Chapter 1: Ashton Primary's New Student

RATED K FOR ALL AGES

Note before the story starts: This is moreso based on the books than the TV series, which I have always preferred (I added some references from episodes of the show, though) When I come to think of it, the first two seasons are the only seasons I like. My main issue with modern seasons is how Henry was turned into a scapegoat, and how he simply isn't that horrid anymore (he's possibly only considered "horrid" because he likes gross things).

But that's only my opinion. Any other opinion I'll be fine with. Let the story begin!

Beep! Beep!

Horrid Henry's alarm went off. But Henry was not in the mood for school, nor was he ever. He whacked his alarm clock off the table, before settling back to sleep. He may have never wanted to go to bed at night, but he never wanted to get out of it in the morning. A few minutes went past, and Mum came into the room. She looked very cross.

"Henry! Get out of bed or we'll be late for school!" Mum said.

"I can't go to school today." lied Horrid Henry. "My tummy hurts!"

Mum placed her hand on Henry's stomach. He felt fine.

"Ow! Ow!" yelped Henry, pretending to hurt.

"Henry, you're fine," Mum said sternly. "Now get out of bed!"

Horrid Henry scowled. He ended up rolling off his bed and to the ground. Perfect Peter, his younger brother who was the complete opposite of him, came in.

"Come on, Henry!" said Peter cheerfully. "Come down for breakfast!"

Horrid Henry growled. He was a tyrannosaurus rex, ducking down to swallow the foolish person below him.

"Yeoooooww!" shrieked Peter.

"Don't be horrid, Henry!" yelled Dad from downstairs. "Leave your brother alone!"

Horrid Henry dropped Perfect Peter to the ground, allowing him to get out of the room. He figured he might as well go to school today, because it was the last day of the week. Also, a new episode of Rapper Zapper would come on after school, and it was finally his turn to watch TV.

Horrid Henry went downstairs to the kitchen. He poured himself a bowl of cereal and tuck in. Perfect Peter was eating a soft boiled egg. Mum came in to speak to Henry.

"Remember this, Henry," she said. "There's a new student in your class today. I want you to show respect towards them."

Before school ended on Thursday, Miss Battle-Axe, Henry's class teacher, announced there would be a new student joining his classroom the following morning. And the day was now.

"Hmph," said Henry, talking with his mouth open. "They might as well be another Best Boy."

"Henry, you still need to be nice to them," she said sternly. "Oh, and please swallow your food before talking."

"If he's nice, he'll make a perfect member of the Best Boys Club!" said Peter.

"Silence, worm!" said Henry.

"Don't be horrid, Henry." sighed Dad as he looked up from the newspaper he was reading.

Henry continued eating. But as he ate his cereal, he wondered if the new student was horrid like him. Or rude like Rude Ralph, or greedy like Greedy Graham. If they had a personality like that, they would be welcome to the Purple Hand Gang, a club held in his backyard.

After eating, Horrid Henry spent a long time brushing his teeth and finding his school bags, before he and Perfect Peter left with Mum for school.

At 9 o'clock, they arrived at Ashton Primary School. Mum waved as Henry and Peter ran into school. As Peter walked to his classroom with his own club known as the Best Boys, Henry walked to his classroom with Rude Ralph, his best friend.

"Hey Ralph," said Horrid Henry.

"Hey Henry!" said Rude Ralph. "Have you heard about the new Rapper Zapper TV special airing today?"

"Oh yeah," said Henry. "I can't wait to see Rapper Zapper go to the planet Quantopian to defeat the evil Emperor Lonetide!"

"Does Peter get to watch his revolting Daffy and her Dancing Daisies today, though?" asked Ralph.

"Nope," said Henry. "At last, I get to watch what I want on TV for a change!"

Both of them walked into their classroom. Paper aeroplanes were flying across the room, and all the students were playing loudly. Horrid Henry and Rude Ralph immediately sat down and joined in on the fun. Ralph was pulling rude faces at the students behind him, and Henry was pulling the hair of Moody Margaret, his next-door neighbor who was just as bad as him. But the fun was quickly cut short when Miss Battle-Axe came in and glared at her classroom. They all settled down, and looked directly at her.

