If anyone is confused, the camera that Linda had was smuggled in! Cameras are not aloud at the orphanage!
"Boo!"
"What are you doing Matt?" Mello asked without looking up from his book.
"BOOO!"
"Matt."
"Oh come on Mello! Be scared!" Matt whined.
"I'm not going to be anymore scared of you under a sheet anymore then you without it." Mello bit into his chocolate and flipped a page in his book. Matt sighed and ducked out from under the white sheet he had been covered with.
The classic ghost costume.
"Did you ask Roger about the holes before you cut the sheet?" Mello asked, indicating the two eye holes Matt had cut in the new white sheet. Matt shrugged "I'm sure he wouldn't mind."
"I seriously doubt that, but it's your choice." Mello muttered through his chocolate. Matt smiled, eying the chocolate "Do you ever give out chocolate on Halloween?"
"No."
"Aww."
"Did you really need to ask?" Mello raised an eyebrow as he turned to look at the gamer. Matt flopped down on his bed with the white sheet covering the lower half of his body "No, not really. Does the orphanage do anything for Halloween?"
Mello sat up and closed his book "Unkind most kids, we have two Halloweens."
"Hmm?" Matt's ears perked up "Two?"
"Correct." Mello fetched a new bar of chocolate before he explained "On the thirtieth we do the trick part of the phrase trick or treat."
"What? Like students play tricks on each other?" Matt's lips turned into an evil grin. Mello smirked "Not just the students, the teachers often join the fun."
"What about the other day?" Matt asked "We get treats?"
"Yes. Students just go around the orphanage and collect candy from the teachers, other students, and other staff."
"Do you usually take part in these activates?" Matt asked eagerly, sitting up to stare at the blonde who's smirk grew more pronounced. Wordlessly, Mello nodded. Matt gapped at him. "You do?"
"Only prank day," The chocoholic rested his chin on his fist, an evil gleam in his eye. "I take part in that every year."
"Really?" Matt grinned. "Are you any good?"
"He's the master."
Matt and Mello both looked up at Linda and Pavel skipped into the room.
"Sure come right in," Matt rolled his eyes. "Not like we care or anything."
"Yeah, yeah." Linda waved him off with a grin still on her lips. She dropped down on the floor between the beds while Pavel stood beside her.
"So Mello's a master?" Matt asked.
"Oh yes!" Linda's eyes glowed brightly. "He's famous for his pranks! Some people even want him to prank them, just to see if they can avoid it!"
"Cool!" Matt exclaimed.
Pavel chuckled with a shake of the head.
"What?" Matt asked warily.
"You will not be thinking it is so cool when the day comes." Pavel grinned. "He's your roommate."
"Yeah but Mels would never pull a prank on me!" Matt smiled over at Mello. "Right Mels? Mels?"
"Of course not Matt," Mello said with an evil sweetness. "I would never dream of it."
Yeah, Matt was dead.
"So," Linda leaned onto her back and grinned up at Matt. "I'm guessing your going to do some pranks right?"
"Course!"
"Want to be on mine and Pavel's team?"
"You can have teams?" Matt glanced at Mello who smirked. Linda nodded. "Yeah. Up to four to a team and no, Mello has never been on a team. He's the legendary lone wolf."
"The best part and the worst part about the pranks," Pavel added, finally sitting down next to Linda "Is finding all the materials. We can't go out in buy any, obviously, unless we sneak out. But all students agreed last year we wouldn't do that. So we have to use the materials we find around the orphanage. We also have to do the clean up."
"So," Matt checked his laptop for the date, "We have about three days to get everything we need?"
"Also to plan pranks." Linda added.
"Right."
"Can you talk about this somewhere else?" Mello intervened. "I want to be surprised."
"Prepare yourself Mello!" Matt leapt up and pointed a finger at the blonde "For we shall prank you into oblivion!"
"I look forward to it," Mello said lazily with a small smirk "I hope you prove to be worthy competition."
Matt grinned and grabbed Pavel's and Linda's hands "Let's go!"
