Prologue
July, summer of 2009, except there is no heat whatsoever. In this god forsaken town of Afton An California, summer might as well be considered winter with the same things that happen year by year. However, what if something were to perhaps change? What if the things that make people human, were to somehow be altered into something better, vicious, or even better: powerful. This "summer" of 2009 will not be like the past typical summers here at Afton An, at least that is, for the lives of 5 young teenagers: Jed, Jackie, Gianni, Steven and Gio. Where did it all go wrong? How did it start?
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July 5th, First day of school
"Do you really think he's cute?" the three girls asked peering into the boy's phone. Tugging away quickly, he let out an annoyed sigh. "he's not bad looking, cmon do you guys really not see the potential?" As the four of them continued to walk to school, they bumped into another familiar face.
"Gianni what the hell?! it's been so long, you didn't tell us you moved back here to Afton!" The boy glared. He was slightly upset at the sudden appearance but overall happy that his best friend was back, along with other two girls.
"Yea you should've at least messaged us or emailed us! we thought Oregon was gonna keep you forever", the red head girl exclaimed. "We're all just very happy to see you though!" The smaller one added. As the 5 friends continued to reconnect with each other on their way to school, a dark and foreboding presence lurked beneath them the whole time, watching their every move.
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After a long day of classes filled with the same old routine of introductions and icebreakers, the young group of friends were finally able to go on about their day with each other.
"So did you guys see that new kid?" Giovanna asked as she opened a bag of chips. "the one with the shagged hair and camo pants".
"You mean the loser nerdy looking one in our chem class gio?" Gianni looked up.
"Yea, I've seen him too" steven added.
Jed suddenly refocused when she heard the mention of this mystery boy. She had thought she seen someone who matched this description following them on their way to school earlier, but she wasn't entirely sure.
"Apparently I heard he just transferred here from a small town a couple blocks away. I think it was called Churc-"
"CHURCH HILL" Jackie interrupted. "a few weeks ago some pretty bad stuff happened there. Two families were murdered but they say even the police don't know what killed them. The bodies were unidentifiable man and completely mangled. It's pretty messed up."
When hearing this the other four friends had a series of emotions on their face. Steven's being skepticism, Giovanna's scared, Gianni's intrigued, and Jed's worried. She wondered if this whole situation had something to do with the kid that was following them? Who was he? Really? She shrugged it off and continued to walk with her friends to the local diner down the street. It was always tradition for the 5 of them to go sit and eat together after the first day of school.
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At the diner ~
"So what are you guys gonna order?" Giovanna asked everyone as they made their way to their designated booth. "I think I'll get the chicken tenders with fries."
"You always get that, it never fails with you. Why don't you try something different for a change? We've been coming here for the past 2 years now, and you always get that." Jed stared in disbelief.
The small girl snickered at her comment. "I always get them here because no other place makes them like they do!!!"
The rest of them quickly finished ordering their food and waited for it to arrive. Like always, Giovanna stuck with her chicken tenders and fries, Jackie with her burger and fries, Jed with her chicken and waffles, and Gianni and Steven with practically everything. Those two were always eating EVERYTHING. The three girls watched in disbelief and wondered how their male counterparts were able to consume THAT much food in one sitting. Honestly, they were big as hell bro.
The 5 friends quickly paid and began their walk together home. Each of them hadn't lived too far from one another, only walking distance so they would always walk home and too school together. It was getting pretty late, but they would make it home on time. They were laughing and telling jokes to one another, enjoying the Prescence of one another. IT was a long time since the 5 of them had been together like this. However, even though she was having a good time, this gnawing feeling kept creeping up on Jed...
Suddenly she stopped in her tracks and turned to her friends, "You guys remember that kid from earlier, the one Gio mentioned, you guys don't think that he's from one of those families right?" They turned to her. "One of the ones you said were murdered Jackie. What if his family was killed". The whole group looked a bit stunned. No one had ever considered that this could be a possibility even though the signs pointed to it.
"I mean, it makes a bit of sense right? That kid shows up here from the same town a murder happened in a few weeks after. Maybe his family was...you know..killed." She hesitated. She never liked to jump to conclusions or make assumptions but it was always something she had a force of habit for. Usually these would always turn out to be true however. She had a dreadful feeling about this boy, but somehow she also felt pity for him. Whether or not his family were the victims of that awful attack, something was wrong with that boy.
"Dude stop, what if that's actually true?" Jackie exclaimed. It was hard for her friends to distinguish whether or not she was a bit scared or maybe even excited. Steven on the other hand who was right beside her had a blank but almost upset and worrisome look on his face.
"So what, it literally has nothing to do with us whatsoever." Steven said starting to walk again. They all turned to him confused.
"You're telling me you're not even the tiniest bit curious about this boy?" Gianni asked looking him dead in the eye. It was never like Gianni to be curious about things. Normally he would just go with the flow, but like Jed, although he was not sure enough to admit it, he too was a bit curious about this boy. It's always hard to tell with him though. After all, he is known as the school's bop. He's been with many girls and many boys. He says he swings both ways but his friends all know he's really just gay.
"I mean, yea I am curious but like I don't wanna get involved with some random kid who was just in an accident like that. Like have you even considered to think that maybe it was him who killed his own family? Maybe he's seriously like messed up in the head." Steven looked away.
He hated when things were like this. He could already tell that his change of opinion was starting to brew up some sort of disagreement of some type. He always had a lot to say about things but would hold his tongue because he never wanted to upset anybody. Expressing how he truly felt was something he often struggled with, but in this case for once he felt the need to speak up.
"I just don't think we all should mix ourselves up with this kid. We don't even know him".
"I say we should make an effort to. Maybe he needs a friend. I don't think he's a freaking murderer. When I seen him earlier today he looked pretty sad and lonely." Giovanna interjected. The other two girls nodded in agreement.
Steven sighed but did not say anything. If the rest of his friends were on board with befriending this mystery kid, he didn't want to be the odd one out, even if he was afraid deep down.
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After talking about their first day back with the addition of the new mystery boy, the group of friends finally went their separate ways home. They had decided to make it their mission next time to try to attempt to befriend and confront the boy. Even though a bit afraid to admit it, they all seen something intriguing about this boy, The idea of him alone was enough to entice them all, each in their own way.
A/N: thank you chat for reading so far. Part one is always lames so I apologize but oh well it's 1am im so tired bruh what the freak ballz. this fanfic was being written a joke but i was lowk geeking over it bruh what the freak.
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Teen FictionThis story follows the events of five friends who soon find their lives turned upside all due to the arrival of one mysterious boy.