Joshua is your average troublemaking boy, along with his best friend and accomplice, Jackson. They often escape school, eager to leave the boring lessons that their teacher gives them. But one escape that lasts for days begins truly concerning Joshua's mother, who attempts to teach those boys a lesson through magical antics by not allowing them to exit premises of where they must be. But the effect of this magic is too great; Joshua is bound to die in 30 days, leaving Joshua's mother to fix her problem.