《The Scratchers Among Us》 Prologue Lilly hurried to her room for the zoom meeting with her friends: Alyelle, Sterlon, and Skelly, as well as her pretty famous potato twin Potatoanimator (nicknamed Potato). Potato yelled from the other room to hurry up and join the zoom and as she ran to her desk and started to pull on her headphones and mike, Potato came into her room with the camera pointed towards her And here is my sister, Lilly. She''s a little slow. Lilly yelled teasingly to Potato to quit it and go back to his room. Potato walked back to his room while telling Alyelle (the only person that was on at the time), about the time that she had logged onto one zoom that Alyelle had missed and had accidentally turned off her speakers leaving everyone else to scream into their mics trying to get Lillys attention. Lilly hurriedly dismissed his complaining and proceeded to press the launch meeting button. When she joined she decided to get back at her twin and retorted a smart remark containing an event about one of Potatos mistakes and to her pleasure Potato gave her the look that meant This is war as well as a small glare and a smile. Alyelle repeatedly told everyone to be quiet and tell her the code for the among us game as she had unfortunately missed the zoom meeting last week which had had one of the greatest and most exciting among us games of all Scratch. To Lillys relief Skelly finally joined the game. Now she had her competition, some games were no fun without experienced players and he was one of the only ones in the loop of friends she had. Sterlon had also just joined and also to Lillys relief since Sterlon was the number one person she wanted to defeat after Skelly. Last game Sterlon had defeated her terribly in the first minutes of the game. Without Sterlon and Skelly, games were normally a few minutes. With Lillys whole gang of friends she started the among us game and repeated the code for everyone to hear.The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Chapter 1 - One Weird Among Us Game Lilly had watched her screen with her breath tight in her throat waiting to be let out until suddenly, all at once, it was pushed out by the pressure of the giant hurray Lilly had let out when she saw and heard the imposter music on her phone. Luckily, Lilly was muted and the door to her room was closed and no one heard her cry of triumph. Lilly had always had her among us avatar as a cyan color and a cherry hat. It was her thing and everyone recognized her when she had it on. Lilly as quietly as you can on among us sneaked up on Skelly in the navigation room and to his surprise, in the first few seconds of her sneaking around, pounced on Skellys character and no one saw as Skelly himself was sucked up into a portal. Potato, not being an imposter, sadly walked around doing tasks, trying to watch for people following him. Potato was very good at doing this and was known for it around the Scratch school. He had defeated many people including his sister a few times using this technique. Potato thought to himself, wondering who the imposter could be, but didnt notice as Lilly sneaked up on him in the med. and was instantly sucked into the faint purple light that he had seen on his monitor in the corner of his eye when Skelly had stopped talking. He gave a scream and heard Lillys shout sound decrease as he disappeared into the light. Lilly thought to herself Now only Sterlon and Alyelle are left. The two people I hadnt expected to stay in the game for that long. Lilly had always taken among us games seriously and had never failed among us to anyone except Skelly, Alyelle, Potato, and Sterlon. Lilly had taken Alyelle as an average player until she and Alyelle became friends only months ago. Alyelle was her top gaming friend and Alyelle almost always played any game with Lilly. Lilly started to forget about Alyelle as she spotted Sterlon on cams. She rushed to the spot where he was and was about to make him leave the game when he suddenly pressed the red button. No! How did I not see that he was right next to that! The chat and voting list pulled up and Lilly satisfyingly smiled at the amount of people she had sent out of the game and no one had seen. Alyelle typed into the chat: I think it''s Sterlon Sterlon rapidly came to his defense and said: It was Lilly. Im sure of it. I saw Potatos body in med. while I was running away from her.'''' Lilly gave a cry of anguish and decided to tell Alyelle something that would make her suspicious of Sterlon: I was only trying to get to the med. because I had a task there. I need to do a scan and Sterlon happened to be going the same way. How do you know Sterlon wasn''t following