Fang: Happy chap, isn't he?
Ruby: Well, monkeys are rarely very cheerful.
Ruby and Fang walk in and take a seat next to an orange koala.
Ruby: I wonder what Mr Stonecloud teaches?
Buttercup (an Orange Koala): He teaches history. Is that your pet spider? It's so cute!
Ruby: I wouldn't go so far as saying 'cute', but yes, he is my...'pet'. Is that deadly little snake your pet?
Buttercup: Yes - her name's Venom.
Ruby: Cool!
Buttercup: By any chance are you the girl who jumped out of Mrs Redleaf's window this morning?
Fang: (whispers to Ruby) Wow - Fame travels fast around here!
Ruby: You say that like it doesn't happen everyday...
Buttercup: No - but I wish it would!
Fang: (to Venom in pet-talk) Do you know where a spider can get a reptile sandwich around here?
Venom: (in pet-talk) No, sorry - but I can make you a lovely rodent pie!
Fang: (in pet-talk) I'll pass on that one.
Just then Mr Stonecloud enters the classroom
Mr Stonecloud: Right you lot, listen up. Last week we finished studying The Great Ocean Wars. This week we will investigate The Great Mountain Conflicts our people have fought over the ages. We'll start with the Ice Giant battles - do any of you kids know how we conquered them?
Lily (a Purple Tiger): Did we use flamethrowers?
Buttercup: Flaming cannonballs of lava?
Mr Stonecloud: No. And no.
Ruby: Mice with chickenpox?
Mr Stonecloud: Correct Ruby - well done the new student.
Lily: Poxy mice? Really? You're having us on!
Mr Stonecloud: Absolutely not. The Giants, although made mostly of ice and snow, have a deep fear of unhealthy mice, and usually ran off the nearest cliff to escape them.
Venom: (in pet-talk) What a waste of good food.
Fang: (in pet-talk) Could have been worse - it might have been crocodiles with the measles.
Ruby: Sir - how did we defeat the creatures in the forests on the slopes of the mountains?
The teacher blinks twice, takes two steps backwards, and sits down.
Mr Stonecloud: That's not a topic we can discuss. If our people ever knew how to defeat the forest monsters, that information is no longer in living memory. We just avoid those places. The history books barely speak of them.
Ruby: But there are books about that?
Mr Stonecloud: Yes - but those books are locked away safely, and are too terrible for mere students to read.
Fang: Is he calling us monsters?
Ruby: Hardly - you are just a 'cute' spider afterall...
Mr Stonecloud rambles on and on about various mountain battles. At the end of the class Ruby and Buttercup say goodbye for the day.
Buttercup: I'll see you tomorrow?
Ruby: Yes - it was fun to meet you and Venom - bye!
Fang: (in pet-talk) you really should try a lizard burger - much better than mouse pie.
Venom: (in pet-talk) I might just do that - bye!
Ruby: We have to report this information back to the Vampire Lord straight away, and have a talk to Grandma about Sapphire.
Fang: Grandma makes brilliant sandwiches.
Ruby and Fang head back towards their Everwinter forest home.
XD "Sandwiches, sandwiches, sandwiches..." Fang must really, and I mean, REALLY, miss his reptile lunch :P I'm glad that he didn't eat Venom, though, since snakes are reptiles...
ReplyDeleteCupcake: Now, I'm just glad that I am a cat.
Fang only likes reptiles with legs on his sandwiches. If a reptile has no legs (like a snake) then its more of hotdog, and not that much of a sandwich. His food changes every week or so - so he wont always be obsessed with reptile sandwiches! Maybe next week he might like burnt pizza!
ReplyDeleteBe warned cupcake : He might get the taste for Leopard Pudding in a few months!
Pinky: HE BETTER NOT EAT ME.
ReplyDeleteMe: You're a deer- i doubt he'll even notice you.
Pinky: So i'm not noticable?\
Me: Uh i didn't mean that-
Pinky: I'm the only plushie who can defeat king hei'an, and and and i can do magic naturally and plusgies can't do magic unless bestowed upon them and and and
Me: I think we get it, Pinky.
Pinky: *cries uncontrollably*
Me: *sighs and gets wax and puts in ears*
Pinky: *cries*
Me: *gets wax and puts in Twinkle's and Applestorm's and Cupcake's ears*