A/N:The Warframe story will have to wait. I still have to plan the whole thing, aswell as Battle Royale... ESPECIALLY Battle Royale. Anyway, here's chapter 21 of TMELIHS.
Garth: Good.
Excalibur: wHY u Do tHIs tO mE?
Humphrey: You're not even supposed to he talking... aren't you supposed to be like armour or something?
Excalibur: ...
Garth: Get out.
Blazin' Blitz: It's Blitz Con, anyone can be anything, wait... anything can be anyone I guess?
Kate: I have a problem with the name of this chapter.
Lilly: This means there's gonna be a plot twist?
Blazin' Blitz: Oh there's gonna be a helluva twist but not this chapter. There is a small one though.
Garth: Now you're spoiling your own damn stories.
Blazin' Blitz: It's not much of a spoiler.
Kate: Uh-huh.
(Ghost storms into the room)
Ghost: Where's the battle royale brief?!
Humphrey: Brief?
(PUBG guy with a welding helmet who nobody knows his name, walks in)
PUBG guy: Yeah, what Simon said. (Pun intended)
Blazin' Blitz: I'M WORKING ON IT!!!
(Ghost checks the prologue script)
Ghost: There's only two words on this brief. I've been betrayed for the second time.
(PUBG guy runs up to Blitz)
PUBG_Guy knocked down Blazin'_Blitz with PAN
The Big Announcement
Jasper High
Tuesday 08:45
Iris's P.O.V
"Why are we doing this?" I said out loud while watching the wolves through the window of my car.
"Because we have a job to do." Jay replied. He was sitting passenger seat and reading our brief.
"Yeah but do we really have to come here?" I asked, genuinely not wanting to be here.
"It would be to our benefit. All we have to do is get close to them. We can learn more about our targets this way. After all, it's what you do best." Jay explained. I think he was getting the wrong idea from yesterday's incident.
"Getting close or learning about them? I think you have the two mixed up." I said, tapping the armrest on the side of the door.
"You know what I meant." Jay scoffed at me. "Anyway, you might want to remove all your weapons when we go in." He said.
"Why is that?" I asked. He then pointed at the metal detector by the front gate and the security guard with a metal detecting wand.
"Damnit..." I cursed. I removed my jacket, revealing my 6 year old shirt, then undoing my shoulder holsters.
"Nice shirt." Jay commented on my tight shirt.
"Nice boner." I shot back, pointing at the bulge in his pants.
"I'll take it as a compliment." He shrugged it off. I then pulled out my switchblade and aimed it at his throat.
"Don't ever take anything I say about you as a compliment." I told him.
"You'll also have to put that away too if you don't want to get caught." Jay said with a smirk on his face.
"I might just have to put your tongue away." I said under my breath as I put everything in a separate bag.
"I heard that." He said.
"Let's just go before I murder your ass with bare hands." I threatened him, almost meaning it. We exited the car then I heard an AMG engine rumble near by.
"Mercedes." I said.
"Geez, you and cars have some strange feelings for eachother." Jay mumbled.
"Like you and your sniper rifles." I stated.
"Eh, apples and oranges." He said, scratching the fur on his head.
A silver Mercedes-Benz SLS Black Series drove into the parking.
"Damn those cars look good." Jay said. An orange 2016 model Chevrolet Camaro SS and a red 2015 Camaro ZL1 1LE following behind it.
"I like the Benz more." I turned around the walked through the parking lot.
I got checked at the gate and so did Jay before walking into the school. This environment was so weird for me.
"What do we do now?" I asked Jay.
"We should go to the admin's office and hand in our forms. We'll then head to our separate classes where we'll hopefully meet up with Humphrey or his friends." He explained as we entered the hallways.
"My class plan says I go to Art Class first, History then Chemistry before break." I read from the timetable attached to the form.
"That means you get to see Humphrey in your first two classes." Jay stated as we walked through the crowded hallways .
"So? I bet you get to see Lilly." I said, glaring at him.
"Iris, I didn't mean anything by it so get your head in the game. Humphrey is our main guy so stay focused." He said.
I sighed then stayed quiet for the rest of the walk to the office.
When we got there, we had to wait for 30 more minutes because of an early morning fight. Yeah, high school. We decided that the admin's were gonna be waste of time so we went to the principal directly. Going there was a big mistake...
We opened the door and found Humphrey and his friends there.
'Crap, we should have knocked!' I thought. Well obviously I should've done so.
"Learn to knock damnit!" His shorter friend exclaimed. He had similar fur to mine which was interesting.
"What are you doing here?!" Humphrey's girlfriend shouted at us. I really couldn't be bothered trying to remember her name.
"We've got our forms here." Jay said, holding out the entrance papers, details and subject sheets. I noticed in the corner of my eye that a wolf was just watching us.
That Garth guy really worries me. He's been suspicious about me ever since he saw my car athat other day and now he's just sitting there and staring at us quietly.
"Your black fur is interesting." Humphrey's girlfriend said.
"Thanks." I said sarcastically, knowing that it wasn't a compliment.
"Is there tension between you two?" The principal asked us.
"No sir." The both of us replied at once.
