1 The Saga Begins

A long time ago, in a Five Star ™ binder far, far away, a section emerged, titled "BC Calculus." The section grew at a seemingly exponential rate, and this made the neighboring sections extremely nervous. This especially angered AP Physics B.

For months, AP Physics B was the prominent section. Within it could be found more blood, sweat, and tears than any other section could ever claim. The section was inhabited by many great men and women, dead and alive, as well as by hundreds of Formulas. It was thus quite understandable when AP Physics B became utterly outraged at BC Calculus.

The section of BC was very unlike any other section and contained creatures to which B dwellers were completely oblivious. These evil snake- like creatures loomed around their section, gathering to themselves all algebraic functions in site. Freeing them from these creatures required great levels of skill that few B inhabitants possessed.

Tensions mounted, as it seemed, for several long marking periods. Until one day a truly horrific event shook the section of B. A copy of a BC homework assignment was accidentally dropped on the B section. It was at this point that all havoc broke loose.

"I am the Integral," spoke the first snake-like creature, to the dwellers of B. The Formulas knew this meant trouble. Several dead scientists swooned.

"We mean no harm, " said Sigma, trailing behind Integral at a nearly negligeble rate of change in distance [dx/dt]. But the Formulas knew better. True, the Integral did not walk itself into their planet – that would be next year. But now that it was here, the Formulas knew well that nothing was safe.

Quickly Work and Energy grabbed their velocities and masses and scrambled onto two nearby coplanar carts. Little did they realize that one of the two was moving towards the second static one, with a given velocity. "Oh no! We're gonna collide!" screamed Work. But Energy did not even get a chance to hear the statement; it was already in the process of transforming from its potential form to the kinetic. Impulse jumped out of the collision – and was momentarily captured by Integral.

Similar situations occurred all over the neighboring areas of section B. The Projectile made it back, but lost its Horizontal Distance Formula on the way. Electricity was fully raped, and the entire mechanics section was now missing large pieces of essential equations. The BC homework was then removed, along with all these many essential parts of section B. All that remained was the Integral that captured an Equipotential Surface, but the moment the two laid eyes on each other they knew it was love at first site. It was set from that moment – the two would never part, no matter how rejected Ms. Equipotential would become in her society upon one day becoming Mrs. Integral.

TO BE CONTINUED