The early morning risers were rather surprised to see Odd casually leaning by Jeremy's door. They were further confused when they saw he had a keyboard in his hands and thus when Aelita asked him what he was doing, Odd merely smirked and told her to wait for it.
A sudden shout from within the room caused both of them to jump at the door, one in concern and the other in glee. They entered the room and beheld Jeremy staring in horror at his keyboard which now had grass poking out from the keys. Even as Aelita turned a look at Odd, Jeremy murmured, "My keyboard…."
"April Fools!" Odd declared causing Jeremy to jump and Aelita to wince at the volume. "Here's your keyboard buddy." Odd said with a smirk as he placed the keyboard on the bed and then he tipped an invisible hat to Aelita before rushing out of the room.
"Did Odd replace my keyboard with a keyboard filled a grass garden," Jeremy asked in the silence that followed. In response Aelita nodded and said, "This isn't a dream Jeremy and this really happened. So why don't you get dressed and I'll get your keyboard attached and then make a note on the rule sheet."
"Okay," Jeremy said in a state of numbness and then, "Wait…. April fool's Day…. Payback will be mine Odd."
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Never touch Jeremy' computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, or any other component that he has attached to it.
Don't replace a working keyboard with a keyboard with a grass garden inside of it.
Hypocrisy is never a good look on anyone.
In honor of April fool's day Odd replaced Jeremy's keyboard with one that had a grass garden inside of it. Despite all the effort Odd put into the prank Jeremy wasn't amused and became rather miffed that he made him think that his keyboard was forever tarnished. As Jeremy was getting dressed for the day Aelita took to the rule sheet and Odd couldn't help point out that her written rule was pure hypocrisy considering that she messed with Jeremy's computer to prank him last year.
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Don't tape an airhorn to your teacher's seat.
Always thoroughly check your chair before you sit.
Taking advantage of Mrs. Hertz's habit of standing in class an unknown student attached an airhorn under her chair. Thus when she sat down the airhorn got caught everyone off guard, immediately made sure her class was wide awake, and caused Mrs. Hertz to shriek as she bolted off her chair.
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Don't ignore sarcasm.
Beware the teenage mind for it will run wild and ignore all logic.
Jim Morales is neither a highland nor the Highlander.
Never put Jim and cross-dressing in the same sentences ever again!
Brain bleach must be invited to shear the disturbing images from our minds.
As an April's Fools Day joke Jim sarcastically admitting to not being able talk his past. This in turn backfired on him when Pierre and Tristan proceeded to run wild with theories. Pierre expressed his belief that Jim once saved the French's Minister's life and in turn Tristan theorized that he must be at least 750 years old. At one point cross-dressing was brought up and both teenagers are convinced that Jim had to have done it at least one since appearing as a woman would be rather useful in certain situation that an immoral or government agent could find themselves in.
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Never tell someone you're pregnant as an April's Fool's joke.
Adele Della Robbia is a horrible, horrible influence.
Under the influence of Adele Rosa decided to tell her boyfriend that she was pregnant with twins which caused Mr. Klotz to faint on the spot. After awakening Mr. Klotz learned the truth and has since declared Adele a horrible influence.
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To the person who replaced the oreo cream with toothpaste in the oreo cookies….you are a horrible, horrible person and should be ashamed of yourself and lock yourself in your room as punishment.
To reiterate a past rule: "Never trust free food, especially when you don't know the sender" or in this case maker.
Seeing oreo cookies left out on a cafeteria table caused the older soccer players to bolt immediately from them as they remembered their prior experience with free food. While seeing this caused others to not touch the cookies, others who weren't so fast on the uptake felt that they had scored food, and thus were surprised upon learning that the oreo filling in the cookies had been replaced with toothpaste.
While the likes of Takuya were cursing the fiend who put toothpaste in the oreo cookies Jean-Baptiste decided to reiterate the past rule about not trusting free food.
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Don't mess with someone else's phone.
Pierre got a hold of Tristan's phone and proceeded to change his contact list into Not Alan Ashford, with the exception of the Alan contact which became Totally Alan Ashford. Thus Tristan had to spend some time fixing it all and is now plotting payback.
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Don't fake break up with your significant other.
Unless you know that you can actually carry out a prank don't even attempt it.
Matthew Ducrocq and Thomas Jolivet are the sweetest couple of all time.
Matthew and Thomas decided to fake break up as their April fool's day prank. However during the attempted public break up neither could actually make themselves say the words and the pair dissolved into laughter before kissing.
It didn't stop the fangirls from freaking out over the idea of the pair breaking up, Paul expressing his disappointment that the pair couldn't even get the prank done, and the majority of the students were quick to declare them the sweetest couple they've ever seen.
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When seeking payback be aware that bystanders can be caught in the crossfire.
Determined to have vengeance Jeremy tried to trick Odd with a fake spider by dumping the spider into Odd's hair during class. However what he didn't realize was that the fake spider trick was a rather common trick within the Della Robbia household and thus had no effect. However unknown to the both of them Alexandre, who was near them, had arachnophobia and immediately grabbed his book and attempted to whack the spider in order to kill it. While Ulrich and Nicholas reached forward to stop him from whacking Odd in the head the book got thrown out of his hands and nearly whack Mr. Fumet instead.
