The next morning soon came, and Atticus had a bowl of cereal for breakfast as he had school today as he gave Patch a bowl of his Kanine Krunchies. He still thought about what happened last night, but he decided he would think out a plan to confront his Uncle Sombra before he would actually do it and he would have time to think about it in school.
"Morning, Atticus." Jessica smiled.
"Jessica," Atticus smiled back. "Morning."
"Did you come home late?" Jessica asked.
"Yeah..." Atticus nodded. "I didn't mean to stay out so late, but I got enough sleep."
"That's a relief." Jessica smiled.
"Yeah, so hopefully I don't fall asleep in class." Atticus chuckled sheepishly.
"Oh, we wouldn't want that," Jessica replied. "I also think maybe I should start looking for work since I don't go to Witchright Hall anymore."
"Okay." Atticus said.
"I still wish I could come to school with you." Patch pouted at Atticus as he ate his breakfast.
"I'm sorry, boy, but it's the rules," Atticus replied. "Plus, I might be a little late coming home after school. I have to tutor Kevin Whitney, I have a deal with his mother."
"Alright." Patch sighed.
"I'm sorry, buddy, but maybe I can take you to tutoring with me," Atticus smiled a bit. "Kevin has a dog too."
"Yay!" Patch cheered.
Atticus smiled as he felt happy that he could make his pet happy.
Eventually, it was time to get to school as everybody went to get going and a limo pulled up as Cherry and Lionel left the car to get to school themselves.
"Another school day." Lionel said.
"It sure it, 'Pietro'." Cherry replied.
"Is it lunchtime yet?" A black-haired boy asked.
"You just ate breakfast!" A blonde girl told him.
"Sure, but that was an hour ago." The black-haired boy replied.
"Oh, Jughead." The blonde girl sighed at him.
"Hey, uh, Cherry," Lionel said. "Who are those kids?"
"Huh? Oh," Cherry replied as she took a look. "That's Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and Archie Andrews. They hang out a lot together and sometimes they play in a band for our school dances. I don't hang out with them often."
"Why's that?" Lionel asked.
Cherry shrugged as they walked into the school. Lionel looked over and waved at them before he followed Cherry into the school. Atticus began to make his way to school.
Thor counted to himself, using his fingers.
"Nervous about Mrs. Quick's math test?" Atticus asked.
"...Yeah." Thor admitted.
"Well, don't worry; I'm sure you'll do fine." Atticus said.
"I gotta... Or else." Thor frowned.
"Trouble at home?" Atticus asked.
"I'll have to spend time away from the football team and more time studying." Thor groaned.
Atticus looked surprised as that was bad. Thor nodded a bit.
"Well, if you think you'll do bad, you'll do bad, but if you think you'll do good, you'll do good," Atticus smiled. "That's the best advice I can offer."
"Thanks." Thor smiled back.
"No problem," Atticus smiled. "I'm sure you'll do just fine. What's the grade you gotta get to please your parents?"
"At least a C," Thor replied. "They would rather it be an A, but they don't wanna aim too high because I'm stupid."
"Thor, you're not stupid," Atticus told him. "You just learn differently from some other kids, but I say do your best and you'll do just fine if you believe in yourself."
Thor smiled after hearing that. Atticus smiled back, though glared a bit as some bullies laughed at the idea of Thor passing a math test. Cherry and Lionel also glared as they stood by Thor's sides, a bit protectively. Thor pouted before he saw the two and picked them up into a hug for both of them as he beamed brightly.
"What's so funny?" Conner's voice glared from behind the bullies.
The bullies looked over to see Conner.
"Well?" Conner glared.
"Beat it, new kid." One bully huffed at him.
"Yeah." A second bully said.
"I think you better leave." Conner glared.
"Look it," The third bully smirked. "He's trying to be Superman."
"You better do as he says." Atticus glared at the bullies.
"Pfft... Forget this..." The first bully huffed as he walked off with his friends. "Let's blow this stand."
The others followed after him.
"Does this happen a lot?" Conner asked.
"Yeah, just be lucky that Reggie Mantle wasn't here too." Atticus replied.
"Yeah, Reggie's the worst." Cherry said.
The bell soon rang and the students began to go to class.
"You okay?" Cherry asked Atticus.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Atticus replied. "I just got a lot on my mind."
"He had a vision." Thor said.
"Uh... Yeah." Atticus nodded at that.
"What happened?" Cherry asked.
