All right, here we go with 'The Flood'! Anyway, enjoy!

On the next Monday, as me, Phoebe and Nadine were just arriving on school by foot, we were treated to... a pretty interesting sight.

"Please, Olga?" We heard Sharlene's voice as Olga was coming out from the parking lot, Olga a bit annoyed, but Sharlene a little begworthy.

"Why are you so interested in going to where I work?" Olga sighed. "Besides, it's school! You don't just drop by for a visit in school!"

"Why not? You visit me during my work hours!" Sharlene smiled.

"It's when I decide to shop for a few things or to get away from my parents when dad's in one of his grumpy moods!" Olga groaned. "A visit in school is way different! You can't go in there!"

"Pwease?" Sharlene asked.

Olga groaned as we came up to her, I asked, "What's going on, Olga?"

"Oh, hey, girls." Olga smiled. "Sharlene has a free day... again..."

"I seem to have a lot of free days." Sharlene looked up at the sky. "I'm honestly not sure why... I mean, my bosses keep quitting every two months for some strange reason..."

"Yeah, as you can see, Sharlene doesn't have a lot to do..." Olga sighed. "And she's not going to leave unless I take her inside..."

"Why does she want to go to school with you?" Nadine asked.

"Are you kidding?" Sharlene laughed. "Me and Olga were the talk of the school back in our times..."

"Sharlene..." Olga groaned.

"I was basically the one who gave Olga the time of her life... to break a simple rule... defy all terms!" Sharlene smiled.

"Yes, and I got punished for it!" Olga groaned. "Honestly, my only detention had left quite a mark. I'm just lucky dad had at least one detention at one time and wasn't TOO mad!"

"What rule did you break?" I asked as we walked in the school.

At that moment, Principal Wartz was walking by as his eyes widened. "Oh no! Not the Vandal Twins!"

"That was one time!" Olga sighed. "And Sharlene looks nothing like me!"

Principal Wartz, not wanting to hear any of it, just turned tail and ran as Sharlene smiled. "We put mustaches all over the school board and school paintings."

Me, Nadine and Phoebe laughed as Olga groaned. "Sharlene, why do you keep bringing this up?"

"Please let me stay with you, Olga. I'll be out of the way. Besides, I brought my radio, my tunes and my headphones. I won't disturb your class!" Sharlene smiled as she brought out the equipment.

Olga rolled her eyes as she said, "All right, but you better go see the principal and tell him you're visiting as a volunteer, otherwise, they'll just kick you out."

"Thanks, Olga! You're a great friend!" Sharlene smiled as she walked off.

Olga sighed as she turned to us. "I'm probably going to regret this, aren't I?"

Nadine, Phoebe and I just shrugged.

Pretty soon, we were all settled into the class as Olga smiled, Mr. Simmons was busy setting up something else.

"Good morning class. Today's schedule is going to be interesting. I'll call attendance and..." Olga smiled as she was about to reach for her schedule.

"Hey, what up?"

"Oh dear lord, she got in..." Olga groaned as we saw Sharlene coming in, now dressed up as a professional teacher. "Uh, class, we have a visitor joining us for the day, she's just here to observe, so be polite and courteous. This is a friend of mine, Miss Aralos. Most of you probably know her already."

I noticed Curly putting down his sunglasses in shock. "I'm sorry, what did you say her name was?"

"Miss Aralos?" Olga said.

"...interesting..." Curly said as he seemed to be tucking something... probably his cross necklace... under his neck.

"What up, people!" Sharlene smiled. "You know, you're lucky to have Miss Pataki here, a natural, perfectly a natural! But not to worry, if you have any questions, I'll be glad to help you!"

Olga smiled as she took Sharlene by the arm. "Excuse us a second."

Olga dragged Sharlene out of the classroom as we waited. We couldn't quite hear anything... well, none of the others could, but somehow, I picked up on what Olga and Sharlene were saying,

"Okay, how the heck did you even pass the principal?" I heard Olga say.

