Horrid Henry and the Brainbox of the Year competition

Horrid Henry Wins the Cup

This story starts at Ashton Primary School. Ralph and Henry are about to enter the school.
"Got your note Henry?" Ralph asks Henry.
"What note?" Henry questions back to Ralph.
"The note from your parents to say you're busy this weekend!"
"Oh yeah, that note. I told Mum about it and she said she'd talk to Dad."
"Cool." Ralph says in an unexciting tone.
The boys enter the school and walk up to their teacher, Miss Battle-Axe's door and opens it with a quiet creek. They tiptoe in thinking that she can't hear or see them.
"Don't think I can't see you boys!" Miss Battle-Axe says with her back turned to the chalkboard. "Och, sit down won't you." She adds. "There's no need to be so dramatic. I'm not that scary."
Miss Battle-Axe turns around while holding a sheet of paper with incredibly heavy ink with names written on it.
"Now, where was I?"
"Please Miss," Margaret gets everyone up to date, "you were telling us who's been selected for the brainbox of the year competition." While standing in from of her desk with her hand raised politely.
"Ah yes," Miss Battle-Axe continues, "the brainbox of the year competition. As you all know, this year Ashton Primary has been asked to provide a team."
Students all talk at once.
"I'm speaking!" Miss Battle-Axe tries to quieten down the class. "It seems that a lot of you, an awful lot of you are busy this weekend."
"Told you so. Good old Mum and Dad. Always coming through for me." Henry exclaims to himself.
"So, the following pupils will be whisked away to a secret location to do battle with their opponents: Margaret."
"Yes!" While making an air pump.
"Andrew."
"Ooh, uhh, I don't know if I really want to go now. Do I? Or don't I?"
"Bert."
"I dunno."
"And... HENRY?!"
All students turn to Henry and laughs at him while he screams: "NOOOOOOO!"
The four of them get onto the bus to be whisked off to the secret location where the brainbox of the year competition will take place.
"And another thing. Does anyone know where we're going? Or what we're gonna have to do when we get there?" Horrid Henry asks the others.
"I dunno." Bert always says that as an answer so no one knows what he's saying most of the time.
"I don't think I know the answer either, but should I know? Or is it okay that I don't know." Andrew exclaims in anxiousness.
"Right, I've been on an information gathering mission while you lot have been sitting here at the back of the bus moaning." Margaret buts in.
"Hey, that's not fair."
"Maybe not, but it's accurate."
"Where are we going?"
"I dunno." Bert says for the thousandth time.
"Should I know or should I not know? Ooh, I don't know." Andrew says anxiously.
"Look, I don't know where we're going. We could be going to the moon for all I care." Margaret tells the others.
"Ooh, I don't know if I want to go to the moon."
"So what have you found out then?" Henry ask's Margaret.
"We need to talk strategy. The most important thing is to win that cup."
"What cup?" Henry asks.
"This cup." Margaret shows Henry a picture of the cup on her mobile phone. "Apparently, the Brickhouse boys have won it every five years for as long as anyone can remember."
"Yeah, well, they're welcome to it."
"Oh come on, Henry. Where's your fighting spirit?"
"I dunno." There's Bert, again.
"He left it in Ashton." Andrew answers Margaret.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Henry asks Andrew.
"I dunno."
"I mean I think you left it in Ashton. Didn't you? Oh, maybe you didn't."
"Yep, I think I left it in Ashton, too." Henry adds.
The four pupils arrive at the secret location for the brainbox of the year competition.
"I think we might be here, I mean, I'm not certain. It might just be a lucky guess, but.."
Margaret buts in with "Yep, we're here."
Henry looks around and notices where they are, "I know this place. It's Stuck-Up-Steve's house."
All the students get off the bus and walk towards the entrance of Steve's house.
Mr Wheelie Walter wheels towards Bert.
"What did you bring that for Bert?" Mr Walter asks Bert about the case he's holding.
"I dunno." Bert replies.
"Well, this is something." Mr Walter says while staring at Steve's house.
"Yeah. Isn't it." Henry exclaims sarcastically.
The students and Mr Walter all enter the house where Stuck-Up-Steve is waiting on the staircase that looks like it gets cleaned every 5 minutes at least 3 times.
"This is going to be fun." Henry says to himself sarcastically.
"Seriously?" Margaret questions Henry.
"No!" Henry screams at Margaret. "It's going to be miserable."
"That's more like it. I like miserable." Margaret skips away.
"I dunno." Bert buts in.
Everyone walks towards the staircase.
"Greetings, and welcome Ashton amateurs." Steve greets the pupils.
"Yah, amateurs." The Brickhouse boys copy Steve.
"That's not the name of our team and you know it." Margaret exclaims to Steve. "We're the Ashton adventurers."
"Oh yah, well this will be an adventure all right."
"Yah adventure." The Brickhouse boys copy Steve.
"We're gonna win. Easy."
"Oh yah, easy." The Brickhouse boys copy Steve.
"That's what you think." Henry mocks Steve.
"It's what I know, Henry. Unlike what you don't know." Steve chuckles.
The Brickhouse boys chuckle along with Steve.
"What did you bring that for?" One of the Brickhouse boys asks Bert about his case.
"I dunno." Bert replies.
It turns to nighttime and the boys are all in their room.
"We haven't even had supper." Henry exclaims while his stomach grumbles.
"I dunno." Bert says while still holding the case.
Bert puts the case down and opens it.
"Are they what I think they are?" Henry asks Bert.
"I dunno." Bert obviously replies.
"Ooh, I don't know, Henry. Do you think they are?" Andrew replies.
"I dunno."
"Yep. Graham's finest." Henry says while grabbing one of the cakes out of the case and starts munching on it. "Mmm, I do love a good Moly Munchie." Henry finishes the cake.
