//------------------------------// // Chapter III- Intruder! // Story: Schoolhouse Shenanigans! // by Dragonborne Fox //------------------------------// "DAAAAAADDYYYY!!!!!" Lance threw the covers off of his body, shooting straight up at that sound. He rubbed his eyes on a pajama sleeve before... "DAAAAAAAAAADDDDYYYYY!!!!!!" Cried the voice again. Lance was wide awake now, his eyes shrunk in pure terror. "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDYYYYYYYY!!!!!" Called the voice again. In that instant the Nazi was on his bare feet, not even bothering to put on his fuzzy slippers as he ran out the bedroom door. Anna woke up soon after, glancing around quickly before she heard the dreaded sound of a vase shattering so loudly--so close by, and yet, so far away. Her own eyes shrunk and her hair stood on end. The archer got up and threw a bath robe over her nightgown before she herself ran out the door in a hurry. Lance was nowhere to be seen in the massive hallway. However, a few man-maids were present and one of them was cleaning up the remains of a shattered vase. "He ran past me." Said the man-maid. Anna nodded and proceeded to do the same thing. "Lance!" She called in terror. No answer. "Laaance! Where are you?!" The archer saw an open door, ran into the bathroom and saw the Nazi, and he was holding his son who was crying nonstop. Lying next to them in a pile of shambles was his favorite teddy bear. "Thank goodness! What happened?!" Anna cried as she hugged her family. "Nick had a very bad dream. He won't say what, but when he woke up, someone had taken his teddy from him and this is where he found it." Lance answered, a hideous expression of pure rage scrawled on his face. "Someone hurt my teddy!!" Nick cried in agony. 'I can see that...' Anna thought bluntly before she picked up the remains right as Natalie walked in with her own crying child. "What is this all about?" Demanded the mage who was struggling to calm her infant down. "We have ourselves an intruder problem." Lance answered as he stood up, carrying his child in his arms. "A what?!" Katie shouted from the other end of the mansion. Footsteps were heard rapidly approaching--meaning she was climbing up the stairs. "I hope there aren't any busted windows with how loud she is now..." Matt sighed as he walked in. He was half-asleep still. Katie stomped into the room, her face fuming with rage. In her arms she held Wing. "Someone had the nerve to knock a tooth out!" Iron Will marched in, and he was holding two miserable little boys by their shirt collars. They were struggling to get free from the minotaur's grip. "These punks have some explaining to do." Katie looked at the fist of one of them. It had a tooth in between the thumb and index fingers. The other boy's hand had meager traces of cotton stuffing. Everyone cast a glare on the bullies except for Nick and the infant, both of whom were still crying. "Let me repair the teddy and then we talk." Anna sighed as she ran out of the bathroom to get a sewing kit. "You two done dug your own graves." Matt hissed as though he were literally breathing fire. "Anyone have a pacifier?" Natalie asked as she tried and failed to soothe her kid. Katie found the needed item on the floor and went to the sink to wash it in soapy water before she handed it to the mage. ~~~~~~~~~~ "So, yeah. I do not know what has driven them to do all these things in two seconds, but I have a feeling it's bad." Lance sighed as he watched Nick clutch the now-repaired teddy with the look suggesting his life was shattered before him. "This is highly unusual." Mr. Rhodes pointed out. "To think they'd go this far." "Will the tooth fairy visit me, Mommy?" Wing asked. "Yes, she will. But I'd have to give her an explanation." Katie answered bluntly. "Okay." Wing nodded. "We need an alarm system." Anna heaved, traces of anger still lingering in her voice. "I think I will go ahead and install that tomorrow. Right now, it's the dead of night and I am pretty sure Twilight will stop me should I wake her up." Lance replied. "There's that." Natalie sighed, her hair frazzled. "I will call their parents and inform them of what they did. Should they not take action, they will be detained for child neglect." The teacher said with a yawn. "In the meantime, everyone needs a nap now."