Papercuts || Empires S1 - HIATUS

3: Worse

Joel watched as Jimmy stomped angrily into the locker room, fresh bandages wrapped around his hand. "Seems like someone got into a fight again, one that he lost~" Joel teased, Jimmy took a deep breath, he was gonna explode.

"He's so annoying! What did I ever do to have to deal with him!" Jimmy opened his locker, almost slamming it onto Joel's hand. "I mean... you are pretty fun to mess with." Scott brought up behind them, Jimmy groaned, "What is that supposed to mean?"

"You're Jimmy, fun to mess with. Also, you're usually the one starting the physical fights, I think Fwhip enjoys fighting with you and calling it self defence." Joel agreed strongly, the dragon-hybird didn't necessarily keep his motives a secret. Quite the opposite in fact, Fwhip just enjoyed messing with the Cod-hybird for fun.

"But I find it so infuriating how he can just fight back and win— I'm not that bad at fighting!" The male was met with silence from the other two, "No offence, but Joel can beat you in a fight. And he's like 2ft tall, you're kinda slow and predictable when it comes to combat." The teal haired watched as both the males in front of him got offended by his statements.

"I am not 2 foot tall! That's shorter than Shubble!" Joel proceeded to continue to defend his respectable height. "Sorry, can't hear you up here." Scott laughed, Jimmy stayed silent as he tried to let what Scott said soak in. "I— You're lying, mate— I'm not that bad at PVP."

"You tripped on a dodgeball last year in P.E, and you held the sword the wrong way while sword-fighting." Joel reminded the blonde, getting a heavy sigh. The male sounded defeated, he just wasn't good, was he?

Right then, the locker room door busted open; "I'm here!~ I better not be late!" Joel recognized the male who opened the door to be the new kid Pixlriffs was showing around. The new kid walked to an empty-locker close to Joel's.

"Ooh— Jimmy! I gotta say, you grabbing Fwhip's hair was a bold move! But he's got a lot of hand-to-hand combat experience because of his parents' so I don't think it did much!" The brunette smiled as he saw Jimmy, the blonde pinched the bridge of his nose. "You know Fwhip?"

"Yeah! We were best friends in elementary, he used to study a bunch of potion recipes with Gem." Joel found that rather interesting. Sure, the male was good at mixology, but he thought it was just because Fwhip had a twin sister who was extremely into the subject, and that was a by product. He never thought Fwhip himself dove too deep into actually studying it out of interest.

"What's your name, I'm Joel." The new kid's eyes lit up at the question, he was very hyper-active. "I'm Sausage! Jimmy, your friends look so cool!" The blonde was agitated, he was rethinking his life choices that led him up to this point.

Fwhip walked into the principal's office, knowing very well what talk he was going to have. "Good Morning, Mr. Bruno." The male took a seat in front of the man. The principal looked less than pleased seeing him, "You understand why you're here, Mr. Spark?"

"Yeah, yeah, the fight." Fwhip replied, he had this talk multiple times the years before. Nothing really came of these conversations, no penalties beyond detention, just warnings. "You're in 11th grade now, if the university you apply to knows what attitude you have towards different students such as Mr. Shadow— do you understand how much this affects your chances?"

"I've already gotten multiple scholarships and offers from universities across the country. You don't have to worry a bit, Mr. Bruno!" Fwhip smiled, the male was smug as he watched his principal sigh. "Alright, but you're still a student leader. You have to set an example as an Admin, the reason it's not been revoked is because it's only Mr. Shadow. If he reports to anyone that it's bullying, you're off. You understand?"

"If it's bullying you would've already stopped me. He's the one starting the fights. If anything, it's self defence." Fwhip chuckled to himself, but tried to stay professional and serious. "But you're continuing it, and you're punching him to the point of blood. If this happens again this month, I will have to give the bracelet to Mr. Major for the following days."

At the mention of an actual punishment, Fwhip actually looked up. "Fine... but if he beats me up, I will report it." The ginger stood up, dismissing himself. The male walked to his next class, Mixology.

He was debating on what the principal had told him, his parents would be so angry if they found out his admin bracelet had been taken.

If they found out.

Chapter 3! Since it's still summer break for me, I got a lot of time to write. School starts in September for me.

Uploads might slow down once school starts, I'll have to see. I haven't been back in person since March 2020, so it's gonna be a bit hectic!

For anyone who's here reading this— Here's their heights in this book:
Pix — 6'
Shubble — 4'3
Joey — 6'
Scott — 6'8
Xornoth — 7'1
Gem — 6'
Fwhip — 6'
Lizzie — 10' (But for the sake of my story, she's able to shapeshift into her 'human form,' with less noticeable hybird features. Which is around 5'10)
Jimmy — 6'5
Joel — 5'9 (2')
False — 5'10
Katherine — 5'4
Sausage — (Self proclaimed 6'9) 6'1
Oli — 6'

And to the 5 people reading this book, thanks ✨

Edit: ive fallen into witherhusbands there is a very high chance this will happen in this book i take back my previous words lmao