Chapter 1

Principal  

It all started in a school named Tamaki Primary, there was a weird Māori class named Te Puna Wairua, and a  Tongan class named Tala - muka tonga. From those two classes there were six friends. Zayleigh, Awhina, Lydia, Viola, Lilly Mapa and sedrick. One morning these friends were in the staff room discussing how excited they were for the Dinnen Dance. But all of a sudden in that same morning there was an annoying sound coming from the speakers, in every single class the speakers said that Dr Jones cancelled Dinnan Dance. It may sound stupied but this. Dance was important because it will be our. My last event with the school. They were all so disappointed and sad when they heard that bad news. They all talked about how they were going to get Dinnen Dance back on, because as for Awhina she was a student president. But then Awhina released, in every event Dr Jones cancelled no matter what they did to get something that Dr Jones cancelled back onto track, she would fire back and it would be cancelled anyway. It got suspicious so we had to make a plan to see what for and why this is happening. Viola wanted to put super glue everywhere in her office as a prank, they did it the day after but he just got Mr bell the janerater to take her

away to somehow get her off her chair. When she came out of her office the whole school was laughing, making Dr Jones embarrassed. Unexpectedly Lydia came up with a solution     ‘’We could always just kill Dr jones, it would be easier’’ Silents went around the room as if everyone was thinking about it, but Sedrick, he was freaking out because he’d never heard Lydia say such a thing like that. Zayleigh came out of nowhere saying - ‘’Or we could scare him enough for him to leave Auckland’’. Saying that made Sedrick less freaked out. Sedrick cutting half way out of Zayleighs sentence - ‘’It would be so easy to scare Dr Jones. Dr Jones usually works late on Tuesdays, he leaves school at 9PM we could walk up to him’’.  ‘’Wouldn’t he notice us? Good point Awhina, Said Lydia. Lydia then suggested - ‘’let's say we wear bunny masks and kathmandu buff jackets’’ Vaiola also said - ‘’Awhina could run up to Dr Jones and knock her out’’ ‘’then we tie him up and throw him in Violas car and maybe go to my house, there's a little shed in the forest out my backyard maybe we could use that’’ Lilly then asks ‘’ what do you say Viola can we use AnnaBella for this?’’ Viola - ‘’Yeah sure why not’’ The night after planning was a Wednesday and they did as they planned. Knocked Dr Jones out, taped her hands and mouth, then chucked her in Annabellas boot. They all took Dr Jones for a ride, a ride to Lily's house, where she lived alone. All six friends took turns looking after Dr Jones in a shed not so far from Lilly’s house but was in the forest in her backyard, this shed was near a lake in the middle of the forest tracking a deadly smell as if someone had already died in here. day and night every hour she would be looked after by one of the friends, while they each started asking Dr Jones some questions ‘’ why did prom get cancelled? Is our principle trying to outsmart us?’’  

Weeks after of look after her without giving her food or water and pouring honey on to Dr Jones when she wouldn’t answer a quistion or would say something stupid, a few weeks  later they all meet up back at the shed, that smell grew bigger like if another person died in there. Then they all clicked. Could she be dead?

They all run into the shed panicking because they are seeing Awhina by the body. The principal. She was, Dead. While everyone was Panicking Viola suggested, ‘’why don't we just bury it, whos hid a body before?’’ Everyone put their hands up except sedrick. ‘’ am I the only one that hasn’t hid a body before?’’ unfortunately yes - said Lydia

It was a Thursday night and the body stunk the shed out, not far from the shed deeper into the forest they all took turns at digging the hole big enough for Dr Jones's body. Hours go past the sun is starting to rise and they just put the body into the hole Lilly and Viola quickly put the dirt back into the hole and leaves on top of it so it doesn't seem suspicious Lydia spread the leaves evenly. They then went to school so tired and sleepy. Everyone acted like nothing happened but Sedrick he was uneasy. Almost every time he would hang out with his friends and anyone would bring something up about Dr Jones he would almost say what Lydia and the others were doing to her.  Kai Iti came around and the Six friends hung out in the teachers staff room. Kidnapping Dr Jones was supposed to be a joke, a prank. Pay back for how he kept canceling everything, all of the amazing events for us and our school. After thinking about it, Sedrick thought our school could be poor and Dr Jones could have no money? Wait guys - Lydia yelled.’’ When we got there she had no classes on’’ Yeah your right - said Awhina. ‘’They could be in my car?’’ suggested Viola, ‘’ Yeah they might be lets not stress about this’’

