Circle Daybreak Preschool- Chapter 25- The Plan

Howdy ya'll! Yes, this story has been extremely neglected. As usual.

Sorry.

In case any of you cared, my grandma is doing much better. She was approved for long term care and now we can resume our lives!

I've switched schools because my old school was too much un-wanted stress and I'm adjusting fine.

And I've gotten a cruel sense of satisfaction now that all my old 'friends' feel guilty about my sudden switch.

So yeah, it's been going good. I know that's no excuse for not updating, but good things come for those who wait ;)

And I'm out of school now, actually, so I REALLY have no excuse for updating. LJ Smith is a bad influence- eh, Dani? ;D

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And I've certainly kept you waiting long enough.

Thanks to Nessa for the beta! And now I can no longer look at the gorgeous James Diamond without thinking of your epicness.

Now without further ado, Circle Daybreak Preschool!

"What did you guys do during the show?" James asked.

Jez and Morgead exchanged smirks.

Morgead pulled a folder out of his backpack. Why they were required to bring them, no one knew, but whatever. "We did this."

James's gray eyes widened as he started at the elaborate plans on the wide ruled paper. "What… is it?"

"The ultimate prank." Morgead smirked.

"We're going to get rid of Iliana. Once and for all." The looks on Jez and Morgead's faces were truly devious, and James had to control the urge to vomit.

"What did Iliana ever do to you?" James asked slowly, choosing his words precisely. One wrong move could set Jez and Morgead off.

"Caused me severe head trauma." Jez answered.

"Not as much as she's gotten, but it's enough." Morgead shrugged and stared at the plans; a maniac glint is his green eyes.

"Dude, did Jez really put crack in your juice box?" James asked.

"I don't drink juice." Morgead sneered.

"Then do you-," James glanced at Poppy who was deep in a conversation with Phil about the best way to convince their mother to make chicken nuggets for dinner, "- feed off a druggie?"

Morgead scratched his head. "It's a possibility."

"What about you?" James asked Jez.

"What about me what?" Jez replied innocently.

James, who now just wanted to get out of the stifling bus, rolled his eyes and slumped back in his seat next to Poppy.

"Then we'll beg and plead some more, then she'll probably give in." Poppy nodded, seeing it all in her head.

"Poppy, you know you just planned two hours worth of begging and pleading for chicken nuggets for dinner, right?" Phil asked.

"It'll be worth it." Poppy assured him firmly.

"Sure…" Phil turned and tried to strike up a conversation with Blaise again.

"So uh… Thea is your cousin?" Phil asked.

"Yes." Blaise blew a bubble with her bubble gum.

"Cool." Phil looked around the bus awkwardly, as if a topic of conversation was hiding there.

"Oh, God, Maggie, I can't breathe." Miles smiled affectionately at Maggie and tried to pry his sister's arms from around his middle.

"Sorry! It's just so weird to see you during the school day!" Maggie giggled and Delos huffed, jealous.

"Yeah, then we'll get home and start fighting." Miles ruffled Maggie's auburn hair.

Delos huffed again, louder.

"We will not!" Maggie leaned away and crossed her arms stubbornly over her chest.
Delos perked up; selfishly hoping Miles upset her so Maggie would come sit across the aisle with him again.

"We will too." Miles gentle laughter brought Maggie out of her stubborn state and smiled at her brother.

"Dude, how do you do that? Every time Mare gets all stubborn on me I have to do what she wants or else she won't do anything. One time she didn't come out of her room all day because it was 'my turn to vacuum'." Mark rolled his eyes. "It was totally her turn."

Miles shrugged. "I guess I just have a better relationship with my sister."

Mark narrowed his eyes. "I have a great relationship with my sister thank you very much." He turned back around and sulked next to Jade.

"Is this making you want to puke as much as it makes me want to?" Sylvia scowled and sat next to Delos as Miles started tickling Maggie.

"Yes." Delos growled.

"Then let's start operation 'Get my Neely'!" Sylvia exclaimed.

"Nah, I think I'll pass. I don't like you." Delos told Sylvia frankly.

