Madison Piercerjade's Arc

Chapter 1 of 2

Madison Piercerjade smoothed her white dress with the pink leopard print and stepped into the clubhouse in her black high heels. She was fifteen, sharp-eyed, and certain she belonged at the head of this club. The loud girl was already talking too much by the giant plush bunny statue near the entrance. Madison ignored her and counted the girls she still needed on her side. A new girl stood across the room. Sierra Woodfin. She had claimed the big cushioned reading nook beside the tall kangaroo fixture, planting herself as far from Madison as the room allowed. Sierra held up a pink diary covered in koala stickers. Madison's stomach dropped. She knew that book. She knew every page. "Madison cheats," Sierra said, loud and clear. "On every test. It's all written right here." The girls by the bunny statue went silent. Heads turned. The loud girl smiled like she had won something she hadn't even fought for. Madison kept her chin up, but the room had already shifted. Her plan needed numbers, and Sierra had just taken them. The diary snapped shut in Sierra's hand. Madison stood alone, and now she had a real enemy with real proof.