Chapter 2

"Bill, can I barrow a graphite pencil?"

"…I only have a pen…"

"Throw it here!" The pen sailed across the room and hit the student square in the face, rendering him unconscious. "You're late Greyson!" accused the science teacher.

"An AP student is never late," countered Gary Greyson rather indignantly. Gary snapped his fingers and the bell suddenly rang, and Gary Greyson better known as Gary the Grey took his seat smiling grimly. "Time for roll call," called the teacher a bit stunned by the bell. "Baggins"

"…Here…I guess."

"Boffin"

"Present"

"Brandybuck"

"Aqui"

"Cypher"

"Has not been seen for a year."

"Gatewood"

… "Gatewood?" …. "No Gatewood. Greyson?"

"I'm here but Gatewood is unconscious"

"Senecal, take Gatewood to the nurse."

"..." The ROTC student got a sadistic grin on his face and dragged the student to the office along with the pen. Why does that pen give me a sense of dread? thought Gary. I'll ask the principal at Terry Ingleburg High School about that later.

Senecal dragged Gatewood down the stairs and propped him up against the wall. "Time for a stabitty death!" He proceeded to stab Gatewood with the pen no more than 47 times. He then got rid of the pen and threw the unconscious-bleeding student into the nearest Girl's Restroom. Gilbert reported back to class saying that Gatewood had to stay at the office for a while.

The school suck up, Niccea, was skipping merrily down the hallway on her way to fulfill nature's call, when she tripped over the pen. She, being part klepto, instinctively put it in her purse, and continued into the restroom. As soon as she walked into the restroom, she saw the unconscious body of Gatewood; she let out an almighty cheer of happiness. Soon the suck up part of her took over and she ran off to tell the principal there was a boy in the girl's bathroom.

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"This is very serious business I better write Gatewood up. That young man is taking a turn for the worst."

"I quite agree, ma'am"

"Oh, so you have a pen I can borrow?"

"Sure, Ms. Fisher," Niccea said in her most sugary voice. She handed her the Pen. As soon as her hand touched it, the Pen glowed with blue runes and he said in a creaky voice, "That's Dr. Sauron to you!"

"Eeeeeeeek!" Niccea ran from the room, slipped on a TIHS ID. Gary saw her running away shouting "Washuu" at the top of her lungs. Gary, being very meddlesome, stuck his head in the room. At the site of Ms. Fisher holding the Pen and laughing maniacally, he thought it would be best to see the principal at TIHS pronto.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the school, the heir of Ian stopped playing the Bari saxophone to feel the bad vibes in the air.