Jenny sat in front of the headmaster's desk with a bandage on her forehead. It was only two weeks into school term.

"I hate school. The lessons are stupid and my classmates are trying to kill me," announced Jenny.

"As you can see little Jenny is having problems adjusting to school," said the headmaster ruefully. Galen Richards was an older man with a grandfatherly look.

"What did she do?" sighed Steven. The large hairy man plunked himself in the chair with a thud.

"First off, we have a strict no jewelry policy. Yet she keeps insisting on wearing her gem to school,"said the headmaster.

"That gem is a part of me. Daddy has a gem for a bellybutton,"piped up Jenny.

"She was caught playing with her tablet during lessons,"

"They were going over the alphabet again. I already know how to read."

"Oh really little miss. Then recite the alphabet for me," said the headmaster raising his eyebrows.

"A,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z. My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun. Coral is far more red than her lips red. If snow be white why then her breasts are-"

"Jenny that's enough," snapped Steven.

"Then there was this obscene picture she drew at art group," Richards cleared his throat as he pushed a piece of paper. On it was a crayon drawing of a pair of green breasts.

"They told me to draw a picture of my Mummy. That's all I remember of her."

The headmaster widened his eyes, "But surely your Daddy must have shown you pictures?" Jenny shook her head. "Oh."

The headmaster continued, "And finally she got into a fight at recess."

"There were 4 of them Daddy. They threw rocks at me and smashed my tablet," added Jenny.

"Well the play ground monitor didn't see that,"added the headmaster.

"How could she? She was making kissy faces at the PE instructor," said Jenny harshly.

"Well Jenny gave one of the boys a broken nose. I've called his parents and they're very upset," said the Headmaster.

"Jenny didn't I tell you to just walk away?" accused Steven.

"The fact of the matter is your daughter just doesn't fit in at Cloverfield Academy. Jenny's an extraordinarily imaginative and bright girl. She bores easily and she's constantly getting into things. This is a small school. We're not able to accommodate a gifted child like her. My suggestion is that you enroll her in the Geode learning center at Port Rush."

"We can't do that. I own a dairy farm and we can't afford to move," said Steven softly.

"But I hate the farm Daddy. It's boring and the cows smell,"said Jenny harshly.

"Jenny that is a school for aliens. I want you to have a normal life. Just try better to fit in," scolded Steven.

"It's always what you want Daddy, never me. You never tell me anything about Mummy or let me play with the toys I want. Guess what? I'm not normal," shouted Jenny. With that she ripped off the bandage.

Steven could now see the cut on Jenny's forehead. It was very close to her gem, Before Steven could say anything she ran out of the room crying.

The Headmaster looked at Steven, "Clearly an unhappy girl, are you having trouble at home?Look it must be difficult raising a child alone but I am disturbed that Jenny doesn't even know what her mother looks like. Talk to her about her mother. Part of her acting up is because of that."

"It just hurts so much," tears welled up in Steven's eyes.

The Headmaster's eyes hardened"Mr. Universe you are a parent. You can't just do what you want anymore. Think about Jenny and what's best for her. Now I must ask you to leave. I have the boys parents to deal with next."

As Steven left the building he saw his daughter being cornered by some boys. They were 4 of them around the age of 11. One of them had a bloody nose.

"Where are you going freak?" asked the largest boy. Jenny tried to push past them. He shoved her.

"You still have to pay for what you did to me," the boy with the bloody nose cracked his knuckles.

Steven saw enough. He clamped his hand on the boy's shoulder, "Enough, leave my daughter alone. Look at you what are you 10? All 4 of you ganged up on my Jenny. You should be ashamed of yourselves."

The boy laughed, "You can't do anything. I'm a kid."

Steven growled. He picked up the boy now kicking and screaming. His buddies scattered.

"Hey what are you doing?"the little coward shouted.

"Showing what it's like to be picked on by someone bigger than you. To feel helpless and trapped with no way out" Steven hoisted the boy onto a branch of a tree giving him the mother of all wedgies. In the schoolyard the other kids laughed.

"I'm telling my Dad," the brat shouted.

"You do that and I'll tell him how you cut my Jenny's head. Come Jenny let's go home."

They left the school grounds and go into Steven's blue van. As they drove back to the farm Jenny spoke up. "Daddy, what was Mummy like?"