New Faces New Places
Disclaimer: This applies to all chapters I
don't own Hey Arnold. I only own the plot of the story.
Authors Notes: Treat the chapters like
episodes. This fic takes after Up in smoke, which I suggest you read first.
Where to now?
Arnold looked at the group of people
standing around Geraldfield. The school board decided not to rebuild PS118
which had been burnt down in May, they were going to divide the school up and
send them to PS117 or PS119, that would mean Mr Wartz would be losing his job,
but the rest of the teachers would be split up as well.
"Are you guys ready?" Arnold asked the
group, they all nodded.
"So on the count of three we'll open them…
1… 2…"
"3!" for the next couple of seconds all
anyone could hear was ripping and the occasional gasp.
"PS119" Harold said with glee Patty also
smiled
"PS119"
"PS117" Ronda said smiling
"Looks like you and me babe are going to
get closer PS117" Curly said happily. Ronda's smile turned into a frown.
Nadine's face turned sad.
"PS119" She said gloomily, Ronda's face
turned white, she was going to another school while her best friend was going
to one with well, pink hair boy…
"PS117" Sheena said
"PS117" Eugene said while Harold gave a
sigh of relief.
"Looks like I'm not going to be going to
school with Pink hair boy… PS117" Helga said slightly happily. Arnold's face
had gone pale.
"Arnold man… what is it?" Gerald asked
"PS119" Arnold said simply. Helga and
Arnold had been going out all summer since Helga rescued Arnold from the fire.
"Oh man… sorry… PS117" Pheobe's face had
gone white
"Pheebs whats wrong?"
"PS119"
"Well what lucky forth graders are going to PS119?" they all
flinched. It was Wolfgang, the old bully of PS118.
"Don't worry hon you'll get used to it…"
Helga said to Arnold, who was growing more and more paler by the minute.
"Um hate to put a dash on your love feast
Helga…" Stinky said
"What is it?" Helga snapped
"We still haven't finished finding out
who's going where…"
"Oh Sorry Stinky, Sid, Lila what schools
are you going to?" Arnold said quickly.
"PS119" Stinky drawled.
"PS117" Sid said a little tearfully.
"That's okay Arnold… I'm going to be
joining you… PS119" Lila smiled. It was Helga's turn to go pale, her worst
enemy, who her beloved had a crush on for a time before realising that he loved
her was going to the same school as him.
"Well you never guess what I heard…"
Wolfgang said causing the gang to once again look over at him.
"What is it Wolfgang?" Arnold asked a
little too impatiently
"You fourth-graders, soon to be fifth
graders who are going to PS119 are going to have Simmons."
"WHY ME?" Arnold yelled up into the sky
while the others looked at him wearily.
"Arnold, sweetie calm down…"
"Calm down… I just find out my Girl friends
going to a DIFFRENT school than me, My bestfriends going to a different school
than me, the school bully's going to the SAME school as me and my old forth
grade teacher, a year I hoped to of forgotten is going to be my teacher for
FIFTH GRADE." Arnold stormed off. Going into the boarding house leaving the
group to watch on mystified.
"I'll talk to him tonight…" Helga said to
the group after he left.
"Why is he so angry? OH I'm CONFUSED…"
Harold cried out.
"Harold, think about it… What if Patty was
being sent to another school? Then also hearing Sid was going to a different
school? On top of which being told that the school bully and your old teacher
was going to the same school as you?" Phoebe said diplomatically.
"Oh I get it… I think…" Harold said finally
using his brains for once.
"Anyway Helga I think it would be best if
you talked to him online tonight… apparently there's a chat room for PS118
students going on so friends or loved ones can talk to them through out the
year. I'm sure he's going to be online…" Gerald said
"Alright I'll see you guys later…" Helga
said going down the street.
"Later…" They all broke off then each one
feeling slightly different about the new situation. The new PS119 gang upset of
being Mr Simmons Special students again as well as having Wolfgang their
to beat them up. While the new PS117 gang felt upset for their friends, but
relived that they didn't have to get beaten up this year…
Arnold got back to the boarding house and
stormed up into his room slamming the door. Grandpa sighed
"Well I guess that means Short man and his
little girlfriend are going to different schools." He told is wife.
"Poor little Kiwmba."
Arnold wasn't really angry as such; he was
more upset. He was wondering if Helga really loved him, it didn't seem like it
the way she played off that they where going to different schools and he was
worried about weather or not his friendship with Gerald would be able to last
this…
What Arnold didn't know is that 2 blocks
away Helga was crying her heart out Oh My Beloved Arnold, I can't believe that
were going to different schools, why did this have to happen? Why did Brainy
have to cause the fire? She then came to a startling conclusion This is
all my fault…
"Short man you okay?" Grandpa asked
"Yeah fine grandpa."
