-Thomas's POV-

I was sitting in my science class at my table with Minho, Newt, and Sonya. That's when we heard the bell for announcements go off in our classroom. "Can Minho Park, Newton Issacs, Sonya Issacs, and Thomas Edison come to the principal's office? Again, can Minho Park, Newton Issacs, Sonya Issacs, and Thomas Eddison come to the principal's office? Thank you." The announcement said. We all looked at each other then grabbed our stuff and went to the office. When we walked in we saw out other friends Aris, who had short brown hair, freckles, and wore a stripped zip up hoodie, a white t-shirt, jeans, and white vans, our friend Gally who had an undercut with short brown hair, a brown t-shirt, ripped jeans, and black vans, our other friend Harriett who had a complexion similar to Frypan's, a black leather jacket, a grey t-shirt, ripped jeans, and white vans. Also sitting there was Frypan and Brenda. We took our seats in the last four chairs.

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-Newt's POV-

We waited for about 25 minutes before cops walked in. I looked around to see if anyone knew what was going on, but everyone's reactions were the same, terror. Nobody knew what was going on. "We called you here because one of your friends was murdered last night." The cop said. Harriett was the first to speak. "Is that why Teresa isn't here...?" She asked. The cop nodded and sat on the chair in front of us. "I want to know everything you do. Anything that could lead us to her killer?" He explained. "She was a good friend to us. She was nice to everyone actually. I don't know why someone would do this..." Aris responded. I just nodded as a signal of agreement. "I mean, I knew there were times that she would get on people's nerves. She had a tendency to share secrets people told her." Sonya said. I then spoke up as I remembered someone who might want to hurt her. "She did start a rumor with her friend Meghan about this kid named Talon. They said that Talon said something bad about therians." Everyone looked shocked as they came to a realization. "I only told you Teresa about my dad having an affair on my mother and by the next day everyone knew because of Meghan." Thomas pointed out. "Teresa was the only one who knew about our mom abandoning us..." Sonya said. "Then everyone started calling you a mama's girl and me a mama's boy because Meghan told them" I finished. "She was sharing our secrets to loudmouth Meghan!" Minho shouted.

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-Sonya's POV-

I thought about all the bad things Teresa and Meghan had done to us. "But she didn't deserve to die..." I spoke. Everyone looked at me. "Sonya's right. even though she betrayed us and betrayed our trust... she didn't deserve to die." Harriett said. The cop nodded "I know, this is a horrible thing to have happen. But thank you for your cooperation." He spoke. We all nodded. "It's no problem, sir. I'm glad we could help." Gally said. The principal said that we were allowed to go home early. I offered for a sleepover at my house, but they all thought it would be best if we stayed separate. Groups of two, or in me and Newt's case a group of four. Thomas went to stay at Brenda's house for the night, Gally would stay with Frypan for the night, Minho and Harriett agreed to stay with me and Newt, and Aris said he would go and stay at his friend Chuck's house for the night. Chuck was a few years younger than us. He was short and chubby, but he was very kind and selfless. Chuck had freckles, curly ginger hair, and was a top donator at an animal shelter. Harriett, Newt, Minho, and I walked home through the park. When we got home, we all took off our shoes at the front door.

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-Nobody's POV-

The Issacs house was possibly the best place to stay. They had a cottage core themed house as they all loved nature. The entry way had a shoe rack that was made of polished birch wood, the wall behind the door was covered in stone, there was a white and light grey carpet at their feet, a huge window for natural light, and a coat hanger in the corner. The group made their way to the living room which had a huge sage green sofa, a matching sage green chair, a polished birch coffee table, a fluffy white rug at the foot of the sofa, a fireplace shaped with stone, a four-inch platinum television, huge windows for natural light with thin white curtains, a hand-made crochet blanket made of thick white string, and photos of Newt and Sonya covering the walls. The smell of nature was beautifully balanced. "Your house is so welcoming! Can you adopt me?" Minho asked as he plopped onto the sofa. "If we wait a few years you'll marry into the family." Sonya replied as she walked over to the windows to tie back the curtains, letting a little bit more natural light in the room. "What do you guys want to eat? I'll cook." Newt stated as he walked into the kitchen. The kitchen was attached living room. The wall behind the sofa was a half wall, meaning Newt could look into the living room from across the kitchen. "Please do, after today's events, I need a good cup of green tea with some of your scones." Harriett said as she took a seat next to Minho on the sofa. "I'll take some coffee with cream please." Sonya replied. She took a seat in the chair and grabbed the remote to put on some Halloween movies. "I'll take some hot chocolate." Minho replied to Newt. Newt nodded and walked into the kitchen to make the scones and the drinks.