American Downfall

Castle Lake Academy

 Castle Lake Academy

It was a normal day for kids in the high schools, nothing had changed as for the days before... Walking in the hallways saying, "Hello." To their friends, others keep to themselves not wanting to be seen or for that matter involved with anything. As the first block rolled around, teenagers sat in their seats talking and waiting for the morning announcements to appear on the Tv that had sat in front of the classes that were mounted to the walls right above the green chalk boards. All through the classrooms all you could hear was chatter until... There was a huge noise over the announcing system which triggered the TVs to flicker on, it went silent as he talked. The man on the screen had little red blood splatters on his face but it didn't stop his smile and his cheery voice from being the center of the show; as men in black picked up a lifeless woman with a hole in her head in the background taking her away, "And yes to answer all your questions... I, the president of the United States! Has killed his wife but yet... No one actually cares!" He laughed evilly sending chills down everyone's back. There were gasps and whispers coming from the students. A certain popular blonde sat mumbling to herself, "Wonder why this is happening..." She looked over at her best friend; Kieko Thorne... The only girl with pure blue hair in the whole school. Kieko looked over with a worried face, not understanding what was going on. "Shh, settle down!" Teachers tried to get the students' attention back to the "President" But they didn't even have to finish their sentence for the students to quiet and turn their attention back, "Yes, anyways..." The middle-aged man continued to talk, "As you can see... I'm not having a very nice day today... To tell you what is instore for your day I will break through your tv, phones, and computer screens at 12:30 in the afternoon to tell you all that I have decided." He smiled like everything was fine, "See you all soon..."

For this had the principles all over the country panicking not knowing what the president would do next. Principles had announced that the classrooms the students are in shall be the ones they would stay in for the rest of the day.

Kieko Thorne's Point of View

We were in math... I still don't understand what is exactly going on but... I understood that we no longer had a president... We had a dictator... I honestly felt... I didn't know what I was feeling but as he started to continue to talk, I heard Rose say something from next to me which made me look over at her... I was pretty sure by my expression she could tell I was slightly worried. I was worried about everything now... The school basically went on lockdown and now trying to make our lunches go by class and only have ten minutes...Well, until Mr. Hemmington's phone rang. It was easy to tell that the call was about lunch. It was now 11:15 and we didn't learn anything for a good two hours. All we did was sit there and talk and others stayed to themselves thinking or ... Plotting. As Mr. H hung up, he stood in front of the classroom and said, "Lunch will be sandwiches that will be brought to us, we will eat here instead of the cafe." Smart thing to do...

I looked over at Rose who was so focused on a piece of paper... When she stared at something for that long, you know she was trying to figure a way out or even trapped in her thoughts... Yes, Rose's thoughts can destroy just like anyone's witty words can, but... The pressure she had on her shoulders from her family... Was heavy. But then again, she was lucky to have a real family like that; me? I was adopted by a Japanese couple when I was born. My name you ask. Kieko Thorne... Kieko means, "The respectful child" and Thorne, Thorne was just a last name.

I sighed and looked around the room not knowing what to do. My best friend was tearing herself apart over something, but I wasn't going to pry her open like a chip bag - Fast and Clear... She was more complicated than that. I slid my hand into my black cloth bag that had a pink star on the front and pulled out a book... Yes, it was the ones you read backwards. Haha, Mangas - gotta love the culture.

Rose Cook Point of View

"I wonder what's going to happen today." I mumbled to myself as he talked. I felt a look being tossed at me and I knew it was Kieko slightly worrying - didn't even need to look at her to know she was... Kiki was always the person who worried first about anything... Everything even. I looked down at my notebook, thoughts swirling in my head. I knew if Kiki saw me, she'd know I was thinking to myself but, that didn't matter... If something was to happen. I had to keep my best friend safe. She's the only one I've ever trusted and the only one I know who. It doesn't matter I'm not going to make myself upset thinking of stupid shit and start crying. I looked up and saw her looking up at Mr. H while he was on the phone. She looked down and pushed her blue faded black tipped hair behind her ear and listened. I don't know how she did it, but her hearing was crazy. I don't even understand how she could do it; it amazes me till this day.

I looked back to Kiki just to see her reading, and knowing when she reads, she ends up in her own little world. I looked back at my notebook and stared at the blank page in front of me. Thoughts running through my head I started to write down theories on why this was happening and what was going to happen. I kept writing as I saw Kiki look at me confused out of the corner of my eye. I looked up at her and slowly slid my desk to hers so I could continue to write, "Yeah?" I asked. "Uh. Nothing. I was just taking a break from reading and was wondering what you were doing." She had a nervous look on her face. "Just writing about.... Stuff." I say back. Once she went back to reading, I went back to writing. I knew if she knew what I was writing she'd want to read it and if she did... She would overthink everything and start coming up with crazy things and try to tell me that my theories are coming true. About 5 minutes or so later the classroom door opened and a tall man with ginger red hair walked in. He was pushing a cart with about 30 sandwiches sitting on the top of the gray beaten up thing. He passed out a sandwich to all the students and somehow had 3 leftovers. He had left a box with juice in the front of the room on the only round table in the school.

As he walked out someone had bumped into the cart. It was a boy, but I couldn't see his face due to his hair... But when he left the sandwiches and leftover juices weren't in the cart anymore. The ass had stolen them.

Andrew Jones Point of View

I snagged a couple extra things from the food cart after bumping into it. He didn't seem to actually notice my hand go from cart to bag. I know it may seem a bit shady to take the last of everything but when something like this happens... You need to prepare yourself for anything that can happen.... People have been getting picked up left and right, but I know that's not going to keep anything from happening... This.... Whatever crisis, I guess you could say is just going to get worse and I'm not going to let my friends and I suffer over it. I know I was just talking in my head to myself, but I had to get myself to understand what I was doing and make it, so I do what I need to do to survive... I made sure to dodge every teacher in the hallways but... As I walked, I saw a girl turn the way to the balcony over the cafe. I don't think I've ever seen her before... She had dyed gray hair. There was yelling coming from the cafe below then a crash I backed up... I needed to get back to the guys... But... I wanted to make sure she was okay. I had stood there gripping my bag strap as I watched her stand up, I backed my tracks so I wouldn't be seen. She had big eyes like a little kid, and she was so... I don't know the word, but she looked so... Fragile... She ran to a door that had led up to the roof. I heard another yell and ran back to where I was with my friends. I knew the girl would be ok. I just had a feeling she would.