A month goes by and Sedrick dies. No one was supposed to die, they were only trying to scare Dr Jones so they could have Dine and Dance so they could look back at the cool photos they created together. Thinking back to Dr Jones' death, they all thought it was Sedrick. Because blew their cover when Dr Jones guessed who was kidnapping him, surprisingly he said everyone's names that were there. He soon then took off his mask and started to punch Dr Jones 3 big! Punches because she said something that set him off mad ‘’Hey sedrick.. Hahaha.. Did your dad do that to you this morning’’ Then he went and he gave her 3 more great big punches. ‘’Stop it Sedrick , you're gonna kill him’’ yelled Zayleigh. While Lydia and Awhina are pulling him back. ‘’ Alright fine I’ll stop’’ Dr Jones gasping for air she was winded by his punches. Everyone walks away trying to make Sedrick calm down. Viola walks back to Dr Jones whispering in her air saying ‘’we’re going Dr Jones and we’ll come back. So don’t even try to yell out for help, and after that day he was dead.

Couple days later Sedrick dies. Only because he didn’t want to live inside guilt.

But then Awhina started to think it was Lydia, as for all she was the first one to look after Dr Jones. Going back to that day her and Dr Jones only had a small conversation.

He asked ‘’Did any of you find my glasses yet’’ Lydia answering him with ‘’To be honest I don’t know’’Dr Jones told her ‘’it's not to late Lydia, you could make this right’’ Lydia looked up at him and stopped reading the book she was reading then said ‘’we are making it right, don’t you think so?’’ ‘’ By kidnapping me? H-how do you think this ends?’’ ‘’Viola and Lilly have a plan’’  ‘’Hmm…I’ve never taken you to be a follower. She then stops reading again, slammed the book and yelled. ‘’Yes well you’ve given us something we have never had before, Hmm what's a word to say this nicely… Uhh a commnenime, you were cruel to us Dr Jones. You stopped me and all of my friends from going. Dinnen Dance!!!’’  

‘’You locked Whaea Lee into her office. She had a panic attack and quit her job. What was I supposed to do, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW!!?

Hmm you could agree to make a video, giving us permission to have Dinnen Dance back, and promise you won’t punish us for…This… Or anything. Ever again.

Hmm ok Lydia. Release me. Call the police to tell them it was a school prank that went horrible and out of control, and horribly by tomorrow you will be punished, but at least your lives won’t be ruined.

So.. you won’t make that video then?

Absolutely not.

Fine then it's your funeral Dr Jones.

No one believed her but Lilly because she saw it all on security cameras. Soon after she let everyone look at that video tape. After the video they all believed her and yet was on her side again. But Lydia was still crushed down and sad that Sedrick was gone.

They remembered that Sedrick was gay so they let his boyfriend Jack into their small friend group. It felt like Sedrick never died when Jack accepted and became their new bestie.

Zayleigh brought up the situation of Dr Jones dieing.

 We weren't supposed to kill Dr Jones, we were only trying to scare him.

Well he’s dead and there's no walking back from this - Awhina murdered out.

Lydia then said - Awhina is right what's done, the next question is  are we going to let this terrible accident, yes i’m saying accident because we didn’t do anything, ruin our lives?

Lilly ‘’I hope not because i’m going to One Tree Hill’’

Viola ‘’ I’m going to Tamaki College’’

Lydia ‘’I’m going to Waiorea’’

Zayleigh ‘’ I’m also going to Waiorea’’

Awhina ‘’I’m trying to go to Puau’’

Jack murdered out ‘’ Sedrick was saving up money for Manukau community college’’

They were all supposed to be happy and relieved Jones was buried. And they’ve gotten away with it. They were all free. Free to go back to talking about college and homework. And Dinnen Dance.