"Well, don't freak out, but it was about Uncle Sombra," Atticus replied. "I had another vision dream before that, but I don't wanna get too into that..." he then said. "I also saw someone else called Steppenwolf."
Lionel raised his hand.
"And no, I don't mean the band." Atticus then said.
Lionel then put his hand down at that.
"Can you tell us what they were talking about?" Cherry asked.
"Steppenwolf told Uncle Sombra that an army was ready when he was," Atticus narrowed his eyes. "Also apparently, at some point of life, Black Adam was a villain."
"Wait, so he gave you the form of a villain?" Lionel asked. "Should have seen that coming."
"I guess so," Atticus glared. "So that's why I'm gonna confront him."
"So what's your plan?" Cherry asked.
"Well, I don't have one yet, but I'll come up with something," Atticus replied. "I just gotta keep Uncle Sombra busy so he doesn't catch on too quick."
"Well, I hope you're ready for today because in Music Class, we have to play an instrument of something that's from our hearts." Lionel told Atticus as a reminder of one of the classes that they had together.
"Yeah?" Atticus replied.
Lionel nodded.
"Hmm... All right..." Atticus said. "It can't be too hard, right?"
"Right." Lionel nodded.
The kids soon went to class as three girls, in particular, looked excited about playing the musical instruments that were available.
"I think I want the guitar." A redheaded girl said.
"I love that tambourine." A girl with puffy black hair added.
"I want the drums!" The blonde girl giggled.
"Hmm... Decisions, decisions..." Lionel paused to himself as he took a look at the selections.
Atticus began to look around before the piano seemed to catch his interest. Lionel soon looked around himself until he found a trumpet and decided to blow in it before smiling at it.
"This might suit me just fine." Atticus smiled as he hit a few keys on the piano.
The class bell soon rang as the teacher walked in. The class sat in their assigned seats.
"Good morning, class." The teacher greeted.
"Good morning, Ms. Grundy." The class replied.
"Today, I thought we'd have a special treat," Ms. Grundy told the students. "I'd like you all to pick a musical instrument that speaks to you and maybe make up a song or play a song you already know, especially if it comes from your heart."
Atticus soon felt his heart as he seemed to have a song in mind and where he had a sheet of paper written down in his book.
"Go ahead and pick something, are there any questions before we start?" Ms. Grundy asked before the redheaded girl raised her hand. "Oh, yes, Miss McCoy?"
"Could some of us play in a group like in a band?" Josie smiled.
"Hmm... I'm sure that would be alright," Ms. Grundy replied. "I think I already know that you'd like to pair up with Miss Valentine and Miss Brown."
Josie, Melody, and Valerie looked bashful from that before they went to the instruments they liked. The rest of the students soon went to the instrument of their choice. Atticus sat by the piano and began to play the keys a bit before he set up his song in place.
"I like this already." Lionel chuckled to himself as he played his trumpet.
"Alright, who wants to go first?" Mr. Grundy asked.
"Us! Us! Please!" Josie beamed.
"Alright, Miss McCoy," Ms. Gundy chuckled. "You seem to be in a good mood today."
"We sure are," Josie smiled before looking back at Melody and Valerie. "Alright, girls, let's show 'em!"
The three girls then got ready together and soon began to sing a song together as they seemed to be like their very own band and even called themselves Josie & the Pussycats.
"They sure are good." Thor said.
"Maybe they'll be a good band together someday." Lionel replied.
"Oh, I think they might." Thor smiled.
Eventually, after the song, the teacher and the rest of the students clapped for Josie, Melody, and Valerie.
"Okay, anyone else?" Ms. Grundy then asked.
"Me, ma'am." Atticus raised his hand.
"Alright then." Ms. Grundy smiled.
Atticus soon went up to the piano with his song, ready to be played. Everybody began to listen closely. Atticus smiled as he flowed himself with the music as he played with grace and nodded his head along as he hummed a bit of the melody to himself. The class began to look like they were entranced by the music as the song sounded sad at first, but started to sound happy. Atticus smiled halfway as he continued to let his fingers dance on the keys. Ms. Grundy felt the most impressed over how emotional the song sounded, like it had a story to go with it. After a while, Atticus soon stopped playing, ending his song. Everybody applauded in the classroom.
"Oh! Bravo! Bravo!" Ms. Grundy smiled proudly. "Oh, Mr. Fudo, that was most impressive!"
"Thanks, I've actually had that song in my book since I was a kid." Atticus said.
"It's a wonderful song," Ms. Gundy approved. "Thank you for sharing it with us."