-Rules of the Pranks-
The prank can not cause serious metal or physically injuries. Medics will be prepared for any minor injures.
No pranks many be pulled during lunch break but breakfast and dinner are fine.
The pranks will start at 12:00:01 a.m on October thirtieth and will end at 10:00:00 p.m.
Students will attend classes but pranks may be pulled during said classes.
Every person is eligible to be pranked or to prank another.
No permanent damage can be done to property.
-Enjoy-
A loud buzz filled the hallway as student by student read the rules Ms. Resnerp had posted. Matt read the rules til he memorized them then drew back to stand with Linda and Pavel, who were going through a list of materials.
"We still need the pencil shavings," Linda bit her lip. "We can get those from a classroom."
"What about those buckets we found?" Matt asked " Did you get them from the closet yet?"
"No." Linda muttered.
"I did," Pavel took the pencil from her and crossed out buckets on her little list. "Fire will not find them."
"Okay." Matt scanned through the paper. A nice list. Good thing Matt was friends with the cooks.
"I think," He said slowly. "that we should be ready by tonight."
"Want me and Pavel to finish up now?" Linda asked. "You've left Mello alone to long."
"It hasn't even been a half an hour yet!"
"Your the one who said we had to keep close tabs on him!" Linda scowled. Matt sighed. "I know, I know. I'm sorry. I'm going now, good luck."
Matt ducked around a couple of students and ran back toward the dorms. He had to ninja leap over one student when he was going down a flight of stairs because the kid was carrying a huge earth project, but he got back to room thirteen without any serious injuries, and burst into the room with heaving breaths.
"Hi Matt." Mello greeted, taking a bite of chocolate.
"Hi Mello." Matt greeted, straightening his clothes and trying to look cool as he walked over to his bed "What's up?"
"Nothing." Mello answered "Where's Pavel and Linda?"
"I don't know!" Matt's eyes widened "Why would I know? That's absurd! Stop making assumptions! Where is your face?"
Mello raised his eyebrows, his lips twitching up into an amused smile "I'm just asking. No need to be paranoid."
"I'm not paranoid!" Matt denied "Your paranoid!"
Mello rolled his eyes and took a chuck of chocolate off his bar "Tomorrows the prank war."
"What? Prank war? WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A PRANK WAR?" Matt spazzed. Mello chuckled "Matt I know you, Pavel, and Linda are preparing for it. Chill"
Matt dropped on to his bed "I'm perfectly calm."
"Hmm..." Mello smirked "Your not going to beat me Matt."
"We'll see about that."
"Oh?"
"I'll bet you."
"What?" Mello blinked.
Matt grinned and scooted onto the edge of his bed "I'll bet you... ten dollars and a chocolate cake that my team will be able to pull at least one prank on you."
"Alright." Mello grinned "Deal."
They shook hands, a gleam in each of their eyes.
"Prepare for pain."
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12:00:01
Matt sat bolt up right as the sound of a scream spilt the silence of the still dark night. He threw back his covers and together, with the woken Mello, ran to the door.
Outside people were appearing in doorways looking scared. Matt glanced around, everyone seemed uninjured.
Only Linda's dorm room door wasn't open.
"Linda? Lily?" Matt banged on the door.
No answer.
"Hello?" He called, slamming his reddening fit onto the wooden door. He reached for the handle and turned it with a quick twist.
It slowly creaked open to reveal a goo covered Linda and a pale faced Lily. Matt gasped and ran over to the green covered artist. She was mouthing wordlessly, her eyes wide.
"I-it just suddenly c-came down! F-from the c-ceiling!" Lily stuttered, looking scared "S-she was up late finishing a p-painting. I-I think she's in shock!"
"Hey Mello get a towel or something!" Matt checked to make sure that the painting wasn't damaged before he tried to snap Linda out of her trance.
"Mello?" Matt repeated after a moment when the blonde still hadn't moved.
Mello was smirking, his eyes gleaming "Happy Halloween Linda."