"Yes." Humphrey scoffed at us. His girlfriend pressed her foot on his tail and rubbed it in.
"Fuck!" He shouted. 'That was unexpected.'
"What the hell, Lilly?! I can't feel my tail!" Humphrey cried in pain. This was getting awkward for Jay and I.
'Well, I guess Humphrey and his girlfriend, are breaking up after this.' I thought and I was kinda counting on it.
I looked at Humphrey's tail and it was in a really twisted shape when Humphrey tried moving it. Lilly actually broke his tail.
It's as if this guy hasn't suffered enough. I heard his parents died in a car accident and that alone already almost me want to not kill him. But getting this kind of physical abuse from your girlfriend is bullshit.
I was about to step in then Jay pulled me back.
"Let's just wait outside for now." He said.
We turned around then quietly walked away. Jay and I sat on the chairs just outside the office and waited for whatever was about to happen, to end.
"That looked painful." Jay said.
"Gee, ya think? That was a fucking betrayal." I responded, slightly agitated by that wolf. Moments later, Humphrey and his friends walked out of the office.
"That was a dumbass move Lilly." The auburn furred girl said, almost shouting.
"You actually lost your own challenge by default for doing that." Humphrey's shorter friend told Lilly.
Jay and I watched the six argue all the way down the halls before eventually splitting up.
We walked into the principal's office again then handed in our papers.
"Iris and Jay, hm?" He said. I'm glad that I used my mother's surname and not my dad's. I had a feeling that if I wrote 'Iris Zephyr' instead of 'Iris Fischer', there would be a shitstorm right about now.
"Yes." I said.
"Tell me, what made you two choose to come to this school? Iris, you were doing exceptionally well while being home schooled and Jay, why would you move from a high school in Idaho to Jasper?" He asked. This is one of those times when we have practice our improvising skills.
"My parents didn't want me to just stay at home without going out to socialise and meet new wolves." I lied.
"My parents thought that Idaho High School was for snobs." Jay said, not totally lying. His parents did think that Idaho was for the cheesy wolves.
"What sport do you two do? You both look fairly fit." The principal said.
"We row for Woodland Park." I answered. He then rubbed his chin as if he was planning something.
"Marcus..." He said randomly. Jay and I tried our best to act like we knew nothing. We were slightly taken back by the out-of-the-blue statement and the principal saw this.
"Ah-ha!" He exclaimed. 'Fuck...' I thought.
"So you heard the name before, huh?" He asked us.
"He owns a company I think?" I answered, giving him my dumbest impression.
"You have the same fur as Zephyr, I'm not stupid Iris..." Clinton said. I read his name from the nameplate on the table.
"What are you going to do?" I asked.
"Marcus sent you two here for a reason, right?" He asked us. Jay and I raised an eyebrow at him.
Timeskip to break:
"That was so unexpected." I told Jay.
"Marcus pulls a lot of strings but this takes the cake for the most badass pawn." He said while I ate.
"Well I got to go the restrooms... do not touch my food." I said to him.
"We have the same lunch Iris, plus I'm full anyway." He explained. I took my bag then headed to the restrooms.
'I wonder what happens to my mission now...' I thought as I entered the the room. I had a feeling that someone was watching me as I went it but I thought it was nothing.
After relieving myself and washing my hands, I walked out the room then headed down the hallway. Out of nowhere, someone grabbed my arm and forced me onto the wall.
"Hey precious, your ass looks real tasty!" Said a large, sweaty wolf. His fowl breath plagued my nose.
With my free arm, I reached for my ankle then remembered that I left everything in the car including my knives.
"You ain't going anywhere sweetheart." He said then grabbed my other arm.
I tried and struggled but to know avail. I was about to scream for help then he covered my mouth with his dirty hand.
"My dick just died, I'm going to bury it in your sweet, sweet pussy." The wolf said. His bad 2015 jokes where just as bad as his breath.
I pushed myself off the wall with all my strength then all of a sudden a wolf came sprinting down the hallways and tackled my oppressor to the tile floor almost as if the he knew I was gonna push the brute away. 'Wait, that wasn't just any wolf that rescued me.'
"Ah, just my fucking luck..." I cursed under my breath. "Here comes my silver lining."
Humphrey got up from the floor and stared at the bigger wolf in the eyes.
"You again?!" The brute asked, almost terrified of the smaller wolf.
"I thought Garth and I taught you a lesson the first time you messed with my pal Shakey! Now I catch you abusing girls? You're a rotten pig, Seymour..." Humphrey said to the wolf then clenched his fists.
Seymour wiped the blood from his mouth then laughed at him. "Oh Humphrey, you thought I would be rolling alone this time?" He asked. He whistled loudly as a signal then two wolves walked out of the bathrooms and blocked the hallways.
No wait, four more walked out of the gym then another three appeared out of nowhere. It was a total of nine other wolves aside from Seymour.
"Ten against one? Real fair you coward!" I spat at Seymour.
"No one said this was gonna be a fair fight, right boys?" He laughed then his goons joined him.
