What A Deadly Life by, Treysha

Prologue

Once upon time in a magical land… okay that’s not how this story starts. It’s not set in a magical land, nor is it some time in history. Let’s start this again shall we…

It is fall in Albany, New York. The year 2014. Seven Oaks College is its usually dull self. That is until one day, a new student has arrived.

Jai is a 21-year-old guy who has just transferred to Seven Oaks. He has caramel skin and blue eyes, but is terribly unaware of his beauty. As soon as he walked onto campus, he seemed to become immensely popular. Every girl wanted him and every guy was jealous of him. However, Jai has yet to discover any of this. You see, he is always inside his own world, but this is for a good reason. He possesses a peculiar talent. See if you can guess what it is…

What a Deadly Life

This sucks.

College sucks. Life sucks.

I need to make this a little more interesting. Just then the seven most notorious kids on campus step out onto the quad. Perfect. This is going to be the most fun I’ve had in years. Each of them are perfect candidates for my plan. Let’s begin shall we.

I will start with Jack Everson, the wealthiest guy on campus. He will be the easiest to take care of. With the snap of my fingers, literally, I sent something his way that he will not be able to refuse. A coupon. Now this may sound lame, but just keep reading.

Jack saw the bright orange piece of paper nonchalantly laying in front of his feet almost immediately. He picked it up and read it aloud: “Free hour at the casino”. He looked around to see if anyone was watching him, then took off to his car. He couldn’t see me, for by that time I had made myself invisible. I followed laughing silently to myself. Kids these days are just so gullible.

When I got to the casino, Jack was already sitting at a slot machine. Time for a little fun. I quickly walked up the Jack’s machine. I got unbearably close to his face and said to him, although he couldn’t hear me, “Enjoy your doom, Jack.” I doubled tapped his machine and out came all of the contents of that machine and all of the machines around him. Jack was thrilled and dancing on the money that had fallen on the floor. He began yelling, “Yes! Yes! More! More!” This was before he realized that all of the money was directly aiming at him. The money began to magically (haha) stick to him. He fell to the ground, but the money just kept coming. It piled on top of him and soon he was suffocating under a pile of money. The funny part of this is no one else in the casino seemed to notice, thanks to me. I stood there laughing and laughing and laughing. Okay he’s had enough. I snapped my fingers and sent him to a place you all will learn about later.

New day, new victim. Graham Velas. Also an easy target. Graham was fairly obese, but didn’t care much about it. He continued to stuff his face whenever he felt the urge. Okay, this should be easy enough. Luckily for me it was lunchtime at Seven Oaks and everyone was heading to the cafeteria.

Graham sat at a table with my other soon victims, I mean his friends. They were talking about the disappearance of Jack. Graham got up to get food and as he walked past me, I tapped his tray twice and said, “Happy eating, Graham.” Just then Graham’s tray filled up with three dozen bacon cheeseburgers. Graham’s eyes lit up with excitement. He began to devour the burgers one after the other. He didn’t even come up for a breath. “Wow,” was all I managed to say. After the twenty- seventh burger, Graham started choking. No one, again, seemed to notice. Graham’s face was all shades of purple, blue, and green. “Oh look a rainbow,” I said laughing. This just keeps getting better and better. I snapped my fingers and Graham was gone. Let’s see who is next.

Tracy Yamel. The second best track star on campus. Please note that I said second best. She is well known around campus, but apparently this was not enough for her. She wanted… she needed to be the best. I could tell this by the way she is looking at Seven Oaks best track star, Kay Yamel, Tracy’s older sister. I followed Tracy and her sister to practice to monitor the situation. Tracy watched her sister stretch malevolently. She walked up to her after five minutes of annoying staring. “Show time,” I said. “One on one,” Tracy says to her sister, “just you and me.” “Are you sure you’re up for it little sister?” Kay asks. “Just get up,” Tracy replies rudely. They line up at the starting line. Tracy does the countdown and then they’re off. Here’s where the real fun begins…for me at least.

As they race, Tracy gains the lead. I smile and wink in Tracy’s direction. Her legs begin to pick up at a speed that had to be at least 50 mph per hour. Her sister’s eyes widened in disbelief, but I snap my fingers and Kay no longer pays attention to Tracy. Tracy is still running, however she can’t control her speed and runs right into the nearby lake. She coincidently can’t swim and begins to drown. I nod in her direction and she vanishes. Next!!

I walk away from the track field and walk straight to the parking lot to see if my next victim is still around. Lucky for me he was. Nicholas Elgort is a considerably good-looking guy and he knows it. He is looking at himself in his car’s driver’s side mirror. He then puts his car into drive and pulls off. I watch wondering how I am going to pull this off. Then, Nicolas looks at his self again in his rearview mirror and doesn’t see the oncoming truck. The truck smacks right into the front of his car, hitting Nicholas with great impact. “Wow,” I say, “I didn’t even do anything this time.” I snapped my fingers and sent him away.

Now let’s see maybe I can get three in one day. That’d be really cool. You know what? I haven’t realized how terribly wicked I am until now…It’s fun. The next victim is Gordon Stevens. He is the slowest human being alive, I swear to you. I often wonder how long it must take him to get ready for the day and come to class, seeing as though he is always late, even though his apartment is right across the street from campus and on the first floor. I walked to Gordon’s apartment and looked through his window. He was sitting in front of his TV about to doze off. I eyed his TV set and looked at the cord and smiled. The cord immediately broke and burst into flames. Gordon woke up and just looked at the flames. “SERIOUSLY!!” I yelled, “YOU DON’T DO ANYTHING?!?!” Gordon just continued to stare at the flames, he yawned, then looked at the door but still didn’t move. By this time, the flames took over his apartment and he still hasn’t moved. “You’re not making this fun,” I said, so I just snap my fingers to send him away.

