Here's my first A.N.T Farm fic! This fic was inspired by a dream I had. Hope you like it!
Chapter 1: The Heated Confrontation
The weather in San Francisco was bright and sunny as the students of Webster High began entering the building. Inside the A.N.T farm, the special part of the school where gifted children could attend because of theit advanced natural talent, (hence it being called the ANT farm) Olive Doyle was sitting down on the couch, with her nose buried in a book titled 'The Human Brain'. Fletcher Quimby was working on his latest piece of art: another portrait of the girl he had a crush on: his best friend Chyna Parks. Olive noticed this and got up to walk over to him. "Seriously Fletcher, are you ever gonna give up?"
Fletcher put his paintbrush down and quickly turned to face her. "G-give up on what?"
"Trying to serenade Chyna constantly?" Olive answered, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't do it constantly!" Fletcher protested, trying to sound as innocent as possible.
"Right..." Olive murmered, rolling her eyes as she walked back over to the couch to resume reading her book.
Just then, Chyna Parks strolled in, with a smile on her face. "Morning guys!"
"Morning, Chyna!" Olive and Fletcher both greeted their best friend.
"Boy am I excited for today!" Chyna said with great enthusiasm.
"What's happening today? Another talent show for you to showcase you musical talent?" Fletcher curiously asked.
"Nope, not today!" Chyna replied, still smiling. "For once, I am gonna ace that history test!" She pumped her fist in the air.
"You mean you actually studied?" Olive questioned, looking surprised. "Usually you don't and the history teacher gets frustrated with you."
"Yeah, that's why I studied this time, so that I don't have to witness it again." Chyna explained.
"Well no wonder you're happy!" Fletched chimed in.
Suddenly a group of older high school students walked in. They all towered over the three younger ANTS. "Are you Chyna Parks?" One of them asked; a brunette girl wearing a navy dress.
"Yeah, who's asking?" Chyna asked, confused as to why a group of older kids were talking to her.
"We're friends of Lexi." The older girl replied.
"You're friends of Lexi? I feel sorry for you guys!" Olive retorted, wrinkling her nose.
"Yeah whatever." The older girl rolled her eyes at this comment and turned back to Chyna. "So anyway, we were wondering if what we heard is true."
Chyna was now even more confused. "If you heard what was true?"
"That you dated a whole bunch of boys and blew them off, taking their money with you." The older girl explained with a smirk.
"What?!" Chyna was horrified that someone would ask her that. "I haven't dated anyone, and I would never ever steal their money!"
"Oh so you've never had a boyfriend?" The older girl asked.
"No I haven't and who told you to ask me that stupid question about that stupid lie!?" Chyna demanded.
"Lexi did." The older girl answered, curling her lip.
Chyna's body suddenly tensed. The name "Lexi" rang through her ears like an irritating alarm. Her teeth were now gritted but were covered by her lips. Ever since Chyna arrived at Webster High, Lexi had felt threatened by Chyna and had been worried that she might steal her spotlight. Chyna remembered the time when she tried out for cheerleading and Lexi purposely made her lose her voice and injure herself. The image of her being bandaged and voiceless sketched itself into her mind, sending shivers up her spine. Up until now, she had forgotten all about that day. She looked at the older girl with a stern expression. "Where is she?!"
"She's in the hallway, at her locker." The older girl replied, turning the leave the ANT farm along with the rest of the older students.
Chyna watched as they disappeared. "That's it..." She tensed her shoulders. "...I'm gonna have a little talk with Lexi..." Just as she was about to exit the room, an arm grabbed her. It was Olive.
"Wait Chyna, don't do anything stupid!" Olive begged.
"Yeah she's right!" Fletcher said, agreeing with Olive. "You don't wanna end up in trouble before taking a test you actually studied for for once!"
Chyna rolled her eyes. "I'm sorry guys but...this is the final straw! Lexi has tormented me enough times, but this...!" She threw her hands up. "I have to do this!"
Olive and Fletcher watched as Chyna walked out the door. "Oh, and please don't try to stop me, because things might get a little rough, well conversation-wise." She disappeared down the hallway.
"We can't just stand here and let her do this, right?" Fletcher asked Olive.
"No Fletcher, we should stay out of it, but just in case...we could have a little sneak peek..." Olive suggested, narrowing her eyes to the doorway.
"You know, that doesn't sound like a bad idea." Fletcher said.
Meanwhile, Chyna stormed through the hallway searching for Lexi. Thoughts ran throught her mind on what she was going to say to her arch-rival. Eventually she spotted Lexi at her locker, talking to her best friend Paisley. She raised an eyebrow and walked towards her. "Lexi!"
This caught the attention of Lexi and she turned to face Chyna. "Well if it isn't the pint-sized music prodigy!" She gave a smirk.
Chyna was now really irritated, and she hadn't even began talking. "Listen here Lexi..." She began.