"I just went and asked him. Plain and simple." I heard Sharlene say. "You don't believe me, you can ask him during recess."

"I have a feeling there's more, but fine, fine. You can stay... just don't mess anything up. I had this job for a couple of weeks, and I'm not losing it now!"

"Of course not, Olga. I would never disrupt your class." I heard Sharlene say as they went back in.

"I hope you don't..." Olga said as Sharlene went to the back and sat down as she waved. Olga gave a warm smile. "Well, why don't we get started on today, shall we? Let me just call attendance..."

Class went on as usual, Sharlene wasn't a big disturbance (much to Olga's relief) and mostly, we were well cooperative. A couple of complaints from Harold once or twice, but nothing that Olga couldn't handle.

Pretty soon, it was time for recess as we walked out. Before I could go out, in the corner of my eye, I saw Curly run right past me as my eyebrow raised, out of curiosity.

"Wonder what HE'S up to." I said as I joined my friends.

"Probably just a Curly thing. I don't know if that's good or bad." Nadine said as she, Phoebe and Lila joined us.

"Probably bad, whatever it is..." Phoebe sighed. "I fear for all our lives if something happens..."

"I'm going to check it out, girls. You go ahead with your game, I'll catch up." I said as I started to go towards the direction where Curly was.

It was a little difficult to spot him, but pretty soon, I spotted him near a corner, talking to... Caroline?

I frowned in suspicion. Why would Curly associate with the popular crowd, especially Caroline? I had to take a closer look as I hid in some bushes and listened in.

"So be it..." I heard Caroline sigh. "Curly, you just need to follow exactly as I say, otherwise, suspicion may arouse."

"How?" Curly sighed. "All the changes that occurred are already too obvious..."

"A lot of red flags, too..." Caroline sighed. "But the matter is that you keep an eye on her, no matter what!"

Her? Who was her?

Curly nodded. "Easier said than done. I just hope she forgives me..."

"How many times do I have to tell you, Curly, the girl you know does not-" Caroline started before we suddenly heard the principal.

"Boys and girls, all of you better get inside immediately. We are currently going under a flood watch." Principal Wartz said through the microphone.

I looked up at the clouds. Looked like a bright sunny day to me...

"It's already starting, just do it! When she comes out, I'll find her! Just make sure she's on your sight at all times, no matter what!" I heard Caroline say before she started running in.

Curly smiled. "Easier said than done."

I heard quite enough as I decided to catch up with my friends. Only then did I notice the grey clouds rolling in as I caught up with them.

"This is particularily strange..." Phoebe said. "A flood watch?"

As soon as we were back in class, all of us looked outside as Olga noticed a lot of rain coming down. "I... don't remember there being rain in the forecast."

Sharlene, from nearby, yawned as she took off the earphones from the radio as she turned it on, the announcer saying, "Rain is in the forecast."

"Oh, be quiet." Olga glared at Sharlene as Mr. Simmons came in.

"Okay, is everybody here?" Mr. Simmons asked.

Olga quickly called attendance as we were all here. Mr. Simmons sighed in relief. "Oh good. Now, class, there is no need to be alarmed. We are currently under a flood watch, but it shouldn't be that bad. If the flood watch is not off by the time is school is over, we're going to have to stay in."

Harold raised his hand as Mr. Simmons turned. "Yes, Harold?"

"If there is a flood, and we're stuck in the school, what do we do?" Harold asked.

"Just be safe and don't panic, no matter what happens." Mr. Simmons explained. "Principal Wartz will keep us up on further updates. If there is going to be a flood, I'll give you further instructions on what to do. Until then, we're going to continue on our school day."

We were nervous, but we nodded as Olga smiled. "Okay, let's move on today to English..."

And so, throughout the rest of the school day, we proceeded as normal as I was with Nadine, Phoebe and Lila at lunch.

"Say, Phoebe, you're a science expert. In terms of weather, if there was a flood coming to Hillwood... how long would it be here for?" I asked.

