AN: This is a very odd idea I got. The first few chapters are going to be the introduction of the characters.
Disclaimer: I Don't own Newsies or The Emperors new Groove.
Chapter 1
My name is Jennifer Skaggs and I have this problem. Yes, me Jennifer Skaggs have a problem My problem is one little thing, I am CRAZY!!!! Yes I am, how many people do you know that come up to their math teachers just to complement them on their water bottles. You have to admit that is quite strange.
But, apart from BEING strange, strange things happen to me. This is a story of the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me. So I'll start from the day before it happened. Why? Why The Hell not?
I woke up on the morning of Friday the 10th of April of the year 2004. I looked around. Gosh g-daneit, Scchooooool! I hate school just for the fact of grades.
OK so I finally, after five or ten minutes of fighting with my mom to let me sleep a few minutes longer, I got up. I took a shower got dressed and went to breakfast. I ate a banana. Did you know bananas make you constipated, and did you know that 98 of constipated people don't give a crap. OK bad joke sorry.
About ten minutes before the bell rang I got to school. My school is small, private and what people call "good".
I walked through the door and was attacked by my best friend Geneva Rockeman. She had short red hair and blue eyes, freckles like sprinkled cinnamon, and a paersonality like no other.
We started talking about what best friends usually talk about, food. What? Best friends don't usually talk about food? Well we do. We talk about pudding, cookies, candy, Ice cream, Frozen yogurt, whipped cream, cake, caramel, torta chilena, and many other things that are appetizing.
We walked into the Social Studies class room.
"Hey Mr. Sanders, what's shakin'?"
"Nothin much, you?"
"My boobs!"
Yeah, I almost got an infraction, but not to matter. It was funny. FYI: Infraction means the punishment you get when you do something that you aren't supposed to do at school. 4 infractions you get suspended for one day, 8 infractions you get suspended for 3 days, 12 infractions you get kicked out. Then there are Cheating infractions 3 and you're out. Then there are language warnings. If you speak any other language that isn't English you get one.
You might be thinking, who would speak something that isn't English? I mean this is the United States. Well, if you were wondering that let me tell you: YOU ARE WRONG!!!!
This is not the United States, This is GUATEMALA! Yes Guatemala, and if you have a problem with that you can and should go stick your head in the toilet , sprinkle it with flower and shake it off. So There. HA!
So you see language warnings were quite common, because apart from speaking too much Spanish. Half the population of the school was Korean. So there were many language warnings for speaking Korean too.
So, Mr. Sanders pondered giving me an infraction for that one stunt the whole day. When he finally decided that he woud it was too late, Mr. Justice the principle said it was too late. So THERE Mr. Sanders.
Actually Mr. Sanders was my favorite teacher, he was my history teacher. You might think, how ironic, Right? But actually he's a young teacher, recently married and with two children, the step father of one. 26 years old and very understanding of our youth.
We were learning about he Greeks. Yes very interesting... NOT!
Then we had Algebra II with Mr. Natsis, Almost a Natsi. NO just kidding Mr. Natsis was the coolest math teacher. He took most of his class to explain the lesson to you. Very nice teacher. The best part was that he would actually talk to you. Talking in his class was permitted.
You see, this school isn't any school. Just in Middle school and High School there are about 84 kids. My class being the biggest by one with 12 kids. So it was fairly easy to keep track of all the kids.
Geneva kept interrupting me on the same problem. The first to be precise. "Jennifer isn't Alex's Birthday today?"
"Gosh g- daneit you're right!"
"Jennifer please don't use that language in my class." Said Mr. Natsis annoyed.
"Sorry Golly How was I supposed to know!" I retorted, again almost getting an infraction.
"Uh!" Said Geneva annoyed.
"There's a party there tonight, wanna come?"
"Sure, where?"
"At Alex's. She's introducing her boy friend to me."
"She's got a boyfriend?"
"Yeah, and she also thinks I'm innocent as heck."
"You innocent? HA!" That is why Mr. Natsis didn't give me an infarction.
"She said that this birth day she would wish for me to have a more Adventurous life."
"NO!"
"Yes, imagine the nerve." I said making an exaggerated hand movement.
Then the bell rang. GRAMMAR! NOOOO! Oh well, I guess I'd have to live through it. Mr. Ortiz, he's cool... when he's in a good mood. Which meant that I'd have to talk Geneva with little notes. That was the good part of Mr. Ortiz he never noticed when we were passing the little pieces of paper. Once I even asked him to pass one to Geneva... and he did!
