A School Shock
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The canteen was as boisterous as a cavalcade. Students were chattering animatedly with the friends they made in each class. After all, according to the party invite handed by a perky goth, there would be a prize for knowing at least 50 people in the school.
Cutlery clanged as stall owners set about work, catering to all of their young customers' orders. The basketball courts and the parade square were jam-packed and buzzing with games.
And where was Iris right now?
Right in the middle of an empty classroom serving her detention.
Sweeping the floor with great reluctance, Iris was sulking like a spoilt child. She desperately yearned for her recess. Who gives detention on the first day?! Mdm Ragon of course!
She knew Ruby and Skull Boy had tried to make the formidable discipline master see reason and even wanted to help Iris with the cleaning but the cyclops refused their offers. She didn't want to trouble them. Besides, she only had to clean one classroom. The troublesome boys were doing the same with the other classroom.
'Well, at least I'm not alone.' She thought, looking at the conjoined brothers before a thought popped in her head.
"Wait, what are you guys doing here? What did you do?" Iris asked.
"Well..." Frank began.
Flashback!
This. Is. The. Worst. Class. EVER.
The rockers sighed as they tried to block out their teacher's droning voice, blabbering some nonsense about the Mayhem Hectic Riots. Even Misery began to fall asleep. She had heard that tale too many times. It was hard not to when your great, great, great, grandmother's great, great, great cousin told you that every time you visited her.
Finally, Len could no longer take it.
"AHHH! THAT IS NOT HOW YOU TEACH!" He suddenly screamed and stood up. The elf could only stare at him in rage, his pointy ears twitching.
"Len, be quiet!" His brother hissed at him.
"Yes, thank you Frank!" The elf grinned until Frank took out two rulers and began to tap out a rhythm. This certainly got everyone's attention and most of them started to cheer. The two-headed boy band, RIP, was playing!
"You shouldn't talk to him, you should show him how it's done, Len!" Frank grinned at his smiling brother before they began to sing,
Oh, poor Mayhem,
all she wanted to do was jam!
She should have gone bam, bam, bam but
she went slam, slam, slam!
"So there. The first few verses and we had to stand outside of class and serve detention." Len sighed.
"Yeesh. That is horrible. Not as horrible as cleaning the class. Why couldn't we at least roller-skate around this place?! I tell ya, it would be much faster... or how about thOSS rocket-booster shoes Skull Boy made for my birthday? Yeah, the job would be done. But, we just sweep. Without any excitement!"
Iris shuddered, not knowing that as she was talking, she was absentmindedly running around the classroom, sweeping every corner and area. At one point, she had even swept Len's unkempt hair into the same pompadour style Frank sported. The brothers made a sound of disgust before ruffling Len's oily hair.
Suddenly, the lights went out. The room was as dark as a dungeon. A jolt of delight shot through each of them, like lightning bolts striking Misery.
Blackout= No detention!
"Yes!" They cheered simultaneously.
Perking their heads out for a quick scan of the surroundings, Iris, Frank and Len were pleased to see nobody.
"Ok, the coast's clear!" Frank whispered-yelled before he and his brother sprinted.
Iris was more than ready to join them but just as she reached the backdoor of the classroom, she heard something. A faint, whooshing sound. Her curiosity piqued, she turned around. It seemed as if the temperatures dropped to sub-zero, almost as cold as Misery's damp room as her eye roved the area, finally catching sight of a parchment scroll.
Now, anybody who knew Iris would tell you that she was very curious. She had an unerring nose for gossip and her sharp,inquisitive eye never missed anything... except for lamposts, and book shelves, and some people. But that was only if she was on an exciting adventure!
So, after shooting glances around the classroom, she snatched the scroll.
"I hope Iris, Frank and Len get back in time for at least a sandwich. Thanks for helping me carry their trays, Misery. Particularly Frank and Len's tray." Ruby chirped, eying Frank and Len's towering carrot cake. It looked as though it would fall any minute now.
"You're welcome. Besides, it shows that my balance improving. I only dropped their sodas this time." She sighed as Ruby used another piece of tissue to dry her hair. Sweet syrup was dripping from each strand.
As she tried to clean Misery's hair, Ruby noticed that Skull Boy was in front of the cafeteria line, with his tray full of food but he did not leave. In fact, he was chatting away with the matronly-looking lunch lady and with her acute sense of hearing, Ruby heard some snippets of their conversation,
"You really think chopped parsley would make this dish better?"
"Not jusz that, mademoiselle! You also need jezz a biiit of lemon extract to give it that zing, you know?" Skull Boy grinned.
It was then Ruby noticed that Skull Boy had changed out of his school uniform. He was modeling his usual black turtle neck and sanded jean but he had a cute fedora secured on his skull. In his bony arms was a small notepad and pen. He waving them furiously before somehow producing a piece of lemon. He quickly snatched a nearby plastic knife and chopped the lemon into half before squeezing the juice into his bowl of... whatever dish he criticizing. Finally, he shoved an entire spoonful of food into the baffled lunch lady. She munched on it slowly, savoring the explosion of flavors happening in her mouth before swallowing it whole.
"Wow..." She sighed contentedly.
"See? I waz right! So, I rate your dish, with your efforts alone... 3 stars. Remember, all you neez is lemon! Give you the extra 2 starzs!" He said, writing on his notepad before ripping out the piece of paper and handing it to her.
"Hah! You really are related to a long line of food critiques. Thanks! Here, have dessert!" She said, giving him a mouth-watering cherry pie.
"Gee, thanks! I'll make sure that your recipe is published." He said, finally going to their table.
"Hey Skull Boy, how's the food criticsm going?"
"Not bad, mademoiselle. In fact, I am ready to submit there reviews to the Daily Doom News. Oh, and I got a towel thanks to Priscilla. Her blueberry muffins are good but not as great as Ruby's." Skull Boy said, handing a fuzzy, green towel to Misery as he sat next to Ruby.
"Thanks." They said in unison.
"We're here!" Len and Frank cried, before plonking themselves across the trio. Finally, they easily shoveled the carrot cake, leaving everyone near them dumbfounded.
"Glad to see you guys here but where's Iris?" Ruby asked.
"Here! Sorry! I just forgot my... hair bow." Iris shot her a disarming smile.
Nobody noticed the cyclops tucking her latest discovery into her pocket.