Disclaimer: I only own Honor, my turtle from the game 'Black & White', who I have used in this story. I do not own Tiny Toon Adventures. If I did, my favourite characters would have received more screentime and my odd pairings might scar the audience. Hehe…
Cookies go to my two reviewers who got the symbol correct! Enjoy the cookies!
It took a while, but one of the guys finally got an idea of what the symbol meant.
"…Dude, I don't think that's a chick…"
The other two looked at him, confused.
"So, wait…"
The leader slowly came to a conclusion; if he didn't ask out a girl, then…
"Aw, man! Sick! I asked out a dude!"
With that, the leader ran off to the nearest bathroom.
"I think I'm gonna be sick…"
While nearby students snickered or laughed at this, the other two boys watched their leader go before turning back to look at the turtle. They glared at the poor multicoloured reptile, making it feel much worse than it already did.
"You just made Rex look bad!"
They angrily walked up to Honor, making the poor turtle uneasy as he got a bad feeling about what was about to happen. They stood over the small reptile, overshadowing him. The two boys started to crack their knuckles. It was then that Honor realized that he was in deep trouble.
"Nobody embarrasses Rex and gets away with it!"
"You're gonna wish you were a girl by the time we finish with you!"
Other students began to crowd around them, forming a large circle. Honor knew then that he had no choice but to stand his ground, seeing as the crowd was preventing him from escaping.
As the boys got into battle stances, the small turtle assessed the situation; they were only mort…humans, and humans could not fight as well as other animals, right? He realized that his father would not be happy if he found out. After all, he was raised to be kind and generous, not at all raised to be malicious.
Oh, well. He didn't have a choice now.
One of the boys swung, knowing that reptiles were slow and that they would have the upper hand…
…His fist hit air.
The crowd gasped. The boy missed? How could you miss a turtle? They were slow!
The two boys looked around, soon spotting Honor behind them. The turtle looked nervous, but was in a battle stance.
I apologize, father…
This was wrong. They should not have been angry. It was a simple, honest mistake. He was multicoloured, and that probably gave them the wrong impression…
Honor quickly dodged a fist aimed at his head. He could not fight; it would bring shame to him and his father…
He ducked as one of the boys tried to make contact with a kick. But if he didn't fight, he would get beaten up. And that would make others think that he was weak…
The turtle leapt over an attempted sweep-kick. It felt like his toddler years all over again. The other animals would make fun of him because of his height and for his speed…or lack thereof.
"I'm betting on the guys."
"The reptile hasn't attacked yet…"
"The thing's a coward."
Coward? Coward?
Honor felt a sudden burst of anger rage through his body. Is that what they think of me? A coward?
Within less than a second, the boys were on the ground. The crowd murmured. Had they tripped?
The two humans got up. When they looked at Honor again…
…The turtle looked different. The sparkles were gone. The bright colours seemed to have dimmed a bit. Instead of the timid, nervous turtle that they had been trying to harm a second ago, they saw that its mouth had been curled back into a demented grin.
Whoa.
Honor raced towards them at an unnatural speed, his fist pulled back. Before the boys could even blink, the turtle had struck. One of the boys was on the floor in agony, holding his stomach.
The other boy was pulled down by the front of his shirt, bent over at the small turtle's height as Honor's mouth curled back into a silent snarl.
The boy heard a voice in his mind. Never again. You have been warned.
When the turtle let go of the other boy's shirt, the boy stared in shock. Did they just get owned by a little reptile?
Crap. There goes their reputation.
Honor's features softened, the sparkles returned, and his colours brightened. The anger had faded. It took a few seconds for him to realize what he had done.
…Oh, no…
He had broken one of the rules his father had set; no harming the morta…humans.
Honor silently prayed for his father to forgive him if he found out about what he had done. Hopefully he would get a light punishment.
The small turtle turned around and walked past the crowd as they made a large path for him to leave the circle.
Before he left the cafeteria, Honor took one last glance at the fallen human boy.
Forgive me…