Ynohtna’s Happy School

Chapter -15: Ynohtna's Happy School

Ynohtna's House

"YAAAAAY! Da da da, Saturdaaaaay!" sang Ynohtna EiznekCm, marching down the stairs. "Da, da, da, Saturdaaaaay!" He greeted his mom in the kitchen. "Hey, Mom! It's Saturday! No schoooool! You wanna go plaaaaay?"

The slim, groggy woman sipped a cup of coffee before returning to her newspaper. "Honey, this is the one day I get to myself, Sundays I work at homeless shelter, then it's back to work, I prefer to enjoy it." Eigna told him.

"Who says you WON'T enjoy it! We'll have FUN together! Don't you want fuuuuun??"

"Why don't you go ask your sister, Darling?"

"Okay!" He skipped back upstairs and into his sister's boring room. "Hello, Ellehcim! Would you like to go play?"

She appeared to be on a computer at her kid-size table. "No, Ynohtna. Mom taught me about stocks and bonds and stuff. Getting started early."

"Awwwww but you're five years oooooold." Ynohtna frowned. "Why don't you ever wanna plaaaaaay?"

"Planning for my future. Starting now. Take some hints from Ibyf. Good to get started early."

His head down, Ynohtna shut her door and returned downstairs. He approached his father, who was lied back on the couch with a smile on his face. "This stinks, Dad. Why doesn't anybody ever want to play with me?"

"Because we were unfortunate enough to be born in a world of blind people, Son. But hey! I know someone you can play with!" ;D

Ynohtna gasped widely. "You mean! …?"

"Get in the car, Son." Yevrah said with an assuring smile.

Startsville

Yevrah drove his son to Startsville, one of the happiest, sunniest places on Nega-Earth. He parked in front of a house and watched his son walk up to the door. With a bright smile, Ynohtna knocked and waited for an answer. The door creaked open, unveiling the orange frizzy-haired girl with black eyes, no nose, pink dress with pink strap-on shoes, white leggings, and very wide smile. Her eyes filled with delight, and many teeth were shown, for both kids were happy to see each other. "COUSIIIIN!" She embraced Ynohtna in a hug.

"Ydniiiiic!" Ynohtna hugged back.

"I haven't seen you in ages!"

"Hehe, it was only weeks."

"But it felt like yeeeeeeears."

"HUHUHUHUHU- snort!" laughed both cousins, until Ydnic snorted.

"So how've things been going for you?" Ydnic asked as they walked down the road.

"Bright and shiny! …I wish. My friends are so boring. Nobody wants to do anything, they keep worrying about their future."

"Those poor guuuuys." She frowned sadly and made bulbous teary eyes. "But my mom says it's a real problem everywhere. Everyone so MOPEY and SAAAAD."

"I know, Ydnic. I wish there was something we could do for everyone. If only annoying school wasn't so in the way."

"Huuuuuu!" Her mouth widened to a smile again. "That's it, Ynohtna! We'll start a school! A FUN School!"

"A Fun School? Whaddyou mean?"

"We'll have a class that teaches people to have fun, and invite EVERYONE we know, and tell 'em to invite everyone THEY know that's saaaad and gloomy. And it'll all be right here in Startsville! Where they can start a BRAND new life of happiness and smiles!" :D

"That's a great idea, Ydnic! But how will we get everyone?"

"My mom has a private plane! She'll fly to all our friends' houses and we'll get everyone here!"

"Yeah! And maybe we'll get Innus from Senippilihp to help us run classes. I bet she'd be great at it!"

"It's gonna be so much fun, Ynohtna! I can't wait to get started! Let's go get my mom right now! Uh, assuming she's not looking for Dad again. He's always wandering off."

Somewhere in Notgnihsaw

A tall, slim man in a white shirt with blue stripe, orange hair, big pink nose, and wide eyes and buckteeth wandered lost on this strange planet he had no idea what was. "ARK! ARK!" he barked exactly like a seal. For he was Yllib, father of Ydnic, whose very humanity and possession of a brain was questioned.

