Dangan Ronpa- Hopes Peak Equestrian Divisionby DeviousNightsChaptersCh. 1: Brand New Game "Daily Life"/PrologueCh. 1 Deadly Life/InvestigationClass Trial FormerCh. 1: Brand New Game "Daily Life"/PrologueTwilight Sparkle awoke In a dimly lit classroom. The walls were a tinted brown shade and the window, or that would to be say, where the Windows should be, had large metal gratings over them. As if she was trapped. She rubbed the crust from her eyes, looking at the slowly ticking clock on the wall. 7:55. "Strange...I feel like...I'm forgetting something." Twilight got up on shaky, wobbly legs, attempting to walk towards the door with very little success. With each step she noticed that her vision was beginning to get more and more focused. Last she remembered, she had just entered the doors of Equestria's most prestigious high school, Hopes Peak High. It was considered the most exclusive school in the entire country, and only the "ultimate" students in each of their specific subjects were allowed to attend. Twilight lie her hand against the cold, metal door, attempting to come to terms with what must have happened before she got here. All she remembered was receiving the invitation to attend the school over the summer. She hadn't bothered to see what the class of '27 looked like, so she wouldn't have even known who all was there. The cold metal door have her an unwelcome return to reality as she could her a bell like tone begin to reverberate throughout the school. The school bell tone was unwelcoming as the environment seemed so much more negative than the tone presented itself to be. She remembered getting the invitation to the schools, it telling her that she was one of the few allowed to attend the school, with her being the "Ultimate Librarian". Presumedly, you must be an "Ultimate" something to be able to attend, and it seemed like she was lucky enough to actually be the best of something. It was unlike anything she had received before. Sure she had recovered stacks upon stacks of college invitations, institutional invitations, and even hundreds of scholarship opportunities. But for something to actually call her out as the best in something. Suddenly, the television showed static before turning on to reveal a small stuffed bear sitting in a large, red comfort chair, that made the best seem as if it was David compared to Goliath. The bear itself was split Into two different fur tones: Black and White, with one side looking completely normal and the other having an evil, glowing read eye. It had a large outie naval sticking out in a comedic fashion, and it lie In a comfortable position in the chair. Behind the bear were multiple security ministers, as if this bear was a security guard or something similar of the sort. "Ahem. This is a Hopes Peak High Special Announcement!" It's voice was annoyingly high pitched, but somewhat raspy at the same time, giving him a cartoon show character's voice. His voice also had a certain uneasiness to it. It was as if he was mocking Twilight with his voice. "Every student in the school should meet in the gym as soon as possible for a VERY special announcement!" "Every...student?" Twilight asked herself out loud, knowing something was weird about that statement but not being able to quite place her finger on it. "I have to see who else is here!" She said aloud, now becoming very uneasy. With the windows being bolted shut as they were it was almost as if there was no escape. What was this? Was it a cult? Was it the work of another school, this just all did not seem natural at all. Twilight walked through the front door to the classroom, where a very unnaturally bright purple light was awaiting her. She covered her eyes instinctively, before the light began to slowly die down. Going outside, she began to start noticing how invasive that bear must have been. She noticed cameras around virtually every corner. Looking into the classroom across from her, she could tell it was virtually the same deal, menacing cameras placed at every corner and a tv monitor in the corner of the room. Her insides felt like mush, as she started to feel as if she, and whoever else must've been here, were a part of some secret camera video program or something similar. Twilight began to walk down the hall in a quick manner,her steps reverberating throughout the dark hallway, as she then found a single room where it seemed like many people were gathered in. She looked inside, feeling comforted by the view of other people. Twilight began to feel even better as she saw two familiar faces inside of the room: Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, both of whom were standing in the same corner of the room, surrounded by many other people. Twilight opened the door slowly, becoming greater by many unfamiliar staring faces. Some of them brought along with them vague apparitions, as if her thoughts were trying to work them into her memories, but without much luck. It was all just so foggy "And you are?" A tall, slender built male student asked. He was dressed appropriately for the situation, wearing a dress vest and a dark green tie, khaki pants, and khaki buckled dress shoes. His hair was very curly, and his skin was a pale white color, in contrast to his bright green eyes, which completely distinguished his face from the rest of his body, as the green seemed unnatural to the rest. He spoke in a very calm, even, and condescending tone, giving off the aura of a distinguished leader. As the individual questioned her, Twilight felt almost every eye in the room begin to focus on her, making her break out into a small sweat, before the silence was broken by a shrill, shriek voice from the back of the room. "GOOD MORNING TWILIGHT!!!" Twilight distinguished the voice as one Pinkie Pie, who was jumping up and down very erratically. Before Twilight could even respond, the male who had just been looking her over shut it all down. "Stop talking Pinkie." He commanded, her shutting her mouth almost immediately. "So I see your name is Twilight?" "Yes, Twilight Sparkle, pleased to make your acquaintance." Twilight said, taking to common courtesy to extend her hand out for him, as it seemed that that was what he was used to. The elegant looking student kept his arms folded and continue to do so, as if expecting her to say something else. "Finish." He said monotonically. Twilight froze for a second, before realizing what she neglected to tell him. "Oh yeaaaaaah. I'm sorry. "The Ultimate Librarian."" The student finally shook her hand and opened his mouth slowly for an introduction. "Victor Excellence. The "Ultimate Prodigal Leader." "Oh that makes sense." Twilight commented, somewhat hurt by his very firm handshake. He let go of her hand, and recrossed them, staring back at Twilight. "You should probably get acquainted with the rest of us in here. It'd be best if we knew at least each other's special talents before we go to the rendezvous." "Your ri-" Twilight began before Victor walked away, through with the conversation. Twilight made a small frown, but decided against worrying about it, and walked up to the closest person. "Hello. Twilight Sparkle, "The Ultimate Librarian". Twilight introduced herself, the female in front of her, keeping straight eye contact, extending her hand to greet her. "Zinc McChloe, the Ultimate Chemist." The middle heighten teen introduced. She wore a dress shirt that was unbuttoned, revealing a shirt with an atom on it she wore under it. She had a lab coat wrapped around her waste by the arms of the coat. Her hair was colored a light purple, with light green streaks throughout it. She wore small, white dress shoes, and had multiple colors of pens sticking from her pants pockets, which were a white color of their own, making the pens very conspicuous. "Born and raised in Canterlot." "Oh really? Kind of the same here!" Twilight responded a bit enthusiastically. It was nice to know some of these people may have some of the same backgrounds as her. "You should probably meet Vagrant Blossom too. She was from Canterlot as well." As if on cue, a pink skinned female teen with a pink and purple-cotton candy themed haircut pranced up to the two with a smile on her face. She had a pretty purple flower wound into her hair and had brown and black gardening gloves covering her hands. She had on a simple, white, shaggy dress shirt with it partially unbuttoned, showing the smallest remnant of her skin. She sported a pink and red skirt with a single white stripe down the middle, and wore long red socks with white bow ties on the ends. "Vagrant Blossom! Pleasure to meet!" She introduced, not even waiting for Twilight to offer a greeting handshake, and instead grabbing hold of her hand and shaking up and down violently as if her hand was having a seizure of its own. Twilight wobbled with her shaking, and returned the greeting with a dazed nod. "So I already heard your the "Ultimate Librarian"! That's cool! So what exactly do you do?" "Oh you know, just cool library stuff." "Can you guys keep it down over here? All this loudness isn't very good for my soul or any of the rest of us!" A loud voice came virtually sprinting towards them. This individual was dressed In a knight's armor suit, which was a bronze tint. It came complete with a large plated sword that hung loosely from his side, it seeming too big for the suit of armor itself. The only part missing from his suit were the boots, we he wore nothing more than a yellow pair of socks instead of the boots, that would have completed the roleplay-like uniform. He slowly removed the helmet to reveal golden locks of hair accompanied by a handsome face and sparkling blue eyes. His skin was a light shade of yellow, which blended surprisingly well with his eyes. "As the "Ultimate Knight", it is my duty to protect every living soul, even from stupid things such as high voice levels!" He said in his 'heroically' loud voice, causing everyone else on the room's ears to quake. "Hey quiet yourself." The raspy voice came very suddenly to Twilight, giving her a quick and unpleasant chill down her spine. Looking to her side, she saw a robed, tall woman approach with long black dreadlocks. Her eyes were a deep green, and were shaped like a snake's eyes. The long, purple robe with a large "K" on it covered her entire body, and was only distinguished by a gold metal shoulder plates, which were connected by an also gold linked chain. In her hand, she carried a silver flute with the reed end shaped like a King Cobra snake. "Rala doesn't like loud noise." "But snakes can't hear though!" The "Ultimate Knight" rebutted, pointing a single finger directly at her. "As you always claim. Everything has a soul. My snake's soul can hear noise." Almost as if on cue, a large King Cobra snake and a Water Moccasin snake both inched theirselves out of her coat and started to make their way around her neck, the Water Moccasin hissing silently at the armored male. "Oh, I'm sorry Twilight. My name is Da'Orige C'lomiete. But you can just call me Orige." She introduced herself, extending her hand in greeting, which had in that amount of time become wrapped by a King Snake, which silently stared at Twilight as she cautiously motioned for the other hand. "Do not worry. She does not bite." Orige assured her, as she nodded towards the snake. The cold blooded reptile began to wrap it's moist, slithery body around Twilight's hand and withdrawing backwards towards Orige's hand, as the two shook hands. "Twilight Sparkle, The "Ultimate Librarian." "The "Ultimate Snakecharmer." Orige responded, withdrawing her creeping snake as a figure began to approach in the background. Orige's King Cobra began to his loudly at the figure, much to the both of their surprise. "Lyra Heartstrings. Ultimate Harpist." The figure introduced. Her skin was a light green shade and her eyes were colored a cyan, her hair styled in a few bangs with a light green and white cotton-candy like mixture. "You got sent here too?" Twilight asked, noticing that she lived in the same neighborhood as her outside of this place. "Yeah, I didn't even think I was that good of a harpist." "Oh don't put yourself down like that." A short, brown skinned teen approached. His hair was low cut into a fade and his eyes shone a light red shade. "Pressure Point, the "Ultimate Surgeon." Twilight gave a small bow, getting tired of shaking hands. That looked like everyone in the room, besides the one she already knew: Pinkie and Fluttershy who she spent the rest of her time talking to about their current situation. Pinkie had been sent as the "Ultimate Party Planner" and Fluttershy as "The Ultimate Animal Caretaker". It was fitting. Before long, the group collectively started to walk towards the gym area, with Da'Orige leading the way with a map and her King Snake making sure no danger was lurking across any corner. Entering the cold gym some five minutes later, they noticed it had a large stage at the end. Being cautious of the stage, everyone gathered around it some yards away from it, looking up at it, expecting the bear or something of the sort to appear. [https://youtu.be/JlfyPWkDIHw] "IT'S MONOOOOOOOKUMA!" Yelled the same shrill voice from that morning, the bear from the television jumping upwards from behind a podium. "Monokuma?" Da'Orige asked, not phased at all by