Surprised? Me too.

Teddy glanced at the wall clock, the ticking seconds echoing painfully in his ears. Time seemed to have it out for him. When he wanted to savor a moment, the time flew by fast, however, when he wanted something to go by quicker like at this very moment, time slowed down. It sucked. The others had texted him saying that they were waiting for him on the Tourney field. That was eight minutes ago. Carlos had apparently built something and he needed able bodies to help test it. In all honesty, Teddy couldn't care less what the other boy had built or who exactly he had invited for help, but Mal had implied that someone he might be interested in meeting was going to be there.

It made him curious. Teddy could read between the lines. He was good at that. Mal was excited. Who had impressed Mal enough to refer to him? The girl barely tolerates her close knit group of friends and for her to be the one to possibly initiate someone within their circle? The teen shuddered in anticipation. After a long, dull day in classes, Teddy was ready to hop into bed and sleep the weekend away. Remedial goodness was plain awful today. The others may have passed with an A but Fairy Godmother insisted Teddy take the class as soon as he was registered for Auron Academy.

It had made him angry the first time she brought it up. Him needing classes on how to be a good person? It was laughable. It didn't help that Teddy had basically thrown a tantrum when he was handed his schedule, Remedial Goodness standing out as an extra seventh period. Even his parents had said it may be best if he took the class after that.

It was slow going but the class proved to be as boring and unnecessary as Teddy first thought. It was like a one-on-one tutor session with one of the most cavity inducing people Theodore had ever met. Don't get him wrong, Fairy Godmother could be G at times but her teaching voice grated him the wrong way. She was just so damn condescending; it frustrated him to the point he may or may not have acted out in one of his childish desires.

He pranked her.

It was wrong and Teddy knew he would face repercussions but he was just so damn bored! He did not live on the Isle for a little over a decade for nothing. The goodness around him was fine and all but it got suffocating after a while. He needed a reprieve and unfortunately, the blue headmistress got the brunt of his frustrations.

Of course he was caught. Teddy had come clean immediately after the woman had spring the trip wire. It was a harmless prank but Fairy Godmother had not been amused. So with her now glittery hands resting on her hips, the woman had sentenced Theodore to a six sessions of after school detention and community service. Meaning he was in charge of picking up trash in the courtyard for the next few days. She even called his parents and told them what he had done. The disappointment on their faces stung but Teddy felt lighter after the small act of disobedience. Too bad they had confiscated the glitter cannon Carlos had built. He wasn't even supposed to look at it, let alone use it.

Theodore groaned as he tore his eyes away from the clock and looked at the detention administrator pleadingly. The elder man had the decency to look a little sympathetic but he held strong, even under Teddy's pleading eyes. Theodore held his gaze, his bottom lip jutting out a smidge. Finally, after an intense staredown of Maleficent v Mal proportions, the man wilted and sighed.

"You will not tell the Headmistress?" He asked resignedly.

"You have my word," Teddy said, his voice squealing in excitement. The teacher sighed and made shooing motion with his hand. Theodore gasped in joy as he jumped up and ran towards the door.

"No running in the...Oh forget it."

Theodore didn't stop running until caught site of the gang. He became confused, though, when he saw a few others. There was Ben, Mal, Evie, Doug, Jay, Carlos, and Jane standing close together in a group huddle. He noticed them holding something in each of their hands as the whispered excitedly at each other. Evie glanced up, catching Teddy's gaze. She said something to the group which had an immediate affect on them. The seven quickly turned to face him, their hands held suspiciously behind their backs.

Jogging up the rest of the way to them, Teddy opened his mouth to say something when something crashed and exploded on the side of his head. The teen spluttered in shock as freezing cold water cascaded down his brow and onto his chest and arms. Teddy raised his arms to wipe away the water from his eyes before looking at the group in poorly disguised annoyance.

"Wha?"

"That's what you get for stealing my cannon jerk!" Carlos shouted. "I'm going to have to rebuild the whole thing! It wasn't meant for glitter. The inner mechanisms are shot!"

"Oh come on, Carlos, I said I was—" Another water balloon hit him square in the chest.

"And t-that was for my Mom!" He heard Jane shout. Teddy stared at the usually withdrawn girl with his mouth hanging open. His friends just stared back in triumph. Their eyes glittering with amusement and revenge. He could tell they were holding back their laughter do to the shaking shoulders. Glancing behind them, Teddy spotted a large orange bucket full of what he assumed was more water balloons and horrifyingly enough, a few bags of ice were scattered around their feet. Glancing around the field, a little way away from all of them, Teddy saw three, maybe four more different colored buckets filled to the brim with water balloons.

This was his punishment.

Teddy sighed, his shoulders dropping as he raised his arms out as an invitation for the others to continue their onslaught.

"Give it your best shot."