How it Began

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"Fred, oh my God!" FP mutters out, looking between his best friend and the rock in his hand.

"You k-killed him." Hermione stutters, in shock from the whole situation.

"You saved my life." Alice tells him.

"I killed him." He realizes, not taking his eyes off the body.

"Fred, it's okay, we'll take care of it. No one has to know what happened."

"How do you expect to keep this a secret, FP?"

"There's only one thing we can do... we have to hide the body."

"Are you fucking crazy?" Alice yells at him.

"Do you have a better idea, Al? We killed him. We need to hide him."

"Can't we just leave him?" Hermione wonders, she's shaking in fear from the whole situation. Alice walks over and curls an arm around her friend's shoulder. "We can't just leave him, Hermione. We killed him."

"I killed him." Fred corrects.

"It doesn't matter who finished him off, we're all witnesses... we're all guilty."

"So what are we going to do with his body?" FP wonders.

"Either we bury him and pray nobody digs him up again or we throw him in the river and pray they don't drag the river for his body."

"Have you two done this before or something?" Fred asks the couple. "You seem to know a lot about hiding a body."

"It's just stuff you pick up on when living on the Southside. Speaking of which, if we pour sodium hydroxide on his body after we bury him he'll decompose. Nothing will be left, not even his teeth."

"You two are seriously fucked up." Hermione comments.

"Yeah well we're your best shot at not going to jail." Alice reminds her. "You wouldn't last a day so I suggest you help us put his body in the back."

"I would too!"

"Please, Hermione you wouldn't-"

"Frankly I don't care about who would or wouldn't survive in jail, I'm more focused on not going there. So how about everyone lifts this body and helps me put it in the truck. Alright?" FP grabs the middle part of the man's body, Fred supports his head, the girl's grab his legs. Together they lift the body into the truck.

"Alright, Al, you and Hermione go to the Wyrm, tell Viper we have a situation and need sodium hydroxide. He won't ask questions."

"Okay. Where will you two be?"

"We're going to back to my trailer, grab a few shovels and then head to the second clearing in the woods. We'll hide him there."

"Alright. Be careful."

"You too. Hurry back."

The girls do as they're told and get the sodium hydroxide, then they drive to the woods and get out. They see FP's truck and notice the body is gone so they've already grabbed it and are at the second clearing.

Hermione holds the large bag in her hands as Alice leads the way with a flashlight. They come to the first clearing and Alice gestures for Hermione to keep following. As they get closer to the second clearing they hear Fred and FP talking and are happy to know they're not in trouble or got caught.

"We got it!" Alice announces as they come to second clearing.

"Good, great. Now grab a shovel and help us finish digging." FP tells them.

Once the whole is dug they roll the body into it and FP pours the sodium hydroxide over the body until the bag is nearly empty.

They cover up the hole and shove a large rock over the dirt, hoping to distract from the fact that they've dug up the area.

"So is that it? Is it over?" Alice asks. FP nods and curls an arm around her, hugging her tight to his body. "It's over."

Little did they know someone was watching them and knew their dirty little secret.