the fact that a teddy bear was talking to the collective group of strangers. "Yup! Monokuma!!! Your new Hopes Peak High School Principal!!!" He screeched with an unreal laugh. "P-P-P-PRINCIPAL?!!" Zinc McChloe cried as her face began to turn a light shade of blue. "Yup! Today marks your first day in your new lives!" "New...lives?" Fluttershy asked in her usual quiet voice. She sneezed a cute, quiet sneeze and was turning pale in color. "Yep! Don't worry though, I've had things sent to your rooms to accommodate your special talents! Such as you, Da'Orige! As you may have noticed, I have left snake food and care products in your dorm! You'll be here until the end of this semester. And the next semester. And the next semester. And the NEXT semester and then the semester after that. And the the semester following that, the semester inside of that semester, the new semester after that..." Monokuma took a small breath in, getting tired. "Huff...huff...you get the point. You'll be here for the rest of your lives, if you couldn't tell by the bolted Windows." WHAT?! A chill went down Twilight's spine as the collective scream by everyone present in the room. The time had seemed to get away from everyone in the room. It was night time, according to the clocks, further amplifying their fear. "Lies. I won't believe it. I, ZACCARIUS KNIGHT, will destroy you if you do not cease the lies!" The bold male in the knight's armor proudly proclaimed, valiantly beating his chest as if he was a warlord proclaiming an early victory. His armor shone brightly, as if on cue, giving him the perfect 'knight in shining armor' vibe. "Welllllll, that makes sense. There is a way though. Through excitement..." "Excitement?" Victor Excellence asked, raising an eyebrow and clenching his fists through folded arms. "Yup! The excitement of KILLING!" "Hmm that sounds ni...WHAAAAAAAA?!" Vagrant Blossom cried out as she flinched backward with a pale pink look on her face. It was as if all the blood had just left her face and begun flowing everywhere else but. "Yup! Just killing one of your fellow students, and you'll find your one way ticket outta here and back to your loving families! Poisoning, Stabbing, injection, asphyxiation, snapping the neck, blunt force, assisted suicide, I don't care!" "You can't be serious right now." Victor Excellence muttered, staring angrily at the disproportionate bear. "Serious as a murder! However, what would a deal be without a catch?" Monokuma said shaking his head. "A catch? What're we doin' signing contracts?" A voice came from the back of the gym, when a dark haired student with purple tips on each of his spiked hair bangs walked in. He was gray skinned, sporting a red vest with a blue tie underneath it, and black khaki pants. His eyes rang out a vibrant red color, and it seemed as if he was wearing a deep black eye shadow, as blackness seemed to virtually surround his eyes due to his skin color. He walked into the gymnasium holding a gray box-like contraption, it looking like nothing more than your everyday lighter. "Oooooh it seems our other special guests have finally decided to arrive! You know being late is strictly against school rules!" Monokuma cried to the back of the gym, making Nightmare drop his lighter and his jaw as well. "Is that a fuckin' bear?!" The new addition shouted, his eyebrows raising and his eyes shooting further open, as if he was trying to make sure he was seeing things right. "And you are?" Orige asked, not even phased by him or Monokuma. "Nightmare Moonlit. The "Ultimate Lawyer." He responded bending down to pick up the lighter, placing it back into his front vest pocket. He wiped his eyes as he tossed one of his bangs out of his face, slinging it backwards. He shook his head, secretly pinching himself to make sure he wasn't in some weird dream. "Now that we now have more of your fellow students joining us let's get roooooiiiiiiight into business!" "You and I both know damn well there are more of us." Nightmare announced at Monokuma, snapping his fingers as he did as if he was making a point. "Fine fine! We'll wait. I'd prefer everyone hear my whole little shing-dig anyways! You guys, do what----ever you want until then!" Everyone say and waited, conversing with each other as they did. Some people went to the bathroom, others came and sat in the gym, shivering from the fear. Suddenly, Twilight lost consciousness, along with everyone else in the room. A few hours after Monokuma called an unofficial break, that involved knocking everyone out, they awoke whiping their eyes with sleepy looks on their faces. Questioning Monokuma, he claimed he did nothing, however everyone was still suspicious. However, before any other questions could be asked another individual walked in, rubbing their eyes. It was a female with a pink blanket wrapped around her body, with teddy bear drawings scattered all across the cloth. She had long brown hair and a emerald tinted eye color. She wore an old, withered pair of jeans that looked as if they had gone through great distress before she had arrived, and small, tattered dress shoes. "Ahhhhhh! If it isn't Cinder?!" "......it is." Cinder answers, swiping her eyes free of tears. It was clear she must had just awoken from a deep slumber. "Just awoken eh, The "Ultimate Sleepwalker?" Monokuma asked gleefully, laughing as he fell to the podium. "............" Cinder whiped her eyes again and gave out a small sneeze, before walking up the the rest of the group and sitting down. "Well now, well now, well now, well now. There are still two other people missing, but we can just leave that for later! Continuing on from earlier! The awesome catch is...you won't be able to leave unless you don't get caught!" "Don't get caught in being the murder that is?" Fluttershy shyly opened her mouth for the first time that day. "And how exactly would we go about that?" "A class trial of course!" "Trail Eh? Sounds interesting." Nightmare said, flicking strands of hair from his face once again as he lit his lighter, looking through the fire as he did. "There's another catch but that can Wai--" "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!" "What the hell?" Nightmare asked aloud as Twilight ran up behind him. "That sounds familiar...Trixie? She's here too?" "Oooooh the "Ultimate Magician!" Monokuma commented, giggling his trademark disturbing giggle. "Sounds like it! You guys should probably go to check! Make sure nothing at all happened! Gee...I sure hope no one decided to kill anyone while you were all knocked out!" Twilight, with a pale look on her face sprinted outside, flanked by Nightmare, Cherry Blossom, and Da'Orige. "It couldn't be possible!" Nightmare shouted, looking around every corner for Trixie. Twilight flanked him before he looked into a classroom with a pale look on his face. "No....no way....!" Nightmare said, falling backward into Da'Orige's arms who looked into the room with the same expression. Twilight shakily approached the door, looking into it. [https://youtu.be/9hn3gBV-nYc] The entire crime scene seemed to fall into place one at a time, the desks each falling down before the desk containing a body was found. There, lying face down on a desk, Zinc McChloe, the "Ultimate Chemist", wearing the lab coat she kept tied around her waist no less, with vibrant pink blood leaking down from her face. The blood had begun to drop from the desk and create a disturbing pink puddle on the floor, which had somewhat dried. In her hands, she was holding two bottles of prescription medications. Author's Note Don't worry, you'll get to know the character more as the story progresses. Except for...her of course. Ch. 1 Deadly Life/Investigation"Wowie Wow wow!!! Somebody already started died and it's literally only been twelve hours since I told you?! This is going to be exciting I tell you!" Monokuma's voice could be heard reverberating off of the walls as everyone who had discovered the body looked on in disgust. Twilight looked around the room, attempting to not look directly at the dead body. Not everyone was here yet, but she did notice that not everyone was in the gym when they all awoke. Perhaps they woke up at different times or something of the sort? "Monokuma...what did you do?" "What what whaaaaaa? You think I did this?" Monokuma asked, putting both of his paw like hands over his mouth and giving a small giggle. "Your the only one who could have you little rat!" Nightmare angrily proclaimed, smashing his fist into a nearby desk, breaking a crack Into it. "No no no. I assure you this was not me. One of you got very desperate to escape and decided to kill kill kill!" "You can't be serious..." Nightmare muttered as he walked closer to the now deceased Zinc McChloe, whose entire body had gone limp. He pushed past Trixie, who had her mouth covered in surprise and her eyes shot wide open. Her eyes were a bloodshot red from shock and it was apparent that tears were beginning to form. "M-McChloe!" Victor yelled, flinching violently backward. "There's no way." Orige commented, stroking her chin. Her snakes began to slither back into their slots inside of her cloak as she stared onward. "Did he not knock us all out overnight? How could this have possibly-" "Why would she do something like this?!" Fluttershy asked, starting to tear up from the shock of seeing the now deceased Zinc McChloe. She had fallen completely limp, save for her hands that seemed to still cling to the medication bottles. "So...your implying suicide." Victor answered, eyes closed, as if deep in thought. "Welp! How about we do this the official way!" Monokuma called out as everyone watched as he waddled quickly out of the room and across the corner. Meer seconds later, the intercom to the school came on. The television inside of the school gym came on after a bit of static, revealing Monokuma in the same control panel-like office as before, with his stubby legs crossed on top of the desk in front of him. Ding-Dong-Ding-Dong "A Body has been discovered! After a set amount of time, which you may use however you like, the class trial will begin!" "So she really is dead..." Lyra hazily commented, rubbing her head. She stumbled backwards some before regaining her composure as she sat Into one of the multiple wooden desks aligning the rows. "Monooooookuma appears!" Monokuma sounded aloud as he appeared out of nowhere in front of the crowd that had begun to gather in front of Zinc's body. "Before any of you asks, yup! My rules still hold true!" "Rules, the hell?" Pressure Point, who had just walked into the room cracking his knuckles asked. "WHAT IN BLAZES?!" He screamed as he saw the dead body lying motionless in the very classroom that he had awoken in earlier. He started to flick water off of his hands and while it from his face. He shook his head quickly, attempting to regain his composure. "You talking about that class trial crap?" "Yup! Gotta figure out the "blackened", you might call them, or else..." "Elaborate yourself, you'd best!" Victor exclaimed, pointing his finger directly at the psychopathic bear. His words purely radiated his confidence in himself, and his expression showed everything but cowardice. "To put it bl-untly...find out 'who-dun-it', or I'll execute everyone but the "blacked!" The heart rate of everyone in the room collectively picked up pace, as they all began to break out into a nervous sweat. Twilight's eyes dilated as she began to access her situation. "So one of us killed Zinc...and one of us has to be found out and executed...or else ALL of us but *them* get executed?!" "That's the ups and downs, ins and outs, forward and backwards, horizontal and diagonals of it!" Monokuma jokingly responded, giving his signature "pu-hu-hu" laughter. "But anyways, enough meaningless chatter! I'm here to give you what will aid you in your 'investigation'! Iiiiiiiits the Monokuma File!!" "Monokuma File...?" Nightmare asked as he flicked his lighter on, it letting out a beautiful blue flame that began to then dance in his hand. "Yup! It wouldn't be very fair if I just tossed you all headfirst into the investigation with no experience whatsoever now would it? Soooooo I'm installing a file in each of your e-books!" "E-books? What? When did we..."Trixie reached into her pocket and pulled out a small, blue screen-like contraption that when she touched said a phrase aloud. "Welcome, Trixie Lunamoon." "Yup! What better name to call it? It's sort of like your cell phones! It has all sorts of application that'll aid you around the school! But anyways, happy investigating kiddies!" Monokuma announced as he sprinted out of the room. "Wait a minute where's my cell phone?" Trixie asked as she noticed it wasn't where she normally kept it. She checked every nook and cranny of her clothes and came up with nothing. "I had to take those of course. It'd be a shame if one of you called for help." Monokuma said, peeking his head into the room before again sprinting off as if running from all of the other potential questions they may ask. "That bear is no help at all is he?" Pinkie Pie complained, unlike her usual self. She kept a pouty expression on her face and folded her arms, tapping her feet. "That's besides the point. We need to figure out who did this. There's no possible was this was suicide, before any of you say so." "How do