Chapter 6 - Under Attack
When the principal called Jess and Leslie they both shared a scared look and walked in his office and sat down on the chairs. The principal tried to ignore the fact that they both smelled very bad and that they were covered in garbage and soap.
"Scott and Gary told me a story of what happened and I didn't buy it at all. So what's your excuse for this mess, Mr. Aarons." said the principal.
"Well, sir, during lunch time, i saw that Scott and Gary were up to something. When I went to throw away my garbage, they held me by my arms and threw me on the floor. They had covered the floor with soap and i slipped all the way to the garbage bags that were ready to be taken out. When Leslie was coming towards me to help me up, they pushed her too and she slid and banged into me. Then I got up and suddenly I was very angry from what they did to Leslie, I mean what did she ever do to them. So we started fighting." said Jess
"And apparently you won" said the principal with a very serious look on his face.
Jess looked at Leslie then realized that she didn't do anything wrong. Why was she getting punished too.
"Sir, why is Leslie here too. She didn't do anything wrong" said Jess
"Well you didn't think I would let her stay there all alone and let everyone laugh her" said the principal and he gave a small smile to Leslie.
"So what punishment will you give Jess for defending me, sir?" asked Leslie.
"Nothing really, I just brought him here so I can know the true story, but i will have to give you a weeks detention for fighting. There are other ways to settle things. But you should consider yourself lucky, because your punishment is not nearly as bad as the one i gave to Scott and Gary. They used all the soap from the boy's bathroom and they made a huge mess in the Cafeteria. So I told them that they will work, until all the damage is payed for and after it is all payed for, they will be suspended for a week. So you two should clean up, because your next course starts in ten minutes" said the principal.
"Thank you for not giving a Jess a big punishment, sir" said Leslie
They left the office and they headed to there lockers, which were right next to each other.
"How are we going to cleaned up. I don't have any extra clothes with me and how are we going to get rid of the smell." whinned Leslie.
"It's ok, I brought some extra clothes. Two jean and two shirts. I hope you don't mind wearing guy clothes?" said Jess
"It's ok, I don't mind at all and why did you bring this much clothes to school." said Leslie.
"Well, I kinda had a feeling they were going to do something, so I just brought some just in case." said Jess. Leslie smiled at him, gave him a hug and went to the girl's bathroom to change. When they were both changed, they put there dirty clothes in a plastic bag and headed for class. They had the same class again, but this time they weren't in the same class as Scott and Gary. They sat down next to each other and the bell rang. The class had begun.
Jess tried to stay awake, but he was very tired and his fist were hurting from the fight. He couldn't help it anymore, so he lay his head down on his desk and went to sleep.
Beginning of dream
Jess was standing in the middle of the tree house in Terabithia and someone appeared in front of him. It was Toori.
"My Lord, the followers have struck again. They are attacking a small village not far from here. I sent for the warriors as you order and they are fighting off the evil creatures as we speak. Please hurry, we are greatly outnumbered." said Toori
"Try to hold them off as long as possible. I will try to arrive in a maximum of 1 hour." said Jess
Then he felt his arm shaking by himself and he woke up.
End dream
It was Leslie who was shaking his arm and woke him up. When he became conscious again, he thought that the teacher had asked him a question, so he got up and said "What was the question again?" But he realized that everyone was going towards the buses outside. The class was over. He picked up his book and he too headed outside. In the bus, Jess told Leslie about the dream message that Toori sent him.
"O no, we better hurry if we want to save them" said Leslie in a worried tone.
"Don't worry, we'll make it, and besides, the warriors are fighting them off." said Jess
There was a moment of silence. The silence was broken by a question Leslie asked.
"Hey Jess, where did you say you put the sword of Terabithia? You know the one I gave you?"
"O I hid it in the tree house." said Jess
Leslie suddenly gave Jess a slap on his arm.
"Are you that stupid!" said Leslie.
"Oww, that hurt! What did I do wrong?" asked Jess while rubbing his arm.
"What if they attacked the tree house, how were you going to get the sword?" asked Leslie.
"Good point, but then where do you want me to hide it? I can't just wake in my house with a big sword attached to my waist." said Jess
The bus had stopped. It was their stop. They got down from the bus, threw their bags aside and ran towards Terabithia. When they arrived at the bridge, Leslie stopped Jess.
"Jess, you could hide sword here" said Leslie and she pointed at a tree on the right side of the entrance of the bridge. It had a big part of it torn out, but it made it like a small hole which was the exact side of the sword.
"Cool. So this is were I'll hide it from now on!" said Jess
They started running towards the tree house. When they got there, they climbed it, Jess opened the big box in which it was hidden and when he turned around he saw Toori.
"Hurry my Lords, the village is at the brink of destruction." Jess climbed down the tree house and him and Leslie started running after Toori, who was guiding them to the village.
When they arrived at the village, they saw something that they did not expect to see.