As the morning rolls around for the citizens and residents of Townsville, two sisters wake up to the other, who is ill and lies in her bed.
"Hey, it's alright! We will tell Mr. Matura that you are sick." Bubbles assures her orange head sister while she brushes a stray strand of her bang back in its place.
Buttercup beholds her sister, who resembles a fragile porcelain doll. She affirms, "Pinkie, try not to worry too much! We don't have any work this week."
Blossom nods her head before she rotates herself over in order to get comfortable on her bed. She yanks the covers over her head.
The other two sisters' peer at each other and could tell that she did not want to be where she currently was at the moment.
"We should get going then since we don't want to be late. We will bring you something to eat later okay." Bubbles informs her sister, whose back faces them.
Buttercup positions one of her hands on her shoulders as a gesture for her to leave her alone for the moment.
Blossom assumes that they left since the additional weight extracts from her bed. Plus, the sound of the door closes.
'I'm so weak…to be sick at a time like this…' She regards before she buries her face in her pillow.
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Midori opts to walk to school today. She honestly felt as if she used up her friend favors for Buttercup and a ride to school.
'Besides, it's actually a pretty nice morning to walk to school.' The red head justifies her reason for the walk. She even stopped by a convenience store to grab her some breakfast.
Midori then ventures down a familiar street when the sound of a puppy's whines catch her ears.
'Where's that noise coming from?' She ponders. She then scopes out the area for the source of the sound.
Midori eventually locates a brown cardboard box that peeks out from the corner of an alley. She travels over to find a puppy.
"Hey there little guy," Midori softly speaks to the puppy that whines in happiness after it senses human affection.
"Are you hungry?" She questions while she snaps off a piece of bread from the ham and cheese sandwich in her grasp.
Midori then chews it in to smaller portions so the puppy could easily swallow it.
"What do we have here fellas?" A random voice asked, which caused her to freeze in her squatted position.
"It seems as if a cute little chickadee has lost her way while going to school?" A new voice revels.
"That's a shame…wouldn't you agree? I think it would only be in the ways of a gentleman to escort her back to her school."
'I knew there was a reason why I shouldn't have walk to school this morning…' Midori notes as she peers up at a gang of boys clad in a green school uniform.
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Brick was the last one to wake up in the apartment of four, which receives definite awareness from Butch and Serena.
"Hey is everything alright with Brick?" Serena asks after she cracks two eggs over a hot skillet.
Butch glances over to his sister in hope that she would catch the look present on his face.
"Did him and Blossom have an argument?" She assumes as she reaches for a spactula and scrambles the eggs.
The sound of toaster captures his attention when he replies, "It isn't that…she sorta have a boyfriend."
"What?! I would thought that…" Serena expresses shock while she glimpses at Butch with his plate of toast in his hands.
"Trust me, you aren't the only one but it just happened. So, he may be a little upset this morning." He discloses before he snatches a slice of ham for his sandwich.
"So what about you? Anyone trying to get at Buttercup while you are on duty?" Serena curiously poses of the other two relationship status.
Butch peeks up at his sister and asserts, "They already know that they better not make that move but I believe I have a stalker though."
She plucks another two eggs, cracks it against each other, let the contents to cascade in the hot skillet, and wonders, "What's her name?"
Butch scoops up the bottle of syrup, drizzles some of it on his sandwich, and speaks, "The white hair chick that tried to kill us twice…Bell."
Serena goes mute, shifts the pan so that the eggs would not stick to the bottom, and stews, 'They're just going to have to figure it out themselves. My consciousness is too clouded right now!'
"You have a super powered stalker. Even though the odds doesn't land in your favor, good luck with that!" She attempts to quip with him in order not to arouse suspicious.
She chuckles after she listens to Butch complains about his series of unfortunate events with Bell.
"Here is your plate Boomer." Serena announces when she passes his plate to him.
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The ride to the school was boring and uneventful for Buttercup and Bubbles, the radio was used to drown out their silence.
'It feels as if I'm missing something…' Bubbles contemplates as she checks her phone and searches through her call log.
Buttercup eyes her to see her engross in her cell phone and ponders, 'What's that she's looking at?'
"You know, I wonder what event we have today at school?" She says out loud before they roll to a complete stop.
"Oh yeah..." Bubbles uttered while her eyes were glued to her screen's phone.
"Someone said that it might be an outdoor sport since we were inside yesterday for swimming." She claims while she scrolls through her call list.
"You know what, I think you're right! Last year, it was outdoor, indoor, outdoor, and indoor. I should ask Midori what she thinks." Buttercup responds after she gasses the car to pass through the yellow light.
Bubbles head shots upward and declares, "That's it! I didn't get a call from Midori this morning."
"So you're telling me, the reason why you were attached to it the entire time as if you missed something?" Buttercup poses when they near the school's parking lot.
"Yeah! What else did you think I could have possibly be doing?" She retorts with a confuse expression on her face.
"Anyway, I'm just so used to having her call me in the morning to remind you to pick her up." Bubbles claims.
Buttercup glances at her sister and asserts, "I'm sure Midori has a plan if she didn't call us."
'For some reason…I have a bad feeling about this.' Bubbles presumes before she leans her back in the passenger seat.