you figure?" Twilight asked him curiously. "She's holding two prescription bottles. Why would she try to commit suicide with two different medications? It's obvious the murderer was just too incompetent to leave just one." Victor Excellence replied in an abnormally low tone, pointing his finger at the two. "I-I think I'm gonna go lie down." Cherry Blossom unsteadily said before she crippled to the floor, Da'Orige catching her before her head collided with the tiled floor. "I'll take Cherry Blossom back to her room. The rest of you continue the investigation." Not even awaiting a response, she headed out of the room to the right. Twilight quietly looked on before Nightmare waved his uniquely blue lighter into her face to snap her out of her trance. The warmth began to burn the individual pores on her face with her flinching backward violently in complete and utter surprise. "We don't have time to waste. I need you to go figure out where these medication bottles came from. According to the e-shit there's a chemistry lab on this floor. Take Pinkie and Fluttershy with you since they're contributing nothing to the investigation." "That's...not nice." Fluttershy rebutted in her trademark low tone. "I just don't seem to care." Nightmare shot back, lifting up the head of the cadaver. "She bled from her mouth. I guess there is the possibility that she swallowed some of the medicine." Nightmare continued, ignoring any further comments from her. As Twilight departed from the crime scene, Zaccarius Night stared angrily at Nightmare, raising his sword to him. "That is no way to speak to ladies you disrespectful cur!" "Signs of a struggle on her facial area." Nightmare commented, starting to get back into his legs and stare at Zaccarius. He clutched his lighter as he tinkered with it for a moment behind his back. He held it up once again, this flame being completely black. He held it closely to Zaccarius's face, and allowed the menacing heat of the dark flame begin to burn his skin, to which he stepped backwards in response. "Night. Compared to me, your nothing but a boy. A boy shouldn't come at his superior like that." "What'd you say?! How dare you! I'll rip your impure soul right out!" Zaccarius proclaimed heroically, beating his fist against his chest. "And I'll fucking burn your soul with my fire." Nightmare shot back in a menacing tone that would scare away even the bravest of lions. "...you two...stop." Cinder commanded, entering the room whiping her eyes. "Just continue the investigation we have better things to worry about." Nightmare glanced at her, deciding it would be best not to argue with yet another person if they all planned to live. Nightmare pocketed his lighter and turned his attention back to the body. Some twenty minutes later, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie sprinted back inside of the room, Nightmare and Victor beginning to wrap up their investigation. "This is what we have learned. Victim died of an *apparent* overdose on the Poliarr medicine. There was an injury noted on her upper temple area, and, unlike her usual wear of the Labcoat, she is wearing it like a normal person would. Other than that there were no other notable differences." "What we have discovered is that the medication was taken from the Chem lab, and they were on a shelf in an illegible type of English, as in the words were unrecognizable. We also found a suit of armor with a spear in its hand. It had traces of blood on it, but we aren't sure who's blood it is. We also found a note inside of the armor." 'Meet in the Chem lab when you awaken. I have found a way out.' "Probably just a way to lure Zinc out." Victor asserted. "Oh wait! A suit of armor?!" Zaccarius cried in ecstasy as he dashed out of the room and downwards towards the Chem lab like a dog that had just been called for food. Nightmare, Twilight, and Fluttershy all chased after him, now curious about what exactly he was going to do. "I can feel my very soul jumping for joy!" Zaccarius bawled out looking at a completely golden suit of armor. It was the same model as his, save for having a spear instead of a sword. The spear was unnaturally long, being taller than the knight itself at about 7 feet long, and it had a small, inconspicuous bloodstain on the edges of it, that would have been unnoticeable had it the suit not been completely golden, making the bright pink stand out on its own. Twilight walked up to it, and inspected it from top to bottom. "Hey Zaccarius...you know how to take the helmet off don't you?" Twilight, called, giving the helmet a few tugs before realizing it was not going to budge. "Why of course, milady." He responded with a cultural bow, beginning to unscrew the head from the knight. Twilight looked into the inside and narrowed her eyes. "The gold plating looks like it's rubbed off on the inside." She started to run her finger along the inside of the night, feeling moisture and panickedly flicking it off of her hand in disgust. "And the significance of that? How can you even be sure there was any on the inside in the first place?" Zaccarius asked. "It's just worth noting. I can't be sure of anything yet." "I...hmm." Zaccarius put his hand up to his chin as if he was in deep thought about something. Twilight cocked her head. "I feel like I'm supposed to remember something. As if my soul is revealing something that happened recently. As if my soul is connected to this room." "Hey, shadduo with the soul stuff." Cinder commanded, attempting to lean her body against the wall, but noticing too late that the wall was a couple inches behind her. She instead hit herself directly onto the knight, whose spear fell forwards and banged itself into Twilight's head. Even the Ultimate Librarian couldn't comprehend what happened next. She was lying on the floor in complete pain. After a moment of wincing and staggering, she got up onto has feet and focused her vision on Zaccarius, who was still looking as if he needed to remember something. She then began to hear the voice of Zaccarius, albeit distorted, talking to himself, even though his lips weren't moving. It seemed as if he was unaware of it. "I feel like I've been in here. But when could I have been in her though? My soul feels some sort of connection. The coldness of the floor Trickles of blood down my noble face The falling?" "Huh? The falling? Blood down his face?" Twilight wondered her eyes large in wonder of what was occurring around her. "Wait a minute." "Just a second Zaccarius!" Twilight said, coming back to terms as she bolted off the floor. She wiped the dust off her skirt and looked directly at Zaccarius. "Huh?!" "Does the back of your head hurt at all?" "Feel a tad groggy, so yes I'd figure." He responded, beginning to pick dried blood scans from his head then noticing that he had an opening on the back of his head. His face changed to that of a shocked expression as he began to realize that he must have been knocked out. "That's probably why the spear has blood on the hilt as well. Whoever assaulted him mystics used the hilt to knock him out." Victor claimed, arms crossed as he looked on with one eye open and the other in a state of rest. "So wait...when did you awaken?" Twilight questions. "I don't particularly remember unfortunately. This is a pretty nasty blow." "Now that that's out of the way. I looked over the body, not touching it directly for gender reasons. Seems she has a cut on her face, and as far as we can assume she must've died due to an overdose on this medication, but I'll have to assert that it was nonintentional or it was a murder of course." Nightmare explained, not wanting to stay on the subject. "The Monokuma file just gave us the bear basics." Pressure Point said rubbing his back by repeatedly moving his stethoscope side to side. "Nothing in here but where the body was found and what was on it. Must mean anything else would give out the killers identity. Also says something about each of us having a specific time for us to had woke up because of Monokuma's 'Timer gas'." "Timer gas?" Asked Fluttershy, following along well until he said those words. "According to it the gas was set to wake each one of us at a specific time." "Interesting." Noted Orige, who had just walked into the room followed closely by a drowsy Cherry Blossom. Cherry Blossom had a small King Snake wrapped around her forehead like a crown, seeming to not effect her at all. "And allegedly the medicine she "overdosed" on is on a shelf where things are very illegible. But not to one of the medically trained." Nightmare concluded, shoving his closed lighter deeply into his pocket. Everyone in the room had their head turned and were staring directly at Pressure Point, who stared right back at them with a no-nonsense look plastered across his face. "No." He plainly remarked, before being interrupted by a voice from the entrance to the lab. "Hey...whys there a dead person in the classroom?" Everyone turned to look at a tall, lanky figure standing at the door. He was a typical light yellow skinned male with a brown droopy bowl cut. He wore a blue jumpsuit that was half zipped, showing a small amount of skin, with surprisingly some muscle showing. He wore bright red boots at the bottom of his jumpsuit . He also wore a rock shaped helmet on his head with a light emanating from the middle. "...and you are?" Orige asked suspicious of the new character. "Clay Miner." He said, swiping his hair from his face as he cracked his neck. He looked towards Twilight, the light shining directly into her eyes causing her to flinch backward. "Oh. Sorry." Clay then turned off the shining light and returned his eye contact back with Twilight. "So let me guess, your talent is claying correct?" Victor asks, arms crossed. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that. It's mining obviously. But that's not the point. Somebody explain the dead girl?" He asked nonchalantly. It was somewhat disturbing that he talked more of an object than a dead body, giving off the aura of someone experienced with dead bodies. Nightmare ran him through on the entire crime, before the school bell rang. "Alright alright alright, getting sick of waiting!" Monokuma squeaked over the loudspeaker causing Clay Miner to flinch backwards. "What the FUUUUUUU---" he screeched before Cinder covered his mouth with a weary look in her eyes. "All of you should head towards the red elevator. So we can get this show on the road!" "Damn it. We aren't even done bear!" Nightmare said in an aggressive voice that would scare away even a grizzly bear. Facing the reality of the situation, they all headed towards the elevator the back of the main hallway in the school, frightened as ever. They all boarded the elevator, despair clear on each of their faces, them sending accusatory looks towards one another. "One of us destroyed the soul of Zinc McChloe. And on my honor as a knight, I will take you down!" And thus, the final battle begun. Author's Note After the trial, I'll be adding daily life segments Class Trial Former"Let's start with a brief explanation of how the class trial works! You all debate against each other to decide "whodunnit"! And at the end, you cast a vote! But beware if you choose the wrong person...I'll execute you all! Otherwise, I'll just execute the blackened!" Monokuma said from his position in the courtroom like infrastructure. It was a dimly lit room with marble walls and a total of 15 defendant podiums in a complete circle. "Do we...seriously have to...?" Fluttershy asks cowering before her stand, holding her arms tightly to her chest and trembling. "I'm sure if this was a joke we would've been told by now." Victor proclaimed, eyes closed, hiding the true fear he felt for the situation. His hands were clutched onto his arms in a defensive stance. "Interesting." Nightmare proclaimed, whipping his index finger across his stand and flicking off the dust that then attached itself to his gray digit. "How can you say this is interesting? Lives are at stake..." Fluttershy meekly said, her gaze meeting Nightmare's accidentally. "A high ante is exactly what makes this interesting." Nightmare argued back, taking his gaze to Zaccarius, who stood directly across from him. "First however, an overlook of this Monokuma File." Orige states, having a snake bring up her handbook. "The victim died between 5AM-9AM." "That's an awfully large time gap Monokuma." Chlorate stated, glancing at Monokuma from the corner of her eye. Monokuma stared absentmindedly at Orige as if waiting for her to finish her overview. "The victim's body was discovered in classroom A-3. She was found with two medicine bottles in her hand. No readily visible bodily injuries have been noted. Very faint traces of 'Asynophil', a drug found in the Chem lab, have been found in here body." "No injuries huh. This may be a tad more difficult than I originally anticipated." Victor said hand to his chin in deep thought. "I already know who did it anyways! Zaccarius. I indict you!" "Wha...WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Zaccarius screeched, clinching backwards heavily as he attempted to catch himself by latching onto the stand in front of him and looking back upwards in a panic. "I don't see why your surprised. I even have vital proof." Nightmare proudly proclaimed, shaking his head. "Instead of wasting everyone's...time boasting about it...why don't you just show it......?" Cinder sleepily questioned. She whiped her eyes, awaiting response from Nightmare. "Here I present to you, a list. 