Gary opened his eyes. He saw Charlotte, a boy, and the teal blue girl looking down at him.
"Oh goodie! You woke up! Yippee!" Charlotte happily said.
"What? Where am I?" Gary asked.
"You're in the nurses office. Charlotte hit you with the swing." The teal blue girl answered.
"She did? But I was supposed to destroy her!" Gary said, disappointed.
"You were?" The teal blue girl wondered.
"Yeah..." Gary said, still disappointed.
Gary looked up at the teal blue girl, then smiled at her. However, she was frowning, just like she was when Gary first saw her.
"Umm... what's your name?" Gary asked.
"Who? Me?" The teal blue girl asked.
"Tehe. That's Maggie. She writes poems." Charlotte said.
"A poem? What's a poem?" Gary asked.
"A poem is something people write that could or could not rhyme. It doesn't really matter which. They are about happy and cheerful things!" Charlotte happily said.
"But my poems aren't happy or cheerful things..." Maggie told him.
"Really? Can I read one?" Gary asked.
"You want to read one of my poems?" Maggie said, confused.
"Of course I do! They sound interesting!" Gary said.
"Oh... umm... ok..." Maggie pulled out one of her poems and gave it to Gary. Gary read the poem. It was about a cat. Gary smiled as he read it, even though the poem was incredibly sad.
"Wow! This is incredible. I love the part where the cat is in the rain." Gary said.
"You liked my poem?" Maggie wondered.
"Liked it? I loved it!" Gary told her.
"Wow... I don't think I've ever met someone who thought my poems were great..." Maggie said.
Gary smiled at Maggie while giving the poem back to her. After that, Gary walked out of the nurse's office. Maggie watched him leave, then smiled for about 2 seconds, and then it turned back into her usual depressing frown.
Everyone was now in the cafeteria. Vendetta noticed Charlotte was still alive, and then she stomped towards Gary, who was getting his lunch.
"What is this? Why is Charlotte still alive?" Vendetta yelled.
"Oh... well, you see-"
"I don't care! I want her gone!" Vendetta angrily said.
"Ok..." Gary walked away and sat next to Maggie. Vendetta followed him.
"What do you think you are doing? Why aren't you destroying Charlotte?" Vendetta angrily asked.
"Because I want to eat lunch with Maggie." Gary said. Maggie rolled her eyes at him.
"And I want you destroying Charlotte!" Vendetta yelled.
Gary took a piece of beef jerky and threw it at the back of Charlotte's head.
"Ooh! Thanks Gary!" Charlotte said.
"There. Happy?" Gary said, annoyed.
"No! I want you to destroy Charlotte, not throw beef jerky at her!" Vendetta was getting angrier.
"Fine! I'll destroy her later!" Gary said, still annoyed
"No! Destroy her NOW!" Vendetta yelled with rage.
"No! I don't want to! I want to eat my lunch! Just let me destroy her after school is over!" Gary yelled back at Vendetta. Vendetta screamed and stomped away.
"It's pretty stupid of you to go against Vendetta like that…" Maggie said. She took a sip of her grape juice.
"What do you mean?" Gary was curious.
"Everyone in Clamburg listens to what Vendetta says. She's the supreme ruler of this town."
"Everyone? Even you?" Gary looked worried.
"Me? Back then I wanted to rebel against Vendetta…" Maggie looked down at her plate.
Gary stared at her, still curious, "what happened?"
"There was no point. I knew I would be defeated. So I gave up hope." Maggie said, depressed.
Gary didn't respond. He just frowned.