Chapter 21: Seven Murders, Seven Days

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~~~Jeremy's P.O.V~~~

Are they alive or dead?

Are they watching us from the outside?

Who is outside the school.. If someone is outside hope's peak, then why aren't they helping us?

The Ultimate Despair..

"Jeremy?"

I looked up from my notebook staring at Harley.

"You alright..?" He asked gently.

"I will be," I responded, continuing to take a note.

"Will be..?"

"You heard correctly."

"Is something on your mind, Jeremy..?"

I bit my lip before nodding. He stared at me. "Listen, if you need to vent we're here for you, dude.."

"I actually can't.."

"Come again?" Harley asked as he sat beside me.

"It's a pride thing."

Harley stifled a laugh before shaking his head.

"You're saying that to the guy who fought with Ryan during the second trial, instead of.. ya know... explaining that I didn't kill. I understand pride and have a bit too much.." Harley admitted.

"I can't Harley.. I literally can't..." I replied shakely, I knew what he was trying to do, he was trying to push me to say it..

"Jeremy. I know something on your mind, c'mon I'm here to help." Harley placed a hand on my shoulder. I shrunk up tightly gripping myself.

"You shouldn't be here to help in the first place.."

"What..?"

"You s-shouldn't even be trying to help m-me... I should be helping y-you all- not- not the other way around.."

I noticed Harley's worried look as I shrunk away from him.

"Do-Don't you get it yet?? I CAN'T ask for help, I'm supposed to help myself! You know how- How modifying it would look for one of.. If not the best therapist to- to ask for help?? Last time I checked we're supposed to be the best of the best, how would it feel for you guys to have to rely on someone else for your own damn talent! I ca-ca-can't ask for help! I can't get help! I'm supposed to help myself!! BUT I JUST CAN'T!" I felt the sobs emerging from me, as I tightly gripped my own arms.

"Jeremy.."

"I lost the only person who... who I loved... and I can't even.. Help myself get through it.. Nothing I do works... Nothing I do matters.. What does it matter if we all die in the end.. What does it matter if the fucking build-a-bear kills us all in the end.. It doesn't... Harley.. Seven people have died in the past few weeks... Seven.."

"Jeremy.."

Seven...

"Jeremy, you don't ever have to feel that way.. Listen to me.. We aren't-" Harley kept talking on, and even though a part of me wanted to listen, a part of me was begging to slow down to have someone with me.. The other part was closer than it had ever been..

Seventeen people came into the school..

Seven people are dead..

Toni, Liam, Laurie, and Joel.. died..

Brooke, Angelica, Ean.. killed.. But the seventeen..

Each of their murders took place on the 7th day.. Toni's on the first week, Liam's the second week, and Laurie and Joels the week after that..

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Seven people, seven days..

Sure someone could brush it off as a coincidence, but it was an equal timeframe, we got announced Elise was the spy last week...

No, Monokuma was trying to tell us something.. He was telling us the next murder timeframe..

"I guess, what I'm trying to say is that.. We're here for you Je-"

"Harley what's today?"

"Huh?"

"What's today, the day of the week I mean.."

"Sunday, last time I checked.."

"It's the seventh day."

"What?"

"I get it now! Harley, c'mon, we gotta go!" I grabbed his arm dragging him up as he complained but ran along with me. On the way I tried to catch him up to my crazy theory and connections to the murders.

"Sounds like superstition, what happens after this theoretical murder?" Harley asked as we tried to make our way back to the main part of the school.

"Not sure, but the fact that whoever's behind this kept up with 7 days seems a bit weird, dontcha think?"

"Whatever you say four-eyes" He rolled his eyes but we continued down until we ran straight into someone.

"Jeremy?"

"Iva, listen I figured something out!"

"I figured something out as well!"

We both got up, she seemed to be holding some notes, as we both waited who would go first.

"Every murder has been happening in a timeframe, every single sunday, that damn body discovery anouncment happened, except last sunday. Then there were seven murders.. Which caused Monokuma or whoever's behind this to tell us about a certain pattern but cut it off, with the spy being revealed, seven students dead, seven days, the next murder is happening today. There's a pattern, at least for this murder."

Iva stared at me absorbing my words. "How on earth did you jump to that conclusion?"

"I remembered that seven people died in the past three weeks.. Harley kinda helped me to remember that.."

"I don't remember doing much, but anything for you four-eyes" I felt Harley's arm go around me as he ruffled my hair.

"Oh don't act all high and mighty, you aren't that much older than me." I rolled my eyes as he stuck his tongue out at me. I smiled before we all turned to Iva.

"So what did you find out..?"

"Brooke was alive for at least one more day after her execution."

"What?!"

"The details will have to follow, if the pattern you told us was true.. Then things are about to get messier." Iv explained.

"Come on, she's right, we have to get everyone together in the dining hall, to prevent it from happening." Harley urged.

"Y-Yeah, you're right, lets go.." Iv nodded before we started to follow her, Harley grabbed my forearm tightly spinning me around to face him.

"Hold it four-eyes," He said sternly before his voice softened as he looked at me. "You are never alone, got that? Now I don't wanna hear anymore about you doubting yourself to get help when you need it. Your human, just like me, just like Iva, just like Narria, just like Ryan and just like Toni. Denying yourself help when you need it and when it's due will get you nowhere. Don't feel like you aren't worth the help, everyone is, and everyone deserves to get it."

I stared at him before wrapping him in a tight hug, "U-Uh- That wasn't an invitation to h-hug!" Harley protested, but he gently patted my arm as we pulled away.

"Never speak of that again?" Harley asked.

"Already forgotten."


We both nodded before catching up with Iva hoping to prevent something new.

~~~

I tapped my fingers against the table. This was taking far too long. I was a pretty patient person, though we only had half of the people here and it's been an hour. I sighed a bit resting my head on my palm.

"It's alright, Jeremy."

"It's taking far too long.."

"It's only been an hour, Jeremy." Violet reasoned, but I shook my head. Some of us were missing, Iva, Harley, Violet, Hale, Marnie and Catherine were here.

Narria, Elise and Ryan were missing.. Which was already concerning that Elise wasn't here.

"I'm going to go look for them." I announced pushing myself off of my seat and deciding to go on the hunt for them. I ignored the protest before walking down the hall. I wandered through the seemingly empty halls before I noticed something. A trail of glass and blood?


I felt my hands shaking before following the trail to what seemed to be.. The medical room? I bit my lip before looking at the actual door. The door knob was broken and even more glass, I pushed the door open as it creaked a bit.

The lights were off.

"Hello?"

I gripped the wall trying to find a light switch before pressing the button making the lights flash on seeing.. I let out a choked scream falling back against the ground pricking my hands on the glass.

There lied Elise laying there in a pool of her own blood, he skin pale as her hair draped over her face, as a head wound might have been the blow to her.

-Ding Dong Bing Bong-

I heard the static as I looked up at the screen seeing Monokuma's face fill the screen.

"A body has been discovered! Now then, after a certain amount of time the class trial will begin!"

I knew it would happen... but it still took me by surprise, I felt my hands shaking harder and harder as I heard the rapid footsteps approaching the hallway.

I heard voices around me but I just stared at Elise... I had been so carefree..

I knew, and I didn't seak her out..

I then remembered my dream.. The girl with long hair..

It was Elise...

I knew...

I knew...

And so did someone else..

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Ding Dong Bing Bong Motherfuckers
Sorry this took so long, I had trouble writing because I got another idea in my head--

But besides that, the Brooke thing will be elaborated on later-- But dw dw dw, lets just worry about Elise 😔✌✨

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