Humphrey raised his fists then clenched them tighter. His hands were now bleeding from the blisters from yesterday. He stood upright, lifting his fists guard hight then extended his arms. As soon as I saw Humphrey move his right leg forward and kept most of his balance on his back leg, I knew he was serious.
'Who taught him this?' I thought.
"Karate won't save you loser! It's still ten to one." Seymour said. "It's not ka-" I started but he cut me of.
"It doesn't matter, I'll still beat you all up." He said. I shook my head then looked at Humphrey.
"I've got your back if you've got mine." I said to him. "Dynamic duo." He said. Three opposing wolves then stepped forward.
"Why do I hear boss music?" Humphrey asked.
"Not really the best time for jokes, stud." I said, making him roll his eyes.
"I have a girlfriend you know..." He said to me. "Just a friendly compliment, sheesh." I told him.
One wolf ran up to Humphrey then instantly got put to sleep by Humphrey's high kick to the side of the neck.
Two wolves ran up to me. I pushed the first one back, knocked out the second one by punching him in the throat then kicked the other in the neck.
I was trained to do several to do a few different fighting styles for hand to hand combat type situations like this without my weapons. I wonder where Humphrey learned his?
"Seven against two now? Bring it!" He said.
Three wolves charged at us. A fairly familiar brown furred wolf appeared from the left and knocked them all down. I laughed at how heroic he looked after taking them down.
"Great superhero entrance, Garth." I said.
"I don't even know you but I'll accept that compliment." He said. "Wait, you're the girl with the slick looking black Corvette. I saw your car when Humphrey and the others got to school." He said.
'Boys.' I thought. Garth then turned to the offender.
"Oh, and if it isn't my pal, Seymour. I thought you-" Garth said but got cut off.
"Shut up the fuck up, Humphrey said the exact same thing." Seymour shouted and kicked the wall in a tantrum. He tried not to look hurt but it was still kinda obvious.
"So I guess this means we get to kick your ass a second time." Garth got into his stance.
Now the remaining four came running towards us. One wolf grabbed Humphrey then Seymour pulled out a knife.
"Uh oh, guess who brought a knife to fist fight." He said.
I kicked the knife out of his hands then lifted my guard. "Didn't your mother tell you never to play with knives?" I asked him jokingly.
"Bitch!" He exclaimed then tackled me across the hallway.
I slid 15 meters for about one 30 seconds. I hurt my back really bad when I hit the ground at that speed and force.
"My mother also told me to never hurt a girl but who listens to their parents?" Seymour said. He was about to hit me in the face then he got knocked over by one of his friend's unconscious body.
"Nice throw." Humphrey said to Garth.
"I've thrown heavier." Garth said, dusting off his shoulders.
Both Garth and Humphrey helped me up then we turned to face Seymour. There was no one else left besides him now.
'The other wolf must've ran away.' I thought.
Seymour turned around ran away too. Garth was about to chase after him but Humphrey stopped him.
"We'll get him the next time he does something bad." He told him.
I bent down to pick up my bag then found blood on the floor. I looked up and saw it was from Humphrey's hands.
"You did a bloody good job at making your hands worse." (Should I say paws? This is an anthro story after all) I said to him.
"What?" He asked. I rolled my eyes then grabbed his arms and lifted his hands to his face.
"Ouch, your hands must've gotten bloody from the bloody fight. Now they're both bloody, bloody." Garth said.
"Stop making fun of my bloody hands! Humphrey laughed.
"I've got a med-kit here. I always carry one around just in case." I said as I opened my bag.
"In case of what?" Garth asked me. In case I get shot or I get stabbed and have to treat the wounds myself.
"In case my hands get blisters while rowing." I answer but that was just a small bit of the truth.
"Thanks, you're a life saver." Humphrey thanked me. No I'm not, I'm just a teenage assassin sent to spy on you then kill you.
I pulled out a cloth then put some ointment on it. Humphrey had his hands out, expecting I would wipe his hands right away.
"Dummy, go wash your hands first." I told him.
"Aahhh, you're starting to sound like Lilly." He told me before walking to the taps.
"The white furred wolf, your girlfriend?" I asked.
"Yeah." He replied plainly.
"Does she bother you?" I asked him.
"Not until yesterday." He said as he walked back to me
"She started some crazy challenge last night because she thought Humphrey was into you. The challenge was for them to see would slip up first and prove who liked whom more. They were supposed to stay on a strictly professional friendship level. Turns out Lilly lost the challenge on the first day, not to mention her own one." Garth explained.
"So what happened after this morning?" I asked as I wiped his swollen hands.
"We never talked at all." He told me as I was finishing wiping his hands.
"How's your tail?" I asked him yet another question, he didn't seem irritated that I asked this many questions. I pulled out the bandages then applied antiseptic fluid onto them.
"It's a pain in the ass." He replied.
"You and your jokes..." I giggled at him him.
"I put some extra antiseptic medicine on the bandage so this might sting a little." I told him.
I started wrapping a bandage on his right hand then he winced.
"Baby." I scoffed at him.
"This really burns! Why would you put this on a bandage?!" He exclaimed.
"You want to get better don't you? So man up and suck it up!" I said as I continued wrapping his right hand.