"You're welcome." Atticus smiled.
"I'm guessing that might have been before he met you and before he got adopted by Mr. Kent." Thor whispered to the others.
Atticus looked over before nodding.
"I don't think I know much of your life from before Mr. Kent adopted you," Thor said to Atticus. "Other than maybe being friends with Cherry."
"I always stuck with her to avoid getting sent to an orphanage," Atticus replied. "I didn't wanna live at an orphanage, but I knew if I stayed where I was, I'd be forced to be taken away by Social Services. Cherry's parents were pretty cool... Before they started fighting at every opportunity like they do nowadays."
"I'll say," Lionel remarked. "Cherry's parents seemed cool until then, but I guess at least now, Bruce and Alfred will look out for her."
"Yep." Atticus nodded.
"So... You were just on your own?" Thor asked.
"I don't really remember much of my life before Cherry came into it," Atticus shrugged. "I just remember mostly being alone."
"So while you were alone, you must have started to write that song." Lionel said.
"You could say that, yeah," Atticus smiled softly. "It just makes me feel... Safe. Like someone's looking out for me."
"Aww~..." Thor smiled back.
Atticus smiled back.
The class went by a bit longer until the bell rang as Atticus hummed his song to himself while thinking about what he told the others.
"I am the 'Ex-yolophone'~... I am the 'Ex-yolophone'~..." Thor sang to himself as he played the musical instrument known as the xylophone, of course pronouncing it wrong.
Lionel rolled his eyes. "Why is he so adorable?" he then asked himself bashfully.
They soon began to make their way to their next class. Thor hummed to himself about his xylophone song. Atticus's mind wandered a bit as he still thought about what he saw last night.
The rest of the school day went by fast. The group was soon having lunch together.
"Thor, I thought you said your uncle would be here?" Atticus spoke up.
"I guess he's busy," Thor shrugged. "Oh, well, this is a pretty good lunch though, right?"
"...Yeah, I guess it is." Atticus had to admit.
"Attention, students," Mr. Kraft's voice announced through the PA system, though he sounded like he was being controlled. "Due to a sudden teacher's conference this afternoon, you will all be dismissed early right after lunch. So once you finish your lunch, go to your lockers and gather your things and go straight home."
"Something tells me your uncle controlled Mr. Kraft to tell everyone that." Lionel told Thor.
"Yeah, that sounds like him." Thor nodded.
The students soon got ready to go.
"Vice-Principal Kraft, I don't remember organizing a teacher's conference after lunch." Principal Weatherbee said to the other man.
"Well, it must be so," Mr. Kraft shrugged. "Oh, well. Gives me time to visit the Spellman household to visit Hilda." he then smirked.
"I suppose so." Principal Weatherbee rolled his eyes.
The students then began to go home.
"So, you tell me Atticus had a pretty interesting dream?" Drell asked his nephew.
"Yeah, and he told us about it and he played this pretty song in music class..." Thor listed.
"A song?" Drell asked.
"Yeah." Thor nodded.
"Hmm... What did he sing?" Drell asked.
"He didn't sing, he played a tune on the piano," Thor replied. "I never took him for a piano player."
"Hmm... Maybe I should hear this song for myself." Drell said.
"Hmm... I think it went something like this." Thor said before humming the tune.
Drell listened closely to the tune and took out a notebook of his own and wrote down the notes.
"...Uncle Drell, you know how to read music?" Thor then asked.
"Hilda and I used to go to concerts for Mozart and Beethoven," Drell replied before rolling her eyes. "What a couple of drama queens when I told Hilda I wanted to do something more exciting."
"Whoa... Old school." Thor said.
"I'm not sure if this song means anything now, but I might look into it later, Shortstuff," Drell replied. "Thank you."
"You're welcome!" Thor beamed from that.
As they arrived at the Spellman house, they saw Salem close by the stairs. "Hey, guys; Hilda's been waiting inside, apparently some crystal illusions were being shown inside and they looked like Atticus, only younger, inside some kinda crystal castle." The cursed warlock said.
"What?!" Drell asked.
"I think you oughta check it out," Salem told him. "Especially you."
"Should I call my friends?" Thor asked Drell.
"Hold on a minute." Drell told his nephew before he went to go check on Hilda. He soon rushed inside and saw the crystal illusions were in what seemed to be a repeat from beginning to end.
Thor glanced up to see what his uncle was up to.
"Oh, Drell, you have to see this." Hilda said as she came up to her boyfriend.
