questioning tomorrow.

Chapter One

The bus passengers roared with singing,

"There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

She had so many children, she didn't know what to do;

She gave them some broth without any bread;

Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed."

I sang along with them, I enjoyed folk songs. But was it appropriate to sing something so violent?

"When she came back;
They were a'lying dead.
She went to the wright
To get them a coffin.
When she came back;
They were a'lying laughing.
She gaed up the stair,
To ring the bell,
The bell-rope broke;
And down she fell."

We laughed, and the tour guide, Ethan, sat up from his seat and spoke into his microphone, "Welcome everyone," he smiled, "I hope you're all enjoying the ride to your new life. To pass some time, I've decided I'm going to pass the microphone to each of you, and you'll introduce yourself and explain why you decided to join us."

He passed it to a short girl, her skin and her hair was dark. She had brown eyes, and wore a blue hoody, black jeans, and a grey pair Nikes, "Uh, Hi," she said quietly, "My name's Jamie, I'm trans so.. I prefer male pronouns," Oh. "I'm here because.. I want to become a better person, a new person," he quickly passed the mic to a tall male and sat down.

He had brown hair and blue eyes, he looked familiar to me, he wore a white shirt, jeans, and black boots. He had his left hand in his pocket while he held the mic in his right, "I'm Blu. I'm here to get away from people that I knew," he sat down and passed the mic.

"Helloo!" the mic screeched, a girl with purple hair put up into pigtails yelled into the mic, she was wearing grey contacts, a black checkered shirt, black skinny jeans, and red converse, "The name's Ivy! Life's about being adventurous! And looking your total best!" she pointed at herself, "So: I've decided to come on this tour, to get away from the boring, old life I had, and start a fresh-" The tour guide grabbed the mic from Ivy.

"Haha.. That's enough, we need to let others talk, right!?" He passed the mic to me.

I stood up nervously, "My name is DollLie. Just call me Lie though.." I stuttered, some people snickered at my poor speaking, "I'm here because I.." Because I want to be free. I said in my head. "Because.. Society doesn't appreciate me, or my work," I lied. I passed the mic and immediately sat down covering my red face. Don't fucking cry, I told myself, Don't fuck up. Don't embarrass yourself.

A gay couple stood up, "I'm Blaze, and this is my boyfriend, Pon."

Pon spoke gently, "We're here so we can be free and be accepted."

The mic passed and passed. I was able to collect each name.

Ethan.

Jamie.

Blu.

Ivy.

Blaze.

Pon.

Livy.

Ash.

Cinderella.

Mehme.

Jack.

Starr.

Ranger.

Cookie.

Ten.

Xaivier.

Sakura.

Ni Ni.

Elana.

Harper.

The bus soon arrived to our first stop, we got off and I went to the bathrooms and saw Cinderella. She was fixing her blonde hair.

"Lie was it?" Cinderella spoke, her green eyes scanning me. Her makeup was perfect, her hair straightened perfectly, everything was perfect about her. You could tell she was the popular girl at her high school. "Nice speech by the way," she smirked, "I know how you feel. Not being appreciated for my work." She looked down at her hands, her face darkened.

I smiled nervously, "You won't be anymore, right?"

She walked passed me, "Of course. I'll save everyone here," and left.

What did she mean by that? I shook my head.

I walked over to the sink and rinsed my face off. I looked at myself in the mirror. My brown hair settled on my shoulders. I wore a white sweater that had a bee on it, blue jeans and white Adidas sneakers. I fixed my glasses.

A scream rang in my ears.

I ran out of the bathrooms and saw Ten holding Harper down, Liv backing up in front of them. I saw a knife in Harper's hands. And I realized what was going on.

Oh my god.