At the same time, a blonde girl with big square glasses and white lab coat wandered mindlessly downtown. Don't let the lab coat fool you, for she was Ylime Yelrag, and her head was hollow as a chocolate Easter bunny. She couldn't even walk right as her arms hung limp, her body wobbled back and forth, but she still had a carefree smile on her face. When she bumped into someone, she fell on her behind. "Duhuhu. I fell."

"ARK. ARK." barked Yllib.

"Hiya, Bignose Guy. Are you an ostrich?"

"ARK. ARK."

"Duhuhuuuu! YAAAY! An ostrich!" Ylime embraced him in a hug.

"ARK."

"What are you doing out here in Wisconsin, little fella? Or, um, wait, is this Washington? All of this backwards writing is really confusing. But den why are we talking frontwards? Unless… we are actually speaking backwards but seems like frontwards to our view! OHHHH, DOG! WHAT KIND OF FREAKY PARALLEL UNIVERSE IS THIS?"

"ARK! ARK."

"What's that, little fella? You got separated from your family? Awwwww, it's okay. I'll help you find your home." She patted his back. "Which way is it?"

Yllib stood very thoughtfully and contemplatively. "…ARK! ARK! ! …"

"Sure, buddy! I'll take you home to Backwards Antarctica! Huhuhu! You'll be reunited with your platypus family in no time!"

Yllib looked at the camera with his wide, clueless face. "!"

Startsville

"Ladiiiieeees and gentlemen!" Ydnic announced cheerfully.

"Welcome to the grand opening of Ynohtna's School for Smiles!" Innus beamed.

"Where we work to turn ALL your frowns UPSIDE-DOWN!" Ynohtna smiled widely. "So let's let today's shiny faces introduce their selves!"

Seated on small dinner chairs with gray, glum faces were Aleakim Notirahc, Aliehs Citnarf, Ibyf Thgirbluf, Yllas and Yevrah Reprah, Ellehcim EiznekCm, Egroeg and AlyakAm Gnik, and Arorua Onu. "I know a few faceeeees!" Innus grinned playfully. "MOMMYYYYY!" She raised her mother's arm.

"… How long is this going to take." Akim asked boredly.

"As long as the DAY IS wide!" Ynohtna grinned. "And we will not rest until all of your days are bright and full of sunshine! No sad face left behind!"

"And like, how do you plan to do so?" Egroeg asked.

"That I… did not quite think of. But if ANYONE has any ideas…"

Aliehs raised her hand. "Uhhhh… I wrote down some things."

She walked up and handed Ynohtna a slip of paper. The boy skimmed what was on it and reached the conclusion. "These are… FANTASTIC ideas! Way to go, Aliehs! You get extra credit!" He patted her head. He then raised the list high and proclaimed, "CLASS IS OFFICIALLY IN SESSIOOOON! Let's get started NASA (Now Approximately Soon Anyways)!"

Innus and Ydnic peeked at the paper and gulped at its contents. They exchanged worried glances.

Dnaleci; Salt Rock Volcano

The glum, uninterested faces of the students turned to ones of horror as they sat at the top of the volcano, each seated on large ice cubes. "Our first test will be a test of balance and stability!" Ynohtna smiled brightly. "Just race to the bottom of this volcano with these specially made box sleds, first one to the bottom is the winner! This test requires you to keep a steady balance on your ice cube, for if you can balance yourselves on ice slowly melting down a volcano, you can stable the balance in your hearts!"

"Ehhhhh Ynohtna, is this really the right way to cure sadness?" Innus asked.

"Well, it gets your blood pumpin'." He shrugged. "That's a step. So everybody READY?!"

Their eyes stayed wide as they exchanged another glance.

