A/N: So, here we are again. We are now up to chapter 4. In this chapter, Bart, Lisa and their friends are walking to school and they see an unexpected surprise visitor. If you guessed Fergus the "werewolf" dog, you are correct! He's back for revenge! Can they escape from the ferocious dog and make it to school on time? Read the chapter and find out!

Chapter 4

Fergus Returns

A week later, my friends, Lisa and I were walking our way to school.

"Oh my God, did you hear about the death of Radioactive Man, Nelson?" I said. "He got killed off."

"I heard, man!" said Nelson seriously. "God, I was so pissed off that I was about to burn down the company who made Radioactive Man."

"Comic Book Guy knows a lot about Radioactive Man." said Milhouse.

"Hey Lisa, you wanna talk?" asked Allison.

"No thank you." Lisa said in annoyance. "You can't steal my intelligence and my 'A' plus."

"That was last week, Lisa." said Allison. "I just wanted to ask you if Nelson is your boyfriend."

"What, Nelson?! N-No way!" cried Lisa, as her cheeks began to blush. "Why would you ask me something like that?!'

"Maybe you have a crush on him." I teased.

"Do not!" Lisa yelled back.

"Something wrong?" called Nelson.

"No, no, no, no! Everything's fine! Trust me!" exclaimed Lisa.

"I bet you kissed him on the lips." chuckled Janey, as she began to crack up.

"Can you kiss my lips, Lisa?" asked Ralph.

"No!" she yelled in annoyance. "What are you crazy?!"

"Lisa and Nelson sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G." chanted Janey and Allison in a sing-song voice, as Lisa growled in annoyance. "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Nelson and the baby carriage."

"I'm not listening." she mumbled, as she walked away from the two girls.

"Come on now, Lisa." said Milhouse, as he held her hand. "Don't listen to them. They're just fooling around."

"Shut up, Milhouse." Lisa murmured.

"Old McDonald had a farm! E-I-E-I-O!" sung Ralph happily, as we all groaned. "And on his farm, he had a cow! E-I-E-I-O!"

"Put a sock in it, Ralph!" interrupted Janey.

Ralph stopped singing and said, "Okay."

He then took off his shoe, took off his sock and placed it in his mouth.

I burst out laughing as I took out my MyPhone from my backpack and took a picture of Ralph with the sock in his mouth.

"This is a keepsake." I laughed, as I looked at the picture and then put it back in my backpack.

"Take that out of your mouth, Ralph." said Milhouse seriously.

Ralph then spat out the sock and then put it back on his foot and then his shoe.

"Janey told me to put a sock in my mouth meaning 'it.'" said Ralph. "I think it tastes like paint."

"Wha- I- I never said that! I didn't say anything about putting your sock in your mouth, I told you to put a sock in it meaning to be quiet." Janey replied in annoyance. "It's an expression."

"What's an expression?" asked Ralph curiously.

Janey face palm herself on her forehead and muttered, "Oh, God…"

"Come on guys, if we don't make it to school on time, Principal 'Sucker' is gonna put us in detention for 300 days." I said impatiently.

"Bart, don't you mean 250 days?" corrected Lisa, as she tapped on my shoulder.

"Whatever, Lisa." I said, looking all agitated. "I wish you were in detention."

Just as we were about to start walking again, Milhouse was standing there, frozen. Not moving another step.

"Milhouse, get your ass moving." I said impatiently. "Let's go."

However, Milhouse still didn't move. He was staring at something or someone.

"Milhouse?" I asked nervously, as I tapped on his shoulder. "A-A-Are you okay?"

"F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F…" he stammered.

"For the love of God, would you move already?!" shouted Nelson impatiently.

"F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-FERGUS!" screamed Milhouse at the top of his lungs loudly, as he pointed his finger.

"Fergus? Who is he?" Allison asked, with a raised eyebrow of confusion.

"Where is he?!" I cried, as I got out my slingshot from my backpack.

"He's over there!" wailed Milhouse.

I looked everywhere when all of a sudden; I saw a brown and white dog wearing a spiked collar. I quickly recognized that dog. It was Fergus.

