"How dare you say such things in my classroom!" Angrily, Skullnick glares at me.
"But I'm not wrong yes he was an evil tyrant, but he was smart about it he knew what to take advantage of to get him into power." Fairly, I try to be reasonable.
So, you're praising him for what he caused!?" Angrily, Skullnick glowers at me.
"I'm not praising him; I am simply impressed by the method he used. He knew that the treaty of Versailles and the debt Germany had to pay caused the great depression, caused many loafs of bread and other foods to be stuffed with chalk and such…" Calmly, I explain to her the facts she didn't give any of us.
"Why did he do that? Chalk isn't tasty?" Confused, Ferguson questions making me groan.
"It's so it weighed more making it cost more." Simply, I answer.
"What?" Alfonzo furrows his brow.
"Back then the weight of the food equalled its price so they used chalk and such for more money due to the government deciding to make more money to pay back the debt, having no idea that by that moment alone. The money would diminish in value leading to the great depression which put Germany in a tight situation that Hitler used comparing it to the golden age and promising a better life for them to recover, which to be fair he did promise, he helped them recover I mean with the boy scout camps and being put into the power when going into politics even if those camps made spies out of those kids and indoctrinated them into believing certain attitudes. He did help to an extent…in an essay, we are meant to look at both the good and bad side, not just say he's bad!" Calmly, I explain making Skullnick's eyes dilate.
"So you're a supporter!" Angrily, she snarls.
"I am not a supporter but to get a higher mark I need to evaluate meaning looking at both sides. I am simply saying…" I begin.
"Detention!" Indignantly, she yells slamming her fist on the ground making me groan as the bell rings…
"Fine then if I'm going down I might as well say that's it's called the night of the long knives not night of the knifes but if you want to be lazy, it was also called operation hummingbird and while I am talking about is Jews weren't the only ones persecuted during this time. They had stars for other minorities like gypsies, maybe if you actually did the research you could teach this class properly!" Bitterly, I state the facts surprising her.
DETENTION!
"So that's what happened?" Janna exclaims after telling her my tale.
"Yep." Calmly, I lean back against my seat in detention alongside Janna having listened to my story.
"Still can't believe you said that." Smirking, she raises a brow.
"What I don't like the guy but I got to give it to him he and his team were smart especially that propaganda guy, Goebbels he knew what he was doing and he knew what to do to take advantage of, those people had low morale and…" Annoyed, I try to explain, I don't condone any of what he did or cause but I have to give it to him, he and his team were smart.
"I did not come here for a lesson Ash." Groaning, Janna leans back in her seat making me sigh.
"Sorry…urgh…so ready to do mayor of the day?" I ask smirking at the next sucker.
"Heck yeah…" Janna snickers revealing a familiar cut out star.
"Sit in there and think about what you did, hooligan." Enraged, Skullnick yells and slams the door, as we turn to our next sucker and low and behold, Star Butterfly is presented before us. Clawing, Star starts attacking the door like a wild animal
"That isn't going to work Star," Calmly, I call out to her perking her interest as she turns her attention to me.
"Ash what are you doing here?" Frowning, she questions me.
"Being myself," Simply I shrug.
"'Sup Star? Welcome to D-ten. Looks like you're one of us now." Chuckling, Janna greets her.
"Math cage, hamster cage, detention cage. You guys can stay in here if you want, but I won't be caged. I'm outta here. Come on Ash." Tiredly, Star gets out her wand and creates a getaway for us.
"Oh yeah, that's cool. I mean, you were elected mayor of detention but whatever. It's no big deal." Smirking, I lean back as Janna recites the same old line.
"What?" Surprised, Star blinks.
"Yeah it's a pretty big thing here on earth." I play along intriguing Star.
"Yeah. It says so right here on this thing. This paper... piece of paper." Janna reveals a familiar flimsy sheriff star with a yellow notepad paper saying "Mayor Election Results: Star is Mayor"
"But I just got here…" Confused, Star furrows her brow.
"No, no, I get it. It's cool. The mayor has more important things to do. Uh, hey everybody, can I have your attention? Listen up. So, I have some bad news. The mayor is busy and won't be able to help us today, so I guess we'll just go back to our previous system of anarchy." Casually, Janna glances at me and throws a stool at me which I easily catch and toss into a window, hearing the crash of glass shattering.