I finished wrapping his right hand now moved to the left.
"I'm definitely going to feel this in the morning." He said.
"Not really, it should be gone by the time you head to sleep." I told him. I moved around then Ifelt pain in pretty much every muscle in my body because of the race yesterday.
"Which reminds me... do you have any Deep Fureeze?" I asked him.
"Deep Fureeze? Oh, right! Lilly gave me some of that the first time we met. That spray is so fucking cold. I don't think she carries a second can." He said.
"My muscles hurt so bad." I groaned.
"Imagine if yesterday's race was for real..." Humphrey said.
"Guess we'll find out what a real race is on Saturday." Garth said.
"Well, here comes the second Pain Train..." I said before I began bandaging Humphrey's left hand without warning.
He didn't say anything but he did struggle to keep a straight face. He shut his eyes and started breathing heavily, making me crack up inside.
Garth just stood in the corner and gave Humphrey a double thumbs up.
"You must have really sensitive hands if your blisters cause this much bleeding." I said as I finished his second hand.
"Yeah, thanks by the way." He said.
"You're welcome." I tried to hide the gratitude. For once, someone actually said thank you and meant it.
We turned around and faced the other end of the hallway and realized there where still eight wolves knocked out cold on the floor.
"There aren't any cameras here so we're going to be okay." I told Humphrey and Garth because I knew that they would panic if there were cameras.
"Hahaha, wait... what?" Garth abruptly stopped laughing.
"No cameras, no detention. I know how schools work. No one's got evidence that we did this." I said explained.
"How do you know this?" He asked me. Now I have to get creative with my next answers again...
"Well what are cameras for?" I asked randomly. 'Best way to avoid tough questions is to answer the question... with your own question.' I thought.
"Well that's a good question." Humphrey said. Bingo!
We walked back to the cafeteria then split up. I went back to my table with Jay, Humphrey and Garth went back to their table with their friends.
"Where the hell have you been?" He asked me.
"Aw, I didn't know you cared. I went to the restroom then some sicko got hold of me. If I had my knife I could've dealt with him easily." I explained.
"If you had your knife, you would've been caught by school security." Jay replied.
"Well guess what, the dipshit that grabbed me already had a knife!" I exclaimed, banging my hand on the table.
"You got into a fight didn't you?" He asked shaking his head.
"A big one, yeah." I said. "Ten against three."
"Who was with you?" he asked. "Humphrey and Garth." I replied, bracing for what comes next.
"Wha-" I cut him off immediately.
"Before you say anything, I did learn a few small things about them, so it was worth it." I said. He sighed then rolled his eyes.
"What did you find out?" He asked, bored out of his life.
"Garth is even more suspicious about me than before, that's because he really cares about his friends more than anything. Humphrey seems to have really sensitive hands, I'm starting to doubt he's going to be allowed to race on Saturday. Apparently he and Lilly have issues right now after what happened this morning." I said.
Jay did not look convinced but that was the best I could get from them.
"At least it's something." I told him.
"Uh-huh..." He said sarcastically.
"Oh shut up." I said then poked his arm with a fork.
"Ouch! Damnit, Iris!" He exclaimed. "You know you're gonna be eating your food with my blood, right?"
"I'd enjoy anything I eat with your blood." I said, threatening to poke him again. I noticed sweat dropping from his face when he said that.
"I... I-I'm going take it as a c-" He stuttered.
"Don't you dare finish that sentence." I told him, feeling tempted to stab him again.
"Compliment." He dared to say the word.
Oh he's done it this time...
Humphrey's P.O.V.
My hands still burned a little but it did feel a bit better.
"Well since Lilly lost the challenge, what's gonna happen to you two now?" Kate asked us.
"I want things to go back to the way they were... without any problems." I said looking at Lilly. She smiled when I said that.
"You really have a long lasting love for her. That's so romantic." Princess said.
"I thought for sure that you might've moved on by now." Kate told me. "After all, that new girl did bandage your hands so I assumed that you would've..."
"I still love Lilly, nothing changes that." I stated.
"What if she says she doesn't feel the same?" Princess asked me.
"I would never say that." Lilly finally said something.
"Then no more causing over exaggerated drama?" Kate asked her.
"Fine... or atleast I'll try not to." Everyone groaned at her response.
"That's not good enough." Kate told Lilly. "And I think we really need to do something about your random mood swings."
"Come on, Kate! She's a teenage girl just like you and I, it's normal." Princess told her.
"I'm just saying that she needs to... control it." Kate said. I raised my eyebrow at her and I bet everyone had the same thought in their minds.
"Controlling emotions?" I asked. Kate instantly regretted saying that.
"Okay, okay! Not 'controlling', but atleast keeping them in check." She corrected herself.
"Hello there. I couldn't help but overhear your obnoxiously loud discussion about girls emotions." A female wolf said behind us.
I jumped from my seat and turned my head around so quickly that I hurt my neck.
"Why are you always getting hurt when I'm around you? I hope I'm not giving you bad luck or anything." Iris frowned.
"You probably are." Shakey told her. I gulped at his response then Princess pinched his arm.
