Chapter 3: Detention Danger
Waking up on Monday, I felt even more miserable than on most Mondays. I had reminded myself that going back to school meant going back to those knuckleheads that keep harassing me, but as the famous saying goes, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going," so I decided the best way to show that was to get out of bed. Wobbling to the bathroom, I tried opening the door, but it was locked. I knocked on the door, and got an answer. "In a minute!" my brother shouted. Sighing, I put my head against the door. I must have been really tired, because I fell asleep standing up. The next thing I knew, I hit my head on the hard tile floor. In pain, I held my head and stood up, however all I got was a bump on the head. My brother, smiling, said to me, "All done. Your turn."
After getting dressed, I decided that I would take Dratini with me to school, since Mrs. Murphy, our Pokemon teacher, wanted us to bring them. Walking downstairs with my Ultra Ball in hand, I slipped and fell on the third-bottom stair, tumbling down and pushing my Ultra Ball in the air. I shouted, thinking it would break, but luckily my mom caught it at the last second. "You might want to get more sleep, you know," she said, laughing.
Walking down Qwilfish Street, I tripped again, this time I landed on my knee and scraped it. That sure woke me up. "Ouch, I am such a klutz!" Holding my leg for a couple seconds, it felt a little better, so I ignored it and kept walking with a wobble. Of course, this would be okay if someone hadn't seen me.
"Rachel! Wait up!" Aaron said as he ran up to me. "Oh, uh, hey Aaron." I responded back. He looked at the way I walked. "What's wrong? Why is your leg all dinged up?" "Um, I tripped." He smiled. "I'll help you to the bus. I wouldn't want a perfect leg like yours to get worse." I smiled a little bit, mostly because I was tired and didn't know what he was talking about. As Aaron helped me down Qwilfish Street, I was so tired I began to bend over and fall asleep. So, Aaron decided to pick me up and just carry me the rest of the way. Arriving at the bus stop, I thought I heard Seth's voice . "So, you caught something, huh?" I'm assuming that Seth wasn't talking about fish. "Oh yeah. This one's a keeper." Aaron responded, then I thought I saw him lick his lips in an again, degrading, way. It was then I woke up, and noticed where I was. Fully conscious of where I was, I jumped off of Aaron's arms, and walked to Sam and Steph. Then, I said to them, "Don't ask."
Now fully awake and sorry I wasn't before, I stared out the window as it rode down Celebi Boulevard, passing the Stadium. I had remembered the dream I had experienced before, smiling at it. Then, I looked at the Ultra Ball. Dratini would like that too. Around fifteen minutes later, passing a ton of houses that Union Bay is famous for, the bright pastel colored homes, we arrived at school.
Science was the same as Friday, Aaron and Seth joking around as Steph yelled at them and I sat there drawing. At one point Seth thought he saw himself in my doodle. I rolled my eyes to that. Gym class was that same too, we played volleyball, and I surprised everyone when I spiked the ball and it hit a blue-coated goon on the head. I laughed, and then ran to get to the locker and to class on time. At lunchtime, I went outside with Steph and Sam, and just our luck; all the varsity soccer players had the same lunch as I did. Now I would be okay with it, if they didn't started with their usual antics. I looked over at Sam, and she was so red with anger that I thought she was going to explode, and Steph was pretty mad too. Knowing Sam, she doesn't take anything sitting down. And she didn't, once someone called her a cute red tomato. Her fuse had blown out. She went up to Seth, grabbed him by the collar, and started shouting at him, "You leave us alone, you ass! You are so freaking immature! Tell me something, does your mom change your diapers for you?" At this point, Seth snapped, returning the favor, "Listen, you. I think you're hot and all, but don't think you can make fun of me, especially in front of my friends." Sam smiled. "What are you gonna do about it?" He really got mad, and when Aaron joined Seth in the soon-to-be ring, Steph went and joined Sam. "This wasn't going to be fun," I thought to myself. Aaron decided instead of using his fists, he and Seth