me? Sterlon grunted and decided to try not to get on Lillys bad side. Fine, I believe you but Im still if-y on the med thing. Ill come and watch you scan. Lillys forehead started to sweat when she thought of a great plan! She smugly smiled and typed in: Sure, why not. Alyelle, coming to Lillys defense, told everyone to vote for nobody in case Sterlon had any plans to vote one of her best friends. Alyelle quickly voted nobody and then everyone followed after her. As Alyelle walked to the Oxygen room she thought to herself: Im pretty sure it''s Sterlon. He is trying to frame Lilly because she is so good... But while she was thinking to herself she didnt notice a mysterious red glint in the corner of her phone. Sterlon was walking with Lilly to the med. when suddenly Lilly turned around and then he was a ghost. Argh! How did I not see that coming?! but his complaints were cut off as Sterlon was sucked into a portal. Lilly shouted a hurrah but it was interrupted...Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. Chapter 2 - Realization
Chapter 3 - When Things Go Straight Up Wrong Lilly rushed to Alyelles side and explained everything on among us and unmuted herself on zoom. Okay, I really did kill Sterlon and Im the imposter but that doesnt matter! I saw an among us avatar that wasnt any of ours. I didnt see him enter the waiting room before I started the game and regardless the game was on private mode. How could it guess the code? Anyway, hurry we have to leave the game before it crashes our phones we gotta go. Alyelle surprised at Lillys admission to being imposter and even more startling, a hacker?! She had never been in a game with one of those and she knew someone that had had to get a new account on among us because a hacker had tracked him down in every game. Alyelle hurried to press the settings button and left the game but as soon as she did she found herself in the among us waiting room. But not her avatar on the phone, she was dressed in a pink suit and she found all of her friends except for Lilly around her. What happened?! Where am I?! Skelly exclaimed: Dont panic! As long as Lilly is still out there in real life she can save us! Lilly had just started to press the settings button when suddenly the K person jumped from behind her where she hadnt seen him and then.. She found herself surrounded by all her friends.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. Chapter 4 - The Enemy Potato groaned in despair What are we going to do? Lilly is here and there is no one that can save us! Suddenly as can be the same groan came from the ceiling when people entered the waiting room sounded and Lilly yelled Its K! Sterlon and Skelly at the same time in confusion and surprise asked Who is K? Lilly pushed Potato to the side before he was squished by the mysterious person.. No time to explain! Alyelle duck! Alyelle ducked to the right and ended up standing next to Sterlon and Skelly opposite Lilly and Potato. Alyelle screamed in fear Who are you and what are you doing here?! In a croaky yet scary and deep sounding voice K boomed I am Kaj. I was once the ruler of Scratch but now now Im stuck in this game and Ive sucked you in too. Sterlon in a surprised but still scared tone yelled back Kaj? I thought that you were history and you got banned! What are you doing here? Kaj muttered in a reply: I was banned... Then with more confidence he replied: BUT.. Ive come back for revenge on Scratch here in Among Us. Among Us never did anything to make me feel offended so this place isnt hurting Among Us and no other online players are in their own real life battles.. But what''s going to happen to us? Are you going to keep us trapped in here forever? Kajs voice made Lilly cringe but nonetheless he answered Alyelles question No.. well be playing and Among Us game and youll all be participatingThe tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Chapter 5 - Reciting the Rules Potato groaned in despair What are we going to do? Lilly is here and there is no one that can save us! Suddenly as can be the same groan came from the ceiling when people entered the waiting room sounded and Lilly yelled Its K! Sterlon and Skelly at the same time in confusion and surprise asked Who is K? Lilly pushed Potato to the side before he was squished by the mysterious person.. No time to explain! Alyelle duck! Alyelle ducked to the right and ended up standing next to Sterlon and Skelly opposite Lilly and Potato. Alyelle screamed in fear Who are you and what are you doing here?! In a croaky yet scary and deep sounding voice K boomed I am Kaj. I was once the ruler of Scratch but now now Im stuck in this game and Ive sucked you in