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10:20 pm

[Vicky made a new group chat]

[Vicky added Oz, Brian, Amira]

Vicky: Hi guys!! I decided to make a group chat so we can keep each other updated with stuff!! Since we’re like best friends, it’s time to make a group chat!

Oz: Good idea Vicky!

Amira: GUYS THIS SUPER CUTE GIRL JUST ASKED FOR MY NUMBER!!?

Vicky: Woooo!!! Go, Amira, get the girl!!

Amira: She’s soooo prrreeettttyyyyyyyy

Oz: Amira, are you drunk? 

Amira: …maybeee

Brian: she’s totally drunk

Vicky: Ah, the undead decides to make an appearance. How wonderful of you to join us, Brain.

Brian: not for long, im about to go to sleep

Amira: Boorrrriringggg

Oz: Leave the poor guy alone, Amira!

Amira: Nooo!!! 

Oz: Brian, it’s fine, go sleep.

Brian: thanks oz

Brian: gn guys

Vicky: Good night Bri, get some beauty sleep!

Oz: Night, Brain.

Amira: GOOD NIGHT DIPSHIT

Vicky: Amira! That’s rude!

Amira: nu uh

Vicky: Uh huh.

Amira: NU UH

Vicky: UH HUH!!

Amira: VICKY!!

Vicky: AMIRA!!!

Oz: Guys, come on now. Amira that was kinda of rude, but Vicky you don’t have to call it out, Brain was fine with it, so no harm, no fowl,

Vicky: …You’re right, Oz I’m sorry.

Amira: …yeah im sorry too

Oz: Thank you. Anyway, Amira, did you give that girl your number?

Amira: oh yeah! I knew there was something i was forgetting

Oz: So… no?

Amira: nope i didn't get it

Oz: Awwee (；′⌒`)

Vicky: Sorry, Amira. That sucks.

Amira: it’ll be finnneeee, ill just complain to you guys

Amira: also oz what is that thing???

Oz: This (；′⌒`) ?

Amira: YEAH

Vicky: Awwwe, it’s so cute!

Oz: Thank you! (❁´◡`❁)

Amira: THERES MORE??

Vicky: EEEE!! So cute, omg!!

Amira: HOW?? OZ ARE YOU FUCKING MAGIC??

Vicky: Amira, we live in a world of vampires, werewolves, demons, wizards, witches, and more, why are you questioning Oz about this?

Amira: bECAUSE ITs FUCKING COOL

Oz: Amira, do you need me to pick you up?

Amira: YES PLEASE

Oz: Okay, I’ll be there in a bit. 

Amira: THANK YOU OZ YOURE THE SWEETEST PERSON EVER

Oz: Of course, Amira. \^o^/

Oz: Also I wouldn’t go that far. I am not the sweetest.

Vicky: Oz, shush. You go out of your way to care for almost anyone!

Amira: YEAH! AND YOU MAKE TREATS FOR US

Brian: you also help us whenever we’re struggling. weather mentally or physically. you’re a nice person oz.

Oz: Guys! This is not fair, you’re tag-teaming! (also Amira I’m here)

Vicky: All is fair in Love and War, Oz.

Brian: yeah 

Amira: Whay vicky saod!

Vicky: What** said**

Brian: oz are you getting her?

Oz: I see her stumbling out of the club right now. 

Amira: I AM NOT STUMBLING OIT THATS RUDDDEEE

Vicky: out**

Oz: I’ve got her

Oz: We’re at her place now, I’m getting her settled into bed.

Vicky: Thank you, Oz, for taking care of our hot-headed companion.

Oz: No problem! I want my friends to be safe!

Brian: you say ur not sweet but then u say shit like that

Brian come on dude

Vicky: Brain’s right, Oz! Stop saying self-deprecating stuff like that!

Oz: … no

Amira: DO IT OR I WILL LIGHT YOUR HOUSE ON FIRE OZ!!

