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Darryl Pov:

I started off right away.

I would stop random people in the hallway and ask them about Niki.

Most of the time they would just give me a weird look. But some people were nice about it.

"Sorry, I don't know anyone by the name of Niki."

"That's okay! Have a good day, bye!"

I managed to ask about 13-ish people before the bell for advisory rang.

Probably because they all didn't know who the heck I was talking about.

"Hmph." I said as I sat at my desk.

All through advisory class I was just thinking about who might know. Who would know about Niki?

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"Oh, Niki! Yeah, I know her."

It was now lunch time, and I had asked everyone at the friend table at once if they had known Niki.

"Really Cara?! You do?" I had finally found someone who actually knew who she at least was.

"Yeah, but, me and her weren't that close. But I always saw her around Minx," Cara explained.

"Well.. who is Minx?"

"Oh, she's that girl over there," Cara said while pointing to somewhere behind me.

I followed her finger and saw that she was pointing to a girl with purple hair, wearing the same amount of eyeliner that Niki wore. I could barely see her though since she was half in the shadows, those were just her most noticable features.

"That's Minx?" I asked when I turned back around to Cara.

"She sure is! Niki and her were really good friends. Wonder what happened to Niki.. Minx hasn't been the same since she disappeared."

Cara started to doze off, and so I decided to stand up to go talk to Minx.

"Are you going to go talk to her?" Zak asked me. "Can I come?"

I looked at Zak then back at Minx.

"Maybe it's better if it's only me. I don't want her to get too uncomfortable," I told Zak.

"Hmph, fiiiine. But now you owe me some cuddles later!" Zak smiled.

"Wha- ugh, fine." Agreeing was the only way to get Zak to shut up.

I started walking away from the table, and towards Minx.

She was pretty much by herself. She wasn't talking to anyone, but there were a few people around her.

"Heyyyy, Minx, right?" I asked her.

"What's it to you?" She said, looking me up and down.

"Can I ask you a question?" I asked.

"Sure, but it better not be weird. And don't waste my time!" Minx crossed her arms.

"Do you know anyone who's name is Niki?" The second I asked that she froze. "And if you do, could I please ask some questions?"

"Yeah, I know her. But why do you want to know?" She glared at me while saying that.

"...Do you know what happened to her?"

We talked all of lunch period, and she told me all she knew.

Apparently, Minx and Niki were friends since the beginning of middle school. They did everything together and they were best friends.

They started off this school year together, and were always there for each other.

But I guess they weren't together enough the day Niki went missing.

(BEGINING OF FLASHBACK)
TW: STABBING, BASICALLY A HORROR MOVIE TYPE SCENE.

"Good morning Niki!" Minx ran up to Niki excitingly.

"Good morning, Minx!" Niki smiled a bright smile.

Minx and Niki spent all day together, during, and even after school.

They were hanging out at their special spot, the abandoned park near both of their houses.

"Oh shoot, I accidentally left my backpack in one of my classes!" Niki said suddenly. "I'm gonna go back, my phone is in there, I have to."

"Do you want me to come with you Niki?"

"No, I'll be okay. I'm gonna be right back, don't worry."

"I'll wait!"

And so, Niki started her way back to their school.

It was dark, but the front door was open. A bit strange, but she brushed it off.

The second she walked inside the door closed behind her. But she wasn't scared, she was confident.

She walked to the classroom that she believed had her backpack. It was fairly close to the front door, so she made it there quickly.

She went to open the door, but it was locked.

"Dang door," she mumbled while fiddling with the door knob, attempting to unlock it.

Suddenly a phone ringing filled her ears. It was her phone. She regonised the ring tone.

She looked up from the door knob and saw someone standing in the window of the door.

It was someone in a black hoodie. And you couldn't see their face. But she noticed that in their hand, was her phone. And she could tell that this person definitely did not have good intentions.

So she did the first thing she could think of, she ran. She ran to the front school door, but this time, it was locked.