"Good idea... my parents and I've seen a lot of news reports on floods and the effects on people..." Nadine said, nervously.

Phoebe paused to think about it. "I would say... probably at least a couple of hours or up to a day of flooding... I mean Hillwood does have a lot of storm drains around, they might dissolve the water in no time."

"Still, I don't think I've ever seen a storm as brutal as this." Lila said as we heard the lighting crack outside.

"Yeah..." I nodded.

"Say, Rhonda, did you figure out what Curly was doing?" Phoebe asked.

Before I said anything, Curly came by and said, "Hey girls, I'm just going to sit by you, thanks!"

I groaned as I mouthed, "Not when he's here!"

Phoebe, Nadine and Lila just nodded as Curly started eating his lunch.

"So... Curly... what have you been up to?" Phoebe asked.

"Oh, you know... same old, same old." Curly said as he munched on his banana.

"How's your... well, your doll?" Nadine asked.

"My what?" Curly said in confusion. "Oh, my sister? She's doing okay... ever since Lana Vail got caught, I've been feeling pretty good."

"Oh yeah... I forgotten about Lana Vail." I snapped my fingers. "How did she get caught?"

"She claimed to have no memory of the event, but I call bull on that." Curly said. "She was caught wandering around a street in confusion, wondering where the heck she was. She was put in jail, shall we say, for life?"

"Oh good." I sighed in relief. "Least we don't need to worry about Arnold being manipulated by her..."

Lila just looked at us in confusion.

Phoebe turned to her as she said, "It's a long, complicated and odd story..."

"I got time..." Lila smiled.

With that said, me, Curly, Phoebe and Nadine decided to fill Lila in on the whole story of how we rescued Tucker and... Curly's doll... who he claims is his sister.

Pretty soon, it was getting close to three o'clock as we looked outside. The weather looked a little worse for wear as we heard the principal speaking.

"Attention please. This is your principal speaking. The flood watch has now turned into a flash flood warning, so there will indeed be a flood... Unfortunately, it'll be enough to block the doors, so nobody can get out. Until the flash flood passes by, I advise everybody to stay inside until further notice. Fortunately, this flood will only be here for at least three hours, so as long as you stay inside, we'll all be safe."

As soon as the principal said that, we saw flood waters rising up to the windows.

"All your parents have been called and notified on the matter and they all know that you are all safe." Principal Wartz continued. "There will be dinner served in the cafeteria by grade every half-hour, so no need to worry about starving to death. Those who usually pay for lunches will not need to worry about having the dinner out of their lunch account."

Harold sighed. "Oh, thank goodness."

"Until then, stay safe and stay in your classrooms." Principal Wartz said as the announcer was turned off.

Olga nodded as she turned to us. "Well, you heard what the principal said. But don't worry, we won't be here forever."

"Miss Pataki is right. Think of this as a... additional study hall for three hours." Mr. Simmons said.

"I can work with that." Phoebe smiled as she pulled out her books and started reading from her books.

All of a sudden, the principal came on again. "Did I say three hours? I meant four. That is all."

Olga paused as she looked at us. "Make that four hours of additional study hall."

We then heard the principal coming on. "Uh, sorry, should have listened to the whole radio forecast. I meant to say we're going to be stuck here all night."

Every student was looking at each other, worried as Olga just facepalmed. "I should probably stop jinxing this..."

"Oh relax!" Sharlene smiled as she joined Olga. "That'll just mean we can spend the night here! Sleepover!"

Olga shook her head as she muttered, "Sharlene, no. Just... no!"

Mr. Simmons coughed. "Not to worry, class. Everything will be fine. As long as we stick together, we're going to be fine."

We the heard the principal coming on again. "One more thing, because of the circumstances, there will be no school tomorrow. Thank you."

The principal then turned off the mike as Gerald shook his head. "Could he not have said THAT first?"