"Don't say that, Sam!" She whispered.
"Wait, isn't that Jay?" Garth asked, pointing at the wolf laying on the table.
"Yeah... I accidentally knocked him out because he was getting on my nerves." Iris answered awkwardly.
"That makes me feel really safe..." Shakey said as he shook his head.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't hurt a string of fur on you guys."
Everyone in the group had their eyebrow raised at her.
"Why would you be so polite to strangers? We hardly know you." Kate said. Iris knitted her fingers together and sighed.
"I need... friends." She confessed.
"With a car like that C7 Grand Sport, how could you not have friends?" Garth asked.
"It's not about having cars or money, you know. Making real friends is totally different." Iris told us. I had total respect for her response.
"Well, if you need friends that badly, why us though?" Lilly asked her.
"Well we do the same sport and Humphrey kinda saved me from some pervy sicko about 5 minutes go." Iris explained, making the others stare at me.
"He... what?" Lilly asked her.
"I got there just before the real fight went down so I don't really know what happened before then." Garth said. 'Not helping.' I thought.
"Damn Humphrey, you're the full package. You got looks, heart, brains and heroism." Lilly said. That wasn't the answer I was expecting but I'm glad.
"If only your attitude was like this before..." Kate smiled at her.
"Oh that reminds, I heard you talking about having Lila suppress her feelings, why would you want her to do that?" Iris asked us, also mispronouncing Lilly.
"It's just that she's caused some drama a couple of days ago not to mention assuming Humphrey and you had a thing for eachother thus making things even more ridiculous. And her name is Lilly by the way." Kate explained to Iris.
"Whoops, my bad." She apologized. "I may also have an idea to help her to not lock up her feelings but to clear her mind and release all tension both mentally and emotionally."
"Which is?" I asked her.
"Three hours straight of meditation."
"Are you insane?" Lilly asked her.
"Or you could try ssomething that helps you physically aswell like martial arts training." Iris suggested. "Humphrey seems to know a thing or two about-"
"I was just fighting normally, I didn't know what I was doing." I lied.
"That was so obviously a lie, but we'll talk about it later." Lilly told me before looking towards Iris then back at me.
"I don't remember much about it, I only remember some guy showing me some moves like 9 years ago." I told her, telling the truth.
That wasn't a lie. I genuinely don't remember too much after my parents' murder. Just some wolf...
"Well I guess that H-" Iris began then the P.A went on.
"Good day students, break has been extended by ten minutes. After the ten minutes are over, you are all to report to the hall for assembly." Principal Clinton said, then the P.A went off.
"School's cancelled for the day, now that's a sign that pigs will fly sooner or later." Garth said.
"Must be something important." I said. Jay stirred up from his sleep then looked around.
"Hey Iris, your boyfriend woke up." Lilly said, pointing at the opposite table.
"Ha, not even close." Iris said.
"What the hell? Why does my neck hurt so bad?" Jay mumbled as he rubbed the left side of his neck.
"I guess I overdid it." Iris said before putting her hand on Jay's right shoulder.
"I'm only doing this because you're like a little, irritating brother to me." She continued then put her other hand below his jaw.
"I'm older than-OW!" Jay yelped when Iris twisted Jay's head to the left and pulled his right arm.
"Are you trying to kill me? Damn, that felt like you snapped my neck!" Jay yelled at her.
"I could've killed you if I wanted to." Iris said then bared her fangs at him.
'Yep, these two really don't get along...' I thought as I watched them snap at eachother.
"I bet those two will eventually end up being together." Garth whispered.
"Wanna bet?" I whispered back.
"I said bet, didn't I?" He replied.
"You're on." I told him.
We watched the two throwing shade at eachother. Luckily the bell rang just before one of them had a chance to kill the other.
The eight of us left the cafeteria and made our way to the hall (which was on the other side of this huge school).
We met Reba and Kevin talking to eachother in the hallways. 'They are definitely dating now.' I thought.
"Hey Humphrey, I heard about what happened that night you all went to the-" Garth stopped Kevin from saying anything more.
"We aren't really supposed to talk about that... here in school! " Garth said the last part softly.
"That night? The night when the Jasper Convention Center was destroyed?" Iris asked, making our jaws drop. I gulped then turned away from her.
"Look, I don't know how you know about that but I'll pay you $100 if you keep your mouth shut about it." Garth told Iris as he pulled out his wallet from his pocket.
"Garth!" Kate screamed at him.
"Woah, you don't need to give me money! I was just asking." Iris laughed at Garth. Jay stood behind her and shook his head. A devious smile then formed on his face.
'I wonder how those two even met...' I thought.
I thought as I looked back at how they were always fighting yet Iris helped him.
"They're like brother and sister." I said outloud.
"Who is?" Lilly asked me, pulling me off my train off thought.
"Iris and Jay." I replied. "I know Iris said they aren't related but look at them." I pointed at the two.
Jay poked Iris in her side, making her jump in response to her nerves.
"Looks like boyfriend and girlfriend to me." Lilly said.
"When did we ever do that stuff?" I asked her.