"How is this locked?!" She whispered to herself.

She started to hear the noise of the classroom door that the person was in open, so she ran to the nearest area.

She ran to the gym, quietly but quickly.

She looked around and decided to hide behind some of the bleachers.

It was quiet. Too quiet.

What the heck is happening right now?! She thought.

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"AGH!-"

Someone aggressively grabbed her by her hair, making her fall on to her back.

Niki's head hit the floor and she passed out for a couple of moments.

When she awoke, she felt someone dragging her by her hands.

She noticed that her legs had been cut, and that they were bleeding.

The person probably cut them when she was out to prevent her from running away.

But this only made her really realize the situation that she was in.

She noticed that the person was dragging her out of the gym, but why?

Immediately, she tried to make noise.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

She screamed as loud as she could. You have to try and make noise to make it so maybe, just maybe, someone could hear and help you.

It didn't affect the person at all, no. They just continued to drag, drag, drag.

Niki got dragged outside of the gym, and was now in the hallway.

She started squirming to try and get away.

She decided to try and maybe plead for them to stop.

"NO PLEASE! DON'T DO THIS PLEASE!"

But they just ignored her.

She squirmed and jerked around as much as she could, but they had a strong grip.

Eventually, she got dragged into the washroom.

They dragged her into the girls side of the washroom, and into one of the stalls. They forcefully pushed her up against the washroom stall wall, and pulled a knife out of their pocket.

She lifted her head weakly, and looked at the person in front of her.

"Wait... I know you.. you go to this school. Yeah.. I know your name! You are-"

*Stab*

Niki winced at the feeling of her leg getting stabbed.

"Please don't do this, I don't know what I did. Plea-"

And Minx was still waiting at that park. She waited for hours. But Niki never showed up.

And Niki hasn't been seen since.

(END OF FLASHBACK & TW)

Back to Darryl's Pov:

I decided to show Minx the missing poster of Niki.

"Where did you find this?" She asked me.

"In one of the janitors closets."

"What were you doing in a janitors clo-"

"I'd rather not talk about it."

"Well, thank you for this. I think?" Minx said.

"And I'm sorry for your loss," I said.

"Don't be, it's totally fine."

We shared a smile.

"Darryl, are you guys done talking?" Zak appeared out of nowhere.

"Zak?- I- yeah, we are done talking. What do you need?" I asked him.

"You, c'mon, let's go!" Zak said while grabbing my arm and trying to pull me.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to steal your boyfriend's time with you," Minx said to Zak.

"Wait, you guys are dating? Why didn't you tell me?!" Alex then appeared out of nowhere.

"They are dating?!" Tommy asked.

"Where did you guys even come from?!? Okay, everyone leave, LEAVE!" I pushed all of them away jokingly and apologized to Minx.

"It's no problem, it was definitely more entertaining than just standing here in the dark by myself," Minx said and waved goodbye.

Me, Zak, Alex, and Tommy all walked back over to the table and sat down.

There, Cara, Ranboo, Wilbur, and Fundy were waiting for us.

"How'd it go?" Cara asked me.

"Oh it went well! Minx is a nice person," I said.

"Zak and Darryl are dating!" Tommy said.

Everyone gave a shocked look and started asking questions.

"Since when?!" Cara asked Zak.

"You should have said something!" Fundy said.

"Wait guys we-" I tried to say but was cut off by Alex.

"MY BABY IS ALL GROWN UP!"

"Guys stop! We aren't dating!" I finally was able to say.

"What? Aw man.." Tommy whined.

"That's a bummer," Cara said.

And Alex just gave me a fake sad look.

It was silent for a few moments.

"BAHAHAHHA-" Zak started laughing hysterically.

We all started laughing together.

I looked back at Minx for a second and saw her smiling at us.

Another chapter that is on the longer side. My everything hurts after writing this chapter. 🤨

Word count is 1571

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