"How much farther until we're at school?" Ralph asked. "We'll know when we get there," I said. "Right now, we have to stop William from beating up someone."

"I'm getting tired," Rudy said. "Just be quiet," Jessie said. "We're almost there." I halted everyone. The school was just barely in sight. I could also see three figures moving towards one. I knew who the three figures were, but I had no idea who the figure they were confronting was.

"I see them," I said. "I see William and his friends. They're walking to some other kid." We all stood there to get a better look. "Wait, what are we sitting here waiting for?" Victor asked. "I've been to all of William's school's before and seen him beat up others and I am not going to stand and watch it happen again. Let's go." With that, we ran towards school as fast as we could.

. . .

"Hey kid," William said to Pandora. Pandora stood up and stared at the three bullies. "Yes," She replied. "I'll give you ten seconds to run and if you don't, you'll be really, really sorry," William threatened.

Pandora was not afraid of the three bullies. She stood her ground. "One," William said. Pandora stood there. "Two," William continued. Pandora didn't run. William was clearly getting annoyed. Why wasn't she running? William wasn't used to this.

He paused for just one moment and then skipped all the way to ten. "Ten!" He yelled, and the three ran towards her. All of a sudden, Glut was knocked down. William and Dag spun around.

You see, William's temporary pause had allowed me and the others to reach school. Jessie had pushed Glut down. Then Victor jumped on William. All of the kids turned and watched the scene in awe.

Victor clearly had the upper hand, and had pinned William to the ground. "Dag, help me," William said, and Dag ran over to Victor. Suddenly, Rebecca and Ralph tripped him, using the same trick they had used on Bugsy, and he fell. Before he could get up, Rebecca and Ralph pinned him.

Victor had been distracted by Dag rushing at him, and this allowed William to free himself and push Victor away. I was about to confront William myself when a recovered Glut pushed me from behind. I fell and Glut was soon on top of me. We rolled around on the ground and when I was on top of Glut, I turned to Steven. "Get the teacher."

"Which teacher?" Steven asked. Glut knocked me down and was on top of me again. "Any teacher," I said before my mouth was covered by Glut. Steven panicked and ran, bumping into Rupert, knocking them both down. Rupert got up first. "Get up," He said, and they both pushed pass the dozens of children to get into the school.

Rudy and Jessie pulled Glut off me, and I turned my attention to William, who was on top of Victor while Farley tried to pull him off. I ran and knocked William over. Before he could recover, I jumped on him. Glut rushed over to me and knocked me off, and the two began to hit me when Tasha pushed Glut away. Unfortunately, he was pushed into Rebecca and Ralph, knocking them off Dag.

Dag tried to stop Dark, who was attempting to push William away from me, but Punk Gremlin grabbed him, and the rest of the trio soon pinned him down. Dark was pushed away by William, but this allowed me to knock him down.

At the same time, Steven and Ralph had run into the nearest classroom, which was occupied by the vampire teacher Mrs. Campbell. She spun around and saw them. "Children, you are not supposed to be here," She said. "Mrs. Campbell, it's important," Rupert said. Mrs. Campbell was confused, and Steven pointed to the window. Mrs. Campbell turned and saw the fight outside. Giving a shriek, she fainted. Steven and Rupert looked down at the body and shuffled out of the room.

William and I were rolling around on the ground. Rebecca, Ralph and Tasha had Glut pinned while Dag was pinned by the gremlin trio. Victor had a hurt leg from getting pounded by William and couldn't get up, and Farley was trying desperately to help him.

Jessie and Rudy ran over to help me, but Glut was able to trip them, and they fell down. William finally pinned me to the ground. "What're you going to do now, Stilton?" He taunted. Bugsy had been watching the whole thing, mesmerised by the whole crazy affair, and when she saw me pinned to the ground, she recovered from shock and reacted. She pushed William off me.

She then helped me up and we both charged at William, knocking him to the ground and pinning him, waiting for Steven and Rupert to return with a teacher.

Steven and Rupert had finally found Miss Honey, and told them of the whole thing. Not surprisingly, she was a little doubtful until she looked out the window, gave a shriek, and rushed out the door.

William had been struggling and had eventually squirmed free, knocking us down. He was catching his breath when he was grabbed by the collar by Miss Honey. Steven and Rupert stood by her side, proud at having helped. "Get into school, young man," Miss Honey said, and she dragged the bully into school. My friends lifted Dag and Glut up and walked them into school as well, looking as if they were police who had caught two criminals. I, meanwhile, sat down and rubbed me bruised arm.

. . .

"What do you mean Benjamin has had a detention?" Geronimo asked on the phone. He had received a phone-call from the principal, an eight-legged creature with four eyes, about the fight. Thea, Trap, and Petunia were at the door, listening to the conversation.

"My Benjamin would never get into a fight," Geronimo said defiantly. Thea, Trap, and Petunia's eyes widened when they heard the word 'fight.' "I'll be right over," Geronimo said. He put down the phone and walked out the door, followed by Thea, Trap, and Petunia.

. . .

I was, indeed, in detention. Everyone involved in the fight was in detention, minus William, who had been taken away by Miss Honey to have a talk. The principal, Mr. Arturo, sat in his huge desk facing us. We had remained quiet for a long time until Mr. Arturo finally asked, "So exactly what happened?"

We were about to start talking when Geronimo entered. "Benjamin, what happened?" He yelled when he saw my bruised arm. To be honest, everyone involved in the fight had been hurt in some way. Jessie, Rudy, and Victor all had sprained ankles; Bugsy was a little shaken up from getting pushed, Rebecca and Ralph were dirty from getting pushed; Dag had nearly been crushed with the weight of the gremlins on him, Glut had hurt his head from getting knocked down by Jessie, Tasha had been hit by Glut while trying to pin him, and Steven and Rupert had sore knees from colliding. The only one who hadn't gotten hurt was Farley and the gremlins, except Dark who had been pushed by William.

"It's nothing," I said. "Well how did you get it?" Geronimo asked. "I know you didn't get into a fight." However, when he saw the guilty look on my face, he realized it was true. Geronimo asked the same question Mr. Arturo asked. "Well..." I didn't know how to explain it, so Victor did. "Some bullies tried to beat up Pandora, but Benjamin stopped them."

Geronimo was confused, and then proud. "My nephew actually saved someone," He cheered. "Yeah, but with some injuries too," I said, still rubbing my arm. "Don't worry, the nurse will fix up that arm in no time," Mr. Arturo said. "You know, I wonder what happened with William," Tasha said.

. . .

"Let go of me," William said to Miss Honey. They were in the basement. Yes, Monster School had a basement. "You, young man, need to learn some manners," Miss Honey said. Her voice was different. It was cold and vicious.

"You have no right to keep me here," William said. "Oh, I have more of a right than you think," Miss Honey said, and her eyes glowed purple. Then she transformed. Her fingers grew long and bony, she got taller and skinnier, and her nose got sharper. She was a witch. But not any witch. The Grand High Witch. William's eyes widened with terror, and he screamed as the Grand High Witch turned off the lights. Unfortunately for him, the only one within earshot was the janitor, and he was listening to music from his earphone, so he couldn't hear a thing.