Four Stories Later
A New Beginning
"BACK OFF! I'LL TAKE YOU ON!" the little red radio began blasting music. A hand reached up, and smacked the snooze button on the side of the old machine.
"Agh... another day... with school..." said an Australian-accented boy.
He got up and stretched. He brushed his blond hair into a style similar to the Beatles and pulled on some jeans. He pulled a black t-shirt over his head and grabbed an orange windbreaker coat, leaving it unzipped. He opened the door to his bedroom and ran down a flight of stairs. The familiar stairs, too familiar, too boring. The day was predictable to the child: Wake up, get dressed, go to school, come home, sleep, repeat. No changes... not anymore at least... There were no surprises for this boy for at least the past three years of his life.
He walks into what is apparently the kitchen. The table is covered in a beautiful table cloth and the chairs are all cushioned. On one of the chairs is a blue backpack. The boy reaches for his backpack and as he does, he sees a picture on the table.. a picture of five years previous... The picture was of himself and his old friends... his friends he hadn't seen for three years... He shook off the sadness that overcame him, and left the home.
"Damn guys... I miss you..." he muttered to himself, as he walked along the walkway to the sidewalk.
A large yellow bus pulled up infront of the boy. The doors opened and a smiling old-man sat at the top.
"Mornin' Wallabee. Nice day isn't it?" asked the kind old man.
"Yeah I guess... Hey Lou, can you stop at Dunkin' Donuts on the way? I missed breakfast." answers the blondboy, Wally, as he steps onto the bus and takes a seat.
"Sure thing Wally. Won't take long." replies Lou the bus driver.
Wally stares out a window as the bus drives off, thinking about the past...
The bus finally pulls up infront of a school. The students all leave the yellow bus and enter the Glass Owl High School. Wally attempts to stay out of notice as he makes his way to his first class. He enters Advanced English and takes a seat in the back. The teacher turns around, and marks Wally as attended, then leaves to the Teacher's Lounge.
"Cruddy classroom, cruddy teachers, cruddy school." the Australian voice mumbles for another two minutes as the classroom begins to fill and the bell rings.
The old teacher again enters the room, in a snake-like manner, sliding along the wall silently.
"Good morning class." hisses the old and stern voice of the teacher.
"Good morning Ms. Bitters." the class chimes in an uncanny chorus.
"Good morning Ms. Bitters." mutters Wally, in a mocking tone.
"What was that Wallabee?" Ms. Bitters says, and appears from the darkness behind Wally, "Would you say that a little louder for the class to here?"
"N-no ma'am! I'm fine!" stutters a startled Wally.
"Good, now let's continue the lesson." Ms. Bitters says sternly, and returns to the front of the room.
Outside the dark classrooms and damp hallways the sun is shining brightly and the birds are chirping. Bees are buzzing excitedly, collecting honey. A blond-pigtailed girl runs at an amazing speed.
"Oh no! I'm late!" she says to herself, running even faster.
Suddenly she stops. Infront of her, standing in the path is a little raccoon with a little bag strapped over his shoulder.
"Are you lost little fella?" asks the girl with happy smile painted on her face.
The raccoon nods and the girl offers her hand. The little raccoon climbs up her arm onto her shoulder, and she continues to run to the school.
"My name's Bubbles. Do you have a name little guy?" questions the girl with a cheerful tone in her voice.
The raccoon produces a paper from his bag. The paper has the letters "RJ" written on it.
"Is your name RJ?"
The raccoon nods.
"Kenny! You're going to be late! Kenny McCormick do you hear me? You're going to be late!" shouts a hic-like female voice.
"I hear you mom! I'll be down in a minute!" answers a boy.
He pulls on his t-shirt and heads out into the hall. As he steps out, a sudden chill overcomes him. He feels cold... but the feeling is only temporary, he quickly becomes warm again and continues to the outside...
Once out into the sun however, he gets the feeling again. A coldness so unbearable that it brings Kenny McCormick to his knees in pain.
"Make it stop... make it stop... MAKE IT STOOOOP!"
"We're almost to school RJ! You can meet all my friends and we can play games and-" but the girl doesn't finish her sentence. A large brown claw strikes the girl in the side of the face. She falls to the ground and RJ hops down, suddenly the world seems to slow except for RJ and a large brown bear, the bear that struck Bubbles.
"Vincent! What are you doing here!" demands RJ.
"Well RJ, you haven't payed me back yet. I'm here to kill you, and it looks like I'll have to kill the girl too." chuckles the bear.
Suddenly a foot is plunged into the fur-covered stomache of the bear. He's knocked backwards, time returns to normal, the trip is over and the animals no longer speak. The foot is attatched to the blue-skirted Bubbles.
"Hey! Mean bear! Beat it!" shouts Bubbles, but she didn't expect Vincent to recover as quickly as he did.
Bubbles is in Vincents strong grip, and unable to break free, despite her amazing strength. She screams out loudly, a horrifying shriek that echoes for miles...
Wally is writing notes. Suddenly a shrill, painful noise reaches his ears. It doesn't take him long, the sound is quickly identified as a scream of terror. The class rushes to the windows and from inside they see a blond girl being assaulted by a large brown bear. Wally turns to leave the room, reaching for the door handle.
"Wallabee Beatles, you know that if you leave you will fail today's lesson." Ms. Bitters tells her student.
"I know... but it's not much to lose..." Wally says, and leaves the classroom.
He rushes through the halls, dodging by students and teachers, ignoring the calls for a hallpass. He rushes up and bursts through the wooden double doors that our the doors to and from the school. His speed increases, he's no more then ten feet from the bear by now, and he hasn't been seen yet. Six feet... five feet... four feet... three... He launches his fist forward... contact!
The bear's vice-like grip on the girl is released as he flies through the air. He travels at least eleven feet before landing, and even then he skids pretty far. Vincent stands up and roars vicously, charging at Wally.
"You want it? Come get it!" Wally declares, and charges at the bear.
Vincent dodges Wally's punch and grabs the Australian boy. He opens his jaws, prepared to eat the teenaged boy...
Kenny McCormick is rushing to his school as fast as he can. He has dressed heavily, in a snowsuit resembling his old one, boots and mittens included. It's all brown in color, and the suit covers his mouth, muffling his speech to a non-understandable point. Yet, he's still cold. Unbearably cold, and he won't go numb. But that doesn't matter to him for long, as he sees a boy he's seen in his own school being attacked by a ferocious bear. He wished he could help, wished there was something he could do to assist the boy. But he couldn't do anything...
It was then that he saw the rock. He grabbed the stone that might save the life of the blond boy. He threw that rock with perfect aim. The rock hit the bear inbetween the eyes, right on his forehead!
Vincenet dropped Wally to the ground, and begins to charge at Kenny. Just before Kenny is attacked he crosses his arms, and closes his eyes. Nothing happens. While he can hear the angered bear vicously attacking something, he feels no pain. He opens his eyes only to discover a large wall of ice has been brought between him and the bear. He doesn't know how, and he deosn't care right now. All he cares about, is that something just saved his life.