At Crucible High everyone is always doing something shady or spreading rumors, but this time it got out of hand.  Our story begins with a new foreign exchange student named Latasha, who came in from Columbia.  She also brought with her new drugs.  To be exact, she brought cocaine.

            On the first day of school Latasha quickly made friends with her fellow seniors.  This group of girls decided to go hang out at the back of the school, because Latasha wanted to show the girls something she brought with her from Columbia.  When the girls arrived to the hang out, Latasha revealed some freshly processed cocaine.  At first, all the girls gasped and wondered what was going on.  Latasha replied, “Don’t worry, doing it one time won’t hurt and it’s really fun.”             The girls were very skeptical about doing the cocaine.  One of the bravest and most inquisitive girls was Allisa.  She came from a smart family, and was always pressured by her parents to get straight A’s.  Allisa was short, blonde and most people know her as the girl with really bad kankles.  Anyways, Allisa was willing to try it out of curiosity.  The girls that were with her (who were Jackie Dorris, Kary Lauren, and Lacey Luis) watched as Allisa willingly sniffed the white powder.

            The three other girls soon followed Allisa’s lead.  Jackie tried it right after Allisa.  Jackie always followed Allisa around and adored her like a god.  Jackie was a small girl that had blonde hair and blue eyes.  Next to go was Lacey.  Lacey was the person in the group who was just kind of there.  She would fit  the definition of a follower.  Lacey was very self-conscious because of her weight.  Last to go was Kary.  She was the most reluctant.  Kary was the innocent girl of the group, who always tried to do what’s right.

            A while later, after the high from the cocaine was gone, everyone was laughing and wanting to do hits again.  Then, suddenly, the five girls heard footsteps in the distance.  To their horror, it was principal Dorris!  Principal Dorris was related to Allisa and Jackie;  he not only was their principal, but also their uncle.  His most obvious characteristic was that he was a midget, but he was very serious and strict and most people wouldn’t dare make fun of him.  Forgetting to pick up the remnants of the cocaine, they all quickly tried to vanish out of sight.  But suddenly the girls tripped over a tree trunk and fell on their faces.  They got away, but principal Dorris got a glimpse of them.  As the girls caught up to each other, gasping for air, they vowed to never confess to doing the cocaine.

            On the next day of school, as the girls were sitting in class, one by one they were called into the principal’s office.  Scared and timid, they came into principal Dorris’ office.  Principal Dorris told all the girls to have a seat.  Then he pulled out the remnants of the cocaine and asked, “What were you girls doing behind the school yesterday?”

             At first no one said anything, and they all denied having been involved with the half empty cocaine bag.  Even though Principal Dorris was related to two of the girls, he did not want his tough reputation to be diminished.  So principal Dorris said, “I don’t want to, but you all will be expelled unless someone confesses to what happened.”

            Allisa, the leader of the group, was afraid of being expelled.  She was a straight A student and didn’t want her scholarship to Harvard be taken away. 

“Latasha was the culprit and pressured us into doing the drug.” Allisa replied.

            “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” exclaimed Latasha.  But Principal  Dorris believed his own blood over a Columbian exchange student.

            ”Latasha, tell me what is going on or I have no choice but to turn you into the police,” Principal Dorris lashed out.  Latasha fearfully had to tell a lie to get out of the situation.

            “I got my cocaine from the teachers,” said Latasha.  All the girls agreed to the statement, because they didn’t want their cocaine supplier to be arrested.

            “Which teachers were involved?” asked Dorris.

            Allisa replied, “It was the Hectors.  I’ve seen them giving away cocaine to kids around the school, saying that it is harmless.”

            “Oh that’s interesting.  We will catch the suppliers, and I’m sorry for you girls being caught in the middle of the situation,” said the principal.  All of the girls were relieved and were excused back to class.

            The next day many of the students of Crucible high were gathered around the principal’s office. The assistant principal of the school was in the room also; he was principal Ford.  As Allisa and the other girls got closer to the glass window, they couldn’t quite see who was in the room, but they did see two figures in the back.  Principal Dorris saw the girls and waved them into the room.  Meanwhile principal Ford shut the curtains so no one could see what was happening.  The two figures they saw in the room were Mr. and Mrs. Hector, two of the school’s teachers.  They were glaring at the girls.  Principal Dorris began the conversation by saying, “Sit down.  We need to talk.”

            Principal Dorris looked at Allisa painstakingly and said, “Both the Hectors denied having any cocaine, and said they would never sell illegal drugs to teens.”

            “They are lying, and we saw them dealing the cocaine to kids around the school,” accused Allisa.  The teachers were disgusted with the remark and began yelling at the girls.  Principal Ford shut everyone up, so Principal Dorris could continue talking.

            “You girls need to come up with hard evidence by tomorrow that the teachers are selling cocaine, or I have no choice but to expel you all.”  The girls looked at each other with a sickening glare.  Principal Dorris then looked at the Hectors and said, “If you are caught selling any illegal drug you will be fired and arrested immediately.”

            “You don’t have to worry about that; these girls are just looking for a way out of their troubles and are blaming us.  We have no drugs,” said Mr. Hector.

            Later on in the day, while Allisa was in Mr. Hector’s Calculus class, Mr. Hector glared at Allisa all period.  Mr. Hector knew that this class was her only B, and he thought this was her way to get back at him for failing her on a test.  After class Mr. Hector pulled Allisa aside.

