Game Points

Chapter 1: The Beginning

"Hey Al, come downstairs and eat your breakfast before school!" Mom yelled up the stairs.

"On my way Mom" I yelled back.

Hi, if we haven't met already, my name is Aluanas. Everyone just calls me Al. Right now I'm getting ready for another average day at school at Smithfield Academy. Or at least, I thought it was average. I guarentee no one expected what was going to happen that day...

"Thanks mom, it looks great!" I said. I'm a bit of a food lover so I tend to admire all meals.

"You're very welcome Al. Eat quickly or you will miss the bus"
"Oh shit you're right! Don't want to be late on my first day! Love you mom!" I said as I shoved my food down my throat and grabbed my bag.
"Have a great day!" She yelled.

Bus ride was boring as usual. If only I had known this would be the last loud bus ride of the year. I would have appreciated it more. In just mere minutes this academy was about to be turned upside down...

I walked inside to see my friends chatting. "Hey what's up Al!" Levi exclaimed.

Levi has been my best friend since pre school. Our group consists of Ari, Laith, Levi, and I. We met Ari and Laith in the 3rd grade at a convention. Ever since then it has been us against the world. The dream team!

"Hey guys! I haven't seen you in a couple weeks, how was the end of summer break?" I asked.

"It was ok I guess, but I don't want to start school yet. School sucks." Ari complained

"Hey it's sophomore year. We need to start off strong. So stop complaining and let's gather the rest of the school" Laith proclaimed.

Levi, Ari, Laith, and I are by no means the odd group. We are noticed as the "popular kids" because of our traits.

Levi is incredible at -persuasion- and can, with alot of faith, get people to do anything. The whole school loves him so that is a plus aswell.

Ari is very highly skilled at -fighting-. She is a Pyung Yu Kwahn Jang Nim in Kuk Sool Won (Nym 5th Dahn) (5th Degree Brown Black Belt). The whole school loves her aswell.

Laith is an incredible -programmer-. He can hack into anything. Once again he is loved by the school. He is known as the king of computers.

And last but not least, there is me. Aluanas. I am known as the -puppet master- because I can pull the strings of anyone. I'm known as the leader of the school.

Together we make The Dream Team. We didn't know it yet, but our special talents would be a huge advantage in the living hell that is about to start...

We went to go gather the school to find they all were looking at their phones in shock. Confused, we grabbed ours too. There was a text. "What the hell is this?" Ari asked. "Not sure Ari." I responded. "Only one way to found out"

I wish there was a way to unsee it. I wish it never happened. I wish we never went through this. I wish we could've stopped it. But no. This demon was the real deal and he didn't care. We didn't know it yet. But we would soon find out...

We opened the text. It was in a group chat with ever person in our academy. It read...

"I propose we play a little game. All who refuse to play will be killed in a gruesome manner. The game will start tomorrow. Your professors have been provided information on how to test your IQ. Your IQ is very important as they will be your -Game Points- (GP for short). This game will be played throughout the entire school year. The game is won by whichever student has the most Game Points (GP) at the end of the year. There are 256 students in this academy. Here are the rules:
1. You must kill another student to get their GP
2. No other student is allowed to know who you killed. If you are caught, you are burned alive on the spot
3. After each week the student with the least amount of GP dies, no exceptions
4. Professors cannot help in any way. They have been replaced by demons and are there to execute all students who break a rule and/or are caught killing
5. Have fun :)
Best of luck to you all! Oh and by the way. No one leaves this school until there is a winner. Or you die. Have a great time"

*what the hell? This couldn't be real
... could it? A demon? No. No way. I'm going insane, this can't be real*

"This is a bunch of bullshit. I can prove nothing will happen. Watch me leave this school!" I heard a boy yell from down the hall.

He walked outside and sure enough. Nothing. "SEE! I TOLD Y-" he was cut off as a bus ran full speed into him then crashed into a tree. Everyone started screaming. There was blood all over the door.

"Th-that was just chance. This c-ca-can't be real..." a girl stuttered. "Of course it isn't! Here, I'll prove it."
Another student said.

He proceeded to walk outside the very same door. A professor had walked out at this time. "Do you know what is happening professor?" I student asked. The professor's eyes went blue. As blue as physically possible. He had a wicked smile. We had then remembered rule 4...

"Professors cannot help in any way. They have been replaced by demons and are there to execute all students who break a rule and/or are caught killing"

The demon possessed professor walked towards the student with a smile of pure evil...

He pulled out a knife and teleported to the poor boy. He then slashed away at him. The boy screamed in agony. There was blood everywhere. The students screamed at the sight. "No one leaves this hallway or you suffer the same fate!" Another demon said in a deep voice. He had that same evil smile.

After 5 whole minutes the boy had died. 5 minutes of torture. After his death the demon turned around. Him and 18 others joined him. "The game is real kids. You follow the rules or you die. Only one can survive. Welcome to hell" they said in unison as they disappeared.

We were shocked but didn't dare test them again. This was real and there was nothing we could do about it. We had to survive. We would beat the system. We didn't care. All 4 of us would survive this hell game. NO MATTER WHAT!