"Ooooon your mark. Get set-"

"Wah-wah-WAAAAAH!" Yevrah already began sliding, having lost balance on his cube.

"Hey, no cheatsies! GO!!"

The others began sliding down the volcano at frightening speed, each racer clutching the ends of their slippery cube for dear life and narrowly swerving to avoid lava pits and erupting geysers. "Aaaaand AKIM takes the lead, followed by Yllas, OH! Scratch that, folks, Egroeg makes a sudden pass, and Aliehs is keeping steady behind him, but AlyakAm gives a quick boost and is now SURFING by her brother!"

Egroeg's and AlyakAm's faces were stiff with teeth clenched tight. "Wht d' you s'pose wll be th rsult 'f ths, Brothr?" the latter asked.

"Nthing gd, Nn am crtn."

The path became very narrow and snaky, but while the others slid across just fine, Akim and Ibyf ended up going down the slope to the boiling pit. "HUUUU! They're going to burn!" Ydnic panicked.

"MOM, QUICK! WARP OUT OF THERE WITH YOUR PSYCHIC!" Innus screamed

"You too, Ibyf!" Ynohtna shouted.

"That won't do anything!" Akim argued.

"I REFUSE to use these wings." Ibyf declared.

"WHY THE HECK NOT?! What's more important, your future or your LIFE?"

"If I fly, I will become too lightheaded and therefore be distracted!"

"And Innus, you have GOT to understand that leaving your mind in the clouds all day will NOT-"

"IF YOU GUYS DON'T FLOAT, I'LL GO INTO BOTH YOUR ROOMS AND FILL THEM WITH FLOWERS AND SUPER SWEET CANDY!" Ydnic screamed with blank white eyes and venomous teeth.

"!!!" In a flash, Ibyf's wings flapped, and Akim went flying in the air, their ice cubes dissolving into a rock platform while the girls floated weightless. It was the strangest feeling they've experienced. "Whoa…"

Ynohtna, Innus, and Ydnic hurried down. "Are you two okay?" Ynohtna asked.

"I…I feel so… weird." Akim spoke.

"I…I know." spoke Ibyf quietly. Seeing the earth meters below their dangling feet, their bodies touching nothing but the air… feeling absolutely lightheaded, like a feather… it was the strangest sensation they ever knew.

"Hee hee hee! Okay, Mom, you can come down!" Innus laughed.

Akim and Ibyf carefully took land beside the other students at the base of the volcano. "Not to be helpful, but can we take any tests that aren't, y'know, death-insured?" Yllas questioned.

"A nice, gentle test would be pretty soothing right now." Ydnic figured.

"Hehehe. Okay." Ynohtna blushed. "I know something we can do."

Senippilihp; Notirahc Household

Ylime guided Yllib across the seas, all the way to Akim's house. "Duuuh… Is this Backwards Antarctica? I think that aardvark gave us a misleading cookie book."

"ARK. ARK."

"Let's enter this moon tree and ask the turtle for directions!" With that, Ylime approached the doorbell, raised her finger, and: BANG BANG BANG!'ed her head against the door.

"DADDY WHAT IS THAT, DADDY WHAT IS THAT, IS INNUS HOME, IS INNUS HOME??"

"Nnn, DOWN girl, staaaaay!" Reiniar opened the door a crack, struggling to keep his daughter back. "Can I help you?"

"Hiya, guy with circle glasses!" Ylime greeted. "Would you direct us to the ointment factory?"

"The ointment factory? We don't have anything like that around-"

"INNUUUUUUS! WHY YOU NO DIRECT ME TO HAPPY SCHOOOOL!" Ycrad came shooting out the door and zipping to the city. "INNUUUUS! Innuuuuus! Innuuuuuuus! …"

"Augh! You SEE what you make me do?!" Reiniar stated. "YCRAAAAD! COME BACK HERE!" He hightailed after his insane daughter.