And so the games begin. (*evil smirk*)
"I can't believe he got us so soon!" Pavel hissed, walking next to Linda who had recovered from the goo attack and wasn't, to put it simply, pleased. Matt nodded, walking carefully in case of wire traps "Well, you did say he was the master."
Linda scowled "He usually waited a bit longer."
"He just wanted to freak us out." Matt said as they entered the breakfast hall. People were just sitting down, eying each other warily. Even friends become enemies in the time of the prank war.
"Think he attacked our food?" Matt muttered, poking his peanut and jelly sandwich carefully. Good thing motion bombs would cause to much damage. Pavel carefully took a bite of all three of their sandwiches.
"I do not taste anything odd in them."
Matt tasted the drinks. They were fine to and he told them so.
"Hmm, maybe he's waiting till dinner." Matt shrugged and began to eat his sandwich.
"AHHHHH!"
Matt's head snapped up to see a group of kids on the ground, writhing.
"Are they okay?" Linda jumped up in alarm. A small crowd formed around the twitching students and Matt's group joined them. It was June, Fire, and Percy that were on the ground, their faces screwed up.
Matt stuck his finger into Fire's half eaten sandwich and licked his finger.
"Gah!" He feel to his knees, holding his throat "S-sour!"
In that little lick Matt had tasted more sour then he had ever had in his life. He's lips scrunched up and his tongue was on fire. June, Fire, and Percy had all taken large bites of their sandwiches. They had paid the price for not being careful.
"Did Mello do that?" Matt asked after violently washing out his mouth. The crowed had erupted with laughter once they realize that the three twitching students were not dying. The crowd had broken up still chucking but everyone was done with breakfast.
"Must have been," Linda muttered "or who ever did the prank would have laughed the moment those three fell."
"It was pretty funny." Pavel snickered. Matt grinned "Yeah it as. But it could be us next! Come on we need to set up our first prank before class!"
Pavel left first. Matt followed about five minutes later then Linda joined them two minutes after. Pavel grabbed the ladder they had hide in a near by closest and a bucket full of a secret surprise. Matt check the class room for signs of life before he nodded to Pavel.
"We've got three minutes tops." Matt checked his watch before he began setting up the ladder "That means we've only got one shot at this!"
"Right!" Pavel agreed, speeding up the ladder, bucket in hand. Linda waited at the end of the hallway on guard duty. Matt held the ladder in place while Pavel balanced the bucket on top of the slightly open door.
"Have you ever hit a teacher?" Matt asked, eyes searching the hallway.
"No," Pavel muttered "But we almost did."
"Has a teacher ever been hit?" Matt asked, curious.
"Done!" Pavel leapt off the ladder and quickly him and Matt folded it up.
"It doesn't look very sturdy." Linda frowned but Pavel rolled his eyes "Of course it is not sturdy. It is suppose to fall! And yes Matt, a teacher has been pranked. By the lord himself."
"Mello pranked a teacher?"
"Several exactly." Linda corrected "now come on, we need to get out of sight!"
She took Pavel hand and ,with Matt following, dragged him around the corner where they could watch the entrance without being seen.
Now, the bad part about a classroom prank with such small classes is that you can't be picky. Either a June or West or Lily would walk under that bucket seeing as the teacher was usually late. That was unless some random student stupidly went under it.
"Victim in sight." Linda grinned as West rounded the opposite corner, a book in one hand and the other behind his head, He was a sitting duck with a sign that said: Geez please just come and kill me with pranks!
"Hey West wait!"
Lily ran into sight and West stopped to wait fro her. All three pranksters groaned "Hurry up!"
Lily took the lead as West resumed walking.
"Poor Lily." Linda said. Pavel nodded, a grin plastered onto his face. Matt felt guiltier hitting her then West but hey, cross Mels and you deserve it.
Crash!
Lily screamed as two pounds of maple syrup dropped right onto her head.
West dropped his book and ran forward. He threw the bucket off of Lily and it splattered the walls with sticky syrup.
Lily was still screaming which was impressive seeing as she probably had a lot of syrup in her mouth...
"I think that's a record." Linda muttered, checking her watch. Pavel burst out laughing and Matt had to clap a hand over the blonde's mouth to muffle the sound. Which was hard. Because Matt was trying not to laugh himself.
