Chapter 10: Crashing The Dance Floor
Minutes after Ericha left, Curtis came back from the bathroom to find Anya and Ashely standing, Anya still rubbing her cheeks where Ericha's hand had landed.
"Hey!" He called out to the two, getting their attention. "Where's Ericha?"
The two were silent for a second as Anya step forward. "She didn't want to get involved in this prank."
"Again?" Curtis sighed heavily as he started pacing. "Well, I guess we can continue on without her. I'll go get Shermar, you two get into your position."
Before the girls could comment, Curtis was already off the stage. Anya turned to Ashely who walked towards the rope that opens the curtains. Ever since the fight she and Ericha had, Ashely hasn't said a word or smiled.
"You okay Ashely?" Anya asked.
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"If you worried about that loser who just ditched us, then don't," She answered. "I have something special for her after we humiliate her stupid friend."
Ashely continued to say nothing, feeling the guilt lurking around the corner of the street, ready to pounce on her.
"Oi quick staring at me yah freak!"
Hearing that shook Ericha out of her trance as she shakily scurried backward until her back hit the wall. She wanted to speak, but her heart was still pounding from that attack that almost fried her.
"What happened to her?" Remoraid asked. "It looks like she saw a ghost or something."
"Don't know, don't care," Mizella answered in a bored expression. "The sooner we kill my little brother, the sooner we get out of this crummy world."
'Little brother?' Hearing that almost made Ericha gasp in shock, but she quickly held it in, not wanting to act suspiciously. She remembered when Blaze told her about his sister who attempted to get rid of him back in their world. 'So that's Blaze's older sister?!'
She got out of her thoughts again to find Mizella walking down the hall while carrying Remoraid inside the fishbowl, which surprisingly was still intact from the scuffle back in the computer lab.
"W-wait!" She called out without thinking."I-I think I saw someone that looks like yo- I mean, you know have the same animation as you downstairs!"
Hearing this, Mizella turned giving her a glare that made Ericha want to coward in the corner. "Okay, you have my interest. Where is that little brat?"
"I-I can show you," Ericha frighteningly said. "B-but you need something to blend yourself in. T-There are tons of guards downstairs s-so if they see you, it will be chaotic, and you won't be able to find him."
Ericha came back to the lobby with Mizella following behind her, Mizella wore a red blanket, and a paper mask Ericha found in the Grade 3 classroom. She had the bowl where Remoraid was over the blanket making so that she looked like she had a big belly. Luckily, the two were able to get past one of the police officers without no problem, and almost every kid who came to the dance were inside the gym.
The two walked down the hall that leads to the stage and found Shermar standing there, with a cup of poutine. "Shermar? What are y-."
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our first ever Graduation award show!" Curtis announced, causing the entire gymnasium to erupt in clapping and some whistling, but it only lasted for about a couple of seconds as Curtis raised his hand silencing everyone.
"Now our first reward goes to the person who has a kind heart, creative mind, and is the most handsome," Curtis replied. "Now I know what you're thinking, these characteristics resemble me perfectly!"
A few murmurs erupted in the crowd. Ericha rolled her eyes and huffed by Curtis's ego showing. She didn't notice Mizella's eyes glimmering from under the hoodie.
"But since I'm a nice guy," Curtis continued. "I've decided to not compete in the nominees since I've brought this!"
Curtis walked to the opposite side for a second and came back with something that made everyone, minus Shermar to have their eyes widen in shock. Mizella on the other hand was staring with glimmering eyes at the thing Curtis has in his hands.
"This is a real trophy that I got on eBay for over fifty dollars," Curtis explained. "And this trophy belongs to the one and only Sherm-"
Before he could finish his sentence, a blur shoved Curtis out of the way, sending the boy sprawled out on the floor. Ericha and Shermar did a double take and realized that Remoraid was standing beside them instead of Mizella.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Mizella shouted as she began to kiss the air. Luckily, she was still wearing the blanket and the mask so the students couldn't tell that she was a cartoon. "I, Mizella Inferno am honored to be recognized by my beauty, and intelligence."
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Everyone was silent, not knowing how to react to the newcomer they never saw or meet before. Ericha was left speechless by how it happened so fast, while Shermar was just finishing his poutine.
"Now you're gonna get Pokefr-," Curtis growled but froze when he realized that Shermar wasn't the one who pushed him. "What the...Who the heck are you?"
Mizella wasn't paying attention as she continued to admire the golden trophy. Ericha took this opportunity of the situation to dash towards the rope where Ashely was and pulled it with all her strength.
"Get out of here!" Curtis ordered as he tried to push her out of the way, but Mizella took a step back, causing the boy to fall face first into the stage floor, which caused some of the crowd of students to giggle.
"What a rude brat," Mizella mumbled as she purposely stepped on his back. "Is that any way to talk to someone who's older than yo-."