too. Sterlon in a surprised but still scared tone yelled back Kaj? I thought that you were history and you got banned! What are you doing here? Kaj muttered in a reply: I was banned... Then with more confidence he replied: BUT.. Ive come back for revenge on Scratch here in Among Us. Among Us never did anything to make me feel offended so this place isnt hurting Among Us and no other online players are in their own real life battles.. But what''s going to happen to us? Are you going to keep us trapped in here forever? Kajs voice made Lilly cringe but nonetheless he answered Alyelles question No.. well be playing and Among Us game and youll all be participatingLove this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Chapter 6 - “IT’S COMING TO GET US!!!” Cmon guys! Were going to beat this guy so hard hell wish he never had revenge against anything or anybody Lilly narrowed her eyes as she said what she hoped would motivate everyone to want to win. Um HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT?! HE IS THE IMPOSTER! WE ARE CREWMATES! Anyone who knows anything about Among Us knows that the only way to win is to either finish all your tasks or vote out the imposter. And if we werent even the people who set up the settings for the amount and hardness of the tasks then we know for sure that Kaj did and what are the chances Kaj would make it easy on us? Skelly didnt literally scream as he said this but the tone of his voice indicated that he meant it. If Lilly and Skelly were in a cartoon then there would be smoke coming out of Skellys ears. Woah, woah, woah! Calm down Skelly Im sorry! You cant just take this like its a normal game! Lives could be at stake here! Skelly then stomped off heading towards the security room using the go through the hall that has med. near it way. Sterlon ran after Skelly calling after him to wait up. Then Potato betrayed Lilly and followed after Skelly and Sterlon. As he walked towards the group Potato turned his head around following Lillys gaze toward Alyelle. Skelly beckoned Alyelle to follow them but Alyelle stuck with Lilly. After Alyelles refusal Skelly and his group kept walking forward away from Lilly and Alyelle. Thanks Alyelle, I really appreciate it. A black figure was heading rapidly towards them from the med. Lilly and Alyelle ran as fast as possible towards the security room. This had taken a while because unlike in real life, Lilly and Alyelle didnt have much endurance and weren''t able to walk fast. No! Kaj mustve made walking slow for us in the settings! After about 5 minutes they reached the security rooms hall and when they were about to enter Alyelle bumped into someone and screamed.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. Chapter 7 - A New Member Lilly ran as quickly as she could to where Alyelle had been standing and found someone in a yellow suit and flowers on what looked like a her. Who are you? Kaj said that no one else was going to be sucked up inside the portal!? Lilly stood dumbfounded as she stared at the girl who had just appeared out of nowhere and seemed to be just as dumbfounded as her even a little more. OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY GOODNESS!!! EEEK I CANT BELIEVE IT!! I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE IM IN THE SAME AMONG US GAME AS POTATOBEAR616, POTATOANIMATER, BERRICAKE, STERLON, AND HUNTEDSKELLY!! Lilly looked behind her to find her brother, Skelly and Sterlon. After screaming for quite a while the new girl finally calmed down a bit and tried to introduce herself. Where are my manners! Im Olivia_08824 on Scratch (but you call me Olivia) and its an honor to meet you guys! Youre really popular and have like A MILLION followers!! Ive followed every single one of you and oh my goodness!! I cant believe its you!! Lilly was still a little skeptical about the girl. Where had she come from? It had been a private Among Us meeting and it was impossible for her to get here without the code and what were the chances shed be able to guess it?! And the fact that she was a Scratcher and knew them made it even more confusing Uh hi? Im Potatobear616 but for now you can call me Lilly I do have a question for you though. Howd you get here? It was a private Among Us meeting. Well I was just playing a game when someone in a black suit came up and the weird part was that he or she was glitching! Anyway, he or she followed me around to some places and I happened to be right next to him or her when I was about to leave the game and then I was here! Potato was seeming to also be doubtful and asked M-hm thats cool. Um guys? I was wondering if we could talk in private for a sec. Okay! Ill wait here for you. Olivia