[Barrel POV:]
I took a deep breath. During this, I took a whiff of Shock's hair. It kinda smelled good. I felt too lazy to move or get up from my comfty spot. Although, I wasn't comfortable. Yet. I gripped onto Shock's arm and scooted closer so my feet weren't on the cold ground. I opened my eyes to see Shock with Lock. Nothing unusual. I closed my eyes and took another long nap. I was half asleep when I woke up. I felt Shock's arm. It was...furry? Soft. Opening my eyes, I realized something.
"Aaaaah! Werewolf!" I screamed, jumping to my feet.
"HUH?" Lock gasped barely opening his eyes and returning from deep slumber. He tossed his head back and slipped off the arm rest, landing onto the ground. I looked all around for Shock. She was no where to be found. There was only one explaination.
"It ate Shock!" I gasped. Lock tackled the furry creature and ripped it's head off.
"Shock? Are you in there? Say something if you can hear me!" Lock yelled through the it's ripped neck. I helped Lock digged through the body for lock.
"I didn't know werewolves had white soft blood." I said, feeling something soft and plush. I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head. It stung like crazy. It was Lock. Smacking my head with his hand that had incredibly long nails.
"Man, cut those things!" I snapped.
"It's stuffing, you idiot!" He snapped back. There was a mark on the back of my neck. It went through my skin. Only one thing came to mind.
"Shock!" We gasped in unision. I ran up to her room. We only had one extra room. Aside from the kitchen/weapon room and the first room you see when you walk in. The extra belonged to Shock. It was tiny. I climbed the narrow hallway. It had steps like stairs but walls framed the side. I opened her door. I searched all over. While searching under her bed, I saw something. It was a suitcase. I pulled it out. It labeled,
Boogie's Boys! Adventures and Junk.
Once a Boogie's Boy, Always a Boogie's Boy!
I ran outside her room, leaving her suitcase in her room. Lock had the same expression.
"Where could Shock be?" Lock asked, tapping his chin with his finger. Music came from Town Square. The question seemed to answer itself after that. We were tired of Jack telling us what to do. Now, he has corrupted Shock.
"Why do we care if Shock hangs out with Jack and Sally?" I asked, getting the tub.
"Because! If she does, she'll make promises about events. Not just promises. Pumkin promises! Shock always keeps her promises. Especially, Pumkin Promises! If she makes promises, she'll never have time for us." He explained.
"So?"
"We can't be Boogie's Boys without Shock!" Lock said. He helped me into the tub. Weird. He must be really upset. He carefully slided into the tub. It kinda reminded me of our Sandy Claws adventure.
Lock: Sorry Shock for all the trouble,
Barrel: But we'll be there right on the double,
We heard a scream coming from town square.
"Let's go!" Lock ordered, acting as if his plunger was a sword and he bravely ordered his trusty steed what dirrection it should go.
[Shock's POV:]
Angela let out a scream.
"Good." Our coach, Mrs. Howl, said.
"Okay, after Angela's brilliant demonstration, who knows what we're going to do today?" She asked. Twilight raised his hand.
"Uh, scream like complete idiots." He laughed. Angela punched his arm and he rubbed it in pain while laughing. Penny raised her hand.
"Today, is our scare test. We are assigned a group and we each try to scare them with whatever is in our bags." She explained.
"Nice. Looks like someone studied." Mrs. Howl turned to Twilight. "Lunch detention."
He snarled in reply.
"Angela, Penny, Katy, and...Shock. That's one group. Drake, Twilight, Shadow and Lloyd. That's another. One at a time." She sat down on her very, very tall chair. It was so tall. You could actually look down at us. Drake walked up to me.
"You may be a good singer but you ain't gonna beat me at this." He said.
"Pfft. Are you kidding? This is my element. Bring it on." I challenged. Mrs. Howl must've been easedropping. I noticed this when she annouced,
"Looks like we've got a challenge over here."
A giant light shined down on Drake and I. My friends gasped.
"What are you doing?" Drake grabbed my arm. "Don't you know what happens when you challenge somebody?"
I shook my head.
"It's too complicated. You can't handle it!" He warned.
"What are you trying to say? I can't handle it?" I asked, ripping my arm away from his grip.
"Trust me. It's too hard. No rookie could survive." Drake said. "Especially not a girl."
I couldn't believe my ears. Not a girl? What was that supposed to mean? I was mad, though.
