"Hey guys, leave me alone!" Arthur was trying to keep himself from falling as three guys pushed him around. "I didn't even do anything to you guys!" One of them chuckled. "Look at him, a little baby trying to stand up for himself. You've always been such a pushover!" He pushed Arthur down on the floor and threw his stuff aside.
"Guys, knock it off!" Arthur tried to gather his stuff back, but the bullies wouldn't let him through. "I didn't do anything wrong! Leave me alone! Why do you always pick on me?" One of them laughed sarcastically and pointed at Arthur on the ground. "Look everyone," he called out. "The little baby is standing up for himself! Round of applause!" They all started clapping. He grabbed Arthur by the shirt collar and started lifting him up. "Stand taller little man, I can't hear you. Taller!" He dropped Arthur, who fell to the floor with a loud thud. Arthur's head was pounding and his heart was racing. The blood rushed to his head. He thought to himself, Every single day this happens! Every day! Where's Vivi? She can help me!
Vivi was quietly walking to class, singing something to herself when she saw the commotion happening just up the hall. She could hear her best friend's voice. Not those guys again, she thought. She immediately raced over to them and tried to push through them. "Hey! Cut it out will ya? Leave my friend alone!" They turned around. "Aww, is little blue girl gonna help her friend? How cute." Vivi crossed her arms and raised her head up. "Yeah, I am." One of the bullies cracked his knuckles. "Well help him then," he said, pushing Vivi down. Her books flew everywhere as she slammed against the wall. Arthur sat up when he heard the thud on the wall. "Hey! Leave her alone!" He tried to get their attention. "Okay," one of the guys said. "We will." They started hitting and pushing Arthur around again harder than before. Once Vivi got back up and noticed that the bullies were distracted by Arthur, she quickly grabbed her friend by the arm and ran off as fast as she could.
They were both back at the front of the school. "You know, Vivi, I sure am tired of getting beat up every day. It seems like those guys have nothing better to do." Vivi looked back the way they came. "They're jerks." She put her hand on Arthur's shoulder. "You're better than them." Arthur shrugged her off. "Well I don't really know at this point," he said. "It's day after day after day." Vivi gave her friend a concerned look. "Arthur, it'll all pay off when we're super famous ghost investigators! It's our last year of high school! And better yet, it's almost over. So let's finish strong together, okay? I believe in you. And you can always come to me for anything you need." They both smiled as Vivi's mom pulled up by the sidewalk. Vivi gave her friend a big hug. "Tell your mom I said hey," Arthur said as he waved goodbye.
As Vivi was riding home, she was buried in her notebook. No evidence of strong personal emotion in ghosts….. Her mom peeked over at it. "Are you still obsessing over that ghost stuff? Vivi you need to focus on your real schoolwork." She rolled her eyes. "But mom, this is what I really love to do. I want to hunt ghosts when I'm older. Or at least investigate. I just love supernatural stuff. Arthur can do it too! We can make a team!" Her mom looked out the window to her left. "Speaking of Arthur," she looked over at Vivi again. "What are you gonna get him for his 18th birthday? You know it's coming up soon." Vivi gave her mom an annoyed look. "Mom, it's like two months away, chill." Her mom looked over at her again. "Why do you always wear that blue scarf? Is that a thing among kids these days?" Vivi put her hand on her scarf, as if she was noticing it for the first time. "Seriously, mom?" She looked back at her notes. Ghosts use energy form their surroundings to maintain…..their existence and influence their environment. Can they maintain a physical form? That..is..the question. She tapped her pencil at the end of the sentence.
"You know what? Arthur is…kind of…serious about this stuff too. He says he's all for it, but I can so tell he's afraid." She laughed at the thought. "But it makes me so excited! We might become that best ghost hunters in the nation." Her mom considered something for a moment. "Speaking of Arthur, are you ever going to date that kid? Y'all have been friends for years." Vivi looked over at her mom, surprised. "What? Mom, that's the point. We're friends. He's like a brother to me. Besides, that'd be weird. I doubt he even likes me that way.
Author's note:
This is my first time publishing on here, and I really like this fandom so I hope you guys like this!
Many more chapters to come!
This is MY interpretation of what happened before and after the Ghost animated music video. :)
As stated above, characters belong to MysteryBen27
