When Rita saw that it was her turn to run this Fridays detention she knew what to expect. Walking in she saw the usual attendees. The William merman brothers again likely for their pranks, Ginger, a harpy, most likely for flying in the halls again, and of course the human boy Billy Nolan for skipping class or smoking or whatever new thing he did. However, there was someone else here that she didn't expect to see. Walking over to the young girl who was bowing her head in embarrassment, Rita gently tapped her shoulder. "Carrie. What are you doing here?"

The sheep girl looked up nervously, unsure of what to tell her teacher. She wasn't expecting to see Ms. Desjardin here and was worried that she was disappointed in her. "I…I got i-in trouble Ms. Desjardin." She muttered looking away.

Rita tried to figure out what she meant before she heard someone snickering. "That's an understatement." Billy said have over heard the conversation. "Little Bo Peep here started a food fight today." He said putting his feet on the desk. "It was great you should have been there teach." The human boy laughed again. Several others were now talking about the 'epic' food fight from early, while Carrie was trying to sink even further into her seat. The look of humiliation was enough for Rita to act. A loud growl was all it took for them to shut up. Rita had a reputation for being quite scary when she wanted to be.

"Okay then if you all have nothing better to do than act like immature brats, then you can work while you're here. I want a three-page essay on why you all are here and are so bad at following the rules!" That got a collective groan from the room. "Or I can make it ten pages." No one even dared to speak. "Good then have it finished by Monday or you'll be back here doing a twenty-page report. Now detention is dismissed, you can leave when your parents come to get you." That also got to response since most of them were here many times to know that to leave, you must get a call home and some form of punishment.

Except Carrie who was even more worried now than before. She was hoping that her momma wouldn't fine out. Not that she would punish her harshly, but that she would be disappointed in her. And Rita could easily see it on her face and wanted to comfort her so badly. Sometimes being a teacher sucked.

X~X~X

It didn't take more than ten minutes for Mrs. White to arrive concerned for her daughter. When she got the call they only told her that she was involved in an incident at lunch. Walking to the classroom, she saw a merman yelling at two boys, merman as well, about how he was going to make the weekend hell for them. She walked passed and into the classroom to see her little lamb talk to a familiar face. "Rita? Rita Desjardin?" The wolf woman turned and saw an older sheep woman and smiled in disbelief. "It is you little Rita. I didn't know that you taught here."

"Hey Mar, I thought Carrie might have been your daughter, but I didn't want to assume." Carrie was confused to say the least. How did her momma know Ms. Desjardin? The pair hugged for a second before Margaret remembered why she was here. Moving faster than Rita thought possible, she was at her daughter's side checking her for any injury.

"What happened Carrie? Did someone hurt you?" She shook her head silently.

"N-no momma I… I'm fine but…" She looked away with a blush.

"We were just about to talk about what happened today. I wasn't there so I wanted to hear it from Carrie." Both women looked to Carrie, silently waiting for her to explain what happened. The sheep girl sighed and began talking all the while embarrassed.

X~X~X

Carrie was in the cafeteria about to eat from her lunch tray. Since Sue was sick at home and Chris was skipping lunch train new players at practice, she was on her own today. Which was fine really, not that she didn't like spending time with her friends or anything, she just had time to read a new poetry book she got from the school library. However, while she was reading and enjoying her lunch, a familiar person snatched her book away.

"Looks who's all alone today. What happen your girlfriends dump you bitch?" Summer said while three other girls laughed behind her. Two were human and the other was a monkey girl. Carrie was instantly worried they would do something to her. She knew that Chris had 'talked' to Summer a few weeks ago and from the looks she gave Carrie it was a pleasant one. "I think it's time we finish what you started in the locker room!" The lamia brought its large tail into the air and swung it down, aiming for Carrie's face. And she would have hit her to if Carrie hadn't of lowered her head in fear at the last second.

Causing her to hit the sheep girl's lunch tray and make her food fly forward. The lunchroom was quiet as the tray hit the floor, save for a few gasps, and Carrie slowly looked up and was in shock. Her peanut-butter & jelly sandwich, applesauce and chocolate milk were now all over Summer's face. Not even her underlings spoke as she stood there fuming with anger for the girl that just publicly humiliated her.

