High School High
Chapter 1
The Spirit Catcher
It was the new term at Boroughbridge High School and they had
all been told that there would be loads of new students that
year, because Neo, Crash and all the others were becoming year
eights. Neo already knew that there would be Spyro's little
brother, Crash's younger sister Coco, Nathan and Oxy Gin and
Croc's two sisters Tango and Roxi. This also meant that they
would hardly see Trophy, the school's bully, as he would be a
sixth former along with Tiko, (Neo's oldest brother) and Daargy,
(Nathan's oldest brother) doing his GCSE's. Neo and Crash had
been planning all sorts of things between them over the
holidays; drawing pictures of what there worst enemies would
look like. In amongst the pictures was one that looked very
slightly like a hedgehog with sneakers on.
Neo was upstairs in his bedroom with Crash, who had slept
over that night because he wanted to get on the bus with Neo for
two reasons: the first to see Nathan before Coco did, and two to
make new friends before Coco got them all.
Neo: I can't wait to see Nathan again. I haven't seen him all
holiday. Have you?
Crash: Coco had him over one time, last week. Well anyway
it's the new term and there's new friends to make, and enemies.
Such as Brio, I hope no one looks like those pics we drew.
Neo: There already are some kids there that look like those
pictures. Vagina Man and Glow Buttocks. Or as they started
school they had to have their names changed to Rayman and
Globox, the teachers all know their real names, but they had to
change them so little kids wouldn't find out and pick on them.
But we found out anyway. Come on we better go and get down to
the bus stop.
Crash: This early?
Neo: Well that way, we can meet any new kids first. Before Brio
and that lot get here. So come on.
Neo and Crash get their stuff together and go downstairs.
Neo: TIKO, LEO, HALLIE, DEKSTA! I'M OFF NOW!! (No answer) Oh
well let's go Crash.
As Neo and Crash were on their way down to the bus stop,
Neo noticed a new kid waiting for the bus. He was all red, with
clenched fists and flat hair that went down with gravity, he had
his school uniform on and was wearing green socks and red and
yellow sneakers, he was sitting on the low wall next to the bus
stop sign. Before Neo managed to say what he was going to say
another red one went running past and over to the one sitting on
the wall. He looked very much alike the red one sitting on the
wall. They were both in school uniform, (so they should be) and
had sneakers on. But the second one that had gone whizzing past
Neo was carrying some sort of stick, which he or she put on one
end of the wall, then sat down next to the other red one who
didn't look very pleased about it. As Neo and Crash got to the
bus stop the second red one leapt up in the air and began to
shake Neo's hand really hard. Neo thought his arm was going to
end up being separated from the rest of his body.
Jaleal: (Still shaking Neo's hand) I'm so glad to meet you.
My name's Jaleal. What's yours? (Stops shaking his hand)
Neo: Neo. Year eight. What year are you in?
Jaleal: Cool Man. I'm in year eight too. So is my brother.
(Turns round to his double behind him) Aren't you Knuckles?
Knuckles: Shut up Jaleal.
Jaleal: (Suddenly notices Crash picking up his twig) Nooooo!
Don't touch that you have no idea.
Before Jaleal could say what he was going to say a bolt of
what looked like purple lighting shot out of one end of the
stick, sending Crash flying backwards into the hedge, Jaleal
dived onto the floor, and Neo was shoved onto the floor out of
the bolt's way by Knuckles who had dived onto the floor as well.
Jaleal: Look what you've done now, you dipstick!
Knuckles: Neo, you and that other one stay on the ground.
Jaleal set your spirit catcher onto load. (Jaleal crawls along
the floor, gets the stick and pushes a green button on the side
of it) Now when I say go, I'll hit it until it becomes faint and
collapses on the floor then you suck it into the spirit catcher.
Okay? (The large bolt of lighting or whatever it was, was
circling around in circles above them) Three.Two.One.GO!
The very second Knuckles stood up the purple bolt shot
straight towards him at it's top speed, Knuckles just managed to
avoid being hit, then turned and punched it. The bolt went
spiralling through the hedge, through someone's fencing, through
a garden shed, and hit the side of the house opposite the garden
shed. Knuckles quickly grabbed the spirit catcher from Jaleal
and pointed it towards the bolt. But the bolt had other ideas.
It dodged the green mist that came out the spirit catcher and
zoomed towards Jaleal, who dived on to the floor, and the bolt
hit someone else's flowerbed of red roses, which weren't red
after the bolt landed on them. Knuckles dived onto the flowerbed
and was punching the bolt until it was flat against the burnt
flowers, then Knuckles pushed a blue button on the spirit
catcher, but before the blue mist touched the bolt, it shot off
again.
