How Dexter and Sparrow Ruined Everything
Chapter 2: Electric Boogaloo
"Watch out!" Hopper shouted, shoving Dexter aside. As he did, Dexter fell to the floor, looking up in terror as his crush sunk her teeth into the frog prince's arm, tearing flesh straight from his bone. "H-holy shit," Dexter said, utterly horrified. The prince, being the proper gentlemen that he was, rarely ever swore, but here he was in such a state of terror that it seemed like the only appropriate thing to say.
Hopper screamed in pain, dropping to the floor. Raven had a sadistic look on her face, and both Sparrow and Dexter were deathly afriad of being her next victim. She'd turned in to a cannibalistic monster, very unlike the Raven they knew before. They didn't have time to stick around and ask her what had happened, they had to get out of there now.
Leaving poor Hopper behind, Sparrow grabbing Dexter by the arm to pull him out of the detention room, hoping maybe Raven would be too preoccupied with Hopper to follow them. "We've gotta get out of here," he said to Dexter, "This is just like all those zombie movies, if we don't leave now the whole school will be full of zombies and we'll have to fight our way out!"
Dexter nodded, following Sparrow at a brisk pace. He'd seen zombie movies, he knew this was just how they worked. Since they'd left Hopper and Raven alive, they were probably going to leave the detention room eventually and infect more people. "We... we have to figure out a way to like, reverse the zombie curse or something. Maybe go back in time or... I don't know," Dexter said, trying to come up with ideas.
"Yeah," Sparrow agreed, moving up the stairs toward the dorm rooms. His plan was to grab a few things he thought were important and get out of there with Dexter. At the time, he didn't really think about anyone else, the only people he cared about saving in that moment was himself and Dexter. "Normal Raven is evil enough, zombie Raven is just plain terrifying. But I don't want to kill her, or anyone else, like in the movies. We live in a world of magic, there's probably another way."
It never occurred to the boys to go to the authorities for help, they'd immediately assumed that this was going to be a full on apocalypse in a matter of moments and instead of trying to prevent it, they just choose to save their own asses, forgetting anybody else. This is why teenage boys who only make plans for a zombie outbreak with facts based from movies, comic books and video games are trash.
Sparrow opened the door to his dorm, quickly said to his roommate, "The zombie apocalypse has started, you know what to do." The other boy nodded, taking his own readymade zombie kit and jumped out the window. Maybe one day Sparrow would see him again.
He immediately moved to shove whatever looked useful into his backpack, grabbing his guitar to follow Dexter as he did the same with his own stuff. "Ready?" Sparrow asked Dexter once he'd gotten his stuff together, looking him in the eye with concern. They both knew that this situation was going to get serious soon, and while they weren't the best of friends, they'd have to stick together in order to get through this. The prince felt a little embarrassed at how close their faces were together, and how serious Sparrow was being, though he nodded nonetheless. Right on cue, they heard a high pitched scream from the other side of the school and were immediately on the move to get out of there.
A few people noticed the boys quickly leaving, finding it suspicious. Which was fair, as this whole situation kinda was all their fault. But nobody had the time to stop them, they were all rushing over to where the scream had come from while they slipped out unnoticed.
"Okay," Dexter said, adjusting his glasses as he and Sparrow began to walk through the forest, "So I guess we'll just keep walking until we find a witch, then?"
Sparrow nodded, "Yeah, I guess. How long do you think it'll take?"
The prince frowned, considering the question carefully, "Hm, I don't know. Hansel and Gretel found a witch by wandering in the woods, it can't be that hard, can it?"
Sparrow cringed, suddenly questioning if this was really a good idea, "Didn't she try to eat them?"
But instead of coming up with other options for how to resolve this situation, Dexter just brushed off his concerns, entirely set on the idea of finding a witch to help them. "It'll be fine. Geez, Sparrow, I didn't take you for a scaredy cat."
"Whatever nerd," Sparrow said, offended to the max, "At least I'm not... well, a nerd!"
