He hit Enter.

But on the third try? The click happened. And the answer— 23.8 cm² —felt like a trophy, not a theft.

Leo stared at the blank grid on page 47 of his My Pals Are Here! Maths 6A Homework Book . Problem 3b. "Find the area of the shaded compound shape." The shapes looked like a robot had a seizure and drew a city skyline.

He did what any desperate 11-year-old in the 21st century would do. He opened his laptop, angled it away from his mom, and typed into the search bar:

Then he saw it. A result on the third page—the digital graveyard where normal people never go. It was a plain, black webpage with white text: You seek the answers. But do the answers seek you? [ENTER THE GRID] Leo rolled his eyes. “Dramatic much?” He clicked.

Leo never found that website again. But from that day on, whenever he searched for "my pals are here maths 6a homework book answers" , all he ever found was a single, normal result:

But then he remembered the time he’d aced a test on fractions. Not because he memorized answers, but because he’d finally got it, like a click in his brain. That feeling was better than a full page of checkmarks.

The cursor typed again: "The real question: Will you cheat, or will you learn?" Leo’s hand hovered over the pencil. He could feel the ghost of the website pulling him, offering to solve every problem for the rest of the year. No more struggle. No more confused afternoons.