Ylime charged after them with her upper body and arms hanging back (similar to Ed when he runs). "I smell a BUTTERNUT chase, guuuuys!"

Yllib ran after her on all fours. "ARK! ARK!"

Startsville; Ydnic's House

"It's time for arts & crafts, YAAAAAAY!" cheered Ydnic with joy.

The gloomy-faced students were at a colorful table with many colored papers, scissors, markers, any of the sort. "Your next test will be making something BEAUTIFUL and creative, and secretly mailing to one of your classmates, to show them how HAPPY and cuddly you make them feel!"

"Everybody in this room detests me." AlyakAm stated.

"I am under no obligation to show gratification to anyone." Egroeg followed.

"Not sweet." Yevrah commented.

"Just try it, guuuys! It'll be fun!"

The students begrudgingly started cutting, drawing, doing whatever they felt like for whichever individual they had no care for. Meanwhile, Ydnic was walking around, observing them with her shiny face. She decided to go up and stalk Yllas. "And what are you making?" :)

"A Hanging Tree. Where people get hanged. And they die."

"Oh, darn. I was making that, too." AlyakAm frowned.

"Heeheehee! Silly minds think alike! One of you oughta change! And a Hanging Tree sounds too sad."

"I'm not changing." Yllas said. "It's a song I'm quite fascinated with. So… mysterious." She then spoke in a gentle, sing-song voice. "Are you…Are you… coming to the tree. Where they strung up a man, they say murdered three. Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be. If we met at midnight, underneath that tree."

"And then it's several other verses that repeat it, but other things happen on the tree, like a dead man calls for his love, where he tells her to run, and then they hang their selves." Yevrah explained. "I'd like to do so with our ball-in-cups. Sweet…"

"Okay, um… let's just focus on our work." Ydnic frowned, half frightfully.

The arts & crafts went for 20 minutes before they crafted their own boxes and placed the items within. After they annoyedly marked the addresses-which-were-right-there-anyway, they put them on a table. Ydnic happily grabbed an orange one and shook it by her ear. "This one's for Egroeg! Heeeeeere you go!"

She handed him the box which he unwrapped, pulling out a paper dolly of himself, frowning. "I made it for you." AlyakAm stated. "If you pluck your hair off and put it on it, I'll be able to control you with it."

"I am touched that I give you such pleasure in control."

"Next one's for Ellehcim!" Ydnic handed her a pink box. "Open it!"

Inside was a colorful folder with many slots. "It's for you." Akim said. "I heard your mom was teaching you business, that's good for organizing files."

"Thank you, Miss."

"Next, we have Alyak!" Ydnic gave her a blue box. "I wonder what it is?"

She unwrapped, finding a necklace of blue beads. "It's from me." Yevrah told her. "They're meant to represent poison berries. Try one."

"For dinner."

"Yevraaaaah! You're next!" Ydnic have him a yellow present.

Inside was a paper-made gun. "It has one bullet." Ellehcim said. "Use it wisely."

"Hehehe! Neeext is for…" Ydnic gasped at this red box. "MMMEEEEEEE!" She joyously unwrapped and found… a doll of herself hanging from a stick.

"Put that on a tree." Yllas told her.

"Uhhh… okay!" She tossed it away casually. "Next is a package for… Nerehc?" She observed the black package with red ribbon curiously.

"I made a beetle out of beads." Arorua confirmed. "To symbolize how I feel about him."

"That's beauuutifuuuul! Well, I hope he enjoys! And last, but not least, it's for… Ynohtna!" Ydnic handed a green box to her cousin. "Oooooo the suspension is murder!"

Ynohtna curiously unwrapped. "Oh, it's a picture! I wonder who…"

EXTREEEEEEEEEME. It was one of all of them on fire, zipping downtown on a tiny bucket.

Ynohtna spared a curious glance to the one he believed made this. "Aliehs?"

She raised a brow slightly.

