1010 heros (nsr au)

Episode 10: Fire and Circus Horns

Her breath caught as she curled up into a ball. Why why now? Things had been fine earlier, why did it have to go wrong? Can't things just go right for one day? All that planning, all that preparation. Waisted.
Unknown to the child an icky goo had squeezed itself through the window.
"Just stop it, go away, leave me alone." She muttered to herself, curling up tighter. "It's never enough, why can't I do anything right?" She cried as she squeezed her arms together.
The slime inched closer, drawn in by her intense emotions.
She wanted to stop worrying about every little thing she did. She wanted to go a day where she didn't feel like she was walking on eggshells. But no, instead she felt like a ticking time bomb ready to explode.
Her breath hitched as she tugged at her ponytails, she didn't notice the cold feeling spreading at her legs, or maybe she didn't care.
"I just, I just want to have fun. No worry, no care, no pressure. I don't want to care about anything!" She cried as the slime quickly spread along her body. Panic overtook her as her brain screamed to try and get the slime off of her, but at the same time she felt an odd calm.
As she closed her eyes and the cold feeling overtook her, and one thought came clearly to her mind.
"It's showtime~"

[into plays let's-a go]

"Zimelu Ximerah. Do you know why I called you into my office today?" The principal questioned in an even tone that demanded authority. Zimelu rebelliously refused to look up at her. Principal Tatiana was an imposing figure, she towers over most students and teachers, and those piercing magenta eyes that judged you behind rose tinted glasses. Any student in their right mind did their best to avoid her judgement.
Of course now Zimelu was here, he only dared to look up when tatiana repeated herself.

"Do you know why I called you here today?" Her tone more stern. Zimelu grumbles.

"I punched out a kid talking shit" he barely audibly mumbles.

"What was that? I couldn't hear you, speak clearly please" There was still no kindness in her tone. Zimelu raised his voice.

"I punched out a guy for scaring my teammates, okay? I know I'm not supposed to do that but he was saying sh- things that were threatening. The coach wasn't doing anything so I stepped in and now I'm in trouble. Okay happy?" He ended his statement by crossing his arms and glaring definitely right back at the principal, now any other kid wouldn't dare try this, but Zimelu had faced monsters he thought were scarier than some school principal.
She wasn't as scary as them.
Tatiana was silent for a few beats, eyes narrowed, then she let out a sigh, seeming to release whatever pent up tension was in the room.

"Justifications aside, you still assaulted a student,  I'll need to get other students accounts of the situation before I can confirm what happened. But for now I will have to discipline you." She sat back down and picked up the receiver of the desk phone.
"You'll be sent to detention for a week, and I'll be informing our father of this-"

"NO!" Zimelu shot up, eyes wide with sudden fear. The sudden outburst got the principal's attention, 'shit shit shit' Zimelu panicked and spat out.
"I mean- he's busy, not at home. He wouldn't get the call" it was a flimsy excuse, it really shouldn't have worked. Tatiana was quiet for a few long beats, then sighed.

"Alright, I'll contact your mother instead. But just this once." Had Zimelu not been as panicked, he would have picked out the less harsh tone her voice held now. Zimelu quietly nods and sits back down in the chair.

The door creaked shut behind him as he entered his tiny house. It was dirty and smelled like old socks.
Home sweet home.
With a sigh Zimelu walked over to his room, as he passed the living room he heard the tv in the distance, dad was home. Deciding to ignore him he marched straight into his room and closed the door. He shrugged off his backpack and flopped into his bed, the blanket pulled around him. He stayed curled up in his protective blanket fort for a while until he heard his phone buzz, he looked up. He got a text.