The class stood silent as Monokuma let out a loud cackle. "Wowee! Twice it shall be! You've correctly identified the culprit again! The one that smashed Swift Justice's bones to bits was the one and only Clover Penny! Well...Enterna..."
"C-Clover..." Bud looked depressingly at her. "You didn't...you didn't have to kill him you know...?"
"I know that..." Clover sniffled. "It was in the moment, I had no control over what I was doing and before I realised it I had killed Swift." She shivered as she spoke. "I still remember seeing the blood spray out of him...t-that stench of it made me want to throw up and- and- and-" She began to hyperventilate.
"C-calm down!" Quick yelled. "We get it, you were acting in self-defence that isn't your fault, Clo!"
"Swift must hate me for what I did! I could have stopped myself, I didn't have to kill him! It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's al-!" There was *Whap!* sound as everyone was silenced by the artist that had just slapped Clover back into reality.
"...why in Equestria would Swift hate you for what you did?" She raised an eyebrow.
"I...I killed him, didn't I...?" Clover rubbed her cheek and drying her eyes. "There's no way in hell that he would forgive me for it..."
"I wouldn't think like that. What you did was purely out-of-control self-defence. Swift was an attorney, he must have had plenty of experience in that sort of field...actions that one wouldn't usually do. There is a lot of room for forgiveness..."
Clover went silent for a small period of time before giving a weak smile. "Even if I'm going to die...I want to know that you'd all forgive me for what I did..." The other twelve gave each other small looks to each other.
"I...I'd forgive you..." Bud nodded. "Even if you had hurt me...sometimes it's easier to let it go..."
"This is killing someone though." Memory pointed out. "This is a much bigger thing...but under the circumstances...I suppose anyone is up for being forgiven..."
"Thank you...that's all I need to hear." Clover nodded. "Though. If I am going to die then I should show you all what I really am..." She stepped back from everyone, closing her eyes as a brief flash of a green light engulfed her body, revealing who Clover really was.
"I think I need to re-introduce myself...while I have the chance. My name is Enterna, I'm the Super Middle School Level Luckster." She smiled. What stood before everyone was the same exact person in the profile, the long black hair and grey eyes. The dark blue eye-patch that covered her left eye.
"C-Clover..." Clip's eyes widened. "I can't believe that all along...you were really a Changeling."
"What's with the eye-patch? Do you only have one eye like a pirate?!" Laser asked giddily. Enterna frowned as she fiddled with the strap of the patch.
"No...it's an injury that my elder brother caused, changed the colour of my eye to a red half and a green half. I hate it, I see things I shouldn't see because of it."
"Like what? What can you see?" Rip raised an eyebrow.
"I can see people's true natures by their background colours. Like an aura...I haven't looked at anyone like that though...I can if you want me to, this could be the last way I can help you all before I die."
"Enterna, even before death you want to help everyone..." Bright smirked. "Even if you were hiding behind Clover...we knew exactly who you were."
"Yeah..." Enterna reached for her eye-patch, sliding it off and letting it fall to the floor. She blinked a few times, revealing the swirling half-blue, half-green eye. "Most of you are very positively natured...urh!" She paled, stopping at Memory and Toxic. "Y-you two..."
"Enterna?" Quick's eyes widened. "What's wrong? What do you see?"
"Weeeeeeellllll!" Monokuma interrupted. "I think that's more than enough time to get to know her!"
"W-wait! You can't interrupt me now!" Enterna panicked.
"I've prepared a veeeeeery special punishment for the 'Super Middle School Level Gardener', Clover Penny! In her place though...will be the 'Super Middle School Level Luckster', Enterna!"
"Okay, okay really quickly then! The ones with the fake personas are-"
"Let's get this underway!"
"It's Toxic and-"
"Iiiiiiiiiiit's PUNISHMENT TIME!!!"
A large red button had risen from the ground and a small wooden gavel had materialised into Monokuma's paw. He gave one last laugh before hitting the button.
Gamer Over!
Enterna/Clover Penny has been found guilty!
Commencing Execution!
Before Enterna could finish her sentence, the same chain that carried away Boom in the last trial, wrapped around Enterna's neck, dragging her away to the execution room. The monitor buzzed before displaying Enterna, stood in the middle of a huge garden surrounded by large plants and vegetation, propped up against a sharp pole.
Enterna/Clover Penny's Execution
Pulling the Weeds.
After a small pause, the plants around Enterna started to release pollen into the air that slowly fell down and covering her. As she started to breathe the pollen in, she started to go pale and her eyes went bloodshot. The more pollen that was released, the more her condition worsened.
When they stopped pollenating, some sprouts began to grow at a rapid rate, revealing to be large Venus Fly-Traps that snagged onto Enterna's arms and legs and lifting her into the air.
The plants started to put at her, fighting over who got her and before there was any real victory in the four-way game of tug-o-war, Enterna was released after felling her arms and legs break and fell onto the sharp pole that she had been leaning against she had been laid against before, impaling her.
Everybody's faces had turned grim. Clouded with despair, everyone was forced into a silence that none of the students would have been able to break if it wasn't for the fact that one figure there wasn't a student.
"Kyahahahahaha!" Monokuma cackled. "I think that one was better than boring ol' Boom Box's execution, what do you all think?"
"Shut up, you bastard..." Quick muttered darkly. "You killed Clo'...and you've killed Boom..."
"Well they knew the rules of the game, I explained it very clearly. It's their own fault for acting out and causing havoc!" Monokuma defended.
"Enterna's case was self-defence you little bitch!" Aqua snapped. "She should have gotten a chance if it was Swift trying to kill her first!"
"She still took a life, didn't she? Whether it was in self-defence or not, she's still a murderer." The bear rubbed the back of his head. "Just sayin' don't hate the player, hate the game."