"Okay, don't worry. Miss Pataki, Miss Aralos and I will be sure to keep an eye on all of you. As long as you stick together, you'll be fine." Mr. Simmons explained.

"All right... and if anybody has to go to the restroom, I'll be glad to escort you!" Sharlene smiled.

"Good idea, good thought." Mr. Simmons smiled. "Anybody having to go now, just raise your hands."

Harold was the first one. Sharlene nodded. "Just come with me, then."

Sharlene then led Harold outside as Curly sat down behind me. "I'll just... arrange seats right here, if that's okay."

"That should be fine, Curly." Olga smiled as Mr. Simmons nodded.

I groaned. I knew Curly had this crush on me, but I hate the way he looks at me. He's just going to plant one on my lips, I just know it. I turned to Arnold as I whispered, "You going to be okay, Arnold?"

"Yeah..." Arnold sighed. "I just wish I could talk to my grandparents myself to see what was going on..."

"Don't worry, we'll make it through the night. We always do..." I smiled.

I started to pause as I decided to go in my mind. "Hey Helga, you had this flood in your timeline, didn't you? What happened there?"

I was surprised when I heard nothing.

"Helga? Are you in? Hello?" I asked in my mind.

Again, I heard nothing.

Something was up. I had to go straight to sleep as I crossed my arms and started going to sleep.

I started traversing towards the door as I knocked on it. "Helga, where are you?"

It was then I noticed a note on the door. Curious, I picked it up as I read it.

"Dear Rhonda, currently hiding at the moment. From what, I can't tell you. Just... stick with somebody you trust, okay? No matter what happens, don't go outside all alone unless the situation calls for it. I'll talk with you later tomorrow. Here's hoping, Helga. PS, I know the flood is coming, same thing happened in my dimension... just be careful, okay? It's a perfect opportunity..."

I didn't understand. What did this mean? What was she hiding from? I suddenly found myself being shaken.

"H-huh?" I asked as I looked at Arnold, who shook me awake.

"They're calling us first for dinner." Arnold said as he got up. "Coming?"

I quickly nodded as I got up. I started following Arnold and the rest of the class into class.

"I'm so close to the food! So close, and yet so far away!" Harold cried as he was looking towards the closed candy machine.

"They only unplugged the candy machine." I rolled my eyes. "Which wasn't selling that good anyway."

I just shook my head as I went and got my dinner. Thankfully, the cooks and lunch ladies stuck around for making dinner... pizza made by them of course. They didn't make the BEST pizza, but hey, it was better than nothing.

I joined Nadine, Phoebe, Lila and... oh God, Curly... at my table as I sighed. "Well, at least it's not the end of the world."

"Yeah..." Phoebe smiled. "It sucks we'll have to be here all night, though."

"Look on the bright side..." Nadine smiled. "At least no school tomorrow..."

"I suppose..." Phoebe sighed.

It was then I noticed Curly was starting to get closer to me. I frowned. "Do you mind?"

"Of course not." Curly smiled as he clung onto me. I frowned.

"Curly, please get your arms off of me, or I will tell the teacher." I muttered.

"Nah, I think I feel better here." Curly smiled.

"Seriously, I am not joking." I glared.

"Come on, Curly, get off of her, please." Lila sighed. "She really needs her space."

"Okay, okay..." Curly frowned as he let go of me. "But this isn't over!"

All of a sudden, Curly got his arms around me again. Before I could berate him, I noticed Sharlene and Olga coming up.

"You girls going to be okay?" Olga asked, in concern.

"Nobody... needs a bathroom break or a water break, do they?" Sharlene asked.

"I think we're fine." Curly said as he clung on to me, squeezing me tightly. "Thank you!"

Olga then went down to my ear and whispered, "Do you want me to get rid of him for you?"

"Will you do that for me?" I asked. "Thank you."

"Curly, may I please see you about something?" Olga asked. "It's about an assignment you handed in."

Curly groaned, but sighed as he let go of me. "Fine. All right."

Curly then looked at me as if... in concern? Nah, it couldn't be concern.