Oz: Amira!? I thought you were asleep. 

Amira: A bad bitch needs to slay what can ;ojfei;onfwingwongwo

Brian: ???

Vicky: What the hell happened?

Oz: I took her phone away because she needs to sleep.

Vicky: Ohhhh. 

Oz: Go to sleep guys, it’s 1 am.

Brian:  dont need to tell me twice

Vicky: Good night!!

Oz: Night ^o^

5:40 am

[New message between Amira and unknown number]

???: Hello, is this Amira? This is Miranda, we met at the club last night.

Amira: Hello Miranda, this is Amira’s number, she’s just knocked cold from last night. This is Oz, one of Amira’s friends, speaking.

Miranda: Are you the one who picked Amira up, the one wearing a yellow cardigan? 

Amira: Yes, that was me. 

Miranda: Well please tell her I give her wishes of healing quickly. Have a good day Oz. Bye.

Amira: Bye Miranda!

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End of Chapter One

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12:26 AM

[Unnamed Chat]

Vicky: We need a name for the group chat!

Amira: totally

Oz: Yeah! ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

Amira: im still not getting over the fact that Oz uses emoticons

Brian: get over it

Amira: NO!!

Vicky: Guys!! Group chat name.

Amira: the best bitches around!

Brian: no

Vicky: no 

Amira: YOU GUYS ARE NO FUN

Brian: ur just bad at names 

Amira: OH REALY!? YOU NAMED YOUR PET GOLDFISH GOLDY!!!

Vicky: Ignoring that, how about the bff squad?

Amira: no

Brian: no

Vicky: But guuyyyyysss

Amira: vick i love you but that is lame af

Brian: yeah

Vicky: You guys are no fun!

Vicky: Oz, you got anything?

Oz: How about the color crew?

Amira: oooo i like that!

Brian: agreed

Vicky: It’s brilliant Oz! It’s funny and makes sense! 

Oz: It’s nothing guys! I just thought of it.(^///^)

Vicky: It’s still really good!

Vicky: In fact, I’ll change the chat name to your suggestion right now!

[Vicky changed unnamed chat name to Color Crew]

Vicky: Much better!

Brian: agreed

Amira: YES!!

Vicky: Next thing, did anyone do the English work?

Amira: YOU DIDNT DO IT!?! YOU ALWAYS DO YOUR WORK!!

Oz: :O

Vicky: Relax guys! I just forgot, no biggie. 

Brian: something is up, vick 

Brian: u never just “forget” to do an assignment

Amira: YEAH! YOU'RE A NERD!

Vicky: Hey! That’s not true! 

Oz: Vicky, you can tell us if something is bothering you, you know?

Vicky: I know… Fine, I’ll tell you.

Vicky: I went on a date. That’s why I didn’t do the English work.

Amira: WHAT!!?

Brian: well that’s something

Oz: Congrats, Vicky! 

Vicky: Thanks Oz. To the rest of you, yes I can pull. Is that hard to believe?

Brian: no, just hard to believe someone actually asked u out instead of just pining for u and doing nothing to get with u

Amira: YEAH! AND I CANT BELIEVE YOU DIDNT TELL US!

Vicky: I wanted to surprise you guys!

Amira: Why??

Vicky: Cause it was with Liam!

Oz: Omg! That’s amazing Vicky!

Brian: good job 👍

Amira: WAY TO GO GIRL!!

Vicky: Awwe, thank you, guys!

Amira: you have been pining over this guy like FOREVER 

Amira: about time you got him!!!

Oz: Yeah! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

Brian: has liam told anyone?

Vicky: He wants to wait for dramatic effect, I think.

Brian: ofc he does

[Chat with Good Boi, party bitch, I’ll turn you to stone, Red Spicy Baby, Liam, Fish Princess, ]

party bitch: im just sayin if damien can punch the sun then i can totally raise someone from the dead!

