A Dragon's Crimson Cry

By: Tippi

Ch 30 Prank Gone Wrong

~Next day~

Loa had dropped off Jake at school and once Jake joined his two friends Loa left like last time.

The school was going like any other day till after lunch.

~In the boy's restroom~

"Okay you go get Jake while we get ready" Brad said to his first lackey in a baseball cap.

"Are you sure we should do this" the capped boy asked.

"You're not backing out are you" Brad demanded.

"No it's just what if we get caught" the boy asked obviously worried about the consequence of getting caught.

"We won't, we walk in, Jake gets scared, he either runs scream or faints, we walk out ditch the costume and the no body sees anything" Brad explained.

"Okay so long as we're in the clear" the boy said finally leaving

Once he was gone Brad and his other lackey started to suit up.

After lunch the kids had recess and all the kids were outside including Jake, Trixie and Spud.

Jake and his friends were standing by the jungle gyms not really doing anything when Brad's first lackey walked up to them.

"Hey Long, Miss Shine wants to see you in the class room" he informed Jake.

Jake, Trixie, and Spud started to walk into the school without a word till baseball cap stopped them.

"Just you" he said pointing at Jake.

"What up with that" Trixie asked.

"Hey it what the teacher said okay," the boy said. "What little Jake can't handle a little talk without his friends" the boy teased.

Jake gave his friends a look that said 'I'll be okay' and walked on leaving his friends behind.

Once the boy had Jake in the classroom baseball cap said "Wait right here I'll go tell Miss Shine you're here." With that the boy left the room closing the door leaving Jake alone.

~Boy's Restroom~

"Perfect" Brad said looking at him self in the mirror "almost identical to drawing in the article of the newspaper."

Brad was sitting on top of his second lackey's shoulders to make him look taller. Covering most their bodies was a maroon robe with a black cape. The robe fell only a few inches from the floor and you could make out a pair a large boots. That only stayed on the small feet by a few layers of thick socks.

On the robe's shoulders and belt buckle was a familiar symbol from the drawing.

Over Brad's head he was wearing a rubber dragon mask painted white and the eyes black. On his hand were large oversized black gloves.

"I won't say that" Brad's lackey said from under the robe.

"What are you talking about" Brad asked.

"You weigh more then me shouldn't I be on top" his lackey asked as Brad was sitting on his shoulders.

"No, I'm on top so I can see the look on Jake's face" Brad explained.

"Hey," the capped boy said peeking his head into the boy's restroom "I got him in the room."

"Great let's go" Brad announced.

"Can you get off me to go there" the lackey under Brad asked feeling his knees about to give out.

Once Brad was walking on his own feet the three made the short walk down the hall to the classroom.

"Okay were here now bend down" Brad hissed.

The black booted lackey reluctantly bended down to let Brad climb back onto his shoulders.

"Hand me the weapon" Brad said to the capped lackey once he was a top the other boy's shoulders.

The capped boy handed him a plastic, oddly shaped spear with the handle painted green.

"You stand watch" Brad whispered to the capped boy as he opened the door.

Jake was standing in front of the teacher's desk waiting. He hears the door open and close then footsteps. He didn't think to turn around figuring it was only the teacher till he caught sight of what was behind him in the teacher's shiny name plate sitting upon the desk.

Jake felt the fear fill his body and his lungs constricted making it hard to breath.

Begging it to be a mistake in reflection he turned around.

Now Jake was face to face with a likeness of his families' murderer. He was backed up against the desk in fear and did the first thing that came to mind.

The back of his arm made contact with something hard, he grabbed it and threw it at the man. The something just happened to be a heavy stapler and when Jake threw it he looked at the eyes of the masked man and didn't see the eyes that he feared.

Some where between throwing the stapler and it making contact Jake realized it was a fake.

The stapler made contact with the Brad's head cause him to yell ouch and loss his balance. The sudden movement of Brad caused the boy on the bottom to trip over the large boots and fall forward. This caused the boy's face to hit the floor hard and painfully while the back of Brad's hard head also made a painful contact with the floor and a devastating injury to his arm.

At that moment the voice of an annoyed Miss Shine asked why she couldn't enter her own classroom.

Miss Shine opened the door and took one step in before seeing the whole scene and yelled what's going on here.

Seeing the surprised look on Jake's face, which she mistaken for fear, ran over to the boy asking if he was okay.

Jake took a moment to realize how this looked. In a split second he had a brilliant idea. He gripped her skirt in his small hands and buried his face pretending to cry with fake tears.

Miss Shine turned to the two fallen boy's and the other trying to sneak away from the door.

"You don't move," She yelled at him and then looked down at Brad and the other boy and continued "you three are in so much trouble."

Everyone unable to see Jake's face he gave a smile, he was going to see that the biggest bully in the school was finally going to get what was coming to him.

~In the nurse's office~

"Why isn't he in trouble" Brad demanded. "Long threw a stapler at me and made me fall giving me this killer head ache and probable broken arm."

Brad sat on the exam table with an ice pack on his head and another wrapped around his now swollen arm. The other kid was holding paper towels up to his nose waiting for it to stop bleeding from its earlier hard contact with the floor.

"Serves you right," Miss Shine said. "It was a natural reaction to fear and when the parents get here we'll think of a real good punishment for you two and your other little buddy" Miss explained as she began to walk off.

"But if my arm is broken I'm going to be out of half of pee-wee football" Brad whined.

"If there's any karma left in the world when your parents take you to the hospital for your x-rays it will show it is broken" Miss Shine said and finally left.

~Jake~

Jake was in the administration office pretending to get over his terror able scare from earlier.

Once Jake seemed to calm down he was asked if he felt well enough to return to class. Jake not really traumatized agreed to go back to class.

By the end of the school day everyone had heard about what had happened with Jake and Brad. Every kid ever bullied by Brad was ecstatic to hear that not only was Brad finally in trouble but got hurt while trying to be his mean self.

As Jake went through the halls of the school at the last bell many kids were patting him on the back, slapping him high fives, and complementing him.

Once Jake was walked home and Trixie and Spud left Loa asked Jake how school was.

Jake was heading up the stairs when the question was asked. Jake turned around and gave him a small simile as if to see 'it was good' then Jake continued up the stairs. Loa felt a small wave of happiness as it was the first genuine smile Jake had given since the families' death.

The next day it was found out Brad had indeed broken his arm and was going to miss the first half of pee-wee football season. It was also announced that he and his three friends were suspended for the rest of the week and all of next week. The students for two weeks wouldn't hear what the parents did to punish their boys.

A/N This may get confusing later on if it isn't already so any questions just ask. Review