It was another day for the Writer family as they were in their home. Blaze and Sunday had returned from school to do their own personal business. Sunset was in her and Soul’s bedroom grading homeworks and drinking her coffee. Soul watched TV in the living room enjoying the day away from the theater business.
Coming up in his car, Zero drove up to the curb and parked. He walked up to the door and knocked on it. Soul went and opened to do before he smiled.
“Hey Zero, glad to see you!” Soul said. “You came for another visit?”
“Yup! I'm free for the next few days since crime is pretty low right. And I thought I'd swing by,” Zero said.
“But isn’t it always low?” Soul said. “I mean not that much happens here…. Besides magical mishaps that happen every now and again.”
“Lower than normal,” Zero replied.
“Well come on in! I’ll get us some drinks!”
“Sweetness!” Zero walked inside the house and went into the living room. Soul came out of the kitchen and handed him water. “So, how is everyone in the Writer household?”
“We’re doing good! Sunset is in the bedroom trying to grade some homeworks. And the kids are upstairs in their rooms doing whatever it is they do,” Soul answered.
“You know, Sunset should really get an office built in one of the rooms to work on stuff like that,” Zero said.
“Meh, she likes it to do it in our room. Sometimes if she needs to rest up, I’ll be there to comfort her,” Soul explained. “Plus our room is pretty big so we got plenty of room.”
“Do you at least have a filing cabinet?” Zero asked.
“Yup, we do. She mostly uses it though.”
“Good. But Speaking of School, did you hear Celestia and Luna might retire soon?”
“Yeah, I’ve heard about that. I didn’t think that the day would ever come,” Soul said. “They were always so happy being at that school.”
“Yeah. I actually tried talking to them about holding off a little longer but it was no use.”
“What a shame.”
“Yeah, but maybe we can get someone who's just as nice as Principal and Vice Principal,” Zero said. “I'd suggest Twilight but she loves her science at tad bit more than teaching.”
“I thought the same with Sunset but she’s not really sure about it.”
“We'll put a pin on the idea. There's plenty of time to brainstorm,” Zero said.
“That’s true. Hey, the latest MLG competition is about to start. Wanna watch?” Soul asked.
“Hell Yeah, you get the snacks and stuff ready. I'm gonna see how the kids are doing,” Zero said. He headed upstairs and went up to Sunday’s door. Just as he was going by her room, he heard a thump on the door.
“Hm?” Zero knocked on the door.
“I’m busy!” Sunday shouted.
“Everything okay in there?” Zero asked.
“Yeah! I’m just busy with some things,” Sunday answered.
“Alright. I'll come back later,” Zero said. He walks off to Blaze's room. He knocked on the door . “Knock Knock. Guess who's here?”
The door opened and Blaze stood there. He was in the middle of a game he was playing and looked up at Zero. “Hey, uncle,” he greeted
“Whatcha playing?” Zero asked.
“Just playing Destiny 2.”
“Oh nice! I didn't think it came out so soon.”
“I'm just playing an early version of the beta,” Blaze explained.
“Ah. Neat, Otherwise are you doing alright?” Zero asked before he gave Blaze a noogie.
“Heh, I'm doing okay. A little bored but I’m alright,” Blaze replied. “How are you doing?”
“Awesome as usual. I'm hanging out with your dad so I'm gonna hang out here for the day,” Zero answered.
“Oh, alright. Is the MLG series on?”
“In a few minutes, yeah.” Zero said. “By the way. You know what Sunday's doing in her room?”
“I don’t know, she always does something weird,” Blaze replied. “I'll see you guys in a bit. I'm just gonna finish up this match here.”
“Okay, but hurry up before it starts.” Zero went off towards the stairs. Just as he went by Sunday's room again, he heard frustrated groans. He raised an eyebrow and knocked on the door once more. “Sunday?”
“Busy!”
“Sunday, what are you up to? I'm about to come in,” Zero said.
“Don't come in!” He heard papers ruffling and drawers being closed.
“That does it.” Zero walked inside. Sunday was shoving down papers under her bed before she froze. Zero saw crumbled up papers, pictures of Altair on her walls and a chalkboard with details spots of spying on him.
“...... Hi, Uncle,” Sunday greeted awkwardly. “How are you?”
Zero stood there as he looked at Sunday with a blank expression. “.... Somebody has a bit of an obsession,” he said.
“It's not an obsession!.... Okay, maybe it is, but I'm desperate!” Sunday retorted.
“No need to be defensive. I won't judge you over it,” Zero said and snickers.
“You won't?”
“Who's my favorite niece again?”
“I am?”
“Yes you are, you Little Booger!” Zero ruffles Sunday's Hair as he laughed.
Sunday giggled and she hugged Zero.
Zero hugged her back for a moment before letting go. He closed the door and sat down. “So. I'm guessing you haven't asked him out yet, right?” he asked.
“No.... I'm too nervous to,” Sunday replied. “I get choked up every time I get near him!”
“Well, lucky for you. You're Uncle Zero knows a thing or two about High school romance,” Zero said.
“You do?”
“Yup! Back in the day, I actually had a massive crush on Fluttershy. And Trixie fell for me too,” Zero said.
“Trixie... And Fluttershy?”
“Yup. But since I have Nova and Star, you can already see how things turned out.”
“...... How?”
“Simple, I shut Trixie down, despite the hounding,” Zero replied. “And Twilight rolled into my life, plus Night and Fluttershy were a couple so I was out of luck.”
“No I mean, how would Trixie have a crush on you like that?” Sunday asked. “You don't seem like a good catch, uncle.”
“Least I know she'd be better off with me than that Blueblood.”
