Little Dreams and Hollow Nightmares

Ph1 Ch13: The Teacher and her Students

Mono quivered as his eyes saw the Teacher. He did not like her. She was definitely one of the most creepy, scary, and intimidating creatures in this world. He had escaped her once, but he didn't want to have to escape her again. He backed away from the room, afraid to go near the Teacher, but his eyes averted to the eyes of the knight. The knight walked towards him, and held his hand, once again. It looked at him with reassuring eyes, and Mono's bravery returned to him. As long as he had a reason to fight, a friend to be with, he was not going to give up on anything until it was finished.

Mono signaled for the knight to crouch down, and the two of them slowly crawled through the classroom, avoiding the Teachers sight. They crawled into a side room off of the classroom, and found a key, hanging on a bookshelf. Mono remembered what happened last time, and climbed up the bookshelf, careful not to let it fall over. He grabbed the key, shoved it into his pocket, and began to slowly climb down. He got to the floor, and was relieved to see that the bookshelf hadn't fallen down. Suddenly, his coat got stuck in between the books. He tried getting it out, but once he tried to pull it out, he knew he made a mistake. The bookshelf fell down towards him, and he quickly glitched to avoid impact.

Unfortunately, he wasn't able to stop the bookshelf. It slammed to the ground with a loud, *THUD!* and Mono knew they were in trouble. He unglitched, and ran over to a small crate. He looked at the knight, and signaled for it to come in with him, but the knight had a better idea. It leapt into one of the drawers, holding the files, and crouched down, hiding its horns. As the door to the room opened, Mono looked away as he heard the disgusting sound of the Teachers neck stretching out, looking for whatever caused the noise. Mono waited for a while longer, and soon he heard the teachers footsteps, leaving the room.

He quietly got out of his hiding place, and looked around for his friend. The knight peeked its head out of the drawer, and then got out. Mono walked out a small hole in the wall, and the knight followed, closely behind. Mono kept his eyes on the Teacher, as they walked around the classroom, observing the bullies as they worked. Whenever she moved, Mono and the knight were still, hiding from her vision, and moved when she was not looking. Eventually, they both made it out of the classroom, and ran as far away as they could. They came to an elevator, and Mono inserted the key, opening the elevator doors. The two stepped inside, and the elevator doors closed.

They waited in the elevator until the doors opened back up, and they walked out. Mono looked around, and saw the shadows of several bullies. He pulled out his ladle, and slowly advanced towards the chaos. The knight followed behind, with its nail drawn, ready to fight. Mono walked around the corner, and saw several bullies beating each other up, stuffing jellyfish and infection bubbles inside their heads, and all of them were laughing as they did it. One of the bullies looked at Mono and the knight, and screamed out. The others looked towards them, and every bully charged at Mono and the knight. 

Mono glitched away from them, then counterattacked from behind, crushing some of the bullies head with his ladle. The knight leapt up to the sky,and slammed down with a burst of black energy, sending all bullies around it flying into the walls, breaking their heads. The bullies who had infection in their heads got back up, and started frantically chasing after Mono and the knight. Mono glitched, not wanting to face the explosion of the infection, and one of the bullies ran into the wall behind him, exploding on contact. Mono got an idea, and lead another bully to the knight. The knight also had a bully chasing them, and the two of them jumped out of the way as the bullies heads collided, causing a massive explosion.

Mono and the knight got to their feet, and looked around at the sea of broken heads, and headless bodies. Mono took a few deep breaths, and then continued forwards with the knight by his side. They came to a room, with jars stacked on shelves. In each jar was something that belonged in Fog Canyon. There were bunches of small jellyfish, bubbles of infection, and bundles of electric butterflies, all stacked up on the shelves. 

Suddenly, even more bullies came through the door, their arms reaching out for the two of them. Mono quickly defended himself with his ladle, defeating the bullies before they could reach him. Once there were too many to handle, he jumped onto one of the shelves, and an idea popped into his head. He grabbed a jar full of electric butterflies, and threw it down at the bullies. The jar cracked open, and the butterflies flew out, shocking the bullies. Mono grabbed another jar, this one holding a bubble of explosive infection, and threw it down at the bullies. The knight, catching on to Mono's plan, dashed away from the jar, and it exploded on contact with the hoard of bullies.

Mono thought they were done, but he was so wrong. He looked out the door, and saw the shadow of the Teacher, walking towards them. With no time to hide, Mono and the knight were seen by the teacher, as she walked into the room, looking for what was causing the noise. Upon seeing the two of them, she screamed out, and her neck reached for both of them. Thinking fast, Mono threw a jar full of butterflies at the Teacher's face, and she got caught in the angry swarm of electric bugs. 

"RUN!" Mono yelled, and he and the knight started booking it down the halls. 

"come back here!" the Teacher yelled. "You two have been very naughty children!"

Mono and the knight didn't stop running. The Teachers neck stretched out, chasing after them as they ran through the classrooms and halls. Suddenly, they came to an area with several jellyfish floating around. The knight leapt up to one of the big jellyfish, and struck it with their nail, sending the orange core of the jellyfish right to the teachers face. She screamed out as her neck retracted to her body, and Mono and the knight kept running, until they came to a vent. They got inside, and crawled through the vent, into another room.

After a while of crawling, they came to the end of the vent, and hopped out, into another room. They looked around and Mono just felt stupid. They had entered the lunchroom, at the wrong time.

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