They thought old Hollywood would be perfect for their last Dinnen Dance because as for Awhina she had to plan how it was going to be and what was going to be where whos going to the Dinnen Dance. She wasn't stressed because she had her friends to help her out.

Everyone got distracted with planning by Kevin because he saw Police talking to the DP principle Miss Bell, she reported that Dr Jones is. Missing.

Some people were walking through the woods, they went camping and found glasses that could be Dr Jones. So now the Police are expecting foul play.

They’re cancelling classes and creating a search party. They were thinking of signing up but Lilly ran away because she felt guilt all over her, but it was normal she would get that guilt away from writing in her diary. Backtracking to the week before Sedrick died. Without a warning their constructed play began to unravel, thanks to a guilt-ridden Sedrick. One of his mates from Basketball practice went to say something about Dr Jones. {Levi} Hey you know what I heard about Dr Jones? I heard that she was hooking up with a student then ran out of town with him. {Kevin} who cares? She was a total pervert anyway.

{Sedrick}What are you saying? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!!?

Are you glad that he’s dead?

  {Jack} Sedrick shut up

{Levi} No, That's not what we're saying.

Look what i’m saying is that the guy was a total weirdo.

If he ran off, who cares? Noone right?

{Sedrick} He didn’t run off. We found his glasses

{Jack} What's your point? -Dude Sedrick I’m serious

{Sedrick} Just that we found his classes but. Jones will never be found because last night we…

{Jack} Shut up. I SAID SHUT UP!!?

You don’t know what you're talking about.

After that one Friday Sedrick died.

And ofcourse Lilly was the one that cried her life out, that was her crush.

Viola followed her into the old Music room where Matua randough use to teach Te Puna Wairua cool games.

Next thing you know the rest of the friends are following her trying to figure out why this happened to him and what happened to him.

Lydia said. You need to get control of yourself. Do you understand me? Yes it was sad, tragic even but Sedrick couldn’t handle himself when Jones died.

{Lilly} D-died!? Are you serious?

{Zayleigh} Lydia's right Lilly.

Sedrick was spirilling, he was drinking.

Tell her Jack

Yeah, if I hadn’t been in the locker room that time, we would all be in jail right now. And I don’t know what he would have said.

{Viola} Fine, but did we have to cut his brakes? I mean, we murdered our own friend.

{Zayleigh} What are you talking about Viola? We didn’t cut Sedricks breaks. His death was an accident. The truth is he was never looking after that car like he should have been. Eventually it just caught up with him.

{Lydia} We can’t change what happened. The only thing we can do is live our lives.

{Viola} Are you hearing yourselves? It's like you actually believe this stupied crap.

{Jack} Viola two people are dead right now. Dead. And right now the world thinks Sedrick died from this car accident. A horrible damn car accident, so this ends. Right now. If we all just stick together…

• Will you do that?

{Viola} My god (shaking her head no)

 I knew Zayleigh and Lydia had such a dark streak, but when the hell did you become such a monster Jack.

{Lydia} Come on. Don’t act like a little kid. Viola. In Auckland we are all monsters. We’ve always been monsters, and that also includes you too. The true question is, are we gonna be monsters in college? Or in Jail?

Sometimes the problem in believing that you have all the answers is that sometimes it can blind you to the truth that is right before your eyes.

Backtracking to the night Jones died.

Viola and Jack went back to see what happened to him, Viola thinks they should call 111 because if they don’t Jones could possibly die. When Jack went to call 111 Viola went to give her CPR. They were all rushing into the hospital the next day seeing if Dr Jones was alright.

{Lydia} What the hell happened?

{Jack} it’s ok the nurse said he will make it

{Lydia} No, I’m more worried about us.

{Zayleigh} It’s gonna be fine. What do the police know? What did you tell them?

{Viola} The truth. That this all started as a stupied prank and things out of hand.

{Lilly} A prank? Do you realize what you just did?

{Jack}Yeah, we kept a man from dieing and did the right thing by calling 111.

{Sedrick} And ruin our lives

{Zayleigh} Sedrick is right, you guys just ruined everything, You guys ruined our futures. Now none of us are gonna go to college.