“Yeaaaaaaaaaaah.”
“But we're not here to talk about how cool I am. We're here to get you noticed,” Zero said. “So let's cut to the chase.”
Sunday gasped in horror. “Why would we cut Night!? I know you said you had a crush on Fluttershy but come on!” she said.
“.......I mean, let's get back on topic,” Zero corrected.
“Oh, okay.”
“So first off, let's focus on the most important thing a girl has to have! And that, is an appealing personality!”
“:........ YOU DON'T THINK I'M PERFECT THE WAY I AM!?” Sunday shouted before tearing up and started to cry.
“No, No, No! Your absolutely perfect Sunday!” Zero said trying to comfort her with a hug. “That's why you're already off to a good start!”
“WHAAAAAA- Oh okay!”
“But it's always about your end. You need to be sure if this is what you really want,” Zero said. “Tell me, why do you like Altair?”
“He's awesome and very handsome! I want to get to know him more to see if he's the one for me! He's always been nice to me whenever we do talk!” Sunday explained.
“Uh-huh. Well then, it's time you set up to the plate, starting today.”
“What are we going to do?”
“You will ask to hang out with him!”
“Wha!?” Sunday asked dumbfounded.
“Sunday, think about it. If you don't act fast, someone's gonna take Altair away from you!” Zero explained. “And you need to do it fast before someone else does! It could be anyone at any time!”
Sunday covered her mouth and gasped. “Jazz! Oooooh! She always tries to one up me!” she said.
“Then you see my point! You have to live in the moment, like you always do!” Zero said.
“But I’m too scared to be in the moment! The last time I tried, I ended up half naked in front of the entire gymnasium! They had to get Kringle to the hospital that day!”
“...... I'll ask for the details later. But it's okay!” Zero said “Because I'll keep my eyes on you from the shadows and make sure everything works out!”
“Okay now you’re just creepy the way you said that,” Sunday said.
“You have no room to talk with all those spots to spy on Altair.”
“Those were for my eyes only!”
“Alright, Alright. Point is, I'm gonna help you out.,” Zero said.
“Okay…. I’ll ask Altair to hang out with me,” Sunday said.
“And if something happens. Just call me, okay?”
“Okay.”
Zero patted her head and headed out the room. He looked back at her for a moment. “Any other Advice you need before I go?” he asked.
“Nope! I think I’m good!” Sunday confidently said.
“Alright Sunny! Good luck!” Zero goes back downstairs and watches TV with Blaze and Soul for the day.
It was morning at Canterlot High and Sunday walked inside. She looked around for a moment until she saw Altair at his locker. She clutched onto her backpack and took a deep breath.
‘Okay Sunday, you can do this…. Just go up and ask him if he could hang out like Uncle Zero said. It just that simple. You’ve talked to him a lot during our time together for our project. I can do this!’ Sunday thought. However she only stood still and didn’t do anything. Her mind told her body to move but it refused every command she wanted. ‘Move you idiot! I’m too scare!’
“Hey Sunday,” Seryn said as she stood behind Sunday.
Sunday yelped and she jumped. She quickly turned and whacked Seryn with a book.
“OW!” Seryn held her head “Geez! What was that for!?”
“Oh, Seryn! I'm so sorry! You just scared me!” Sunday hugged Seryn and rubbed her head.
“Time for your Daily Altair stalking?” Seryn chuckled.
“I do not stalk!” Sunday corrected. “And I'll have you know, I was gonna ask him to hang out.”
“I'll believe it when I see it.”
“Shut up! It's happening! See!?” Sunday took one step towards Altair.... and froze in place.
Seryn sighed and shook her head.
Zero poked his head from around the corner behind Sunday and took out a tape recorder. He played it as it was Sunday's voice. “Altair! Over here!” He turned it off quickly and hid.
“What the?” Seryn looked around confused.
Altair looked around and saw Seryn and Sunday before closing the locker. “Oh, hey girls.”
“W-Wha.... H-Hi, Altair!” Sunday greeted recollecting herself.
“Hey Altair,” Seryn greeted.
Altair looked at Sunday and smiled. “Hi Sunday. How've you been?” he asked.
“G-Great! I've been doing great, handsom- I mean, Altair!” Sunday panicked.
“Now you sound like my mom by saying handsome,” Altair commented.
Seryn looked at Sunday.
“What!? What are you talking about!? I never said that word before in my life!” Sunday said. She started to sweat nervously and felt her legs shaking.
“You just did,” Altair pointed out.
“Look! LeBron James!” Sunday pointed behind Altair.
“Good one. He has a game tonight so why would he be here?” Altair asked as he crossed his arms.
“…… Smoke bomb!” Sunday had a pellet in her hand and threw it down. It exploded with smoke covering the entire hallway.
Seryn coughed heavily as she covered her eyes. “Sunday!” she cried.
The smoke cleared and Sunday was gone.
“Wow. That was pretty impressive,” Altair commented.
“She's used to doing this.” Seryn said.
“Is she a ninja?”
“Seryn, help!” Sunday was inside a trashcan and her legs wiggled. “I was too blinded and I fell in here!”
Seryn walked over and pulled her out.
“Thanks, Seryn!” Sunday said. There was a moment of awkward silence before she ran off down the hall. Zero pulled her away by the corner and out of the others sight.
“Well, I kinda expected that,” Seryn said.
Altair chuckled. “Yeah.”
Sunday yelped and looked at Zero. “Holy crap, you were spying on me,” she said.
“Shh, you're falling apart out there! Pull it together!” Zero said.
“I can’t! I’m freaking out here!”
“That's why I'm here. Look, just be yourself. I've got you covered.”