Lexi wrinkled her nose. "OK I'll listen...except I don't care about what-"
"No! You're gonna listen to what I have to say! I am tired, no, I am sick and tired of you always trying to bring me down and stop me from trying to live my dreams-" Chyna was cut off by Lexi, who just flipped her blonde hair.
"Oh boo hoo! Look, I don't have time for your nonsense-"
"I'm not done yet!" Chyna snapped. "If you have any ounce of decency in you, you would leave me and me friends alone and quit picking on us just because we're younger and smaller than you, but no you just keep on and on and on trying to take me down and you just won't stop!"
Lexi rolled her eyes, bored of hearing the young musical prodigy's voice. "If you're done with you're pathetic little rant..."
Chyna felt her blood boil. She definitely was not going to take any more of Lexi's insults. "SAY THAT TO MY FACE, YOU HEARTLESS, STUCK-UP WITCH!" She now had tears in her eyes.
Lexi was suddenly taken aback by this unexpected outburst. She opened her mouth to speak, but closed it again after failing to come up with anything to say.
"WHAT AM I TO YOU!? SOME PATHETIC LITTLE KID THAT YOU CAN BULLY ANYTIME YOU WANT!? HUH!?" Chyna screamed in a frightful tone, as tears slid down her cheeks. "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!? WHY!?" The tears continues to flow down her face. She was seriously crying now.
Lexi was now, surprisingly shocked at Chyna's emotional outburst. Unknown to them, Olive and Fletcher had seen and heard everything. They were both trying to take in the fact that their best friend had put herself throught that. "I knew we shouldn't haven't let her do it!" Olive told Fletcher, who had a guilty expression on his face.
"Me too. What should we do?" Fletcher asked.
"Tell Gibson of course." Olive stated.
"Gibson?!" Fletcher questioned with a hint of horror on his face. "What the heck would he do besides say something completely stupi-"
"Hey Olive, hey Fletcher!"
The two pupils suddenly turned to see afro-haired Gibson, who was smiling pleasantly. "Hey what up Gibson?" Fletcher greeted him, trying to cover up what he almost said before.
"Not much. Just finished checking out today's menu for lunch!" Gibson explained.
"Good to know..." Olive said, not really interested in what Gibson did in his daily life.
The sound of screaming was suddenly heard down the hall where Olive and Fletcher had been watching Chyna confront Lexi. "What was that?" Gibson asked curiously.
"It's Chyna!" Olive exclaimed, pointing ahead. She began heading towards where Chyna and Lexi were and Fletcher and Gibson followed.
The trio were shocked upon what they saw. Chyna was now screaming uncontrolably while Lexi just stood there watching in utter shock. Chyna was now erratically throwing her arms around. "I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A NASTY-"
"Chyna, take it easy!" Fletcher intervened, grabbing her arm.
"GET OFF ME FLETCHER BEFORE I SMACK YOU!" Chyna screeched at him.
Fletcher backed away, shocked. "Well I did what I could, your turn, Olive!"
"I don't know if she'll listen to me, the way she is right now." Olive said. "I've never seen Chyna act like this before..."
"You don't think what Lexi did drove her to the edge, do you?" Fletcher asked.
"Of course it has!" Olive answered.
Just as Fletcher was about to speak again, Chyna once again screamed, louder this this in Lexi's face. "I HATE YOU SO MUCH LEXI REED! WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE! STOP TRYING TO HURT ME-"
Chyna was suddenly cut off by Gibson. "Chyna, you need to calm down, there is no need for violence!"
"LET ME GO, I'M NOT DONE WITH HER, LET ME GOOOOOO!" Chyna continued to scream.
Fletcher watched his best friend struggle. He suddenly turned his head and noticed that Olive had a focused expression on her face. She seemed to be thinking hard about something. "I think I know what's going on with Chyna." Olive said to Fletcher.
"Uhhh, Olive I believe we already know the reason!" Fletcher reminded her.
"No Fletcher, I know what's wrong with her! Don't you ever pay attention in Science class?!" Olive told him, sending him a stern look.
"Only the boring parts." Was Fletcher's answer.
Olive rolled her eyes. "Check it out, Chyna is having angry and emotional outbursts towards Lexi, she's crying uncontrollably, she's-" Olive paused for a moment and watched Chyna; she was now being held back by Gibson and was shaking. "And she's shaking!" Olive said, resuming her explanation.
"So, is she sick or something?" Fletcher questioned.
"She's..." Olive began before pausing.
"She's what?" Fletcher asked.
"I'm...afraid Chyna's having a mental breakdown..." Olive revealed sadly. Her eyes narrowed, fixed at the floor.
Fletcher was now speechless. "A-a mental breakdown?"
Olive nodded. "Yes."
Suddenly Gibson staggered over to the two ANTS, clutching his arm. "It's no use! We're back to square one!" Olive and Fletcher looked at each other sadly."I'm gonna call Chyna's parents! You two, see if you can...you know!" Gibson told them, pointing behind them.