{Lydia} Who cares about college? Do you guys understand that we could spend 20 years of our lives in jail?

{Viola} Are you hearing yourselves? Dr Jones could have died. We could have been murderers.

{Zayleigh} Better that then what’s coming next for us all.

{Jack} You don’t mean that do you? Zayleigh? That you have preferred Dr Jones to die?

  Chapter 2

New girl

Eight months later…

There was a new girl that had just come into Tamaki Primary, Her name was Anney…

She was a senior at Tamaki Primary, Year 8… Her mum was a home health care worker, a slave to the Kopu family - Zayleigh’s family…

Her mother started working for the Kopu family last year in spring. It was on Thursday the 23rd of September… On that same day in 2021 She was the new girl in Tamaki Primary…

Her mum was strict so she expected no Drama from her daughter…

She took a bike to school, thinking she would be late… But she was early. Very early…

Did she like Tamaki?.. Sure. But it’s an interesting place… Stuff happens in Tamaki Primary, you know.

I’m guessing that's why Anney was here…

On her first day she saw a guy getting arrested by the police…

Anney knew why and knew what happendMcCulloch

‘’You think I know something happened’’

‘’Well I do’’

‘’I’m sure you got pieces of their side of the story from other people’’

‘’Well I can help you put them together’’

This boy that was taken from the police, his name was Clay.

One night he was driving at night, seeing a lot of ambulances and police cars going past him…

 He got scared as he knew who killed Dr Jones, he got anxious and started speeding right past all of them without knowing… He also had guns in his car, an assault rifle and a pistol. Remembering he had those made him even more anxious.

‘’There are things i’m sure no one has told you’’

‘’Secrets that have been well kept’’

‘’Yes the secrets are often kept by Clay Johnston'’

As he was taken by the Police he got a call from Zayleigh, he didn't answer it because he was still wondering why he was taken by the police. So as like what any other nervous guy would do, he just stared at his phone. Doing nothing, not thinking of what to do.

Zayleigh walked up to a group of people. Guys. As they were sitting in her spot in the Library. Slamming her bag onto the table saying.

‘’Do you mind’’

As everyone was shushing her, she just continued and sat down on the chair. Her chair she felt comfortable on.

She told Jake all about the cops taking Clay.

‘’Shit do you think they know about. Dr- Dr Jones’’

As response Zayleigh said

‘’Pft, did you tell them’’

‘’Are you serious no of course I didn’t tell them’’

‘’Really? Because you’ve been pretty houstell to everybody lately’’

‘’No I’ve been houstell to you lately’’

“Ps this whole thing happened 7 months ago why would I say anything now’’

‘’Well then, why else would they want clay’’

Jake dropping his hands on the table

“How would I know’’

Zayleigh getting a fright

‘’Did something happen this weekend’’

Jack was getting annoyed

‘’I don’t fucking know’’

The bell started ringing and Jake was getting his stuff and going to storm off to class

‘’JACK!’’

Zayleigh yelled out his name while he was walking off.

‘’I have to go to history’’

As he continued walking she just sat there watching him, not knowing what to do…

‘’These kids were connected by their secrets”

‘’They were connected and forever changed”

Zayleigh was still telling all her close friends that the cops took Clay. She at least told everyone that was involved with the incident of Dr Jones.

Sedricks reply was

“Okay?”

“Okay’’

“Yeah I mean Clay wont say anything about what happened, Zay come on”

“I have to go”

With Jack seeing everything that had just happened he had to ask.

“What's up with her lately?”

“Who knows”

While Zayleigh was walking away, Jake and Sedrick carried on talking.

A few weeks ago there was a big fight in the school. It started off with just a little fight with a boy named Boston and of course Clay.

You might be thinking why were they fighting?

Well let's go back to 7 months ago…

Zayleigh was having a party not a big one just one where everyone could chill, most people had their first time taking drugs and drinking. As for Zayleigh it was not. She would do it all the time, well its very clear she has really deep issues with school and home. With most New Zealenders they would do drugs and drink a lot at that age.