            “Why are you accusing me and my wife of selling cocaine?  This is an outrage!” exclaimed Mr. Hector.  Then Allisa began to stare at Mr. Hector deviously.

            “I need your help to get an A in this class.” Dumbfounded by anger, Mr. Hector grabbed Allisa by the throat.  Allisa was terrified because Mr. Hector was

extremely tall and used to be a professional body builder.

            “I will only give you an A in this class if you deserve it, and if you keep making these false accusations I will fail you instantly!” yelled Mr. Hector  as he pushed her to the side. 

            Stunned, Allisa got up and scurried out of his class.  Allisa was mad and decided that Mr. Hector couldn’t  fail her if he was in jail.  Allisa thought of a devious plan to falsely incriminate Mr. and Mrs. Hector.  Allisa then texted all of her friends that were involved in the cocaine incident, and said to meet her outside the school at 12:00 midnight.

            It was past midgnight when all the girls finally met outside of the school.  All of them were curious why they were asked to come here.  “Latasha, do you have any more bags of cocaine on you?” Allisa asked.

            “Of course I do,” said Latasha.

            “Great.  This is perfect.  Here’s what we are going to do.  We’re going to sneak into Mr. and Mrs. Hector’s classrooms and put the cocaine in their desks.  Then in the morning, we will go into the principals office and say that we saw where the teachers stashed their cocaine.”  At first the girls’ guilt came into mind,  and they had confused looks on their faces.  Kary Lauren was the most worried.

            “Are you sure about this?” asked Kary.  “Is it really worth it to go through all of this?  We should just tell the truth.” Allisa looked at Kary and slapped her across the face.

            “What are you thinking?  I will not get my scholarship to Harvard taken away because some nobody felt guilty!”  Allisa gathered herself and told everyone where to go.  Latasha went with Allisa to Mr. Hector’s room and the other three girls went to Mrs. Hector’s room.  Luckily the doors were unlocked, thanks to Allisa’s quick thinking after school.  The girls put their cocaine into the desks, then hurried out.  They all went back home, knowing tomorrow would determine their fates.

            The next morning as Allisa was walking to her first period class, she was called to the Principal’s office.  As she walked into the room, she saw the two Hectors and all of her friends.

            “Sit down,” Principal Dorris said.  He was straightforward and got right to the point. “Where is the evidence I need?”  Allisa looked him in the eye.

            “I saw the Hectors stashing their cocaine in their desks.”

            “They are liars.  They are falsely accusing us,” said Mrs. Hector.  The girls started to yell at the Hectors and vise versa.  Principal Dorris calmed everyone down.

            “I will go to Mr. Hector’s room and Principal Ford will go to Mrs. Hector’s room and if we find any hard evidence of cocaine we will take immediate action.”             So Principal Dorris walked up to Mr. Hectors classroom door, opened it,  and walked in.  Allisa and Mr. Hector were right behind him.  Allisa pointed to the desk with the cocaine in it.

            “There.  That’s were he put it.”  Principal Dorris leaned over the desk, opened it, and to his shock he saw the bag of fresh cocaine lying there.

 He looked over to Mr. Hector.

            “I’m calling the cops immediately.”  As soon as Principal Dorris made that remark, Principal Ford came in the room.

            “I didn’t find anything,” said Principal Ford.  Principal Dorris was confused.

            “What’s going on?  The husband has cocaine but the wife doesn’t?” Just then Kary Lauren looked at Principal Dorris.

            “The teachers are innocent they have no cocaine.  We set them up so we wouldn’t get in trouble.”  Kary pulled out the cocaine Latasha had from last night.  “See, this is the cocaine Allisa wanted me to put in Mrs. Hector’s desk.”

            Allisa was shocked and had to think of something quick. “Kary have you gone crazy?  I didn’t want it to come to this, but I have to tell the truth.” Allisa looked at Principal Dorris.  “Kary is working with the Hectors.  They all supply kids with the cocaine.”

            All the girls started to cry.

            “Sorry Kary, but it’s for your own good,” said Allisa.

            “Wait a second,” said Mr. Hector.  “Allisa, you have no evidence that you are telling the truth.  That cocaine Kary is holding is not hers.”

            “I see what your doing Mr. Hector, trying to get all three of you out of trouble, but it won’t work.  Follow me Uncle Dorris, here’s the proof you are looking for.”  Allisa lead everyone to Kary’s locker. “Open it Kary.”

            Kary looked at Allisa stupidly and opened her locker.  To everyones surprise, three full bowls of cocaine were staring right at them.  (The night before Latasha and Allisa didn’t go home.  Instead they secretly stashed the three bowls insude Kary’s locker, knowing she was going to crack.)

            “Explain that Kary,” said Allisa.

            The next couple months went by, and no one said anything about the incident.  Kary and the Hectors got sentences of three years in jail for selling illegal substances to minors.  Ironically, Allisa got her scholarship taken away from her later in the year anyways, because she got caught cheating on her Calculus final.  Also, the other girls confessed the whole situation after their senior year was over, but unfortunately Allisa was never seen again after she graduated.  This story went down in Crucible High history, and everyone always talked about the selfish girl who accused three innocent people of selling cocaine.