"D-did you see her face?" He wheezed as he snickered and tried to drag Pavel down. Linda giggled and the three made a hasty retreat with Lily still screaming behind them.
They escaped into an empty classroom, slamming the door behind them.
Then they laughed and laughed till their throats were raw.
Matt was clutching his gut as tears spilled from his eyes and Pavel was bent double laughing soundlessly and clapping like a retarded seal. Linda was laughing the loudest and was on her kneels, clutching her reddening face.
"Ahem."
Nothing but laughter.
"AHEM!"
"Crap." Matt chuckled as he raised his head to see Roger standing in the doorway, tapping his foot. The three erupted into a new barrel of laugher at the sight of the old man.
"Although 's injuries are minor!" Roger yelled over their laughs "Something like that could have done worse damage!"
"S-sorry sir." Linda giggled. Roger glared at her "You don't sound like it."
"I'm sorry sir but," Linda began to crack up again "Did you h-hear her screaming?"
"Indeed I did." Roger muttered but no one heard him over their new fit of laughs. The old man rubbed his temples and turned away from the room "Get to class! All of you!"
"Y-yes sir." Matt bobbed his head, still snickering.
"I-i feel kinda bad." Linda giggled as the three staggered up, using walls for support "I mean, that's gotta suck!"
"She should have been more careful," Matt grinned "I mean it's prank day. If I was her I would have pushed someone else through the door first just in case."
Linda snorted and had to cling to Pavel to keep herself up "Y-your so cruel Matt!"
Matt shrugged and Linda laughed "We'll see you two later!"
She ran off to her class while Pavel and Matt wearily approached there first class. Matt carefully pushed the classroom door open and leapt back, prepared for anything. That included nothing.
"Hurry up please." Ms. Resnerp called from inside and Matt carefully shuffled in with Pavel behind him. West was sitting in his chair, acting like nothing had happened. Both June and Lily were missing.
Ms. Resnerp was standing by the door, taking attendants.
"Pavel and Matt are here." She muttered as she checked their names off and shooed them toward their desks. The two carefully examined their desks before they sat, looking nervous.
Ms. Resnerp sat down in her chair. Riskily not checking it but nothing happened.
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"I'm not sure if I can take much more of this." Matt groaned as he sucked down his lunch. Linda and Pavel nodded, looking ready to drop as they ate like there was no tomorrow. And at the pace things were going there wouldn't be.
One period had gone smoothly but West and Pavel had been hit with about ten buckets of water that had been masterly placed on top of the science room door. They had been arguing about who would go first and ended up shoving each other through the door way. Pavel had a lump on the back of his head the size of a small elephant and West was sporting a nice bruise on his. As if that wasn't bad enough Matt was hit with a bouncy ball machine gun that a couple of younger students had set up. It had pelted small rubber balls at Matt till he had managed to get away, books raised for protection. Art was a war zone. Pavel had had about ten gallons worth of paint dumped on him by Mr. Lee. He had managed to avoid the other five buckets aimed at him by diving under a table but the damage was done. Everyone ad got some paint on them but Pavel was soaked. A couple of students who had been in on it had cornered Pavel and hit with the frailest feather pillows ever. He looked like a large chicken by the time the bell rang.
Mr. Alset was even worse. He had be bolted every students desk. Only two people fell for it however, seeing as everyone was as paranoid as a criminal with Kira on their tail. But someone by the name of Mello had loosed Mr. Alset chair so when the laughing teacher sat it fell out from under him. Same with his chalkboard when he put the smallest bit of pressure on it. Matt stared at Mello throughout the whole lesson, watching for suspicious movements. Mello got him, though. After Matt was called up to the fallen board to write out Washington's birthday he sat back down and made the fatal mistake of no rechecking his desk.
