100 days of Mother/Earthbound
003: Allegiance
Ness was getting impatient. This lesson was taking too long. Was this seriously high-school for the next 5 years? It was so boring! But, Pokey was in his class, and secretly, Ness liked his jokes.
"And so this is why you must keep every variable other than the independent and dependant variables constant. Do you know what these variables are called?"
"Aloysius! Lardna! Bob! Ness! Picky! No? Oh miss, do tell *snicker*." Pokey shouted.
"Enough Pokey. Anyone have any... real answers."
"I don't know about the constants, but Pokey's definitely the dependant variable... I'm going to punch his face, and see how it affects him." the class bully, Jack said. True to his word, Jack punched the pig-like boy square on in the face. Pokey, surprisingly unaffected by the blow, simply said "Sorry for... being a jerk... and all..." while backing off towards the wall.
The teacher tried to stop the fight, and told Jack to leave him be. Jack wasn't in a mood for listening, however, and threw a punch towards Pokey. Quick as ever, Pokey used the class nerd as a shield, and ran out of the class. Jack was quick to follow, and soon a crowd gathered in the corridors. Kids of all classes surrounded the pair, chanting "Fight, fight, fight, fight ,fight, fight, fight, fight." Jack charged at Pokey in a rage, and seemed to have forgotten the original reason he attacked him. Pokey got hurt, and played dead. Jack, in confusion, thought he'd won. He kicked Pokey, to check, and Pokey continued to be a possum about it.
And just as he thought of an ingenious way to make sure Pokey was unconscious, he himself became unconscious. Ness had Smaaaaaaaaashed the back of Jack's head with his favourite cracked bat. Pokey got up, and the crowd, in disappointment, dissipated.
"Ness... you saved me in my hour of need. You're a good neighbour, you know that?" Pokey admitted.
"It was nothing, Pokey. Do you want to be friends, even though our fathers are enemies?"
"Yeah, sure. Let's be friends forever."