Alex is going to wish for me, which I think is pretty cool. She said once a long time ago that the only person she'd ever wish for would be her best friend. So, I should be honored by the fact that she thinks of me as her best friend but, come on, MORE ADVENTURE? That is going quite too far.
More Adventure? That is so pathetic. I wonder what she thinks you do? Write all day?
Yeah, which is true, but still more adventure? Come on my whole life is a big adventure. Who could have a more adventurous life?
Anyone! You see all you do is write and make bad jokes.
And I'm perfectly happy the way I am.
That is not the point. We were talking about her boyfriend.
No we weren't.
True, but now we are.
Whatever! She says that he's the best. I personally think that it's just a fragment of her imagination.
I doubt it. A lot.
Fine I don't care.
Geneva and I were at opposite sides of the class room so it took a while to talk and meanwhile we were talking about clauses and sentence fragments.
Mr. Ortiz actually realized that we were passing the little piece of paper but, then when I got it I swiftly slipped into my pocket. This almost earned me an infraction too. The day was getting infractionally aggravating.
Isn't it weird that she has a boyfriend though?
I know, I feel almost left out. I mean all my friends have boyfriends except you... and Ji Won... and Elena. OK fine so she's one of my few friends who has a boyfriend.
Yeah, you mean your ONLY friend with a boy friend. Yeah, I'm jealous too. I mean who wouldn't like to have a boyfriend.
I know.
Riiiiiiiing! The bell made me jump out of my seat and land on Steffie, another friend in school who is indecisive between the cool English dude or the Dork, STUPID Guatemalan Idiot.
"Hey, get the hell of me, Bitch!" she whispered the last word.
"Mr. Ortiz she called me a Witch with a 'B'! Give her an infraction!"
"Sorry I didn't hear it."
That was so, not fair. I kept calling her a Witch with a 'B' all day whenever there were no teachers.
The next class was with Mrs. Mendez, who was my second favorite teacher. She was so cool, she was actually interested in what we have to say. What is the funniest is that she's about 72 but, with the spirit of a 15 year old. She's in on all the gossip. I loved that class.
I read my book Inkheart behind the literature book. She saw right through me though.
"Inkheart?"
"What, I'm reading the book's story!"
"Yeah, and I'm Queen Elizabeth the fourth!"
"Nice to meet you, I thought your name was Mrs. Mendez."
"It is, it's Elizabeth Mendez."
"Oh, I see. Well, should I bow?"
"No need to, you haven't for the past two quarters, why should you start now?"
"OK."
"Geneva told me you were going to the party of a friend who is going to wish for more Adventure in your life. How does that make you feel?"
"STUPID!" Which yet again almost earned me an infraction.
"Watch your language young girl. Or else INFRACTION!"
"Yes, ma'am."
Then after that was chemistry and if you didn't pay attention to Ms. Donis you were SCRUED! So I had no choice other than to pay attention. I was basically the only person who understood her because she spoke Spanglish. That is a mix of Spanish and English. Whenever she couldn't remember a word in English she'd say it in Spanish. But, in a moment of space ship I almost got an infraction for not paying attention.
Then after that class was lunch. I always forgot my lunch so I'd go up to the Lit room to talk about everyone and their dog for a while. If you wanna know what we were talking about, Sucks to be you , 'couse I ain't tellin' you nothin'.
Then I had Computer with Mr. Jessey who is really cool but kinda strict. Then I thought about how if the wish did come true, what I would want to happen. Should I go to Middle earth and fight with the Hobbits? Or, how about taking a stroll around the enterprise? Maybe I should go dig holes at Camp Green Lake. How 'bout going to sell papers with the Newsies? Maybe, go take a stroll around the mountains that sing with Kusco and Pacha.
Ooo. What about taking the newsies on a stroll around Kusco and Peru? That would be an Adventure.... Nah! Too complicated.
"Jennifer, finished?"
"No."
"Would you like an infraction?"
After computer class, in which all we did was listen to music and stroll in the Internet, it was time for Spanish class. That is the most boring class of all the classes I go to. I mean all we do is sit there and listen to the monotone voice of the freakin' boring teacher.
Sometimes when I don't eat lunch I get hiccups. They turned to be helpful this time. Very useful actually. As we listened to the teacher I kept dosing off.