"Hey you, dumb dog!" called Lisa angrily. "I thought we'd seen the last of you!"

Fergus quickly shook his head and then gave a low growl.

"Listen here, buster." snarled Nelson, as he clenched his fists. "If you ever come near Lisa, I swear to God, I will kill you!"

"Nelson, take it easy!" exclaimed Janey nervously.

"Don't worry, Janey." Nelson said angrily. "I got it under control."

"Ooh! A puppy!" cried Ralph, as he ran straight to Fergus.

"No, Ralph!" I warned. "That's Fergus! He's not a good dog!

"What's the big idea, Bart?" Ralph said. "All dogs love to be petted."

He then set his hand on the dog's head and then, out of nowhere, Fergus bit Ralph!

"Owwwww!" screamed Ralph painfully.

"Oh-no, Ralph!" we screamed.

Ralph looked at his bitten arm and began to cry.

"He bit me!" he sobbed. "Now I'm gonna turn into a dog! A mean one!"

"Don't worry, Ralph." said Lisa, trying to stay optimistic. "You won't turn into a dog. We just gotta get you to the school nurse."

"Yes! I'm saved!" cheered Ralph happily.

I aimed my slingshot at Fergus and fired a rock. Unfortunately, it missed Fergus.

"Oh, damn it." I said sadly. "I missed."

Suddenly, Fergus' growling got louder and angrier!

"What do we do now, Bart?" asked Lisa nervously.

"Well, the only thing we can do now is, Run!" I screamed.

We all started running away from Fergus, as he started chasing us.

"Ralph, when I told you not to pet Fergus, you disobeyed me!" I shouted, looking all agitated.

"Sorry, Bart." apologized Ralph. "I thought if I petted Fergus, we might become friends. Every boy needs to have a dog."

"Not every boy, Ralph. Some of them are allergic to dogs." said Janey.

As we kept on running, we checked to make sure if we lost Fergus. He was still behind us barking.

"If only Martin was here, he'd save us from Fergus!" cried Milhouse.

"I know! Too bad he went on the bus." I panted.

"That dog come by my house, I'll kill him with a chainsaw." panted Nelson.

Suddenly, Fergus caught up with us and bit on Lisa's red dress as she screamed.

"Hey! Get away from my girl, you son of a bitch!" snarled Nelson, as he punched Fergus in the face.

"I'm not your girl, yet!" yelled Lisa, but then sweetly, "Thanks for saving my life."

"Let's go! Let's go!" I called.

Lisa and Nelson caught up with us, but Fergus was still chasing us.

"Are you alright, Lisa?" asked Janey.

"Yeah, except that Fergus almost ripped my dress." Lisa said nervously.

I aimed my slingshot at Fergus again and fired another rock. This time, the rock hit Fergus right in the eye!

"Whoa, bullseye! I got him!" I cheered. "You'll never catch us, sucker!"

As we came to another corner, we hid behind the building. Fergus stopped running and started sniffing for our scent. We were all panting.

"Oh my God, that was a close call!" I panted, as I wiped the sweat off my forehead.

"I can't get over it. Fergus is back for revenge." said Lisa, panting.

"Is my arm still bleeding?" asked Ralph, as he showed his bitten arm to me.

I examined it and there was a bitten mark on Ralph's arm.

"Well, at least you didn't turn into a dog." I chuckled. "But you still have to show it to the school nurse."

Suddenly, Fergus saw us and then charged right at us!

"Let's get out of here!" I screamed.

"Run for your lives!" yelled Milhouse.

We were able to dodge Fergus, but then he scratched Janey's arm as she cried out in pain.

"You leave my fair-weather friend alone, you big bully!" shouted Lisa, as she kicked Fergus in the eye.

Janey ran to catch up with us. Just as Fergus was about to pounce on Lisa and destroy her, he felt someone grab him back by his collar just in time. She looked and it was Nelson!

"There will be no more ferocious dogs in Springfield and that's final!" snarled Nelson angrily, as he strangled Fergus and then threw him to the ground.

Then, he turned to her and said bravely, "Get on my shoulders, Lisa."

