The fall of the Rummelsworth Empire
Chapter Two: The beginning of the End
The first week at Rummelsworth was a blur. Before and after school was something to forget, had that been made possible. During the weekend, Jessica confined herself to her room, soaking up every last minute of solitude. Until Monday morning that was.
Jessica entered the Dorms' Common Room, and saw Stephanie, who was sitting there, in front of the T.V, talking to Sylvie. 'First she makes fun of her, now she's talking to her? That must be her demented way of showing friendship.' Jessica thought.
"So, it's a good idea, right?" Stephanie said, almost purring.
"Yeah, sure…" Sylvie said, looking quite uncomfortable.
"Ah, Jessica. You've arrived just in time to hear my flash of brilliance!" Stephanie beamed, with a dash of devious smudged across her face. "You say this school's a mess, hmm? Well, I've concocted a sort of- solution, might you say."
"What are you talking about?" Jessica said, intuition kicking in. This solution didn't feel right.
"I'm talking about what you want. Aren't you getting tired in the least of people talking about you?" Stephanie asked. Jessica could've said a million things about that one question, but apparently it was rhetorical, because Stephanie continued. "Well, what if we could unite, if you will, all of the faction leaders? Wouldn't that be peachy keen?" 'Ugh, I know I am getting so tired of this voice.'
"And once we succeeded, we'd be recognized as the Heroines who uncovered this intricately designed way of bullying. And even getting to be on top of the school. Wouldn't that be smashing?" Stephanie stated.
"And how do we go about doing that?" Jessica asked, as an eyebrow rose.
"Just do as I say, don't ask questions and leave the thinking to me!" Smirked Stephanie.
Jessica thought about this for a moment, thinking it would be nice to have everybody get along. But she didn't trust Stephanie all too much. The first thought was winning her over though.
"So, are you in?" Stephanie asked.
"Sure." Jessica agreed, why she didn't know.
Stephanie told her that she would record most of the bullying, by using a voice recorder hidden on her. This seemed sensible enough for her to wear it, seeing as she was getting a majority of the sneering, the conversations stopping just to goad her.
"Once they start that, just respond neutrally, it'll baffle them for a bit, and it will seem like you've done nothing wrong." Stephanie said.
"But I didn't do anything wrong." Frowned Jessica.
"Exactly." Stephanie said, smirking.
They both decided that the Nerds would be easiest to obtain. So Stephanie sent Jessica on her way. At lunch time, Jessica walked towards where the Nerds sat. They all shared an eyebrow raise, once their conversing stopped. Jessica made a notion of sitting down, when a Nerd piped up;
"What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm simply sitting down to eat." Jessica said. Not liking Stephanie's plan one bit.
"You think because we're nerds, we'll accept anyone? Well guess again, we're not going to accept you, because you're weird." Said another girl.
Jessica was at the point of breaking the neutralism she promised Stephanie, but swallowed that pride and simply smiled at the Nerds.
"Well, maybe some other time then?" Jessica asked, still smiling. She hadn't realized that pretending was more work than she thought.
"Yeah, some other time. Call me when Hell freezes, all right?" a Nerd sneered.
Next, she was to try the Goth's. Then the Jock's. Then the rest of the little factions. All with no luck what so ever. She got the same response wherever she sat, well tried to sit. Stephanie wasn't impressed in the least. Jessica was to try again until one of them came around.
Having no idea what was going on, Jessica continued obeying, for reasons unknown, Stephanie. Jessica decided that she wanted nothing to do with this. Instead of going to eat lunch that day, she went to the Study Hall, to do some recreational reading when she saw her. A nerd looking rather frenzied. Jessica seemed to have startled her.
"So you must be the new girl. Everyone's talking about you." The girl stated, as if she hadn't noticed herself.
"Oh yeah, so what are they saying?" Jessica asked, rather irritated.
"Nothing, just that you're friends with that sociopath Stephanie." Stated the Nerd.
"Oh, well. You're all tensed up, what's eating you?" Jessica asked, deciding to take the leverage being handed to her. The Nerd was in a vulnerable state.
"Well, I have to get my lunch and books, but the Goth's are standing in front of my locker. Because of my social status, they're bound to beat me up if I ask them to move."
"Oh."
"OH!? What do you mean 'Oh?' Because of them, I'll be late for my Chemistry class, which results in a tardy note sent to the office, which scars my record. And not eating my lunch will result in my learning abilities to drop by fifty-percent!! This will make me lose all concentration, causing me to fail Chemistry all together. And failing Chemistry will mean I will never get accepted into a good college and I won't be able to find a cure for cancer! How can you say 'oh' to that when-"
"Okay!! Okay… I'll help you get your things." Jessica said, baffled at just how vulnerable the Nerd's mental state was. "Jeez, you really are a nerd."
"Sorry…" the girl said.
Walking towards the school with someone else besides Stephanie felt almost surreal. On the way, the Nerd introduced herself as Ivy. When they got to Ivy's locker, they were greeted by four Goth's standing there. Ivy stood back while Jessica made her way towards them.
"Excuse me." Jessica said, clearing her throat.
"What." A Goth said, eyeing her coldly.
"I said excuse me, or are your ears so heavily pierced that you didn't hear me?" Jessica asked, she was tired of everyone acting all high and mighty over her.
"What!" the Goth practically yelled.
"I rest my case, now, if you'll excuse me." Jessica said, trying to make her way to the locker.
It all happened so fast. The Goth's stood in her way, one of them pushed her into another Goth. That one decided to punch her gut. Jessica turned around and threw a rock-solid uppercut at that Goth, ripping out one of the many nose piercings in the process. That Goth fell down screaming at the sight of her blood, while another Goth tried to round house kick her from behind, but Jessica dodged it without turning around, and let a kick fly towards that Goth's face. In that one maneuver, all the Goth's were lying there half-coughing , half-crying; the other two Goth's tried to punch Jessica from either side, but when Jessica ducked, they landed their punches on each others faces.
Ivy stood there, completely astonished at what she just saw.
"I-I … whoa." Ivy stuttered. "Where'd you learn to do that?"
"Do what?" Jessica asked, quite baffled at her own actions.
Chapter End Notes:
Well, this story is slowly becoming a lost cause. Reviews would be HUGELY appreciated! :D
On the other hand. I'm kind of liking how it's sort of coming along…in its own vague way. I'll put chapter three up anyways.