"Let me see that. Hey. This is fake." Star frowns.
"Every election is fake." Casually, Janna shrugs.
"She isn't wrong." I point out.
"What does the mayor of detention even do?" Lost, Star asks.
"Well, the townspeople have a list of requests." Smirking, I pass Janna the star who pins a paper star badge saying "Mayor" on Star.
"And the mayor, you, fulfils them. I hand Star another sheet of paper. It reads "Requests: 1)Serge: Candy 2)Me: Tat 3)Ingrid:–"
"Let's get this over with…" Tiredly, Star sighs as proudly, I place my hands behind my head, not really needing anything besides I got here too late, I've miss my deadline.
"Hook line and sinker…" Smugly, Janna and I smirk as we watch Star complete her duties, giving Janna a tattoo, Serge eating some chewed up gum from underneath a desk making me turn back, dry heaving disgusted as Janna places her hand on my back, knowing how squeamish I am as Star finishes the list making me chuckle at our victory.
"For the last time no Ingrid you are not getting a guillotine." Sternly, I tell Ingrid as she places the comb to the teddies' throat grumbling, cursing in a foreign language I have no idea what it is, maybe Michael would but not me. I mean the only reason I know this is when she tried to put the teddy bear under the guillotine until Skullnick stopped her.
"Can't you just summon some batteries?" I offer.
"She could but…" Janna trails.
"It's not the fun way?" I gather.
"It's not the fun way." She confirms.
"It concerns me how easy I read you." Unnerved, I mutter.
"Only makes it more fun when I surprise you!" Cheekily, she winks.
"Yeah, yeah…" I sigh shaking my head.
"So what's the plan?" Janna questions as I sigh having to play strategist once more.
"Alright here it is. I drew up the plan while Ash devised it." Janna tells the group as she lays the map down on the table.
"Skullnick comes back at 1 pm sharp. That's when Skullnick checks in every day for roll call, so we have to be careful. We'll cross the field to the parking lot..." I begin.
"The school ground's a harsh, unforgiving landscape, not to be taken lightly." Janna adds in making me playfully, roll my eyes at Janna's dramatics.
"First, we gotta get past the fall hall…Next, we must blend in with band practice. We can use your magic for that or something." I exclaim as Star nods.
Janna mounts Star, and while holding a trash can lid to make the pair look like a sousaphone, they parade with the band while bored, I simply walk side by side with one of them copying their movements as we sneak past.
Sneaky, we hide behind a bench that Miss Skullnick sits on a bench eating celery, making me grimace how can she just eat celery? Where are the dips? The taste alone would be too oniony for me.
"I got it. Shimmering destruction cannon!" Confidently, Star's wand turns into a formidable weapon with several rocket launchers making me sigh as Janna glances at me.
"Yeah no. Janna you got the thing?" I question.
"I got the thing." Proudly, Janna smirks as she passes me the chips container.
"Potato chips! I don't get it. What are we to do with that?" Confused, Star furrows her brow.
"Not chips. This." Smirking, Janna pops the lid and takes out from the crisp canister, a snake coiled around her fingertips.
"Scare her away with it though I don't see how she could be scared of such a cutie!" I whisper my voice turning softs as the snake easily coils around me while I pet the cutie leaning into my touch.
"Aw, he's so cute." Gushing, Star agrees with me as miserably, Miss Skullnick continues to chew on celery. Sneakily, Star puts the fake canister on the edge of the bench, attracting Skullnick's attention.
"Oh, when did I pack you? Sour cream and ham flavoured? My favourite. Oooh, I better not. Oh, but what could one chip hurt? Who are you kidding, Margaret? You wouldn't just stop at one. But you have been doing your water aerobics every day, so you deserve this…" Conflicted, Skullnick talks to herself as I note the panicked looks of both Janna and Star.
"Patience…" Gently, I whisper pulling them back from blowing our cover.
"What's going on here?" Scared, Janna's dilated brown meets my calm yellow as I squeeze her shoulder, lightly calming down the mess as we look up finding her staring out at some group forming, hearing the flashes of cameras and laughter. Intrigued, Skullnick goes to investigate, grumbling about them not having fun on school grounds, since its forbidden in her mind.
"Don't worry. I have him pretty much wrapped around my finger. Let me do the talking." Confidently, Star assures us only making me frown.
"How about I…?" Warily, I offer.
