Natalie and Lucas have hated each other for as long as they can remember. She's an uptight perfectionist. He's a sarcastic shut-in. But when the two get trapped in Harrison High School during the biggest snow storm of the season, they are forced to work together. How will they cope?

There are seven players in the game. All are sixteen and each are given a dare by someone beyond the grave. Ignore the dare. The death will chase you and kill you itself. If you survive the game, Congratulations. If not, then you are unlucky. And stupid enough to not fight your way out of the game. If you give up halfway, you MUST accept the Sudden Dare and survive your way out. If you ran away when you are given the role of a player, you're dead. Unable to believe the curse? Try ignoring the dare and freak accidents will happen any time to you and they are within the inventor of the game's power. If chosen, I suggest you play smart and stay strong until the game is labelled as... 'GAME OVER'

****Winner of the Most Popular Naruto Fanfic Watty Award 2013/14**** **Currently being rewritten as the original is old and awful in this author's opinion** A coming of age story about a young Ninja, confused and hurt by the instances in her past, struggling to find her place and figure out what it all means. Can the kindness of a new Village warm a heart that time has taught to be cold and cruel? Can new friendships replace broken bonds, lost to the past? Is it safer to stay, or is it safer to run? A story not about one's physical strength, or of obtaining great power, but a story of overcoming and learning to change as old wounds heal.