would let their Pokemon do the talking. "All right, you want a battle? You got a battle!" He then took out the Forest Lizard Pokemon, Kimori. "I thought he only had an Electabuzz," I said to myself. Seth took out his Pochena, and I was equally surprised. Without giving Steph and Sam chance to take out their Pokemon, Seth told Pochena to bite Steph. Pochena said, "Ruff . ruff ruff!" and then charged toward Steph. He jumped up in the air and was ready to bite Steph, but she ducked, making him land behind her. She took out her Friend Ball, and withdrew Chansey, her favorite Pokemon. She then told Chansey to use Light Screen to block her and Sam. Chansey repeated its name; "Chansey!" then went to work on the Light Screens, repeating its name every time it made a screen. When it was done, Sam laughed. "How are you gonna attack now? You can attack us with your Bite attack!" Aaron laughed, "But I can attack you with this! Kimori, use your Jump Kick!" Kimori said, "Ki ki ki ki," like all other Kimori do, then jumped up in the air and set up for its Jump Kick attack. Steph saw it was going right for Chansey and Sam, so Steph took her Fast Ball and threw it, withdrawing Natu, the Little Bird Pokemon. Natu shrieked its name, then flew up into the sky, and then used a Night Shade attack, directed right at Kimori, hitting Aaron. The battle went on and on, until I decided to intervene and stop the battle. "Dratini," I shouted, jumping in the air, "use Ice Beam!" Dratini shot an Ice Beam in the middle of the battlefield, stopping the battle. "Would you all stop acting like little children? Geez, you have to use your Pokemon to stop arguments." It was then the principal came out, and I just thought to myself, "Horrible timing." I said to myself. "The five of you, into my office, now!" he shouted. "Oh, no! I'm in trouble for breaking up a fight."
The five of us walked into the principal's office and sat down on chairs in front of his desk. Then, we were read our punishment. "As punishment for disobeying the Pokemon Use Act and for starting a fight, you are all going to spend four weeks in detention." That's when Sam spoke up. "May I say, Mr. Principle, that Rachel didn't start a fight, rather she ended it." Steph agreed, and then Seth spoke up. "It's wrong for Rachel to serve time for something she didn't do. The four of us aren't going to argue about our times, because we deserve them." My jaw dropped. "Seth stood up for me!?" The principal started getting ticked. "This is not a bargaining table." This is where I came in. "But Mr. Principle, you're the one that always says to argue something that you feel is unjust." The principal sighed, and then spoke up. "I can't argue with my own words, I guess." He said, continuing. "Rachel, you will only serve one and a half weeks of detention for abusing the Pokemon Use Act." I bowed as according to my country, Kuren's, customs. "Thank you, Mr. Principle." He smiled to me. "I'll see you all at three in detention hall."
Three o' clock came very fast. I sighed, and then walked into the hall. Everyone else was already there, and we were the only ones present in detention. I sat at a table alone and started to do my work. Then, Aaron came up to me. "You know," he said, "I admire what you did today. Stopping the fight and all." I smiled. "No problem." Aaron smirked. "You're gonna drive me crazy with that smile of yours." I rolled my eyes, and he returned to my seat. About fifteen minutes later, the principal came up to me, but not because I was in trouble. He wanted to ask me something. "Rachel, I have a question to ask you," he said, cracking his knuckles. "Yes, Mr. Principle?" "You know how some students in this school are able to teach classes, and you know you're one of them." "Uh . Mr. Principle?" I was confused. "We would like you to teach a class on Legendary Pokemon Studies and a class on Pokemon Gym Battling." I was psyched. "Absolutely, Mr. Principle, thank you, thanks so much!" I started shrieking. He laughed. "Well, since you're doing a favor for me, your detention sentence is permanently lifted." I was so overwhelmed that I hugged the principal. He was definitely surprised but was not angry, just happy. Then, pulling back, I apologized, and then bowed. "Thank you so much!" I ran out of detention hall screaming my head off. Then I withdrew Dratini, and we danced together as we ran on home.
