"why do we have to go to school!?" Brick asked, visibly frustrated. he wore blue overalls, a red shirt, red and white sneakers, his red baseball cap and a dark red backpack over his shoulder.
"because its important. you need education" Emily argued. she wore a dark green tank top, beige shorts, soft black sneakers and a dark green headband holding her hair out of her face.
Antony nodded nearby as he began loading a wooden box into his truck with Boomers help. Antony wore a light purple shirt, light blue jeans and a black belt while his hair was loose and combed back away from his face. Boomer wore a light blue t-shirt, beige shorts, blue ankle boots and a dark blue backpack on his back.
"will there be prey to hunt?" Butch hissed. he wore dark green overalls, a dark-ish green shirt with rolled up sleeves, bright green sneakers and a dark green backpack on his back.
"what?" Emily asked.
"he means squirrels" Brick explained.
"probably" Emily shrugged.
"yeah!" Butch squealed.
"Boomer, come on. we're heading to school" Emily called to Boomer, who was finishing putting a wooden box in the truck.
"coming!" Boomer called back before zooming over.
"I'll be back soon Antony" Emily said as she walked over to Antony before giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"ewww" Brick and Butch groaned in unison.
"come on boys. time to go" Emily spoke as she began walking down the sidewalk.
Brick, Butch and Boomer floated up and began following her.
"okay class, before we begin, we have new students. you may have heard that miss Emily and mister Antony began fostering a trio of boys last week. well they're working on the adoption papers and now Brick, Butch and Boomer are joining the class" a young adult explained to a very small class. she wore a white knee-length dress with a gold swirly pattern and black heels while her dark brown hair was curled to rest at her chin.
everyone was surprised by the sound of someone knocking on the window.
"how is someone knocking a second story wi- oh! hello Boomer!" the teacher greeted when she saw Boomer floating outside the window.
"hi! can I come in?" Boomer asked.
the teacher nodded, walking over and opening the window for Boomer to fly in.
Brick and Butch then flew in following him.
"hi! I'm Brick, this is Butch and this is Boomer" Brick declared as he walked over to the cubbies and put his bag in one of the six unoccupied cubbies.
"hi!" "hello!" Butch and Boomer greeted as they did the same as Brick.
"okay! time for attendance" the teacher said, sitting at her desk and picking up a list of names.
"Diana Berry?" the teacher called out to the room as Brick sat down at the yellow table next to a nervous black haired boy.
"here!" the girl sitting at the red table said as she raised her hand. she wore a light blue, pink and yellow striped t-shirt and skirt and soft light blue sneakers with untied laces while her wavy light blonde hair was tied in low pigtails.
"Fiona Cook?" the teacher asked as Butch sat down at the blue table next to the only girl sitting there.
"present!" she replied. she wore a light yellow dress, a straw sun hat with a yellow ribbon and purple sneakers while her curly neck-length dark brown hair was loose.
"Fiona, Brick, you're not supposed to have hats inside" the teacher told the girl, Fiona, to which she took off her hat and calmly placed it in her lap while Brick reluctantly did the same with his hat.
"Oliver Hunt?" the teacher called as Boomer sat down next to Diana.
"hello!" the boy sitting across from Fiona spoke. he wore blue overalls, a light purple t-shirt and blue sandals while his chin-length black hair partially covered his left eye.
"Boomer Jojo?"
"hi!" Boomer cheered happily.
"Brick Jojo?"
"greetings" Brick replied with a snort of laughter.
"Butch Jojo?"
"hello" Butch chuckled from his seat.
"Liam Miles?"
"huh?" the boy sitting next to Oliver squeaked as he looked away from the butterfly on the windowsill. he wore a striped blue and white t-shirt with a pocket, dark blue jean shorts and red sneakers with white laces while his neck-length very dark brown hair was tied in a small low ponytail.
"Jacob Wood"
"I'm here! I'm here!" Jacob repeated as he quickly entered the room.
he put his bag in the cubby with his name on it.
"slept in again Jacob?" the teacher questioned.
"yeah" Jacob admitted as he sat down across from Diana.
"Moana Yang?" the teacher finished the attendance.
"here" the boy next to Brick spoke. he wore a grayish blue shirt, beige shorts and dark blue and white sneakers while his chin-length black hair hid his right eye.
"who would like to bring this to the office?" the teacher asked.
"me! me!" Liam cheered, waving his hand in the air.
"Fiona! Liam! remember us?" Boomer asked as they went to recess.
"oh hey! your Boomer and 'get away from our home' and the green one!" Fiona grinned.
"actually its Boomer, Brick and Butch" Boomer corrected as Brick scowled at her.
"cool! wanna play with us?" Liam asked, standing next to Fiona.
"I do!" Boomer happily agreed before he ran off with them.
"how much can you lift?" Diana asked as she, Jacob, Oliver and Moana walked up to Brick and Butch.
in response, Butch picked both her and Oliver up.
"woah! can you take us to the roof?" Oliver asked with excitement.
"hell yeah I can!" Butch replied as he began flying up to the school roof.
"you wanna hear about norse mythology?" Jacob asked, to which Moana nervously nodded.
"sure, why not?" Brick shrugged before following them to the shade of a nearby tree.
"so how was school?" Emily asked as they walked home.
"great! at recess I played with Fiona and Liam in the mud!" Boomer replied, gesturing to the mud stains on his clothes.
"I played on the roof with Diana and Oliver!" Butch grinned.
"are they okay?" Emily asked.
"yeah, Diana fell but I caught her and I carried them down at the end of recess" Butch replied, clearly proud of the last part.
"I learned about norse mythology from Jacob with Moana" Brick shared.
"come on, you have chores to do" Emily spoke.
"I'll kill those squirrels!" Butch declared as he flew past her towards their destination.