Chapter 1
The district has changed. I feel it in the tile. I feel it in the desks. I taste it in the fountain water. I smell it in the foul smelling cafeteria food. Much that once was is lost for now no student lives who remembers it.
It began with the creation of the random magical items of power. Three ever-changing costumes for the class of theatre. Five silver instruments that could turn into weapons for the class of band. Seven voice lessons for the class of choir. And nine, nine uniforms were given to the class of football, who above all desire cheerleaders…uh… I mean POWER!
For within these items was the strength and will to master each class. These powers were passed down to future generations to come. But they were all of them deceived. For another item was made.
In the land of the stadium on the fifty-yard line the Dark Principal Dr. Sauron made in secret a master pen to control the whole district. And into this pen she poured her cruelty, her malice, and her will to torture all students by making them stay in school all year round. One Pen to rule them all. One by One the free classes of Middle Independent School District fell to the power of the pen. But there were some that resisted.
A last alliance of the three great classes (band, choir, and theatre) marched against the armies of the stadium. And in the stands, they fought for the freedom of MISD. Victory was near. But the power of the Pen could not be undone. It was in this moment when all hope faded that Ian Sildur of the class of band took up his Bari Sword, and knocked the Pen out of the principal's hand. Dr. Sauron, the enemy of the free classes of MISD, was defeated.
The Pen passed to Ian who has this one chance to destroy evil forever. But the hearts of teens are easily corrupted. And the Pen of Power has a will of its own. It betrayed Ian to his suspension.
And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became ghost stories. And for two and a half decades the Pen passed out of all notes. Until, when chance came it ensnared a new student.
The Pen came to the student Golem who took it deep into the tunnels of the P. E. locker rooms. And there it failed him. The Pen brought to Golem unnatural poor grades and perfect handwriting, for five years it rotted his mind. And in the gloom of Golem's locker it waited.
Darkness crept into the halls of the new South Hamilton High School. Rumor grew of a shadow in the office whispers of a nameless fear. And the Pen of Power perceived its time had now come.
It abandoned Golem, but something happened then the Pen did not intend. It was picked up the most unlikely creature imaginable. A loner, Billy Baggins of the Choir. For the time would soon come when loners would shape the fortunes of all. Not really.