Lilly thought back on it so hard that I could visibly see her concentration. We walked down to the quad area and she still had that face on.
"Forget it bae, it never happened." I chuckled at her.
"Bae?" Lilly blushed.
"Yeah, I'm allowed to say that to my girlfriend aren't I?" I asked her, putting my arm around her.
"Lemme get in on that!" Iris joined the embrace.
"This is awkward..." I said, knowing how this would end.
A/N: Aaand this is it for this chapter... SIKE!!! I'm making this an extra long chapter because I want to practice for future chapters that'll have quite a lot of action. I've noticed that my previous chapters that had some action had shorter scenes. I plan to fix that for chapter 23 (future chapter also... spoiler). Have fun reading the rest of this chapter.
10 Minutes Later
Lilly never looked back at Iris after she joined our little hug back there.
"I'm sure she didn't mean anything by it." I told her, trying to cheer her up and hopefully try to make her get over it.
"You don't know that." She said pouting at me. Sometimes, no... most of the time, Lilly is like a bird guarding her eggs, which in any case, I'm one of them.
"We all know where this is going..." Shakey stated followed by a deep sigh.
"Hey Lilly, remember how just yesterday you said Humphrey is allowed to look at other girls?" Kate said, grinning wildly . "Well look at you know."
Lilly's face flushed and frankly, so did mine.
"Hey ,don't get any ideas Kate... and neither should you Iris." Lilly told them.
"Wouldn't dream of it." She said. Iris reached opened her bag then pulled out a water bottle. "Damn I'm thirsty." She said to herself then started chugging it down.
The all of us arrived at the hall entrance and surprisingly, no one else was here yet.
"Dèja vu, am I right?" Shakey asked me.
"Yeah, only this time Lilly isn't being competitive about which of us came first." I replied, slightly tilting my head to Lilly's direction.
"Wow Humphrey, you make it sound so damn dirty." Kate told me. Everyone laughed at me for some reason.
"What?" I asked, genuinely not knowing what was the joke.
"Adult humor: The one thing Humphrey will never understand." Garth said, still laughing uncontrollably.
"Suck it." I told him.
"What...?" He asked.
Just then, Principal Clinton walked out of the right side of the hallway and turned towards us.
I looked back and saw Iris pull out a second bottle of water. 'What in the world? She really is thirsty.' I thought.
"Ah, I see you all met our new transfers?" He asked us in the friendliest manner possible.
"Yes sir." I said. Clinton eyed my hands then my tail.
"Hm... you know about this Saturday's Regetta, yes? Do you think you'll be able to still participate?" He asked me. I looked down at my shoes then hesitated for a brief moment.
"Yes." I answered. I heard Iris spray the water out of her mouth as she was drinking behind me. I quickly turned around and found her choking on it.
"Shit Iris, you okay?" I asked as I knelt down to her level.
"Y-yeah... I'm... fine..." She said between coughs. "I was just... NOT... expecting that.." Iris told me after catching her breath.
"Looks like Iris is afraid of racing against Humphrey." Shakey said.
"I'm not." She said, wiping her mouth.
"Well Humphrey, you really know how to make me proud." The principal told me before whispering into my ear: "Kick Woodland Park's ass for me."
"With that being said, you guys have to train for Saturday so from today 'till Friday school days will be cut short." He told us.
"All the schools?" Jay asked Clinton. The principal smirked at this question.
"Yes, it's not just our school or abput rowing... it's the Wolf Games."
Humphrey: What the hell...
Garth: Is that allowed?
Kate: I'm sure that's a crime.
Blazin' Blitz: I know, I know but I gotta add some tang into this story.
Humphrey: No... not tang...you just made the story sour. Bitter actually.
Kate: Why Wolf Games of all things?
Blazin' Blitz: Shush, the chapter isn't finished yet. We'll talk about it later.
"What do the Games have to do with us?" Lilly asked.
"It's the Junior Games this year. Didn't your coaches tell you?" Clinton asked us. "No..." We all groaned in unison.
"Well, now you know." He said before walking away from us.
We stood at the front door for about 7 more minutes and waited as more students arrived.
"Took 'em long enough." Jay said after the last wolf arrived.
My history teacher greeted us and told us to sit in order of our chosen extracurricular sports. Those who had more that one would have to pick the one the one they're best at.
The ten of us (still Humphrey, Lilly, Iris, Jay, Kate, Garth, Shakey, Princess, King and Reba) walked to the row which had chairs labeled "Rowing" because obviously.
While everyone was still going to their seats, moving around and what not, Iris decided to pull out a third bottle of water.
"Again with the water?" I asked her, looking ahead of Lilly.
"I'm thirsty and it's healthy." Iris told me.
"Like how thirsty are you?" Garth ask her, earning giggles from Kate.
"Sooner or later she's gonna be hauling ass back to the restroom again." Jay said, making us laugh at Iris.
"I'm not going 'till I have a bodyguard." She said. We all immediately stopped laughing.
"It better be a girl because a girl and a guy going to the toilet together is kinda sus, you know." Garth said.
"You don't have to come in, dummies." Iris told us, shoving the bottle back in her bag.