"This is a TERRIFIC activity to do next! Quick, find some mop-buckets and let's get started!" He ran off, very eager to do this.

"Uh-! Why are you even IN this class??" Innus questioned.

"To fast-forward my lifespan. And you guys could use it, too." Aliehs replied.

Ainigriv; Nega-Sector V Treehouse

Things were calm as usual in the Sector V Treehouse. Nollid heard a knock at their balcony door and went to answer. "Hi, hate to have to speak to you," Reiniar began, "but my daughter escaped and, for Lord knows what reason, we ended up in this town, and I was wondering if she ran by here."

"We got plenty o' loonies, but none by that stature. She could be at Sane Reboog's if you haven't looked there."

"Sigh, I just need to find her fast because the people I'm accompanied with-"

"WHERE IS SHE?!" Ycrad pounced on her father's head, gripping it tight and searching around frantically. "INNUS?! ARE YOU IN THERE? COME BAAAAACK!" She shot in like a bullet.

"ROOTY-TOOTY TUESDAYS?! O-KAY!" Ylime cheered, riding Yllib into the treehouse.

Ycrad began making chaos down the hall, causing tons of hamsters to dash out. Ylime's eyes grew wide at the creatures. "MICE-CAAAAAATS!"

"Aaaaah!" The furry creatures skittered away in fear.

"COME BACK, little dickens!" Ylime got on all fours, trying to pounce them. "Let me brush your BUNIONS!" She and Yllib chased as they hopped off the balcony and windows.

"HEEEEY! GET BACK HERE WITH MAH HAMSTERS, YOU LITTLE TWERP!" Eitra was on the warpath, kicking down the couch with Eirik and Akurah on it and bursting down the wall. "I'm gonna RAM YOUR HEAD in two if you think about stompin' them!"

Eelyah peeked out. "Yaaaay! Breakfeeeest!" She chopped the chair in two before jumping after.

"EEEEEEEEEEEE." Ycrad shot out as well.

"Augh… Dog blast it!!" Reiniar was on the move again.

Dnalhsa outskirts

Their worried faces were back as Egroeg, Akim, Yevrah, Ydnic, and Aliehs were stuffed in a mop-bucket, buttfirst, while AlyakAm, Ibyf, Yllas, Ellehcim, and Arorua sat on the back handle of each respective one, legs wrapped around it and hands clutched tight. "We're gonna have a mop-bucket race downtown!" Ynohtna announced. "Like go-karts, except this takes more careful maneuvering. First one to Sane Reboog's is the winner, everyone ready??"

Another fright-glance.

Taking that as a 'yes,' Innus used her psychic to pull each bucket back along rubber slingshots. "On your maaaaark: get see-"

The racers went flying like bullets toward the city. "Uhhh… I blinked." Innus blushed.

They felt like the flesh would fly off their heads like hoods, mouths first, as the world blurred on their way to Dnalhsa. They swerved and wobbled as they sped between many lines of cars, the only sounds being the whirring of wind and honking of horns. "YAAH!" AlyakAm's head scratched against a mirror, flinging her hat off. "Watch where you're steering!"

"I thought YOU were in command!" Egroeg freaked.

Meanwhile, on Arorua and Aliehs's end, it really seemed like the former was doing the steering. "Nnnnnn!" Missed a Stop sign, "Nnnnnn!" Dodged a bus. "Aaaaaalieeeeehs! I can use help he-e-e-e-e-ere!"

The raccoon was merely a dead weight stashed in the bucket, arms and legs hanging limp. "I did this before. Usually plays out fine."

Ibyf and Akim almost hit multiple cars, so both hurriedly used their flight and psychic to raise the bucket, and drop back on the road to catch breath. "This is exactly why I don't want my daughter getting involved in such things!" the adult exclaimed.

"I second that. No decent future can come of this!"

The duo of Ellehcim and Ydnic were fairing okay. "Hey, Ydnic? How do you put up with my brother, anyway?"