When the bell rang and the rest of the class stood to leave Matt found he was glued to his chair. To make mattes worse a group of kids ran in moments after the bell and almost drowned him in a slimly mixture that smelled so bad Matt wanted to puke. Linda and Pavel came to his recuse how ever when he hadn't shown up ten minutes into lunch. Linda was covered in something purple and Pavel was still looked like chicken but he did seem to walking strangely but Matt REALLY didn't want to know what happened there.
They were ambushed by a two person team with bottles of perfume that they smashed at the threesome's feet. The smell caused them to gag and cough while their attackers ran.
In the end the three dragged themselves, wheezing and coughing, in to the safety of the lunch room.
Lunch. The only prank free meal.
"What is that purple stuff anyway?" Matt asked, indicating Linda's purple clad self. She sighed "Plum juice, purple dye, grape peels, and I think some glue."
"Ouch." Matt cringed "That won't be coming off soon."
"I know." She whined.
No one in the lunch room was in a particularly good state. Everyone had something on them and some students were missing due to minor injuries that need tending and others had gone to no doubt set up their next trap.
"Alright," Matt swallow his last bite of food "Let's go."
The other two nodded and left without preamble.
Here came their main prank.
Matt began to butter the floor and Pavel and Linda prepared the traps above. Matt used up more then twenty sticks of butter but finally the trap was ready for action.
The three slid back to the dining room and joined the crowd just as lunch break ended. Everyone looked nervous and refused to walk in front as people went to their fourth class of the day.
Linda, Pavel, and and Matt paused as the crowd entered the buttered zone. A couple people stumbled but didn't fall.
"Release." Matt grinned and Pavel hit the button.
Gallons of water gushed down on the crowd. People screamed as the water hit them.
"Release!" Matt shouted at Linda who hit her button.
Bag fulls of pencil shavings rained down on the heads of the screaming people. They tried to run but slipped and fell as the butter took it's effect. Once someone fell they stayed down. With so much butter, no one had a chance off getting up without crawling. The water was all used up and the shaving had stopped falling and everyone was on the floor.
"Whoo!" Matt gave high-fives to his two partners and they clapped him on the back.
"Fascinating."
The threesome spun around to see that Mello and Near were standing there, watching the scene with upraised eyebrows.
"Mello!" Matt smirked "Feeling left out?"
"No in the slightest."
"Don't worry Mels," Matt grinned "Your time with come."
Mello smirked and watched past the gamer and onto the buttered floor. Near followed, stepping carefully over the bodies of groaning students. Mello gracefully neared the end of the hall without stumbling and grinned back at Matt scowled "Just wait Mello!"
"Bring it." The blonde replied before he disappeared into his classroom.
Mrs. Acissej class passed without incident and Math was canceled because the teacher was sick.
Mrs. Mik's class however was a mad house.
Mello had sent a virus into everyone's computer and now every computer was blasting opera music that was so high pitched a couple of students fainted. Matt was to busy covering his ear to try to disable the virus. Mello was wearing ear plugs and smirked at Matt as the volume of the singing grew louder and with it, the screams of students.
When class was over Mello was the first out of the room, easily dodging a bucket of water someone had placed above the door.
"What happened to you?" Linda asked when Matt came out of the class, shaking slightly. Her and Pavel were waiting outside the door for him each looking a bit worse then earlier.
"Mello," Matt explained in one word "What happened to you guys?"
"We both got hit with porridge that some kids were throwing." Pavel muttered, wiping a bit off of his face. Linda glanced around "Now that classes are over the tricks are going to get even worse. I say we don't let Mello out of our sights."
This might have been easy... if anyone could find Mello
After checking every dorm and classroom, they checked the dining hall and kitchen.
"Only place left in the library." Matt sighed as they approached the book filled room. They spread out to search. Matt looked in the back, Pavel the front, and Linda the middle.
"Where are you?" Matt muttered.
A scream halted his searching.
It was a girl's scream.
"Linda!" Matt called, running toward the sound. He collided with Pavel along the way but they scrambled up and ran together. When they found Linda she was on the floor no longer screaming. In fact, she was laughing her head off.
"Lin-?" Then Matt saw it.
"BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He fell to his knees beside Linda along with Pavel.
"Is that really necessary?" Near asked, his face impassive.
