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Chapter one

It was a cold night, snow just beginning to frame the windows outside Winter Zusaks bedroom. her shoulder length blonde hair fanned out across her pillow as she tossed and turned among the abundance of thermal blankets that adorned her bed, yet not all was at peace. The girl let out an awful wail as she awoke from a nightmare. A clammy hand reached for her phone. She turned on the light on her phone, that's when she saw it. A figure standing in her doorway, it had been moving closer. Closer and closer as she slept, until Winter awoke. And it was too late for thing to move back. the room too dark and the light to dim to be able to make out who or what it was. The figure launched at her. It was to tall to be able to be her twin, Summer Zusak. 'SUMMER!!!' she yelled at the top of her lungs. Summer awoke with a start and raced to the room next to hers that was her sisters. once she got there she turned on the lights and looked at the bed that was Winters. She immediately dropped to her knees. As she got back up she covered her face as she was crying she walked over to Winters bed and looked at it at horror. her twin, her life long twin dead with blood covering her and her bed. She placed a hand on her forehead, cold her skin was, as cold as death. Summer just sat there crying and hugging Winter wishing this was all a dream. but it wasn't.

5 WEEKS LATER

Tears of sadness rolled down 20 year old Summers face as she placed the blood red roses and the snow white tulips on her sisters grave. She felt a warm hand on her shoulder and turned around 'oh hey' Summer said to one of her best friends Willow Fletcher. 'Hey, how are you?' asked willow with a tone of sorrow in her voice. 'Great... I guess...' Summer replied with a forced half smile. 'Well, do you wanna come get some ice-cream with Camilla Ella and I?' Willow asked trying to cheer Summer up even just a bit. 'Yea okay!, something to cheer me up' Summer said cheerfully. Slowly she got up, but before leaving she whispered 'bye winter'

Upon arriving at the car the girls had driven to get her, summer was assaulted buy hugs. Camila Gabaldon was the first to reach her, holding her fast for a moment before releasing her into the long pale arms of Ella Clarke. Ella looked drawn and paler then usual, though it almost looked impossible for her to look any paler then she normally was, she was quite paler. Her eyes ringed with dark circles 'hey sum, how are you coping?' the thin brunette inquired, the worry in her eyes speaking volumes of fear and concern. 'I'm fine' Summer said smiling at another of her best friends. 'oh look! the boys are here!' Ella exclaims cheering up a little bit. They boys walked over to the girls car 'hey!' Jeremiah says to the girls and hugs Ella. 'Hello!' Alex says with a smile. Jeremiah releases Ella and looks at the group seriously 'lets meet up at the ice-cream parlour ad we'll decide what to do upon the mystery of Winter'.

They all hop in they're cars Alex in Jeremiah's, Camilla and Summer in Willow's car and Ella in her own. When they all get to the ice-cream they take a booth and sit down. 'Now, Summer did you see anything that night?' Jeremiah says looking Summer right in the eye, 'nothing... Just... Just W-winter...' Summer says looking away from the group not wanting them to see her eyes swelling with tears. A ringing sound comes from Ella's bag, she reaches in and grabs her phone, 'sorry guys, just gotta take this!' she walks outside and answers, 'hello! Ella speaking!' Ella says into the phone. 'Hello sweetie! It's your mum speaking! would you be able to come home dad and I need to speak to you!' her mum says into the other end of the phone. 'uhh yeah sure! I'll see you soon then!' Ells hangs up and walks back inside the ice-cream parlour. She finds the others and walks over 'oi, I've got to go my mum wants me for some random reason' she say with a laugh. She hugs Jeremiah and pecks him on the cheek 'see ya Jem, bye guys!'. 'Bye! El!' Camilla exclaims as Ella walks out the door and with one small wave Ella walked out the door got into her car and drove off.

When she arrives home Ella attempted to open her door and strangely it was locked. With a shrug she grabbed her keys out of her hand bag and walked into the house. 'I'm home!!' she yelled through the house and put her bag down on the table. 'Mum? Dad?' she yelled again this time a bit more worried, Ella carefully walked through the house wondering where her family was. She kept yelling for her parents but each time no answer, she starting getting even more worry so she called Jeremiah 'Hey! what's up?' Jeremiah says. 'Uh, no... well.. I don't really know' Ella says with concern 'El? what do you mean?' but it was then when Ella let out a blood curdling scream. 'ELLA?! EL?! ANSWER ME!' Jeremiah screamed into the phone but got no answer he received many stares from around the ice-cream parlour, he looked up at the others who shared the same look as him. 'We've gotta go!' Jeremiah half yelled half whispered 'NOW!'. Tears swelling up in his eyes he looked away from the group and started to get up from the booth, followed by the other 4. As they made they're way out Willow said 'but Jem! you don't know if she's really dead! s-she could've just slipped and had the inability to reach for her phone!' Jeremiah turned on his heels so face Willow. 'I KNOW she's dead! And I need to find out why!!' he almost yelled at her. They all raced to the cars they were in before they got here, the 5 of them drove off to Ella's place, the place they'll know the truth.

The boys were first to arrive, Jeremiah didn't bother to wait for the others he just raced to the door an thankfully it was unlocked as Ella forgot to re-lock it. He raced inside as the others caught up to him 'Quick! Search the house!' 'ELLA!' Willow yelled in hope of an answer, but got none. They search every room until Summer came upon the kitchen. She regretted it as soon as her eyes met the horrific sight, 2 deaths like this within a couple of weeks, it was a nightmare come true. 'JEM! WILLOW! CAMILLA! ALEX!' she yelled throughout the house for the others Jeremiah was first to arrive and as he expected, it was Ella. The others arrived about 5 seconds after that, not wanting this to be true, they all stood at the kitchen door way and stared at this horrific sight. 'No...' Alex whispered, Jeremiah walked up to Ella, his eyes swelling up with tears, he stood next to her, her body on the floor, paler then she had ever been. The once white marbled tiles almost fully covered in the blood of the Clark's Jeremiah grabbed the knife from Ella's back not even thinking of the possibility of investigation. He lifted it up he hated the feeling of holding the weapon that had killed his girlfriend, Ella Clarke, once alive, now dead. He pegged the knife at the wall letting the others just stare at this horrific sight.