“Okay, when you say stuff like that, it makes you sound like a pervert,” Sunday commented.
“That's because your mind is always in the gutter,” Zero said.
“It is not! You’re the one that said you would cover me!” Sunday retorted.
“I mean watch your back and make sure everything works out!” Zero countered.
“Well why didn’t you say that!?”
“Because, ugh, just go back out there,” Zero said.
“I just can’t go back out there! I totally blew it!”
“Okay. Try again the next time you see him.”
“Okay…. When will that be?” Sunday asked.
Sometime later it was lunch time. Everyone in the cafeteria were grabbing their food and sitting with their friends chatting. Sunday had gotten her tray of food and looked around for a moment.
Altair, Jade and Seryn sat together at the usual table with the rest of their friends.
‘Okay, just act nonchalantly and I can totally ask Altair out. I can do this!’ Sunday thought. She walked over and sat next to Seryn. She whistled to herself trying not to gain attention.
“Hey Sunday.” Seryn greeted.
“Hi, Seryn! How was your day?
“You mean since I last saw you? Pretty decent,” Seryn replied.
“Today has been rather slow,” Jade said.
“I agree,” Altair said.
“That’s good to hear,” Sunday said. ‘Okay! Just gotta ask him and everything will play out right! I just have to be calm and smooth.’ She looked up at Altair. “ …….. ALTAIR!”
Everyone looked at her.
“Huh?”
Sunday’s eyes widen and her forehead dripped with sweat. ‘WHAT THE HELL!? I panicked! You idiot!’ she thought. “I said Altair! Everyone else stop looking at me!”
“Hmm... What's in it for us?” Jade asked.
Jade’s face got hit with a handful of mash potatoes.
Jade remained silent as she gave Sunday a hateful glare. Seryn laughed covering her mouth. She got hit by an orange and held her head.
“OW!”
“Do not laugh at me, dear sister! I will retaliate!” Jade said.
A paper airplane hit Sunday's forehead.
“OW! Huh?” Sunday rubbed her head and she picks it up. She unfolds it and looks at the writing.
It was a note from Zero. “Ask to talk to Altair in private.”
“Oh! That makes sense!” Sunday looks at Altair. “Hey Altair, would you mind we talked in private? You know, alone where no one is around and can’t bother us? Specifically Jade?” she asked.
“Why not me?” Jade asked.
“We all know why,” Sunday said.
“Hmph.”
“Sure I guess,” Altair said. He quickly tries to finish off his burger.
Sunday waited a few moments for Altair. When he was done, she took him away from the table. She took him over to a table and sat down with him. “W-Would you like to go hang out sometime?” she asked.
“Is that all you wanted to know? You could've just said that while we were still over there,” Altair said.
“I have bad social skills,” Sunday said. “So would you like to?”
“I don't really have many female friends, so sure.”
“Sweet! I can’t wait for it!” Sunday chimed. ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’
“I'm sure it'll be an interesting time,” Altair said and chuckled.
“Don’t worry, I have the whole thing planned out! We can go out this Saturday!”
“Alrighty. I actually don't have practice that day.”
“Cool! So it’ll be no probable at all!” Sunday said. Her eyes noticed Zero waving at Sunday from the Cafeteria door behind Altair. He motioned her to come over. She nods and looks back at Altair.
“Nope. Guess I'll see you then,” Altair said.
“Okay! Later!” Sunday said. She walked out the door and she looked at Zero. “I did it! He said he can hang out this Saturday!”
“That's awesome!” Zero hugs Sunday and ruffles her hair. “Then my work here is done!”
“No it's not! I need to know what I can do during the hangout!” Sunday said. “I need you all the way, man!”
“It's just like any normal hang out you do with Star or Seryn,” Zero said.
“But Altair is a boy! I don't know what to do in that situation!” Sunday said. “I mean he’s genetically different! He looks different, he’s handsome instead of beautiful and he has a p-”
“Woah! Woah! Just calm down and be yourself,” Zero eased. “Take him to the movies and let him pick what he wants or go out and get something to eat. Or both. Just don't jump in for a kiss or anything.”
“Okay, no jumping for a kiss,” Sunday said. “.... If he tries, I whack him, right?”
“Well, if you want my opinion. I say take it if he tries to. But for a great relationship It's best that you take it one step at a time and let the emotions build up and follow your heart,” Zero explained. “And by that, I mean a kiss on the cheek is fine at the end of the first few dates. But go for the lips around the fourth date.”
“Okay, I can do that! Thanks, uncle!” Sunday said. She went up and hugged Zero tightly.
Zero chuckled and hugged Sunday back. “No problem, little Sunny. I'll let you take it from here. Enjoy your date!” he said. He let go of her and walks away.
Sunday smiled and she walks back towards the cafeteria. “I did it! I did it! I get a chance to go out with Altair!” she said. “And Uncle Zero is right! I have to let this be natural and see where this goes! I can just feel that everything's going my way!”
The day of school had almost ended. But now all the students were together for their last period and class for the day.
Gym class.
Most of everyone were in the gymnasium talking to one another. Others were stretching and playing small rounds of different sports before class began. And the few that weren’t there yet, were inside the locker rooms getting their uniforms on.
Sunday came out with her uniform on. She loosen her shirt and stretched her shorts. “Ngh. Man, why are my uniforms always so tight on me?” she asked herself. “I think my mom put them in the cleaners for too long or something.”
Seryn walked by Sunday. “To be frank, you’re still growing,” Seryn said. “Look at your bust and rear. They grew out like crazy when we started high school!”
“That’s not true!.... Is it?” Sunday asked. “Am I really growing out so fast?”
