Story 5: April Fools Day
By: Conan 16
Dash was fast asleep dreaming of class at school.
"Dash, what is the square root of 25?" Mr. Kropp asked.
"Uhh, cheese?" Dash replied.
"Yes that is correct. You really are the smartest kid in the world." Mr. Kropp said.
"Yes, I know I am."
"Good. Now please put some pants on."
"Huh?" Dash looked down and saw that he was sitting there in his underwear.
"But I coulda swore I put some pants on this morning!" Dash cried as the class laughed at him.
"No, your thinking of the duck in your underpants." Mr. Kropp replied.
"What?" Dash asked.
Mr. Kropp sighed.
"Pay attention Dash! I said...BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!"
Dash shot up at the sound of his alarm clock.
"Oh geeze." He grumbled hitting the snooze button.
But it only made the alarm louder.
He got up and turned it off.
Dash forgot that his mother bought this anti-snooze alarm clock to stop his sleeping in habit.
He grabbed his calendar and tore off the previous day.
"No way! Already?" Dash started to gleam.
"It's April Fools day! Alright!" Dash ran to his closet and pulled out a box of gags.
"This is going to be the best April Fools ever!"
In the other room, Helen could hear Dash cheering.
She was only half awake.
"What is he so excited about?" She grumbled.
That's when she saw the calendar.
"Oh no! April Fools day? It can't be already!" She shook Bob.
"Honey! Wake up! It's April Fools day. We have to make sure Dash doesn't get out of control again." Bob didn't answer.
"Bob!" Helen cried pulling the blanket away only to uncover a skeleton.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" She screamed.
Bob came out of the closet cracking up.
"Oh man...You should see...the look on your face hon." He said between laughs.
"Very funny. It looks like you're getting mash potatoes for breakfast." Helen replied.
"Oh c'mon Helen. Can't you do better than that? I mean, I'm not even fooled."
"Who's trying to fool who?" Helen asked.
Bob's grin faded.
"Uh oh."
At the breakfast table, Violet, Helen, and Bob were on the edge of their chairs, waiting for Dash to pull off his first move.
Dash looked up from his food and saw each of them starring at him.
"What?" He asked.
They went back to eating.
"Hey dad, can I have some of that Malt O' Meal?" He asked.
"This isn't Malt O' Meal. It's mashed potatoes." Bob replied.
"Oh.."
Violet yawned, and they all heard a fart noise from her chair.
"Vi...What do you say?" Helen asked.
"I didn't do that." Violet argued. Then they heard another fart noise.
"Or that!"
"Eeeww! I can smell it!" Dash said covering up his nose.
"Shut up! I didn't do anything." Violet cried.
Bob sniffed the air, and kind of coughed.
"Excuse me." He got up.
"I did not do anything!" Violet looked under her chair.
"You little insect!" She cried, bringing up a fart machine.
Dash laughed as he showed them the button to the machine, and a can of stink spray.
"Dash!" Helen scolded.
"I don't want you getting out of control like you did last year! Understand?"
"Yes ma'am." Dash replied, hanging his head.
"Good." Helen got up to clear the dishes. When she went into the kitchen, Dash turned to Violet.
"Hey." He said.
"What..." Violet asked giving him a dirty look.
"You got something on your shirt." He said.
"Nice try...I do not."
Dash squirted some ink on her.
"You do now!" He laughed.
"That's it!" Violet cried jumping on Dash, and throwing slaps.
Helen ran in and broke it up.
"Violet! What's gotten into you!" She cried.
"Dash sprayed ink on my new shirt! See?"
Helen looked at her shirt.
"Honey, there's nothing there." She said.
Violet looked at her shirt. The ink was gone.
She gave Dash a glare, and he waved a bottle of invisible ink in front of her.
"You little worm..." She grumbled.
"Now the two of you, get ready for school."
A big grin formed across Dash's face.
"Yes mother. I can't wait to see Mr. Kropp today." He said running up to his room.
Later when the bus arrived, Helen made sure to see Dash off.
"Now Dash, I don't want to get another call this year. You behave, understand?"
"Aww mom. The only gag I'm going to use is this foam lighter." He showed it to her.
"Hey that's cool! I haven't seen one of these since I was a kid." Helen laughed.
"Here mom try it out." Dash said handing it to her.
She flicked the lid, and pushed down the button. It put a shocking feeling through her hand and up her arm.
"Ouch!" She cried dropping the lighter.
Dash was already gone.
"Dashiell Robert Parr! Just wait until you get home young man!" She hollered after him.
At school, Dash was roaming the hallway.
"Hey Dash!" One of his friends greeted.
"Hey Mike! Dude smell my flower." Dash said squirting him with a plastic flower on the lapel of his shirt.
"Dude! Not cool!" Mike cried.
"Hey man it's just a joke. Here have a nickel." Dash held out a nickel to Mike, and right before he was able to take it, the nickel squirted him.
Dash started to crack up. Mike walked off.
"Oh! I have to get to Mr. Kropp's before class starts." Dash said running off.
Later the bell rang, and Mr. Kropp walked in the class.
"Hello class." He greeted.
"Hello Mr. Kropp." The class greeted in unison.
Mr. Kropp sat down.
'Pppphhhhhttttt.' Was heard as he sat down.
Mr. Kropp got up quickly and picked up the whoopee cushion.
The class started laughing.
"That's not funny! Enough!" Mr. Kropp cried, and the class quieted down. Mr. Kropp glanced at Dash.
"Young man, if I find out this was your doing, I'll..."
