Newsies One Shots

Star Crazed Nerds: The Origin

Morden AU

With a heavy sigh he finally closed the textbook and proceeded to put everything away. Or rather, stuff the papers, books and pencils wherever it would fit in his backpack. In doing so, he ended up finding a bag of unopened gummy bears, which was about the only good thing to happen today. And yet, it wasn't enough to make him forget he was missing out on the field trip to the space museum. Something he was actually looking forward too. How Albert got himself in this situation was simple enough. He punched Oscar Delancey for picking on Crutchie.

Though he wasn't the one who threw the first blow, he may or may not have tackled the Delancey just inches away from a trash can when the teachers came to break it up. They both got sent to the principal's office, who, thankfully, got the full story from students who were passing by in the hallway. But rules are rules and they both got suspended for the rest of the week. Kloppman is understanding so he wasn't too harsh when he turned in a note from the school. It goes without saying Albert would rather be at the space museum than stuck here with a girl who hasn't moved out of the fetal position for the past two hours. And counting. Feister's prone to bad stomachaches to the point she can barely move without feeling any pain. It isn't because of something she's eaten, she just gets random pain every now and again. Which is why she's also home for the day.

Popping a gummy into his mouth he made a quick stop in the kitchen to grab a bottle of bubbly water and some crackers for Feister then headed to the living room to where she was laying on the couch still in the fetal position wrapped up in a blanket with a blank look on her face. Some cartoon with fairies she didn't even like was playing on the tv. Either she passed out or got tired of channel surfing. Or possibly both. Speaking from experience, after scrolling through endless channels you eventually stop caring and put whatever on. That's how board she must be. Poor kid. He never thought he'd feel sorry for her. Well, not to say he hasn't when she's in pain but...the others are usually around to take care of her so...well it's obvious he's never been on this side before.

"I'll trade you bubbles and crackers for the remote," Albert tried to joke. Despite his own misery he was no where near as miserable as Feister was in, making his own moping stupid. There were other times he could go to the museum, stomach aches felt like they were never ending.

"Mmm," Feister mumbled in response. The next few seconds were a blur, the bottle and crackers were placed close by, the open spot beside her sunk down and then there was the quick change of the channel. When she opened her eyes she saw Albert had turned on his favorite cartoon. Something that had to do with the movies with the glow stick swords and emo guy with asthma. Adjusting her pillow a bit she watched the screen, trying her best to understand what was going on, it didn't take long for her to figure out that whatever this is, it's confusing and makes her question how sane Albert really is. Well, he's always been on the odd side, but this makes her wonder if he needs help.

"I did!" an orange girl with tiny horns exclaimed in the middle of a battle field. "Remember when I reminded you about the giant wall?! And you said, "don't worry Snips we won't be anywhere near that."

"Just get ready to climb," the brown hair dude beside her replied in an unamused tone.

"Why didn't he listen to her in the first place?"

"Because Anakin's stubborn. Kind of like you," Albert replied as he looked at her. "Actually, I think you're more of an Ahsoka than Anakin. Loud, bit of a headache, snippy remarks. Drives everyone crazy sometimes."

Carefully sitting up while grabbing the packet of crackers, she asked, "Anakin's the one who turns into Darth Vader, right?" when the redhead nodded she continued. "So if Darth Anakin is in the movies, how come Ahsoka isn't?"