"He's usually pretty fun… most of the time." Dodged a truck. "Now I question his intellect."

But eventually, all paths would connect, as each pair was en route to the veggie-themed restaurant. Tons of shattered glass, crushed tables, and cries of agony were the grand result of this race. "…I say it's a pretty even tie." Ynohtna said before a car exploded.

EiznekCm Household

Nerehc kicked back on the couch with a cool smile on his face, happily playing Sin City SD for the Odnetnin SD. He, LIL-DVL2; and a female avatar, DVL-LVR3, grabbed a couple guns and began blasting a daycare to pieces, blood and tears everywhere. The two avatars grinned and high-fived before moving to the hospital.

Nerehc gave a small chuckle. Playing with his online friend filled him with delight. His mother walked in and said, "Well, I have your beetle costume for Halloween. Though I don't see what's so wrong about dressing as a devil."

"Because, it's cliché. And devils aren't even scary to us, bugs are a whole 'nother story."

"Well, I suppose. I still worry about that galactic dictator, Nerehc. I hear her agent was recently in Anaeco, and they're steadily working to recruit the Nimbi. Before long, all Earthly races may be trying to attack you."

"Pssh, what can they do to me, Mom? Even that dictator, her psychic powers didn't even work on me."

"Only because your will is stronger. Just be careful, Nerehc. I wouldn't wanna have to bail you out. Now do me a favor and go find Arorua, she's been out pretty late."

"Yeah yeah, 'soon as I finish killing the pope."

"Hm hm, don't get too attached by that girlfriend of yours." She smirked. "You'll make Inin jealous." On that, she walked away.

"Pssh… Sipa isn't my girlfriend." Nerehc focused on the game as they began to invade the church. The girl avatar was excitedly attacking the pianist while Nerehc chuckled peacefully.

Dnalhsa Park

Ynohtna's nine students were on the park benches, covered in bruises and bandages. "Okaaay, okaaay, so maybe things got a weeee bit too extreme." Ynohtna admitted. "But I feel like we made some progress today, and your spirits got a little more uplifted. Tomorrow, I think it would be nice if we-"

"Look, Ynohtna, this was fun and all, but I don't think we're coming back." Arorua stated.

"I was kind enough to try this for my daughter, but I missed a whole day of work, and I need to get back on it." Akim followed.

"If this was to shorten our lifespan, I am disappointed." Alyak said.

"Enduring time with these people was no enjoyment, either." Egroeg noted.

"So, if you mind… we'll be going now." Yllas said, so with that, they began to head home.

"Excruciatingly not sweet…" Yevrah concluded.

Hearing these dissatisfied statements brought a frown to Ynohtna's face. "Siiiiigh."

"Don't worry, Ynohtna." Ydnic smiled, taking his hand. "You tried your best."

"Yeah… But I just wish I reminded them about joy in life."

"I think Aliehs found some joy…" Innus commented.

"Aaaaaaahh! Aaaaaahh!"

The trio and students looked around. "What was that?" Ynohtna asked.

A cloud of dust was zooming toward them, created by a dashing Ycrad with sharp teeth. "IIIIIIINNUUUUUUUUUS!"

"Y-Y-Ycrad?!" freaked both Innus and Akim.

"MICE-CAAAAAATS!" Ylime came riding like a horsie after the hamsters.

"OOOOOO YOU BETTER NOT!" Eitra charged after her with Eelyah on his shoulders.

Innus panicked and levitated to avoid her charging sister, and the others dodged the other crazies as they were headed for the town. "Oh no! Those guys'll turn that whole city to rubble!" Innus exclaimed.

"I am NOT bailing my daughter out of a loony penitentiary again!" Akim proclaimed.

"But how can we stop them?" asked Ydnic.

"With a LITTLE fun." Ynohtna replied seriously. "TO THE MOP-BUCKETS!"