"Yeah, Salem sounded pretty hysterical." Drell replied.
"It's like this crystal illusion keeps showing the same thing in a continuous loop, like it's trying to tell a story." Hilda said.
"It sounds like Princess Leia's warning to Obi-Wan Kenobi!" Thor's voice called out.
"Thornton, stop eavesdropping!" Drell scolded.
"Sorry!" Thor's voice replied.
"All right, Hil, let's check this out." Drell then said as he decided to watch the crystal illusions.
They first saw the younger Atticus, looking so sad and alone before the next illusion showed him in a castle made of crystal and stone. The next crystal illusion showed the younger Atticus singing to himself to try and comfort himself. Drell began to feel like he saw all of the scenarios from a song, before finally remembering the new tune he had heard.
"Oh, that poor dear." Hilda frowned as she hugged Drell's arm, feeling so sad for Atticus.
"Of course..." Drell whispered to himself. He soon took out the note before making a call.
Hilda wiped her eyes a bit as she looked at her boyfriend.
"I knew letting the kids out of school early was a good idea." Drell said to himself. Once he got to a phone, he began to dial down Atticus's cell phone since he knew everything.
Atticus did the homework that he had in his room before he took out his phone and answered it. "Um... Hello?" he then answered.
"Atticus, come to the Spellman house; there's something you have to do and it involves singing the song of the tune that you played on a piano today at school." Drell told him from the other line of the phone.
"Oh, uh, sure," Atticus replied. "Should I bring Cherry, Mo, Lionel, and Thor too?" he then asked.
"You can bring Cherry and Lionel and yes, you can also bring Mo, but as for Thor; he's already here." Drell said.
"All right, we'll be there in about 10 minutes." Atticus replied.
"That's a good boy," Drell nodded. "I knew you were smart."
Once he hung up, Atticus went to find Cherry, Lionel, and Mo.
Cherry was shown to be in a training room, wearing a karate gi as she walked up to Bruce with a bow. Bruce bowed back to her before getting into a fighting stance.
"YAH!" Cherry called out as she soon ran up to Bruce and went to take him down through punches and kicks as he began to dodge her for a while.
Lionel watched on standby with some popcorn as he sat with Damian, Alfred, and Bruce's dog, Ace the Bathound. "She sure is doing great." he smiled with a bright beam to himself.
Bruce nearly kicked Cherry in the face, but she luckily dodged in time. "Nice dodge, though I probably would've blocked it off." he then advised.
Cherry nodded at that as she took that as some very good advice.
"Show-off." Damian stuck his tongue out.
"Spoiled brat," Cherry retorted as she heard that before flinching as the doorbell went off. "Gah!"
"I better attend to that." Alfred said as he left the room to answer the door.
Ace caught a familiar scent and knew who was at the door.
"Ah, Mr. Kent." Alfred greeted once he got the door.
"Hello, Mr. Pennyworth," Atticus replied. "Are Cherry and Lionel here?"
"Of course, I shall fetch them for you." Alfred nodded as he walked off at that.
"Thank you," Atticus smiled before looking down at the Bathound. "Hey, boy!"
Ace simply barked, acknowledging the boy. Atticus smiled as he pet Ace all around. Cherry and Lionel soon made their way back to the main foyer.
"Wanna go to the Spellman house?" Atticus asked Cherry.
"That creepy house with the two ladies and their cat?" Lionel replied.
"Pretty much." Cherry told him.
"It's sort of an emergency." Atticus told them as he began to play with Ace.
"Sure." Cherry and Lionel said.
"Hey, Ace, you're pretty fun," Atticus chuckled. "We should do this again sometime."
Ace let out a bark from that as Cherry and Lionel followed Atticus out the door of Wayne Manor.
Meanwhile, Mo seemed to be sketching a picture in her diary of Black Adam saving her life like he had done against the Supermen attacks until she soon heard the doorbell ring.
"Mo?!" Gloriosa's voice called.
"Uh, yeah, Gloriosa?!" Mo replied as she slammed her diary shut bashfully.
"Could you get the door?" Gloriosa's voice asked. "I have to help Uncle Chuck with something!"
"Okay!" Mo replied before she soon went to the door and opened it before looking sheepish. "Oh! ...Atticus... Hello, there."
"Hello, Mo," Atticus smiled. "Um, could you come with us to the Spellman's house? It's kinda important."
"Spellman?" Mo asked. "...Is that where that girl Sabrina lives with her aunts and their cat?"