“Yeah! I think you might be hitting your growth spurt,” Seryn said. “The same thing happened to Jade…. Only it was mostly her rear.”
“Ah, that makes sense,” Sunday said. “By the way, do you know what your dad is doing for gym today? I feel like I need to be prepared ahead of time.”
“Yeah, especially since the last time you ended up in your under-”
“We agreed not to talk about it!” Sunday cut off Seryn.
Seryn giggled. “I can’t see how. Before we left, he was pretty sick so we may have a free period today,” she replied.
“Oh! That would be awesome!” Sunday said.
Suddenly the doors burst opened and everyone froze up. A large muscular man stepped into the gymnasium with a clipboard and a whistle around his neck. The man strangely resembled a Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator. He blew the whistle and looked at everyone.
“Alright everyone, I’m your substitute coach, Iron Rod,” Iron Rod greeted.
Everyone in the room looked at him with a blank expression.
“Um…. That name sounds kinda like-”
“Yes! Like my distant, twice removed uncle, Iron Will!” Iron Rod said cutting off Nova. “I followed in his footsteps and became a coach. But soon became a famous Hollywood actor for a short time before I fell into a deep mess. But I recovered and am now a billionaire who retired and once again became a coach.”
“..... I see,” Nova said.
“Now onto business. You lads and laddess are going to get the exercise of your young and unimportant lives,” Iron Rod said. “I have constructed a jungle preserve outside next to the gymnasium.”
“Wait, what?” a student said. “How did you do that in a short amount of time?”
“It’s called money,” Iron Rod replied. “Now the purpose of this is because we’ll be playing a game! A hunting game! Where I will be hunting the most dangerous prey of all….. Teenagers.”
Everyone in the room started to sweat and looked petrified. Camilla was the only one that wasn’t scared. She walked up to Iron Rod and looked at him.
“Nice try, there’s no way this is legal,” she said.
“Actually, it is now!” Iron Rod said. “After some careful reading into the laws and permits, all I can do is use this high powered paintball gun and hunt you down. I have the permits here and made several copies. Everything about this is perfectly legal.”
“..... Oh crap,” Camilla said.
Jade walked up to Iron Rod and she handed him a note. “I have a doctors note that prevents me from doing all of these activities,” she said. “Thus excusing me from doing this barbaric game.”
The students shouted at Jade.
“How can you leave us like that!?”
“Man, you suck!”
“Traitor!”
“I’m just doing what I have to,” Jade said.
Iron Rod took the note and inspected it. “Seems legit,” he said. He took the paper and tore it up. He threw the pieces on the floor at Jade’s feet. “But it's not good enough.”
“But-”
“Back in with the group. You will not get away from me so easily,” Iron Rod said. “Now then, the rules are simple for a baby to understand. I will give everyone of you a chance to get away from here in five minutes. After that, I will hunt you down and shoot at you. If you get hit, you are to sit on the benches nearby and stay there until the end of the game. If you survive, you won! Now any questions?”
Another girl walked towards Iron Rod. It was Jazz as she stood in front of him. Blaze saw her and he tried to hide among the crowd.
“Excuse me but I will not be apart of it!” Jazz said. “My father is the governor of the state and he will not tolerate any of this-”
“Young lady, who do you think I got the permit for? Sure he may later find out about all this but like I said, it's perfectly legal,” Iron Rod explained. “But if some of you don’t want to do this, I can always give you the sack of shame.”
“Then I’ll take tha- Wait, what?” Jazz asked.
A moment later, Jazz was inside a large sack as she hung from the coat hangers. She struggled to get out of it as it was tied around her neck.
“Ngh! Someone get me down from here!” Jazz demanded. Everyone couldn’t help but laugh at her misfortune.
Iron Rod joined in on the laugh. “Oh, it brings such joy to see children smile,” he said. He pulled out his paintball gun and loads it up. “Too bad I’m gonna shot you all.”
Everyone was dead silent again and they sweated heavily.
“Now all of your time starrrrrrrrrts now!” Iron Rod said. He opened the door outside and stepped aside. “Say goodbye to your punity innocents as I shoot them out.”
Quickly all the students ran out the door as some panicked and screamed while others tried to calm down and plan out their next move. Just as Iron Rod said, there was a vast jungle outside with various plants and a few animals. The students tried to hid among the jungle while others tried to get out of the preserve fast as they can.
Sunday and Seryn ran along a trail hoping to find a way out. They saw a big fence with no bob wires on top.
“Look! We can climb out of here!” Sunday said.
“Oh sweet freedom!” Seryn said.
However just as the two went up and touched the fence, they were shocked instantly. They let out yelps before they fell back on the ground covered in black ashes. Seryn twitched for a moment while Sunday’s hair was slightly on fire.
“Eeeeeh…. Not so sweet freedom,” Sunday said. She licks her fingers and puts out the fire.
“How is this even legal?” Seryn asked. “Sunday, I’m beginning to think our school attracts insane people.”
“I can’t deny that,” Sunday said.
Over in another part of the preserve, Blaze ran through the lush bushes and jumping over logs. He slows down and takes a moment to catch his breath. Right behind him was Star, Iris, Eve and Jangle as they came out into the clearing.
“Okay, I think we’re safe out here,” Blaze said. “Let’s think of a plan to survive the rest of the hour.”
“Dude, are you really out of breath? We barely ran a mile,” Star said. “You need to get more exercise, tubby.”
“I am not tubby and shut up!” Blaze retorted.
Jangle looks up to the trees. “Maybe we can hide up in the trees?” he suggested. “We’ll have a better time hiding in the leaves.”
