Ch. 2: Hsi Wu the Snake

It was the end of a school day in Magus High, Colleen and Drago were gathering their things and getting ready for a long weekend.

"Ready for the weekend, Col?" Drago asked.

"You bet," she replied, "I can't wait for our movie night on Saturday night. I got this great movie about a Kung Fu Fighting panda."

Then Colleen's cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

Captain Black was on the phone.

"Colleen, the Snake Talisman has disappeared from the vault," he informed.

"Did the goblins take it?"

"It's not them. Our security cameras showed that Hsi Wu was the one who took the talisman."

"Why would Hsi Wu take it?"

"To know that, we need to think like him. You are a demon who has been banished for centuries and have a weakness for girls. What would you use the Snake Talisman for?"

Both Drago, Captain Black, and Colleen had their eyes wide opened.

"OH NO!!" they shouted in unison.

Colleen and Drago ran over to the one place Hsi Wu could have used the Snake Talisman for: the girls' locker room.

"Better wait here, Drago," Colleen said as she went into the locker room.

Colleen sees the cheerleaders as they came in after practice. They were about to get their regular clothes out of their lockers when Colleen yelled to them.

"Don't get dressed yet!" she yelled, "There have been peep holes sighted in this room."

This caused the cheerleaders to run frantically out of the room. Colleen begins to look around for Hsi Wu. With the Snake Talisman he can make himself invisible. She decided to lure him into a trap.

"Oh I must have been mistaken," Colleen said in a pretend tone, "Hsi Wu is not here," she pretends to yawn, "But looking for him made me sleepy. I think I will take a nap on the bench in here."

Colleen laid herself on the nearby bench and pretended to fall asleep. She knew that Hsi Wu wouldn't pass opportunity like that. Colleen suddenly heard his footsteps coming toward her. She then felt a hand on her shoulder. Colleen got up quickly and punched the invisible demon in the face. It caused him to fall to the floor and drop the Snake Talisman, making him visible again.

"OW!" he yelled, "You didn't have to do that!"

"I do if you've been using the Snake Talisman to sneak in here after cheer practice!" Colleen yelled at him, "What were you thinking?!"

"I was thinking of which cheerleader would be a perfect mate for me."

"Get into your human form, Casanova! We're out of here!"

Hsi Wu transformed into his human form. Colleen grabbed him by the right ear and dragged him out. When she got out, Principal Joe Ramsey found them after the cheerleaders told them about the peep holes.

"What's this I hear about peepholes, Ms. O'Connell?" he asked.

"I couldn't find any peepholes, but I found a peeping Tom," she answered, "Seymour here was snuck into the locker room."

"I can explain!" Hsi Wu yelled in a nervous way.

"You can explain when you see me in detention for the next two weeks!" the Principal yelled.