“Survive one night in a classroom. Nothing difficult about that,” Lemon says. “It’s just a classroom. What could go wrong?”
”You are forgetting one thing,Lemon.” Nightshade reminded him. “This is Princess Terrett’s classroom, not just any old classroom.”
”So?” Lemon said.
”But Lemon,” Froggy said, “ Princess Terrett is known to have a Summative Assessment Monster. Who knows what else she might have?”
”We need to prepare you for the worst, Lemon.” