Alright, the first chapter of the rewrite is about a third done! Just to tide you over, here are a couple bonus scenes featuring our favorite mentally unstable blond, Lucius! Both were cut because I took a different route with Lucius's first day back for school, but here are the original ideas. They're a lot less dark then what I decided to go with. Enjoy, and see you all when we're done with the rewrite!
BONUS SCENE 1: FIESTA~!
"Professor Sharp!" Antonio looked up at the boy running into his office. He smiled, "Hello William, How are you?" The boy smiled, "Good, sir." His smile faltered, "But sir, come quickly! Lucius is going crazy again." The hall was quiet for a moment. Then a deafening yell erupted across the castle, "LUCIUS!"
Antonio ran to the dorm as fast as he could, cloak billowing behind him, William trying to keep up, pushing his glasses up as he ran. He sped around a corner, only to run into the Professor, who was frozen still by what he saw. Confetti was raining down, lights were flashing. The students were either tied up or running around screaming as some skeletons wearing sombreros were attacking them. "Yo~, Bro~," Lucius's voice rang out as he came into view. He was on a ball, balancing pies and cakes on his head, grinning like a maniac, Roman candles in each hand. William looked nervously at Antonio, who looked like he wanted to kill Lucius.
"What. The fuck. Are you doing?!" Antonio roared; the mentally ill blond rolled his eyes. "A welcome back party for my dorm mates! It's a crazy Mexican Fiesta! I even found a spell for animating inanimate objects, hence the Skeletons. I have piñatas, candy, I was about to break out the Tequila!" A Roman candle exploded against the ceiling.
Antonio's eyes narrowed and grabbed Lucius's arm and yanked him off his ball. The blond gave a high-pitched yelp as he fell onto Antonio's shoulder. Antonio waved his arm, banishing all the dangerous stuff, but leaving the treats. "You all can use the rest. Just don't let it get out of hand."
The students cheered, grabbing the candy and streamers. Antonio turned to leave with a struggling Lucius now held underneath his arm, legs kicking wildly. "William, stay here and make sure no one does anything stupid. And save me a bottle of Tequila!" He left with Lucius whining, "Aw, bro, come on, I took a lot of time with that! Can't I stay!" William shook his head; when would Lucius learn?
"But I didn't even get to break out the Mariachi band!"
BONUS SCENE 2: WELCOME BACK?
The Headmaster smiled down at his students, "And welcome back, students new and old! I am looking forward to this year! It is going to be a magnificent year, full of nice, peaceful, prank-less days that we will all enjoy spectacularly. Now-!" He stopped abruptly as his eyes widened. The Headmaster broke out into a sweat and turned to his Deputy Headmaster, "I'm seeing things right? That's not-!"
The Deputy sullenly nodded that it was indeed what the Headmaster saw. The Headmaster whirled on Antonio, begging him, "Please, please tell me that isn't him!"
Antonio sighed, "It is."
The Headmaster turned back and swore loudly as his worst nightmare was still standing up in the middle of the Hall. Lucius Sharp.
"Hey Headmaster, forget about little ol' me?" The blond said with a crazed grin. Anger and fury boiled the man's blood, as the Headmaster shook his fist at the boy in rage.
"HOW ARE YOU STILL HERE?! YOU GRADUATED LAST YEAR YOU MENACE! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RID OF YOU!" The blond's head cocked to the side before his face lit up in realization.
"Headmaster, I was held back a year and had to redo one, remember? First year? I don't graduate till the end of THIS year!"
The hall was silent. The Headmaster paled as he looked at Antonio and then twitched as Antonio sighed. The Headmaster opened his mouth to reply...
Then fainted.
Silence reigned. An insane blond smirked.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I think this situation is fucking hilarious!"