The following week, it was time for the first day of school, which meant that Henry and Stanley had to make two trips before work.

The alarm clock went off at the usual time, leading to the brothers to groan as they got up from bed.

They both washed their faces, brushed their teeth, and put on their clothes.

"Well Stanley, today's the day..." Henry rubbed his eyes.

"Yep." Stanley nodded. "Time to wake up the others..."

Henry nodded in agreement as they made their way to the basement.

They got downstairs and watched their sleeping siblings in a deep slumber.

"Okay campers! Wake up!" Stanley called out. "Get up! Time for school!"

The kids started to slowly open their eyes and reluctantly crawl out of their beds and futons.

"Ugh..." Alan groaned as he got off his bed.

He tried to feel for his glasses, but couldn't seem to get his hands on them.

"Where are my glasses?" he mumbled.

"Not too sure, Alan." Nancy said as she tried on Alan's missing glasses.

Seeing Nancy wearing Alan's glasses, Henry walked over and took them from her.

"Here Alan." Henry said as he put Alan's glasses on the right owner.

"Thanks, Henry." Alan blinked his eyes. "That's much better."


Soon, the younger siblings were in the dining room having breakfast.

"Okay everyone, finish up your oatmeal fast, because the sooner you do, the sooner we can get you to school on time." said Henry.

"I'm already done." Nancy said as she held out an empty bowl of oatmeal.

"Ah good." Stanley nodded. "Get ready."

The kids finished their breakfast and grabbed their backpacks.

"Okay gang, time to go." said Henry.

The entire Chan Clan walked out of the house and followed Henry and Stanley to school.

Soon, the group arrived at Earl Derr Biggers Public School where the youngest siblings are enrolled in.

"Here's our first stop of the day, Earl Derr Biggers! Same place that Stanley and I went to as kids!" said Henry. "Now Flip, Nancy, Mimi, Scooter, go run inside. You're gonna be late!"

"But I don't wanna go to school." Scooter moaned. "What if nobody likes me?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Scooter," Stanley told his brother. "After all, you and Mimi will be in the same class, and you'll probably into Flip and Nancy in the hallway every now and then. There's really nothing to be afraid of."

"I suppose so..." Scooter said, unsure.

"But it looks so scary..." Mimi whimpered.

Stanley cuddled Mimi and stroked her hair. "Doodlebug, I know it feels scary right now, but just think...this is going to be one of the greatest days of your unnaturally born life."

"Yep." Henry nodded. "The day you first went to school."

The younger siblings looked at each other, and finally came to a conclusion.

"Okay, we'll give it a try." Flip sighed.

"Ah, that's good." Henry smile before motioning them to head in.

Flip and Scooter headed into the school, while Nancy and Mimi kissed Henry and Stanley goodbye.

"See you guys later." Nancy said as she and Mimi turned and make their way into school.

"Okay, now to take you guys to your school." Henry turned to the older siblings.

"Sure." Alan nodded before they followed him and Stanley.


While the older kids were on their way to the other school, Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter were trying to find their way to their respective classrooms.

"Gee, this place sure is big." said Nancy. "I wonder where we are gonna find our classrooms?"

"Beats me." Flip shrugged. "Maybe we should ask someone for help?"

Nancy then saw a sign pointing to different classrooms. "Hey look! There's a sign, and I think there's some writing on it. I wonder what it says..."

The four gathered around the sign to take a closer look at it.

"Maybe this is the way to the classrooms that we are supposed to go to?" suggested Flip.

"It could be." Scooter shrugged.

"Of course, if we knew how to read we would know." said Nancy.


Meanwhile, the older siblings arrived at Keye Luke High School.

"Here we are gang, Keye Luke High!" said Henry. "This is the school Stanley and I went to when were your age."

Stanley sighed. "Seems as if only a couple months ago we graduated and then gave up our college careers to raise our eight younger brothers and sisters."

"So this is where we learn stuff?" Suzie asked.

"Yep." Henry nodded. "You'll learn everything you need to know for a successful career."

"Sounds kinda hard." said Anne.

"Don't worry." Stanley reassured them. "You guys will all do fine."

"Okay, we'll go." said Suzie.

