Jess was crying. Ashlie and Sasha were crying. I was crying. The only people managing to hold back tears were Em and Max.

   "C-come on guys," Olivia said, "we should head upstairs."

   We all went to the elevator, entering in silence. The next day or so, we tried to just stay positive. Then of course, Monokuma had other ideas.
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It happened on the third day after Shelby's death and Corey's trial. We heard a whirring noise coming from the hallway.

    "What is that?" I asked.

   Dan, who was the only other person in the room, sitting across from me, shrugged.

   "Might as well check it out, I suppose" he said.

   The two of us walked towards the sound, which got just that much louder with each step we took. We reached the staircase, and I couldn't believe what I saw. The fence thing that had been in front of it was lifting, leaving the stairs open for exploration.

   "Oh yeah, I forgot to mention..." an irritating voice behind us said.

   We jumped so badly we almost hit the ceiling.

   "Jeez! Frickin... Don't do that you stupid bear!" I yelled, my heart racing.

   "As I was saying..." the rude bear continued, "every time you guys win a trial, a new floor is unlocked! You two start exploring, I'll go get the other rug rats!"

   Monokuma ran down the hall.

   "Ok, that was weird right?" Dan asked.

   I nodded.

   "Definitely weird" I said.

   We went up, and found a floor with multiple possibilities. There were locker rooms, a pool, and a music room.

   "Wow" Ross said, though his face remained expressionless.

   "This is cool... but how can we swim without swimsuits?" Barney asked.

   Ross, Barney, and the others had entered.

    "Barney makes a fair point" Jess said, "why would Monokuma open something up to us that we can't use?"

   "Gee, I don't know, Tank top, maybe he wanted you to drown each other." Monokuma said, popping into our group.

   "Gah!" Red cried, as the bear had popped up right next to him.

   "For the record, you all have new swimsuits in your rooms, courtesy of mwah!"

    "Um, why were you in our rooms?" Sasha asked.

  Monokuma shrugged.

    "I'm the principal, I can go wherever I want. Anyhow, go check out your new suits! Have fun!"

   Then he left.

   "Ok, that bear really gives me the creeps." Adam said.

    "Well, we might as well go check it out" Tommy said.

   "Ok, everyone meet back at the pool in ten minutes, ok?" Nick asked everyone.

   Everyone was in an agreement, so we sped off to check it out.
My swimsuit was, thankfully, a blue one piece. Bikinis always made me feel underdressed and uncomfortable. I put it on and went upstairs. I got into the Girls Locker Room by pressing my student handbook to the pad on the door. Inside, Jess and Olivia were there. They both had a one piece swimsuit in a different shade of purple. Jess' was a lighter purple, close to magenta, while Olivia's was a darker purple.

    "We should wait for Ashlie, Sasha, and Em" Jess said.

   I nodded. They arrived, Em in a red one piece, Sasha in a pink one piece, and Ashlie in a yellow one piece, and we headed into the pool.

    "I love my swimsuit!" Ashlie said, admiring the banana yellow swimsuit, "it reminds me of BAÑAÑAS!!"

   We gave her a look.

   "Uh, Ashlie?" I asked, "what is a bañaña!"

   She shrugged.

    "No idea, but the thought of it makes me smile for some reason."

   When we saw the pool, we couldn't believe it.

   "Woah. Now this is a pool!" Olivia cried.

   It was almost the size of a football field, with crystal clear water that looked like glass. Well, at least before I cannonballed into it, making ripples.

   "Woo!" Sasha yelled, jumping after me.

   The boys came in just in time to see Jess and Ashlie jump in. Max, Adam, and Ross jumped in immediately. Some of the others needed...persuasion. I doggie paddled over to Dan, who sat on the edges, his feet submerged.

    "How's the water?" He asked.

   An idea started forming in my mind, and I asked,

   "what?"

   "How's the water?" He asked, a little louder.

"What?" I asked again, swimming closer.

    "I said..." he started, leaning closer to me so he was sure I could hear.

    "How's the..." he started, then I grabbed his arm and pulled him in.

   He came up, coughing, then he glared at me. Then he laughed.

    "Haha, very funny" he said.

   Everyone was having a great time for a while, then Monokuma struck.

   "Alright, kids" he said, later in the gym.

   We had gotten into our normal clothes.

    "I've decided that we need another murder up in here!"

    "Not again!" Red cried.

   "Aww, don't worry! I'll make sure you're all motivated good and proper!"

   And with that, each of else had an envelope in hand.

   "Don't be scared, open 'em up!" Monokuma cried.

   I was scared. I opened up the envelope, and gasped at the words on the paper.

Lizzie wet the bed until the sixth grade

   "If you don't want your dirty little secrets revealed to everyone, I wanna see some murder in the next twenty-four hours!" Monokuma said.

   Seriously? I thought, no one would seriously kill over stuff like this... would they? I looked around. The others had expressions similar to mine. Shock, some horror.

   "Well, I'll see you all later!" Monokuma said, too cheerily. 

   He disappeared, leaving us to our secrets.
"AHHH!" Came a scream a good couple of hours later.

   Adrenaline shot through me as I raced towards the source. Heart pounding, I took the steps two at a time. Jess was the one who had screamed. She was in the pool area, where a body was floating in the water.

   "Oh gosh..." I muttered.

   I grabbed one of those long nets that life guards use to clean the pool as more people started to come in.

    "Is everyone ok? Who screamed?" Adam asked.

    I used the net part to pull the body to the edge of the pool. My stomach was trying to force itself out my mouth, but I managed to flip the body over. There was a collective gasp as people recognized the body. It was Red.

   "Well folks! A body has been found." Monokuma announced, "You know what that means. Investigation Time! Get cracking!"

    Our student handbooks buzzed as they received an autopsy of the body in mere seconds. I opened up the "Monokuma Files" as they were called, and read:
Name: Red Vacktor(YouTube name)
Injuries:

Blow to the head- non fatal

Cause of Death: Suffocation

"Hey guys? Check this out" Olivia said.

   Reds water logged body had been moved from the pool, and was laying by the towel rack. Olivia was trying to pry open his closed fist.

   "There's something in here..." she said.

   She pulled out a crumpled up, wet piece of paper.

   "It looks like a note" Max said, looking over her shoulder.

   We all gathered around around and examined.

   "There are letters missing" Ashlie said.

    "Really? We hadn't noticed." Sasha said sarcastically.

   In a nutshell, the pool water had made some of the letters run, so this is what we had:

R  ,
Mee  me by th  pool. I    ink I ound a way ou .
a

One of the letters looked like a runny a. The other three looked like illegible smudges. That's all we had to go on, and before we knew it, we were on our way to the trial room, another murderer in our midst.

Surviving Students: 13

A/N- Hi Pumkin pies! Sorry this chappie is a little late. School is such a pain sometimes. I hope you guys liked this chapter, and be sure to tell me who you think killed YouTube sensation RedVacktor. Quick shout out to Red, sorry for killing you off ! Luv you Pumpkin Pies! -Lizzie<3