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prologue

i heard them behind me. the footsteps. the screams. the chaos.

"mai!" i heard a similar voice call my name. "h-help!"

i stopped running and turned around. there i saw it.

my best friend since kindergarten. laying on the floor. she didn't look to be the least bit injured, but i knew at that moment she was going to die.

she was gone.

her eyes slowly shut closed.

tears filled my eyes. i quickly shook my head and i saw someone peek around the corner holding something big.

it was the shooter.

i covered my own mouth as i began to whimper and ran away from the scene as fast as i could. i heard a gunshot. and then another. and then another.

at the fourth gunshot, it was like it all happened in slow motion. i looked back. people were lying on the floor. i couldn't stand to see it.

and then i saw it. coming right at me. a bullet.

i screamed. i was still running but i wasn't looking where i was going. i tripped and fell flat on my face. i saw the bullet going flying, right above my head.

i struggled to get back up as i saw the shooter come closer to me. i ran, and ran, and ran. i didn't know where i was going or what i was going to do.

all i knew was that there was a shooter in my school and i had to get out of there as fast as i could.

i'm mai olly, and this is my story.