Sharlene then sat with us at the table as she looked in between us. "So, girls... what have you been up to?"

"Oh, we've been ever so humble and good." Lila smiled as Sharlene examined her.

"Interesting..." Sharlene smiled as she turned to Phoebe.

"We've been working hard and studying together..." Phoebe explained.

"You don't say..." Sharlene said before turning to me.

"We've been handling our small NO PEOPLE assignments..." I explained, as I noticed Sharlene's eyes looked like they were examining me.

"Uh-huh..." Sharlene said as she turned to Nadine.

"Sharlene, why are you looking at all of us?" Nadine asked.

Sharlene paused as she said, "Oh, no reason. I just like hearing words, that's all."

Sharlene then nodded as she got up. "Well, it's great catching up with you girls. But I better make sure everybody else is working okay. Don't start any food fights!"

"We won't." Phoebe smiled as Sharlene got up and left.

"Food fights? Why would we be involved in a food fight?" I asked as Olga was carrying Curly back.

"Thanks, Miss Pataki. I actually didn't know about the whole bat origin." Curly smiled as he sat down at our table.

"That's no trouble." Olga smiled. "But to be serious, just try and behave, okay?"

"I try my best, Miss Pataki." Curly nodded as Olga left. Curly then looked around all of us as if in panic... then sighed in relief. "Good, everything's in order..."

Curly then shifted closer to me. "Where were we?"

"I think I'm just going to sit with Arnold..." I sighed as I went over.

Curly's eyes widened... before smiling. "No, no, that's cool. You stay with him."

I nodded as I went over to where Arnold was... sitting with Gerald and Stinky. "Hey guys... got room for another?"

Arnold gave a smile. "Go on ahead and take a seat."

"Thanks." I smiled as I settled myself in and turned. "So far, it seems we're not panicking..."

"Oh, I'm sure somebody is... somewhere." Arnold sighed. "I'm surprised you're remaining calm..."

"Maybe Olga has that type of power to keep us calm..." I mentioned as I noticed Stinky and a couple other boys from our class looking over Olga as she was talking. "I'm not sure why..."

Arnold sighed. "I think they're going through the same crush on teacher thing I had when Miss Felter was there... well, maybe it's a good thing it's that instead of us fighting."

"Yeah..." Gerald nodded. "It wouldn't have been healthy for us to be fighting."

"You said it..." I sighed as I continued eating.

It was around nine-seventeen as I sighed, looking at my books. By now, I've done about all of my homework, and I'm pretty sure everybody else was bored too. Curly was sitting behind me as he hummed a bit. He then leaned towards me as he whispered four words in my ear.

"Give Daddy some sugar."

My eyes widened. "EW!"

Everybody stopped as they turned to me, Olga asking, "Rhonda, is there something wrong?"

"Uh, no, it's nothing, Miss Pataki." I shook my head as I sat down.

"Okay, look, I know we're all tired, and I know we're all anxious to get home." Olga started. "I'm getting anxious too. Why don't we all try to get some shut-eye? I know it's going to be tough, but just bare with it. We'll be out of here in the morning."

"Good idea, Miss Pataki!" Mr. Simmons smiled. "I think we can all do with a little shut-eye. Just calm down and relax, everything will be back to normal by morning..."

We all nodded as we tried to relax and sleep...

I woke up a bit, with a need to go to the restroom. I noticed none of the adults were in and everybody else was sleeping. So, I decided to walk out for just a quick moment.

As I kept walking I felt the presence of an eerie silence as I was searching for the restroom.

I was about to walk onwards when I heard two voices... one was that of an old woman, and the other was that of a sarcastic kid. Curious, I peeked in... and my eyes widened.

I never seen the old woman before, but that kid looked like the same kid that took the boots I needed to give to Arnold for his Christmas idea. Out of curiosity, I tried to listen in as best as I could.

"You know why I'm here... just to have a little fun, you know?" I heard the little kid say in a sarcastic voice... though it sounded a bit adult than anything.