Sylvia turned beet red and stuck her nose in the air and slide over the aisle and sweetly asked to talk to Miles, alone.

Maggie didn't look happy about being separated, but silently went back to her spot next to Delos. Not without bumping Sylvia's shoulder as she went.

"Kids! Please stop getting out of your seat!" Elizabeth yelled over the roar of the bus.

As if they all shared one brain, all the trouble makers (you know who they are), got up and ran to take each other's spots.

"Sup Mary-Lynn?" Morgead grinned at her after claiming Ash's spot.

"Nothing much Morge." Mary-Lynnette replied. "How are things?"

"LOUD!" Morgead yelled dramatically. "I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING!"

"I KNOW THIS BUS IS LOUD!" Jez called, five rows ahead.

Mary-Lynnette chuckled and then asked, "What did you do during the show? Because I know you didn't watch it."

Morgead opened his mouth to speak, happy to tell anyone who'll listen about the plans with Iliana, but then thought better of it. Mary-Lynnette was a goody-two-shoes and would no doubt find a way to interfere.

Morgead shrugged. "Slept."

Mary-Lynnette seemed satisfied with this reply and started to gaze out the window.

"You're boring." Morgead said about five seconds after Mary-Lynnette fell silent. "What does Ash see in you?"

Morgead shook his head and climbed over the back of the seat and plopped in between Thea and Blaise.

"You're neglecting Eric," Morgead clucked his tongue at Thea and climbed over the back of their seat.

He slid next to Eric, who was sulking and staring at the back of Thea's head.

"You look like you need a pal!" Eric jumped and scurried to the window to make room for Morgead.

"No," Eric shook his head. "I really don't."

"Well too bad! I know this annoys you and I haven't done that lately!"

"You are annoying me." Eric said, in the hopes of Morgead now leaving him alone.

"But I'm not annoying you, according to my standards." Morgead grinned wickedly. "So are you ready?"

Eric pinched the bridge of his nose, knowing this was not going to be good.

Morgead stood on the bench. "Are you ready to rock Eric?" He yelled, turning quite a few heads.

"Oh, dear Goddess." Jez's head slammed into the seat in front of her.

Morgead opened his mouth and began sucking in a large amount of air when the bus suddenly stopped and Ms. Elizabeth called, "We're here!"

"What?" Morgead yelled. "I haven't even started yet!"

"You can sing to Eric in the classroom. Now get going." Elizabeth told Morgead and started conducting the kids of the bus.

"Kids are crazy these days." The bus driver mumbled to himself as Quinn gave Rashel a piggyback ride off the bus.

"I didn't feel like walking." Rashel explained lazily to Lucky at his questioning look. "And he is my slave for a month."

Quinn almost dropped Rashel. "I'm not your slave! I'm just your… employee."

"Yeah… No. You're my slave. Or you could be my evil minion and wear a yellow jumpsuit all the time."

"Yellow?" Quinn was too surprised to object to being a slave. "Why yellow?"

"Yellow is an evil color." Rashel muttered darkly.

Once backing the classroom, everyone was buzzing with annoyance.

"Why did we go and see that?"

"I would've rather been dragged five miles by an SUV than go see that abomination."

"Could we please go see something else next time, Ms. Elizabeth?"

"And can we not bring the pedo next time Lizzy?"

"Can I have a doggie bag? I think I'm going to hurl just thinking about it."

"I'm hungry. But I don't know how the heck I can have an appetite…"

"Oh, oh! Lets go to the zoo next time!"

"We practically just came from the zoo! All those people in those stupid costumes…"

"Hey, are my ears bleeding? I wouldn't be surprised if they were."

Elizabeth listened to these comments as she sat at her desk, rubbing her temples. "Next year," She began loudly over the chatter, "most of you will be in kindergarten. And you'll go somewhere else next year."

There was silence for a moment… Wait for it… Wait for it…

"MOST of us?" Hannah repeated. "Most of us are going to kindergarten? People are getting held back?"