Waking up on Monday, I felt even more miserable than on most Mondays. I had reminded myself that going back to school meant going back to those knuckleheads that keep harassing me, but as the famous saying goes, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going," so I decided the best way to show that was to get out of bed. Wobbling to the bathroom, I tried opening the door, but it was locked. I knocked on the door, and got an answer. "In a minute!" my brother shouted. Sighing, I put my head against the door. I must have been really tired, because I fell asleep standing up. The next thing I knew, I hit my head on the hard tile floor. In pain, I held my head and stood up, however all I got was a bump on the head. My brother, smiling, said to me, "All done. Your turn."
After getting dressed, I decided that I would take Dratini with me to school, since Mrs. Murphy, our Pokemon teacher, wanted us to bring them. Walking downstairs with my Ultra Ball in hand, I slipped and fell on the third-bottom stair, tumbling down and pushing my Ultra Ball in the air. I shouted, thinking it would break, but luckily my mom caught it at the last second. "You might want to get more sleep, you know," she said, laughing.
Walking down Qwilfish Street, I tripped again, this time I landed on my knee and scraped it. That sure woke me up. "Ouch, I am such a klutz!" Holding my leg for a couple seconds, it felt a little better, so I ignored it and kept walking with a wobble. Of course, this would be okay if someone hadn't seen me.
"Rachel! Wait up!" Aaron said as he ran up to me. "Oh, uh, hey Aaron." I responded back. He looked at the way I walked. "What's wrong? Why is your leg all dinged up?" "Um, I tripped." He smiled. "I'll help you to the bus. I wouldn't want a perfect leg like yours to get worse." I smiled a little bit, mostly because I was tired and didn't know what he was talking about. As Aaron helped me down Qwilfish Street, I was so tired I began to bend over and fall asleep. So, Aaron decided to pick me up and just carry me the rest of the way. Arriving at the bus stop, I thought I heard Seth's voice . "So, you caught something, huh?" I'm assuming that Seth wasn't talking about fish. "Oh yeah. This one's a keeper." Aaron responded, then I thought I saw him lick his lips in an again, degrading, way. It was then I woke up, and noticed where I was. Fully conscious of where I was, I jumped off of Aaron's arms, and walked to Sam and Steph. Then, I said to them, "Don't ask."
Now fully awake and sorry I wasn't before, I stared out the window as it rode down Celebi Boulevard, passing the Stadium. I had remembered the dream I had experienced before, smiling at it. Then, I looked at the Ultra Ball. Dratini would like that too. Around fifteen minutes later, passing a ton of houses that Union Bay is famous for, the bright pastel colored homes, we arrived at school.
Science was the same as Friday, Aaron and Seth joking around as Steph yelled at them and I sat there drawing. At one point Seth thought he saw himself in my doodle. I rolled my eyes to that. Gym class was that same too, we played volleyball, and I surprised everyone when I spiked the ball and it hit a blue-coated goon on the head. I laughed, and then ran to get to the locker and to class on time. At lunchtime, I went outside with Steph and Sam, and just our luck; all the varsity soccer players had the same lunch as I did. Now I would be okay with it, if they didn't started with their usual antics. I looked over at Sam, and she was so red with anger that I thought she was going to explode, and Steph was pretty mad too. Knowing Sam, she doesn't take anything sitting down. And she didn't, once someone called her a cute red tomato. Her fuse had blown out. She went up to Seth, grabbed him by the collar, and started shouting at him, "You leave us alone, you ass! You are so freaking immature! Tell me something, does your mom change your diapers for you?" At this point, Seth snapped, returning the favor, "Listen, you. I think you're hot and all, but don't think you can make fun of me, especially in front of my friends." Sam smiled. "What are you gonna do about it?" He really got mad, and when Aaron joined Seth in the soon-to-be ring, Steph went and joined Sam. "This wasn't going to be fun," I thought to myself. Aaron decided instead of using his fists, he and Seth would let