I will not fall asleep, I will not... fall... asleeeeeeeee... HIK WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? HOW? WHO? Oh, Spanish class... my eyes will not close... this is the part where my eyes close. I will not...HIK... DAMN HICCUPS!!!!!!!!! Let me slee.... HIK... FINE! I wont go... HIK... DUDE! HIK... What the HELL... HIK... What HIK is HIK going on? HIK
HIK
HIK
HIK
HIK
HIK
"¡Eso es suficiente! ¡Un poco de respeto por favor! ¿O quiere que le infracción?" (That is enough! A little bit of respect please! Or would like an infraction?) What did I say, Infractionally aggravating.
"No es mi culpa, ni que lo estuviera haciendo a propósito. Es HIK sin querer queriendo." (It's not my fault, it's not like if I'm doing it on purpose. It's HIK purposely accidental.)
"¡Vaya a tomar agua! O lo que necesite hacer para parar esa cosa." (Go drink water! Or whatever is necessary to get rid of that thing.)
Fine, I'll go! Thank you so very much! So I went. I actually know how to make the hiccups go away quickly, but I wanted to buy time. What else should I do. I mean, Dude, who want's to be with an Ogre like that.
Lila the secretary was in her office and asked me to help her out. She didn't seem to mind the Hiccups so I just stayed there until Orchestra. I took the Violin bus to the Elementary to play... Guess?
WRONG! If you were thinking the violin. Haha!.
I play the most exciting Cello. I think I'm a kind of hero around the Elementary, for they are always so eager to see me. I'm Jennifer, Ms. Christina's little sister. But, poor ol' Ms. Christina is no longer Ms. Christina Skaggs, now she is Mrs. Christina McKelvey, living in Savanna Georgia.
I took my Cello into the room where I played it pulled the little stick from under it. And placed like if I was gonna play. But, really it was just a precaution for if Mr. Justice came in and saw me not doing anything.
I play with a girl called Seung Min. Yes, Korean, how did you guess? Gotta be the name. Anyway, Today we decided to have a Spanish class. Since this is the Kinder-4 room there was a white board and markers.
So I took them and started explaining it to her. All the questions she asked me. Then Mr. Justice came into the class room. He took one look at us and said:
"Jennifer Skaggs, I think you should have an infraction," NOOOOO! Not an Infraction. "but, i feal nice today so you're off."
I think it was my pale expression. But, yet again maybe he found it amusing that we were braking so many rules at the same time and also learning. I'm glad he did.
Then at long last time to go. But, Mom and Dad just had to take an hour and a half to get me. Right? Of course! Just what I needed, then even though it would seem impossible I almost got an infraction for my parents comming to get me late. Why because when you're bored you do the most amazing things. You know the saying 'necessity is the mother of invention'? Yes well, try 'boredom is the mother of entertainment'.
I started pealing the paint of the wall I was sitting against and the guy saw me and called the secretary! Can you believe that.
So when finally my parents came for me I was in a real bad mood. "Why are you in a bad mood?"
"Because, I almost got an infraction eight times today and once because of you guys!"
"How so?"
"I almost got an infraction for pealing the paint off the wall because I was bored, 'couse you wouldn't come." Somehow this struck them as funny and they started laughing.
"What?"
"Mr. Justice called us today telling us that you almost got an infraction in every period except lunch."
"He was right." I mumbled.
"Tell us all about it." Said my dad.
"I almost got an infractin from Mr. Sanders for telling him taht my boobs were shaking."
"Did you give him a demonstration?"
"NO! I'm sick but not that sick."
"Yeah."
"Then I almost got an infraction from Mr. Natsis for saying 'Gosh g-dane'."
"Oh, yeah he mentioned that."
"Then I almost got an infraction from Mr. Ortiz for passing little pieces of paper to Geneva."
"Did he read what was in them?"
"Thankfully no. Then I almost got an infraction from Mrs. Mendez for saying 'Stupid' in her class"
"Two in one day!"
"Tell me about it. Then I almost got one from Ms. Donis for not paying attention."
"I see, why weren't you."
"When have you known of a student who pays attention?"
"OK."
"Then I almost got an infraction from Mr. Jessey for not finishing my work."
"What were you doing, checking your email?"
"No, I was thinking. Then I almost got an infraction from Mrs. Rita for hiccuping! Have you ever heard something so stupid?"
"NO not really."
"Then I almost got an infraction from Mr. Justice for using the Kinder-4 white board and it's markers and it's eracer to teach my friend Spanish. Which I admit was stupid because I was braking like 15 rules."
This made them roll on each other. I must have gotten it from somewhere.
"Then I almost got one for scratching the paint off the wall."
The end you like!