Liam: And I’m saying that is impossible. 

I’ll turn you to stone: Polly, you don’t even have necromantic abilities. 

Good Boi: whats that?

party bitch: you dont know that!!

I’ll turn to stone: Look it up, Scott.

Good Boi: OK!!

Fish Princess: If you want Polly, I can give you my magic surf.

Liam: You have a magic surf?

I’ll turn you to stone: Miranda literally has a surf for everything.

Fish Princess: I do not!

Liam: You have a surf for chewing and another for turning the volume down on your TV. What surf do you not have?

Liam: Actually, don’t answer that.

Red Spicy Baby: GUYS YOU WONT BELIVE WHAT I CAUGHT ON CAMERA LAST NIGHT

party bitch: What??! 

Liam: What could have it possibly been, Damien?

I’ll turn you to stone: It better not be another sex-related thing.

Red Spicy Baby: EVEN BETTER

Red Spicy Baby sent an image 

[Liam and Vicky holding hands at a cafe with smiles on their faces.image]

party bitch: 😮😮😮

I’ll turn you to stone: Is that Liam??

Red Spicy Baby: Obviously!

party bitch: NO WAY?! Liam would never go on a date

I’ll turn you to stone: Let alone with someone dressed like that.

Liam: Hey! She has a very nice style, I’ll have you know!

Good Boi: Hey wait!! Isn't that Vicky??

I’ll turn you to stone: Who’s Vicky?

Good Boi: She’s Brian’s really good friend!

party bitch: She’s also friends with Amira! 

Liam: They’re all friends, they have this friend group with one other I think.

I’ll turn you to stone: You must really like her if you remember things about her that aren’t obscure, you never do that.

party bitch: awwweee liam’s in love!!

Good Boi: congrats Liam!

Fish Princess: From what I know Vicky is so nice. Treat your betrothed well, Liam. 

Liam: …thanks

Red Spicy Baby: No swearing and saying how mainstream this is wow that's a first

Liam: Shut up Damien!

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End of Chapter 2

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5:34 pm

[Color Crew]

Amira: and thats how i made out with her

Vicky: Well that's unexpected.

Brian: yeah 

Oz: GUYS!!

Vicky: What’s wrong, Oz?
Brian: u ok?

Oz: NO! WHY IS DAMIEN LAVEY GOING AROUND TELLING PEOPLE THAT HE AND I ARE FIGHTING ON PROM NIGHT????

Vicky: What?!
Amira: WHAT THE HELL??
Brain: huh?

Oz: I heard from Valerie that Damien was going around the school telling people not to miss prom because there will be this epic fight.

Oz: Valerie then told me Damien was saying he was gonna fight “this shadow noob, because they beat me in gym and nobody does that!” 

Oz: IM THAT SHADOW NOOB!!! I DIDNT MEAN TO BEAT HIM!! WHY ME??? I WAS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE!!

Brian: oz calm down, i’ll be there in a sec and then we can talk. take deep breaths for me ok?

Oz: Ok, thank you brian.

Vicky: I’ll be there in a sec too. We’re here for you Oz!! don’t worry! 

Amira: be there too!

At the Color Crew’s apartment

Oz was pacing around the living room when Brian entered their shared apartment. He looks Oz up and down, trying to estimate how bad the damage was. Oz was still pacing, hands fidgeting while the horror’s phobias were all over him, trying to calm down the panicked creature. Letting out a sigh, Brian walks up to Oz and taps him on the shoulder. Oz whips around so quickly that if Brian didn’t know Oz doesn’t have bones the zombie would think Oz’s neck broke. 

“Brain?” Oz asks, slightly confused by the sight of his friend before quickly remembering that they told the undead about the thing with Damien. Which means…

“OZ!!” Amira bangs through the apartment’s door alerting the two monsters of her presence. Oz stares at her, eyes widened in shock while Brian just face palms. Not wasting any time, Amira rushes over to Oz.

