Chapter 28: Fishy

Holly could only stare at her teacher, like the rest of the students in the room. Sam Spencer tried to say something but all that came out was a strangled „T-teac-", before he shut his mouth again. So, none of the 7 year olds chose to say or do anything. They could only… stare.

Because right there, in front of them, was a gigantic fish like creature with short blue curly hair, wearing a skirt and a tight blouse, as the fish seemed to only gasp and slap around its huge body on the floor.

"Was Mrs. Culpor always a…fish?" A little girl, Elizabeth, leaned slightly to the other kids (still staring) and whispered to which they all shook heads. They all stared at the fish in amazement, wonder and confusion as the poor woman- I mean, fish, was struggling to breathe.

"Maybe… Mum did once say that naughty adults get punished by life sooner or later." A chubby boy, James Holding said, to which each child stared at him in disbelief and horror, before turning their gazes back to the woman; ahem, fish.

"Did Mrs. Culpor do something really bad?" Holly asked silently, as she thought about all the bad things she- heck, her entire family did. Let's be honest, no one was a saint in their family. Did this mean that her (or worse) auntie or even uncle would turn into a giant fish with blue hair? The very thought gave her shivers.

They all turned slightly as Sam choked back a bit. "Oh no!" He yelled suddenly which caused curious glances from all the other children. "My dad smokes his pipe when mum's not home! And I-I promised not to tell." He almost started crying. "What if he turns into-into…that?!" A hushed and panicked murmur swept the group of children as they all thought about their parents. Some girls even started crying, while most boys bravely choked back their tears ("Only sissies cry!" Harry, the blond "bad boy" stated in a choked voice.).

"Oh, don't be stupid!" Mary, the prettiest girl in class, yelled. "My mum and dad had a divorce a year ago and they are still…perfectly…fine." Her voice hushed before she shook her head. "Besides, there's no such thing as adults turning into fish!"

"Then how do you explain that!?" Harry yelled back as whispers of agreement backed him up. Mary glared at Harry and simply pouted, but Harry grinned in victory and stuck out his tongue. Mary let out a frustrated cry as they started arguing in the background.

"Idiot."

"Sissy."

"Monkey head."

"Cry-baby."

"Moron!"

"Ugly duckling!"

"You know… I always imagined Mrs. Culpor as a turtle." Katherine, the ginger headed girl, commented as the verbal fight between Harry and Mary continued in the background. "Really?" Elizabeth wondered aloud. "How come?"

"Well…she's always so strict, but she's also very slow…" Which was true; the woman was such a slow reader she could put you to sleep if you weren't used to it. "And didn't she say she collected old shields?" Katherine added and Holly thought about it. Everything she said was true, and if she strained her mind a bit more she could clearly see a giant land turtle with blond curly hair, square glasses and munching grass in her mouth.

"…PIG NOSED!"

"NINCOMPOOP!"

"… I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!"

"WELL, IT MEANS YOU!"

Everyone in the classroom suddenly went quiet (Even Harry and Mary) as a giant puff of smoke surrounded their fish- I mean… right, fish. Everyone watched as the mist cleared and a giant turtle was in place of the fish, with blond curly hair, Mrs. Culpor's clothing and her glasses were hanging on its snout. The children stared at it before they all exploded into laughter.

The turtle (now actually able to breathe) very slowly narrowed its eyes, took a deep breath (agonizingly slowly) as all the children stopped laughing and stared at the turtle with bated breath, to see what it would say. Only for blades of grass to appear in the turtle's wide mouth to the children's (and turtle's) surprise. The entire class once again laughed uncontrollably before they all settled down.

"Isn't this exiting?" Sam voiced, his eyes filled with mirth. "What do you mean?" Holly asked, confused. "Don't you know what this means? We all have magic powers!" He bravely declared to all the children in front of him. Some of them laughed and snorted at the idea, but most of them actually believed him and they all soon started jumping up and down from excitement.

"Uh-Uh! What if we turn her into a giraffe?" A small girl asked as they all started imaging Mrs. Culpor as a giraffe. Not a minute later, a giant giraffe came into the turtle's place as its neck started spreading and actually crashing through the ceiling and into the upper floor.

The entire school seemed to shake a bit from the impact, as strangled screams and swear words were heard from the senior classroom upstairs, as a giant blond giraffe head came through the floor, its eyes spinning in circles, one of its lenses broken.

"Oh what about a hippo?" And so for the next 5 minutes, Mrs. Culpor turned from tiger to bat, as the "magical class" only laughed and transformed her into all kinds of animals. Only did it finally stop when the principle came to get them (with the police too) and instead of a dolphin, a dizzy headed Mrs. Culpor awaited them as she collapsed into the principal's arms muttering something about "Crazy kids… trying to get me… I quit!".

After Mrs. Culpor was taken into the hospital, the entire class explained what happened to the very disbelieving staff room. After they were asked to demostrate (which actually meant show, as they all soon found out)what they did, nothing happened anymore and the entire class shared confused glances with each other.

Nobody believed them when they left school; neither did their parents. But none of the children cared as they all secretly promised to do this again. Even Holly wasn't sure what happened- but one thing was for sure, she was finally making friends.

A/N: This is more of a fun bonus chapter. I was bored and angry so I decided to write a bit once again. And then I thought about posting it today, so here you all go. I hope you're happy. I thought about giving the story a more lighter mood from time to time; so I tried to explain a magical outburst situation (as you can clearly see, things got out of control) in a classroom filled with children.

I don't know why, but when writing about kids it's so much easier. :D