'Monokuma's Timer Gas Wake Up List'." "Heyyyyy! Come on now! Where do you get off stealing something of that importance?" Monokuma asked, interrupting him before he began to pass the sheet around. "I don't think it counts as stealing if you leave this lying out in the open." Nightmare then unfolded a brown sheet of paper in his pocket and began to read off what was typed onto the sheet. "What is important is that a select few of us were awake during the time that Cinder was murdered, so I would say from about 5 AM to 8 AM. Zaccarius, the victim, Dr. Pressure Point, myself, and Cinder." "That doesn't mean any..." "Oh so you are admitting to having awoken then correct? I'll openly admit that I was awoken at my designated time. Nightmare asked, swishing his hair From the front of his face. He tossed his lighter in his hand haphazardly as he awaited a response. Zaccarius could be seen squirming and struggling to find a way to answer the question without incriminating himself. "We shall take that as a yes." Orige said, arms crossed in a somewhat menacing stance. "However Nightmare, that also means the other two people are just as likely to have committed the crime." "That is in part true. But I have a theory." "Well let us hear this assumption of yours!!!" Zaccarius yelled. Twilight shook her head at the display that was unfolding before her. She began to mentally prepare herself for whatever Nightmare was about to say, because most likely it wasn't going to be good. ---Nonstop Debate---- Truth Bullets- Dried Blood in Front of Suit's Headpeice Zaccarius's Account ~ Nightmare: Ihereby assert that Zaccarius is the killer. Clay: Ya know no matter how many times you say it, until we have proof... None of us are obligated to believe you. Orige- Now, Clay. Let him speak. Nightmare- As you can see he was the only other one who was awake that could have done it. Plus, the blood inside the suit's 'headpiece proves it was him!' He did get 'Knocked out after all'. ~ "So his proof lies in the blood that was found in the suit...but there's something wrong about that." "Don't forget Twilight, concentrate on the weak points in statements, then present your evidence." Victor said, looking over his shoulder at Twilight. 'Headpiece proves it was him!' "No, that's wrong!" Twilight shouted, pointing at Nightmare. "Oh really now?" Nightmare asked, flicking on his lighter, it now being a light shade of green. "The headpiece doesn't prove that Mr. Night did it at all. He testified that he suffered a blow to the back of the head before being completely knocked out. However, the gold painting was found rubbed off and replaced by blood on the front of the headpiece." "What's wrong with that?" Vagrant Blossom shakily asked. "How did the wound suddenly appear on the front of his head then?" Twilight asked, directing the question to anyone who would dare to answer. "Wait a second. What stops it from being Cinder or Pressure Point? Or even you Nightmare?" Orige asked, petting the King Snake that had begun to slink itself out of her robe. "It's highly unlikely any of them knew how to remove he head of the knight suit. The only person here that we know of with the expertise to do something of that sort is Zaccarius." "Wait a second! Just how are you so sure about that?" Zaccarius panickedly asked. "Well then allow me to present my second argument." Nightmare said aloud, covering his mouth from a yawn. ---Nonstop Debate--- Truth Bullets: Bloodstain in Front of Suit of Armor (A large pool of blood found in front of the suit of armor) Monokuma File #1 (Body suffered no noticeable external injuries) ~ Nightmare: Along with what I have stated, here comes in the 'murder itself'. Zaccarius must've faked his injury. Victor: How do you fake a gash? Nightmare: I propose that 'McChloe herself suffered the blow'. Fluttershy: I don't know how? Nightmare: It's obvious she didn't kill herself, and the only blood was in the Chem lab. Pressure Point: The question still remains, how do you figure it wasn't 'I or Cinder'? Nightmare: ...'To be continued.' ~ (Well there's one fact, if any that's obviously wrong here) 'McChloe herself suffered a blow' "You've got that wrong!" "Oh really?" Nightmare asked, eyes closed and arms folded. "Try to recall the Monokuma file. It stated 'no visible external injuries could be noted'." "...mhm." Cinder responded, whipping her eye and pulling her rainbow colored blanket up to her eyes. "How could you have made such an obvious oversight?" Twilight questioned. "Oh I don't know, maybe because there's no reason to suspect anyone else? At least I'm putting up an effort." Nightmare said, offering a rather pathetic explanation. "I do still however think Zaccarius is guilty." "Of course you do." Victor Excellence commented smartly. "We aren't going to get anywhere thinking how we are now. How did she actually die is the question now." Orige brought up in an attempt to steer the conversation towards something useful. "The Monokuma file says nothing about her cause of death, just that she allegedly bled from her mouth, and that no other readily visible wounds could be noted, and no blood came from any part of her body but the mouth." Pressure Point read from his E-Handbook. "Pressure Point. Speaking of you, since you were scheduled to awaken around when she awoke, did you happen to see her?" "I awoke, yes, walked around the school even, but in my groggy state I couldn't really see anyone. I do specifically remember a suit of armor outside the Chem lab." "....suit of armor?" Fluttershy asked meekly, as if something important was just said. "Well Twilight, I'm sure I'm not the only one that finds something strange about 'the suit of armor being outside the Chem lab'." Nightmare said, arms folded in his 'thinking stance'. (He can only be thinking of....that.) "Nightmare...your referring to the placement of the suit of armor right?" "Right on target. When we saw it it was inside the Chem lab. The question now, is whether that was its original position or it was changed." "Monokuma?" Chlorate asked, glancing at the monochromed bear. "Well if you must know! The original position of the Suit is *inside* the Chem lab!" "Pressure Point...why was the suit on the outside?" Victor asked, obvious accusation present in his voice. "You ask that question as if I know the answer." Pressure Point smartly shot back, using both hands to straighten out his hair. ---Nonstop Debate--- Truth Bullets: Suit of Armor (Had a bloodstain on both the hilt and the top of the spear) Monokuma Timer Gas Sheet (Pressure Point awoke at 5AM, Cinder awoke at 5:30 AM, Zaccarius at 6AM, Nightmare shortly afterwards and McChloe at 6:30) ~ Pinkie: So.... What're we talking about again? Chlorate: ... Pressure Point, why was the 'position different?' Pressure Point: You ask me that question as if I 'know the answer.' Why don't you ask one of the other two that same question? Cinder: ... Zaccarius: I definitely remember seeing the suit of armor 'Outside the room'! ~ 'Outside the Room' "I agree with that! Zaccarius. Monokuma's statement just now was that it was originally inside the Chem lab. Your saying it was outside the Chem lab when you saw it as well?" "Correct!" Zaccarius responded. "Then we can reasonably infer that it was outside of the Chem lab during the time that Zaccarius and Pressure Point saw it, but it was inside when we saw it." "Oh this is Ridiculous!" Pressure Point cried out, pointing his index finger at Twilight, with mix of anger and disappointment on his face. "How does the placement relate to her death?" (...he has a point. Or...maybe...) "It...doesn't." Twilight said, eyes closed. "You mean to tell me you've been leading us down a path that has no bearing to the victim!?" Zaccarius said irately, taking off his helmet as he did and placing it on his stand. He was dripping with sweat. "But that's only because it relates to something else, right Twilight?" Victor asked, backing up Twilight, taking her by surprise. "I think the placement has something to do with the culprit." YOUR REASONING IS FAULTY! Zaccarius screamed practically jumping over his stand as he did. He slammed his fist violently into the stand, looking up at Twilight with an irate expression plastered on his face. His face had turned completely red and his normally nicely styled hair began to droop over his eyes. "You better be ready to back up this farce!" ---Arguement!--- Your attempting to assert something that doesn't even matter! So what if the suit was outside of the Chem lab? That doesn't change anything! Nor does it bring us any closer to who the killer is! ---Advance!--- I have to argue otherwise. Your irritation implies that you know something about this placement don't you? ---Rebuttal--- What? It's not like I got a 'note with instructions 'or anything! Don't act as though you know what actually happened! There's nothing pointing to me 'knowing anything!' "I'll cut through your words!" Twilight shouted, her voice echoing throughout the courtroom like structure. "You know Zaccarius...you seem very irritated right now." "What do you expect me to be?! Our lives are on the line and your focusing on something as trivial as the placement of a goddamn Suit of armor! Your making my very soul writhe listening to you!" "All terrible insults aside, Zaccarius himself suggested that he may have gotten a note. This could mean multiple things. Most notably that Zaccarius was there in the first place. Why would he wake up and go to the Chem lab?" "The only reason I can think of is if somebody gave him a party invitation to the Chem lab!" Pinkie said ecstatically. "Nightmare. I believe you have a piece of evidence supporting this." "Well, I can't say I'm prepared to unveil it just yet, but..." Nightmare muttered under his breath as he reached in his back pocket and pulled out a folded sheet of paper. He unfolded it, and began to read it aloud. "I have discovered an exit. However I need someone who is of a sound mental state to help. You were the first to come to mind. Please meet me in the Chem Lab as soon as you awaken." Zaccarius stood looking towards the ground, shaken, an obvious shade of guilt plastered over his face. Both of his hands were strongly clasped against the stand in front of him. "Nightmare why do you have all of this evidence and you wait until the last minute to let anyone know? Are you TRYING to get us all killed?" Pressure Point accused angrily. Nightmare shook his head, arms folded. He spoke in a low, irrational voice. "A lawyer never unveils his trump cards until the last moment, so that one does not run out of trump cards." "This isn't poker!" Colgate said, her hands rustling through her cool colored hair. "All of you stop this!" Zaccarius cried, his head tucked beneath his two arms. "All of this is trivial! Twilight please! Just go on. Try to remember. I wasn't the only one awake." "Nightmare, You're constantly using evidence against other people. How about you explain your whereabouts during the frame of time where the victim was murdered?" Twilight asked. "Someone hit me in the head when I went to the Chem lab! And yes I'm admitting it! I went to the Chem lab! When your in a dark tunnel and a light shines from the heavens upon an exit, you run towards it with all the strength you can muster!" "So then Zaccarius you'll tell us what actually happened when you awoke?" Fluttershy asked, twisting a lock of hair in her finger. "Of course." ---Nonstop Debate!--- Truth Bullets: Zaccarius' Note (Has terrible handwriting, instructed Zaccarius to go to the Chem lab following waking up.) ~ Zaccarius: I awoke at 6AM exactly to find a poorly written note under my stomach. The 'Handwriting was terrible', I could barely make it out. It instructed me to go to the Chem lab immediately. Following instructions... I arrived for all of thirty seconds before I was 'knocked out cold!' Nightmare: And what 'relevance does this have'? 'None. Absolutely none.' ~ (Absolutely none? Are you sure about that Nightmare?) 'Handwriting was terrible.' "I agree with that! Nightmare I have a question." "Whether or not I answer depends on what question it is." "We can all agree that this Handwriting is very illegible. However... Nightmare why were you able to read it without difficulty?" "..." Nightmare folded his head downward, hiding a half smile as he did. "Are you implying I wrote that note?" "The proper question would be, did you write that note?" Victor asked, adjusting his tie. "You can think whatever you like." Nightmare said, breaking the seemingly normal responses he had been providing up until then. "And so what if I did write the note?" "That would implicate you of course!" Victor replied in a condescending manner. "...interesting. So, according to you, I wrote the note, attracted Zaccarius to the Chem lab...and then what?" "You knocked me out and then killed her!" Zaccarius accused. "....there might be...some truth to that." Author's Note Small clarifications before we begin. "~" will mark the beginning and ends of each nonstop debate or any other sort of aguement section. ' will be used to mark a statements weak point. Other than that everything else should be fairly self explanatory. Have fun
