Mall Bratz

Nix

Maybe it's because I'm an Aries? Maybe that's why I did this. See, when I realized this wasn't going to end, I decided to do it. I decided to go there. I remember when I saw Halo for the first time... she was my shining hope. My savior. She promised that she would never do to me what they did. To this day, she hasn't. But you might be wondering who I am, or maybe what caused me to go there? I'll tell you.

My name is Nix. I grew up in a decent environment, nice house, okay family, etcetera. But that doesn't mean my life was perfect by any means... I was bullied by a few of my other classmates for being Asian. I really did not think I was going to make it out of high school.

One day, I was on my phone, scrolling through TikTok when I saw a video about that one mall near my house. People say that there's a group of teenagers called the Mall Bratz that run the mall, their leader supposedly being the daughter of the mall's owners, her parents. I kind of just thought this was some stupid horror movie type shit, so I went without a thought about what could happen to me there.

When I entered the mall (to my surprise), I heard 'Sour Candy' blaring through the mall speakers. "Someone, at least one person, is here controlling the music," I thought to myself. So, I decided to walk around for a bit. By the time I had got to one of stores on the second floor, I heard someone talking. But who? Oh no. It's her. Emily. One of my bullies.  Right as I realized who she was, she turned, seeing me behind one of the clothing racks. She ran over to me and pushed me up against the wall.

"What's up Ling-Ling? I did not think I would run into you here, seeing what a puss-puss you are! I mean, you are what you eat! Don't you guys eat cats?!," she said, spit flying out of her mouth, faster with every word. Then, she appeared. Halo.

"Bitch, you better get the fuck away from her before I bash your brains out," she yelled with a certain tone of seriousness, worry, and anger all in one.

Emily didn't really seem phased though. She turned around, looking her up and down. "You think I'm afraid of some glowing hippie like you? Hah! You're kidding," she screeched. And that's when it happened. With more speed than I could have ever imagined a girl her size going, she launched herself at Emily jamming her face between the wall and her mallet. Emily screamed in agony as Halo lifted the mallet for another swing. Halo grabbed Emily, shoving her to the ground, proceeding to smash her head to a pulp with her mallet. With one final crack of her skull, Halo stopped.

"Is... is she dead?" I asked.

"Duh. Only I get to bully people here, not the other way around. Listen, because you've been through so much, I'm going to give you a choice. You can walk out of here, move on with your life, all that good stuff, or... you could join me and my friends and do stuff like that," Halo responded with a charismatic tone.

"I... I don't think I could go back to normal life after that. And... you've already done so much for me... I'll join you and your friends," I agreed hesitantly.

"Good. Are you sure though? You're not going to like... miss your family or anything?" she asked me.

"Nah, it's ok. They always just told me to suck it up because everyone gets bullied. They'll be fine."

And that was that. I joined the Mall Bratz.