backed away into the corner and paused to look in front of her, shot a smile at Lilly and kept backing up. The whole gang walked back into the security room and questioned Potato on what he had in mind. Well Olivia_08824 is nice and all but she must be what Kaj was talking about (as in the rule Kaj talked about) and if Kaj mentioned her then it gives me even more reasons to be a little uncomfortable with trusting her. I was hoping you guys would agree to keep and keep an eye on her and make her give a little more information on herself. Sterlon gave a casual sure but I dont see what we have to worry about just a fan A fan that HAPPENED to be in this exact game at this time think about it why would Kaj bring someone else? She most likely doesnt have a lot of followers considering Ive never heard of her so Kaj doesnt want revenge on her but- RING, RING, RING!!The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Chapter 8 - Is Kaj the Imposter? Everyone covered their ears and Sterlon asked WHAT IS THAT!!? If Sterlon hadnt yelled no one would have been able to understand what he had said. I THINK SOMEONE SABOTAGED SOMETHING!! Skelly began to choke as he said this. AND IM PRETTY SURE ITS O2! Everyone ran towards the O2 room and hurried to bring oxygen back into the spaceship. After finishing Lilly and her gang of friends went into navigation leaving Olivia in O2. Guys, we have to call an emergency meeting! Kaj is probably the imposter and weve gotta vote him out. Lilly whispered only in ear shot to those who were in the navigation room. Sterlon put on a what do you mean? We have no reason to face and explained what was obviously going on in his mind after seeing his expression What do you mean? We have no reason to. Just because Kaj is the bad guy doesn''t mean he''s the imposter. He probably didnt make himself the imposter thatd be no fun and Kaj is ALL about fun. I mean he probably isnt making us play this game just because of revenge but also because he thinks its fun. Lilly replied in defense, Well, how about we keep a closer eye on everyone just to make sure if any of us are the imposter well know. But Im saying Kaj is probably the imposter. Olivia called out in a Im really bored. voice and said Uh guys? Are you done in there? Yeah sorry Olivia. What do you think about being a spy for a plan of oursUnauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Chapter 9 - The Plan of the Good Guys Becomes the Plan of the Bad Guys Lilly told Olivia the plan. So I want you to go spy on Kaj for us. Tell us everything he says and does. I don''t know it sounds kind of scary... Please! For us? Alyelle begged. Fine but only because Im such a big fan and youre all being so nice about including me in your group. Olivia crept down the hall and went to see where Kaj was, and what he was doing. Once she saw him she made sure there were no cameras around and no one could see her. After checking, she told him what Lilly and the crew were planning. Thank you very much Olivia, you will be rewarded soon! Anything for you Master Oliva went back to the room where everyone was. Hes not doing anything, it''s weird hes just sitting there. Skelly was relieved.Well at least we know hes not planning anything if he IS imposter. Olivia thought to herself At least they think soTaken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. Chapter 10 - Consequences of Suspicion I need to use the bathroom, do you guys know where it is? Oliva asked. Uhh this is among us were characters, we cant use the bathroom. She just left... what if shes just using it as an excuse to leave again? What if shes an accomplice of Kaj? Potato thought. We should get started on our tasks. Skelly hurried to say. Good idea well meet up here again in 20 minutes, and remember to keep an eye out for Kaj. He could still be the imposter. said Potato. While all the kids were doing their tasks Olivia snuck out of sight and told Kaj that she was planning, Im going cause a fight between everyone and make everyone suspicious of the other. What an amazing idea, youre brilliant Why thank you Olivia walked back to the group. Once Olivia got back, Potato said he had one last task. Where is it? Lilly asked. Oh its in the electrical I just need to do the wires. Okay everyone lets get back to work! We need to finish all our tasks and hopefully, until we figure out who the imposter is, stay apart. Skelly announced. While Potato was walking to electrical he heard some strange noises from the cafeteria. Id better go check that out! he thought. When he got there he saw something that confirmed his suspicions. Good job Olivia our plan is working great! Kaj said excitedly. Olivia turned around as Potato was getting ready to run away. Wait you weren''t supposed to see that. Now well have to... Eliminate you! Please no no no I didnt see anything I promise!! Well you shouldnt have been here bye bye Potato. Soon afterwards Potato found himself as a GHOST!Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. Chapter 11 - The Plot Thickens When everyone met back up in security Lilly noticed Potato was not there. Lilly was not that concerned considering Potato usually was late on the first day of school but the little piece of her mind in the back of her brain was telling her that something was wrong, but Lilly didnt know what it was. She sat there ignoring everything that the others said, wondering what was wrong. She felt that something was fishy and it had to do with one of the crewmates but she didnt know what. She decided shed investigate but a few moments later she pushed the thought back to the back of her head as she tried to to concentrate on what everyone else was saying. Skelly ran to them with a skip on his step and said I finished all my tasks, all but in medbay! Anyone wanna watch me come scan? Sterlon? Alyelle? Lilly? Sterlon replied with a frightened look on his face Last time I did that I was betrayed and thats how I got here! I dont want to die again! Skelly had a questioning look on his face. Lilly expected that he was thinking about what Sterlon could mean. Skelly was the first one to be sent here so he hadnt been there when Lilly had killed Sterlon back when this was all just a game. Lilly told everyone she had a few more tasks to finish and headed towards electrical to see if Potato was still working on wires. She knew that it wouldnt take that long to finish that task, it was THAT easy so she was now extra worried. What if Potato was killed by Kaj? The Cafeteria was close to electrical so maybe Kaj had seen him and she didnt want to think about it anymore and when she reached the room she was in horror to see that Potato wasnt there. She had a weird feeling that she thought she knew where Potato was and he wasnt alive.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. Chapter 12 - A Way to Speak to the Dead Lilly walked to the cafeteria but when she looked around Kaj was not in sight. But what she did find was a body in the back of the room with Potatos old suit. She wondered where Potato was when she remembered since it was a standard Among Us game he must be a ghost. She decided shed try to talk to him. Potato are you there? she asked. If you can hear me do the wires in electrical Ill be waiting. Lilly walked to the electrical when she got there she waited at the wires but there was nothing. Well it was worth a shot. She was just about to go when she saw the wires moving and it was done. She wondered at the sight and she asked Potato Hey! Now you can tell me who the imposter is since you were killed!! She walked to the cafeteria. Okay Potato, do the wires HERE if Kaj is the imposter. Potato didnt do anything she wondered who could be the imposter if it wasnt Kaj. Potato was yelling to Lilly that he couldnt do anything because of Kajs code. I cant do the wires! As in I literally can''t!! Its Olivia! Its Olivia!! He knew that Lilly would not be able to hear him but at least he tried. Lilly was disappointed and dragged down the hall, going to the security room when she ran into Skelly. She stepped back the flash-back of her terrified thoughts when Potato didnt do the wires in the cafeteria. Hey Skelly have you finished your tasks yet? Actually I was on my way to medbay right now. Cool umm can I tell you something? Sure what is it? I think you''re right I think Kaj isnt the imposter I mean it would be too obvious if he was. Maybe youre right you should tell the group what you think. Maybe I will. You should probably do your last tasks we''re gonna need all the help we can get. Ok see you later. Then Skelly walked away. When Lilly got to security she was thinking of all the things that had happened to her and the day wasnt even over yet! But then she remembered the worst of all She hadnt reported Potatos body yet! Yikes! This meant something bad something very bad.