"Oh my god Near!" Matt laughed "D-did Mello do that?"
"Yes."
Near's hair was a bright, neon pink with purple spots.
"Wow." Matt wheezed "I can't ha believe he thought hee of that! H-he really is the hee master!"
"How are you going to get him back?" Linda giggled.
"I don't plan on getting him back."
"Really?" Matt asked "I mean, he dyed your hair pink!"
"With purple spots!" Pavel added causing Matt to crack up again.
"I do not take part in such immature activities." Near muttered, skimming a finger along the spines of different books "Now, if you have no business here I suggest you leave."
"Is Mello in here?"
"No."
"Well then I guess were done here." Matt grinned "Bye pinky."
The dinner bell rang and the three looked at each other, scared.
"Well," Matt swallowed "Here goes nothing."
Now, the smartest thing to do was probably just not go to dinner. However, that was also the most cowardly thing to do and Matt, Pavel, and Linda were no cowards. They walked into the dining hall were other stupid brave souls were waiting, testing their food carefully.
Matt stuck his tongue carefully into his spaghetti and tasted nothing strange. His drink was fine too so he began to slowly and carefully munch on his dinner. Everyone else seemed fine.
"You guys okay?" Matt asked his partners who nodded. Everyone was glancing at each other, wondering what was going to happen.
"Something has got to happen." Matt muttered "This is the only time were all tog-"
Then he saw it.
A face at the dining hall's door window.
It was smirking.
It was Mello.
"Shit!" Matt screamed "Run for cover!"
In that moment, it began to rain fish.
Carp, herring, sardines, sun fish, Catfish, Clown fish, Puffer fish, Pike, Rainbow fish, and some fishes Matt couldn't even name rained down upon the head of screaming students.
"I'm going to kill you Mello!" Matt roared as a couple of anchovies smacked him right into his face "I swear I will!"
Matt could see Mello's laughing face outside the door and Matt tried to run toward the door but slipped over some fish slim and was bombarded with trout.
The fish stopped after about three minutes of sheer torture. Now the smell hit them.
"Ugh!" Matt ducked his nose under his striped shirt "That's disgusting!"
Pavel was coughing so hard he looked ready to throw up.
It was clear dinner was over.
"Retreat!" Matt croaked and he and the rest of the students ran for the exit, coughing and gaging.
"Okay, so that was awesome." Linda coughed "As in the prank."
"Yeah," Matt slapped at his nose "It was pretty impressive. But we need to concentrate."
"Hard to do that when all I can smell is rotting fish." Pavel muttered, fanning the air. Matt nodded in agreement "Let's get back to my dorm."
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"Okay. Ideas?"
The three were in a small huddle on Matt's bed. Mello was no where to be seen.
"I think we should put something in with Matt's chocolate." Linda huffed. Matt laughed "Okay that's a possible idea. Anymore?'
"Hmm..." Pavel bit his lip "How about dunking water on West's sheets?"
"Sure." Matt shrugged "We need anther Mello one though... hmm..."
"Put a mouse trap in his bed." Linda grumbled "We found that one trap in the attic."
"Alright. After that let's just try to survive. Okay br-"
The door opened and Mello waked in. Everyone snapped their heads around to look at the blonde.
Mello simple walked over to his bed, drew a hammer out from under his pillow and walked out without a word.
"Okay... that's kinda scary." Matt said, eying the closed door.
"Yeah..."
"Annnnyway," Linda blinked "Pavel you get the water and me and Matt will go look for something that looks like chocolate."
"Right." Pavel saluted then jumped out of the room.
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"So the watering of the the bed is done correct?" Matt asked Pavel who did a short bow with a loud "Yes!"
"And the mouse trap is in the bed?" Matt looked at Linda who inclined her head. Matt grinned in satisfaction "That only leaves messing with the chocolate. Linda give me the bag."
Linda tossed the bag she and Matt had taken from the kitchen and the gamer slid a box of candy out from under Mello's bed. In the bag was a piece of tofu wrapped in dried seaweed. Mat and Linda have dipped it in chocolate and let it hardened and it now resembled the chocolate in Matt's box. It was slightly larger in size but there was no much anyone could do about that now.