Mizella was interrupted as green thick goop landed on her head, her entire body, including the trophy. Ericha, Ashely, and Anya could barely hold her laughter as Curtis was caught in the goop as well.
"Hey, Ashely!" Ashely turned around as Ericha was near the fans. Getting the idea, the scarlet-haired girl ran to the opposite side getting Anya attention.
"What are you doing?" Ashely ignored Anya question as she put on the fan and began throwing feathers in front of it. Ericha did the same thing causing feathers from each side to blow towards Mizella, instantly sticking to the substance.
This caused the entire gymnasium to erupt in laughter at how Mizella and Curtis looked like a chicken. Ericha was glad that it wasn't Shermar under the goop. Ericha turned to Mizella who barely moved a muscle ever since the goop rained down on her.
She then turned to Ashely, signaled her to pull the other rope beside her. She nodded her head with a smile on her face and pulled the rope, causing a huge poster to unravel behind Mizella that made everyone replace their laughter with gasps in shock. Even Ericha and Ashely couldn't believe what was written behind her.
The poster showed in big red letters with an arrow pointing down at Mizella. 'Reward for the biggest, lamest, freak in the world!'
The silence of the audience speak for itself. Anya glared at Shermar. "You!"
Anya marched towards him, cracking her knuckles. Before she could notice Remoraid, fired a stream of water, causing Anya to scream as she slipped back landing hard on her back.
"Get out of my town Missy," Remoraid said in a cowboy accent. Everyone minus Anya erupted in laughter and clapping for Remoraid even though they couldn't see him.
The sound of a kettle boiling echoed the room which quickly silenced everyone. They turned to the source of the sound to find Mizella who was so fuming with anger, that the goop sticking unto him, melted into a green puddle.
"You think this is funny?" She questioned. Staring down at Curtis who flinched when he saw her beaming red eyes from under the blanket.
Mizella immediately grabbed Curtis by the shirt and hoisted him up to her eye level. "You think it's funny to award me with a fake trophy!"
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Everyone in the gymnasium just stared at Mizella with widen eyes and jaws hanging out. On the stage, Ashely, Anya, and Ericha stared at her in disbelief by her reaction. Shermar stood there emotionless while Remoraid was still laughing at Mizella.
"W-What?" Curtis asked frightened with a mix of confused in his voice.
"Don't play stupid human!" Mizella growled. "You have some guts handing me a fake plastic replica! Didn't your mother ever tell you that handing someone a fake trophy you would be executed right on the spot?!"
"I-It wasn't my idea!" Curtis defended as she pointed to Anya. "She's the one who brought it at eBay, please don't hurt me!"
"Excuse me!" Anya glared at Curtis. "It was you who wanted me t-"
"Shut it ugly!" Mizella snapped.
"Uh oh," Ericha and Ashely mouthed. The last person that called Anya ugly ended up going home with two black eyes and dirt shoved down their pants.
Anya turned her glare at Mizella. "What did you say?"
"Are you death or something?" Mizella wasn't phased by Anya's deadly glare. "I said shut it ugly!"
Anya angrily marched up to Mizella. "Sais the weirdo who has a stupid plastic plate covering her face. What, is it too hideous to look at?"
"At least my face doesn't have small zits," Mizella stated back, causing Anya to shake her fist in rage.
"Anya wait!" Ericha tried to step in between the two, but she was too late as Anya ripped the plate of off Mizella's face and quickly took out her phone to take a picture, but froze when she noticed Mizella's wasn't human.
"W-What are you?" Anya asked as she took a step back, dropping her phone on the floor.
"I am Mizella Inferno," She introduced herself. "And I'm gonna make you all pay for tricking me!"
A Heart Ball appeared on the palm of the black hyena's right paws. The button in the center of the ball shot out a stream of black energy towards Remoraid who didn't get the chance to react as he was engulfed into the black energy, luring him back into the Heart Ball. This caused everyone to gasp in shock
"Now this world will think twice before pulling an unforgivable move like that again!" Mizella laughed evilly as she threw the orb in the center of the gymnasium, causing everyone to step back staring at horror at the orb in the center. The black substance on the side of the heart ball was slowly draining causing the ball yo suddenly expanded.
Students immediately bolted towards the emergency exit at the other end of the gym. The Heart Ball burst out dark energy, which formed itself into a large cephalopod-like figure, with two big tentacles in the front of it, and a bunch of smaller ones behind. All the students began to scream, ran and pushed their way out of the gymnasium as the huge beast began to overgrow the gym.
"AH!" Anya screamed at the incoming dark tentacles.
"Everyone in here!" Ashely pointed to the second exit door close to the stage. She along with Ericha, Anya, Shermar, and Curtis ran towards the door. Once they were outside, the students noticed the creature's head burst out of the gym roof, delivering a loud roar that can be heard across Ottawa.