"Did you just-?!"
"I have a question..." Pure murmured, cutting Laser off. "Did...did Swift really try to kill Clover, Enterna or whatever her name was?"
"Well yeah." Monokuma nodded. "But...I wonder who on earth he could have been doing all of this for...? He's dead though so I guess we'll never know!"
"It must have been for me." Pure nodded. "He had a reason for picking me to come along to the crime scene and it obviously wasn't to kill me..."
"Now what though?" Clip combed his hair back. "Are we just going to back like this didn't happen?"
"We did that once, we have no other option, do we? Any other choice would result in us being killed." Memory pointed out. Clip nodded with a glare focused on Memory.
"I guess...we should head back to the hotel then, right?" Rip asked.
"I suppose so." Bright wrote something in her book. "Let's head back, this has been rough for everyone." Quietly, everyone exited the trial room through the elevator and down Monokuma Rock.
Four of us are dead now. Why though? Why are we trapped here? What is the person doing this gaining from it? There are still so many things I don't get... Techno sighed inwardly.
Back at the hotel, like last time, Techno was sitting by the pool staring at the glistening waters. "Enterna...now that I think about it, we never learned her second name...what does it matter though?"
"Techno?" He heard a high pitched voice call his name. At first his mind thought that it could have been Smile though..."How come your sitting out here? It's freezing..." It was Rip, accompanied by Aqua.
"I could ask you two the same thing...I'm gonna come here after each trial." He faced the water again as Aqua sat by the poolside next to him.
"To what, mourn? Are you some sort of emo or something?" She smirked.
"You know you could try being a little sensitive..." Techno replied flatly.
"Just trying to lighten to mood and shit..." She leaned back.
"I'm not sure why you came out here though. I came here because swimming makes me calm and there's no rule against swimming during night-time." Rip smiled, stretching.
"Wait...you want to go swimming? Right now?" Techno asked slightly surprised.
"Mmhm! It'll take my mind off things. Plus this thing will dries really quick so there's never a problem." Rip nodded before she jumped into the pool and started doing laps around the edge.
"Aqua..." Techno looked at the earth pony to his left. "What you said during the trial..."
"Because, Clover...Clover's my friend." Everyone seemed genuinely surprised by that statement, even Paint broke her poker face for a split second. "I didn't want to say anything because I'd be forced into a friendship...and what if she died like she's about to if you vote for her?"
"Was this because you were investigating Second Island with her when it was made available to us...?" Memory guessed.
"Yeah. She didn't try and force herself to become friends with me, she wasn't annoying...well...not as annoying as the rest of you and she didn't even think of the fact that I was basically taking advantage of her abilities as a unicorn."
"Was everything you said about Enterna true?"
"Yeah, I guess it was." Aqua looked up at the stars. "It's weird though, I usually distance myself from people because I see them as distractions from what I do...I felt like she was different though, like she would help me instead of hindering me. You know what I mean?"
"Yeah, it's same thing I went through when I made my first friend. I had already started inventing by that point so I thought that if I hung out with him, I'd stop inventing...but he inspired me."
"Really? What was his name...?"
"Rumble. We went to school together when we were back in Equestria's mainland..."
"Is he what's motivating you to get off of here?" Aqua stared at Techno.
"Partly...my friends and my family are what's keeping me going, what about you?"
"My older sister back on the farm is why I want to go home. She can get confused with things pretty easily and she asks way too many questions...but she could be worse, I guess."
"Y'know everyone in our group has an older sibling..." Rip informs them, swimming up beside the two. "What are the odds, right?"
"Yeah. I'm the youngest of four." Techno rubbed the back of his head.
"Middle of three, you're the middle of five, aren't you?" Aqua asked Rip who responded with a nod. The three stayed in a relaxed silence, looking up at the stars in the night sky. Techno looked at the two girls and said.
"We're getting out of here soon, I can feel it." Techno smiled contently. "I know we will...because there's no way that they'll be any more murders after everything we've been through..." Aqua and Rip nodded as they headed back to their cabins for the night.
Over in Jabberwock Park, the pink Pegasus stood staring at the statue in the middle of the square. He turned as he heard footsteps approaching.
"You wanted to see me here?" Memory raised an eyebrow. "It's really late, Clip. You should be getting some sleep, lack of rest can be bad for psychological health and-"
"Listen." Clip raised a hand to silence Memory's lecture. "I know who you really are...and I know that Enterna realised it too." Memory paused before letting out a small chuckle.
"What in Equestria are you talking about? Maybe you've been so deprived of sleep already that you've started to imagine things."
"I heard what you were saying during the investigation. Just who do you think you are? Acting as if everyone here are just your pawns!" Clip gritted his teeth.
"Feh..." Memory waved a hand to brush off the statement. "You sure do like to make stuff up, dont'cha?"
"I ain't crazy, honey! I know what I heard!"
"Whatever..." Memory grinned. "You can believe what you want but you have one problem to deal with...who exactly will believe you if you tell somebody? You were going to talk to Techno after the trail weren't you?"
"I was...but Techy seemed far too distraught to hear it. I know he'd just become unreasonable and get mad at me for even suggesting the idea...but in the morning, I'll expose you for who you really are. Do you understand?!"
"Haha..." Memory laughed faintly. "You are just hilarious, do you know that? Go ahead! Do it! I promise you that nobody will even bat an eye at the thought of me not being who I show myself to be." Memory turned to walk off.
"I'll expose you...I'll make sure to expose you..." Clip muttered.
Off in the bushes, a third student hid in the shadows, listening in on their conversation.
"Crap...has he started to remember already...? This is bad, this is not according to plan!" The figure grunted before running off into the night, leaving Clip alone in the park...
Chapter 2: Deception, Disguises and Discord.
End.