The trial room was the same as it had been the last time we'd been in it. Intimidating, with a high ceiling lined with large tv screens. The only difference is that now Corey and Red's pictures stood in their places, the faces crossed out. We all stood at our podiums, looking around, trying to figure out who looked guiltiest.

"Alrightie scrubs! You all know the rules! Let's get this trial started!" Monokuma said.

So it began.

"Ok, who gave in?" Barney asked.

"What do you mean?" Sasha asked.

"Obviously someone gave into the teddy bears secret thing. " Ashlie said, giving Sasha a pointed look.

"That much is obvious" Em said.

"Well, we need to find the person of interest, and fast" Nick said, casting his eyes nervously around the circle of people.

   I looked around. Everyone had similar expressions of fear on their face, so I couldn't use that to Identify the murderer.

"We have to look at the details," Jess said, "Make sure we're not missing anything."

"Maybe that note could help us somehow?" Dan said.

"The water made the letters on the note run, so We couldn't read out the name of the person who sent it." Barney said.

I sighed.  Why couldn't these trials ever be easy?

"We managed to piece together everything but the name..." Tommy said.

Only an A.... I remembered, that was all we had of the name. Think, Lizzie, Think! I said to myself, trying to piece together the evidence.

"Well, let's think... did anyone talk to Red before he died?" Em asked.

"Well, I talked with him, like, an hour before he died..." Barney said.

Then he quickly added,

"but I didn't kill him! Promise!"

"We're not accusing you," Adam said, "yet"

   "I think we're missing something here..." Dan said, "has anyone else checked their student handbooks for the autopsy?"

A good half of us shake their heads.

"Well, the Fatal cause of death was Suffocation..." Ashlie said.

"...Not drowning" Olivia finished.

"Meaning that Red died before he was thrown into the pool." I said.

There were frozen faces of shock.

"Barney, what did Red say to you?" Sasha asked.

"He told me that he was trying to spread the word that he wasn't going to let that bear's secrets get the better of us..."

Spread the word... I thought.

"Ok, who did Red talk to that was to scared to admit it before?" I asked.

Adam, Ashlie, Sasha, and Dan raised their hands halfway.

"Ok, so..." I started, but Dan interrupted me.

"Lizzie, if it helps, Red said that if the secrets thing didn't work, he might have found a possible exit. I think he was talking about the note."

I looked at the four before Dan.

"That means these four were the only ones who knew about Reds plan, whatever it was" Olivia said.

"H-hey! You can't go accusing us of something without proof!" Adam cried.

"We're not accusing anyone of anything!" Jess said.

"Yet" Nick muttered.

"What was Red's plan?" Em wondered aloud.

"Um... I think he wanted everyone to know everyone else's secret. So Monokuma couldn't use them against us..." Sasha said.

"Yeah, that really worked for him." Ashlie said.

I tried to think. We didn't have the evidence we needed to find the killer.

"The marks on his neck could be a clue..." Adam said.

This sounded fairly reasonable, but Olivia had that look on her face.

"That's funny Adam" she said, "there weren't any marks on Red's neck."

I realized it was true the second after I heard it. We turned to Adam.

"What do want to keep secret so badly that you would kill Red just to keep it hidden?" Olivia asked.

Adam was furious, but he also looked nervous.

"Here's what I think happened a couple of hours ago." Olivia said, eyes closed in concentration.

"Red told you that he was going to tell everyone's secrets, and you couldn't let that happen. Your secret couldn't get out. So, you lured Red by the pool under false pretenses, and strangled him to death, probably a surprise attack from behind. Red hit his head on something, probably knocking him out, and making your job that much easier. You threw away the rope, or whatever you used, then threw the body into the pool to make us think he drowned. You didn't look at your Monokuma files, so you didn't see that it put the actual cause of death." Olivia pointed to Adam.

"You killed Red, Adam." She said.

Adam was looking down, not meeting the eyes of anyone else.

"Is it true?" Ross asked.

"Of course it isn't!" Sasha said, "Adam wouldn't kill anyone!"

"Like you know him so well..." Ashlie grumbled.

"I-I did it..." Adam said softly, "I killed him ... I couldn't..."

"You couldn't let anyone find out ###### ### ###########, could ya, Sunglasses?" Monokuma said.

Adams face paled. Monokuma shrugged, like he hadn't given away a persons deepest secret.

"Let's get this voting thing ROLLING!!" He called.

Once again, once all the votes were put in, a slot machine appeared on the screens, each slot popping up with Adams face.

"Ding! Ding! Ding! You noobs did it again! Our very own Sunglasses killed Mr. Onesie." Monokuma cried.

Then, with an evil glint in his eyes, he cried, "and now, EXECUTION TIME!!!"

Suddenly, we were back in the room, a chain-link fence between us and Adam. He was wearing a golden helmet, and holding a gold sword.

"Unleash the Squids!" Monokuma called.

Several, no, hundreds of squids swarmed Adam. He managed to keep the at bay for a while, but when his sword broke, there was no hope for him. The squids attacked from all sides. They blocked our view of Adam, until swimming away.
    All that was left of Adam was the golden helmet he was wearing, and his purple amulet.

A/N- hoo boy... honestly the trials are the hardest chapters to write. Why? Maybe it's because I like to have a certain number of words per chapter, and the trials... I dunno. Hope you guys liked this chapter! And if you did, let me know in the comments, and vote on the story! Luv you guys! -Lizzie <3