Crown of thorns and lipgloss

Six girls. One school. And something watching from the shadows.
Beyond the gates of Wexley Academy, everything feels strangely contained - like the world shrinks the moment Kaliyah, Gianna, Rose, Becca, Zana, and Bianca walk through its doors.

They've grown up together. They know each other's tells, their lies, their weak spots.

But now it feels different.

It starts with small things.

Classroom clocks freezing at the same time every day.
Security cameras that glitch whenever one of the six walks past.
Whispers in the corridor when the hallway is empty.

Then the messages return.

Not just in their phones - but carved into lockers. Slipped into textbooks. Written in handwriting that looks almost... familiar.

"You left her."
"I remember."
"Six went in. Five came out."

The problem is, none of them remember a "her."

As teachers grow dismissive and students pretend not to see what's happening, paranoia begins to bloom. Rose swears she hears footsteps behind her every afternoon. Bianca keeps seeing someone standing at the top of the stairs - but when she blinks, they're gone. Zana finds her own diary rewritten in different ink. Becca insists the school layout changed overnight. Gianna starts having dreams about a girl none of them can place. And Kaliyah begins to question whether the memories they share are even real.

The deeper they dig, the more the school pushes back.

Records are missing.
Old yearbooks have faces scratched out.
A fire alarm goes off during an empty assembly hall - yet six chairs are set out on stage.

Wexley Academy has secrets buried in its walls.

And somehow, those secrets are tied to them.

Because whatever is happening isn't random.

It's patient.
It's deliberate.
And it's been waiting for them to remember.

When the truth finally surfaces, the girls will have to face something far more terrifying than betrayal -

The possibility that the school isn't haunted.

It's choosing.