"You don't sound fine, listen I heard about
your old school setting up a chat thing on the internet… you could go and talk
to everyone there…"
"What makes you think I want to talk to
anyone?" Arnold said coldly. Grandpa's face went white. He never had heard
Arnold's voice like that ever.
"Alright short man I'll leave you alone
then…" Grandpa said
"Good"
A couple of hours had gone by and Arnold
managed to clam down.
"Grandpa I'm going online!" Arnold yelled
downstairs
"Alright short man..."
Arnold connected and logged on to the site
~Arnold has entered the chat room~
Gerald:
Pheebs he will be on
Arnold: Hey guys… not interrupting anything
I hope? :::winks:::
Gerald: Hey Arnold… nope nothing at all :::blushes:::
Arnold: Crimity guys… why don't you just ask
each other out! And I thought *I * was
dense…
Phoebe: I have no Idea what your talking
about Arnold. And you're spending too much
time with Helga.
Arnold: I am not!
Gerald: Have to agree with Phoebe there
man, you just used crimity! I thought only Helga said that
~Helga has entered the chat room~
Arnold: So what if I'm too much time with
Helga she's my girlfriend…
Helga: Arnold we need to talk
Arnold: what? Why?
Helga: we just do…
Gerald: Whoa! Someone's in trouble!
Helga: Shut up tall hairboy!
Private PM from Helga to Arnold
Helga: Arnold I don't think we should see
each other any more…
Arnold: What why??
Helga: Its just not working out…
Arnold: But I love you….
Helga: Well maybe I don't love you!
Arnold: You honestly can't expect me to
believe that can you?
Helga: Well maybe I've changed over the
past summer; it just isn't going as well as I thought…
Arnold: Fine then… consider us over!
Helga: FINE
Normal Chat
Arnold: guys I gotta go… bye
Gerald: Bye Man…
Phoebe: Bye…
~Arnold has logged off~
Helga: ARNOLD WAIT!!!!!!
Helga: Damn it
Gerald: Helga what happened?
Helga: I dumped him…
Phoebe: But I thought you loved him…
Helga: Well maybe I don't OKAY? I'm going
now…
~Helga has logged off~
Phoebe: Gerald what are we going to do?
Gerald: I don't know… maybe we should go
talk to them…
Phoebe: yeah you take Arnold I'll take
Helga…
Gerald: Pheebs before you go I want to tell
you something…
Phoebe: Yes Gerald?
Gerald: I love you, will you go out with me
some time?
Phoebe: Of course I will! Bye ::gives Gerald
a kiss on the cheek:::
Gerald: Bye…
~Gerald has logged off~
~Phoebe has logged off~
Gerald got up smiling, now it was time to
cheer up his best friend.
"Mum going to Arnolds!"
"Okay be back by five" Gerald looked at his
watch it was 2:00 now so he would have plenty of time to try and get through to
his buddy.
Sunset Arms boarding house- Arnold's room
"Hey Short man Gerald's here" Grandpa said
knocking on the door. He could hear Arnold sigh and open the door. Grandpa was
startled seeing him, his eyes was red, almost if he was crying and he was
looking extremely pale. He looked at Gerald waiting for him to come in
"Are you going to come in?" Arnold said
coldly
"Okay man" Gerald said shocked he looked at
Arnold's grandpa, who simply shrugged his shoulders. "Arnold are you okay?"
"No this is turning out to be the worst day
of my life…" Arnold complained to Gerald.
"Hey what happened during the fire? I mean
the school official's are still wondering why Brainy caused the fire…"
"Alright I'll tell you but you have to
promise you wont tell ANYBODY…" Gerald nodded wondering where this was going. Arnold
took a deep breath and started to say tell what happened
~Flashback~
Helga took a final swing and threw the
axe on the floor, while Arnold climbed out. Helga took a good look at him, his
blue hat that normally sat in between is hair was gone, other than that he just
looked tired.
"Helga I think we should get out of
here…"
"Okay Football head lets go" They
started to run to the stairs when they saw that the flames where rapidly
climbing up the stairs.
"The fire escape" They both yelled.
Helga turned back around and started to run.
"Not so fast…" Helga stopped as she
heard the menacing voice she turned back around and gasped. There was a clocked
man (a mask covering his face) pulling back Arnold with a knife near his neck.
"Helga… go get out of here" Arnold
gasped
"No Arnold… I'm not leaving you…"
"Why don't you just tell him Helga?" The
voice asked. Helga's heart nearly stopped.
"Who are you?"
