Becky was 16 and terrified of clowns.
One day, she noticed her skin was pale.
As she continued her day, she noticed other people's skin slowly becoming paler!
"Are people just not getting enough sun?" she asked herself.
To add to the oddness, some people seemed a bit happier, and even laughed or giggled out of nowhere.
This was the airborne virus slowly turning people into clowns, but she didn't know that.
A some of her friends even called her "Bonkey", but then quickly corrected themselves.
She shuddered - that sounded like a clown's name!
She was walking into her last class of the day, and that's when the virus got more noticeable.