Innocent Little Boogeyman - Book 1

Chapter 4

Scott's POV:

I heard a scream.

It was Pearl. Pearl had just died.

I didn't even want to go downstairs anymore. I already knew what I was going to see.

I decided to go on a walk upstairs to clear my head. This place was making people go insane.

I felt like hiding in a corner and crying. But then I was convinced that Jimmy was somehow spectating me, and I didn't want his to watch me cry. So I went to socialise.

I went to The Bad Boys + Etho's room. Or what was left of the Bad Boys + Etho, which was just Grian and Etho. I couldn't find the short blond in the red jumper, so I resorted to talking to the Canadian guy.

"Hi Scott." Etho said.

"You good Etho?" I asked.

He shook his head. "I wanna get out of here."

Why are people so depressed? What's with the suicidal thoughts with everyone?

Etho walked out of the room. I followed him.

He walked to the room behind the chalkboard. He paused before going in, reading the leaderboard.

"Gem and Jocelyn died?" He had a confused expression on his face.

"They did what you're about to do." I had no idea why I was here.

I followed Etho as he climbed up the ladder and onto the roof.

I gasped. The view was beautiful up here. That made me cry. No wonder the two girls jumped off. It was such a pretty place to die.

I looked down. In horror, I realised Gem and Jocelyn's body was still there. They hadn't disappeared yet. That made me wonder if Joel's body was still there.

I couldn't stop staring. That's when I noticed they were holding hands.

Etho walked to the other side of where the girls had jumped off. My suspicion was confirmed when I saw a streak of green hair that belonged to none other than the Shrek guy.

Etho seemed to notice Joel too, which made me think he knew he was here all along.

"Goodbye, cruel world." Etho jumped off.

I grabbed Etho just as he fell, attempting to stop him. However, I lost my balance and fell down with him.

At least I would be with Jimmy now. I would see Cleo, too.

Scar's POV:

Where was everyone? It was so quiet. I decided to go and see who was still alive.

I went to see if Grian was in his dorm when I saw two figures fall past the window.

Oh shit.

I rushed downstairs to look at the leaderboard. Six people had died in one day.

That meant that there were only three people left.

I was going to go back upstairs when I saw Skizz.

"Scar I think I'm going delusional." He said.

"Why do you think that?"

"I keep seeing stuff. Like earlier on I saw the chair move."

"This place is making us go insane." I said. Skizz nodded before going back upstairs.

No wonder some people took their life.

I went back to my dorm room. Seeing Mumbo's empty bed made me feel sad.

I made a tent with the blankets and pillows and sat there, thinking.

I hadn't thought about winning. I didn't want to kill anyone.

My thoughts drifted to pizza to wanting my cat Jellie.

After a while, I had a visitor. Grian came in. He was crying.

"Are you okay Grian?" I asked.

Grian shook his head. I gestured for him to come sit down with me. He refused.

"Y-you know S-Skizz is d-dead, right?" He stuttered.

"Oh. So you're sad because Skizz died. That's understandable, you know? Do you need to talk about it?" Grian came and sat down next to me.

"You don't know what that means, do you." He put his little blond head on my shoulder.

We sat there in silence, not knowing what to say. What did I not know? Was it something serious?

"I've been a bad, bad boy, Scar." Grian said finally.

"Aren't you part of The Bad Boys for a reason?" I asked.

Grian gave a little giggle. "Yes, but I've done something worse."

"What did you do?" He hugged me, tight.

"I killed people, Scar. I became the boogeyman." He whispered. He was shaking uncontrollably now. I could feel my shirt getting wet.

I patted him on the head.

"It's okay. You can kill me. End this madness, you know?" I watched Grian slowly get up and pull a knife from his pocket.

"Scar, take this." He handed the knife to me.

"You want me to kill you?" I shook my head. "I can't do that, Grian."

Now, ladies and gentlemen and everything in between, never trust Scar with a knife. You don't know what I might do next.

"Please, Scar."

"Grian, I can't kill you. You're my best friend. My little pesky bird. The cutest person alive. Heck, they call you CuteGuy for a reason."

I stood up.

"I can't kill you. But I can do something else for you."

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A/N - hehe cliff hanger. I cba to do the map thingy as too many people have died.

Did you guess it was Grian?

Comment what you think might happen next!

I've also just realised that the story is realty short lol.