"Then, I guess I'm about to make history." I growled. The floor started to rise. Two giant squares.
"You know the rules! Meet it or beat it." Mrs. Howl said. Drake looked at me with pleading eyes.
"Shock, trust me. I care about you." He pleaded. I looked down to see my friends. Twilight and Shadow were messing with them. Shadow disapeared and popped up behind Penny. He grabbed her wand.
"Give it back." Penny pleaded. Twilight and Shadow were tossing it back and forth. Katy was a dark angel but she had to earn her wings. She never did and Twilight made fun of her for that.
"Guys, quit it!" She ordered.
"Why don't you make us!" Shadow laughed.
"Maybe, I will!" Katy snapped. She hesitated and gave up.
"What? Are you a chicken? Oh wait, chicken have wings." Twilight teased. Katy looked down at her feet and sighed. Angela and Lloyd, a Boy that could transform into any hideous monster, were fighting.
"Ha! Nice cape, superhero." He joked.
"Shut up! It's tradition. My dad gave it to me after his rise to fame in the scaring buisness." Angela said.
"More like rise to lame!" Lloyd laughed.
"I'll kill you!" She screamed, tackling him to the ground. My friends all suffered. Just because they were girls. I looked back to Drake.
All boys are the same, I thought.
I looked down at the girls. Then at Drake. Then at Mrs. Howl.
"Meet it or beat it, kid." She exclaimed again.
"Meet it." I yelled. My voice echoed through the room. Angela stopped wrestling Lloyd. Katy stared up at me. Penny did, too.
"Shock, no!" Drake tried. His square moved aggressively. A square pushed up. Penny was on it.
"You know what to do." Mrs. Howl said. Penny pulled out a tiny book and her wand she recently got back from the boys.
"Uh...clothes spell. Got it!" She shoved her book into her back pocket.
"Okay. Change their charmer into strong armor!" Penny exclaimed. My clothes changed into armor. Girl armor. Stylish, too. Mrs. Howl shut off the lights and my armor began to glow. Neon colors. Drake stood next to me. He wore armor, too. We were in a staduim.
"You know the rules. Anything goes. Last one standing wins. Killing is allowed. If you earn a flag, you go to the next level." A voice annouced. No one was in the staduim. Except for my gymates. The boys on one side. The girls on the other.
"What!" I gasped. "Are we gonna kill eachother?"
"Choose your weapons!" The voice annouced.
I looked at Drake. His armor was strong and had stars on it. That ment he was a champion.
"We're not gonna do that, right?" I asked, backing away. Drake was serious. He grabbed a knub. He clicked a button and a fiery sword appeared. Drake narrowed his eyes and clicked on his glowing armor.
"Sorry, Shock. I'm not gonna shame the Cula name because of a girl." He growled. The lights in the staduim shut off. I quickly grabbed a knub and clicked the button. It was a lightning sword. Drake slammed his fire sword into mine. I fell to the ground but still held my sword against my chest. His was inches away from skin.
"Shock!" Angela gasped. I looked at them. It helped me boost my strength. I got up and slammed my sword into his sword and he fell on the floor.
"You never trust me, anyway!" He groaned, pushing me away.
"Why should I? All boys are the same, anyways!" I yelled before running to the wall.
"You shouldn't judge people on their past. You can only look to the future, Shock." He said, trying to catch his breath. A white flag appeared in front of us. It was like a mile away! Drake was already closer because he started running first.
"Run, Shock, run!" Katy yelled. I thought about the rules.
"Anything goes, huh?" I thought quietly but outloud.
"I want Penny to join my side!" I yelled. Penny appeared next to me.
"What the -" She gasped.
"Penny, freeze Drake!" I ordered. Clumsily, she pulled out her book and wand.
"Freeze, please!" She exclaimed and pointed her wand at Drake. He jumped up to grab the flag but remained frozen. I bolted towards him and jumped up to get the flag. I was too short. But Drake was almost there. I leaped onto him amd jumped up to the flag. I landed on the ground and rolled to my feet so I wouldn't add so much pressure onto my body. The white flag turned red. Drake fell to the ground and gasped for air.
"You can't do that!" He yelled, getting up and running to me.
"Why not? Remember. Anything goes." I laughed in a teasing tone. He was about to debate this but hesitated in the process.
"Fine. Anything goes." Drake replied.
"Level two. Prank round. Choose your weapons." The voice annouced.
