During third period, I received a text from Claire that they were going to take the box to the post office after fourth period. That won't take any time at all and I'll be back for class. Hopefully, nothing will go wrong and I can make it back to class on time otherwise I could possibly be fired if I'm late to class because teachers aren't supposed to be late.
While I was teaching my class, I noticed Toby was outside the window. Wait a minute. Toby is outside my window?! I was doing my best to maintain my composure, so that the other students wouldn't know and I could hear him screaming/whispering in terror for me to help him. I noticed that it was about five minutes till the bell rang, so I quickly rapped things up and dismissed the class a couple minutes early. I ran outside and found that Claire had already helped him down by the flag pole. I ran up to them and asked, "What happened?"
"It was an accident, I swear! Claire and I couldn't find the address and I panicked and looked everywhere around us. Then, I accidentally, in my panicked rush to find the address, opened the box and it sent out this whoosh sound. Now, I'm floating around because of the whoosh. Please, Monica. Is there anything you can do?" Toby explained.
"There isn't anything that I can do, but maybe Blinky can help us out." I suggested, then I groaned, "He's at our house though. We're going to have to do this quickly because we only have 45 minutes before I have to get back to my job and you have to get back to class."
"Well, then, let's go! No, no, no, no, no! Grab me, Monica!" Toby yelled. I quickly grabbed him and pulled him back down. Suddenly, while I was backing down the steps, I accidentally tripped and let go of Toby. He screamed for help and Claire and I followed him out of the school and into the streets. While we were running, I noticed that we were passing the cafe and I saw my mom and Strickler out on a date. I quickly ducked by the cars and did my best to not be noticed by my mother. Luckily, they didn't notice us and we followed Toby down the streets and he was yelling, mainly at Claire because she was ahead of me due to my detour of not wanting to be noticed by my mom and Strickler, "Uh! Hey, grab me! Grab me! Don't lose me like you lost the stone!"
"I'm trying and shut up!" Claire yelled. She jumped to grab Toby's hands, but missed, which caused Toby to say, "Aw, come on, Claire! No, no, no, no! Whoa! Wait a sec! Hey, I think-- I think it's wearing off! Nice! It just wore off." He landed back on the ground, but, when he tried to take step, he face planted on the ground. He groaned, "What's happening to me?"
"Toby, what's wrong?" Claire questioned.
"Can't move!" Toby sobbed. Claire and I each grabbed one of Toby's arms and we tried to help him up, but we couldn't. He weighed a ton. Then, it clicked. I said, "The whoosh! It's making you switch between super light and super heavy without warning!"
"That seems accurate." Toby concurred. Claire tapped my shoulder and pointed behind us, "We can use that wagon to pull him." I nodded and we were somehow able to lift Toby onto the wagon. We struggled to pull the wagon and Claire commented, "Toby, no offense, but you got a real weight problem."
"Not funny. "Toby growled. Then, we heard a cop's sirens. This is great. More problems to deal with, but I can't blame the cops for wanting to see what two girls were doing pulling a guy around in a wagon.
"Hey, cool kids, what you doing there? Skipping school?" The cop questioned.
"Hello, officer! My name is Monica Lake. I'm the new English teacher at Arcadia Oaks. I'm just assisting my students here to... the hospital! You see, this fellow here has rare condition." Suddenly, I was interrupted by Toby, "I have no bones."
"What? Seriously?" The cop wondered.
"Extremely rare. Someone stole his wheelchair. On normal circumstances, I would've just driven my car, but today I took my bike since I wanted some exercise. This young girl ran up to me after my class period and told me of her situation, so I tried doing the best I could." I explained.
"Uh. No bones. Poor kid. I can't let you go like this. Let me call a squad car." The cop said. Then, I said, "That's very kind of you, sir, but, since we've been out here, I've noticed how much he loves the fresh air. This is actually doing him some good and it's the only thing helping him not freak out over the loss of his wheel chair."
"Well... I suppose I can let you go since the fresh air is the only reason he isn't freaking out right now and we don't want to distress him. Alright. You're free to leave." The cop said. I thanked him and when I turned around, Toby and Claire were gone! Where did they go? I ran off and found Claire a block away.
"Claire, where's Toby?" I called out to her. She slowed down and I caught up to her. She answered, "I don't know. He floated off when the officer let us go. I'll try calling him." She got out her phone and dialed his number.
"Claire, it's you!" Toby shouted in glee.
"Toby, you drifted away! Where the heck are you?" Claire questioned.
"I'm right above the--" Suddenly, the phone beeped and Claire and I looked at each other in confusion. He must've dropped his phone. Now what? Then, we spotted him at Claire's house. Claire grabbed a kite and floated it towards Toby and she shouted, "Grab it already!" Toby clutched onto the kite and said, "You found me! What the heck? Reel me in, reel me in!"
