"You know, last night I had this awesome dream," Ditto explained to Gwen as the duo were walking on their way to school. "There was this giant squid invading town, and I was shocked to find that you were captured by that creature! I had no idea what alien I needed to take down that monster, so the bystanders gave me some suggestions. Finally I made up my mind, and on selection of the right alien, the dream was over, and that's how I woke up as an alien!"
"Whoa," Gwen replied, amazed at the slightest bit, "I starred in your dream?'
"I guess you did," Ditto replied. Then he had a few more concerns… "Gwen, do you think everyone in my class would be suspicious of me?"
"Ben, don't worry," Gwen reassured. "Most of the students have taken you by surprise by your so-called heroics. Don't worry, you'll be fine."
After a few blocks from their street, the duo were there – one young girl and her cousin-turned-alien, waiting at the school gate.
"Well, we made it just in time," Gwen commented, just after arriving at the school gate. Outside the area around the school, many of the students were playing games with each other, while some were commenting on how their school work is, and Ben's 'archbullies' (as they were termed) Cash and JT discussing on some of the ways to lay revenge on Ben (or in this case, Ditto.)
"Okay," Ditto muttered, trying to keep his confidence levels up. "Here goes."
The moment Ditto entered the school building and inspected the corridors, Ditto realised that all the trouble had just begun. Almost all the students in the school stopped in their tracks and stared at Ditto, wondering about whether it was Ben or someone else. Unfortunately, a school classmate had took notice of the Omnitrix symbol on Ditto's forehead and surprisingly recognised that Ditto was (as always) Ben Tennyson.
"Hey look!" the classmate shouted from the silence, while pointing at Ditto. "It's Ben! And he's one of his alien life forms!"
One of the school bullies, Cash, had not expected this – he did not expect that Ditto was one of the victims he liked picking on during recess!
"It's that Tennyson kid!" Cash commanded. "Let's get 'im!"
In a short time, all the students began racing towards where Gwen and Ditto are. Ditto was rather afraid of what would happen as of now. Of course he tried to escape from the rebellious crowd fixated on him, but it was a little too late. Ditto ended up caught under the weight of the crowd of students with only one thing on their mind; teasing Ditto for as much as they want.
Ditto began to try squirming his way out of the crowd, as the students held onto Ditto's arms and legs to prevent his escape. In fright, Ditto began screaming for help, afraid of what will happen later on.
"Somebody, anybody!" Ditto screamed, but it was no use. Almost all the students had no intention of listening to Ditto's pleas for freedom. The students chose to laugh at Ditto as they took turns on poking and tickling him for seconds on end. Ditto was about to expect the worst, when suddenly the schoolbell rang.
The students stopped pinching and tickling Ditto – they immediately placed Ditto down on the floor, then rushed to their school lockers in order to avoid being cautioned for being late to the class. Ditto got up off the floor, and tried to stand up. Gwen approached Ditto and helped him up on his feet.
"I knew things would've got out of hand," Ditto sighed, finding that today won't be a good day by the looks of things.