Ch. 1: Brand New Game "Daily Life"/PrologueTwilight Sparkle awoke In a dimly lit classroom. The walls were a tinted brown shade and the window, or that would to be say, where the Windows should be, had large metal gratings over them. As if she was trapped. She rubbed the crust from her eyes, looking at the slowly ticking clock on the wall. 7:55. "Strange...I feel like...I'm forgetting something." Twilight got up on shaky, wobbly legs, attempting to walk towards the door with very little success. With each step she noticed that her vision was beginning to get more and more focused. Last she remembered, she had just entered the doors of Equestria's most prestigious high school, Hopes Peak High. It was considered the most exclusive school in the entire country, and only the "ultimate" students in each of their specific subjects were allowed to attend. Twilight lie her hand against the cold, metal door, attempting to come to terms with what must have happened before she got here. All she remembered was receiving the invitation to attend the school over the summer. She hadn't bothered to see what the class of '27 looked like, so she wouldn't have even known who all was there. The cold metal door have her an unwelcome return to reality as she could her a bell like tone begin to reverberate throughout the school. The school bell tone was unwelcoming as the environment seemed so much more negative than the tone presented itself to be. She remembered getting the invitation to the schools, it telling her that she was one of the few allowed to attend the school, with her being the "Ultimate Librarian". Presumedly, you must be an "Ultimate" something to be able to attend, and it seemed like she was lucky enough to actually be the best of something. It was unlike anything she had received before. Sure she had recovered stacks upon stacks of college invitations, institutional invitations, and even hundreds of scholarship opportunities. But for something to actually call her out as the best in something. Suddenly, the television showed static before turning on to reveal a small stuffed bear sitting in a large, red comfort chair, that made the best seem as if it was David compared to Goliath. The bear itself was split Into two different fur tones: Black and White, with one side looking completely normal and the other having an evil, glowing read eye. It had a large outie naval sticking out in a comedic fashion, and it lie In a comfortable position in the chair. Behind the bear were multiple security ministers, as if this bear was a security guard or something similar of the sort. "Ahem. This is a Hopes Peak High Special Announcement!" It's voice was annoyingly high pitched, but somewhat raspy at the same time, giving him a cartoon show character's voice. His voice also had a certain uneasiness to it. It was as if he was mocking Twilight with his voice. "Every student in the school should meet in the gym as soon as possible for a VERY special announcement!" "Every...student?" Twilight asked herself out loud, knowing something was weird about that statement but not being able to quite place her finger on it. "I have to see who else is here!" She said aloud, now becoming very uneasy. With the windows being bolted shut as they were it was almost as if there was no escape. What was this? Was it a cult? Was it the work of another school, this just all did not seem natural at all. Twilight walked through the front door to the classroom, where a very unnaturally bright purple light was awaiting her. She covered her eyes instinctively, before the light began to slowly die down. Going outside, she began to start noticing how invasive that bear must have been. She noticed cameras around virtually every corner. Looking into the classroom across from her, she could tell it was virtually the same deal, menacing cameras placed at every corner and a tv monitor in the corner of the room. Her insides felt like mush, as she started to feel as if she, and whoever else must've been here, were a part of some secret camera video program or something similar. Twilight began to walk down the hall in a quick manner,her steps reverberating throughout the dark hallway, as she then found a single room where it seemed like many people were gathered in. She looked inside, feeling comforted by the view of other people. Twilight began to feel even better as she saw two familiar faces inside of the room: Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, both of whom were standing in the same corner of the room, surrounded by many other people. Twilight opened the door slowly, becoming greater by many unfamiliar staring faces. Some of them brought along with them vague apparitions, as if her thoughts were trying to work them into her memories, but without much luck. It was all just so foggy "And you are?" A tall, slender built male student asked. He was dressed appropriately for the situation, wearing a dress vest and a dark green tie, khaki pants, and khaki buckled dress shoes. His hair was very curly, and his skin was a pale white color, in contrast to his bright green eyes, which completely distinguished his face from the rest of his body, as the green seemed unnatural to the rest. He spoke in a very calm, even, and condescending tone, giving off the aura of a distinguished leader. As the individual questioned her, Twilight felt almost every eye in the room begin to focus on her, making her break out into a small sweat, before the silence was broken by a shrill, shriek voice from the back of the room. "GOOD MORNING TWILIGHT!!!" Twilight distinguished the voice as one Pinkie Pie, who was jumping up and down very erratically. Before Twilight could even respond, the male who had just been looking her over shut it all down. "Stop talking Pinkie." He commanded, her shutting her mouth almost immediately. "So I see your name is Twilight?" "Yes, Twilight Sparkle, pleased to make your acquaintance." Twilight said, taking to common courtesy to extend her hand out for him, as it seemed that that was what he was used to. The elegant looking student kept his arms folded and continue to do so, as if expecting her to say something else. "Finish." He said monotonically. Twilight froze for a second, before realizing what she neglected to tell him. "Oh yeaaaaaah. I'm sorry. "The Ultimate Librarian."" The student finally shook her hand and opened his mouth slowly for an introduction. "Victor Excellence. The "Ultimate Prodigal Leader." "Oh that makes sense." Twilight commented, somewhat hurt by his very firm handshake. He let go of her hand, and recrossed them, staring back at Twilight. "You should probably get acquainted with the rest of us in here. It'd be best if we knew at least each other's special talents before we go to the rendezvous." "Your ri-" Twilight began before Victor walked away, through with the conversation. Twilight made a small frown, but decided against worrying about it, and walked up to the closest person. "Hello. Twilight Sparkle, "The Ultimate Librarian". Twilight introduced herself, the female in front of her, keeping straight eye contact, extending her hand to greet her. "Zinc McChloe, the Ultimate Chemist." The middle heighten teen introduced. She wore a dress shirt that was unbuttoned, revealing a shirt with an atom on it she wore under it. She had a lab coat wrapped around her waste by the arms of the coat. Her hair was colored a light purple, with light green streaks throughout it. She wore small, white dress shoes, and had multiple colors of pens sticking from her pants pockets, which were a white color of their own, making the pens very conspicuous. "Born and raised in Canterlot." "Oh really? Kind of the same here!" Twilight responded a bit enthusiastically. It was nice to know some of these people may have some of the same backgrounds as her. "You should probably meet Vagrant Blossom too. She was from Canterlot as well." As if on cue, a pink skinned female teen with a pink and purple-cotton candy themed haircut pranced up to the two with a smile on her face. She had a pretty purple flower wound into her hair and had brown and black gardening gloves covering her hands. She had on a simple, white, shaggy dress shirt with it partially unbuttoned, showing the smallest remnant of her skin. She sported a pink and red skirt with a single white stripe down the middle, and wore long red socks with white bow ties on the ends. "Vagrant Blossom! Pleasure to meet!" She introduced, not even waiting for Twilight to offer a greeting handshake, and instead grabbing hold of her hand and shaking up and down violently as if her hand was having a seizure of its own. Twilight wobbled with her shaking, and returned the greeting with a dazed nod. "So I already heard your the "Ultimate Librarian"! That's cool! So what exactly do you do?" "Oh you know, just cool library stuff." "Can you guys keep it down over here? All this loudness isn't very good for my soul or any of the rest of us!" A loud voice came virtually sprinting towards them. This individual was dressed In a knight's armor suit, which was a bronze tint. It came complete with a large plated sword that hung loosely from his side, it seeming too big for the suit of armor itself. The only part missing from his suit were the boots, we he wore nothing more than a yellow pair of socks instead of the boots, that would have completed the roleplay-like uniform. He slowly removed the helmet to reveal golden locks of hair accompanied by a handsome face and sparkling blue eyes. His skin was a light shade of yellow, which blended surprisingly well with his eyes. "As the "Ultimate Knight", it is my duty to protect every living soul, even from stupid things such as high voice levels!" He said in his 'heroically' loud voice, causing everyone else on the room's ears to quake. "Hey quiet yourself." The raspy voice came very suddenly to Twilight, giving her a quick and unpleasant chill down her spine. Looking to her side, she saw a robed, tall woman approach with long black dreadlocks. Her eyes were a deep green, and were shaped like a snake's eyes. The long, purple robe with a large "K" on it covered her entire body, and was only distinguished by a gold metal shoulder plates, which were connected by an also gold linked chain. In her hand, she carried a silver flute with the reed end shaped like a King Cobra snake. "Rala doesn't like loud noise." "But snakes can't hear though!" The "Ultimate Knight" rebutted, pointing a single finger directly at her. "As you always claim. Everything has a soul. My snake's soul can hear noise." Almost as if on cue, a large King Cobra snake and a Water Moccasin snake both inched theirselves out of her coat and started to make their way around her neck, the Water Moccasin hissing silently at the armored male. "Oh, I'm sorry Twilight. My name is Da'Orige C'lomiete. But you can just call me Orige." She introduced herself, extending her hand in greeting, which had in that amount of time become wrapped by a King Snake, which silently stared at Twilight as she cautiously motioned for the other hand. "Do not worry. She does not bite." Orige assured her, as she nodded towards the snake. The cold blooded reptile began to wrap it's moist, slithery body around Twilight's hand and withdrawing backwards towards Orige's hand, as the two shook hands. "Twilight Sparkle, The "Ultimate Librarian." "The "Ultimate Snakecharmer." Orige responded, withdrawing her creeping snake as a figure began to approach in the background. Orige's King Cobra began to his loudly at the figure, much to the both of their surprise. "Lyra Heartstrings. Ultimate Harpist." The figure introduced. Her skin was a light green shade and her eyes were colored a cyan, her hair styled in a few bangs with a light green and white cotton-candy like mixture. "You got sent here too?" Twilight asked, noticing that she lived in the same neighborhood as her outside of this place. "Yeah, I didn't even think I was that good of a harpist." "Oh don't put yourself down like that." A short, brown skinned teen approached. His hair was low cut into a fade and his eyes shone a light red shade. "Pressure Point, the "Ultimate Surgeon." Twilight gave a small bow, getting tired of shaking hands. That looked like everyone in the room, besides the one she already knew: Pinkie and Fluttershy who she spent the rest of her time talking to about their current situation. Pinkie had been sent as the "Ultimate Party Planner" and Fluttershy as "The Ultimate Animal Caretaker". It was fitting. Before long, the group collectively started to walk towards the gym area, with Da'Orige leading the way with a map and her King Snake making sure no danger was lurking across any corner. Entering the cold gym some five minutes later, they noticed it had a large stage at the end. Being cautious of the stage, everyone gathered around it some yards away from it, looking up at it, expecting the bear or something of the sort to appear. [https://youtu.be/JlfyPWkDIHw] "IT'S MONOOOOOOOKUMA!" Yelled the same shrill voice from that morning, the bear from the television jumping upwards from behind a podium. "Monokuma?" Da'Orige asked, not phased at all by the fact that a teddy bear was talking to the collective group of