Without answering, Lisa quickly got on his back and held on tightly. Then, they ran to catch up with us as Fergus began chasing them behind again.

"That was close, Nelson." said Lisa, as she held on tightly. "You saved my life twice."

"I'll always be there for you, Lisa." said Nelson sweetly. "If anything ever happens to you, ants will burn tonight."

As soon as Lisa and Nelson caught up with us, Milhouse, Allison, Janey and I began to giggle.

"What the hell is so funny?!" growled Nelson.

"Lisa is riding on you!" giggled Janey.

"Are you going for a piggy back ride?" I asked teasingly.

"One more move like that, and I'll hang you up on the flagpole after school!" Nelson threatened. Then, he looked right at Milhouse. "That goes for you too!"

Suddenly, we heard Fergus barking as he caught up with us.

"Oh, God! He's gaining on us!" exclaimed Lisa.

"We'll never make it to school on time!" Milhouse moaned. "We're gonna be dog food!"

"Yum! I love dog food!" said Ralph happily, as he licked his lips.

I kept on running with my friends when suddenly, an idea popped into my head!

I got it! I thought.

Then, I came to a stop. So did everyone else.

"Bart, what are you doing? Fergus is gaining on us!" cried Lisa.

"You guys go. I'll catch up with you." I said, catching up my breath.

"But, Bart…" protested Allison.

"Just go! I'll take care of this werewolf." I said seriously.

"How?" said Milhouse curiously.

"Come on, Milhouse! Run!" said Janey seriously, as she grabbed him by his arm.

As soon as they started running again, I smiled mischievously as Fergus was coming closer.

"Hey Fergus, this one's for you." I said mischievously. "Eat my shorts!"

I pulled down my blue shorts, mooning him!

Fergus stopped running and saw my big butt. Then, he turned around and ran away very scared.

I quickly pulled up my shorts and then yelled, "Do not come back! You hear me?! Get lost, ya filthy bastard!"

I took my MyPhone out of my backpack and looked at the time. It was 9:15a.m.

"Ay caramba! I'm late for class!" I cried, as I quickly put my MyPhone back in my backpack. "Hey guys, wait for me!"

I ran and ran until I finally caught up with Lisa and my friends.

"Bart! You're alive!" yelled Milhouse happily, as he hugged me tightly.

"Of course I'm alive. I just scared Fergus away." I hacked, as I tried to break free. "Ow! That's too hard! You're crushing my body!"

Milhouse suddenly let me go as I tried to catch up with my breath.

"Well, at least you're okay, Bart." said Lisa, as she climbed down from Nelson's back.

"Hey Simpson, what time is it?" asked Nelson.

I took out my MyPhone out of my backpack again and looked at the time. It was 9:40a.m.!

"Holy crap! We're already late for school and it's 9:40a.m.!" I cried, as I put my MyPhone back in my backpack.

"We gotta run now!" cried Nelson.

We all started running to the Springfield Elementary School as fast as we could go.

In Lisa's classroom, Ms. Hoover was running a group.

"Alright class, who can tell me what year Babe Ruth was born in?" asked Ms. Hoover.

Everyone was raising their hand, yelling, "Me! Me! Me!"

"Chuck."

"Uh, 1893?" asked Chuck.

"That's not it, Chuck." said Ms. Hoover. "Babe Ruth was not born in 1893. He was born in 1895. However, you were two years close."

Ms. Hoover went over to the chalkboard and wrote the year, 1895, before the class was disrupted by the large crash as Lisa, Janey, Allison and Ralph came in.

"We're here! We're here!" they cried.

Suddenly, Ralph tripped over Lisa, causing her to trip over Janey and Allison as they all cried out in pain, tumbling on top of each other. Everyone began laughing at them.

"What is this?" laughed Becky. "Jack and Jill?"

"Yeah! Ralph fell down and broke his crown and the three girls came tumbling after!" teased Chuck.

Ms. Hoover looked at Lisa, Janey, Allison and Ralph and shouted unhappily, "The four of you are late!"

"Sorry, Ms. Hoover. We got lost on the way." chuckled Allison nervously.

"You liar! We didn't get lost, we ran into someone." corrected Lisa, as she helped Allison up.