"What the heck is going on here?!" Anya screamed over the roar.
"Aliens are taking over the earth!" Curtis yelled freaking out. "They want to take out our brains and use it to create their robot army! PLEASE SPARE MY BRAI-"
"Will you SHUT UP!" Ericha roared while smacking Curtis upside the head. Once he was quiet, she scanned the area for her brother and sister, hoping that they escaped safely.
"ERICHA HELP!"
Ericha's ears perked up as she looked around for her brother's voice, but caught a glimpse of Jesselyne on the small roof, looking up. When Ericha followed her sister gaze, she felt her heart dropped.
"TRISTAN!"
Minutes before the prank
"Yeah!" Tristan stood up off the floor of the library doing a victory pose. He was holding a Nintendo 64 game controller in one hand. "I finally beat my sister! I'm the Super Smash Bros champion!"
The students clapped for his victory while Jesselyn couldn't help but giggle by her brother's wide grin on his face. The match they had was so close, everybody thought it would be a tie. Jesselyn was Kirby while Tristan was Link. They both were able to take three stock out of their characters before getting a crate of Bob-omb blasting the two into space at the same time. Somehow Jesselyne's player was the first one out earning Tristan the win.
Tristan began to his victory dance, causing everyone to cheer for him. Normally Jesselyne would've been disgusted, but she couldn't help but laugh. "Alright, champion we get it. You can stop with the victory dance."
Tristan stopped and raced to the final pizza slice. "And as the winner, I will finish this last slice of pizza to dedicate my epic vict-."
"AH!" A girl's blood curling scream interrupted him as she ran towards the group, behind her were three red, animated tentacle with a zig-zagged jaws coming, towards them.
"S-snake!" Another girl screamed as she and the other students were about to make a mad dash to the door, but they found themselves cornered as two more of them broke through the window.
Tristan turned to her sister. "Don't those things have the same animation as Blaze?"
"Yeah, but I don't think that's Blaze's parents," She whispered back.
The creatures were getting closer to the students, snapping their jaws at them. Tristan noticed a broom in the corner and quickly snatch it, getting into a fighting stance. "Back off! I have a broom and I know how to use it!"
He started shoving the bristle end of the broom towards the tentacles, hoping to scare them off. Unfortunately, one of the tentacles chomped down onto the broom, causing the boy to let go. The other two tentacles grabbed the other end engaging in a tug of war battle with its own kind.
"Hurry! While they are distracted," Jesselyne whispered loudly for the kids to hear. They didn't waste any time as they ran past the three tentacles and out of the library, however, the Hames siblings were separated from the group by three sets of tentacles breaking out of the door beside the entrance. Luckily a teacher was there to escort the students downstairs.
"This way!" Jesselyne grabs hold of Tristan and ran to the left side of the hall, barely avoiding multiple tentacles popping out of the window library. They tried to use the stairs, but more tentacles were showing up.
"We're surrounded!" Tristan said looking frightened. Jesselyne noticed the window leading outside wide open.
"Over here!" Jesselyne shouted as she ran towards the window and began to climbing out of the building. Luckily, there was a small roof below the window, which would make it a one-meter drop from the window.
Jesselyne was able to land her feet on the gravel covering the small roof. She then turned to Tristan who was in mid-jump, until one of the tentacle snap shut on his left leg.
"Tristan!" Jesselyn turned to her brother, who was lifted up higher than the school roof. Suddenly more of the red tentacles burst out of the rooftops, coming towards the one holding the boy.
"ERICHA! HELP!" Tristan screamed when she noticed her older sister near the play structure. The small creature that was holding him was getting bombarded by the others who wanted Tristan, forcing it to release him.
"TRISTAN!" Jesselyne and Ericha screamed. Jesselyne ran to the edge of the roof and reached out grabbing Tristan's hand, as he came down, doing the same. Time slowed down as Jesselyne's index finger were only able to touch Tristan's.
"NO!" Jesselyne screamed after he landed on the ground with a boom. Everyone was so busy focusing on the monster that they were startled when the crash happened. Ericha, Shermar, Curtis, Anya, and Ashely ran at the front of the crowd.
"…" Ericha fell to her knees with a despairing look on her face. She immediately broke down in tears, not caring about her surroundings. "I'm sorry for not being a good sister Tristan. Even though they were annoying, I still loved you as a brother."
"Ericha…"
"It's all my fault this is happening," Ericha continued. "I've should have told the police about the prank, before it could get out of ha-"
"ERICHA!"
"WHAT?!" Ericha yelled angrily but froze when she realized who the voice was. She looked up to find Tristan on his stomach with minor scratches, but underneath him was a certain Houndour.
"S-Safe," Blaze weakly before he passed out.
To be Continued