𝐌𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 [The Society x Harry Bingham]

prologue.

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PROLOGUE
↳ the beginning

"PENELOPE," IT WAS BARELY A WHISPER but when the red haired girl didn't respond, the voice sighed.

"Nell, hey! Wake up," they tried again, much firmer this time. Finally, the girl began to stir and still feeling groggy with sleep, Penelope slowly opened her eyes.

The first thing she noticed was that she was no longer in her bed at home where she had fallen asleep the night before, instead she was sitting up with her head resting on something warm to her right.

The second thing she realised was that the ground beneath her was moving and it was much darker than one would expect morning to be.

"What time is it?" She mumbled to herself, not really expecting an answer.

So when a boy's voice spoke from directly beside her, she nearly jumped out of her skin, "I have no idea but something is going on, everyone is awake."

Penelope jolted upright, facing the scarily familiar face beside hers. She openly stared at him, her jaw falling slack as she struggled to come to terms with what the hell was going on.

"Grizz?" She asked, still unsure.

The boy gave her an incredulous look, "Uh, yeah? Who were you expecting?"

The redhead was speechless. Was this really happening? She ignored the boy beside her for the moment and took in the rest of her surroundings.

She quickly realised that the moving sensation was because she was seated on a bus, and said bus was filled with other high school aged kids like herself.

She blinked harshly at least ten times in a row, pinched both of her arms and dug the palms of her hands into her eyes before she let herself even contemplate the idea that this might not be a dream.

All the while, she felt the strangely comforting presence of Grizz sitting beside her, no doubt wondering what kind of maniac he had chosen to sit beside.

"What's up with you, Nell?" Grizz demanded, nudging the girl gently to get her attention.

Nell? Only her close friends called her that.

Penelope had two options here. One, scream her lungs out and demand to know how the hell she got here and what the hell is going on.

Or two, play along until she could figure out a better, smarter plan. With only seconds to decide, she chose option two.

"I- I just had a really weird dream and it shook me up a little bit, don't worry about it," she forced a smile, not able to meet his eyes. She silently cursed herself for being such a terrible liar.