"Yeah, and he's really mean." agreed Janey, as she helped Ralph up.

Ms. Hoover rubbed her chin and asked, "Who is he and why is he mean?"

"It's a long story, Ms. Hoover." said Lisa, as she fixed up her dress.

"Very well then," she said seriously, as she took a deep breath. "Lisa, Janey, Allison and Ralph, I'd like to see the four of you after school."

"After school?! But, but, but…" complained Allison.

"No buts, Allison. You were very, very late and I'd like to see you at the end of the day."

Lisa and everyone else groaned in disappointment.

Later, after school, Lisa, Janey, Allison and Ralph were sitting in their chairs in front of Ms. Hoover's desk.

"So you see, Ms. Hoover, my friends and I were on our way walking to school when all of a sudden, Milhouse was screaming very loudly." explained Lisa.

"I petted a big dog but then he bit me. Look at it." said Ralph, as he showed his bitten arm to Ms. Hoover.

Ms. Hoover gasped, but then quickly took a pill.

"Nice going, Ralph. You just scared the hell out of Ms. Hoover." growled Lisa sarcastically.

"I only told her that the dog bit me." protested Ralph.

"Hey, I need to know what happened so I could write to your parents." reprimanded Ms. Hoover sternly, as she snapped her fingers.

"Sorry about that, Ms. Hoover. Anyway, we were chased by a mean, big dog named Fergus and he scratched me." said Janey. "I wasn't bleeding, but it still hurts."

"Fergus bit my red dress and it almost ripped. Nelson came to my rescue and I almost got attacked by him again, but then, Nelson rescued me again and I was able to get on his back." Lisa explained.

"I felt like I was gonna get attacked by Fergus, but I didn't." Allison said. "We almost became dog food!"

"Can we have dog food for dinner?" asked Ralph.

"No, Ralph. Nobody is having dog food for dinner. Besides, you're a human being, not a dog." said Ms. Hoover seriously.

Then, she stood up from her desk and said seriously to them, "Thank you very much for telling me the truth. Even though you were late, I'm letting you four off with a warning."

Oh, God. Not a warning. thought Lisa nervously.

"What's the warning, Ms. Hoover?" asked Allison curiously.

"The warning is, if I see you coming to class late again, I'm gonna have to give you a week of suspension from recess." Ms. Hoover warned.

"Yes, Ms. Hoover. It won't happen again." Lisa, Janey, Allison and Ralph said.

"Good. Now, if you're gonna walk to school, you need to get there on time or earlier and no more fooling around." she said seriously.

"Ok, Ms. Hoover. We're sorry." they said seriously.

"Apology accepted. You're free to go now."

As soon as Lisa, Janey, Allison and Ralph left the classroom, they saw me, Milhouse and Nelson standing outside the entrance.

"So, what happened?" I asked.

"Did you get into trouble?" asked Nelson.

"Was the teacher angry?" asked Milhouse.

"Well, Ms. Hoover was disappointed and upset with us a little bit." answered Lisa in disappointment.

"She made us stay after school so we could tell her why we were late." replied Janey.

"We're off with a warning saying that if we come to class late again, we're gonna get a week of suspension from recess. I feel like that isn't fair!" explained Allison, as she lightly stomped her foot.

"Guess what? It happened to me, Bart and Nelson." Milhouse said, as he turned to us. "Right, guys?"

"Right, Milhouse." Nelson and I said in agreement.

"Because of this, Principal Skinner is gonna have to call our parents." I said in disappointment. "No fair!"

"Yeah, that's what Ms. Hoover said too!" agreed Lisa.

"Well, it looks like we're gonna have to get home now." I said quickly. "My parents are gonna kill me for this!"

"Well then, let's run!" Lisa said.

We ran out of the school building and ran home as fast as we could go.

A/N: Well, that wraps up chapter 4. It looks like Bart, Lisa and his friends didn't make it to school on time, but managed to escape from Fergus and that's still good. So, be sure to review this chapter and stay tuned for chapter 5. Todd Flanders is still on his way, so be prepared! See you later and enjoy the summer!