Murder on the Court

Chapter 1

"Have fun today" Sierra's mom said as she pulled up to Glendale Middle School. "I will mom" Sierra replied. "Bye hun" her mom said as she waved to Sierra before pulling out of the parking lot. Sierra waved to her mother before opening the doors to the school gym. Sierra went down the stairs to the locker rooms. She put her gym bag into a locker and grabbed her knee pads from her bag. She sat down on the bench to put them on. She looked at her phone, it said 5:00,practice didn't start until 6. "I could go in and warm up"Sierra said to herself. Sierra put her phone back into her bag and shut the locker, she made sure she locked it before walking out of the locker rooms. She walked up the stairs and turned the corner. She stopped when she heard an ear piercing shriek. "What was that?"Sierra to herself. Sierra looked around her, seeing no one she jogged over to the gym doors, she looked into the gym. Sierra gasped at what she saw. She turned around and then a moment later looked back into the gym. Sierra saw a woman tied up in the volleyball net screaming. "Pl-please don't, I'll-I'll do what ever you want" the woman pleaded. "It's to late for that" a man growled. Sierra turned her head and saw a man walking towards the woman. Sierra watched the man as he pulled a knife out of his pocket. Sierra turned her back against the wall. She heard another ear piercing shriek and then all was silent. What the heck?" Sierra whispered, "Is this real?". Sierra moved her leg, but in the process she hit the door. The door began to swing shut. Sierra immediately turned and ran down the stairs not wanting the man in the gym to know she was there. Sierra locked herself in a bathroom stall and took a deep breath. What was that? Sierra thought to herself. After a few minutes, Sierra unlocked the bathroom stall and walked over to her locker. She grabbed her phone from her bag and sat down on the bench waiting for practice to begin.

A few minutes later Sierra's teammate, Bailey, walked in. "Hey Sierra"Bailey said walking over to a locker. "Uh, hey Bailey" Sierra said stuttering over her words. "Is everything ok?" Bailey asked Sierra. "Um, yeah, everything's good"Sierra said placing her phone in the locker. Sierra stood up and locked the locker. "Ok,are you ready for practice" Bailey asked grabbing a volleyball out the supply closet. "Um, yeah I'm ready" Sierra said also grabbing a volleyball from the supply closet. "Are you sure your ok?" Bailey said turning to Sierra. Looking at Bailey with wide eyes Sierra said "Bailey, I think I witnessed a murder".

*Hello guys!!! Well this is my new story and I'm really excited about it! I would appreciate it if you vote and comment. It would also be AMAZING if you could tell your friends about the book!! Until the next chapter!
Question: Does anybody play volleyball?

-Emily