School can be a deathtrap

The Unicorn Hates Me!

     Shamu's question stunned us for a minute. Then I nodded yes and walked next to Shamus. Penelope sat for a minute. She then looked up sadly and began to shake her head no.

     Then Shamus said," Come on the creatures need you."

     She then nodded yes and whispered," Why not." Shamus and I smiled and Penelope stood up. The fire then began to roar and intensify as Tammy combusted.

     "Is she aging?" Penelope asked. Shamus nodded yes as a child size looking Tammy stepped out of the fire. Shamus kneeled down and Tammy ran into his arms. Shamus handed Tammy to me and walked into another room. He came back holding about eight worn out books. He grabbed Tammy and handed Penelope and I four books each.

     "The Care of Creatures, The Favorite Foods of Creatures , How to Defend Yourself Against Creatures, and Magic For Dummies! Penelope exclaimed the last part.    

     "Mine says Sword Fighting for Dummies." I said solemnly. 

     "Are you trying to tell us something?" I asked. Shamus laughed heartily with Tammy sitting on his shoulder.

     "These are your standard studying books." He said.

     "Why is mine different than Penelope's?" I asked

     "Because you are a warrior and she is a witch." he answered.

     "Wait I'm a witch?" Penelope asked. Shamus nodded.

     "Now we start training tomorrow and I want you to study like your lives depend on it, he paused then added, because they do." He said ushering us out the door. We were outside and began to look over our books. Penelope looked at her watch wide-eyed. She began to say something, but before she could Shamus opened the door and interupted her.

     "Almost forgot here are your licenses." he said handing us two plastic cards.

     I looked at mine and read aloud," certified caretaker."

     Penelope yelled," It's time for lunch and we just missed pretty much an entire class!"

     We ran towards the school, but were stopped by the security guard and his dog.

     "What are you kid's doing out here." he said in a scruffy voice. I began to stammer, but was interupted by the guard.

     "Get em Cerberus." he said evily. The dog looked like it was having a siezure. It began to twitch and its mouth frothed until it began to grow. It grew to fifteen feet tall and then two things began to push out from the sides of its neck. It grew two additional heads all snapping and growling at us. I stood frozen as the heads snapped down at me. I held up my hands which were still clutching my lisence. Cerberus stopped and looked at the card. It less dramaticly returned to its regular form and the guard let us through into the school. I sighed and began to walk.

     "What was that about?" Penelope asked. I shrugged and walked to the cafeteria. I opened my lunch and sat at a table. Penelope had to buy and when she walked back she looked scared.

     "What's the matter?" I asked.

     "She leaned close to me and said," I think that the lunch ladies are witches." I turned to look at them and almost barfed. They were  typical witches you know warts, big noses, scraggly hair. I then noticed that they were cooking the tomato soup in a cauldron and adding some things with pretty wierd lables. I saw crushed pixie wings, dragon hearts, and werewolf fur. Penelope looked at her soup and pushed it away.

     "Want half of my sandwhich?" I asked. She nodded and took half of it. I was eating a carrot when a horse rammed through the door. I looked at it and discovered that it was probably a unicorn. Proably because its hair was pure white that glowed like a sun and it had a horn that looked like it was made out of solid gold. It stared me down and charged towards me. It smashed through our table and I pulled Penelope with me as I jumped out of the way. We fell on the floor and the unicorn looked angry. It charged at me and I leaped out of the way. Its horn was impaled in a wall and it was strugling to get it out. Once it did it charged at me again. I felt the familiar katana in my hands and I raised it deffensivley. The unicorn began to use its horn like a spear and I was forced to block each attack.

     "A little help Penelope!" I roared. She looked in her Magic for Dummies book and was scanning as fast as she could. She then through it aside and looked in the Care for Creatures book. Nothing in that one then she looked in the defensive and still nothing. Finally she looked in the food book and her eyes went wide.

     "Throw the carrot!" she roared. I looked down to realize that I was still holding it. I threw it and the unicorn instantly ran after it. After it picked the carrot up it glared at me and trotted away.

     "It attacked me for a God damn carrot!" I roared.

      Penelope nodded and said," It is their favortite snacks."

      I sighed and said," I'm going to name it Stanley." Penelope stared at me, scoffed, and walked away.