The Six Months Forgotten

Bully Back in Town

"So did you hear?" Doug asks as we head to the cafeteria. We had met up in the library to compare homework answers.

"Hear what?" I question, interested in the latest news.

"That Oxygen and Magnesium are going out."

"Omg!" I gasp for us to laugh as we stop at the cafeteria doors.

"So Evie, do you have any plans for afterschool?" He questions, pushing up his glasses.

"Not that I know of. Why?" I look up at him and bat my eyelashes.

"Well, I was wondering- that is- I was hoping that- maybe- if you wanted to- we could-"

"Attack!" Cass screams jumping onto Dougs head. Was she on the ceiling again?

"You think you can just come in here and take away the blueberry princess on my mushroom? Well think again, Bowtie goblin!" Cass says before crawling around Doug's stomach and shoulders.

"Cass." Doug chuckles, "Cass, cut that out!" He manages to catch her on his shoulder. He starts scratching under her chin as Cass tries to eat his fingers.

"C'mon you two. You can play more after we have breakfast." I giggle for Doug to place Cass on his shoulder and the three of us go into the cafeteria. As we get in line, I feel as if we're being watched. I look over my shoulder to see students turning away and whispering.

"Doug, why would everyone be staring?" I ask as I pick up a tray.

"Hard to takes eyes off of someone with a gorgeous outfit." He replies making me blush. Cass then starts patting his head.

"Dougie-boy! Dougie-boy!" Doug turns to her, "Can we get a lime?"

"Why exactly would you want a lime? I thought you'd be having kibble and milk today."

"Oh I am," Cass jumps off his shoulder and turns human, "but as Gregory Duckheart once said, 'A lime with blue jeans adds an extra piece of gravy to the toenail chessboard helping you fight off the Rukkenburg in the valley of pizzas'." Doug looks at C like she's grown two extra heads.

"That sounds like a bunch of utter nonsense."

"Well, what did you expect from a kitten?" We hear some girl chuckle. We turn to see three freshmeat girls: a blonde, a red-head, and a raven haired girl.

"I'm not a kitten, Jennifer." Cass spats for the raven haird girl to smirk.

"That not what the website says, and the picture?" Jennifer shakes her head, "Omg."

"What picture?" Cass questions, annoyed. The blonde takes out her phone as I hear someone running up to us. I turn to see Lonnie.

"Doug- there you are-" Lonnie pants, "We have a problem. C'mon." She grabs his sleeve.

"Lonnie, I'm kinda-"

"You're coming with me, Doug." She persists, gripping his collar.

"But-"

"NOW!" Lonnie growls, dragging Doug away. I turn back to the three annoying girls, only to see Cass blushing hard.

"Well, it's not like I wanted to do it!" Cass defends, "She asked if the thing was big enough to fit on an animal. I changed into cat form so she could check. The bonnet fit so she wanted to see if the socks did too and it just went down hill from there!"

"Oh please, if you really didn't want to you could've said no, so no one's gonna believe your pathetic excuse."

"I believe her," I step in, giving the girls a glare, "and it's completely understandable that Cass would roll with it because Timid was having so much fun. Yes, she could've said no to it, but she didn't because she was being nice and if you really want to make something of this, " I step closet, "You'd best watch your back."

"That sounds like a threat." Blondey gasps, the three of them wide-eyed.

"Good. Now scram." I growl for the three to scurry away. I turn to Cassey.

"You okay, Kitty?" She grabs her arm and shrugs, glancing around.

"You think everyone's already seen the picture?"

"Maybe not everyone." I shrug before handing her a lime, "C'mon let's have breakfast." She shakes her head.

"I kinda just want to get to class." She replies. I was gonna protest but she teleports. I sigh and get back to getting my own breakfast. I guess I'll see her at lunch. . .

Ben's POV

"They did what!?" Mal growls, stabbing her pancakes. Evie had just told me and the other VKs of what happened with Cass.

"Now Mal, calm dow-"

"Nobody calls her Kitten but us!" Mal continues, "And those who do, answer to ME!"

"Mal, have some hot coffee." Jay suggests, "It'll cool you down." Mal glares at him for Jay to raise an eyebrow and offer her his cup. Mal snatches the coffee and takes a sip.

"I wasn't happy with them either, but we have more important things to worry about." Evie points out, getting a bite of oatmeal.

"Right." I agree, "Jane's already told her mother of what happened, and she's working with Mr. Doc to try and trace the account that was used to post the story."

"Are you sure they can trace it though?" Carlos questions, "I mean, this kid could've hacked someone else's account and uploaded it that way, and with so many people already seeing it and possibly screenshotting the article. It's gonna be hard to stop it from spreading even more."

"Can't you try tracing the article? You're great with tech stuff. You could probably find and delete any traces of it. I mean you nearly took down the barrier once."

"Yeah, nearly, but I guess I can try, but it'll have to wait till third hour."

"Great, you'll trace them and I'll bash anyone's head in that tries to bring it up around Cass." Mal says, slamming the empty cup on the table.

"Mal, we're good now. We can't slam peoples heads in because of them picking on Cassey." Evie says, calmly.

"Evie's right. Violence won't solve this."

"Then what are we supposed to do, Carlos!? Sit around and let people pick on her!?" Mal snaps, stabbing a strawberry, "No one picks on our cat but us!"

"I don't think the coffee helped." I whisper to Jay before turning to my now aggressive girlfriend.

"Mal," she glares at me, "I think the best way to help Cass is to let her know we're here for her and, nonviolently, stand up for her when she needs it. Okay?" She wrinkles her nose.

"Oh, fine," She folds her arms and pouts cutely, "but it doesn't help my anger."

"You and me can spar afterschool." Jay offers, "Oh and when did Cass say it's gonna rain today?"

"Rain?" I ask, "The news said today was gonna be clear."

"Forecast may say clear," Evie pauses to sip her orange juice, "but when Cass says it's going to rain, it's going to rain. She has a conspiracy theory that the clouds are out to spoil everyone's fun."

"That's an odd theory." I pause, biting into my toast.

"Not as strange as her magic sorcerer theory." Carlos chuckles, "She says he cursed the whole world with S. S. D. or sparratic singing disorder, which is why we can adlib songs so well."

"You know that makes more sense than the chromosome stuff we learn in biology." I admit for Mal to chuckle.

"I wouldn't believe in it too much Ben." She pauses to swallow her strawberry, "Due to the theories coming from a cat that once married a vegetable."

"Mal's right Ben." We turn to see Victoria, "You shouldn't believe anything from a kitten." Oh no. . .

Apologies for late update! I've started going back and just rewriting the chapters because it seems to really help make them more clear and more entertaining. However next chapter will probably be much more late due to the fact I'm going to my sisters, who doesn't have wifi, and won't be back till the weekend.

But the important question is, what is Mal gonna do to Victoria? Will Fairy Godmother and Doc be able to trace the cyberbully? How is Cass going to cope? Stay tuned to find out!