As they entered, the young Lynn was blown away by the new environment that surrounded her. While the rest of Royal Woods School was an average public school, the kindergarten classrooms were among the loudest and most active. Each was double the size of an ordinary class, full of children running and playing and generally enjoying what life had to offer.
Lynn looked around, astounded. "What IS this place?!" She exclaimed, expecting heaven. "Kindergarten. It's not as bad when you first get into this whole school thing." Lana explained as she and her twin led Lynn around, showing her all the class had to offer. "Okay, so here's the plan. You stay here, play and have fun, and don't say nothing to the teacher. Keep your head down and we'll survive this." Lola elaborated. "Got it!" Lynn said, running off to play.
"Okay, Rock Paper Scissors for who watches her first?" Lana asked. The twins threw down and Lola lost. "Crud! Alright, I'll make sure she doesn't get us caught." The beauty queen begrudgingly said as Lana scampered off.
For all intents and purposes, everything was going according to plan. Lynn was behaving like the average six year old while not drawing the attention of the teacher. But it all went downhill when the teacher actually began class. "Okay kids. Today we're going to practice our letters." Said the teacher in a sing song voice as she wrote the ABC's on the board so the class could say them with her.
The rest of the class got up, except for Lynn. "Oh great." Lola groaned as she tried to figure out how get her sister to go along with it. "Lynn! Come on!" Lola said, gesturing to the board. "Huh? No thanks. I'm gonna stay here and play with these guys." The red head stated happily, returning to the dinosaurs she was playing with. "Lynn! No! You have to do this!" Lola pleaded. "I don't wanna! I wanna play! Letters are stupid!" Lynn yelled.
Lana came running as her twin started to panic. "Be quiet! You can't let-oh no." All three girls turned to see the teacher standing above them. "Lana, Lola, what is all this noise?" "Mrs. Simmons! This, uh...man just wait until I can think of a reason for this to make sense!" Lola stammered. "Who is your new friend?" Mrs. Simmons looked down at Lynn, who was all smiles and looked as innocent as possible.
"Hi teacher lady!" The red head giggled. "Honey, how did you get in here?" The teacher asked kindly. "I followed them. Am I not supposed to be here?" Lynn asked. "I don't think so little girl. What's your name?" Lynn then proceeded to forget what her fake name was. "Lynn." She said, as the twins cringed behind her. "Lynn, I don't think this is your class. Do you know who your teacher is?"
Lynns eyes widened as she tried to think of anything. "We're dead!" Lana whispered harshly to her twin. "Uhhhhhhhh..." Meanwhile, the red head was desperately trying to remember the name of her kindergarten teacher. "Do you remember their name sweetie?" Mrs. Simmons asked. And in a spark of memory, the name finally came to her. "Dawkins! Mrs. Dawkins! Wait who are you?" Lynn quickly went back to her innocent face. The mask managed to fool the teacher.
"Oh it's alright dear. Lola, you can watch the class for a moment right?" Lola managed to choke out a quick "Yes." "Great. It'll just take a second. Lynn, follow me, I'll get you back to Mrs. Dawkins." Lynn continued to smile and nod, trying not to panic at the thought of having to completely make up a story to get into the class. The teacher led the young girl down the hall to a different class and knocked on the door.
The door opened and a young black girl peeked out. She looked up and smiled. "Hi Mrs. Simmons!" The girl said sweetly, letting the teacher and Lynn in. "Hi Kayla! Is Mrs. Dawkins here?" Simmons asked. "Uh huh! Mrs. D!" Kayla yelled, running back to her seat. Dawkins turned, a tall black woman with long hair and a pretty face.
"Mrs. Simmons! Nice of you to drop by." She said. "Just a quick visit. I think I found one of your students?" Mrs. Simmons stepped back to reveal Lynn. "Hi Mrs. D!" The little red head exclaimed, hugging her former teacher. "Well that's just the craziest thing." Mrs. Dawkins said wistfully. Mrs. Simmons looked at her. "What is?" Dawkins smiled. "Well if I didn't know any better I would say this was Lynn Loud back when she was just a kid!"
Lynn went pale. 'She REMEMBERS?!' She thought, trying to stay calm. "Lynn who?" "Lynn Loud! Oh I have the class picture here." Mrs. Dawkins walked over to her dear and picked up a picture of her favorite class. "She was a student of mine years ago. That was 2008, this looks just like her!" Lynn gulped as she realized she looked exactly like the picture.
"That is wild. And her name is Lynn to!" Mrs. Simmons supplied. "Huh! Wouldn't it be crazy if this really was Lynn Loud?" Mrs. Dawkins joked. "Yes, but I'm not so let's go ahead and not think about if I was whoever it is you think I am! So I'm gonna go sit over there!" Lynn said quickly before she scrambled to an empty desk. "Okay sweetie. Let's get back to work." Mrs. Dawkins said, turning back to the board.