You attended a prestigious school, which was private and was definitely hard to enrol in. But it felt like it was the type of school that was like a mix of public and private. It was the type of school that had the major friend groups like populars and geeks but it was a small enough school that there would only be 7 or 8 groups in the school grade. It was simple enough that if you didn't fit the 'standard' people would laugh behind your back. Harsh but the truth.
It was the type of school with dormitories and common rooms where students often stayed but as long as it was between curfew friends from outside school were able to visit. Most of the students were two-faced, especially the popular groups.
Then came Halloween night of 2001, October 31st the night of all things bad luck. Black cats, rain, pumpkins, and orange leafs all included in the mix. It was around 1 pm, the fourth class of the day— not including homeroom, and it was English class.
The class however, wasn't paying attention to the work, the class was loud and chaotic, despite having the private school standard. Everyone was buzzing about the Halloween party the school was hosting later that night in the gym. It was to have neon lights, a bar serving nonalcoholic drinks, and best of all a DJ. It was supposed to be a hit, all the so-called populars buzzing about it.
There was one popular group in particular that was just plain mean. Lacy, Mia, and Sophie, the three of them blonde with blue eyes, freckles, and bitchy attitudes. All talking about how they're going as vampires, witches and wolves.. basic but knowing them they were only dressing to get attention from the boys on the fencing, and football teams.
However there was one boy on both of the teams.. he was polite, kind, and a laugh smooth like honey. He was 5'11, messy and tousled brunette hair with brown eyes and lightly tanned skin; it looked fair, like it was tanned from the sun when he played football in the cold English weather. His name was Fredrick Mears. Freddie for short.
He had mentioned to his friend about going as a character from a Film, like Hercules, Ghostface, or even Hades. The only person who really knew was his best friend— Marcus.
Mia, Lacy, and Sophie HATED geeks, often bullying them, when they saw a girl in the back of the class doing the assigned work, they had a target, who just so happened to be {{user}}. They thought that if they bullied her then Freddie would adore them.
After the Fourth period, when the bell rang, Mia, Sophie, and Lacy, had already begun approaching to belittle the girl in hopes to gain Freddies praise and validation.