strangers. "Yup! Monokuma!!! Your new Hopes Peak High School Principal!!!" He screeched with an unreal laugh. "P-P-P-PRINCIPAL?!!" Zinc McChloe cried as her face began to turn a light shade of blue. "Yup! Today marks your first day in your new lives!" "New...lives?" Fluttershy asked in her usual quiet voice. She sneezed a cute, quiet sneeze and was turning pale in color. "Yep! Don't worry though, I've had things sent to your rooms to accommodate your special talents! Such as you, Da'Orige! As you may have noticed, I have left snake food and care products in your dorm! You'll be here until the end of this semester. And the next semester. And the next semester. And the NEXT semester and then the semester after that. And the the semester following that, the semester inside of that semester, the new semester after that..." Monokuma took a small breath in, getting tired. "Huff...huff...you get the point. You'll be here for the rest of your lives, if you couldn't tell by the bolted Windows." WHAT?! A chill went down Twilight's spine as the collective scream by everyone present in the room. The time had seemed to get away from everyone in the room. It was night time, according to the clocks, further amplifying their fear. "Lies. I won't believe it. I, ZACCARIUS KNIGHT, will destroy you if you do not cease the lies!" The bold male in the knight's armor proudly proclaimed, valiantly beating his chest as if he was a warlord proclaiming an early victory. His armor shone brightly, as if on cue, giving him the perfect 'knight in shining armor' vibe. "Welllllll, that makes sense. There is a way though. Through excitement..." "Excitement?" Victor Excellence asked, raising an eyebrow and clenching his fists through folded arms. "Yup! The excitement of KILLING!" "Hmm that sounds ni...WHAAAAAAAA?!" Vagrant Blossom cried out as she flinched backward with a pale pink look on her face. It was as if all the blood had just left her face and begun flowing everywhere else but. "Yup! Just killing one of your fellow students, and you'll find your one way ticket outta here and back to your loving families! Poisoning, Stabbing, injection, asphyxiation, snapping the neck, blunt force, assisted suicide, I don't care!" "You can't be serious right now." Victor Excellence muttered, staring angrily at the disproportionate bear. "Serious as a murder! However, what would a deal be without a catch?" Monokuma said shaking his head. "A catch? What're we doin' signing contracts?" A voice came from the back of the gym, when a dark haired student with purple tips on each of his spiked hair bangs walked in. He was gray skinned, sporting a red vest with a blue tie underneath it, and black khaki pants. His eyes rang out a vibrant red color, and it seemed as if he was wearing a deep black eye shadow, as blackness seemed to virtually surround his eyes due to his skin color. He walked into the gymnasium holding a gray box-like contraption, it looking like nothing more than your everyday lighter. "Oooooh it seems our other special guests have finally decided to arrive! You know being late is strictly against school rules!" Monokuma cried to the back of the gym, making Nightmare drop his lighter and his jaw as well. "Is that a fuckin' bear?!" The new addition shouted, his eyebrows raising and his eyes shooting further open, as if he was trying to make sure he was seeing things right. "And you are?" Orige asked, not even phased by him or Monokuma. "Nightmare Moonlit. The "Ultimate Lawyer." He responded bending down to pick up the lighter, placing it back into his front vest pocket. He wiped his eyes as he tossed one of his bangs out of his face, slinging it backwards. He shook his head, secretly pinching himself to make sure he wasn't in some weird dream. "Now that we now have more of your fellow students joining us let's get roooooiiiiiiight into business!" "You and I both know damn well there are more of us." Nightmare announced at Monokuma, snapping his fingers as he did as if he was making a point. "Fine fine! We'll wait. I'd prefer everyone hear my whole little shing-dig anyways! You guys, do what----ever you want until then!" Everyone say and waited, conversing with each other as they did. Some people went to the bathroom, others came and sat in the gym, shivering from the fear. Suddenly, Twilight lost consciousness, along with everyone else in the room. A few hours after Monokuma called an unofficial break, that involved knocking everyone out, they awoke whiping their eyes with sleepy looks on their faces. Questioning Monokuma, he claimed he did nothing, however everyone was still suspicious. However, before any other questions could be asked another individual walked in, rubbing their eyes. It was a female with a pink blanket wrapped around her body, with teddy bear drawings scattered all across the cloth. She had long brown hair and a emerald tinted eye color. She wore an old, withered pair of jeans that looked as if they had gone through great distress before she had arrived, and small, tattered dress shoes. "Ahhhhhh! If it isn't Cinder?!" "......it is." Cinder answers, swiping her eyes free of tears. It was clear she must had just awoken from a deep slumber. "Just awoken eh, The "Ultimate Sleepwalker?" Monokuma asked gleefully, laughing as he fell to the podium. "............" Cinder whiped her eyes again and gave out a small sneeze, before walking up the the rest of the group and sitting down. "Well now, well now, well now, well now. There are still two other people missing, but we can just leave that for later! Continuing on from earlier! The awesome catch is...you won't be able to leave unless you don't get caught!" "Don't get caught in being the murder that is?" Fluttershy shyly opened her mouth for the first time that day. "And how exactly would we go about that?" "A class trial of course!" "Trail Eh? Sounds interesting." Nightmare said, flicking strands of hair from his face once again as he lit his lighter, looking through the fire as he did. "There's another catch but that can Wai--" "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!" "What the hell?" Nightmare asked aloud as Twilight ran up behind him. "That sounds familiar...Trixie? She's here too?" "Oooooh the "Ultimate Magician!" Monokuma commented, giggling his trademark disturbing giggle. "Sounds like it! You guys should probably go to check! Make sure nothing at all happened! Gee...I sure hope no one decided to kill anyone while you were all knocked out!" Twilight, with a pale look on her face sprinted outside, flanked by Nightmare, Cherry Blossom, and Da'Orige. "It couldn't be possible!" Nightmare shouted, looking around every corner for Trixie. Twilight flanked him before he looked into a classroom with a pale look on his face. "No....no way....!" Nightmare said, falling backward into Da'Orige's arms who looked into the room with the same expression. Twilight shakily approached the door, looking into it. [https://youtu.be/9hn3gBV-nYc] The entire crime scene seemed to fall into place one at a time, the desks each falling down before the desk containing a body was found. There, lying face down on a desk, Zinc McChloe, the "Ultimate Chemist", wearing the lab coat she kept tied around her waist no less, with vibrant pink blood leaking down from her face. The blood had begun to drop from the desk and create a disturbing pink puddle on the floor, which had somewhat dried. In her hands, she was holding two bottles of prescription medications. Author's Note Don't worry, you'll get to know the character more as the story progresses. Except for...her of course.
Ch. 1 Deadly Life/Investigation"Wowie Wow wow!!! Somebody already started died and it's literally only been twelve hours since I told you?! This is going to be exciting I tell you!" Monokuma's voice could be heard reverberating off of the walls as everyone who had discovered the body looked on in disgust. Twilight looked around the room, attempting to not look directly at the dead body. Not everyone was here yet, but she did notice that not everyone was in the gym when they all awoke. Perhaps they woke up at different times or something of the sort? "Monokuma...what did you do?" "What what whaaaaaa? You think I did this?" Monokuma asked, putting both of his paw like hands over his mouth and giving a small giggle. "Your the only one who could have you little rat!" Nightmare angrily proclaimed, smashing his fist into a nearby desk, breaking a crack Into it. "No no no. I assure you this was not me. One of you got very desperate to escape and decided to kill kill kill!" "You can't be serious..." Nightmare muttered as he walked closer to the now deceased Zinc McChloe, whose entire body had gone limp. He pushed past Trixie, who had her mouth covered in surprise and her eyes shot wide open. Her eyes were a bloodshot red from shock and it was apparent that tears were beginning to form. "M-McChloe!" Victor yelled, flinching violently backward. "There's no way." Orige commented, stroking her chin. Her snakes began to slither back into their slots inside of her cloak as she stared onward. "Did he not knock us all out overnight? How could this have possibly-" "Why would she do something like this?!" Fluttershy asked, starting to tear up from the shock of seeing the now deceased Zinc McChloe. She had fallen completely limp, save for her hands that seemed to still cling to the medication bottles. "So...your implying suicide." Victor answered, eyes closed, as if deep in thought. "Welp! How about we do this the official way!" Monokuma called out as everyone watched as he waddled quickly out of the room and across the corner. Meer seconds later, the intercom to the school came on. The television inside of the school gym came on after a bit of static, revealing Monokuma in the same control panel-like office as before, with his stubby legs crossed on top of the desk in front of him. Ding-Dong-Ding-Dong "A Body has been discovered! After a set amount of time, which you may use however you like, the class trial will begin!" "So she really is dead..." Lyra hazily commented, rubbing her head. She stumbled backwards some before regaining her composure as she sat Into one of the multiple wooden desks aligning the rows. "Monooooookuma appears!" Monokuma sounded aloud as he appeared out of nowhere in front of the crowd that had begun to gather in front of Zinc's body. "Before any of you asks, yup! My rules still hold true!" "Rules, the hell?" Pressure Point, who had just walked into the room cracking his knuckles asked. "WHAT IN BLAZES?!" He screamed as he saw the dead body lying motionless in the very classroom that he had awoken in earlier. He started to flick water off of his hands and while it from his face. He shook his head quickly, attempting to regain his composure. "You talking about that class trial crap?" "Yup! Gotta figure out the "blackened", you might call them, or else..." "Elaborate yourself, you'd best!" Victor exclaimed, pointing his finger directly at the psychopathic bear. His words purely radiated his confidence in himself, and his expression showed everything but cowardice. "To put it bl-untly...find out 'who-dun-it', or I'll execute everyone but the "blacked!" The heart rate of everyone in the room collectively picked up pace, as they all began to break out into a nervous sweat. Twilight's eyes dilated as she began to access her situation. "So one of us killed Zinc...and one of us has to be found out and executed...or else ALL of us but *them* get executed?!" "That's the ups and downs, ins and outs, forward and backwards, horizontal and diagonals of it!" Monokuma jokingly responded, giving his signature "pu-hu-hu" laughter. "But anyways, enough meaningless chatter! I'm here to give you what will aid you in your 'investigation'! Iiiiiiiits the Monokuma File!!" "Monokuma File...?" Nightmare asked as he flicked his lighter on, it letting out a beautiful blue flame that began to then dance in his hand. "Yup! It wouldn't be very fair if I just tossed you all headfirst into the investigation with no experience whatsoever now would it? Soooooo I'm installing a file in each of your e-books!" "E-books? What? When did we..."Trixie reached into her pocket and pulled out a small, blue screen-like contraption that when she touched said a phrase aloud. "Welcome, Trixie Lunamoon." "Yup! What better name to call it? It's sort of like your cell phones! It has all sorts of application that'll aid you around the school! But anyways, happy investigating kiddies!" Monokuma announced as he sprinted out of the room. "Wait a minute where's my cell phone?" Trixie asked as she noticed it wasn't where she normally kept it. She checked every nook and cranny of her clothes and came up with nothing. "I had to take those of course. It'd be a shame if one of you called for help." Monokuma said, peeking his head into the room before again sprinting off as if running from all of the other potential questions they may ask. "That bear is no help at all is he?" Pinkie Pie complained, unlike her usual self. She kept a pouty expression on her face and folded her arms, tapping her feet. "That's besides the point. We need to figure out who did this. There's no possible was this was suicide, before any of you say so." "How do you figure?" Twilight asked him curiously. "She's holding two prescription