Atticus nodded. "Yeah, Sabrina's a good friend of ours." he then told her.
"I don't think I've met her or talked with her," Mo replied. "I guess I could go since I have nothing else to do."
"Great." Lionel said.
"Gloriosa! I'm going out, okay?!" Mo called out inside of her home.
"Well... Oh... All right..." Gloriosa replied. "I guess that should be okay."
Once she got the okay, Mo went outside as she closed the front door. The group then walked off together to go visit the Spellman house.
Drell held onto Hilda in his arm as the two bowed their heads together with their eyes shut.
"We might've had some tough times before, but I value our time together." Hilda softly said to him.
"As do I." Drell replied.
"Saaay... Are you two getting back together?" Salem asked the two.
"Well... If Hilda gives me another chance, I'd like that," Drell smiled hopefully. "I do love visiting this house whenever possible."
"I don't mind visitors as long as they aren't Willard Kraft." Hilda smirked.
They soon heard a knock at the front door.
"Salem, get the door." Drell said as he locked his eyes into Hilda's as she beamed brightly at him.
"Oh, sure, let the cat get the door," Salem deadpanned as he raced downstairs to get to the door and soon got the door open himself. "Yes?"
"We're here," Atticus replied. "...Salem, did you get the door yourself?"
"Hey, I may be a cat, but that doesn't mean I can't do anything I did as a warlock," Salem defended. "...Aside from leaving this cat body." He soon saw Mo with Atticus, Cherry, and Lionel as they came inside.
"Hey, guys!" Thor smiled from the couch.
"Is your uncle still here?" Atticus asked.
"Yeah, he's upstairs in the other room with Hilda," Thor replied. "I think he likes her~" he then smirked to himself.
"So, why are we here?" Lionel asked.
"Go upstairs and find out." Salem replied.
"Sure thing, Cat!" Lionel remarked. "I'm not one to deny a talking cat."
They soon went upstairs to see Drell and Hilda who told the group to sit down so that they could see what Hilda found, and where they had to explain everything to Mo, who didn't know magic was real. Mo looked all around as she came to take a look at whatever was supposed to be going on.
"Mind if I join you guys?" Sabrina asked the others. "I was finishing up some homework and then Aunt Hilda was freaking out."
"Sure, Sabrina, you can be apart of this," Atticus nodded. "It's probably a good idea too."
Sabrina nodded back as she sat down to see what the big deal was. They soon saw what Hilda had seen. Drell still held onto Hilda as she looked devastated. A very young Atticus appeared to be shown in a cot, which was a very small bed, as he soon woke up in it and wandered out of the bed before he came to the nearby window and looked out to the city in it as he looked very miserable, sad, and alone.
"Is that you?" Mo asked Atticus.
"Well, uh, yeah, I guess it is." Atticus said bashfully.
"Atticus." Drell said before holding out a piece of paper that had the song written down from the tune.
Atticus looked over and soon took the paper. "You wrote out my song?" he then asked.
"I had a little bit of help," Drell replied. "A plus-sized little birdie told me."
"He means me!" Thor grinned proudly.
Atticus soon read the lyrics in his head and knew what the song was about.
"The illusions won't go away until you sing it." Drell said.
"I-I'm not sure if I could sing out loud like that..." Atticus said bashfully.
"I'm sure you could," Drell replied. "Your mother's side of the family loves music and singing."
Atticus looked a little unsure about singing the song before taking a deep breath. "For so long I have been sad and alone, Here in my tower of crystal and stone, Spring's warm song will comfort me till you're here, Letters of hope give me one final smile, And my dreams take flight, my treasure's right in my sight, I can will anything, Memories will sing to me~," he soon started. "I'm no longer alone, I'm a king on my throne, Dreams always whirling, Neverending stories, And they keep me going, ...Here in my castle of crystal and stone~"
Sabrina began to look emotional herself.
Thor sniffled before Lionel gave him a tissue and he blew his nose.
"Cruel dreams of despair may tear at my pride, But, courage and wisdom flashes in my mind, My new light makes darkness cower and cry, Weakness may chain my wings down for the night, But, I will become free and bravery's all I need, I can win anything, and remove the sting in me~"
Mo hugged her knees as she looked a bit emotional from the song as well.
Cherry didn't seem to have much of a reaction, though she watched Atticus closely.
