It was the first day of school. Everyone was gathered in the auditorium where a man we've never seen was up on the podium." Hello class. As you all know, I am not Mrs. Salazar, obviously." Said a tall man in his, about, early forties. He had brown eyes and hair that may have been styled with a bit too much gel. Reminds me of my Aunt Panis' husband. "I am your new principal, Mr. Samron. I'm pretty sure that Mrs. Salazar was a nice lady. A bit too nice. That is why I am here. To lay down the law. No longer will the villains of Woodview High cause havoc in these hallways." He glared into the crowd."Theodore McCallister, Victoria Best, Eileen Moreno, please come to my office." I let out a sigh.
" Thank god..." I said in relief. Mr. Samron took one more glance at his paper."Oh! And Seminara Boxleitner. All of you come to my office. Now!"
"Dammit." I muttered."We'll see you in class Ecce. Becky." Tobey and I shuffled to the office. Once there, we saw Victoria and Eileen. We all sat down until Mr. Samron came.
"Alright, what do you want Mr. Samron? I've got a busy schedule." Tobey said.
"You four may have caused chaos in this school, but no more. From now on, if you so much as even breathe evil onto my hallways, I will call your parents." Mr. Samron threatened.
"Oh please. Like my parents care. They're two hours away in Neutral County." I said with a wave of my hand.
"I know your parents, Seminara. Koi and Stella. Everyone in Neutral County is very close." Mr. Samron commented.
"Wait... you're married to my Aunt Panis! One... why do you have the last name Samron." I have very good intuition.
"That's my first name. Samron Gordon is my official name since I got married. But I can't have anyone knowing I'm related to you." Samron cleared his throat." Besides that... you all will not cause trouble here." Samron smirked at Tobey."I'm pretty sure Claire McCallister would hate to pick up her son from school because he's been suspended.
"No..." Tobey gasped, and I swear that stupid accent faltered with him.
" Now get to class. All of you." Samron dismissed us all and we went to class.
" So how'd it go?" Ecce asked me.
" Turns out my Uncle Samron is the new principal." I grumbled, arms crossed.
"I swear... who names their daughter, Panis?!" Tobey shot at me." You've at least got to take into consideration if you name them, that they won't have years of humiliation ahead of time. Panis... "
" Theodore! This language will not be tolerated in class!" Our new Science teacher, Mrs. Bryon, exclaimed.
" What language? English?" Tobey retorted.
" Mrs. Bryon, we were just discussing the name of Seminara's aunt. Her Aunt Panis." Becky said in Tobey's defense.
"Aww... sticking up for your boyfriend, Rebecca?" Mrs. Bryon said in a mocking tone." Why don't I just send the two of you to the office?"
"Yo, listen! They did nothing wrong. And you're actually offending my family. I don't take that kindly." I said, arms crossed.
" You know what?! All three of you, to the office!" Mrs. Bryon screeched.
"Mrs. Bryon..." I turned to see Ecce, eyes determined." That wasn't very nice. You haven't assigned anything for us, so we talk. Just so happens, we were talking about Seminara's Aunt Panis. I know what you're thinking and what it sounds a lot like. But Seminara's family come up with names with those references. Heck... Seminara's name is a perfect example. I think you've just misunderstood. So please don't send them to the office." Ecce paused."And by the way... if you have a problem with the name Panis, you should take it up with Mr. Samron in his office. That's his wife's name." He ended off with a smirk. Mrs. Bryon sat there in disbelief.
"Mr. Edwards..." I saw Ecce slowly smile in victory, but that soon faded."To the office! Along with you three! How dare you tell me off! I don't give ten cents if Samron's wife is Panis. I'm sending you guys over for you! Now leave!" Ecce sighed as he got up with the rest of us. He forcefully shoved his hands into his cargo pants, hunched over slightly, and glowered at the teacher. As we were walking out, I heard him mutter something. It was low, but I heard him mutter,"You need to get your hearing checked, you bitch." And there was the occasion where he would swear. Unfortunately, Mrs. Byron doesn't have that terrible hearing that Ecce oh so nicely said she had.
In the office, we sat next to our parents. Ecce sat next to his father, Becky sat next to her mother, Tobey sat next to his mother, and I sat next to Uncle.
"Why is my son here?" Asked Mr. Edwards." He's honor roll. He's just a bit traumatized. If he saw anything sharp, please understand his outburst."
"My Becky is a top student!" Mrs. Botsford pointed out." Why is she here?"
"I see no problem with the school. I see no robots. What could Tobey have done?" Ms. McCallister said.
" Alright... what did she say this time?" Uncle said with a sigh.
"Okay... let's get Mrs. Bryon's story first. Then if any of the kids sense foul play, they can add in." Samron nodded to Mrs. Bryon."Go ahead."
"Okay. I have these students first period." Mrs. Bryon started.
" Obviously..." Tobey muttered.
"I was sitting at my desk when I hear Theodore say, over and over again, a word I dare not mention."
"I was talking about, may I interrupt, Seminara's Aunt Panis. I was saying how humiliating it'd be having a name one vowel off of the word it came from." Tobey interrupted.
" Then after Tobey tried to cover up his... incident... Rebecca covered for him."
"As I should've." Becky said.
" Then Seminara said something about insulting her family, which I knew was a lie."
" She actually does have an Aunt Panis." Uncle added in my defense." On her father's side of the family."
" Who happens to be my wife." Samron scowled.
"Oh... but Ecce gets no pardon. He told me off, called me deaf, and called me a bitch." Mrs. Bryon retorted.
"Dad..." Ecce gave an innocent look." Would I ever say that?" Mr. Edwards glared at the teacher.
" Maybe you DO need to get your hearing checked. My son would never say that." Mr. Edwards commented. Samron stood up.
" I'm sorry for calling you all here. It seems to me that there has just been a slight misunderstanding." Samron glared at Mrs. Bryon. Just then, the bell rang." Kids, hurry along. Go to your next class." We left as soon as he said hurry. Outside the office, I sighed.
" The only reason we got away with this was that Mrs. Bryon offended Samron. We can't get under any one else's radar." Becky warned.
" Are you kidding? We're villains!" I protested."Well... at least Tobey and I are."
" Yeah, Becky. I love you with all my heart, but do you really think I can just-" Tobey snapped his fingers for emphasis."-stop? It's like asking Seminara to not be creepy and annoying as hell. It can't be done no matter how much you beg and plead and cry." He turned to me."No offense."
" None taken." I replied. The bell rang, the late bell."This where we split. Becky... let's get to History." Ecce, Tobey, Becky and I ran our directions to hustle to class.