Knuckles: SHIT!
The bolt seemed out of control, it shot out of the
flowerbed, in through one of the house's windows, out through
the chimney, and back towards Knuckles, who pressed the blue
button again. This time he hit it, and the bolt turned into a
bolt of black lighting trapped inside a block of ice. Then
Knuckles pushed the green button, which turned the bolt back to
purple inside the block of ice, and then he pressed a yellow
button, which opened up one end of the stick. The bolt flew into
the stick, the lid closed as Knuckles was sent flying backwards
into bus stop sign, leaving it rather bent near the bottom.
Jaleal ran over, picked up the stick and pressed a yellow
button. A small gap appeared on the side of the stick and the
water from the ice block trickled out. Knuckles breathed a sigh
of relief.
Knuckles: Thank god that's over. You two can stand up now.
Neo: (Standing up) Whoa! What was that?
Knuckles: (Now panting heavily like a dog) That my friend, is
called a spirit catcher. That purple bolt is called the Bolt of
Furry; it has a very high source of energy. As I'm sure you can
see. It will damage and always break anything in its way. As you
can see by looking at the damage it's done. (Neo looks at the
damaged gardens and houses around them) If it was to hit you or
that idiot over there, (Points at Crash with his finger) you
would be badly burnt and have little blisters all over you. That
would only happen if it was extremely weak.
Neo: What if it was at its full strength?
Knuckles: It would ram into you and sent you flying towards
the hardest thing that was closest to you, for instance that
wall over there, (Points towards a wall on the opposite side of
the house) or even the house. It would make sure you went
straight threw it, then it would set you on fire, if you managed
to survive that, it would electrocute you by sending five
hundred volts into you. That bolt though was only half strength
so it would shove you into a fence or that garden shed that's
collapsed over there in that garden, and send two hundred and
fifty bolts into you. Which could have killed you.
Neo: GOD!
Brio: (Running towards Neo and Crash) Hi Neo! Hi Crash! Who are
you? (Points at Knuckles)
Knuckles: My name is Knuckles, him over there, (Points at
Jaleal) he's my brother called Jaleal. And we are both in year
eights. (Collapses on the floor)
Brio: Was it something I said?
Chapter 1
The Spirit Catcher
It was the new term at Boroughbridge High School and they had
all been told that there would be loads of new students that
year, because Neo, Crash and all the others were becoming year
eights. Neo already knew that there would be Spyro's little
brother, Crash's younger sister Coco, Nathan and Oxy Gin and
Croc's two sisters Tango and Roxi. This also meant that they
would hardly see Trophy, the school's bully, as he would be a
sixth former along with Tiko, (Neo's oldest brother) and Daargy,
(Nathan's oldest brother) doing his GCSE's. Neo and Crash had
been planning all sorts of things between them over the
holidays; drawing pictures of what there worst enemies would
look like. In amongst the pictures was one that looked very
slightly like a hedgehog with sneakers on.
Neo was upstairs in his bedroom with Crash, who had slept
over that night because he wanted to get on the bus with Neo for
two reasons: the first to see Nathan before Coco did, and two to
make new friends before Coco got them all.
Neo: I can't wait to see Nathan again. I haven't seen him all
holiday. Have you?
Crash: Coco had him over one time, last week. Well anyway
it's the new term and there's new friends to make, and enemies.
Such as Brio, I hope no one looks like those pics we drew.
Neo: There already are some kids there that look like those
pictures. Vagina Man and Glow Buttocks. Or as they started
school they had to have their names changed to Rayman and
Globox, the teachers all know their real names, but they had to
change them so little kids wouldn't find out and pick on them.
But we found out anyway. Come on we better go and get down to
the bus stop.
Crash: This early?
Neo: Well that way, we can meet any new kids first. Before Brio
and that lot get here. So come on.
Neo and Crash get their stuff together and go downstairs.
Neo: TIKO, LEO, HALLIE, DEKSTA! I'M OFF NOW!! (No answer) Oh
well let's go Crash.
As Neo and Crash were on their way down to the bus stop,
Neo noticed a new kid waiting for the bus. He was all red, with
clenched fists and flat hair that went down with gravity, he had
his school uniform on and was wearing green socks and red and
yellow sneakers, he was sitting on the low wall next to the bus
stop sign. Before Neo managed to say what he was going to say
another red one went running past and over to the one sitting on
the wall. He looked very much alike the red one sitting on the
wall. They were both in school uniform, (so they should be) and
had sneakers on. But the second one that had gone whizzing past
Neo was carrying some sort of stick, which he or she put on one
end of the wall, then sat down next to the other red one who
didn't look very pleased about it. As Neo and Crash got to the
bus stop the second red one leapt up in the air and began to
shake Neo's hand really hard. Neo thought his arm was going to
end up being separated from the rest of his body.
Jaleal: (Still shaking Neo's hand) I'm so glad to meet you.
My name's Jaleal. What's yours? (Stops shaking his hand)
Neo: Neo. Year eight. What year are you in?
Jaleal: Cool Man. I'm in year eight too. So is my brother.
(Turns round to his double behind him) Aren't you Knuckles?
Knuckles: Shut up Jaleal.
Jaleal: (Suddenly notices Crash picking up his twig) Nooooo!
Don't touch that you have no idea.
Before Jaleal could say what he was going to say a bolt of
what looked like purple lighting shot out of one end of the
stick, sending Crash flying backwards into the hedge, Jaleal
dived onto the floor, and Neo was shoved onto the floor out of
the bolt's way by Knuckles who had dived onto the floor as well.
Jaleal: Look what you've done now, you dipstick!
Knuckles: Neo, you and that other one stay on the ground.
Jaleal set your spirit catcher onto load. (Jaleal crawls along
the floor, gets the stick and pushes a green button on the side
of it) Now when I say go, I'll hit it until it becomes faint and
collapses on the floor then you suck it into the spirit catcher.
Okay? (The large bolt of lighting or whatever it was, was
circling around in circles above them) Three.Two.One.GO!
The very second Knuckles stood up the purple bolt shot
straight towards him at it's top speed, Knuckles just managed to
avoid being hit, then turned and punched it. The bolt went
spiralling through the hedge, through someone's fencing, through
a garden shed, and hit the side of the house opposite the garden
shed. Knuckles quickly grabbed the spirit catcher from Jaleal
and pointed it towards the bolt. But the bolt had other ideas.
It dodged the green mist that came out the spirit catcher and
zoomed towards Jaleal, who dived on to the floor, and the bolt
hit someone else's flowerbed of red roses, which weren't red
after the bolt landed on them. Knuckles dived onto the flowerbed
and was punching the bolt until it was flat against the burnt
flowers, then Knuckles pushed a blue button on the spirit
catcher, but before the blue mist touched the bolt, it shot off
again.
Knuckles: SHIT!
The bolt seemed out of control, it shot out of the
flowerbed, in through one of the house's windows, out through
the chimney, and back towards Knuckles, who pressed the blue
button again. This time he hit it, and the bolt turned into a
bolt of black lighting trapped inside a block of ice. Then
Knuckles pushed the green button, which turned the bolt back to
purple inside the block of ice, and then he pressed a yellow
button, which opened up one end of the stick. The bolt flew into
the stick, the lid closed as Knuckles was sent flying backwards
into bus stop sign, leaving it rather bent near the bottom.
Jaleal ran over, picked up the stick and pressed a yellow
button. A small gap appeared on the side of the stick and the
water from the ice block trickled out. Knuckles breathed a sigh
of relief.
Knuckles: Thank god that's over. You two can stand up now.
Neo: (Standing up) Whoa! What was that?
Knuckles: (Now panting heavily like a dog) That my friend, is
called a spirit catcher. That purple bolt is called the Bolt of
Furry; it has a very high source of energy. As I'm sure you can
see. It will damage and always break anything in its way. As you
can see by looking at the damage it's done. (Neo looks at the
damaged gardens and houses around them) If it was to hit you or
that idiot over there, (Points at Crash with his finger) you
would be badly burnt and have little blisters all over you. That
would only happen if it was extremely weak.
Neo: What if it was at its full strength?
Knuckles: It would ram into you and sent you flying towards
the hardest thing that was closest to you, for instance that
wall over there, (Points towards a wall on the opposite side of
the house) or even the house. It would make sure you went
straight threw it, then it would set you on fire, if you managed
to survive that, it would electrocute you by sending five
hundred volts into you. That bolt though was only half strength
so it would shove you into a fence or that garden shed that's
collapsed over there in that garden, and send two hundred and
fifty bolts into you. Which could have killed you.
Neo: GOD!
Brio: (Running towards Neo and Crash) Hi Neo! Hi Crash! Who are
you? (Points at Knuckles)
Knuckles: My name is Knuckles, him over there, (Points at
Jaleal) he's my brother called Jaleal. And we are both in year
eights. (Collapses on the floor)
Brio: Was it something I said?