Chapter 5:"The Blackness of the Heart"

A Black force lies within this girl. In away, it can protect her from others that wish to cause her harm-both inside and outside the soul, but…It is a dark powerful barrier that prevents her love to see who she really is. It takes control of her when the boy she loves is close by. Like a clenching viper, wrapped around it's pray…the more she moves, the more she becomes engulfed within the wrath of the evil presence.

Her goal is to take control of it, to be kind and sweet, but she will be surprised that such a sinister force is not so easily overtaken….

"What are you looking at, Geek bait?" Helga snapped as she poised a fist at the bus driver. The driver fearfully turned back to his wheel and closed the bus door. Marching, she descended further into the bus then sat almost in the middle of it.

Time passed by as the bus traveled from street to street, picking up the rest of the kids that go to PS 118. Helga had thought about Arnold most of the time, taking out her locket as she thought about him. Alas, Arnold, the time is approaching, and soon, my love, I will show you of kinder, gentler side, she mumbled softly to the locket, And when I do, maybe you will start to see me in love's eye's as I see you. She swooned and noticed a familiar golden haired boy walking up the bus stairs and pay bus fair. Oh, Arnold, she mumbled and hugged her locket, How I love you. Your very present cause my heart to jump in shear bliss! Ohh… As Helga put away her locket; Arnold walked down the aisle and was to the point of passing her. Suddenly, she felt her overtaken by a sinister force that can prove to only repel her love. She smiled wickedly and extended her left leg out in the aisle. Arnold seemed to be lost in a daydream, as he didn't notice that he was walking into a trap. Then, he fell into it…quite literally. He fell, chin first on the aisle. The boy was confused as to what had happened, when he saw Helga poke her head from the bus seat. "Have a nice trip, Head boy! Aahaha!" Helga laughed as she pulled her head back. Annoyed, Arnold grabbed a near by seat and pulled himself up. Afterwards, He continued down the aisle towards his Best Friend Gerald.

Arnold's Side

"Man, Oh man! You fell right into that one buddy!" commented Gerald.

Arnold sat down with a heavy sigh. "I don't get it Gerald…why does Helga keep on picking on me?" asked Arnold.

Gerald shrugged and answered, "Who knows. I mean, this is Helga where talking about. The girl doesn't need a reason, she just plain mean. That's alllll there is to it."

"Oh, come on Gerald, no one can be all bad; I bet inside, Helga is a nice, caring, sensible, person, just like the rest of us."

Gerald rolled his eyes and added sarcastically, "Whatever you say."

Helga's Side

"Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" Helga said as she banged her head on the back of a bus seat.

"Argh! What happen! I'm supposed to be nice to Arnold, not trip him and call him names!"

It confused her terribly. This is nuts! she thought as her head dangled on the back seat, shamefaced, One moment I'd be all goofy in love with him, the next…I would turn into a savage, bullying, ogre! Sighing, she thought her last and final thought inside the bus, ……….Maybe being, kind to Arnold, Isn't so easy.

As the bus pulled up to PS 118, she made up her mind to be nice to Arnold, even if it drove her mad…