IGNORING HIM || HORT HOOK/SCOURIE X OC fanfic

IV. And some souls are crap

" AND SOME SOULS ARE CRAP! "

"Welcome to the School for Good and Evil," said the nicer of the two heads. From their seats on opposite sides of the aisle, Sophie and the black-haired girl tracked the massive dog with two heads attach to a single body, pacing across a silver stone stage, crack down the middle. One head was rabid, drooling, and male, with a grizzly name.

The other head was cuddly and cute, with a weak jaw, scanty fur, and singsong voice. No one was sure if the cuter head was male or female, but whatever it was, it seemed to be in charge. "I'm Pollux, Welcoming Leader," said the nice head.

"AND I'M CASTOR, WELCOMING LEADER ASSISTANT AND EXECUTIVE EXECUTIONER OF PUNISHMENT FOR ANYONE WHO BREAKS RULES OR ACTS LIKE A DONKEY," the rabid one boomed.

All the children looked scared of Castor, even the villains. "Thank you, Castor," said Pollux. "So let me remind you why it is you're here. All children are born with souls that are either Good or Evil. Some souls are purer than others—" Castor interrupted his soft voice, "AND SOME SOULS ARE CRAP!" Castor barked.

"As I was saying," said Pollux, "some souls are purer than others, but all souls are fundamentally Good or Evil. Those who are Evil cannot make their souls Good, and those who are Good cannot make their souls Evil—" the nice head got interrupt again, "SO JUST 'CAUSE GOOD IS WINNING EVERYTHING DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN SWITCH SIDES," snarled Castor.

The Good students cheered, "EVERS! EVERS!"; Evil students retorted, "NEVERS! NEVERS!" before wolves doused Evers with water buckets, fairies cast rainbows over the Nevers, and both sides shut up.

"Once again," said Pollux tightly, "those who are Evil cannot be good and those who are Good cannot be evil, no matter how much you're persuaded or punished. Now sometimes you may feel the stirrings of both but his just means your family tree has branches where Good and Evil have toxically mixed. But here at the School for Good and Evil, we will rid you of stirrings, we will rid you of confusion, we will try to make you as pure as possible—"

"AND IF YOU FAIL, THEM SOMETHING SO BAD WILL HAPPEN TO YOU THAT I CANT SAY, BUT IT INVOLVES YOU NEVER BEING SEEN AGAIN!" Castor hollered. "One more and it's the muzzle!" Pollux yelled. Castor stared at his toes. "None of these brilliant students will fail, I'm sure," Pollux smiled at the relieved children.

"You say that every time and then someone fails," Castor mumbled. Sophie remembered Bane's scared face on the wall and shuddered. She had to get to good soon. "Every child in the Endless Woods dreams of being picked to attend our school. But the School Master chose you," said Pollux, scanning both sides.

"For he looked into your hearts and saw something very rare. Pure Good and Pure Evil." he said. "If we're so pure, then what's that?" an impish blond boy with spiky ears stood from Evil and pointed Sophie. Celeste whirled her head to Sophie who appeared next to Hester. A burly boy from Good pointed to Agatha. "We have one too!" he shouted.

"Ours smells like flowers!" yelled a villain.

"Ours ate a fairy!"