Dash looked to both sides of him.
"Who? Me?" He asked.
Mr. Kropp just grumbled as he sat down again.
"Ouch!" He cried sitting up again. This time it was a tack.
"Dash!" He cried.
"I didn't do anything! I swear!" Dash cried.
Knowing that he couldn't prove it was Dash, Mr. Kropp removed the tack, and examined his seat closely. Then he sat down.
"Now class, today we're going to learn about...Who's toy is this?" He asked pointing to a little toy bomb on his desk.
No one answered.
He picked it up.
"I want answers!" He said.
"I think there's a name on the bottom!" A girl in the front said.
Dash's went pale.
But before Mr. Kropp could look, his finger tripped the button on the bomb, and it shot a puff of powder at his face.
"Oh for crying out loud!" Mr. Kropp cried dropping the bomb.
Dash zoomed up and grabbed the toy and ran back to his seat before anyone saw him.
Mr. Kropp turned around to grab a tissue, and the class started to laugh as they saw a big black smiley face on the back of his brown slacks.
"What is so darn funny?" Mr. Kropp asked impatiently.
The class quieted down.
"Your pants sir!" One boy finally spoke up.
Mr. Kropp looked at the back of his pants and saw the big black smiley face. He whipped his hand across his chair, and it was covered in black soot.
Mr. Kropp turned red in the face.
"I've had enough!" He cried.
"Dashiell Robert Parr! To the principals office now!" He cried.
"But I didn't do anything!" Dash argued innocently.
"Enough! Now go!"
"Is there a problem Bernie?" The principal asked from the classroom door.
"Yes sir! That little rat is pranking me like crazy!" Mr. Kropp said.
"Oh, Dash again huh? And I presume that you have evidence this time?"
"Well I...No." Mr. Kropp said.
"C'mon Bernie. It's April Fools day. Be a sport." The principal said shaking his hand. Mr. Kropp felt a shock go through his hand and up through his entire body.
The principal laughed, showing the hand buzzer.
"April Fools." He chuckled walking off.
Mr. Kropp walked back to the chalkboard.
"I don't want to hear another peep out of any of you!" He cried.
As he started to write down the assignment.
Dash started to grin.
"Peep." He said.
Mr. Kropp turned around quickly.
"Who was that?" He asked.
No one answered.
Mr. Kropp turned back to the board.
"Now kids, today we'll study fractions." Mr. Kropp began.
"The first type is...Oh wait I forgot to take roll." Mr. Kropp sat down, and pulled out his attendance book.
He grabbed the pen next to him, and pulled off the lid
'POP'
The pen exploded as he opened it.
The class started to laugh again.
Mr. Kropp turned red in the face again.
"Class! Settle down NOW!" The class went silent.
Mr. Kropp sighed.
"I need some water." He mumbled.
"I'll get you some." The little girl at the front said.
She grabbed the cup by the sink, filled it with water, and gave it to Mr. Kropp.
"Thank you Karen." He said drinking.
As he drank, the water started to drip on his pants. It was a dribble glass.
"Ahh!" He cried standing up.
The front of his pants were wet , and the class started to laugh again.
"Enough! Enough!" Mr. Kropp cried. But the uproar of laughter continued.
Dash was cracking up the hardest.
"This is the best April Fools day Ever." He thought.
When Dash returned home. He saw Rick Dicker sitting at the kitchen table with Helen and Bob.
"Hey Mr. Dicker! How's it going?" He asked.
Rick stood up, and examined Dash over.
Then he sighed.
"Yeah. He lost his powers." Rick said.
"What!" Dash asked.
"I'm sorry son, but you lost your powers." Rick repeated.
Dash was almost scared for a moment, but he shook it off.
"Yeah, right. It's just an April Fools joke." Dash said looking at his parent's. They looked very upset.
"I know you guys are fooling me. Watch, I'll prove I can still run fast." Dash was just about to take off.
"No Stop!" Rick and his parent's cried.
"What?" Dash asked.
"If you start to run you might break your leg bones." Rick explained.
Dash had a feeling that this was all a prank. But everyone looked so serious.
"This can't be..." Dash was starting to cry.
"It's just a joke! A prank! I know it is!"
Helen hugged her son.
"I'm sorry Dash, but you're gonna have to face it. You'll never get to run again." She said.
Dash was convinced. This wasn't a joke.
"How did this happen?" He asked.
"Remember when you were shot with that laser beam?" Bob asked.
"Yeah." Dash said wiping a tear away.
"That's what did this."
Dash started to cry again.
"It's not fair." He said through sobs.
"Oh honey." Helen said hugging Dash close.
"April Fools." She whispered.
Dash's eyes widened.
He pushed away from her.
"I knew that." He said with a nervous chuckle.
"I don't know, you looked pretty upset." Bob chuckled.
"You guys went to so much trouble just to fool me?" Dash asked.
"Well, we figured that after years of you fooling us. This would be worth it." Helen replied.
Dash laughed a bit.
"Well, it looks like the prankster has just been pranked. I'd better go do my homework." He said.
Dash was just about to walk to the stairs when he stopped.
"Hey! Each of you need to XYZ." He said.
Helen put her hands on her hips.
"Now that is your lamest prank yet Dash." She said.
Dash nodded his head.
"Yeah, you're right." He said zooming upstairs.
"Well, I'd better be going." Rick said.
Then he stopped.
"Is it breezy in here, or is it just me?"
Each of them looked down, and their flies were open.
"DASH!" The three of them shouted in unison.
"April Fools!" He cried back.
The End