their Pokemon do the talking. "All right, you want a battle? You got a battle!" He then took out the Forest Lizard Pokemon, Kimori. "I thought he only had an Electabuzz," I said to myself. Seth took out his Pochena, and I was equally surprised. Without giving Steph and Sam chance to take out their Pokemon, Seth told Pochena to bite Steph. Pochena said, "Ruff . ruff ruff!" and then charged toward Steph. He jumped up in the air and was ready to bite Steph, but she ducked, making him land behind her. She took out her Friend Ball, and withdrew Chansey, her favorite Pokemon. She then told Chansey to use Light Screen to block her and Sam. Chansey repeated its name; "Chansey!" then went to work on the Light Screens, repeating its name every time it made a screen. When it was done, Sam laughed. "How are you gonna attack now? You can attack us with your Bite attack!" Aaron laughed, "But I can attack you with this! Kimori, use your Jump Kick!" Kimori said, "Ki ki ki ki," like all other Kimori do, then jumped up in the air and set up for its Jump Kick attack. Steph saw it was going right for Chansey and Sam, so Steph took her Fast Ball and threw it, withdrawing Natu, the Little Bird Pokemon. Natu shrieked its name, then flew up into the sky, and then used a Night Shade attack, directed right at Kimori, hitting Aaron. The battle went on and on, until I decided to intervene and stop the battle. "Dratini," I shouted, jumping in the air, "use Ice Beam!" Dratini shot an Ice Beam in the middle of the battlefield, stopping the battle. "Would you all stop acting like little children? Geez, you have to use your Pokemon to stop arguments." It was then the principal came out, and I just thought to myself, "Horrible timing." I said to myself. "The five of you, into my office, now!" he shouted. "Oh, no! I'm in trouble for breaking up a fight."
The five of us walked into the principal's office and sat down on chairs in front of his desk. Then, we were read our punishment. "As punishment for disobeying the Pokemon Use Act and for starting a fight, you are all going to spend four weeks in detention." That's when Sam spoke up. "May I say, Mr. Principle, that Rachel didn't start a fight, rather she ended it." Steph agreed, and then Seth spoke up. "It's wrong for Rachel to serve time for something she didn't do. The four of us aren't going to argue about our times, because we deserve them." My jaw dropped. "Seth stood up for me!?" The principal started getting ticked. "This is not a bargaining table." This is where I came in. "But Mr. Principle, you're the one that always says to argue something that you feel is unjust." The principal sighed, and then spoke up. "I can't argue with my own words, I guess." He said, continuing. "Rachel, you will only serve one and a half weeks of detention for abusing the Pokemon Use Act." I bowed as according to my country, Kuren's, customs. "Thank you, Mr. Principle." He smiled to me. "I'll see you all at three in detention hall."
Three o' clock came very fast. I sighed, and then walked into the hall. Everyone else was already there, and we were the only ones present in detention. I sat at a table alone and started to do my work. Then, Aaron came up to me. "You know," he said, "I admire what you did today. Stopping the fight and all." I smiled. "No problem." Aaron smirked. "You're gonna drive me crazy with that smile of yours." I rolled my eyes, and he returned to my seat. About fifteen minutes later, the principal came up to me, but not because I was in trouble. He wanted to ask me something. "Rachel, I have a question to ask you," he said, cracking his knuckles. "Yes, Mr. Principle?" "You know how some students in this school are able to teach classes, and you know you're one of them." "Uh . Mr. Principle?" I was confused. "We would like you to teach a class on Legendary Pokemon Studies and a class on Pokemon Gym Battling." I was psyched. "Absolutely, Mr. Principle, thank you, thanks so much!" I started shrieking. He laughed. "Well, since you're doing a favor for me, your detention sentence is permanently lifted." I was so overwhelmed that I hugged the principal. He was definitely surprised but was not angry, just happy. Then, pulling back, I apologized, and then bowed. "Thank you so much!" I ran out of detention hall screaming my head off. Then I withdrew Dratini, and we danced together as we ran on home.