"I've become brave at last, Not afraid of the past, Dreams are apart of me~," Atticus continued as he slowly shut his eyes before a teardrop seemed to roll down his cheek. "Pain tries to capture me, But, I know I'll surely be free, Free of my castle of crystal and stone~" As he finished the song, the illusions soon ended as they vanished.
"Good and just in time for three girls to arrive." Drell said.
"...Wait, what?" Cherry asked. "What girls?"
"Ah, yes," Drell said. "Kraft or Weatherbee were going to tell you about this next week in school, but I think you deserve a right to know right away," he then smirked a bit. "Aren't a bit of a dickens?"
"Minus three letters from that word and I agree." Lionel smirked to himself.
"I heard that, Imp Boy!" Drell scolded. "But these three girls will be exchange students to your school all the way from a place called New Townsville."
"Well, all right, can you at least tell us their names until they come to our school so we know who to look out for?" Sabrina asked.
"Sure," Drell replied. "Momoko Akatsutsumi, Miyako Gōtokuji, and Kaoru Matsubara."
"They sound interesting." Mo said.
"Is there more to them?" Atticus asked curiously.
"That would be telling, wouldn't it?" Drell smirked. "I'm sure you'll all get along just fine though."
"So... This was all magic?" Mo asked. "What are you, sir, a magician?" she then asked the warlock.
"I'm a very powerful warlock and in charge of the Magic Council," Drell replied. "I am the most powerful man in the universe and I help these children in their every day lives... Such as Atticus's quest in finding his long-lost parents."
"Can I help then?" Mo smiled.
Drell gave her a small look.
"...If that's okay..." Mo said softly. "I mean... Atticus and I are friends."
"Aww... That sounds so cute~" Hilda cooed as she leaned in a bit.
"Alright." Drell said.
"I can help?" Mo asked.
"Sure," Drell replied. "But I don't think you should tell the other students about this." he then added with emphasis since she was new around town.
"Who would listen anyway?" Cherry rolled her eyes. "No one pays attention to us 'cuz we're the 'geeks'."
"Yes, you are." Drell said.
Cherry gave him a bit of a look.
"Uh, sorry..." Drell grinned sheepishly. "Anyway, you know why you came."
"I guess that was it?" Lionel shrugged. "Meh. I dunno what I was expecting... Plus it's cool to see that Atticus has a pretty good singing voice for a guy like him."
"Well, his mother is a mermaid." Drell said.
"You know a lot about my parents, don't you?" Atticus asked. "Aside from where they're hidden?"
"I'm actually an old friend of your father's," Drell replied. "We went to Charm School together when we were younger and even The Warlock Academy, even though he was a Wiccan."
"Wow." Atticus said.
"Now, now, that's enough talk about your parents until the next clue," Drell then said. "You're all dismissed."
Atticus sighed a bit. "I just wanna see them so bad."
"I know how you feel a little bit," Sabrina softly said to Atticus. "I miss my parents all the time, but at least you have a chance to see them. I can't see my parents ever again."
"Why's that?" Mo asked her.
"My parents died in a plane crash when I was very young." Sabrina said softly.
Mo flinched as that sounded pretty bad. "Gosh, I'm so sorry." she then said.
"It's okay." Sabrina bowed her head.
"I lost my parents too," Mo said softly. "I barely remember them though, I mostly just remember being with Gloriosa, Timber, and my Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Chuck since I was probably a baby."
"Gosh." Sabrina said.
"I don't even have a picture of them, I'm afraid." Mo continued softly.
"Hey, at least you guys have parents," Lionel replied. "I was just born into existence back in my home."
"...Uh?" Mo blinked.
"He's from the 5th-Dimension, believe it or not." Cherry told Mo.
"Yeah?" Mo said.
"Yeah, they didn't want me around anymore," Lionel rolled his eyes. "Big whoop though. Luckily I was able to find Cherry and Atticus after watching them on my TV and decided to stay with them."
"I know what ya mean." Thor chuckled as he had a similar situation before he met Cherry and Atticus.
"All right, go! Go! Get outta here," Drell rushed them before he looked over at Hilda as she helped the kids out the door. "Uh, except for you, Hilda."
Hilda looked back innocently after she got the kids out the door and Drell flaunted his long hair at her, looking a bit eager and hopeful.
"Well, I guess now we'll wait for those new girls to come to school," Atticus said before muttering to himself. "Among other things that I saw in my vision."
"What was that?" Thor asked.
"Wonderful weather we're having?" Atticus grinned sheepishly.
Thor narrowed his eyes suspiciously while Atticus's left eye twitched from his huge grin.