"See what I mean when I say she sounds like Lilly?" I asked Garth, pointing at Iris then Lilly.
"I'm right next to you, silly." Lilly nudged me with her elbow.
It took about 10-15 minutes for everyone else to pick a seat and I could tell Jay was getting impatient.
"Why is this taking so long? Can't these stupid wolves find their damn seats?!" A wolf wandering in the opposite row of chairs heard Jay's outburst and walked towards him.
"Who are you calling stupid?!" The wolf said as he grabbed Jay by the collar of his jacket.
Garth stood up from his chair and pushed the wolf's arms away from Jay. "Leave him alone Walter, this guy's new here." He told him.
"Whatever you say Garth, just keep this new guy in line or else I'll do it myself." Walter said. He took one last look at Jay before walking away.
"Benefits of being friends with Garth." Shakey said as he let out a sigh of relief.
"You should have let Jay take his beating. He called your school's students stupid so he kind of deserves it." Iris said.
"Nah, I'm not that kinda guy. Besides, you two are rowers. Even if you don't row for Jasper High, you're still one us and we look out for eachother." Garth said to both Jay and Iris.
"Like a pack." I added on. "Yep, what Humphrey said." Garth chuckled.
"What a wholesome group..." Iris smiled at us. "Wholesome?" We all laughed at the word.
"I'm serious." Iris said, still smiling at us. That smile, though...
"Wait, you're serious? Let me laugh even harder!" Shakey said ad he forced his laughs.
We laughed this off then Principal Clinton walked onto the stage. We everyone in the hall immediately went dead silent.
"Good day students and staff of Jasper High. I know most of you are probably wondering why you're all gathered here without any prior notification and why school is cancelled for the day. There is a reason for this. I'm sure everyone sitting in their classified seats know or have heard of the Wolf Games." Clinton said to the crowd. There was indistinct chatter and mumbling throughout the hall (I can hear the screams of the fanbase tearing up my ears).
"Recently the Businesses and Enterprises showcase event was interrupted by an explosion, causing the JCC building to collapse. A few of our students attended this said event." Principal Clinton said then looked towards our direction.
"What is he doing?" Garth whispered but loud enough for us to hear.
"Clinton knows that no one, including himself is supposed to talk about it. If he says something then we're in big trouble." I whispered back.
The crowd gossiped and chatted about that evening. I looked up at the principal then mouthed: Fix this!
"...but that's not what we're here for." He steered away from the impending madness. "Since that incident... many companies and other sports industries alike were heavily set back on plans, some didn't get the investments they needed..."
"Where is this going?" I asked. "I have no idea..." Lilly replied.
"Smaller companies were not bought-in to grow others aswell as the larger and more renowned ones-" Clinton got cut off.
"GET TO THE POINT!" A wolf shouted from the back of the hall.
"I'm getting there..." Clinton said, making everyone in the hall including the teachers groan at him.
"Fine... the biggest sports industry wants to start the Junior Wolf Games in four weeks time." The principal stated. And this is when the madness began...
"In four weeks?" Link asked, not believing what Clinton said. "No way!" Lyle responded to his brother's
"It's a month away, why so early?"It was now King's turn to be confused. "I don't know." Reba replied.
Clinton chuckled as the school was throwing into confusion. Of course, all this could've been avoided if he explained everything before getting straight to the point.
"So now you all understand why I had such a long explanation?" He asked the school. All the students immediately went silent. I tried to hold back a laugh bit it escaped as a barely audible snicker.
DETECTED
Principal Clinton heard that but he didn't show it, I know that something's going down for me though.
"So now that we have that out of the way, the Wolf Games will have literally every single sport from general sports, to motorsport and Esports. However, motorsport will be out of the question since you're all still in high school... obviously. I would like for a few of students from each activity to give you thoughts on the Wolf Games. Let's start with the rowing team, Humphrey, join me on stage." Clinton concluded, motioning for me to come up.
"Fuck." I said to myself. I got up from my seat then walked down the aisle between the Football seats and Rowing seats.
I approached the stairs on the right side of the stage then slipped on the first step, almost falling on my face. I heard laughs from every other student in the hall besides the rowers.
I continued walking up the stairs then joined with Principal Clinton next to the mic stand.
"Don't ever laugh while I'm speaking during assembly again." He whispered to me. Sweat dropped from my forehead as he said this.
'Fuck, what do I say?!' I thought as I stood in front of the school.
I opened my mouth as I was just about to say something but then noticed the boards hanged on the walls at the back of the hall:
Rowing Captains Of Jasper High (1996-2003)
--Emanuel M. Furrst (1996)--
-Jane H. Roland (1997)-
-Zack B. Houston (1998)-
-Mary J. Pawlmer (1999)-
--Victor Williams (2000)--
---Thalia J. Rhoades (2000)--
-Dan G. Norris (2001)-
--Annabeth E. Carson (2001)--
-Rick P. Neville (2002)-
-Anne Cooke (2002)-
---Winston Sullivan (2003)--
--Alice H. Bride (2003)--
'No way...' I thought as I read the names.
"Think of that board as encouragement." Clinton told me. I took a deep breath then approaching the mic.
"Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Humphrey Williams, from the novice rowing team-"
"BOOO!!! He's one of those Lucky Seven jackasses!!!" A wolf booed me from the right side if the hall. The baseball team. 'For fuck's sake, you can't still be mad at us about that day!' (*Chapter 2*)
"Anyway... I'm from the novice team. I'm sure many of you, just like me find this news a bit sudden... and suspicious." I said looking towards the rowing team. Garth nodded then the rest did, excluding Jay and Iris.
"As for the Wolf Games themselves, I don't really know how I feel. Part of me feels really excited and optimistic and the other is just unprepared. But I am not alone in this, we all feel this way, right? As a school, we have work together if we want to win this." I said to the school. I really didn't want say anything else so I stepped away from the mic.
There was a long, awkward silence before I earned claps from the other wolves in the hall.
"Great job Humphrey." The Principal told me. "Anyone else want to say something?" He asked the audience. No one lifted their hands. 'Great.'
I sighed then walked down the stage and headed towards my seat. Garth and Shakey gave me a thumbs up as I sat down.
"Well, that didn't go horribly wrong. " I said then Lilly put her hand on my shoulder.
"You did good up there, Humphrey." She told me.
"It was corny but alright." Jay said, earning an elbow jab from Iris.
"Seriously, how did you two even meet?" Garth asked the new transfers.
"We met on our first day rowing for Woodland Park. It was two months ago but we still learned a lot from eachother then. I know his secrets, he knows mine." Iris replied but I sensed that wasn't all. I shrugged it off then waited for Clinton to give his next announcement.
"Since no one else has anything to say then this concludes the assembly. You're all dismissed. You may all head home and get your kit to practice for the games. " Clinton told the school before walking off the stage.
"Great. That means six hours of practice." King said sarcastically.
We all stood up and walked to the door as quickly as possible before other wolves do. Unfortunately we were a bit too late and the exit was already overcrowded.
"Damnit, this happens every time..." Garth cursed his luck.
The eight of us were pushed forwards, the backwards,side to side... pretty much all over the place.
I felt my hand brush over something round and firm then at the same time, Iris moaned. 'Oh shit.'
"Who's t-touching me?" She asked with a red face.
'Crap, what do I do? Should I tell it was an accident or not say anything?' I thought. Ah screw it, here goes...
"I-it was me." I stuttered. "My hand got lost in the crowd and brushed over you." I said. 'My hand got lost in the crowd?! IDIOT!' I was mentally kicking myself over and over again.
"Your hand did what?" Lilly asked. "It was nothing." Iris replied for me.
We finally got through the crowd and exited the hall. Iris had a strange look on her face and I didn't feel any better while she looked at me with that face.
"Sorry." I apologised, rubbing the back of my head.
"Itznuthing." She blurted out.
"Oh...kay..." I said.
"I mean-" Iris began. That's how I knew I fucked up.
This was getting awkward for both of us. Worst of all, my girlfriend was walking next me. Why do I feel so awkward next Iris even though I have a girlfriend?
A/N: FUCK!!! I didn't mean to make the chapter THIS long. Please forgive for ending the chapter like this, I just wanted to make the chapter longer by 1k, not 5k.
Blitz's Comedy Shorts and Recaps:
The Sequels: Part I
(Blitz is working on the the next chapter quietly)
Kate: The chapter is over so can we talk about it now?
Blazin' Blitz: Talk about what?
Humphrey: "The Wolf Games"?
Blazin' Blitz: C'mon, I'm not making it exactly like that.
Lilly: If you want your sequels to be cursed then go ahead and add the Wolf Games.
Blazin' Blitz: IT'S NOT REALLY THE WOLF GAMES!!! IT'S JUST THE OLYMPICS BUT I JUST USED THE WORDS: WOLF AND GAMES!!!
Garth: Calm the fuck down, boy.
Blazin' Blitz: (TRIGGERED)
Humphrey: Anyway, I'mma head out to Blitz's preview section so I can see what the future of this story is gonna be like.
Blazin' Blitz: Careful... spoiler alert.
Humphrey: Really?
Blazin' Blitz: I'm serious though, you might not like what you see.
Humphrey: I've already seen the worst thing in this story, I literally grabbed Iris's ass then said "my hand got lost in the crowd" like what the hell was that?!
Blazin' Blitz: Technically you didn't grab her, your hand just swept over her butt. That's all.
Iris: I don't know about that...
Garth: Hey! No OC's allow-
Blazin' Blitz: Calm down Garth. It's still Blitz Con so everyone's still allowed in my lounge, plus she's got a free pass because she's important to the three TMEL fics.
Humphrey, Kate, Garth and Lilly: What?
Blazin' Blitz: Humphrey, you said you were gonna go see the future of fic, you'll understand once you see it.
(Humphrey leaves the lounge and walks to the preview block)
Blazin' Blitz: I can't wait to see his reaction when he gets back...
Marcus: POWER!!!! UNLLLIIIMMITED... POOOOWWWWERRR!!!!
Blazin' Blitz: Yeah... that's a clue for chapter 24.
~~To Be Continued~~