The mop-bucket groups hopped back on their buckets as Innus stretched back the slingshot and launched them forward. Ibyf flew Akim high above Ycrad before spinning and launching the woman full force. Ycrad whipped around and blasted the bucket away, but Akim already teleported behind and slapped psychic in her face, knocking Ycrad out clean. Yllas and Yevrah were after Yllib and Ylime, the duo twirling their ball-in-cups and launching at the walrus man's legs, catching him while Ylime flew off.

Ydnic and Ellehcim launched farther than Eitra and Eelyah, with Ellehcim kicking Ydnic back to shove Eelyah off her brother's shoulders. The muscular Nagillig was still charging like a rhino, but AlyakAm plucked a hair off her brother's head and stuck it on the doll. "WHOOOOA!" She hurled the doll like a football, thereby hurling her brother as he swirled in the air and crashed the boy like a missile. They both lay dizzy as AlyakAm smiled, made the doll clap, and made Egroeg clap.

"Huhuhuhu! Catch meeee, catch meeee!" Ylime still ran like a half-limp person. Catching up to her on their mop-bucket, Arorua and Aliehs leaped, twirled in the air, arms wrapped around the other, and caught Ylime perfectly between them. "Aww-hawwwwww. I woulda joined you in this kissing booth if you said so."

"SIIIIGH."

The team met back with Reiniar on the outskirts of town with Ycrad in a straightjacket, Eelyah in a crib with Eitra rocking her, Ylime distracted with a piece of buttercheese above her head, tied by a string on a fishing rod held by Egroeg, an Yllib with a leash around his neck held by Ydnam. "There, there, Yllib." The woman patted his nose. "We'll get you a nice bowl of fish peas."

"ARK. ARK."

Ylime sniffled. "I'm gonna MISS you, Little Buddy! I'm glad you found your frogfish."

A remorseful tear dropped from Yllib's blank eye. "…ARK!"

"Siiiigh. I just want to be away from all these fools." Reiniar stated. "Let's go, dears." He lifted Ycrad in his left arm and walked off.

"Coming, Reiny." Akim followed him with Innus accompanying. However, the woman stopped to look back at Ynohtna, who stared enquiringly. A small smile formed on her face before she left, teleporting her family away.

With that, Ydnam and Ydnic guided Yllib home, Rora and Aliehs took Eitra and Eelyah, and Yllas and Yevrah took Ylime. "Well, 'guess I better go, too." Ibyf sighed, beginning to fly off. "But, um… thanks for the afternoon… Ynohtna." She spared her friend a smile before continuing the flight, using her wings.

The only ones left, Ynohtna and Ellehcim saw their mom's car pull up beside the sidewalk. "Alright, kids, come on."

The two climbed in the back seat before Eigna began the drive home. "So how did the fun class go?"

"Oh… it was all right. But I'm not sure if I even helped them at all… more than injure them."

"Well, regardless of the outcome, Ynohtna, hearing you do all those things, it… reminded me why I married your father."

"What's that?" He looked up.

"It's because I felt like… I needed balance in my life. I was so buried in my work to try and have fun… but Yevrah was so set on having fun, he couldn't do any work. So I married him… to have a spark in my life. And to dim down his spark a little. Then our kids could be a mix of both… and they would turn out better than we did." She smiled.

"Oh… You really think so, Mom?" He smiled lightly.

"Mm-hm… so Ynohtna, you need to focus on school more. And Ellehcim, you need to find some friends to play with. After almost seeing you maim yourselves, I realize the future isn't so far off. So it's only fair you kids make the best of your lives. And you don't need to ride ice cubes to find a good balance. But I think you helped these people find theirs."

"Heheh… maybe you're right, Mom. But you gotta admit, Aliehs has one messed-up mind."

"She sure does. Next time you host a Fun School, just rent some Yensid movies…" After a day like this, the kids couldn't wait to get home and eat some brussel sprouts.