Before she did anything else, Carrie reached into her schoolbag and pulled out a handkerchief for Summer. "I-I'm s-sorry Sum-." Before she could finish her apology, the snake girl wiped the food off her face and reached out to grab Carrie with her tail. Fortunately, the floor was wet and slippery under Summer's tail. Which caused her to slide across the floor and into another table.

The crash caused the trays from that table to shoot across and hit a couple more kids in the face with food. Now the minute this happened, those kids picked up and threw handfuls at Carrie's side.

Luckily, she ducked again, but the three girls with Summer were hit instead. Ignoring their first target, they each grabbed more food and slung it across the room, missing their new targets and hitting other bystanders. This started a chain-reaction that led to one boy yelling.

"FOOD FIGHT!"

For the next ten minutes, various food and drink were thrown thru the air. Avian demi humans were knocked from the sky. Aquatic ones hid in the water floor and used the element of surprise. Even normal humans could get in some good shots.

All the while, Carrie hid under a table, surprisingly untouched, until the teachers came and ended the food fight. When asked who started it the first names were Carrie, Summer, and her goons.

After a talk with the principle, Carrie was sent to detention while the others were sent home on suspension, this being their last and final warning to behave.

X~X~X

"And th-that's what happened." Carrie had her head down with tears threatening to fall as the two women stared in bewilderment. From what they just heard, Carrie started a food fight without doing anything at all. It was almost enough to a funny story or a joke you'd brag about. But Carrie was clearly upset by the whole ordeal. "A-are yo-you mad at m-me?"

"Oh, darling you aren't in trouble and we're not mad." Her mother said wiping her tears away. Seeing that the girl was still confused Rita decided to talk next.

"Carrie, you aren't at fault here, Summer is and she has been suspended for it. Your fine Carrie." Rita smiled as Carrie slowly calmed down and even smiled a bit.

"I guess it sounds kind of funny when you think about." Margaret said hugging her daughter and laughing just thinking about how that fight must have went.

"Um momma?"

"Yes."

"How do you and I mean Ms. Desjardin know each other?"

Rita was hoping this wouldn't come up. No doubt Margaret was going to bring up some of her more embarrassing moments. "Oh w-we're old friends r-right Mar?" unfortunately she had no luck today.

"Not quite dear but close." She turned to Carrie. "I used to be in a community outreach group and young Rita hear was quite the repeat member. She used to be a bit of a troublemaker. I remember that time she sprayed very vulgar graffiti on the town hall with her friends. What did it say again Rita?"

Carrie saw that her wolf teacher had a small blush. "Kiss My Lips."

Margaret giggled. "I don't remember it being 'lips' Rita but that's fine." After a few more minutes of reminiscing, Carrie and Margaret began to leave with Rita walking them out. Margaret turned to say goodbye, but something caught her eye. "Hey Carrie, can you go on to the car I just need to talk to Rita for a second." Her daughter nodded and said a quick goodnight to her teacher and left them alone.

Not a second later, Margaret turned to Rita again with a stern look that kind of worried Rita. "You know I remember that you were also a heartbreaker to in the past. And I think I remember the type of girl you liked and the way you'd look at them. Almost like a hunter stalking prey." The sheep woman's tone was low and dark in stark contrast to her friendly smile. It was very unnerving to the wolf woman, scary even.

"Mar, I don't know wha-." Rita tried to explain, but Margaret simply ignored her.

"I try not to meddle with Carrie's life too much. She is going to be eighteen soon and she'll be a young adult then." Margaret then looked Rita directly in her eyes. "But right now, she is still my precious little lamb and I will protect from anything or anyone that I think might hurt her."

"Mar, I would never-." She tried again to explain, but Margaret shut her up with a cold stare.

"You know Rita that fur of yours looks very good. If you come to my shop I could sheer it and make a nice warm hat for winter. I'm very good with a pair of scissors." Rita wouldn't deny that she was really scared and knew full well what her former mentor's threat was. With that said Margaret smiled and hugged the terrified wolf girl. "Your tail looked especially fluffy Rita." Rita stood there frozen in fear as the mother and daughter left.

'As if things weren't bad enough now I had to worry about losing my tail.' But even with the threat of losing her tail and likely experiencing a lot of pain. She wasn't going to give up so easily.

Sorry for the wait folks. I'll try to limit the time between chapters to less than two weeks because of work. Next chapter is Chris' turn.