As a note, this story takes place before the events of Bully.

Life sucks. Especially at Bullworth Academy.

That was how Algernon Papadopoulos and almost every other student felt. Bullworth was one of the toughest schools in the country. It's filled with ruthless bullies, corrupt prefects, and uncaring teachers. Fights happened everyday at the Academy, as the school was the battleground for five cliques. Algernon was in one of the five cliques, the Nerds.

Unfortunately, the Nerds were mercilessly attacked by everyone, but mostly the Bullies and the Jocks. They delighted in tormenting any Nerd they saw, and would usually beat them until they couldn't stand up anymore.

Everyday, Algernon had to plan a route to the boy's dorm, so he doesn't accidently walk into the Bullies or the Jocks territories., or else he would get slammed into the pavement. He was their favorite target, as everyone considered him the least popular kid in school.

He was considered that ever since accidentally wet his pants, and everyone calls him "Pee Stain".

As soon as Math had ended, Algernon made a mad dash toward his locker. He was noticeably overweight, so he could not run very fast. He didn't watch where he was going, and accidentally bumped into the school's principal, Dr. Crabblesnitch.

"Watch where you're going, boy!"

"Uh, sorry sir. I was just trying to get to my locker."

"Who are you anyway, boy?"

"Algernon Papadopoulos, sir."

"Who? Oh, you're that overweight child who soiled himself."

"Uh, yes sir."

"Very well, off you go."

Algernon continued his run for his locker. Around him, several of other students were getting picked on by Bullies. The bully, Trent, had stolen a book from Gordon Wakefield and threw it at his face.

"You can't do this to me, I'm popular."

"Run away, doofus!"

Gordon ran off, with Trent following after him to beat him up. Algernon paid no attention to them, and headed for his locker. He quickly tried to unlock it before other bullies decided to pick on him. He got it open, stored his books inside, and decided to run to the library, as the Nerds considered it a safe haven from the Bullies.

Gord Vendome stopped him in his tracks. He was from the Preppies clique, a group of rich students who believe they are better than any other student because of their money. Gord was one who more snobbish about poor people than most Preppies.

"Get out of my way, trash."

"Okay, just don't hurt me!"

"Whatever, poor boy."

Algernon continued to run for the exit, but had looked behind him in case he was under chase by Gord. However, Gord hadn't the slightest interest in fighting at the moment and walked the other direction. Algernon ran out the exit and toward the Library.

Unfortunately for Algernon, There were three Bullies standing just outside of the Library. They were Wade, Tom, and Troy. Wade was the one Algernon feared the most of the three, due to his rage towards Nerds. The Bullies noticed Algernon and immediately started to make fun of him.

"What are you doing here Algie? Tired of us always having to chase you down to beat you up?"

"Yeah, wimp!"

Wade said nothing, Algie didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Either he decided to have a change of heart, or he was waiting for Algie to make a wrong move and attack.

Algie wasn't alone, as two of his friends, Bucky and Donald, ran out of the Library to defend him.

"Leave him alone, you morons!"

Tom and Troy turned around and quickly attacked the two. That left only Algie and Wade. Algie walked back nervously as Wade walked toward him. Algie decided this would be the best time to beg for mercy from whatever was going to happen.

"Please don't hit me! I have money, I can pay you! Just please don't hurt me!"

Algie held up three dollars toward Wade, his hand shaking. Wade swatted the money out of his hand and delivered a punch to Algie's gut. Wade chuckled to himself as Algie fell to the ground.

"That's what you get for being so smart."

Algie decided to make a stand. Although he surely would be attacked again, he wouldn't just stay there and take it. Algie slowly got up and tried to send his own punch toward Wade. He grabbed Algie's fist, and sent a punch to his face. Wade wasn't done, as he delivered a kick to Algie's stomach, pushing him back.

Algie tried to defend himself from being attacked again by swinging his arms wildly in front of himself. Wade just laughed at this, and heat butted Algie in the stomach, knocking him down.

Algie got up and looked behind Wade. Donald had already been knocked down by Troy, and Bucky wasn't going to hold out for much longer. Algie knew he wouldn't win, especially if all three bullies attacked him. So he got up and started running toward the Boy's Dorm, with Wade running after him.

Algie knew he couldn't outrun Wade, he was too slow. But, he still had some marbles in his pocket he bought from Dragon's Wing comic book store. In a desperate attempt, Algie threw the marbles back and continued running. He looked back when he heard Wade's yell of surprise when he tripped.

Not listening to his common sense, Algie turned back and decided to taunt Wade, something he would regret doing.

"Take that, loser face!"

Wade looked up in surprise at Algie's strange choice of insults. Seconds later, he got up and charged toward Algie, who fearfully turned back to start running. Algie was too late, as Wade delivered an overhand punch, knocking him to the pavement. Wade grabbed Algie by the shirt collar, and was about to send another punch to the face.

Where are the prefects? thought Algie.

Fortunately for Algie, Thad had seen the attack, and came running with a bottle rocket launcher. Thad fired a warning shot near Wade to get him to back off. Instead, Wade turned his focus on Thad and decided to beat him up.

This distraction was all Algie needed for an escape. With great effort, Algie managed to lift himself on the broken part of the fence and run toward the Boy's Dorm. He finally made it inside, out of breath. Unfortunately, Gary was there to 'greet' him.

"Ah, Pee Stain! What's wrong, try to run a marathon from the Bullies?"

Algie was too out of breath to counter Gary's insults. And if he did, he would probably get beaten up. He slowly walked toward the recreation room as Gary was laughing to himself, to sit down on the couch. Casey, a Jock, was right at the TV, and was frustrated that all it would show was static.

"Lousy piece of junk!"

Casey slammed the TV with his fist, but it made no difference. As he walked away, he purposely knocked Algie out of the way. Algie knew saying something would get him a black eye. Algie slumped onto the couch in self pity, knowing it would all happen again tomorrow.

As he sat down, two non-clique students were having a conversation.

"You hear that Gary Smith said he going to take over the school."

"What? No way?"

"It's true, he thinks he'll beat all the clique leaders and control the school."

"There's no way he could do that."

"Yeah, I know."

The two students walked off, but they unknowingly gave Algie an idea. He sat back and wondered bout that possibility. Taking over the school? That's crazy, but it could work! Algie thought how great it would be if the Nerds weren't constantly picked on, how great it would be if the Nerds weren't always beaten up, how great it would be if he was popular!

That was a wonderful thought, but reality soon came rushing back to Algie in a second. There's no way he, or the entire Nerd clique could take down the other cliques. They weren't strong enough. Algie would need some friends, strong friends. If he played his cards right, he could get those friends!

Algie walked into his dorm room with a grin on his face, despite getting beaten up. No one had any idea he planned to take over the school.