"Ha! Child's play." I laughed. There were two bags. I grabbed one and it turned red. Drake grabbed the other. Inside the bag, was an egg launcher, foam gun, and some rope. Drake's bag was bigger than mine.
"I want the boys on mine team." He yelled. The boys appeared next to him.
"I want the girls with me." I shouted. Someone grabbed my shoulder. I turned around to see my friends. Angela grabbed the egg launcher and Katy with foam gun. I gripped the rope.
"What can I do with rope?" I asked outloud. Looking around, I realized something. Werewolves transform when they're angry. If they're furry, they sweat. Sweaty hands.
"That's it! Penny, make Twilight angry!" I shouted.
"Are you nutts!" She yelled, looking up from her spell book.
"Yup!" I laughed running to the bleachers in the stadium. Penny looked at Twilight.
"Uhh...you bite!" She gulped.
"Don't mind if I do." He bared his sharp teeth and leaped onto Penny.
"AAAAH!" Penny squeeled. Angela tackled Twilight before even touching Penny.
"You're so stupid, that you couldn't treat a paper cut in a bandage factory." She laughed. I smack my head with my palm in disapointment. As I through the rope up onto the light pole, I tied it real tight to make sure it didn't fall. Fearlessly, I climbed the rope until I got to the very top.
"Where are you flag?" I asked outloud, searching the stadium.
"Get him mad, Penny!" I yelled.
"Okay. Gosh. Twilight, you're so stupid, you wouldn't know the difference of a..." She said, thinking hard.
"For the love of Jack, the pumkin king, Penny! Gee wiz, man." Katy kicked Twilight where it really hurt.
"Not that mad, Katy." I whimpered. Twilight ripped his shirt and fur grew on his body. I grabbed the rope and positioned it near Twilight. Lloyd held Twilight back. Just as planned. I felt my shadow becoming bigger. I turned around to see Shadow. He pushed me off the light pole and I plummitted towards the earth. Shadow pushed the lights off, too. Drake was almost near the flag. Until he saw me. Falling off the pole. It was like fifty feet. He didn't hesitate. I was inches away from the ground. I didn't feel any pain. Opening my eyes, I realized he did it. I was cradled in his arms. He caught me. The lights fell behind me. I shut my eyes and came closer to lights missed by us centimeters. Shadow disapeared and grabbed the flag. It turned blue. Drake set me down. Shadow rubbed the flag in my face. Drake grabbed his neck.
"Are you insane! You almost killed Shock!" He barked.
"Remember. Anything goes." Shadow laughed. Drake lifted him up and threw Shadow on the floor.
"I can't believe it. You beat me. In my element. Pranking." I sighed.
"You beat me in my element. Fighting." He sighed. I couldn't believe it. I becoming soft. Nice. Girly! Drake helped me up to my feet.
"Level three. Final round. Scaring. Pick one player." The voice annouced. Shadow disapeared.
I looked at me team. Angela was tough but I needed scary. Katy was mean but I needed scary. Penny! She can cast spells but she wasn't really good with jokes.
"Penny." I yelled.
"Lloyd," Drake shouted. Everyone, except us four, disapeared. Lloyd formed into the most grusome creature you can think of. The white flag appeared. Drake had the same idea as I did but I didn't have time to think. Just do it. I bolted towards the end of the stadium. Lloyd became an opsticle. I was frozen with fear.
"This isn't a dare. My main idea is to scare." Penny recited quickly. Her monster was three times the size of Lloyd's. Drake gasped and backed away. Her eyes glowed with fire.
"Shock, don't look at her!" Angela and Katy yelled.
"Huh? Oh, yeah!" I closed my eyes and pushed Lloyd out of the way. Odds were against me. Until...
"Gotcha!" I exclaimed, jumping through the air and grabbing it. I fell flat on my face. I opened my eyes. I was in the gym. My armor was gone. I felt super sore. I layed on the floor groaning.
"You okay?" Drake asked, helping me up.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You won."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"How did we get back to the gym?"
"Don't you get it? We were all asleep. The stadium was an illusion."
"Yeah, but how?"
Drake pulled out some powder.
"This stuff. This is how we haunt kid's dreams." He explained.
"Cool!" I exclaimed. All my friends got up from the floor. They barely woke up.
"Shock." Mrs. Howl grabbed my shoulder and looked me straight in the eye. A small smile spread upon her face. "You passed."