“Good idea! Jangle, can you lift us up?” Star asked.
“Sure, no problem,” Jangle replied. He picks Star up and lifts her up with ease. She grabbed onto a branch and pulled herself up.
As Jangle was helping Eve up next, Iris walked up to Blaze and she blushed. “C-Can y-you h-help m-m-me u-up, Blaze?” she asked. “I-I f-feel c-comfortable i-if y-you d-do it.”
Blaze raised a brow. “Wouldn’t it make sense for you to lift me up?” he asked. “I mean you’re super strong and you can just as easily climb up the tree by your-” He stopped talking as he saw Iris give him a deadpan expression. He blinks before he rubs the back of his head. “I mean, sure I can do it.”
Blaze goes up to Iris and held her by her hips. He let’s out a sigh. ‘She’s going to be so heavy I can barely lift her!’ he thought. ‘How can I possibly get her off the ground when she can-”
Blaze stopped track in is thought when he lifted Iris up. His expression went blank as he lifted her with such ease. It was like holding up a feather and he couldn’t believe that he was able to lift up a person like Iris. Before Iris could reach up, Blaze puts her down and lifts her up again. He kept on doing it repetitively until he sets her feet on the ground.
“..... How are you so light!?” Blaze shouted. “You shouldn’t be light as a feather! That defies all logic!”
Iris thinks for a moment and simply shrugs. Blaze groans before he lifts Iris up and she grabbed onto a branch. Jangle jumped up and climbed while Iris pulled Blaze up with ease. Just as they were climbing up, Star went up as high as she could. Eve looked up at her and felt worried.
“Hey Star, maybe you shouldn’t climb that high,” Eve said. “You could-”
“Oh, don’t sweat it, Eve!” Star interrupted. “I’ve climbed trees since I was like five! I can totally handle-” Just as she grabbed a branch, he snapped off and started to fall. “Ah oh. AAAAAAAAH!”
Eve’s eyes widen before Star crashed on top of her. They both screamed as they landed on Jangle and broke through his branch. Blaze and Iris’s eyes widen before Iris crushed Blaze into a bear hug. The three crashed into them and they landed on the ground hard. They all groaned in pain on top of one another.
Blaze opened his eyes but all he could see was darkness. He tried to move his head but he felt pinned down by something. ‘What the hell? What’s on top of head?’ he thought. He reached out and felt something soft.
Iris’s eyes widen and she let out a squeak. “B-B-Blaze! P-Please d-d-don’t s-stop!” she said.
Blaze’s cheeks flashed red and realized what he was feeling. He let out a muffled scream while Iris laid on top of him with her chest in his face.
“AAH! Who’s hand is that!?” Eve asked.
Star pulled her head up. “That was not a hand,” Star corrected. “And sorry.”
“..... I know there’s a hand on me and I really feel uncomfortable right now,” Eve said with a blush.
“S-Sorry!” Iris said and she blushed violently.
Just as they tried to get off of one another, a looming shadow went over them and they looked up. Iron Rod stood over them as he held a long paintball rifle. He cocked the the gun and aimed it at them.
“Well, well, well, look what we have here,” Iron Rod said. “It seems I’m in the middle of some kind of freaky love fest here…. Ahhh, to be young again.”
“What!? No! This isn’t what-” Star was about to say but got shot in the chest. “AAAH!”
“One down, the rest of you to go,” Iron Rod said. He aimed at the others. They all gulped and said their prayers.
At another part of the preserve, Jade walked along a trail while Kringle and Nova followed her from behind. Nova and Kringle kept a watch out fo Iron Rod while Jade was filing her nails.
“Ugh! This is so unfair! Me having to walk through this terrifying jungle while being hunted down like an exotic animal?” Jade said. “It’s a crime to hunt such a beauty as myself.”
“Yeah, it’s a real crime to hunt something as beautiful as you,” Kringle said. “You have such radiant skin and luscious lips that no man could-”
“Look out,” Nova said before he let go of a branch and it hits Kringle in the face.
Kringle let out a yelp before he fell back and held his face. “AAH! What the hell!?” he shouted. “You couldn’t have warned me!?”
“I said look out,” Nova said. “Pay attention, dude.”
Kringle growled and he stood back up. He patted himself before he walked back along with Nova and Jade. As they walked, Nova looked at Jade for a moment. Seeing her beauty radiant from the light of the sun showing through the leaves. He could swear he was looking at a goddess from where he was standing. She might as well have been if she was wearing a white toga and having gold jewelry.
Nova took a deep breath. “So Jade, how have you been doing?” he asked. “Well besides the whole being hunted down and running through the preserve thing.”
“I'm alright I suppose. I dislike how my note didn't work to excuse myself from gym class, but I guess we can't all win sometimes,” Jade replied. She looked over to Nova and smiled. “How are you?”
“Oh, I’m doing alri-”
“I’m doing great!” Krinlge cut Nova. “As great as the loveliness that-”
“Look out for that hole.” Nova tripped Kringle over and he fell into a ditch.
“AAUGH! You dick!”
“Oh you poor thing! Let me help!” Jade bent down and reached out her hand to help him up.
Kringle smiled and held Jade’s hand. “Why thank you so much, Jade. You’re generosity is as marvelous as your beauty,” he said.
‘I hate him so much,’ Nova thought.
“Hehe, thank you.”
“You’re very welcome, my lady~” Kringle said.
Nova grumbled before he looked at Jade. “Alright, before Mister Clumsy here does anything else to slow us down.”
“Hey! You’re the one-!”
“We need to find somewhere safe and well hidden to bunker down,” Nova said. “There must be something out here that we can use to help us.”