“Are you ok?? I came over as soon as I could! Vicky should be here any s-”

“OZ!!” And there’s Vicky. In a similar fashion to Amira, Vicky shouts the fear monster’s name as she runs through the already kicked open apartment door. Frankenstein's monster runs over to where the others were gathered around Oz. Now that all of their friends were here Oz supposes they should recount what happened to get him into this situation. 

“Let’s sit down for this.” Oz scrubs a hand over his face, already feeling exhausted. His friends do as they’re told and sit down on their shared couch, Oz squeezes into the middle. If Oz had a mouth, he was sure his lips would be covered in bites from how much he worries. 

“Welp, here’s what happened.” Oz starts, looking up at the ceiling. Brian, Amira, and Vicky all give each other the ‘This is not gonna be good’ look but don’t talk as Oz continues. 

“I was in gym class, trying not to die from Damien’s fiery doge balls. I kept dodging his attacks and he was actively becoming more frustrated as he kept missing. We were the only ones left on either team. I knew I had to end this game soon. I didn’t want to be late for lunch. So, mustering up all the courage I had, I catched one of Damein’s throws. Everyone was I guess shocked that I did that, because apparently no one had ever beat Damien before. I was thrown up on some teammates' shoulders and hauled away. Some people are calling a legend which is drawing even more attention towards me! Anyway, I was with Valerie in the bathrooms talking when she brought up that she was excited to see me and Damien face off. Me being thoroughly confused asked what she meant. She gave me a puzzled look before, bringing this video up on her twitter. It was Damien telling everyone not to miss prom because he was going to fight this shadow noob! I then panicked, and teleported here before messaging you guys. That’s what happened.” 

Oz finished his story, he then looked at his roommates to see them with fiery eyes and vengeful looks on their faces. This is not good. Vicky is the first to speak.

“We have to talk to him! Or at least text him!”

“Yeah, you’re right Vicky! We’ll confront that mother fucker and make him back down!” Amira nods. 

“I usually wouldn’t agree, but I think this is the right idea.” Eyes widening in fear and concern for his friends, Oz speaks up. 

“Guys, no! Do not go up to Damien LaVey and try to scare him into backing down. He’ll burn you guys to a crisp!” 

“Pssshh, yeah right Oz! Remember, I’m fireproof.” Amira waves off her friend’s worry, already standing up to go find this demon who hurt her friend. Vicky stands up too.

“Don’t worry Oz, we’ll be fine. Liam’s my boyfriend, he won’t let Damien seriously hurt us.” She tries to convince Oz, but there is still worry in the embodiment of fear’s eyes. Brian comes to Oz’s rescue just in time though.

“Hold on guys, I have a better idea than straight confronting him.” Vicky and Amira cock their heads, confused on what could be better than brute force. They don’t interrupt though so Brian continues. 

“How about we make a groupchat with Damien and his friends and convince him to stop this madness.” 

“Brian…” Oz looks at the zombie like he just hung the stars in the sky. “That is the best idea. Thank you!!” The embodiment of fear quickly hugs Brian, showing his appreciation. 

“Not a bad idea, Brian. Still I’d rather just beat the shit out of Damien, but this is good too.” Amira admits. Vicky nods her head. 

“Yeah, I have Liam’s number so I can ask for his help!” Vicky joins in on Oz and Brian’s hug. 

“Great, now we just need to make the chat before prom.” Amira says before joining the hug.

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End of Chapter 3

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3:30 pm

[Private messages between Liam<33 and Vick<33]

Vick<33: Heyyyyy Liam!

Liam<33: Yes Vicky? 

Vick<33: I was wondering if you and I could make a group chat with all of our friends in it?

Vick<33: It’s because Damien is threatening to fight Oz on Prom Night and I do not want that. And I don’t think you want your friend to be turned into demon sludge. 