"Hey there Oskar. We'd like to borrow your..." Eagerly, Star cuts me off as I groan as Star watches Oskar's hair flip back and forth. She starts shuddering, her mouth opens, and she starts drooling.
"Uh, Madame Mayor. Batteries." Janna reminds her.
"But, but, but..." Star chants making me groan.
"She's long gone, I knew this would happen, I should have made a contingency plan…" Irritated, I mutter at myself.
"Star! Ugh, forget it. Hey Oskar, can we borrow your keytar batteries to watch wrestling?" Incensed, Janna request from him tiredly.
"There is no cause worthier than the wrestling arts." Smiling, Oskar lowers his keytar, revealing a wrestling t-shirt.
"Oh great. I'll just take those batteries then." Janna smirks.
"No, you can't have these. I gotta keep jammin'. But I have a spare set of batteries in the trunk. Somewhere in one of these." Oskar informs us.
"Oh dear god no…" I groan as they go around to the back of the car where we find a whole armada of keytars.
"Batteries! Nailed it." Brightly, Star smiles.
"Oh yeah, this bad boy is one of my favourites. I got it near that library that serves the best tacos…" Eye twitching, I scowl at Star dazed.
"That is such a great story." Dreamily, she whispers in awe.
"It's almost 1." Harshly, I remind them both as they continue the search until finding one…
"Thanks Oskar!" Grateful, Star smiles.
"No problem." Oskar continues to play his keytar. Urgently, Star and Janna book it across the school. They come to a cart of janitor's supplies.
"Get in. Porcupine beast transformation!" Star raises her wand and the cart changes into a giant porcupine.
"Hiya!" The porcupine runs across the school, nearly hitting some cheerleaders, who jump immediately into formation. The porcupine runs through the gap they created.
"That cloud looks like a tree."
"And that one looks like..." Happily, the two students smile only to falter as the giant porcupine monster jumps right in front of Becky.
"Oh yeah, that one does look like an-AHH!" Grinning, me, Star, Janna, and their porcupine monster run past the hallway where all the kids who slipped are lying on the ground.
"Skullnick!" Janna gasps as we spot her nearby just as the marching band crosses in front of them.
"Star. Ash!" Urgently, Janna calls out to us fear in her tone as I turn to nod at Star who nods back waving her wand. Radiant rainbow bridge! The three of us scream as the monster jumps on the bridge, runs over the school, and jumps off at the other side. Now inside the correct building, they race Miss Skullnick to the detention room.
"Made it." Brightly, Star smiles at us as we get into position just as Miss Skullnick walks around the corner. Urgently, I pull Star and Janna behind a locker.
"Oh, you must be so hungry. Aren't you? How about something to eat, huh?" Cooing, she questions the hamster.
In front of the room, Miss Skullnick pulls out the chips, opens the canister, and screams when the snake comes out. Quickly, as Skullnick flees. I gently catch the poor little guy hissing and coiling around my arm as, Star, Janna and I run into room, grabbing Marisol as I hold the snake. Angry, Miss Skullnick bursts in wearing her troll armour.
"Has anyone seen my Marisol?" Urgently, she demands from us.
"Oh, you mean this Marisol?" Smirking, Star reveals as I quickly shush the snake, coiling itself around my arm.
"Oh, I'm so sorry." Horrified, Skullnick grabs the hamster and kisses it, making me arch a brow.
"Does this mean we can leave detention?" Hopeful, Star smiles.
"No." Harshly, she slams the door in our face as unnerved, I furrow my brow as Ingrid takes Star's battle axe which I easily take from her, making her whine and curse at me. Contentedly, Janna and Star watch the wrestling match on the TV.
"Well, duties fulfilled. You are free to go." Smirking, Janna tells Star.
"Why thank you. You, too." Star pauses for a moment glancing at me as she turns to me.
"We can stay for the match," Sighing, I look up at Star smiling grateful as she joins the others in watching the fake sport.
"You know you don't have to wear that badge anymore, right?" Janna tells her.
"I know, but if I take it off, we wouldn't be matching!" Happily, Star holds out a "Deputy Mayor" badge for Janna. Janna puts it on.
"Rip his head off!" Angrily, Star yells.
"Tear him apart!" Janna joins in as I chuckle shaking my head at my two friends as they happily watch their watch while I happily read my book…