"Say it." Claire demanded and I knew exactly what she was talking about.
"Say what?" Toby asked in confusion.
"I'm not bring you down until you admit you've been a butt to me all day. You're jealous of me being close to Jim!" Claire answered. Then, Toby said, "Claire! I'm sorry, okay? Come on!" That apparently didn't cut it because Claire stated, "Admit it! You've been a total butt!"
"Okay, you're right. I am a butt. It's just-- for so long, it was the Jim and Toby show, you know? I wasn't really jealous when Monica came back because she's Jim's sister and honestly, Monica, you've always treated me like I was family, so I never felt threatened. But, when you joined the group, you were this cool, smart girl, who's great at everything and is really pretty, and now you have this super rad staff, and what do I have? I've got weight problems." Toby admitted.
"Toby, you and Jim are the dynamic duo. I can never change that." Claire said.
"Hoo! I was so afraid you were going to be mad at me, and we were never going to be friends again, and it was just all these bad things I didn't want to talk about." Toby explained while Claire and I suddenly started floating. Great.
"Toby, Monica, I think the curse is spreading." Claire stated.
"Really? I hadn't noticed." I said sarcastically.
"Oh no! What do we do? What do we do?" Toby panicked.
"Let's just get to my house. Blinky will know what to do." I said. Once we got there, I opened the door and shouted, "Blinky, you've got to help us!" I tried grabbing hold of an object, but I couldn't grab onto anything. Blinky entered the room and asked, "What in blue blazes?"
"Toby opened Bagdwella's box. Now we're floating and sinking. And it's getting worse! What's happening?" Claire questioned.
"Whoa! Oh dear." Blinky said as more furniture started floating upwards. Then, he too started floating. He grabbed the box and stated, "A curse box! Why would you be in possession of such a dangerous gift?"
"We were trying to help Jim, but, please, can you turn it off? Oh. A Nougat Nummy!" Toby exclaimed.
"A curse cannot be broken. It can only be passed on, or it will grow stronger by the minute! Vendel, Vendel-- Vendel can contain the curse. We must get to Vendel. But how? We'll never get to Troll market." Blinky stated. Suddenly, the house started to shake and it began to float and I said, "Oh no! The curse is spreading to the house!"
"We must get to Vendel!" Blinky proclaimed.
"What foolishness is this?" Draal questioned. Then, he started to floated around as well. We needed to contain this and fast. I don't have much time before I have to get back to class! Toby shouted, "Claire, use your shadow staff! You can get us to Vendel!" He tossed her the staff, but Claire said, "But, I can't! I can only open a portal that's big enough for a baby mouse or an olive, remember?"
"You must think of Vendel. Clear your mind. Think nothing but him." Blinky told her. Wow. So helpful, Blinky. Clear her head while all of this crazy stuff is happening. She tried to do it, but nothing happened. Then, Toby said, "Okay, I hate to do this. Um... Hey, Claire! Don't let us down, like you did with the Kill stone, remember? You lost it!" Claire was confused, but Toby continued, "You know, I don't think you're ready to be a Trollhunter. I really don't. You see that shadow staff? You're not worthy to wield it's powers. Am I right, Blinky?"
"Um... indeed! Yes!" Blinky played along.
"I saved you! I thought we were friends now." Claire protested.
"Friends don't let friends down, like you did with the Kill stone!" Toby yelled.
"Why are you being such a butt again?" Claire wondered and I noticed that the Shadow staff was charging up while Toby said, "Oh, are you angry, Claire? Are you mad? Are you mad enough?" Then, Claire shouted, "Yeah. I'm angry!"
"Then look at the staff and think of Vendel and make a portal!" Toby ordered. Claire realized what Toby was doing and said, "Thank-you!" She made a portal and she was able to go half way through. We all grabbed onto her as she told Vendel to pull us through. Vendel did pull us through and Claire celebrated that she was able to make a portal while Vendel asked Blinky what he did now.
"Don't look down at me. It is Tobias who is curse." Blinky pointed out.
"I'll apologize a million times later, but can you stop this?" Toby wondered.
"Of course, but I need a vessel to trap the curse." Vendel said.
"Quick! Grab something! Anything!" Claire shouted.
"Not anything! I know just the thing." Toby stated. In the end, we put the curse into the war hammer that Toby had his eyes set on earlier and now that the curse was inside of, he could actually lift it. I realized that we only had ten minutes to get back to school. Toby, Claire, and I ran back to school as fast as we could and we made it just in time.
After school, Claire and Toby went to Troll market to test out their new weapons, but I stayed behind because, honestly, I had enough craziness for one day.