The students exchanged sickened looks. One more year with Iliana, undoubtedly? The didn't know if they could handle that…

"Well we know Mary-Lynnette's safe, that's for sure." Mark rolled his eyes. "I assume Morgead is too, just because I wouldn't want to teach him for more than one year…"

"But who would not be going on?" Galen asked. Slowly… all heads turned in Iliana's direction.

"You guys are so mean! Blaise is so smart!" Iliana crossed her arms over her chest.

"They aren't looking at me, they're looking at you." Blaise rolled her eyes.

"The only time you weren't upset someone wasn't looking at you, eh Blaise?" Ash called across the room.

"Shove it." Blaise scowled. Ash smiled sweetly back.

"But there's gotta be more than one person not going… She said most of us…" Maggie pointed out.

Everyone began thinking again. And this time all heads turned towards Jade.

"No, Jade has all B's." Elizabeth called, still at her desk.

Heads turned towards Delos. Ms. Elizabeth made no comment…

The next day, the kids were still gossiping about who was going to get held back. Their curiosity burned as bright as Mary-Lynnette's usually was, which meant she was dying to know.

Honestly, they wouldn't be surprised if she became obsessed with this puzzle.

In the commotion of the day… No one noticed the blue slip of paper slide silently onto Iliana's desk…

Phase One was in motion…

Jez and Morgead arrived at school, looking cheerful and anxious. No one knew why they were so happy… Until Iliana walked in the door…

… Trying to create the sense of anticipation…

…Ladadedumda…

… I'm a little teapot, short and spout! Here is my handle here is my spout…

Completely decked out in a Tinkerbell costume, Iliana bounded in the room, her violet eyes seemed to be popping against her glimmering green eyelids. Her small body looking oddly natural in the small green dress and green flats. And in her hand was a wand.

"She is such a poser!" Jade spat. Everyone knew green was Jade's color. Iliana could have any other color, but green was Jade's.

"Why is nobody else in a costume?" Iliana asked after five minutes of pure laughter.

"Iliana… What are you talking about?" Elizabeth took her hand off of her involuntary smile.

"I got this flier yesterday." Iliana handed Ms. Elizabeth the blue sheet that had been placed on her desk.

Elizabeth skimmed over the flier. She had to admit whoever did this was good. "Oh, well. It's just a prank Iliana."

"Oh… Well that's okay. I wanted an excuse to wear my Tinkerbell costume anyway." Iliana turned on her heel and skipped to her desk.

Jez and Morgead sat there, mouths hanging open, looking absolutely furious. Iliana wasn't humiliated! Why wasn't she humiliated?

Meanwhile, Thea and Blaise where pointedly looking in any direction besides Iliana's. That wand was a disgrace to all the witches. Even if Iliana was supposed to be a fairy.

"C'mon, Jade. It's not that bad. At least she can't pull it off like you can." Mark was turned around in his seat, trying to comfort a still wounded Jade.

"Save your breath." Ash snorted. "When someone 'steals' her favorite color… Well, we'll be glad if she talks to anyone by dinner." Ash snorted.

"Is it really that big of a deal to her?" Mare asked.

Ash nodded. "Practically everything she owns is green. She loves that color. It's going to be horrible when she grows out of it."

"Why?" Mary-Lynnette asked.

"Because, then we'll have to get everything in that other color." Ash rolled his eyes.

"How long do you think she'll stay attached to green?"

"Give or take another six months."

"You know," Gillian told David, "I really like this class, but I wouldn't want to wake up one day and find out that in a dramatic twist, I'm one of them." 'Them' refering to the Harmans and Redferns.

"I'd just hate to be connected to one of them in any way." David shuddered. "Not that I don't like them… They're just… off."

"Oh, you've got no clue, buddy." Morgead laughed.

"So shall we initiate Phase Two?" Jez asked.

"Not, yet Jez… Let's wait until the next chapter…"

"Sucks for the readers."

"Yes, yes it does."

Well, I'm ending the chapter here. Obviously. Five pages; not bad. Not really good. But it's decent.

Sorry for the delay!

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Bye!

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