They thought they could trust each other. Well, they could, until the Arena... Collaboration by @Natatonix and @ReneeFoo700 !!! Dedicated to our awesome 2016 class 6Q and the hope that we will remain friends forever. Inspired (slightly) by @KittyCyanide

Beware of the Elements... They survive What if delving into the past is more important than the future?

If you're judging this book by its cover and title, you're already proving the point this story wants to make. Try to move past this satirical obstacle in front of you. This is a story about bullying, and like the hundreds of other books on the topic, it will show you the harsh reality of being discriminated, belittled, ridiculed for something you cannot control- how you look, who you love, or what you believe in. But unlike these books, this story's sole purpose is not to tear your heart out of your chest as you mourn over your loss of faith in humanity. Instead, this book will make you laugh and love alongside these characters. Just like in life, there will be moments of dread and surrender, but there will also be moments of happiness, laughter, and love. - Naomi Lorraine, better known as Nerdy Naomi with her thick-rimmed glasses and straight-A report card, is the most unpopular girl in her school. Even with the help of her sarcastic comebacks, that doesn't stop her from getting bullied by everyone in Dartwell High. Every day her childhood bully, Raymond Meyers, knocks her off her feet, literally. However, she can't do anything but survive the laughs, insults, and bruises high school gives her. There are three senior transfer students, dubbed the Three Musketeers: Bennett Frazier, Jordan Wallace, and Declan Lynch. All in one day, Naomi catches their attention one by one. With her snarky attitude, but innocent look, they can't help but want her. But not the way you're thinking. Oh no, not like that. Instead, it's probably the whole opposite. It's quite simple really. She'll be their good girl. And they'll be her bad boys. ~ [This story is a first draft written by a 13 to 15-year-old girl so it has its fair share of grammar mistakes and plot holes.] Wattys 2015 Talk of the Town Award Second Place Story of 2015 Best Humor and Overall Points of The Fiction Awards 2016 Third in the Writers Awards 2016 Highest Ranks: #1 Humor, #1 Teen Fiction

She nodded in acknowledgement but moved quickly, pulling up her trouser leg with one hand and grabbing a dagger with the other, throwing it in one fluid movement. I saw its journey through the air, spinning and swishing, and I knew I should have moved to the side but my body was sluggish. The last thought I had before it thudded into my chest was that perhaps I wanted it to hit me. Another vworp screeched around my body and this time it was too much. The knife disappeared, absorbed by the field, but it had already done the damage. I was falling, blood in my eyes, my mouth, my nose. I stared up into the solid obsidian dome, eyelids flickering shut amid the mask of crimson, and I knew beyond any doubt that this was my final breath. © KittyCyanide 2016. « Kitty » Highest Ranking: # 281 in Fantasy

I sighed as I turned around to face the door, to find out where the blood came from - And screamed. For there, taped to the door and the wall behind, was Christabel, the Ultimate Ninja, with five ninja stars embedded in her arms, legs and neck. Vivien shrieked in fear and rushed to her dead friend. This was why. This was why the door couldn't open, with the blood flowing underneath... This meant... The murder had just happened. © KittyCyanide 2016 « Kitty »