Noah Phoenix
Occasional Idiot
Well, this is the first part of how my 'First Lines' forum post turned out. Tried to write it in one go with little editing, an attempt just to see what came out of my head.
Rowan Tregeny was a normal twelve year old boy who happened to have a small magic rock at the bottom of his garden. Well, at least normally he was a normal twelve year old boy; right now he was actually an upside down normal twelve year old boy. He was being held in this rather embarrassing position above the school boys toilet by Brian ‘The Snip’ Parsons, Roger Hamlin and the twins Milo and Karl Jenkins. Brian was a bully, and proud of it. Rowan had to admit he was very good at it, and it showed determination and dedication to duty to be this good at something, surely? Roger was only there because he never had the guts to tell Brian what he really thought about him, Rowan could see the slight look of a mix of embarrassment and disgust on his face, even though he was upside down. And as for the twins, well, like all twins, wherever there was trouble, the Jenkins boys were right at the heart of it. They had the faces of angels, and hands of the devil, Rowans mother had told him.
‘Where is it?’ bellowed the gruff tones of Brian from somewhere above Rowan’s feet, which was very odd indeed.
‘Where is...what?’ lied Rowan. He knew full well what he was after, but it paid to play along with Brian, at least for a while. He just got angry if you gave in too quick.
‘That little hairball stole my lunch again, Tregeny! If I ever catch it, its mince meat!’
‘I’ve no idea what you’re talking about, Parsons,’ Rowan knew this was a bad idea, and regretted it as soon as the word passed his lips.
‘Don’t call me that! You’re no teacher, Tregeny. Mummy’s not here to save you this time, so don’t get funny with me!’ Brian was getting angry and Rowan could hear the tremble in his voice that always appeared right as he started thinking about putting his victim actually down the toilet.
‘Snip, just put him down it and we can get out of here; Mrs Tregeny will come looking for him in a minute,’ pleaded Roger.
‘Yeah, dunk him good, Snip!’ said the twins in unison. This was a really annoying habit most twins have. It must be genetic or something. Either that or these two were just very good at annoying people.
Just as Rowan thought he was about to get very wet, the door to the toilets imploded, and the confusion that ensued shocked all of them into panic. The twins, hearing Roger scream like a girl, bolted out the door and disappeared down the first floor corridor towards the science block, and it later transpired that an on-time mark was put against their name in the science register for the first time since they started at the school. Brian took a couple of seconds to realise something was happening, dropped Rowan when he saw what was happening, then made his legs happen very fast indeed out of the door, leaving Roger on the floor of the toilets with a big ball of fur bouncing up and down on his screaming face.
When Rowan got up, it was just in time to see Roger backing away very quickly across the tiled floor, his face a picture of fear and shock. The small, light brown furry creature simply sat in silence at Rowans feet.
‘Thanks Carpet. Although they will want me in that toilet a little more now they’ve seen you properly,’ he said with as much gratitude as he could fit in around the thought of seeing the toilet up close and personal as he could.
Carpet gave a little squeak, and jumped up into Rowans school bag, which Rowan zipped up and then made his way to the English block, hoping that Brian and the others would be too scared to tell anyone that they’d actually seen the little furry creature everyone in the school was whispering about.
Rowan Tregeny was a normal twelve year old boy who happened to have a small magic rock at the bottom of his garden. Well, at least normally he was a normal twelve year old boy; right now he was actually an upside down normal twelve year old boy. He was being held in this rather embarrassing position above the school boys toilet by Brian ‘The Snip’ Parsons, Roger Hamlin and the twins Milo and Karl Jenkins. Brian was a bully, and proud of it. Rowan had to admit he was very good at it, and it showed determination and dedication to duty to be this good at something, surely? Roger was only there because he never had the guts to tell Brian what he really thought about him, Rowan could see the slight look of a mix of embarrassment and disgust on his face, even though he was upside down. And as for the twins, well, like all twins, wherever there was trouble, the Jenkins boys were right at the heart of it. They had the faces of angels, and hands of the devil, Rowans mother had told him.
‘Where is it?’ bellowed the gruff tones of Brian from somewhere above Rowan’s feet, which was very odd indeed.
‘Where is...what?’ lied Rowan. He knew full well what he was after, but it paid to play along with Brian, at least for a while. He just got angry if you gave in too quick.
‘That little hairball stole my lunch again, Tregeny! If I ever catch it, its mince meat!’
‘I’ve no idea what you’re talking about, Parsons,’ Rowan knew this was a bad idea, and regretted it as soon as the word passed his lips.
‘Don’t call me that! You’re no teacher, Tregeny. Mummy’s not here to save you this time, so don’t get funny with me!’ Brian was getting angry and Rowan could hear the tremble in his voice that always appeared right as he started thinking about putting his victim actually down the toilet.
‘Snip, just put him down it and we can get out of here; Mrs Tregeny will come looking for him in a minute,’ pleaded Roger.
‘Yeah, dunk him good, Snip!’ said the twins in unison. This was a really annoying habit most twins have. It must be genetic or something. Either that or these two were just very good at annoying people.
Just as Rowan thought he was about to get very wet, the door to the toilets imploded, and the confusion that ensued shocked all of them into panic. The twins, hearing Roger scream like a girl, bolted out the door and disappeared down the first floor corridor towards the science block, and it later transpired that an on-time mark was put against their name in the science register for the first time since they started at the school. Brian took a couple of seconds to realise something was happening, dropped Rowan when he saw what was happening, then made his legs happen very fast indeed out of the door, leaving Roger on the floor of the toilets with a big ball of fur bouncing up and down on his screaming face.
When Rowan got up, it was just in time to see Roger backing away very quickly across the tiled floor, his face a picture of fear and shock. The small, light brown furry creature simply sat in silence at Rowans feet.
‘Thanks Carpet. Although they will want me in that toilet a little more now they’ve seen you properly,’ he said with as much gratitude as he could fit in around the thought of seeing the toilet up close and personal as he could.
Carpet gave a little squeak, and jumped up into Rowans school bag, which Rowan zipped up and then made his way to the English block, hoping that Brian and the others would be too scared to tell anyone that they’d actually seen the little furry creature everyone in the school was whispering about.