To the amazement of everyone no got detention, which most people believe is because that Mr. Fumet was in too much shock that Jeremy of all people started the cascading events.
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Don't pretend to know someone famous. It's tacky and only the gullible will believe it.
The only people on first name basis with the Subdigitals are Jim Morales, on the account of his nephew Chris being the band's drummer, and Aelita, who had served as an opening act for the group.
The more you harass someone to introduce you to someone famous, the less likely they are going to introduce to said famous person.
Even if you are positive that you already shared certain information, you should share it again to make all parties know it.
After all just because something is common knowledge doesn't mean everyone knows it!
Nate Dunbar tried to trick his friends by making them think he was on first names basis with Nico, the lead singer of the Subdigitals. However while his friends were not deceived the sixth graders did learn about Jim and Aelita's connection with the band after word of the prank attempt spread.
Even as certain students took to pestering Jim and Aelita, an offended Ciel demanded to know why his cousin never shared it. For his part Ulrich is positive that he did share such knowledge at least one point and regarded it as common knowledge, which caused Ciel to point that something being common knowledge doesn't mean that everyone knows it.
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Principal Jean Pierre Delmas walked into office only to freeze as he beheld members of the soccer club spread out throughout. He blinked and opened his mouth to inquire what they were doing in here when his office chair swerved around and then closed in eyes in resignation.
"Welcome to my throne," Ulrich Stern said with a fanged grin. There was a moment of silence before to the shock and horror of the students Delmas fell backwards to the floor. "What?" "Huh" "The fuck" was the reactions of those present before Matthew gently kicked him in the side causing Thomas to let out a hissed "Matthew, what are you doing?"
"Yep," Matthew commented, "He's dead." At these words Fenris let out a shocked, "We gave him a heart attack?" which was a rather reasonable assumption given the circumstances and at the same time "The ascension killed him?" came from Ciel.
"I Live!" Their principal announced with a roar and as he bolted up Matthew jumped back into Thomas and both nearly fell to the floor before they regained their footing. Meanwhile the sixth graders shrieked in surprise, Tristan and Pierre were trying to hide behind one another, Jeremiah was clutching his heart, and James went completely still like a statue. Meanwhile Theo stood there gaping his phone still in hand, even as Jean-Baptiste briefly fumbled with his phone before he caught it.
Upon witnessing these reactions both Principal Delmas and Ulrich found themselves snorting in amusement. Eyes then locked with one another, flashing with surprise and amusement that they had the same reaction.
"Now we've all had fun," Delmas began, "But it is time to face the music." He shot a pointed look at each student. "You know," Matthew began, "By faking that heart attack you could have traumatized us." He then licked his lips and then continued, "Like seriously, what would the parents think about you, The Principal, traumatizing their kids?"
"And what would your parents say to you all breaking into my office?" Delmas countered. There was a moment's pause. "My parents wouldn't care," Ulrich countered causing Delmas to give him a look of pure disbelief. "I know your parents and if you think for one moment that I would believe such a bold face lie think again." He finished as he stared down a smirking Ulrich. "As long as I don't get expelled or arrested dad is actually pretty chill with the pranks I pull. Probably because Uncle Frederick is way worse…." Ulrich trailed off thoughtfully.
"Mr. Delmas did you wonder how we got into your office? Did you recall exactly whose parents are locksmiths, especially the ones that helped design the keys for Kadic?" Jean-Baptiste said causing Delmas to swerve his head towards him in disbelief. "It's April fool's day and my mother is a prankster at heart." He continued answering the unvoiced question.
"Fine but do you expect me to believe the rest of your parents won't care?" "Eh…Stephen got caught in a pregnancy scare, Candice got into a bar fight, and Edmund is dating an older woman, so this will just slide by." Matthew commented with a shrug.
"Your ex-wife pissed off my mom which irritated my dad, so there's a 50-50 chance if I'll get in trouble with them or not," Thomas admitted causing Delmas to face palm at either the mere mention of ex-wife, the possible pettiness of the Jolivet family, or even a bizarre combination of both.
"I'm going to snipe you all….get out of my office," Delmas declared with a sigh and the students eagerly obeyed his commands.
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The Coup D'etat shall not be repeated.
Don't fake a heart attack against your students for successfully dethroning you.
There are better ways for dealing with your students then snipping them in Call of Duty.
The soccer club briefly took control of the principal's office which caused Delmas to fake out a heart attack in order to get back at them for taking going through a coup d'etat. In the end they were able to talk them out of receiving punishment and in turn Delmas has taken to stalking and snipping if they happen to be playing Call of Duty at the same time.
Author's Note: The Code Lyoko episodes showing off with Subdigitals band members in them are: Opening Act, Crash Course, and Soothe the Savage Beast.
Aelita pranked Jeremy back in Chapter 13 and the repeated rule about not trusting free food was first used in Chapter 24.