2 Chapter 1

"But I'll always regret the night I told you I would hate you 'till forever."

Music blasts against Scarlett's ears as she walked into the main hall of Charis Institute's dormitory. Her friends are dancing around, drunk smiles on their faces as they said hi to her.

"Hey, Viper," She turned around to see Dominique leaning against the wall, arms crossed, and a playful smirk on his face.

"Hey, Demon. What's up?" She returned the smirk.

"Not much. Where's Angel?" Dominique and Angelique are siblings, twins to be exact. How ironic that their parents named one Angel and the other Demon.

Here at Charis Institute, everyone is given a nickname, most of them are given by their parents and the media since birth, while others develop their nicknames, fitting them into their personality.

Scarlett's nickname, given by her dad, fits her personality well. They call her Scar from her name and her attitude, they said she reminds them of Scar from Lion King. And her other nickname Viper, was from her last name, Vesper, and her dad's company. It also shows just how sneaky she can be. You could say she's both the lion and the snake but Leonora would get mad because being the lion is her thing.

"Probably somewhere with the Devil," She smirked once again, knowing that Dominique and Lucifer don't get along too well. It's not that Lucifer is a bad person, far from it really it's just that Dominique hasn't been the kindest to him ever since they came here.

A scowl approached Dom's face as he excused himself to find Angelique.

"You little snake," Teased a voice she knew too well. Moniqua Quesada, a close friend of Scarlett's, though not as close as she and Caroline.

Turning sideways, she raised an eyebrow before smiling widely, "Hey, rich girl. Having a good time?"

"Oh, for sure," Moniqua nodded her head, sarcastically. "Where's Care?"

Caroline Arrington is the sweetest, most polite girl you'll ever meet. And being Scarlett's best friend hasn't changed that in the slightest. Her nickname, Care, fits her very well since that's the only thing she does, care for everything and everyone.

"She's somewhere here," Scarlett answered, looking around to find a certain reddish-blonde. "She left early so I wouldn't know."

Just as she said that, something broke across the room. Scarlett glanced toward the noise to see Dominique and Lucifer in a fight, more like Dominique looking for trouble while Lucifer watches in amusement. She smirked in satisfaction, she was right.

"What happened here?" Caroline came up beside her.

"Oh you know, just Viper doing what she does best," Moniqua answered.

Caroline looked at her in a look of disbelief, "You did this?"

"Relax, Care. They'll get over it in 3, 2, 1."

Just as Scarlett said that, Natasha, also known as Satan, stepped between Devil and Demon. They make everyone here sound so bad, everyone except Zach and Caroline that is. They got lucky.

"Would you guys stop it?!" Nat looked at each of them dead in the eye, her tone demanding and silencing everyone else in the room.

There's a reason why they call her Satan, you know. One of them being she could easily send someone to hell in a flick of a finger and her name backward spells out 'Ah Satan'. She also knew everyone's biggest secrets if they kept it on a device somewhere. Her father thought her everything about technology since the day she was born.

Dominique and Lucifer were quiet after Natasha stopped them. When she first came to Charis, she was the quiet girl, until Leonora came and they instantly clicked.

"Alright, guys, break it up." Leonora roared. She spoke like a true leader and everyone obeyed her easily.

It took a lot of money to enroll yourselves in Charis. But since all of them are rich, it wasn't so hard. Most of them had been here since they were kids so they knew each other very well. The new students, like Kaiden, however, they're getting there.

"Alright, alright," Dominique raised his hands in surrender, not wanting to face the wrath of Leonora and Natasha.

"What the hell happened, man?" Zachary, Zach as his friends like to call him, asked calmly.

"He was touching my sister!" Dominique raised his voice again, then sighed, trying to calm himself down.

"Alright, man. I'm sorry. We good?" Luca, Lucifer Williams, the Devil, apologized. Luca is nothing like what the media names him. He just got nicknamed that because of his dad who decided to name his kid after the devil.

"Yeah. Just don't try to fuck my sister, yeah?" Dominique said.

"Dom!" Angelique exclaimed, her face red.

Everyone broke out in laughter, either fake or real, but laughter.

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"Calloway! Marcel's looking for you," Scarlett found Isaac Calloway at the back of the school. He was, surprise surprise, making out with someone she doesn't know

"Seriously, Vesper? I'm busy," He said in a cold tone.

"Yeah, I can see that. You know you're not supposed to bring people here," She said sarcastically. Although she would not admit it, she does feel a little jealous. Scarlett and Isaac had a history. You know, messy break-up, became friends because of the tension, same old, same old.

He let go of the girl, "Get out of here."

"C'mon. King's waiting," She went inside while Isaac followed behind her.

"Where is he?" Isaac asked her after they came inside.

"I'm not sure."