"Why Helga… I'm surprised at you, mind
you I'm not wheezing a lot." Suddenly Helga realized who he was.
"Brainy why?"
"Simple I love you Helga I always have.
Haven't you always wondered why I was always there when you talked about him?
Why you always punched me in the face after I snuck up on you?"
"But why this?" Helga waved her arms
around it, she saw the flames getting closer and closer.
"I wanted to make him pay, so I planned
this. Nobody would have noticed that I wasn't in class today. So I waited by
the door until Arnold here had to go out of the classroom then I pushed him
into the closet and set the school on fire…"
"Well Arnold remember Cecile? And the
pink book?" Brainy asked
"Yea but what does this have to do with…
it was Helga?" Helga nodded as realisation formed on Arnolds face.
"Yes it was Helga. Now you see why I'm
doing this? Helga loved YOU not me so I had to get rid of you, and then she
would be free to love me."
"Brainy I could never love you. Even if
Arnold was dead I would never love anyone else." Helga exploded.
"You wouldn't?" Brainy and Arnold asked
at the same time.
"No I wouldn't" Brainy then let go of
Arnold, accidentally cutting him on the shoulder with the knife.
"Then my life isn't worth living.
Goodbye Helga…" Brainy then stabbed himself in the heart making him fall down
as Helga watched on in horror.
"Helga we have to go…" She nodded as the
both ran towards the fire escape and getting out just in time.
~Flashback ends~
"So that's what happened…" Gerald said
"Yeah… which I don't know why Helga dumped
me…"
"You never know… maybe she's worried that
Lila may take you away from her…"
"Yeah Maybe… You know its strange, 2 months
ago I would of laughed in your face if I was told that I would be going out
with Helga, now she's dumped me I'm miserable…"
Helga's House- Helga's Bedroom
"Helga are you in here?" Phoebe called
through the door.
"Go away Pheebs I'm not in the mood…"
"Come on Helga, you need someone there…
don't forget I know you better than anyone…"
"Alright…" Helga opened the door looking
anything but the mean bully she was.
"Helga… why did you dump him?" Phoebe asked
getting straight to the point
"I don't know… I guess I'm still blaming my
self for the fire…" Helga said
"Helga what happened back there?" Phoebe
asked
"Alright I guess I'll tell you… you have to
swear not to tell anyone…"
"I wont…" Helga proceeds to telling Phoebe
the same story as what Arnold told Gerald.
"So what do I do Pheebs?" Helga asked when
she finished the story
"I am guessing you are feeling like the
fire was your fault, and that means splitting up was your fault to?" Phoebe
asked
"Yeah I guess that's it…"
"Helga, Arnold loves you… he DOESN'T like
Lila anymore… you need to get that through your head. Why don't you go over and
talk to him?"
"Alright… you know its strange two months
ago if you said I would be going out with Arnold and I dumped him I would of
laughed in your face…"
"Strange how things change isn't it Helga?"
"Yeah, come on"
"Coming"
Sunset Arm's boarding house- front door…
"Come on Arnold, you do know if you talk to
her you feel better…" Gerald said coming down the stairs…
"Alright, alright" Arnold growled. Good
this means I get to talk to Phoebe… Gerald thought to himself. As they
reach the door they heard a hesitant knock.
Knock knock
Arnold opened the door to reveal Helga
standing there with Phoebe
"I guess your doing the same thing as what
I'm doing" Helga said sheepishly.
"Yeah…" Arnold said trailing off. Helga
took a good look at him and inwardly smiled, he looked terrible but she was
happy because then she knew that Arnold really loved her.
"Hey Phoebe why don't we leave these two
alone and catch a movie?" Gerald said. Phoebe blushed but nodded, and quickly
followed Gerald around the corner.
"About time those two got together" Helga
and Arnold both said together. They looked at each other and smiled. That
seemed to break the ice.
"Arnold I…"
"Helga I…" They both said at once
"You go first" Arnold said
"Alright, Arnold I'm sorry for not saying I
didn't love you, you know fully well that I do, Phoebe said that I was blaming
my self for the fire."
"Alright… I guess I have to say is I'll
never leave you for Lila I love you too much," They smiled at each other and went
closer to give a kiss.
"Wow can you believe we only have one more
day of summer vacation?? And that means we're going to be starting a new
school…." Helga said sounding upset
"Hey make sure you keep Gerald inline…"
Arnold said laughing
"And you better make sure pink hair boy
doesn't eat too much…" Helga said laughing as well
"Don't worry I'll just say Helga can still
pound you Harold… and then he'll run away like a little baby…" Arnold said
jokingly. They then went inside to spend the evening together… (A/N- keep your
head out of the gutter, no they didn't 'do it')
To be continued…