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Chapter 13 - One Empty Seat Skelly walked to medbay heading into the cafeteria and saw something in the back of the room that looked like a body. Once he got close enough to see it it wasnt just any body it was Potatos body! He immediately reported it. He couldn''t believe that someone would kill Potato! Before Lilly could catch up with Skelly fast enough to explain, she was teleported into a room with those comfy chairs where it was tall enough you could swing your feet back and forth without your toes touching the floor. Lilly tried to stop being distracted by that comfy chair Lilly! Wake up!! Lilly sat up and looked around and saw Sterlon next to her shaking her shoulders. Im awake! Sorry, but do you know just how comfy these chairs are?! She was in the middle of dozing off again when she spotted Kaj on the opposite side of the round table just chilling? Wasnt he supposed to be scared everyone would think itd be him? Skelly yelled GUYS! BACK TO BUSINESS PLEASE!! I reported Potatos body for a reason. Everyone gasped except Kaj and Olivia? Everyone including Olivia this time looked at the empty chair next to Sterlon and saw an empty seat.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Chapter 14 - The Accusation How could this happen he? was with us the whole time! Alyelle said sadly. He did go to do wires in electrical, maybe it was then that one of our friends killed him. Skelly said. He made sure that he did the air quotes to emphasise that one of them had betrayed the crew. Ughh why are we here Pato wasnt even that important! Kaj said very rudely. First of all his name is Potato, and second of all he was our friend and a great brother to Lilly! Alyelle said, very angrily. Okay Kaj, that wasn''t nice but we''re running out of time we need to find out who the imposter is. Olivia said, trying to sound innocent. Ok fine but whoever did this you''re so dead to me! said Skelly. Why is Kaj being so rude and why is Olivia trying to change the subject? Lilly thought. Of course she hadnt expected any different response from Kaj but it was still strange but the more pressing behavior? That was Olivia. She decided shed dwell on that a little later after this meeting while she was finishing up her last tasks. Well are we done here? Kaj asked. Yeah Olivia replied blankly. Lilly suspected she had something something dramatic on her mind, since Lilly didnt have much info on her she didnt know what Olivias thoughts were always on. Which would explain how she wouldnt pay attention when they had meetings. Finally, when Kaj left, Skelly huddled up with the rest of the crewmates and told everyone he had an accusation to make. Lillys throat became dry and suddenly her face became hot as she quietly whispered I hope its not me. repeatedly and so much that her already dry throat, hurt and she stopped. Well, I think its He started to whisper and Lilly was sure of what hed say but there was still a small chance he wouldn''t right? Lilly'''' Everyone suddenly backed away from her with a look of horror on their faces. Alyelle cried, Why would you do that to your own brother! To us?! Lilly couldnt think of an explanation so she just blurted out Its not me! Dont believe him!This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. Chapter 15 - It’s Not Me! Lilly had been assuring herself that everyone would take this, now that she thought about it, pretty dumb defense. Why would anyone believe her after hearing that? She decided this was a standard noob answer but then she considered that matter again. No. Not noob standard BELOW noob standard. She sighed, and felt she had to apologize for it but she flicked it away. She was still mad at Skelly. But before she could sit down and mope she would have to find out a way to make everyone believe her. Of course Skelly had to come up with the idea to get a new leader. This was not fair. Skelly said But well need a new leader we cant trust Lilly and none of us are as good at leading as she is and.. WAIT! Ive got it!! Olivia can lead us!! Lilly widened her eyes, Olivia? Not only Skelly had the terrible idea of getting someone else to lead but Lilly sighed again. Of course it was Olivia. Everything was going wrong. She knew no one would believe her proof after this but she had to make sure that they didnt think it was her and quick! Olivia ran over to the group and pretended to be concerned but it seemed Lilly was the only one who noticed this. I heard my name? Whats happening? Have you found the imposter? Skellys voice created a lump in Lillys throat and not just the sadness when someone has betrayed you but also anger. It wasnt all against Skelly, it was mostly Olivia. Lilly knew Olivia was not to be trusted but no one else knew. She decided she had more pressing matters such as trying to prove to someone that she was not the imposter but how hmmm the good old scan! She decided that Sterlon couldnt come with her because of the incident but maybe Skelly was willing to? Most likely only if Sterlon hadnt told him the story already and she was counting on it because she asked him to watch her scan at medbay.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.