Darren was surrounded by darkness, a pitch black in which he couldn't see anything, not even his shoulder, if he had one.

  It was a dream because, well, it had to be, right? No place he'd been in had ever been this dark. His lungs worked just fine, so why was he suffocating. He had no heart beat, this had to be a dream.

  "Hello," a deep voice called out.

  "Hi?" Darren was terrified, as he always was in nightmares like these.

  "You," it growled.

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  "What did I do?"

  "Traitor, Murderer, Mortal Enemy," A cacophony of voices erupted from the dark.

  Darren opened his eyes to see that... he was in front of school?!