Synopsis: Cartman's throwing a party. After experiencing a sudden change of heart, Cartman invites every fourth grader at South Park Elementary to a huge party at his house, and he's sparing no expense. Kyle is determined to prove that Cartman's new attitude is a sham. Meanwhile, tensions erupt between Clyde, Craig and Tweek over helping cater for the big event, Kevin Stoley has a crisis of faith, and Stan's Dad is hospitalized.

South Park Unleashed

"The Clyde Frog Foundation"

Teaser

by JVM-SP150

The bell rang as another day of class began at South Park Elementary school, the children filling their seats. As Stan Marsh, a raven-haired boy in a red poofball cap and a brown jacket with a red collar, and Kyle Broflovski, a curly-haired boy with emerald eyes and messy auburn hair, hidden by a green ushanka, clad in an orange jacket, entered the classroom, they both noticed someone missing.

"Dude, don't tell me Cartman is ditching school again." Kyle said with surprise.

"He's going to be so busted. Can he even pass with this many absences?" Stan shook his head. "Kenny, have you seen him?"

The boy in the orange parka shook his head, "I haven't seen him in fucking days."

"So anyway, Kyle, like I was telling you before, my dad did something stupid and now he's in the hospital and-"

Mr. Herbert Garrison, a balding, wrinkled man in his forties with a fondness for green, put some books down on the desk as he entered the classroom, "All right kids, let's take our seats." he set the books down on his desk, ""ll right class, everyone take out your homework from yesterday." he turned to begin writing on the chalkboard.

Butters Stotch, a short boy with a puff of blonde hair and bright blue eyes, wearing aqua and turquoise, hopped out of his seat and pulled some envelopes out of his backpack, "Hey fellas, these are for you." he handed one envelope to Kenny, one to Stan, and one to Kyle.

"What are these for, Butters?" Kyle asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Didn't Eric tell you guys already? He's having a big party at his house tonight, and he's invitin' the whole school."

"Holy shit." Kenny's eyes widened.

"Wait a minute... why do I have an invitation then?" Kyle asked, raising an eyebrow quizzically at Butters.

"W-well Kyle, you shouldn't be s-so hard on yourself." Butters spoke up, surprised.

"No no no, Butters, I mean, we are talking about the same Eric, right?" Kyle pointed out, "'No Jews allowed' Eric Cartman? 'No Gingers' Eric Cartman? 'No black people' Eric Cartman? 'Irish need not apply' Eric Cartman?"

Butters thought for a moment then shrugged, "It's our Eric, yeah. He's really invitin' the whole school." Butters nodded and grinned, "Look fellas, I gotta distribute more of these, but try to make it okay? It'd mean a whole lot to Eric, and it's gonna be a lotta fun. He's spared no expense." he sped off, handing an envelope to Jimmy, and then moving through the rest of the classroom.

"Dude, this is crazy." Kyle whispered to Kenny, "I mean, we always go to Cartman's things anyway, even if we're not supposed to, but formal invitations for us? Nothing about 'no Jews allowed' or 'no hippies' or 'no poor people' or anything? He's gotta be up to something."

"Yeah." Kenny nodded.

"Well, two can play at that game." Kyle nodded, "We're going to that party all right, but we're not going for punch and pie. We're going to find out what he's really doing and put a stop to it, once and for all. No more waiting for somebody else to do something about his behavior. I am drawing my line in the sand."

"...Can we still have punch and pie though?" Kenny spoke up.

"Sure, Kenny." Kyle rolled his eyes, getting comfortable in his seat as Mr. Garrison glared at him, having waited for them to finish talking to start the lesson, "Sorry, Mr. Garrison."

Garrison rolled his eyes, "Anyway, now that Kyle's done whining about who cares, I want you all to remember to remind your parents to vote in today's election for Mayor." He noticed a hand raised, "Uh, yes Craig?"

"Who cares about some dumb politics?"

"How can you say that, Craig?" Wendy spoke up, "These issues are really important and can have a huge effect on all of us, and our leaders are supposed to represent us-"

"All right kids, look, do you think I want to spend all class talking about politics?" Garrison rolled his eyes, "Anyway, let's continue..."

xXx

At the South Park Genetic Engineering Ranch, Dr. Alphonse Mephesto sat at a computer next to his usual desk, wearing his usual hat and yellow floral shirt, "Almost there." he grinned, looking down at his assistant, "Ah, can you believe it, Kevin? This is why it's so nice when we're left alone. The good people of this town are safe, and I'm progressing marvelously on genetically enhancing a giant panda with seven asses and an enhanced libido. Soon, there will be no need to spend millions of dollars paying China for pandas, soon we will-" The doorbell rang. "Who could that be?"

He approached the door, tapping his cane along with him, opening the large metallic door, his assistant Kevin at his side as he faced the stranger outside, "Hello good sir. The ranch is closed today. Try again tomorrow."

"Are you Dr. Alphonse Mephesto?" came a muffled voice in a thick green jacket, white fluff hiding his face.

"Why, yes I am. Do you need something, sir?"

"...I am the legendary fartmaster."

"You are?"

"N-no, that's the password." he explained, "We need to talk."

There was a pause. "My God. It's finally happened." Mephesto covered his mouth, then stepped aside, pulling the large door open in full, "Please come in..."

To Be Continued...

Author's Note: Here we go. This is the big one, folks.

Well, this is actually just a short teaser, far from a full chapter, for the larger story, which is coming just around the corner! For those nervous, I promise that it will be focused pretty squarely on the kids, with the adults making up a couple side stories, as you can tell.

For my South Park: Unleashed readers, I particularly hope you enjoy. This is the resolution/conclusion that you've all been waiting for.

Continuity and Trivia:

- Stan's attitude is a bit of an indirect nod to "Ass Burgers".

- The Mayoral election was alluded to in a few previous fics, but it's finally here. I promise not to make it too much of a focus. It's mostly to cover where the parents are.

- The figure meeting with Mephesto is someone we know from South Park. Internet cookie if you can figure out who it is!

Pop Culture References:

- The phrase "spared no expense" is a recurring line and running gag in the 1993 film Jurassic Park.

- "I am the legendary fartmaster." is the password given by Sans the skeleton in the video game Undertale if you go back in time.