School Shock

AN: Ah! Stupid phone! Somehow, it has deleted every single note in my e-mail! I had to re-type this so it's horrible! I didn't even do anything. I was reading one of them and then everything seemed to be sucked into a horrible vortex! Well, maybe not that bad... but still! I want my notes back! I tried to get them through my tablet without WiFi but to no avail. I had 43 of them. Sob! );

Reviews could make me smile. And I better end this silly author's note, huh? :P


'Come to the janitor's closet at 2 bells for the ultimate dare... if you can handle it.'

"Okay, soon, it will be two bells. By then, the lesson would have ended and I can quickly get it over and done with before it's time to help Ruby set-up the decorations. Right now, just focus on the lesson." Iris whispered to herself, even as her lackluster attitude for Maths spilled over to a dreary expression on her face. She just couldn't forget the words written on the mud-stained letter. Besides, with the way the teacher' monotonous voice droned on and on, she would have even focused on someone eating popcorn.

Iris couldn't help but begin to swing her feet under the desk. Oh, why couldn't this be a flying desk? Then she could just do some loop-de-loops to pass the time. Or maybe it could be attached to a roller-coaster. She better ask Mr Mumbles to help her for that wild ride.

She sighed as she rested her cheek against the palm of her hand, stealing a glance at her seat buddy.

Ruby, like the quarter of the class, was assiduously copying down the notes on the whiteboard. However, she was the only one with a smile on her face. The cyclops couldn't help but wonder how Ruby managed to be the happiest girl in the world. Maybe right now, the perky goth was thinking about the party.

Ruby's meeting with Principal Alucard went really well and he was more than happy to let Ruby use the school hall as the party venue. RIP was willing to do a forty-five minute set. The red-haired girl had even asked some of the clubs to help her and all of them agreed. The Art Club had provided an assortment of decorations, ranging from streamers to party poppers. Cupcakes, chicken wings, punch and other yummies were on the menu thanks to the Cooking Club. (And Skull Boy who had suggested these food items, claiming that they were 'magnifique')

A shadow loomed over her and Iris didn't notice it until she felt a sharp poke coming from Skull Boy's direction. She slowly lifted her eye. There, standing in front of her, was Miss Lycanthropes. Her face was contorted in an angry scowl as she glared derisively at Iris through her sickly yellow eyes. Her fur stood up in attention as she screeched at Iris,

"Your exercise book is completely blank! Expand this equation! X plus y bracket square! "

"Er... my handwriting is kinda small..."Iris gulped.

Before Ms Lycanthropes could howl in rage and unleash her terror, she was interrupted by the sweetest sound in the world.

The clanging of the dismissal bell reverberated through the hallways of the lifeless school.

"No!" She growled.

"Yay!" Half the class cheered.

"Okay?" Some echoed blankly, trying to rub the sleep out of their eyes.

In no time, the lethargic faces of the students lit up and they sat-up ramrod-straight, their eyes piercing into the teacher's.

Once she gave them the signal, everyone sprinted towards their lockers, getting ready for the party.

"Finally, I thought Maths would never end." Iris whooped as she dashed straight for the canteen. While she pumped her legs furiously, she pressed a green button on her shoes. Suddenly, springs were added and she began to bounce.

"How did she...?" Ruby gasped.

"Hehe... D and T. I had finished all of my projects so... yeah." Skull Boy chuckled nervously.

"Yeah, it's just as good as my spring shoes. This baby is gonna be a whole lot of help... right after I do something. Don't worry, it will only take an hour or so. You guys go ahead and have your lunch! See ya!" Iris managed to say before disappearing to the other hallway, leaving the skeleton and human in shock.

"Did Iris meet someone?" Ruby wondered aloud.

"Maybe. Or she wants to check out the clubs available. She would want to go for the adventure course. Such a shame, we need someone to help gather berries of ze freshest kindz for our Berry Merry Cake. It's the berriez that make up for the horrible batter." Skull Boy drawled in his heavy French accent.


Iris really couldn't believe that she was here.

Sure, being a girl with itchy feet, she had explored every inch of the planet. The land, the sea, the air, the pillow land that was rumored to be missing, Iris had been there and done that. But this was one area Iris didn't want to explore. Of course, she was going to chicken out now. She ain't no scaredy cat... or was it Scaredy Bat?

The door was cracked open a little bit. She peeked inside and when she was sure that nobody was there, she snuck in. It smelled like an old, wet, mildest mop. Her nose wrinkled and she had to resist the urge to gag. And so, she waited.

For five minutes.

Suddenly, the dark room was engulfed with a dim, yellow lighting and along with the lights came four figures. She saw the familiar mud monster that was known as Terra.

"So you did come." He chuckled.

"Yeah, here I am! Now, what's this dare? Is it bungee-jumping? Wrestling a lion? Tight-roping? Juggling? Or all of them?!" Iris squealed.

"No, it's just getting out of a maze." He admitted.

...

"With booby-traps?"

"Nope, it's already a maze but, you gotta solve a puzzle to unlock doors. Answer wrong? You get a painful landing somewhere there."

"Nah, I'm quite good at landing." She said dreamily, reminiscing the times she made 'perfect landings that somehow involved landing head first or on people and buildings.'

"We'll see. Mind you, you can always call us when you get two scared."

"Me? Hah! Good one! Bring it on... wherever this maze is... where is it?"

Smirking, Terra leaned against a wall. Without warning, they were swiveled around on a large rotating panel underneath the floor so that they came out on the other side of the wall... facing a long, long pathway, with hedges lining at its side.

"Right here."