"Really..." the old woman said, this one with a British accent... come to think of it, hadn't I heard that undertoned British accent before? "Your past doesn't seem to equal the fun other people have in mind..."

"Oh, blah blah blah, you're old!" The kid rolled her eyes. "So I walk around, ruin a few lives, occasionally get paid... what's the big deal?"

"The big deal is the grudge you've been holding." The old woman explained. "You've been after her for... how many years?"

"You know it as well as I do!" The little girl growled. "And I'm not giving up! She will be gone by my hands!"

"Keep saying that..." The old woman rolled her eyes. "After all, I always triumph over you..."

I heard enough when I felt my bladder calling me to go to the restroom. I nodded as I started leaving, right for the restroom.

After I took care of my business, I was walking out, sighing in relief.

"Rhonda?"

I turned to see Sharlene coming over in concern. "Oh, hey Sharlene!"

"What are you doing out all alone?" Sharlene asked.

"I had to go to the bathroom, and none of you were in the room... sorry, I couldn't wait." I sighed.

Sharlene sighed. "It's all right, I suppose it can't be helped. I'll take you back to the room."

As Sharlene was taking me back, I peered into the room where I had spotted the kid and old woman talking... but oddly enough... they were gone. Did I subconsciously dream them when I was walking to the bathroom?

When we came back, I sighed as I went inside and got back on my desk as I got comfortable. Sharlene sat by and waited as I was about to go back to sleep... when I saw Olga and Mr. Simmons coming in, Olga worried. "Sharlene, wake the kids!"

"Easier said than done." Sharlene smiled as she turned on the lights and started shouting, "WAKE UP!"

Everybody else, except me, jumped up as we were all shaken up.

Mr. Simmons sighed. "All you had to do was touch them a bit."

"My way's easier." Sharlene smiled.

Gerald groaned as he asked, "What time is it?"

"Ten minutes to midnight. But that's not why we woke you!" Olga said in worry.

"Class, some of the water is coming into the school and it looks like it may be worse. The rain is starting to lessen, but some of the water is starting to come in..." Mr. Simmons explained as we all looked out.

"It's even coming in now!" Olga said as some water was seen rushing out. "Now, we all mustn't panic. All of you need to follow us to a higher classroom and stay there. It's not safe to hang around this area. So gather your things now and follow us."

We all nodded as we started getting our things and following the teachers (and Sharlene).

Pretty soon, we were in a higher classroom as Olga looked around. "Are we all here?"

We all nodded as Mr. Simmons quickly took attendance. Olga sighed as soon as he was done. "Okay, good! Don't worry, it won't be too long now..."

We all nodded as we got ourselves comfortable and ready to get back to sleep. We were all relaxing a bit as we sighed.

Before I could go to sleep, I heard Phoebe's voice.

"Rhonda?"

"Yes, Phoebe?" I looked up to her.

"You think this little flood education will do us better for the future?" Phoebe asked.

"Who knows?" I sighed. "But one thing is for sure... I'm glad I'm stuck in a flood with a few of my favorite friends..."

Phoebe smiled as she said, "Thanks, Rhonda. Night."

"Night, Phoebe." I sighed as I went back to sleep.

The next morning, the flood waters were starting to lessen a bit as the school wasn't nearly flooding anymore. Actually, the rain stopped around two in the morning, and, believe it or not, just as the flood lowered to under the window levels, we saw Arnold's grandfather and Mr. Kokoshka coming inside a little river boat to rescue Arnold and all of us... which we were gladly appreciative of, but we told them it wasn't entirely necessary since the flood was going to dissolve in about thirty minutes anyway...

Well, at least it was the thought that counted...

About thirty minutes later, it was safe to go outside and we were all rushing out in happiness. I sighed. No school today, and from what Principal Wartz told us before we left, no school tomorrow! I didn't mind this! It felt good to relax!

And there is episode one hundred and twelve! How was it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!