Chapter1: The Same.
An ordinary day in Lindbergh Elementary, Retroville . A boy and his friends. A girl and her rival. Doing what they did best.
"That has to be the STUPIDEST thing I ever heard in my life!" screeched Cindy.
"And this coming from the person with less than half a brain?" said Jimmy.
Cindy fumed, giving Jimmy a glare that would make even Atilla the Hun cower. But Jimmy did not flinch in the slightest. He continued to watch her smugly.
Meanwhile, Libby, and Carl stood by, observing this ramble from afar. Libby was unimpressed, however. This had happened one too many times. Carl, on the other hand, was used to their arguments, but he still teetered in their heat.
"Heya homies! What's crackin'?" boomed a voice. Libby looked up. She pointed a finger at Jimmy and Cindy silently. "Oh," said Sheen, his happiness subduing. "Again?" Libby nodded at him."Alright, how many times this week?" Libby sighed. "Eight."
Carl piped up, "Hey, that's not so bad!" Libby gave him a look. "Carl, it's Monday!"
The kid's stocky face lost its shine. "Oh."
Sheen purposefully pushed himself between Jimmy and Cindy, thus breaking their fight. "Fear not, citizens!" he cited. "Ultralord shall brighten your dull and boring lives!" He thrust his Ultralord action figure into Cindy's face. "Here's Ultralord!" he screamed joyfully. Cindy was not so enthusiastic about this. She pushed Sheen off roughly. "Bug off, Ultra loser!" she snapped, "and don't you have like a million of those stupid dolls?"
"A-C-T-I-O-N-F-I-G-U-R-E-S," he spelt into her face. Cindy's anger seethed to the top. How Jimmy handled these nitwits, she'd never know. "Sheen," she said quietly. "Yeah?" he grinned densely. "What did I say about staying twenty feet from me at all times?" she continued in that dangerous tone of hers.
Sheen caught on. He looked down. Then up at Cindy's face. She was white with anger. Instinctively, he shot as far away as possible. "Don't kill me!" he shrilled. Cindy, pleased, gave him a sinister smile. "Not today I won't."
She looked up to the sky, and smiled. Some things never changed.