Jade nodes. “Hmm... indeed. Luckily I have two wonderful bodyguards!” she said.
“You can always count on me!” Kringle said.
“Really? Well I can take a bullet for her if I have to!” Nova challenged.
“You know what? I can do it better! Just have that stupid substitute come over here and I’ll-” Suddenly Kringle was shoot in the back and he fell back into the ditch. “AAAH! Oh come on!”
Nova looked over and he saw Iron Rod in the open.
“Time to play cat and mouse,” Iron Rod said. He pondered for a moment. “Only the Cat has a gun and you there look more like a rat.”
“Hey!”
“Excuse Me?! I'm no rat! Rats are filthy and dirty creatures. I'm beautiful and majestic like a unicorn!” Jade said and flips her hair.
“He was talking about me,” Nova said.
“Yeah, I was talking about the boy there. You’re definitely a mouse because of the white ivory skin,” Iron Rod stated.
“I'm not a rodent! How dare you indirectly call me ugly!”
“Yak, yak, yak. We’ll talk about the importance of comparisons after I shoot you.” Iron Rod cocks his rifle and fires at Jade.
Nova reacted quickly and tackled Jade out of the way. He got her back on her feet and ran holding her hand. “We gotta move now!”
“R-Right!”
Nova ran through the persevere with Jade. He bashed through the thick leaves making sure Jade didn’t get hit by them. As they ran, they heard gunshots and paintballs marking nearby trees around them.
“Oh shit!” Nova shouted.
“T-This is like a action movie! And here I thought I'd be in a romantic movie quicker than an action one!” Jade said.
“Well who knows, it might turn into an action romance movie instead!” Nova said.
“Those are a thing?”
“They are a thing.”
Soon Nova and Jade find themselves in a deadens as they came upon a river. But the river rushed like crazy from the nearby waterfall.
“How the hell did this guy get a waterfall here!?” Nova yelled. “How big is this preserve!?”
“More than enough for you kids to hide but can’t escape my sight.” Iron Rod came out of the bushes and had his gun aimed for the two. “It seems this is the end for you two.”
Nova gulped. He looked at Jade for a moment and over at the river. A desperate thought came into his mind and he took a deep breath. He grabbed Jade and held her over by the river.
“I’m sorry, Jade but I have to do this,” Nova said. “I wish you the best of luck from here!”
Jade looked at Nova confused for a moment. Her mind clicked together and her eyes widen. “What?! No!” she shouted. “Nova don’t! You’ll-!”
“Sorry, Jade…. Goodbye.” Nova pushes Jade into the river. She splashed in the waters before the current carried her away far from Nova. He let out a sigh and smiled. “You did a good thing, Nova….”
BANG!
“AAAAH! MY KNEE!”
Jade splashed around as she was pushed by the water “Nova! My hair! And my entire body is soaked!”
Jade was too far away for Nova to hear and was out of sight. The river kept pushing Jade away until it started to slow down and she floated along gently. She saw that the ground was low enough for her to climb up. She swam over to the edge and pulled herself out of the water. She crawled along the ground before laying on her back and looking up at the sky. It was a bright sunny day with not a single cloud in the sky and a flock of birds flew by.
Jade let out a sigh. “How did this beautiful day turn so dreadful?” she asked herself.
Unexpectedly Iron Rod stood over Jade with his gun cocked. “That’s because you are being hunted,” he answered.
“H-How did you get here so fast?”
“You haven’t noticed that the river goes into a circle? It was quite easy to catch up with you,” Iron Rod explained. He aims his gun right at Jade.
Jade gulped. “Please be gentle,” she begged.
“Trust me, I’m a professional. You wouldn’t feel a thing.”
*BANG!*
“AAAAAH! I feel everything!”
“Oh wait, I meant to say that instead. My bad.”
As time went by, Iron Rod had been taking out the student body one by one. Their numbers dwindled with time barely being half. Much of the remaining students had gathered around while a few acted as looks out. They all were discussing on how to fight back against Iron Rod.
“We got to do something! We’re getting taken out so easily!” a student said. “We have to find a way to beat that substitute wannabe!”
“We do outnumber him. We could all formed together and attack him at once!”
“Wouldn’t we get in trouble for attacking a teacher?”
“Far as we can see it, it's either him or us.”
“M-Maybe we should just keep on hiding,” Rhoda said. “I-I mean, I don’t want to hurt anyone…. Or get hurt myself.”
“Yeah! Besides this is fun! It’s like some of my video games except I’m the one getting hunted!” Jingle said. “So it makes it like super suspenseful!”
All the students and Rhoda looked at Jingle with blank expressions. They all looked at each other and most of them nod.
“Yeah, we’re going with the all at once attack,” a student said. “Grab some rocks, sticks, stones and whatever you can get. We attack him as soon as he-”
Suddenly something landed in the middle of the group. They all looked down to see a round metal ball. All their eyes widen and expressions turned into horror.
“Is that a grenade!?”
“DUCK AND COVER!”
Before they could, the grenade exploded and paint went splattered most of the group. By instinct, Rhoda had ducked down before most of everyone and wasn’t covered in paint. She looked up to see some of the moan and groan from the pain. She sat up and let out a sigh.
“That was too close,” Rhoda said. She stood up and looked around. “Jingle? Did you get hit!?”
Jingle popped up in front of Rhoda and smiled brightly. “Nope! I’m a okay!” he said. “Boy, that was awesome with the grenade! This is even better than a game!”
“Jingle, we need to get out of here!” Rhoda said. “He could be here right about-”
“AAAAH!”