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Midori sights were affixed on the gang of boys in front of her as she monitored their bodies for the slightest movement.
She knew two things could happen: either she could flee or suffer through their punishment sooner or later.
"Cat got her tongue, boss. She isn't saying anything at all." One of them speaks as Midori conjures up a plan of escape..
An individual roams down the street before they halt at a green vending machine and proclaims, "Oh...they got that special juice!"
They retrieve three quarters from their pockets, slides the coins inside of the slot, and presses their preference of drink.
"I haven't drunk it in so long!" The person happily declares while he pops the cap until movement captures their awareness.
They make out a girl with bright red hair squat down with blue jeans, purple tennis shoes and a violet t-shirt.
'I wonder what's going on over there?' The person was considering while sipping on their refreshing beverage while walking down the street way.
"What's your name, sweetheart?" One of them asks as they advance forward to her.
'If I don't get out of here now, I might not make it to school today.' Midori weighs before a small breeze hits her.
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"Ugh...another day at Pokey Oaks High…" Brick groans underneath his breath once they arrive at the Pokey Oaks High school grounds.
The three brothers file out while Butch completes his routine inspection of the parking lot. His eyes locate the car he searches for.
"Well we made it to the school in one piece…" Boomer humors in an attempt to lighten the mood between the brothers from the tension in the car.
His joke falls on deaf ears as Butch treks ahead of them while Brick hangs back a couple of feet.
Boomer predicts from the tension amongst each other as to what lies ahead of them for the rest of the week.
The trio check in their rather quiet homeroom class. No one addresses them, except for the occasional fan girls for them…other then that it was silence.
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Midori peers over to see the boys clad in a green uniform now on the floor beaten and bruised.
"You know, when you're walking on your own it's best to go straight to your destination." She hears a voice advises her.
The red head beholds a young man with long chestnut brown hair tied in a ponytail with the top portion of his hair spiky. His eyes were a jade green similar to Buttercup's eyes and was slightly tan in his complexion.
Midori inspects his outfit which consists of: a white t-shirt, gray sleeves and a yellow smiley face with two "X" for eyes and it's tongue out. He wears a pair of dark washed jeans, a spiked belt and a silver chain with a skull and cross. A pair of gray and white tennis shoes adorn his feet.
"Hey, are you alright?" He politely queries.
She makes out three or four rings on his hands, a black bracelet, three piercings with two at the top of his ear and one at the lobe of his ear along with dog tags around his neck.
Midori's eyes peek around him to see that none of boys move, except for one hand that reaches to grab his leg.
"Look out," She tries to warn him but feels another small breeze that forces her to cover her eyes.
"That wasn't nice of them to attack someone defenseless girl such as yourself…Ms…" He claims when he pauses to acquire her name.
"Midori, it's just Midori." She disclosed since she felt entitled to tell him her real name since he saved her life.
"Well then Ms. Midori, how were you so unfortunate as to end up in this mess?" He poses to her.
'He sure is asking a lot of questions!' She mumbles to herself. She then reveals what she had tucked away in her arms.
Midori observes his eyes trail to what she shows him, the weak puppy in her palms.
'So…she was about to end up being beaten and possibly raped for a puppy?' He ruminates before he deems, '...such a weird girl.'
"I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble but I must get to school now." Midori apologizes to the strange teenager that stands in front of her.
"Hold on a minute…" He catches her before she leaves the area.
"It isn't safe for you to walk by yourself around here...at least let me give you a ride to school."
"How do I know that you aren't some kind of a psycho stalker?" She challenges him with one eyebrow raise at the boy, who appears around the same age as her.
"Trust and believe me…if I wanted to hurt you, it would have already happened. Not that I'm saying that I would hurt you now to prove a point but if you want to take a chance on being ambushed again without my help fine so be it." He remarks while he advance towards her.
'What am I getting myself into?' Midori wonders to herself before she returns the puppy back to its cardboard box.
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Mr. Matura was just as pumped as he was yesterday while his students seemed unwillingly to retaliate the same level of energy.
He observes his students drag in and appear quite solemn compare to yesterday.
Mr. Matura scans over his students' faces that he has come to memorize in order to make it easier for him to take the morning roll.
His eyes land on the analog clock position above his chalkboard and whiteboard when he realizes that it was almost time for school to start.
'Wait a minute...Blossom and Midori aren't here yet!' He concludes once he realizes that two of his red heads were not there.
'I wonder where they could possibly be at?' Mr. Matura ponders as he opts to prolong his wait to take roll a little while longer.
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'I can't believe I'm in the car with a stranger…but he did save my life though.' Midori inwardly deliberates to herself after she feels the car pull off.
"You said Pokey Oaks High, right?" He inquires to her again about her destination.
Midori shakes her head a yes, which prompts him to say, "You can trust me. I won't do anything to you."
She cautiously eyes her knight in shining armor as her gaze lingers around his neck region.
There was a trident on his neck in a circle that starts and ends at the tips of the "W" with three numbers underneath the handle.
'4-3-6.' She reads the numbers off with her eyes and ponders, 'What does those numbers mean?'
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Author's Note:
07.26.16 Major editing revision