Simon Skinner's Collection of Random Short Stories

The Life of a Teenage Monster

Thank you guys so much for the reads and votes on The Christmas Tree Hazard. Here's what I promised!

School is horrible. I'm always treated like the odd-one-out. Well... I can see where they're coming from.... I'm a monster. Not only am I a monster, but I'm the only monster in all of highschool.

Being the only monster has it's pros and cons;

Pro: You don't get bullied

Con: Everyone is scared of you

Pro: You beat everyone in sports

Con: Because of that, most people hate you

Con: You break almost everything you touch

Con: No school merchandise fits you

Con: No coach wants you on their team

Con: You cost three times as much as a human at lunch, because of your size

That's just to name a few, but enough with that. I haven't been completely cursed at school. I have my best friend, and only friend, Mitchell. I think he likes me because he's obsessed with fantasy books and movies. So I guess I'm not completely lonely.

The school bully never misses a day at school. He's always making fun of someone, or beating someone up. But when I come into the same hallway as him, he makes it look like he's patting then on the back, or complementing them. I always know he's bulling though. You'd think normally, people would like you for being the toughest and scariest kid in school, but literally everyone in school is scared of me, except Mitchell!

That's how I met Mitchell. He was getting bullied by the same school bully who was "patting" the kid on the back. I was having a pretty bad day. I got an "F" on my volcano project because I used sodium chloride instead of baking soda. I was pretty done with people that day, so I just picked the bully up and threw him across the hall....yup.....two broken arms..... Two weeks suspension.....but it was worth it. Mitchell was pretty thankful after that. He told me that he's been bullied by him since third grade. We're in tenth grade now, so that makes.... seven years. You could imagine he stopped bullying Mitchell after that.

The day after I "saved him". He sat with me at my lonely table, and he showed me his Pokémon Cards. He had over five hundred cards! That impressed me enough to talk to him everyday since.

Fourth period is Geometry. My favorite period. Not because I love math, I despise it! It's the person in it. Her name is Gloria. I am definitely not in her league, but I still like to think it could happen. She's the third most popular girl in school. You probably thought I was going to say the most popular girl in school, but.... the number one is kinda crazy and stupid. Not to be mean, but I like a girl with brains. Now, I'm not the kind of monster to like popular girls, but I can't help myself. She hasn't screamed at me yet, so maybe I have a chance.

Mitchell always says "Ignore them", to the people who wrong me. But seriously, are you going to "ignore them" everyday of highschool? Maybe.... but sometimes I lose it. A few weeks ago in sixth period, I lost my marbles to one kid. He was spitting paper wads at me. Now, I have high tolerance, but this kid was spitting them at me every minute of the class! After about the 53 wad(Yes, I was counting), I lost it. I picked up my history book, and chucked it at the kids face. Yes, I know what you're thinking, "You must of kicked his block off, literally!" I'd think so too, but this kid merely flinched. Everyone looked at me and Mitchell.

"Yo! This kid is tougher than Monster Boy over here!"

I got suspended, again, for about a month after that. I did have a good brake if you were wondering. When I got back, Mitchell told me everything. Apparently, the kid I threw the book at, is the most popular boy right now. I grew spectacle. How did this guy get popular by just withstanding my book? I'm tough everyday, I practically get attacked by everyone in school everyday, and I don't bring a mark home. Was it because he was human? Maybe..... I'll just have to find out....

Later that afternoon I saw the kid. He was at the popular table. Gloria was there. He was cracking jokes, and everyone at the table were laughing, including Gloria. I marched right up to him. The kid looked at me, and said

"You're back! Welcome back monster boy."

I ignored what he said, and I whispered,

"I'm not afraid of you..."

The kid smirked.

"Under the bleachers, six o'clock sharp. Be there. We'll see who's thougher."

*ring*

The bell rang.

A fight!? I've never done a real fight before! I have to go. If I don't, then that will just be a automatic win for him. I'll be seen as a coward...

Later that night I headed to the bleachers. I went there five minutes early, because.... because..... well.... I don't know... I like being early to places. I saw the kid walk in. I kind of wanted to know his name, so I could brag about it when I win.

"Hey, kid! What's your name?" I asked.

"Broly."

Woah... Broly has "Brawl" in the name. Interesting....

After he told me his name, five people walked in behind him; Jasper, Noah, Daphne, Jesse, and..... Gloria!

The six most popular kids in the Tenth Grade.

"Show us how you fight, monster boy!" Broly yelled.

"My name's not monster boy. It's Michael!"

"Okay, Michael. Show us what you got!"

I charged immediately. I was sick of all the people hating me in school for no reason. I'm a monster! I haven't always liked being one, but this fight shows me just how special I am.

Suddenly, Broly started to grow.

He grew and grew until he was my hight! His arms and legs grew muscle. He was a monster too!

"Surprise, surprise!"

Broly punched me.

"AHHH!" I yelled, crashing into a dead tree.

*crash!*

The tree fell to the ground, crushing a car.

"My car!" Jasper yelled.

I quickly recovered, and gave it all the streagth I had. I ran with the speed of a cheetah, strength of three gorillas!

"AHHH!!!"

*Pow!*

Broly didn't move. He was solid as ice.

"I'd expect more from you, monster!"

Broly merely flicked me, but that's all it took to send me flying back to the same fallen, dead tree.

Anger went throughout my body.

"You mad, bro!?" Broly taunted.

*zip!*

I ran faster than a bullet! Faster than the speed of light! I pulled back my fist! Strength of 500 Gorillas!

"I am Michael Jackson! Monster of the highschool! Born a monster, forever a monster! Odd ball of the highschool, Odd ball of the world! Bully Crusher! Ha! Bully Crusher 2.0! I will get rid of this fake monster, if that's the last thing I do!"

For the first time ever, he frowned.

"Uh-oh..."

*KAPOW!!!*

He went flying out of the Earth, all the way to Pluto! It worked! I won the fight!

The five kids stood there in aw. Then everyone ran, but Gloria...

Gloria walked up to me and said,

"That was amazing, Michael! Guess you're not a weirdo after all.... wanna go out?"

"Heck, no!"

THE END