Rhoda and Jingle looked over and saw a student that got shot by Iron Rod. He kept on shooting each student before they had a chance to run. He looked over to the two and aimed his gun at them. “Hasta la vista, babies,” he said. He fired his gun and hits Kringle in the chest.
“AAAAH! Oh man, I wanted more screen time!” Jingle said and fell over. He pretended to be dead with his tongue out.
Iron Rod looked at Rhoda and aimed at her. Rhoda felt the stress and nervous at being pointed at. Her eyes started to flutter and her mind went blank. She let out a weary sigh and fainted. Iron Rod looked at her with a confused expression before only shrugging.
Sunday and Seryn walked around the preserve taking in the beauty of it. Despite the situation they were in, they were having fun playing around in it and seeing some of the exotic animals that were brought with it.
“Woah! This is so awesome!” Seryn said. “I can’t believe this is really just behind the back of the school now!”
“Right!? It’s really rad!” Sunday said.
“Did you just say rad?”
“Yeah, what’s wrong with that? I think it's the perfect word for this situation.”
“I don’t know. That’s a really old school saying,” Seryn said.
“Oh? So saying rad is bad but saying old school isn’t?” Sunday asked.
“I’m just saying,” Seryn countered. She looked up at several vines and her mouth opened wide. “Oh look! A toucan!”
On a vine, a toucan bird rest on it as it cleans its feathers. It noticed Seryn And Sunday and looked at them with its head tilted.
“Oh, he’s such a pretty bird!” Seryn chimed. She carefully got closer to the bird. Just as she got close enough, the bird leaned forward and poked her forehead. “OW! Okay, not so pretty bird now!”
Sunday laughed. She laid against a tree and before she knew it, a coconut hit the top of her head. “OW!”
“Serves you right!” Seryn said.
“Sheesh, if you two keep on shouting, you’re going to get found soon.”
Seryn and Sunday looked up and saw Altair up in the tree. He laid on a large branch and he yawned after taking a long nap. “What’s up, girls?” he asked.
“Oh, hey Altair,” Seryn said. “Have you been napping this whole time?”
“Kinda. I was half asleep and half awake. I didn’t want to get the drop on me but since I was up here almost all period, I thought a nap would be good,” Altair said. He looks at Sunday and smiled. “So how have you two been doing out here?”
“W-Well, we were trying to get out of the preserve but we got electrocuted instead,” Sunday replied. “I guess every since, we’ve just been walking around trying to keep our heads low.”
“That sounds like a good idea but I’ll just stay up here for the rest of the time,” Altair said. “I wish you both good luck.”
“Can’t you help us? Pleeeeeeeeeeeease?” Sunday begged. She looked at Altair with puppy eyes and puckered lips.
“.... Okay,” Altair replied and gave a defeated sigh. He jumped down from the branch and stretched. “Alright, let’s find you girls a good safe spot.”
“Sounds cool to me!” Seryn said. “Maybe we could look somewhere over there. I think the coach hasn’t really-” Just as Seryn took a step, she stepped on something metal. She looked down and her eyes widen seeing a mine under her feet.
The mine beep and exploded. It blow Altair and Sunday back from the force. Altair landed with Sunday on top of him and they both looked at Seryn with horrid eyes. Seryn stood completely still as she was covered in paint. Her eyes opened and she let out a groan before she fell over unconscious.
“Seryn!” Sunday screamed.
“Was that a landmine!?” Altair said. “Just what the hell is this guy’s deal!?”
“I suppose it could because of my experience as a war veteran,” Iron Rod said as he came out into the open. “In hindsight I should have gone to a therapist but what could you do?”
“You won’t get away with this Iron Rod!” Sunday said. She tried to keep a serious expression before she giggled. “I’m sorry but saying his name is kinda funny.”
“Sunday, please focus,” Altair said.
“Now only three remain. I have taken out everyone else in the entire school body. It’s you both and who’s name I believe, is Camillian,” Iron Rod said. “I suspect that she can actually blend into the background of the jungle so I will keep an extra eye on her. But you two however, the game is over.”
“I just have one thing to say that,” Altair said. He grabbed Sunday and quickly ran into the preserve with her.
“..... Wait, aren’t you going to tell me what it is first?” Iron Rod said. “Ugh, kids these days. Always in a hurry.” He chases after them.
Altair and Sunday run through the jungle as fast as they could. Sunday looked down at her hand and saw how he held it tightly. Despite the circumstances, this was the best moment she was experiencing. Her heart race as the thought of Altair carrying her off to safety swayed her heart. Sunday bit her lip as she imagines Altair taking her somewhere private and secluded from the rest of the preserve. A large pond in the opening with him waiting in the waters and smirking at her.
However the dreamy thought was short lived when Altair shouted out.
“Sunday, duck!”
Sunday opened her eyes and she saw a branch in front of her. She didn’t have enough time to react and hits it dead on. She falls backwards before slipping and falling down a hill. She screams and grunts as she soon fall into the bushes away from sight. She groans in pain as she felt dazed.
Altair cursed under his breath and tried to look for Sunday. But Iron Rod shoot a few times that made him run off again. The thought that Sunday being out of sight made Altair believe that she was okay for the moment and acted as a distraction for Iron Rod.
Sunday raised her head slowly and rubbed her head. She looked up and saw Iron Rod past by and went after Altair. She heard a few more shoots went off and her mind quickly pulled herself together. She gasped and covered her mouth.
“Oh god! Altair is still being chased!” Sunday said. “I have to help him!” She stood up with her fists clenched and her expression turned into a serious one. “No more Ms. Nice Sunday. I don’t care if he’s our coach for the day, I’m kicking his ass!”
