Supa Kidz

Ted Vs. Hammer Fatty

The knight sat alone at a campfire far from any civilization. He watched as the flames danced violently and the sticks burned with the heat. The light reflected off the partly rusted armor and the freshly clean blade beside him. He slowly looked to the night sky as he heard a howl. The knight readyed his blade as he waited for what was to come.

"POMPADOUR!"

Pip burst through the door with a bullhorn and jumped up on Ted's bed bouncing up and down. Ted was bounced up along with him and fell from his mattress, bumping his head on the floor. Pip tossed his uniform on top of him and bolted out the room. Ted simply groaned in pain, he hated Mondays.

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Ted pulled himself into homeroom and plopped into his seat with a groan. His day was already off to a bad start. On top of Pip's enthusiastic wake-up call, he was forced to eat his father's leftover burnt pancakes. Then on the way to school he stepped in some gum and a cat hissed at him. Not to mention Steph was still refusing to talk to him. He would catch her glaring at him from the corner of her eyes, but when he would turn to talk to her, she would turn her nose up and pout, refusing to acknowledge him. When he asked Lilith what was wrong with her sister, she simply shrugged.

After attendance was called, students began shuffling around the room. Ted quickly became aware of a new presence in the seat beside him. He could also feel that, once again, the room's attention was suddenly on him. He glanced to his side, and sure enough, Olivia Scaleless was sitting next to him, red-faced and doing a very poor job at pretending to read her book. This had been going on for a few days now. The shy girl obviously had something to say to him, and he wished she'd just come out with it already, it was starting to get a little creepy. He was pretty sure she had started following him to some of his classes. He glanced back over, catching her in the act of staring at him. She blushed harder and fumbled with her book, shielding her face with it. He had to admit, she was pretty cute, if a little odd. The bell finally rang, he got up from his seat, and prepared to face his first class. However, before he left, he turned back to Olivia.

"By the way, your book is upside down." He tried not to think about how cute she looked when she got flustered.

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In between periods, a large form made its way around the side of the school to a small patch of bushes. It pushed the branches of one aside, checking to see if what it stored there before was still present. Its slimy lips pulled back into a repugnant smile.

That little punk was going to pay.

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Ted and Eve walked out of the chemistry lab together.

"Ted."

"Yes, Eve."

"After much deliberation and several days' worth of controlled experimentation, I have come to one irrefutable conclusion."

"Which is?"

"Science can go screw itself."

Ted gave her a high five in agreement. Science was hard, and he was pretty sure Prof. Scaleless wasn't very fond of him, for some reason. Ted figured it had something to do with Olivia. How had he come to that conclusion? Maybe it was the fact that every day before class, under his seat, he found a note made from magazine clippings spelling the words "Stay away from my daughter!" Also there was today's lecture.

"Okay class, let's talk about elements binding. You see, elements are pure, like the world's most perfect and pure daughter, but sometimes nasty little parasites will latch onto her and try to tie her down to them. These other elements will try to steer her down the wrong path, ruining her life and stealing her away from her poor father." As he was saying this, he wrote the words "Stay away from my daughter!" repeatedly on the whiteboard.