"Now class," she said. "It's time to introduce our new student."

She went to sit down at her desk. Behind her in the doorway was a rather neat-looking boy. He had a green jumper, black jeans, blonde hair, and a smart white tie.

"Hello!" said the boy as he introduced himself. "My name is Try. Terrific Try. I used to live in London, but my parents decided we'd move here. I'm willing to make friends here!"

"Haha!" laughed Horrid Henry rudely. "What name is Try anyway?"

"Henry!" barked Miss Battle-Axe. "Don't interrupt!"

"Hi Henry," said Terrific Try as he walked towards where Henry sat, ignoring Henry's rudeness. "Do you want to be friends?"

"I don't see why not," said Henry, holding out his hand. When Try went to shake it, a fart noise came out. Henry had a mini-whoopee cushion hidden in that hand. The entire classroom started laughing, except for an embarrassed Try.

"Silence!" yelled Miss Battle-Axe. "Henry, you can stay in during break time."

Horrid Henry groaned as he slumped in his seat.

"I'm sorry about this, Try. Go find someone else to sit next too."

He went over to sit with Fiery Fiona, one of the girls in the classroom.

"Right class," said Miss Battle-Axe. "Today's first lesson will be maths."

Horrid Henry groaned louder that he previously had. Why would she choose a maths lesson to start the day?

"Quiet, Henry!" snapped Miss Battle-Axe. "You will all be turning decimals into fractions."

Henry almost groaned again, but decided not to in case he got into more trouble.

"For now, I'll ask a few of you some questions. Margaret, what is 0.2 as a fraction?"

"1 fifth!" said Moody Margaret.

"Correct," said Miss Battle-Axe. "Brian, what is 0.75 as a fraction?"

"3 quarters!" said Brainy Brian, a Purple Hand Gang member.

"Correct," said Miss Battle-Axe. "Bert, what is 0.5 as a fraction?"

"Err… I dunno," said Beefy Bert, another Purple Hand Gang member.

"Hmph," said Miss Battle-Axe. She went to a drawer by her desk, and took out maths sheets for everyone. She also went to take out the children's maths books.

"You must copy these questions into your maths books, and answer them," she said as she passed out the sheets and books. "And Henry, please do not copy Claire again."

Horrid Henry crossed his arms after he opened his maths book. He was distracted for a few minutes by all the scribbles he drew of Miss Battle-Axe being eaten by crocodiles, until the old bat scolded him for not doing his work. He wanted to copy Claire again, but she wouldn't let him see her work.

"You know what Miss Battle-Axe said?" said Clever Claire. "You can't copy my work anymore."

"Oh come on!" moaned Henry.

"She's right, you know," said Sour Susan, Moody's Margaret's partner in crime.

"Get lost, Susan!" said Henry.

"Stop talking!" barked Miss Battle-Axe.

Everyone stayed silent. The silence was broken however, when Terrific Try raised his hand.

"Miss, can I go to the toilet?" he asked.

"Yes, but be quick," said Miss Battle-Axe. Terrific Try got up and left.

After he left the classroom, Try went to his russack, unzipped it and pulled out a... walkie talkie. He zipped his russack back up, and head to the boys' bathroom. He switched on the walkie talkie, and contacted someone he knew.

"Ok, Michael," he said. "Send in the stinkbombs."

Back in the classroom, Horrid Henry tried to copy Try's work. He quietly snuck towards his and Firey Fiona's table whilst Miss Battle-Axe was at her desk writing, and slowly copied down Try's work, which had somehow been completed already. He got only halfway through however due to Fiona catching him after pausing on her work to think.

"Hey!" said Firey Fiona. "Miss! Henry's copying Try's work!"

"HENRY!" yelled Miss Battle-Axe. "That's a double detention for you!"

"Ugh…" moaned Horrid Henry as he sat back down. Terrific Try came back to the classroom, and when he sat down, and Fiona told him about Henry copying his work. In his mind, he decided he'd get back at Henry for this. With him calling in his friend for stinkbombs, this all seemed… suspicious. What was going on?

Well… you'll find out in the next chapter. Stay tuned, lads!