"Well if we're done I'm going to head make to my room." Linda sighed "I just wish I could see Mello's face when he gets hit with the trap."
"Me too." Pavel sighed "Matt, you have to give us a description later!"
"Right! Hey Linda," Mat turned to the artist "Do you mind if I come with you? I want to check on Lily seeing as it is our fault she wasn't in class today..."
Linda shrugged "Sure."
The three pushed the door open and Matt was hit with a face full of clay. He chuckled and wiped it off "Whoops."
Linda rolled her eyes and tested her dorm room carefully before she pushed it open.
Alright, have you ever had the feeling that your life is in danger because of one of your best friend? Well, if you have you might understand what Matt is about to be going threw when Linda pushed open the door and saw her paintings.
They all had large black sploshes on them. Some were covered completely in the dark paint and some had taunts written in red. But the thing that was the worse was the one word finger painted in white: -Mello.
"GAH! LINDA STOP!" Matt held onto the door frame of room thirteen's door as the red eyed artist tried to ram by him.
"I'LL KILL HIM! I SWEAR I WILL TAKE HIS NECK AND SNAP IT! THAT BASTERD!" Linda screamed throwing all her weight against Matt, again and again.
"Mello's probably not even in here!" Matt called but the girl didn't care "I'LL DESTORY ALL HIS STUFF! EAT HIS CHOCOLATE AND TEAR UP HIS HOMEWORK!"
"You'll end up breaking my stuff too!" Matt cried as his hands began to give way. Linda rammed against him again "STUPID BASTERD! HE'S DEAD!"
"Pavel help me!" Matt called to the russian but the blonde shook his head "I'm smarter than that Matt."
"LET ME THROUGH MATT!" Linda screamed, Matt was holding on by fingers now and his muscles were screaming louder then Linda.
"Linda."
"YOU!" Linda roared, her flashing eyes turned on the chocolate loving blonde that stood in the hallway, smirking. Linda leapt at him but he ducked out of the way with a laugh.
"You've gone a bit to far Mels." Matt said as he watched the laughing blonde duck and dodge attack after attack. Mello smiled and caught both of Linda's fists and pinned her to the wall "Don't worry Linda, your paintings are fine."
"WHAT?" Linda snapped, kicking at his shins "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE FINE? THEY'RE COVERD IN PAINT!"
"No, those are just random canvases covered in paint."
Linda froze "What?"
Mello chuckled and pulled away from her "Their just random canvases. Your real art is up in the attic covered with protective wrap."
"WHAT?" Linda screamed, grabbing him by the shirt and shaking him violently "You mean this was all just a prank? YOU SCUM BAG?"
"Yes," Mello nodded "So please let go of me."
Linda looked more murderous then ever and Matt had to run in to stop her from strangling the smirking chocoholic.
"GET. THEM. NOW!" Linda roared as she fought against Matt's grip. Mello shook his head "If you want them get them yourself. It took be almost an hour to get them all up there."
Mello was still smirking when he slipped back into room thirteen while Linda glared daggers at him "That two faced-"
"Pavel could you please go get Linda's paintings?" Matt asked as he struggled to restrain the artist "I'll see to it that she doesn't kill anyone."
Pavel ducked his head then ran off to the attic.
"I can't believe he did that." Linda growled "And I can't believe I completely fell for it!"
"Don't worry about it." Matt sat the girl down on her bed where she glared, sulking, at the wall. Matt sighed and patted her back "I'll move the paintings out while Pavel gets the real ones. Just sit here and don't break through any walls."
Linda sniffed but didn't reply as she contracted on glaring a hole into the blue painted wall.
Matt made a pile of blackened canvases while Pavel carried in the real ones, grunting under the weight of some of the larger ones. Linda just sat on her bed, a scowl plastered on her face.
"Chill Linda." Matt laughed once he had finished "We'll get him back. What with the chocolate and the mousetrap."