Henry and Andrew fall asleep but Bert is still awake but reading a book.
"I dunno."
In the morning, the boys all go downstairs and hears a voice coming from somewhere.
"You've missed breakfast." Margaret comes out from behind a swivelling chair. "But, because I'm kindhearted and a thoughtful person. I saved you some." Margaret says while walking over to the little brown cupboard by the wall and opens the double doors.
"What is it?" Henry ask's Margaret.
"It's a posh breakfast." Margaret replies.
Bert sniffs the breakfast like he's never smelt food before.
"I dunno."
"No sweet tweets here." Margaret exclaims.
A voice from the show Too cool For school makes Margaret turn around in delight.
"That's where you're wrong." One of the presenters say from the other side of the room.
"Margaret Millicent Maudita Smythe." Another presenter says.
"Because sweet tweets are."
"Too cool For school." Both presenters say at the same time.
"Ooh, I've always wanted to be on Too cool For school." Margaret says while looking astonished.
"Well, it's looks like it's." The first presenter says.
"Your lucky day." The other presenter says while glitching.
"Hang on, are you even real?" Margaret spots the presenters glitching and doesn't believe it's real.
"Of course we're real."
"We're realer than real."
Mr Walter wheels in with Mr Nerdon next to him.
"That is marvellous, Mr Nerdon." Mr Walter says to the teacher.
"Yes it is, a feat of modern technology." Mr Nerdon replies while turning the projector off with a small remote he keeps in his pocket.
Everyone turns around to see that Bert has eaten everyone's breakfast.
"Burp, I dunno."
"Mr Nerdon's been telling me about his new I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT REAL visual reality system." Mr Walter tell the students.
"Copywrite me." Mr Nerdon exclaims.
"Ah yes, of course. Copywrite you." Mr Walter replies, correcting himself.
"No, Copywrite me." Mr Nerdon corrects Mr Walter.
"Yes, yes, I'm sure you're right."
"That reminds me." Mr Nerdon pulls out some paperwork he had kept to the side for the team. "We need you to sign this."
"What's that then?" Margaret questions Mr Nerdon.
"It's a contract. Everyone has to sign it to say they won't cheat."
"We're not signing." Margaret says for the team.
"May I ask, why not?"
"Because, your lot are going to cheat anyway. Contract or no contract."
"Alright then, suit yourself." Mr Nerdon says while putting the contract back into his pocket.
"Well, Ashton adventurers, ready to win this contest?" Mr Walter asks the team.
"You bet." Margaret replies.
"Oh, I'm not sure about that." Andrew replies.
"I dunno." Bert replies.
"I guess." Henry replies.
"I'll take that as a yes then." Mr Walter confirms.
"Where are the others?" Henry asks.
Mr Nerdon flicks a switch on his visual system remote to show the Brickhouse boys and Steve.
"They're preprepping." He flicks the switch and makes them disappear.
"What does that mean?" Henry asks.
"It means they're going to be hard to beat." Mr Walter replies to Henry.
The time of the competition starts but Mr Walter tells us what happens.
"It's fair to say that the Ashton adventurers fought valiantly with all they had, but it just wasn't enough. So we thought we'd spare you the pain of watching the Ashton adventurers lose every single round. But they're still going through to the final. That's how it works so the humiliation of losing at the very end is complete. And so now there is just one more question to go. And that is..."
"By what other name is the Wormicus Basillicus del mondo known?" The first Too cool For school presenters asks.
"Worm! It's a worm!" Henry exclaims without pressing the buzzer.
"Is the..." the other presenter says.
"Wrong answer." Both presenters say at the same time.
"And that's a double disqualification, Henry." The first presenter says.
"You what?" Henry asks.
"First disqualification for not pressing the buzzer." First presenter answers.
"Second disqualification for getting the answer wrong." Second presenter answers.
"Go now."
"But." Henry said in disbelief.
"I think you'd better go now, Henry." Steve says to Henry.
Henry starts leaving and turns around to hear Steve talking again.
"It's not called total humiliation for nothing." Steve giggles and the Brickhouse boys giggle too. "We'd like to call our mascot."
"Hey! That's not fair. No mobile phones allowed." Margaret buts in.
"That is correct, Margaret. Unless you need to call your mascot." Steve replies.
"WHAT?! What mascot?" Margaret questions Steve then turns to Mr Nerdon. "Why didn't we know about this?" Margaret asks Mr Nerdon.
"Do you even have a mascot?" Mr Nerdon replies with a question.
"Well, no. Because we didn't know we could have one." Margaret replies to Mr Nerdon.
"Well then, fail to prepare, prepare to fail."
"What even is a measly mascot anyway?" Margaret turns to Steve.
"Our mascot is called" Steve then shows Margaret a photo. "Peter. Perfect Peter."
"Huh." Margaret says angrily.
"And so, Brickhouse boys, to win the brainbox of the year competition cup please tell us." The first presenter says.
"By what other name is the Wormicus Basillicus del mondo known?" The other presenter questions.
"I dunno." Bert buts in.
Steve presses his button, "The emperor! He's known as the emperor of worms."
"You what?" Margaret says angrily.
"Is the... wrong answer." The first presenter says to Steve.
"Wait," Henry rushes in to press his button, "I know the answer." Henry presses the button. "It's the empress. She's known as the empress of worms."
"Is the... right answer." The first presenter says.
Everyone in the room cheers for Henry.
"And so we leave the Ashton adventurers to celebrate their win and I'll leave you to think about the importance of Mr Nerdon's words." Mr Walter continues to narrate and plays a video of Steve.
"Yah, fail to prepare, prepare to fail." Steve pulls out a handkerchief and starts crying into it.