The Plot Thickens Like Oatmeal

The bus pulled up in front of Violet. She took several quick breaths before the bus doors opened. The bus driver smiled at her as she climbed aboard. Danny waved for her to sit next to him. She looked down the long bus of unhappy faces. She took the seat next to Danny.

"Scone?" Violet asked the driver.

Herb's face lit up as he took the scone. "Oh, its still warm," He moaned as he took a big bite.

"I got another lizard over the weekend. I'm going to ask my dad tonight if I can get a spider...a big one," Danny explained. "Then I think I'll try to convince my dad next to get me a giraffe."

Herb maneuvered the bus over the town's potholes in front of the school. He only hit 7 out of 127. The children and the bus shook with each pothole. The bus pulled in front of the school's doors. Violet could see her white haired homeroom teacher standing with his arms folded in front of his long white beard.

"I know he is a wizard," Violet thought as she climbed off of the bus.

"I'm not a wizard Violet. Please stop thinking it," Mr. Calnoff said greeting the arriving children.

"I got a lizard," Danny said.

"That's wonderful," Mr. Calnoff said as he shut the door on Danny's face.

"I want to get a big spider next," Danny yelled through the glass door.

Violet pushed through the taller children to get to her locker next to the Cooking classroom. She normally enjoyed the smell coming from the room except today it was the smell of scones. She slammed the locker closed and pushed through the taller kids again to get to her homeroom and the wizard Mr. Calnoff.

As the children parted in the hall she saw someone she had never seen before. A brown haired boy that had leapt from her dreams. She could swear that she had dreamt of him the night before. Her heart leapt as she fell in love. He looked at her with those deep brown eyes and smiled. Violet smiled for the first time that day which usually didn't happen until lunch. She walked into homeroom with dreamy hearts in her eyes.

"After the giraffe I'm not sure what to get. A bear. I could get a grizzly or a polar bear." He paused for a moment, "Those are the only bears I know. I could get a duck but a bear is scarier."

The two took their seat as the bell rang and Mr. Calnoff entered the room. A tall thin man with glasses entered behind him. The tall man smiled at Violet and nodded to the other students. Mr. Calnoff began roll call as the tall thin man leaned down next to Violet and whispered, "You are the chosen one to save the world."

Violet groaned, "Typical."