"Good." Henry nodded. "Now go inside before the bell rings!"

"Alright then." Tom nodded.

Tom and Alan walked into the school, while Suzie and Anne kissed Henry and Stanley goodbye.

"Bye girls, we love you." said Stanley.

"Love you too." Suzie smiled.

"Bye bye." Anne said before she and Suzie followed the boys into the school.

"Come on Stanley, we'd better get to work." said Henry.

The two then walked away and headed to the shop.


When they arrived, Tinker and Mark were waiting for them.

"Good, y'all are here." said Tinker.

"Say, what's up with the faces?" Henry asked when he and Stanley noted the serious looks on Mark and Tinker's faces.

"How about we have our customers answer that question?" replied Mark.

Tinker and Mark moved out of the way to reveal Dr. Quest and Race, looking rather cross.

"Hello boys." said Dr. Quest.

"Dr. Quest? What are you doing here?" asked Stanley.

"Lemme guess." Henry said. "You're not satisfied by the job we've did in repairing one of your vehicles which you have sent to the shop, huh?"

"Well that, and we want our artificial intelligence chip back." Dr. Quest replied.

"What are you talking about?" asked Henry.

"I'll explain when you four fix our car." Dr. Quest replied.

Henry, Stanley, Mark and Tinker all shared a look with each other.

"Time to get to work..." sighed Tinker.

The boys got to work on the car, and eventually were done.

"Okay...we're done..." Mark wiped off the grease on his forehead. "Now, what's this about a chip, doc?"

"And what made you think you could find it here?" Tinker added.

Dr. Quest pointed right to Speed Buggy. "Does that answer your question?"

"Good point." Stanley nodded.

"But why would you leave it here if you want it back?" asked Henry.

"Oh yeah." Tinker said. "How did that chip ended up on the desk in the first place before Stanley decided to place it into Speed Buggy?"

Dr. Quest started to explain. "Well, the other day we came here to get our car fixed, and I think that we must have left our artificial intelligence chip here on the desk by mistake."

"Well that explains a lot." Henry folded his arms and rolled his eyes.

"In any case, we want our chip back." added Race.

Everyone then turned to Speed Buggy.

"Sp-sp-sp-hey guys! Sp-sp-sp-what's up?" Speedy asked.

The boys turned to each other, feeling a bit awkward.

"Well Speedy, I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you..." said Tinker.

"What is it?" asked Speedy.

"This doc will explain everything..." Mark said as he gestured towards Dr. Quest.


At that same time, the four youngest Chan kids were still trying to find their way around the school.

"Guys, I think we're lost..." said Flip.

"What makes you say that?" Mimi deadpanned.

"We seem to be going around in circles." Flip said.

"And we're probably late to class right now." Nancy added. "I wish Henry and Stanley had told us where we were supposed to go."

"No argument from me." Mimi nodded.

Just then, two boys and a girl who appeared to be Flip's biological age came walking towards the kids.

"Hey." said the first boy. "Are you new here?"

"Yes, I am." Flip nodded. "I was trying to help my brother and my sisters get to class, but we couldn't find our classrooms."

"Don't worry, we'll help you guys." said the blonde boy.

Flip smiled. "Thanks, uh...um...you know I didn't get that last name...or first name."

"I'm Jonny Quest." the boy shook Flip's hand. "And these are my friends; Hadji and Jessie."

"My name's Flip." Flip introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you, Flip." said Jonny. "So where is your classroom?"

"I don't know." Flip replied as he showed his class schedule. "I can't read the schedule. Do you know how, Jonny?"

Jonny looked at Flip's schedule and read it. "What a coincidence, Flip! We're exact same fifth grade class."

"That's good to know." said Flip. "But what about my brother and sisters? They're gonna be late and we are already late as it is."

"Not to worry, I will get your brother and sisters to their classrooms." said Jessie.

Jonny, Hadji, and Flip walked to class together, while Jessie took the younger kids to their respective classes.


Author's Note:

Looks like Flip has found some friends in Jonny and Hadji. Also, it looks like Speed Buggy is gonna have a little dilemma when he hears that he might lose his ability to talk. Stay tuned for more!