"Got it!" Fletcher said. Olive just nodded.
Gibson soon left, leaving Olive and Fletcher to deal with the current situation. They turned around to see Chyna still in her current state.
"That's it, I'm going in!" Olive declared. She cautiously walked over to Chyna, who now had stopped her outbursts and was now crying hysterically. It made Olive's heart sank to see her best friend like this. She was surprised when Chyna turned to face her. "O-Olive...w-what's h-happening...I-I...feel like people...are o-out to g-get me!" Tears fells from Chyna's eyes like a waterfall. "I-I want it...to stop..." Chyna's voice got loud again. ...I WANT IT TO STOP I WANT HER..." She pointed at Lexi, who was trying to process what was happening. "...TO STOP HURTING ME!"
Olive wasn't sure what to say. She turned to Fletcher, who just shrugged sadly and said:"I'm afraid I've got nothing."
"Chyna!"
Olive and Fletcher turned to see Chyna's parents Roxanne and Darryl running towards her with Gibson not far behind. Chyna looked up to see her parents. "Mom...Dad..." She burst into tears again. "...p-please save me..."
"It's okay honey, we're here now, Gibson told us everything." Roxanne reassured her.
Olive cleared her throat to speak. "Yeah but what you don't know is that Chyna is having a mental breakdown!"
"A mental breakdown?!" Darryl exclaimed.
"Are you trying to say that Chyna is mad?!" Roxanne demanded, her voice almost sounding like thunder.
"No! I mean that she needs help!" Olive explained. "She has the symptoms: angry outbursts and uncontrolable crying!"
"Yep. That's definitely sounds like a mental breakdown!" Darryl said, looking at his daughter in shock. He then looked at Roxanne. "Honey...I think we might need to make a decision..."
"What do you mean?" Roxanne asked.
"Well, if what Olive said is right, then we maybe should consider admitting Chyna to a psychatric hospital." Darryl said in a gravely tone.
"You can't be serious!" Roxanne said in a horrified tone. "She's only 13 years old, I don't know if she'd be able to handle it!"
"But we have to do what's best for her, and it may be the only way for her to recover." Darryl told her.
Roxanne looked over at her daughter, who was now being comforted by Olive. There was no doubt in her mind that Chyna needed treatment but at the same time the idea of her being sent to a psychiatric hospital scared her. She then looked back at her husband and nodded. "You're right Darryl." Tears began forming in her eyes. She walked over to Gibson. "Gibson, we're going to take Chyna home, if that's alright with you?"
Gibson nodded in agreement. "Of course, go ahead. Oh by the way, are you really thinking of sending her to a shrink?"
"It's called a psychiatric hospital..." Darryl corrected him. "...and yes, we have to. She needs help."
"You mean Chyna won't be able to attend school for a while?" Fletcher asked.
"Yes." Roxanne said. "But you and Olive will be able to visit."
Darryl walked over to Chyna. "Chyna, sweetheart..." He began.
Chyna looked at her father, who had a sad expression on his face. "You won't be going to school for a while."
Chyna's bottom lip trembled at this sentence. "B-but why?"
"Because..." Darryl let out a long sigh." ...you're not well and you need to be treated so tomorrow your mom and I will be admitting you to a psychiatric hospital."
Upon hearing these words, Chyna began trembling. "Y-you're taking me...t-to a nuthouse!?"
"No, it's not like that. The people there will help you recover." Darryl explained.
"N-no...I d-don't wanna go t-there.." Chyna spoke, still trembling.
"Don't worry Chyna." Olive said, rubbing her best friend's back to try and calm her.
Chyna shook her head furiously. "No...I'M NOT DONE WITH THAT WITCH YET!" She rushed towards Lexi but was stopped by Darryl who grabbed her before she could even reach Lexi, who was now rushing up the stairs to avoid being battered.
"Chyna, it's OK!" Darryl half-shouted, trying to hold her back.
"NO LET ME GO LET ME GO!" Chyna screeched. She tried to break out of her father grip but failed. She began to sob hysterically.
"Roxanne, we need to take her home now!" Darryl told his wife, signalling to head for the doors.
Olive and Fletcher watched as Roxanne and Darryl along with Chyna, who was now calm exited the school. "So...what happens now Olive?" Fletcher asked.
"All we can do now Fletcher, is hope and pray that Chyna will get better." Olive spoke in a soft tone.
"She has to get better! I mean, did you see the pain and suffering in her eyes?" Fletcher asked anxiously.
"Yes Fletcher, I did." Olive answered in a serious tone.
The sound of the school bell ringing was heard throughout the hallway and students came flooding out of the classrooms. "We'd better get to class." Olive said.
Fletcher nodded in agreement and they began walking down the hallway together.
Sooo what did you think? Read and review! Chapter 2 will be posted soon!