bottles. Why would she try to commit suicide with two different medications? It's obvious the murderer was just too incompetent to leave just one." Victor Excellence replied in an abnormally low tone, pointing his finger at the two. "I-I think I'm gonna go lie down." Cherry Blossom unsteadily said before she crippled to the floor, Da'Orige catching her before her head collided with the tiled floor. "I'll take Cherry Blossom back to her room. The rest of you continue the investigation." Not even awaiting a response, she headed out of the room to the right. Twilight quietly looked on before Nightmare waved his uniquely blue lighter into her face to snap her out of her trance. The warmth began to burn the individual pores on her face with her flinching backward violently in complete and utter surprise. "We don't have time to waste. I need you to go figure out where these medication bottles came from. According to the e-shit there's a chemistry lab on this floor. Take Pinkie and Fluttershy with you since they're contributing nothing to the investigation." "That's...not nice." Fluttershy rebutted in her trademark low tone. "I just don't seem to care." Nightmare shot back, lifting up the head of the cadaver. "She bled from her mouth. I guess there is the possibility that she swallowed some of the medicine." Nightmare continued, ignoring any further comments from her. As Twilight departed from the crime scene, Zaccarius Night stared angrily at Nightmare, raising his sword to him. "That is no way to speak to ladies you disrespectful cur!" "Signs of a struggle on her facial area." Nightmare commented, starting to get back into his legs and stare at Zaccarius. He clutched his lighter as he tinkered with it for a moment behind his back. He held it up once again, this flame being completely black. He held it closely to Zaccarius's face, and allowed the menacing heat of the dark flame begin to burn his skin, to which he stepped backwards in response. "Night. Compared to me, your nothing but a boy. A boy shouldn't come at his superior like that." "What'd you say?! How dare you! I'll rip your impure soul right out!" Zaccarius proclaimed heroically, beating his fist against his chest. "And I'll fucking burn your soul with my fire." Nightmare shot back in a menacing tone that would scare away even the bravest of lions. "...you two...stop." Cinder commanded, entering the room whiping her eyes. "Just continue the investigation we have better things to worry about." Nightmare glanced at her, deciding it would be best not to argue with yet another person if they all planned to live. Nightmare pocketed his lighter and turned his attention back to the body. Some twenty minutes later, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie sprinted back inside of the room, Nightmare and Victor beginning to wrap up their investigation. "This is what we have learned. Victim died of an *apparent* overdose on the Poliarr medicine. There was an injury noted on her upper temple area, and, unlike her usual wear of the Labcoat, she is wearing it like a normal person would. Other than that there were no other notable differences." "What we have discovered is that the medication was taken from the Chem lab, and they were on a shelf in an illegible type of English, as in the words were unrecognizable. We also found a suit of armor with a spear in its hand. It had traces of blood on it, but we aren't sure who's blood it is. We also found a note inside of the armor." 'Meet in the Chem lab when you awaken. I have found a way out.' "Probably just a way to lure Zinc out." Victor asserted. "Oh wait! A suit of armor?!" Zaccarius cried in ecstasy as he dashed out of the room and downwards towards the Chem lab like a dog that had just been called for food. Nightmare, Twilight, and Fluttershy all chased after him, now curious about what exactly he was going to do. "I can feel my very soul jumping for joy!" Zaccarius bawled out looking at a completely golden suit of armor. It was the same model as his, save for having a spear instead of a sword. The spear was unnaturally long, being taller than the knight itself at about 7 feet long, and it had a small, inconspicuous bloodstain on the edges of it, that would have been unnoticeable had it the suit not been completely golden, making the bright pink stand out on its own. Twilight walked up to it, and inspected it from top to bottom. "Hey Zaccarius...you know how to take the helmet off don't you?" Twilight, called, giving the helmet a few tugs before realizing it was not going to budge. "Why of course, milady." He responded with a cultural bow, beginning to unscrew the head from the knight. Twilight looked into the inside and narrowed her eyes. "The gold plating looks like it's rubbed off on the inside." She started to run her finger along the inside of the night, feeling moisture and panickedly flicking it off of her hand in disgust. "And the significance of that? How can you even be sure there was any on the inside in the first place?" Zaccarius asked. "It's just worth noting. I can't be sure of anything yet." "I...hmm." Zaccarius put his hand up to his chin as if he was in deep thought about something. Twilight cocked her head. "I feel like I'm supposed to remember something. As if my soul is revealing something that happened recently. As if my soul is connected to this room." "Hey, shadduo with the soul stuff." Cinder commanded, attempting to lean her body against the wall, but noticing too late that the wall was a couple inches behind her. She instead hit herself directly onto the knight, whose spear fell forwards and banged itself into Twilight's head. Even the Ultimate Librarian couldn't comprehend what happened next. She was lying on the floor in complete pain. After a moment of wincing and staggering, she got up onto has feet and focused her vision on Zaccarius, who was still looking as if he needed to remember something. She then began to hear the voice of Zaccarius, albeit distorted, talking to himself, even though his lips weren't moving. It seemed as if he was unaware of it. "I feel like I've been in here. But when could I have been in her though? My soul feels some sort of connection. The coldness of the floor Trickles of blood down my noble face The falling?" "Huh? The falling? Blood down his face?" Twilight wondered her eyes large in wonder of what was occurring around her. "Wait a minute." "Just a second Zaccarius!" Twilight said, coming back to terms as she bolted off the floor. She wiped the dust off her skirt and looked directly at Zaccarius. "Huh?!" "Does the back of your head hurt at all?" "Feel a tad groggy, so yes I'd figure." He responded, beginning to pick dried blood scans from his head then noticing that he had an opening on the back of his head. His face changed to that of a shocked expression as he began to realize that he must have been knocked out. "That's probably why the spear has blood on the hilt as well. Whoever assaulted him mystics used the hilt to knock him out." Victor claimed, arms crossed as he looked on with one eye open and the other in a state of rest. "So wait...when did you awaken?" Twilight questions. "I don't particularly remember unfortunately. This is a pretty nasty blow." "Now that that's out of the way. I looked over the body, not touching it directly for gender reasons. Seems she has a cut on her face, and as far as we can assume she must've died due to an overdose on this medication, but I'll have to assert that it was nonintentional or it was a murder of course." Nightmare explained, not wanting to stay on the subject. "The Monokuma file just gave us the bear basics." Pressure Point said rubbing his back by repeatedly moving his stethoscope side to side. "Nothing in here but where the body was found and what was on it. Must mean anything else would give out the killers identity. Also says something about each of us having a specific time for us to had woke up because of Monokuma's 'Timer gas'." "Timer gas?" Asked Fluttershy, following along well until he said those words. "According to it the gas was set to wake each one of us at a specific time." "Interesting." Noted Orige, who had just walked into the room followed closely by a drowsy Cherry Blossom. Cherry Blossom had a small King Snake wrapped around her forehead like a crown, seeming to not effect her at all. "And allegedly the medicine she "overdosed" on is on a shelf where things are very illegible. But not to one of the medically trained." Nightmare concluded, shoving his closed lighter deeply into his pocket. Everyone in the room had their head turned and were staring directly at Pressure Point, who stared right back at them with a no-nonsense look plastered across his face. "No." He plainly remarked, before being interrupted by a voice from the entrance to the lab. "Hey...whys there a dead person in the classroom?" Everyone turned to look at a tall, lanky figure standing at the door. He was a typical light yellow skinned male with a brown droopy bowl cut. He wore a blue jumpsuit that was half zipped, showing a small amount of skin, with surprisingly some muscle showing. He wore bright red boots at the bottom of his jumpsuit . He also wore a rock shaped helmet on his head with a light emanating from the middle. "...and you are?" Orige asked suspicious of the new character. "Clay Miner." He said, swiping his hair from his face as he cracked his neck. He looked towards Twilight, the light shining directly into her eyes causing her to flinch backward. "Oh. Sorry." Clay then turned off the shining light and returned his eye contact back with Twilight. "So let me guess, your talent is claying correct?" Victor asks, arms crossed. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that. It's mining obviously. But that's not the point. Somebody explain the dead girl?" He asked nonchalantly. It was somewhat disturbing that he talked more of an object than a dead body, giving off the aura of someone experienced with dead bodies. Nightmare ran him through on the entire crime, before the school bell rang. "Alright alright alright, getting sick of waiting!" Monokuma squeaked over the loudspeaker causing Clay Miner to flinch backwards. "What the FUUUUUUU---" he screeched before Cinder covered his mouth with a weary look in her eyes. "All of you should head towards the red elevator. So we can get this show on the road!" "Damn it. We aren't even done bear!" Nightmare said in an aggressive voice that would scare away even a grizzly bear. Facing the reality of the situation, they all headed towards the elevator the back of the main hallway in the school, frightened as ever. They all boarded the elevator, despair clear on each of their faces, them sending accusatory looks towards one another. "One of us destroyed the soul of Zinc McChloe. And on my honor as a knight, I will take you down!" And thus, the final battle begun. Author's Note After the trial, I'll be adding daily life segments
Class Trial Former"Let's start with a brief explanation of how the class trial works! You all debate against each other to decide "whodunnit"! And at the end, you cast a vote! But beware if you choose the wrong person...I'll execute you all! Otherwise, I'll just execute the blackened!" Monokuma said from his position in the courtroom like infrastructure. It was a dimly lit room with marble walls and a total of 15 defendant podiums in a complete circle. "Do we...seriously have to...?" Fluttershy asks cowering before her stand, holding her arms tightly to her chest and trembling. "I'm sure if this was a joke we would've been told by now." Victor proclaimed, eyes closed, hiding the true fear he felt for the situation. His hands were clutched onto his arms in a defensive stance. "Interesting." Nightmare proclaimed, whipping his index finger across his stand and flicking off the dust that then attached itself to his gray digit. "How can you say this is interesting? Lives are at stake..." Fluttershy meekly said, her gaze meeting Nightmare's accidentally. "A high ante is exactly what makes this interesting." Nightmare argued back, taking his gaze to Zaccarius, who stood directly across from him. "First however, an overlook of this Monokuma File." Orige states, having a snake bring up her handbook. "The victim died between 5AM-9AM." "That's an awfully large time gap Monokuma." Chlorate stated, glancing at Monokuma from the corner of her eye. Monokuma stared absentmindedly at Orige as if waiting for her to finish her overview. "The victim's body was discovered in classroom A-3. She was found with two medicine bottles in her hand. No readily visible bodily injuries have been noted. Very faint traces of 'Asynophil', a drug found in the Chem lab, have been found in here body." "No injuries huh. This may be a tad more difficult than I originally anticipated." Victor said hand to his chin in deep thought. "I already know who did it anyways! Zaccarius. I indict you!" "Wha...WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Zaccarius screeched, clinching backwards heavily as he attempted to catch himself by latching onto the stand in front of him and looking back upwards in a panic. "I don't see why your surprised. I even have vital proof." Nightmare proudly proclaimed, shaking his head. "Instead of wasting everyone's...time boasting about it...why don't you just show it......?" Cinder sleepily questioned. She whiped her eyes, awaiting response from Nightmare. "Here I present to you, a list. 