the maze of secrets

Prologue

"look, guys, I'm the reason we're still stuck here. I... I lied." Claire said miserably. tom jerked away from her as he said

"you mean, WE NEARLY DIED TWICE BECAUSE OF SOME STUPID SECRET???"

"tom..." Claire said. her voice was quivering, and she sounded as if she was about to burst into tears. she turned to look at jake, sam, and Zoe, as she said

"c'mon guys..."

"sam, what happened to besties for life...?" sam hunched her shoulders as she said

"I'm sorry Claire. but I can't back you up this time"

"Zoe, please..." Zoe looked at her sadly as she shook her head.

she turned to look at Jake, but he avoided her eyes and said

"I'm sorry" suddenly tom spoke

"Just tell us what's your secret so we can finally go home."

"tom..." Claire reached for tom, but he jerked away from her as he yelled

"don't touch me!" Claire felt heartbroken as if someone tore a hole through her chest and crushed her heart into a million little pieces. she felt like she was about to cry, but the tears just wouldn't come out.

"fine... you wanna know my secret? fine. my mom is a descendant of the oracle Delfi, which means I have a slight ability to see the future" to prove her point, Claire took a deep breath, concentrated and turned to look tom and jake as she said

"tom, in the next two minutes you're going to bump into a wall, yell at the wall, kick the wall and get very annoyed and frustrated. jake, in another two minutes you will get very annoyed, and you and tom will start arguing" she frowned, as she started to say

"Zoe and sam, while the boys are fighting you will try to calm them down bu-" suddenly she felt a gust of wind, and when she opened her eyes she saw an enchantingly beautiful hall. this place is so enchanting and beautiful! thought Claire. she felt as if she was in the presence of magic itself! suddenly she felt a hole in her chest, and she remembered what had happened mere seconds before.

"don't worry my dear child. soon you won't remember a thing" 

chapter 1

Claire

*beep beep beep*

great. another day at my annoying school, Crestwood high. Claire yawned, and kept thinking about her weird dream, and about the voice she had heard. the voice had sounded very familiar, and she got this feeling that she heard that voice several times before. she sighed, heaved herself out of bed. Claire was just an average blonde girl. she had blonde hair and blue eyes. she wasn't short, but she wasn't that tall either. as she got dressed, she heard her parents whispering in the kitchen. the moment she entered the kitchen, her parents immediately stopped whispering. as she brushed her teeth she heard her parents start whispering again. she strained her ears and she swore she heard her mother something about a maze of secrets. once she finished getting ready, she heard her mother say her name. she felt slightly annoyed as she burst into the kitchen

"what are you talking about? why did you say my name? and, WHAT THE HELL IS THE MAZE OF SECRETS?" the moment Claire's mother heard the words 'the maze of secrets' Claire swore that her mother looked a tad paler than usual. her mother smiled sadly as she said

"nothing honey. just stay safe" Claire didn't understand then what her mother had meant, but all that was about to change. in fact, her whole world was about to change.

just before she left, her mother hugged her, and Claire suspected that she had slipped something into her backpack while they hugged.

...

when she got to school she found her best friends, Bianca, and anna gathering around her locker. the moment her friends saw her, they looked at her with a worried look upon their faces.

"Did something happen?" Bianca asked

"no...why?" Claire asked

"cause Mr. Johnson wants you at his office" Anna said

"how do you know that?"

"We passed by him in the hall and he told us to tell you that once you got to school" Bianca answered

"do you know why he wants me in his office?"

"no, not really. he just told us that it was something about a group project. also, he said that you might want to bring your backpack with you." anna said. Claire frowned as she said

"oh ok, thanks"

...

once Claire got to Mr. Johnson's office she saw her fellow classmates, Zoe, Jake, Tom, and his twin sister, Sam. Sam and Tom had brown eyes and black hair. sam's best friend, Zoe, gave claire a dirty look. Zoe had dark brown skin and beautiful black eyes. jake had random brown hair and eyes. the second Mr. Johnson spotted claire he said

"good. you're all here. we can finally begin. basically, y'all are supposed to be friends, and do some stuff" Zoe looked at him as if he was crazy as she said

"Are you sure? cause I think you got the wrong people" Mr. Johnson sighed as he said

"you don't believe me, do you?" he sighed, again, and suddenly there was a blinding flash of light, and instead of Mr. Johnson, there was a yellow genie standing in his place.

"wait... are you supposed to be the genie from Aladdin or something? cause I think you're the wrong color." Jake said. Mr. Johnson's nostrils flared as he said

"How dare you?! I'll have you know, the 'genie from Aladdin' was based of off me!"

"ohhh. so like what do you do?" Jake asked. Mr. Johnson pointed at himself as he asked

"nothing? don't I remind you of anybody?" Jake shook his head, and Mr. Johnson grumbled as he said

"ugh, you puny mortals. you have all this technology and you can't even learn anything useful. basically, you need to be friends or I'll have to resort to drastic matters."

"What are the drastic matters?" tom asked

"oh, you know, the usual. I'll just have to throw you into the maze of secrets"

"you have three seconds to decide if you prefer to become friends by yourselves or if you prefer to enter the maze," he added

"one" Zoe looked puzzled as she said

"wait... what?"

"two"

"wait, you already started counting?!" Jake asked. he looked as if he was really panicking as he said that.

"three" Mr. Johnson smiled wickedly as he opened a portal and said

"Oops, time's up" he pushed them into the portal and the last thing claire heard was

"How is it that you mortals say it these days? oh right, YEET"