murders new girl because delirious popular girl tells them to, new girl shows up again as a new student
Grunts of exasperation were muffled by the dense forest surrounding the schoolgirls. The night was serene-not a leaf stirred, leaving the clanging of shovels and heavy panting open for the desolate environment to absorb.
Anna looked from girl to girl- neckties loose, braids astray, accumulated sweat gathered about the face of each girl. Almost all their faces were glazed over, refusing to believe that somehow the most popular girls at River School had found themselves in this position. They were too rich, too haughty to be guilty of something only desperate maniacs occupied themselves with.
And yet Eve O'Brien, the only girl unscathed and not gripping a shovel, had the biggest smile on her face. Her dark eyes gleamed as they examined the frenzied, maddened expressions of her minions. Her gaze travelled towards the hole.
"Oh, how sad to ruin your pretty face, new girl," a slight curl of her lip revealed sinister, pearly teeth in the dimness. "But it had to be done. Farewell, Maria!"
And thus the queen bee tossed her head, the last thing the unblinking, pallid face of Maria Evangeline would have seen if her lifeless expression wasn't obscured by a pile of dirt flung on her.
God knows which one of the girls had a decent sleep that night. Of course, Eve would have slept like a baby knowing her reputation was intact. But as Anna tossed and turned in her satin sheets, all that plagued her were Maria's bloodied hand grasping at the air, and her goldfish-like face staring up at the girls from the hole as if she knew everything.
It was safe to say the girls turned up at school the next day fresh as blooming flowers. They flanked their ever-so-effervescent leader Eve O'Brien, and strutted about the school as if they hadn't committed heinous crimes the night before. One might say, if they looked into one of the girls' eyes they would be met with nothing but their blackened souls, consumed by guilt and apathy.
But as they chattered genially and carried about in their rich-school-girl manner, not one person noticed the change.
However, that all changed as the new girl walked in.
Silky ponytail swaying, plump glossy lips smacking on piece of gum, the chattering class died down as soon as she entered. The boys were under a spell, compelled by this unfamiliar beauty. Even the unpopular girls couldn't help but steal glances, amazed by someone who they thought they had never seen before.
The popular girls' smiles melted right from their faces, Eve's disposition changing entirely as she stared wide-eyed at the new girl.
Anna started shrieking hysterically, stumbling back from her chair with a hideous squeak and waving her arms at the girl. This was the last straw-all the other popular girls howled and screamed in terror, scrambling backwards and flailing about, even Eve wailing at the top of her lungs like a banshee. Their stunned peers watched the most enviable girls of the school break down before them, merely at the sight of a pretty new girl which no one had seen before.
At least, that's what they think. The new girl thought, remaining as still and erect with the same radiant beam on her face. At last, she turned towards the blackboard, and swept up a piece of chalk.
Maria Evangeline. The glamorous looping scrawl said, stretching across the frame of the blackboard.
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