"Hey! Look what I found wandering around the school," Marcellus King exclaimed, holding the girl Isaac was making out with by her arm.

"How'd she even get here?" Natasha came forward.

Marcel shrugged while his eyes wandered across the room, "Calloway! Did you bring her here?"

Isaac shrugged. The only reason he's called Ice is because of how cold he is towards other people. He wasn't always like that though, he used to be a happy, cheery boy with a handful of emotions to show. He started being like this ever since he and Scarlett broke up.

"Let me go!" The girl struggled. By now, everyone, all the other 11 students, were gathered around Marcel. For the media, he's called Cell or King, because of how powerful his father is and how easily he could send someone to jail. He's also called Cell because there have been rumors that he holds people hostage in the cells in his basement.

Marcel laughed mockingly, "What are we gonna do with you?"

"Just let her go, Marcel. Pay her to not reveal anything, easy as that," Kaiden suggested. The media called him Key because his parents told them that he is the key to everything. His existence fixed his parents relationship.

"Of course. Here's 1 million, don't let anyone know or we'll ruin your life," Marcel threatened as he gave her the money he pulled out from his pocket. Another reason they call him King is because of his last name, King, and he's always full of money.

The girl nodded slowly before turning around and heading towards the exit. Just as she was about to get out, she flashed them her reporter badge and Lucifer quickly blocked the entrance before she turned back around.

"You thought you could trick us?" Lucifer laughed, his eyes burning as if he was about to send someone to hell.

"Now, darling, you could either obey or we'll have Marcel send you to one of his holding cells," Natasha threatened her from behind.

"I-I'm sorry. Yes, I'll keep your secret," She stuttered.

Scarlett stepped in to see if she is lying. The thing about liars is they always know if someone else is lying.

Scarlett raised an eyebrow before turning back to her classmates, "She's lying."

Marcel had an angry look before grabbing back his money and dragging the girl by arm. But Caroline grabbed the girl's arm before Marcel could hurt her.

"Let go, Caroline," Marcel commanded.

"No! We do not hold people hostage here," Caroline said strongly.

"Hey, alright, let's just figure this out first, yeah?" Scarlett stepped in.

"We could just kill her now," Dominique suggested, no hint of a joke in his voice at all.

"We are not killing anyone. Keep her here until we figure out what to do," Zach argued.

Leonora grabbed the girl, not saying anything at all.

"Hey! Leo, are you serious?" Lucifer held the girl by her other wrist.

They started pulling the girl in all directions, inching closer and closer to the open window. Just as they pulled back, the girl pulled herself free, falling out of the window.

Everyone rushed out of the building to see the girl dead. Her limbs in positions it shouldn't be and below her was a pool of growing blood.

"Shit. Is she dead?" Angelique cursed.

"No, the blood is from her period," Moniqua answered sarcastically.

"Oh, she's definitely dead," Dominique confirmed.

"Alright. Um, Key? What do we do?" Zach asked Kaiden.

Kaiden thought for a moment before saying, "Hide the body. No one else can know about this."

Leonora nodded, "Isaac, get some shovels. Dom, Luca, lift her body and hide her in the forest behind the school. Scar and Care, get some mops, we have to clean the blood. Natasha, find a good spot to bury her. And the rest, clean up the mess upstairs.

Everyone scattered, doing what Leonora told them to do while she supervises what everyone else is doing. Isaac came back with the shovels and started digging with Dominique while Lucifer put the body down.

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Soon enough, everything is cleared up and just like before everything happened. They all gathered in the dormitory main hall.

Zach paced around the room, thinking. Isaac and Lucifer stood up while the others sat down.

"We have to make sure no one finds out," Leonora spoke up.

Angelique nodded, "How?"

"We need an alibi, to make sure we are all on the same page," Kaiden said.

Isaac sat down on the arm of Scarlett's chair, prepping to focus.

"What was that reporter's name?" Caroline asked.

Lucifer shook his head, "It's better if we don't know. In case it slips out."

Caroline nodded, "Right."

"Burn your clothes," Natasha ordered.

"What?" Dom asked, confused.

"You reek of blood, dirt, and alcohol. We need to burn the clothes or the maid who washes our clothes will smell them and expose us."

"Alright," Zach nodded.

"If anyone comes and asks a question, tell them that she never came here," Scar ordered.

"Can anyone teach me to lie?" Caroline asked. She knows how to lie, just not great.

Natasha nodded, "Yeah. I think all of us need to."

"Isaac and Scarlett can teach us, they're the best liars out of all of us," Moniqua suggested.

"Of course," Isaac agreed.

Scarlett nodded her head yes.

"Alright, change out of your clothes and take a shower. We meet back here in 1 hour, to discuss what to tell the media once the rumors get out," Leonora ordered.

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