Attack of the Zombies by Terry Mayer Page A

potion - that means it can be thrown and
used as a weapon! Anyway, he was standing in the middle of the
class room, tossing this splash potion up and down in his hands
just watching me. I tried to ignore him, hoping that he would get
bored and get on with annoying someone else, when he shouted out
'Hey Looser' and I can't believe I actually did this, but I turned
around and looked at him. *shame*
    "Ha, I see you know your name. Jeb the
looser."
    Yeah I know, I walked straight into that one,
when will I ever learn?
    "Hey looser, catch," Darth said as he
pretended to throw the Splash Potion at me. Well to say I didn't
conduct myself very well is an understatement. I screamed and dived
under the desk. *double shame*
    The whole class fell about the floor laughing
at me and I thought I would just die of embarrassment when Darth
came to my rescue, I know, totally unexpected right. Yeah well, it
was unexpected by Darth too.
    Darth picked himself off the floor, pointed
at me and exclaimed. "Look at the poor Little Person hiding under
the desk, is he scared of a silly little potion," and he threw the
potion up in the air so everyone could see it, and that was his
downfall.

    Why? Oh right, I need to explain. We had been
making Potions of Slowness, and like I said, Darth being Darth had
turned his into a Splash Potion, but what he forgot was that to
activate a splash potion you throw it and by throwing it into the
air it activated, so when he caught it the Splash Potion of
Slowness went all over him.
    The look on Darth's face was priceless. The
room went silent for what seemed like forever and then Darth moved.
At least I think he moved because it was so slow it was hard to
tell, he he.
    He lifted his arm and pointed at me and said,
"Yoooouu, iiiitttt'''sss aaaallllll yyyoooouuuurrrr
fffaaauuuulllttt."
    What he really said was, 'you, it's all your
fault,' but it was all drawn out, just like watching a movie in
slow motion. Well you can guess what happened next, the class just
burst their sides laughing and this drove Darth nuts. He started
coming at me, screaming as he came, 'I will kill you Little Person.
You have embarrassed me for the last time.' Well I tell you, that
could have been really scary except that it was all slowed down. By
the time Darth would have reached me I could have run all the way
back to my room, barricaded the door, had a nap, read a book,
anyway, you get the idea.
    Seeing Darth moving so slowly across the
room, his face a picture of rage just made everyone laugh harder,
even Mr Larrson was rolling around on the floor, trying desperately
to get control of himself. Eventually he dragged himself to his
feet and spluttered, "Really Darth, you are incredibly entertaining
but I daresay you never meant to be. I did not give you permission
to turn your Potion of Slowness into a splash potion so as
punishment I think I will leave you like this and let the potion
wear off in it's own time. Yes, that's the answer, now class
dismissed."
    We all dragged ourselves out of the
classroom, leaving Darth alone, slowly turning a deathly shade of
red. I just hope that he has forgotten about me when the potion
finally wears off - in about 4 hours!!!
Thursday
    No such luck. Darth was waiting for me at
breakfast this morning. He and his cronies grabbed me as I entered
the Atrium and dragged me outside.

    I really think he would have killed me if Mr
Larrson had not walked past at just the right moment. Man, this guy
must think he has a full time job looking after me! Anyway, just as
Darth raised his huge fist to punch me Mr Larrson called out. "Ah
yes, Darth, nice to see you are moving a little quicker this
morning, no ill side effects I take it?"
    "Ah, no sir," he replied, not letting me
go.
    "Good good, carry on then."

    What was he thinking, Darth was going to kill
me and Mr Larrson gave him permission, is he MAD! Well, Mr Larrson
stopped as he was about to enter the school and turned back to
Darth, "Oh, be a good chap Darth and let