Liam<33: I suppose you’re right. I can arrange something. Just put your friends in and I’ll put mine in.

Vick<33: Sounds good!! Thank you babe <333

Liam<33: …You’re welcome, Vick <3

3:45

[Vicky made a new chat with Liam, Oz, Brian, and Amira.]

[Vicky gave Liam admin privileges] 

[Liam added Damien, Polly, Vera, Scott, and Miranda]

Vicky: Hello Liam’s friends! I’ve asked my lovely boyfriend to add us all here today because of one person.

Vicky: DAMIEN LAVEY

Amira: YEAH

Vera: What did he do this time? Not that I care.

Polly: WHAT DID HE DO?? 😦

Brian: hes making oz try to fight him on prom night. oz doesn’t want to but damien is very determined to make this “metal as fuck”

Amira: AND WE ARE NOT HAVING IT!!!

Vicky: Yeah!!!

Scott: Why would he do that? Thats not very nice Damien

Miranda: I must agree with Scott on this matter. This is not very gentleman like Damien. 

Vera: Why is this our problem though? 

Vera: Damien does this shit all the time.

Amira: we just thought you guys would like to watch this go down and make fun of him after we convince him not to fight. also maybe you can help convince him that this stupid. 

Scott: I want to help!

Vera: As much as I like to watch a good fight, I don’t want this fight to be at Prom. 

Brian: agreed

Vera: It should be after, with a betting pool.

Brian: unagreed 

Vicky: What?! NO! We are not letting Oz fight Damien. They hate the spotlight and fighting even more!

Amira: where is damien anyway?

Vera: Fighting someone

Brian: im not even surprised 

Vicky: Same :/

Miranda: It’s one of my surfs, it’s dead now.

Polly: i told him to look at his phone 🎉

Polly: hes currently unlocking it and looking through the messages

Polly: Oooo hes mad 💀

Amira: good.

Vicky: Good.

Brian: good.

Polly: LMAO

Polly: hes typing boos

Brian: we see that

Damien: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SHIT??!!! 

Brian: did you read up?

Damien: OF CORUSE I DID!!! THIS ISNT GOING TO MAKE ME STOP FROM FIGHTING THAT NOOB!!! HES DEAD ON PROM NIGHT!!!

Scott: BUT DAMIEN THATS NOT NICE :(((

Damien: SHUT UP SCOTT

Amira: welp we tried now to do my idea

Vicky: Amira no.

Oz: Guys it’s ok. Don’t worry. I’ll be fine :)

Brian: no oz, we’re gonna worry cause this psychopathic demon is trying to fight you when you clearly don’t want to. 

Vicky: Brian’s right! We’re not giving up!

Oz: Brian, Vicky, I’ve accepted I’ll have to fight him and put myself in the spotlight. I’ll be fine, I have a plan.

Damien: HA A PLAN?! YOU THINK THATS GOING TO HELP YOU?!! UR DEAD!!!

Oz: I don’t think I will be, Damien.

Damien: YOU WILL!!!!!

Polly: Someone is defying damien?!?!! 

Vera: They’ve got balls for that. 

Damien: FUCK OFF

[Private messages between SleepyZombie and YellowGuy]

SleepyZombie: so whats this plan you got oz?

YellowGuy: Well, it’s kind of a reveal I want to do with the others too. But please don’t let it change your view of me. 

SleepyZombie: you could murder someone and id still think ur innocent 

YellowGuy: Awwww, thank you Brian <3

SleepyZombie: <3

[Color Crew]

Oz: Hey guys, I’m guessing you want to know my plan?

Vicky: Yes Please!

Amira: YES!!

Oz: Ok, well, I’m the incarnation of fear. An entity older than time. Eldritch abomination if you will. Anyway, I’m just going to use 1/100 of my power without giving away what I am. I trust you all enough not to tell anyone. I hope this doesn’t make you think any differently of me. 

Several people are typing…

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End of Chapter 4