'Monokuma's Timer Gas Wake Up List'." "Heyyyyy! Come on now! Where do you get off stealing something of that importance?" Monokuma asked, interrupting him before he began to pass the sheet around. "I don't think it counts as stealing if you leave this lying out in the open." Nightmare then unfolded a brown sheet of paper in his pocket and began to read off what was typed onto the sheet. "What is important is that a select few of us were awake during the time that Cinder was murdered, so I would say from about 5 AM to 8 AM. Zaccarius, the victim, Dr. Pressure Point, myself, and Cinder." "That doesn't mean any..." "Oh so you are admitting to having awoken then correct? I'll openly admit that I was awoken at my designated time. Nightmare asked, swishing his hair From the front of his face. He tossed his lighter in his hand haphazardly as he awaited a response. Zaccarius could be seen squirming and struggling to find a way to answer the question without incriminating himself. "We shall take that as a yes." Orige said, arms crossed in a somewhat menacing stance. "However Nightmare, that also means the other two people are just as likely to have committed the crime." "That is in part true. But I have a theory." "Well let us hear this assumption of yours!!!" Zaccarius yelled. Twilight shook her head at the display that was unfolding before her. She began to mentally prepare herself for whatever Nightmare was about to say, because most likely it wasn't going to be good. ---Nonstop Debate---- Truth Bullets- Dried Blood in Front of Suit's Headpeice Zaccarius's Account ~ Nightmare: Ihereby assert that Zaccarius is the killer. Clay: Ya know no matter how many times you say it, until we have proof... None of us are obligated to believe you. Orige- Now, Clay. Let him speak. Nightmare- As you can see he was the only other one who was awake that could have done it. Plus, the blood inside the suit's 'headpiece proves it was him!' He did get 'Knocked out after all'. ~ "So his proof lies in the blood that was found in the suit...but there's something wrong about that." "Don't forget Twilight, concentrate on the weak points in statements, then present your evidence." Victor said, looking over his shoulder at Twilight. 'Headpiece proves it was him!' "No, that's wrong!" Twilight shouted, pointing at Nightmare. "Oh really now?" Nightmare asked, flicking on his lighter, it now being a light shade of green. "The headpiece doesn't prove that Mr. Night did it at all. He testified that he suffered a blow to the back of the head before being completely knocked out. However, the gold painting was found rubbed off and replaced by blood on the front of the headpiece." "What's wrong with that?" Vagrant Blossom shakily asked. "How did the wound suddenly appear on the front of his head then?" Twilight asked, directing the question to anyone who would dare to answer. "Wait a second. What stops it from being Cinder or Pressure Point? Or even you Nightmare?" Orige asked, petting the King Snake that had begun to slink itself out of her robe. "It's highly unlikely any of them knew how to remove he head of the knight suit. The only person here that we know of with the expertise to do something of that sort is Zaccarius." "Wait a second! Just how are you so sure about that?" Zaccarius panickedly asked. "Well then allow me to present my second argument." Nightmare said aloud, covering his mouth from a yawn. ---Nonstop Debate--- Truth Bullets: Bloodstain in Front of Suit of Armor (A large pool of blood found in front of the suit of armor) Monokuma File #1 (Body suffered no noticeable external injuries) ~ Nightmare: Along with what I have stated, here comes in the 'murder itself'. Zaccarius must've faked his injury. Victor: How do you fake a gash? Nightmare: I propose that 'McChloe herself suffered the blow'. Fluttershy: I don't know how? Nightmare: It's obvious she didn't kill herself, and the only blood was in the Chem lab. Pressure Point: The question still remains, how do you figure it wasn't 'I or Cinder'? Nightmare: ...'To be continued.' ~ (Well there's one fact, if any that's obviously wrong here) 'McChloe herself suffered a blow' "You've got that wrong!" "Oh really?" Nightmare asked, eyes closed and arms folded. "Try to recall the Monokuma file. It stated 'no visible external injuries could be noted'." "...mhm." Cinder responded, whipping her eye and pulling her rainbow colored blanket up to her eyes. "How could you have made such an obvious oversight?" Twilight questioned. "Oh I don't know, maybe because there's no reason to suspect anyone else? At least I'm putting up an effort." Nightmare said, offering a rather pathetic explanation. "I do still however think Zaccarius is guilty." "Of course you do." Victor Excellence commented smartly. "We aren't going to get anywhere thinking how we are now. How did she actually die is the question now." Orige brought up in an attempt to steer the conversation towards something useful. "The Monokuma file says nothing about her cause of death, just that she allegedly bled from her mouth, and that no other readily visible wounds could be noted, and no blood came from any part of her body but the mouth." Pressure Point read from his E-Handbook. "Pressure Point. Speaking of you, since you were scheduled to awaken around when she awoke, did you happen to see her?" "I awoke, yes, walked around the school even, but in my groggy state I couldn't really see anyone. I do specifically remember a suit of armor outside the Chem lab." "....suit of armor?" Fluttershy asked meekly, as if something important was just said. "Well Twilight, I'm sure I'm not the only one that finds something strange about 'the suit of armor being outside the Chem lab'." Nightmare said, arms folded in his 'thinking stance'. (He can only be thinking of....that.) "Nightmare...your referring to the placement of the suit of armor right?" "Right on target. When we saw it it was inside the Chem lab. The question now, is whether that was its original position or it was changed." "Monokuma?" Chlorate asked, glancing at the monochromed bear. "Well if you must know! The original position of the Suit is *inside* the Chem lab!" "Pressure Point...why was the suit on the outside?" Victor asked, obvious accusation present in his voice. "You ask that question as if I know the answer." Pressure Point smartly shot back, using both hands to straighten out his hair. ---Nonstop Debate--- Truth Bullets: Suit of Armor (Had a bloodstain on both the hilt and the top of the spear) Monokuma Timer Gas Sheet (Pressure Point awoke at 5AM, Cinder awoke at 5:30 AM, Zaccarius at 6AM, Nightmare shortly afterwards and McChloe at 6:30) ~ Pinkie: So.... What're we talking about again? Chlorate: ... Pressure Point, why was the 'position different?' Pressure Point: You ask me that question as if I 'know the answer.' Why don't you ask one of the other two that same question? Cinder: ... Zaccarius: I definitely remember seeing the suit of armor 'Outside the room'! ~ 'Outside the Room' "I agree with that! Zaccarius. Monokuma's statement just now was that it was originally inside the Chem lab. Your saying it was outside the Chem lab when you saw it as well?" "Correct!" Zaccarius responded. "Then we can reasonably infer that it was outside of the Chem lab during the time that Zaccarius and Pressure Point saw it, but it was inside when we saw it." "Oh this is Ridiculous!" Pressure Point cried out, pointing his index finger at Twilight, with mix of anger and disappointment on his face. "How does the placement relate to her death?" (...he has a point. Or...maybe...) "It...doesn't." Twilight said, eyes closed. "You mean to tell me you've been leading us down a path that has no bearing to the victim!?" Zaccarius said irately, taking off his helmet as he did and placing it on his stand. He was dripping with sweat. "But that's only because it relates to something else, right Twilight?" Victor asked, backing up Twilight, taking her by surprise. "I think the placement has something to do with the culprit." YOUR REASONING IS FAULTY! Zaccarius screamed practically jumping over his stand as he did. He slammed his fist violently into the stand, looking up at Twilight with an irate expression plastered on his face. His face had turned completely red and his normally nicely styled hair began to droop over his eyes. "You better be ready to back up this farce!" ---Arguement!--- Your attempting to assert something that doesn't even matter! So what if the suit was outside of the Chem lab? That doesn't change anything! Nor does it bring us any closer to who the killer is! ---Advance!--- I have to argue otherwise. Your irritation implies that you know something about this placement don't you? ---Rebuttal--- What? It's not like I got a 'note with instructions 'or anything! Don't act as though you know what actually happened! There's nothing pointing to me 'knowing anything!' "I'll cut through your words!" Twilight shouted, her voice echoing throughout the courtroom like structure. "You know Zaccarius...you seem very irritated right now." "What do you expect me to be?! Our lives are on the line and your focusing on something as trivial as the placement of a goddamn Suit of armor! Your making my very soul writhe listening to you!" "All terrible insults aside, Zaccarius himself suggested that he may have gotten a note. This could mean multiple things. Most notably that Zaccarius was there in the first place. Why would he wake up and go to the Chem lab?" "The only reason I can think of is if somebody gave him a party invitation to the Chem lab!" Pinkie said ecstatically. "Nightmare. I believe you have a piece of evidence supporting this." "Well, I can't say I'm prepared to unveil it just yet, but..." Nightmare muttered under his breath as he reached in his back pocket and pulled out a folded sheet of paper. He unfolded it, and began to read it aloud. "I have discovered an exit. However I need someone who is of a sound mental state to help. You were the first to come to mind. Please meet me in the Chem Lab as soon as you awaken." Zaccarius stood looking towards the ground, shaken, an obvious shade of guilt plastered over his face. Both of his hands were strongly clasped against the stand in front of him. "Nightmare why do you have all of this evidence and you wait until the last minute to let anyone know? Are you TRYING to get us all killed?" Pressure Point accused angrily. Nightmare shook his head, arms folded. He spoke in a low, irrational voice. "A lawyer never unveils his trump cards until the last moment, so that one does not run out of trump cards." "This isn't poker!" Colgate said, her hands rustling through her cool colored hair. "All of you stop this!" Zaccarius cried, his head tucked beneath his two arms. "All of this is trivial! Twilight please! Just go on. Try to remember. I wasn't the only one awake." "Nightmare, You're constantly using evidence against other people. How about you explain your whereabouts during the frame of time where the victim was murdered?" Twilight asked. "Someone hit me in the head when I went to the Chem lab! And yes I'm admitting it! I went to the Chem lab! When your in a dark tunnel and a light shines from the heavens upon an exit, you run towards it with all the strength you can muster!" "So then Zaccarius you'll tell us what actually happened when you awoke?" Fluttershy asked, twisting a lock of hair in her finger. "Of course." ---Nonstop Debate!--- Truth Bullets: Zaccarius' Note (Has terrible handwriting, instructed Zaccarius to go to the Chem lab following waking up.) ~ Zaccarius: I awoke at 6AM exactly to find a poorly written note under my stomach. The 'Handwriting was terrible', I could barely make it out. It instructed me to go to the Chem lab immediately. Following instructions... I arrived for all of thirty seconds before I was 'knocked out cold!' Nightmare: And what 'relevance does this have'? 'None. Absolutely none.' ~ (Absolutely none? Are you sure about that Nightmare?) 'Handwriting was terrible.' "I agree with that! Nightmare I have a question." "Whether or not I answer depends on what question it is." "We can all agree that this Handwriting is very illegible. However... Nightmare why were you able to read it without difficulty?" "..." Nightmare folded his head downward, hiding a half smile as he did. "Are you implying I wrote that note?" "The proper question would be, did you write that note?" Victor asked, adjusting his tie. "You can think whatever you like." Nightmare said, breaking the seemingly normal responses he had been providing up until then. "And so what if I did write the note?" "That would implicate you of course!" Victor replied in a condescending manner. "...interesting. So, according to you, I wrote the note, attracted Zaccarius to the Chem lab...and then what?" "You knocked me out and then killed her!" Zaccarius accused. "....there might be...some truth to that." Author's Note Small clarifications before we begin. "~" will mark the beginning and ends of each nonstop debate or any other sort of aguement section. ' will be used to mark a statements weak point. Other than that everything else should be fairly self explanatory. Have fun
