Legend of the Seven Lights

3. A World Under Your Nose

In this one, we'll be further introducing the story arc characters and getting started with conflicts. So, let's get it over with and get ready for the rest!

Chapter 3: A World Under Your Nose

Gallagher Elementary

"See you TOMORROW, Miss Stuffum!" Chris waved with a fake bright smile as they left the cafeteria. "Can't wait for your Scream-of-Spinach! Ahhh, beating her up is the best joy every day. Even if Sheila did all the work."

"Yeh, but, didn't you blokes see that thing?" Sheila asked.

"The Horsebutt Beef?" Artie asked. "Sorry, I ate that."

"No, Oi mean the-" But at that instant, Sheila, Chris, and Mason were trampled by a team of three buff teenagers dressed in conchshell armor, pulling a conchshell carriage.

"OUT of the way, less-graders!" exclaimed the girl on the carriage, dressed in a blackish-purple two-piece swimsuit, purple towel-cape, purple bucket crown with a shell crest, shell bracelets around her wrists and legs, and bare feet. She had black hair and black eyes. "Make way for your Fourth Grade QUEEN of the School, Princess SHELLY Johnson! Make sure to gather in the gymnasium after school for a one-on-one block-building tournament with First Grade President! In which I will once again take the crown. LAUGH with me, Knights, AH HAHAHAHA!" Their laughs echoed down the hall.

The three operatives were flat as pancakes as their friends helped them up. Man, that Shelly is such a nag. Kirie signed. I can't believe they elected HER president.

"I can't believe they let her wear a bathing suit to school." Harry said.

"I can't believe her three uncles each had identical kids born on close dates and are serving as her knights." Mason noted.

"At least her dad didn't marry Aunt Mushi." Haylee said. "Otherwise we'd be related."

"Who was her mom, anyway?" Chris asked.

"I heard her parents actually got divorced and Sandy took full custody." Harry replied. "Guess we'll never know."

"Mates, are we gonna talk about bloody Queen Nag, or are we gonna go look for these 20 Keys??" questioned Sheila.

"Well, it's not like we know where to look." Aurora replied. "We're not really sure what a 'Light' or 'Darkness' is."

"Well, they could be light and darknessbenders." Mason noted. "Like...Like Sheila! Remember that whole lightshow that happened when we found that cube? Maybe that has something to do with it..."

"Oi, ripper! AH'M one of these Lights!" beamed Sheila.

"We don't really know that, yet." Aurora replied. "But I bet I know someone who could tell us: Mr. King."

"The successor of the guy that knows everything?" Harry asked. "Probably."

"Let's go to visit him after school." Haylee suggested. "I'm sure Her Highness won't notice a few missing her oh-so-famous block-building contest. She always wins, anyway."

"How come?" Sheila asked as they walked off.

"'Cause the other presidents' blocks always fall at the last minute. Not sure why."

"Maybe she's Irish." Artie said. "Ha ha! Get it? 'Cause-"

"IRISH ARE LUCKY." they chorused.

Chariton Household

"AAAAHH!" Sunni lashed her saber at her sleeping mother, but Mika whipped out her own lightsaber and blocked.

"Awwwww Mr. Hatter, did you remember my unbirthdaaaay?" Mika moaned in her sleep.