Sunday looked at her uniform. It was teared and had holes in it. She looked around to see several large plants, leaves fruits and many other things the preserve had. She grabbed onto her uniform and tore it off.
Altair kept on running Iron Rod hot on his trail. Luckily for him, he’s part of the the basketball team so running out of breath wasn’t going to be a problem for him. Unfortunately that idea was short lived when he stopped at an edge of a cliff. He looked down to see how far it was but couldn’t because it was too dark.
“Oh come on, how is there a cliff!?” Altair asked. “Someone could get killed out here!”
Iron Rod came into the open and aimed his gun at Altair. “Don’t worry, there’s bouncy balloons at the bottom,” he explained. “At least that’s what I was told was down there.” He cocked his rifle. “When I’m done with you, I will chase down your girlfriend and that Camillian student who I fear is right behind me right now.”
“Woah, woah, woah, I hate to burst your bubbles but Sunday is not my-”
“AIYIYIYIYIYIYIAAAA!”
Iron Rod looked behind only for his eyes to widen. He was kicked right in the side of the head knocking him back. Altair blinked as he saw Sunday came swinging on a vine. What really made her stand out was the fact that she was wearing an outfit made completely out of leaves and had red war paint. She jumped off of the vine and landed of her feet.
“Hey, Altair! I've come to rescue you!” Sunday chimed.
Altair simply stares at Sunday and her out. The outfit itself complemented her figure well and showed how beautiful she is. ‘I think I might reconsider Sunday’s position as more than just a friend,’ he thought. “Wow, you look…. Amazing. How did you make that?”
“Oh this? I went camping one time with Aunt Pinkie and her family! Unfortunately a lot of crazy stuff happened during that time and we got lost in the middle of woods with barely anything,” Sunday replied. “So she taught us how to survive and we learned how to make clothes out of basically anything! I was like five and she made me promise not to tell my folks about it but it was still fun! Except when I accidentally used posion ivy on my first attempt. That was a very painful day!”
“I…. see,” Altair said.
Iron Rod stood back up and brushed himself. He glared at Sunday. “It would seem that I have been challenged,” he said. “Know this little girl, I have fought in many wars, wars you have never heard of! And let me tell you, I have seen things that would turn a man’s soul into-”
“Shut up and fight!” Sunday said. She jumped up and kicked Iron Rod in the stomach.
Iron Rod let out a grunt before he held his stomach. He recovered quickly before he tried to swing at Sunday. But she ducked down and hits him under the jaw. He stumbled back before wiping his face. He growled before he grabbed a branch and swings at Sunday with all his might. She kept dodging and stepping back away from his swings. An opening came up for her and she quickly knelt down and swiped her leg. Iron Rod tripped over and fell on the ground.
“Ugh! This is impossible!” Iron Rod said. “Where do you have this much strength!?”
“It’s not strength! It’s martial arts!” Sunday answered. “My dad is an expert on that field! Also he paid me to go to a self-defence class. He felt I had a better chance in those classes than actually teaching me but I still consider it training from him!”
“I see but unfortunately for you it's no much for a paintball gun!” Iron Rod picked up his rifle and aimed at Sunday. “Say goodni-”
“I don’t think so!” Suddenly coming right out of the bushes was Camilla. She was covered in camouflage paint and she kicked Iron Rod right in the head.
Iron Rod let out a grunt before he fell over the edge screaming. His screams gone on for a few moments before a loud thud could be heard. “UGH! There is no safety balloons down here!” he shouted.
Sunday and Altair blinked before they looked over to Camilla.
“Camilla, that was so awesome!” Sunday said. “How did you do that?”
“Easy, I had some camouflage to cover myself up and be hiding ever since,” Camilla replied. “I had some survival training when I was little. Mom wanted us to be ready for anything.”
“That’s so cool! Thank you so much for helping us!” Sunday said. She went up and hugged Camilla.
“Heh, no problem!” Camilla said and hugged her back.
Altair walked up to the two and smiled. “You girls were amazing out there!” he said. “And Sunday, I never realized how talented you can be! You’re both smart and athletic.”
“Hehe, thanks! I just do what I can!” Sunday said.
Altair smirked and raised his hand up. “High five?” he asked.
Sunday smiled and raised her hand up. Just as she was about to hit Altair’s hand, it missed and instead hit him in the face. Altair let out grunt before he stumbled backwards. He misstepped and fell into the cliff as he screamed. Camilla’s eyes widen and Sunday covered her mouth. They heard a loud thud and heard him groan in pain. Sunday stood there horrified at what happened while Camilla rubbed the back of her head.
“Well…. That sucks,” she said.
The last school period had ended and everyone was free for the day. However most of them stayed as the paramedics were taking both Iron Rod and Altair to the trucks. Sunday stood by them and looked at Altair with concern. She held his hand until they reached the truck and the medics were about to lift him into it.
“Altair, I am so so so so so so very sorry!” Sunday said. “I didn’t mean for that to happen I just-”
Altair groaned and looked at Sunday. “I-It’s okay, Sunday. Really it is,” he said. “They say I’ll recover over the weekend and I’ll be alright again.”
“Oh…. Alright, that’s good to hear,” Sunday said. “I guess we can hang out next weekend, huh?”
“Um, actually Sunday about that….. I won’t be available for probably a couple of months,” Altair said. “I’m booked with practice and homework so…. Sorry.”
Sunday blinks.
Altair was carried into the truck and they drove off. Sunday kept on watching until the truck disappeared. Her eye twitched before she fell on her knees. She raised her fists up and screamed out.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!”
Blaze walked up behind and looked at her. “..... Are you going to change out of that?” he asked. “Because almost, well actually, all of the guys are looking at you.”