"What if he avoids those?" Linda scowled. Matt shrugged "It's not like he did any really damage to you."
"Only my pride."
"Well I'm heading back to my room." Matt patted her on the back "Try not to lose it."
"Right." She muttered, curling her arms around her knees and glaring at the door. Matt chuckled and left with the idea of a long hot shower in mind. He was covered in so any gross substances it wasn't even funny. But then again...what would be the point of a shower if he was going to get hit with more stuff by the end of the night...
It was eight-o-clock so Mello and others had two more hours to hit Matt with everything they had.
So Matt met up with Pavel and together they walked through the halls. That would be safer then being in their dorms where they were sitting ducks.
"I think this has been one of the most eventful Halloween we've had so far." Pavel mused "Although last year was pretty insane. It was on a weekend so Mello had a bucket of dirty water over every single door and each time one fell it was replaced instantly. I thought I was going to drown."
"Wow, that sounds fun."
"For Mello, maybe."
Matt chuckled "I bet clean up isn't very fun, huh?"
"It's terrible. But most of the time it's worth it unless you didn't pull a single prank. Then you would have to help clean up something you never even took part in" Pavel pulled a face. Matt shrugged.
"And then- AHH! STOP!" Matt froze and Pavel had to grab his shoulder to keep the gamer from falling. A wire trap was shining brightly in the light from the hall and Matt had almost stepped on it. Matt carefully stepped over it.
"AHH STOP!" Pavel screamed again and Matt barely notice a second wire that had been set up just in front of the first. It was much harder to see.
"The first one was a decoy." Matt whispered and carefully stepped over the second one "A trap within a trap."
Pavel let out a sigh of relief.
Bang!
Both of them were instantly pelted with foam balls from the ceiling. If not for the sheer number of balls the trap would have been harmless but at least fifty of the bright yellow balls crashed down on Matt and Pavel.
"GOD MELLO!" Matt shouted. Pavel stumbled up "He must have been preparing for this all year!"
Matt kicked a couple of balls across the hall "So much for being safe!"
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9:30
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9:45
"I think there's a worm in my butt." Matt grumbled, shaking dirt from his hair and picking out some worms from his red locks. Mello smirked from his perch on the window as Matt closed the door. Matt glared at the spotless blonde who clearly had evaded every trap aimed at him. As Matt watched him the blonde held up a stick with a triggered mousetrap on it.
"You found it?" Matt scowled. Mello grinned "I saw it mile away."
"Also." Mello continued and Matt let out a groan "you found it too?"
"It's as thick as a brick," Mello laughed, holding up the fake chocolate "I can't believe you thought I would fall for it!"
Matt sided and dropped onto his bed.
He sank right down into it.
"Jello?" He asked with a groan.
"Pineapple flavored." Mello grinned. Matt sighed and let the back oh his head sink into the jello that had replaced his mattress. The minutes ticked by and Matt just listened to the final screams of the night as people were hit with the last of Mello's pranks. He turned his head to looked at the clock just as it's red numbers clicked from 9:59 to 10:00.
Mello sighed and pushed away from the window "Another successful year."
"Will you help me out of this?" Matt asked energy-lessly trying to stand. Mello smirked and walked over to help "You should take a shower. I'm not sleeping with this smell."
"It was your stinking fish that did it!"
But Matt shuffled into the bathroom all the same and scrubbed his skin raw and ripped out about half his head of hair washing it. He changed into a pair of plaid pajamas before he left the steamy bathroom, feeling drained and tired.
Mello had put his mattress back and was currently disarming three other traps people had set for him.
Matt let out a long and low yawn before he fell face first onto his bed, curling up in a nest of blankets. In the bed next to him Mello reached to click off the lamp and he too shifted into a comfortable position. Matt let out a small sigh as his muscles relaxed and his eyes drifted shut.
"Mello."
"Hmm?"
"Did you have fun today?"
"...Yeah, I did."
"Hmm, me too. Can't wait for next year."
Author's note: Finally done! Gah longest chapter yet, I did practically all this in one day. Thank you to reviewers! Really appreciate it!
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