That was terribly BORING. But this next victim shall bring me great joy. Okay, now I just think I sound like an evil villain. MWA HA HA HA HA!!!! How was that? Good, huh? Anywho, my next victim is Derek Howard. An angry fellow. Always has a problem with somebody or something. It’s a peaceful morning at Seven Oaks Campus. Let’s change that. Luckily, Derek was yelling at a freshman for stepping on his new pair of Jordan’s. What’s with kids and sneakers know a days. The freshman looked terrified. I looked straight at the freshman and winked. Suddenly, the freshman punched Derek right in the eye. Derek reeled back surprised but not for long. He charged at the freshman and knocked him on the ground. The two wrestled and I stood there smiling like a goof. I really am evil. You want to know the funniest part about all of this is? No one can see this but me. The freshman gained an upper hand due to my beautiful magical skills and began to choke Derek. “Ah, fun times,” I say and end this by sending Derek away before this got to be too much.

This last victim is going to be my favorite. Jasmine Banks. She has slept with basically every guy in the school. However, she never seems satisfied. I’m going to use this to my advantage. “Hello, Jasmine,” I said to her before fully walking up to her on the quad. “H-Hey Jai,” she responded timidly. I find it weird how a girl that knows, and I mean really knows, the entire school is nervous around me. I looked around to see what would make her so nervous. Then I happened to see something I have never noticed but now in a school window…my reflection. Huh, I thought. I continued to look at my reflection. What am I doing? I thought, am I really truly evil? Should I stop? I looked back at Jasmine who was eyeing me with an undeniable yearning. Nah, this is too much fun! I answered to myself. “So…Jasmine, what do you say we find a quiet place just to ourselves,” I said to her. She immediately shot up from the bench she was sitting on. “Sure, I know just the place,” she said while dragging me to the now empty track field. She pulled me underneath the bleachers. “I’ve been waiting for this for the longest,” she said and pulled me into her to kiss me. I smiled before our lips touched. After a peck on the lips, Jasmine began to choke. She pushed away from me and fell to the floor gasping for air. “The Kiss of Death,” I said, “oh the irony…and comedy.” I snapped my fingers to send her away.

Well, that’s all of them. All of my victims are in that place I mentioned way earlier. Want to find out what this place is? Lucky for you, you’re about to find out. I lift my hands in the air and a red smoke begins to envelope me. I transport myself to a place that I even fear myself. And there waiting for me are my seven victims. They all look at me with astonishment…and what is that fear? Are you kidding me? Am I scary or something? Anyway, moving on.

“Welcome to HELL you guys!!” I yelled with enthusiasm. They all yelled in unison, “SINS!?!?” If you’re wondering why they yelled that…it’s because that’s my last name. Do you get it yet? Do you get my inspiration? “Hello, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Vanity, Sloth, Wrath, and Lust,” I said to them with the biggest smile on my face. “Dude, who are you talking to?” Derek Howard asked me. “Why, I’m talking to each of you my dear fellow,” I responded. “Why are you talking like an old British man?” Tracy Yamel asked me. “Because you all fell for my plan and it makes me absolutely ecstatic. And because I feel terribly evil and I feel like it assists the present mood,” I said. “What plan?!?!” Jasmine Banks asked. “Yeah what plan? To kill us for no reason?!” Jack Everson yelled. “Oh you’re not dead,” I replied, “and I giving to a chance to redeem yourselves.” “Redeem ourselves from what?” Nicholas Elgort asked.

“People always judge others on their imperfections, but are also always blind to their own flaws,” I said. “You see, each of you possess characteristics that relate to one of the Seven Deadly Sins,” I continued. “Jack you’re Greed, Graham you’re Gluttony, Tracy you’re Envy, Nicholas you’re Vanity, Gordon you’re Sloth, Derek you’re Wrath, and dear Jasmine you’re Lust,” I explained. “Now each of you has a chance to redeem yourselves and get out of here,” I offered. “And if we don’t…what happens?” Graham asked. “You want to find out?” I asked back. “Now this is going to be an easy test,” I said. I clapped my hands. “Each of you will now only be able to tell the truth and nothing but the truth,” I said “I am only going to ask all of you this once. Do you want to change?” Three out of the seven said yes. I separated the yes’s from the no’s with one quick flick of the wrist. I turned to Graham, Tracy, and Derek. “Wow, I didn’t know that you guys would make it out, especially you Derek a.k.a Wrath,” I said surprised. “Now you all must redeem yourselves after I put you back up there…or else I’m coming for you,” I continued “see you on the flip side.” I lifted my arms and they vanished back up to the land of the living. “Now…for you four,” I said as I turned to Jack, Nicholas, Gordon, and Jasmine. “What’s going to happen to us? Please, please don’t hurt us,” Gordon pleaded. “Oh, I wished you had put as much energy as you put into pleading into every other action you do in one day!” I yelled at him. “YOU ALL DESERVE WHAT’S COMING FOR YOU!!” I yelled. “At least you learned one thing out of this, do not let something consume you to the point of no return. Goodbye, Greed, Vanity, Sloth, and Lust. Enjoy the few seconds you have left,” I said. They all began to plead, yell, scream, and cry, but at that point I didn’t care. I smiled and the flames of hell began to burn hotter and brighter. They pleaded, yelled, screamed, and cried louder. “A bit warm isn’t it?” I asked. I lifted my hands up and once again I was consumed by red smoke and was transported to the land of the living. I literally left them all to their fiery deaths. How many times has that been said and meant.

The alarm clock went off. I woke up in a warm, fuzzy haze. Ugh, that was weird, I thought. This is what comes of having a last name like Sins. I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep.