"Billy! Time for School!" called a female fish up the stairs to a small boy in his cozy bed.

"Ah Mom!" he yelled, pulling himself out of bed. "Can't I just stay home today?"

"No! You have to learn or you're never going to get a good job!" she snapped back. Billy came down the stairs, his clothes on and his backpack on his back.

"Bye mom!" he called, running outside to the bus. The bus took the kids to the school. They got off at the school and walked into their first hour class. Billy plopped down in his seat in the back row. He had History 1st hour, and his teacher was Mrs. Clam, who was a fish.

"OK students!" she called after taking role call. "I hope you prepared for today's pop quiz!" she said. All of the students shrieked. None of them had read the chapter in their book! The kids, including Billy, rapidly took out their books and opened them to page 45, 678. Billy read the bold print on the page.

Chapter 1: The Battle of Bikini Bottom

Author's Note: Sorry it was so short, I just wanted to write an introduction to get you ready for the actual story!