At lunch break Arnold went to talk to the only person who might be smart enough to help him. He found her reading a book in the library "Phoebe can I talk to you about something"?

"Of course Arnold" she whispered.

They went to a corner of the library far away from everybody else enough where they wouldn't have to whisper or be overheard. Phoebe asked "what is it you wanted to talk about"?

Arnold asked "first off what do you know about time travel"?

Phoebe answered "only that it's theoretical, no technology today can allow you to travel in time but in the future who knows".

Arnold asked "well let's say theoretically someone went back in time and changed something which he thought would make things better but instead made things worse".

Phoebe said "that's called the butterfly effect. It stems from the theory that a butterfly's wing flap can cause a hurricane somewhere else. It means the even the smallest change can have large effects. So theoretically what change were you thinking".

"A bully who torments you" said Arnold. "You go back to the day they decided to become a bully and offer them an alternative option. How big a change would that make"?

Phoebe said "it would depend on how big a bully they were. The world and people are full of opposites to create harmony there must be perfect balance. So if this person was a bully and now isn't someone else would have to take on their aggressiveness, or their self-importance. Perhaps different aspects go into the only person who already has the most of the aspect in their life".

Arnold asked "so theoretically keeping someone from becoming a bully might make two big ones"?

Phoebe said "theoretically yes".

"Thank you for your knowledge on the subject" said Arnold.

Before he left Phoebe said "we said theoretically a lot but I can tell by what you said this wasn't about something in a theoretical term. Can you tell me what you're trying to hide"?

Arnold paused and then said "I'm from an alternative reality. There I'm bullied everyday so when I found a time travelling door I stopped that bully from ever becoming a bully. At first everything seemed fine but now I'm not too sure. Four people are in real trouble they weren't be in back in my reality"?

Phoebe asked "I sense we're referring to the poor victims of Harold's and Rhonda's actions".

Arnold asked "you know about them".

Phoebe replied "the whole school knows about Snobbish Rhonda and Violent Harold".

Arnold sighed heavily and said "back in my reality Rhonda was still a snob but she had morals and Harold was still a bully but he had limits, and a conscience". He sighed again

Phoebe asked "and the bully who is no longer a bully is"?

Arnold said "Helga. I don't want to lose her friendship but I don't want to see others suffer as well."

Phoebe said "then maybe you could see if you can help them here".

After school Arnold decided to go to the hospital, he could go see Nadine, Sid and Helga. "It was nice of you to come see me but you didn't have to" said Nadine.

Arnold replied "well since I was coming I thought I'd come see how you were doing".

"Why were you coming".

"Harold was out of control this morning and Helga got badly hurt".

"I hope she's okay"

"Me too. I don't know why you put up with Rhonda".

"She's not so terrible, she must like me, she wouldn't ask just anyone to be her sidekick".

"But you got hurt because of her".

"Sure I'd love it if Rhonda tried to do something nice to make up for it but she'd never offer so what else can I do. Besides the doctors said I should get the cast off in a month".

Arnold frowned, Nadine was a total pushover but maybe he could talk Rhonda into treating her better.

A nurse led him to Sid's padded room as soon as Arnold attempted to

come closer Sid seeming frightened said "no, stay there, I can't let your germs get too close".

Arnold replied "Sid, this is too much, you're living in a padded room in the hospital, getting your food through a metal slot and even when someone comes in you won't let them get too close".

Sid said "oh I let them get close when they come to give me my spouge bath".

"Sid, the old you loved to play and roll around in the mud and the slime and you know what else nothing bad ever happened. The world is full of germs, you just have to accept it. You think I like knowing about things like bed bugs. What about all of the germs that live in air ducts? Millions of germs are pouring into your room every second. The world is full of germs Sid, you can't get rid of all of them. You need to stop worrying about them or you'll end up all alone, curled up in a little ball with nothing but germs in your life".

"I'm sorry Arnold but I can't stop thinking about them just waiting for a chance to grab me".

"Maybe but it's stopped you from living your life. Anyway that's all I wanted to say". Arnold could only hope his words could get through to Sid.

Now it was time to see Helga, she was sitting in a hospital bed watching TV. She didn't notice him in the doorway until he knocked on the door frame. "Hey Arnold" her whole face lit up when she saw him.

He came in and asked "how are you now".

Helga said "the doctors gave me some painkillers".

Arnold could tell she was upset about something so he decided to talk to her some more. "Did your parents show up earlier"?

She answered "no, but what else is new. I didn't really expect them to come anyway. Inga came but she left just before you got here".

Arnold asked "what have you done all day"?

Helga replied "x-rays, tests and sleep".

Arnold said "I paid a visit to Nadine and Sid".

Helga said "that's nice"

Arnold looked at the floor and came out and asked "what's wrong, I can tell somethings up with you".

Helga smiled nervously and said "Inga didn't notice but I guess I couldn't hide it from you. It would seem Harold went overboard this morning. The doctors said some parts of my body should be fully functional in a week or two. All except my arms, they got really badly hurt, neither one is broken but the nerves were damaged. It's uncertain at the moment, the nerves might fix themselves the doctors are going to take a look at the damage and if the damage is too severe for the nerves to fix themselves they might have to amputate".

Arnold's eyes widened he said "amputate as in…"

He couldn't finished so Helga finished it for him "as in chopped off".

Arnold said "it won't happen, it can't".