Dexter just rolled his eyes, though Sparrow kept going, wanting a better reaction that that.
"Heh, you're such a nerd, I bet," he said, Dexter already annoyed before he even finished, "You've never even been kissed."
Dexter gave Sparrow a confused look, before Sparrow added, "I mean other than Raven. She doesn't count because you turned her into a zombie."
Even still, Dexter laughed. "Well, I'm sorry to break it to you Sparrow, but I'm not as unpopular as you think. I've kissed lots of people, even gotten to third base."
"Aw, with who?" Sparrow said, disappointment clear in his tone. He wanted to be the first to go that far with Dexter. Of course, he didn't want Dexter to know that, so he quickly coughed and put back on his cool expression. "I mean, what loser would wanna get to third base with you?"
"Not telling," Dexter said in a sing-song voice, amused at Sparrow's curiosity. It was funny to him, seeing him get worked up over something so stupid.
Sparrow crossed his arms, "It's Hopper, isn't it? That slimy little shi-"
But before they could finish their conversation, they spotted a small cottage in the forest. It was a brightly coloured thing, with many flowers surrounding it. "That's it, isn't it?" Sparrow turned to Dexter to ask, "The witch's place?"
Dexter nodded, continuing to walk toward it, "I hope so."
They stepped past the gate and toward the door, Sparrow shoving his hands in his pockets awkwardly as the prince knocked on the door. The rockstar hummed a tune as they both waited for an answer, before spotting something moving in the distance.
"Uh, Dex," he said shakily, as he realized what it was. Dexter just ignored him, knocking on the door again. "Are you sure that witch is in here? Maybe we should just break the door down."
The prince looked back to Sparrow, adjusting his glasses as he did so. "Don't you think that's a little drastic?" He asked, before spotting what Sparrow had. Zombies.
More panicked than before, he knocked on the door again, beginning to call out to ask if anyone was inside. "Help us, hurry!"
One zombie seemed particularly faster than the others, and had made it's way through the front gate already. Sparrow held onto his guitar, hoping he wouldn't have to use it as a weapon. The undead man stumbled further toward them, as Dexter frantically tried kicking down the door. Of course, he was a complete geek, and thus didn't have the strength to accomplish breaking down a door.
The zombie loomed toward Sparrow, and he held out his guitar to defend himself, though the stench of the man was already overwhelming. Dexter tried one more time to kick the door down, but found himself falling to the floor as he did so. Finally, whoever was inside opened the door and let them both inside, slamming it shut before the zombie could follow.
The boys both panted, exhausted from their near-death-experience. When they regained their composure, they both got up off of the floor to turn to their savior. She was an elderly looking woman, wearing all black. So, definitely a witch.
"You're Dexter Charming, aren't you?" She asked, looking at the princely boy. Before he could respond, she turned to Sparrow. "And you're Sparrow Hood, yes? You're the two boys who ruined everything?"
"Wh- hey!" Sparrow said, not appreciating what she was suggesting one bit. She ignored him.
"And now you've come to me, because you want my help fixing everything, yes?"
They nodded, slowly. "How did you know-" Dexter began, but she just waved him off, continuing.
"Well it's simple," She said, "The power of love is the key. You two ruined everything, now you just have to show your love for each other in order to fix it all."
"What," Dexter said flatly. Sparrow frowned, "But he doesn't love me! And I don't love- He doesn't love me! How can we show our love if there's no love?"
"Simple," the witch said, "You make love."
Dexter scratched the back of his neck, "But how do we-" he began, before catching on to how she phrased that sentence. He looked back to Sparrow, who looked just as stunned as he did. "Oh."
Sparrow broke the silence that hung over the three of them by laughing an obviously nervous laugh. "W-well, um," he began, before the witch interrupted them once again.
"There is one other thing," She said, taking something out of her sleeve, "You also need to be spiders."
And in a quick movement, the witch threw a magic powder at the two boys, turning them both into spiders.
Author's Note: I am sorry this took so loooooong. Thanks for the reviews and faves!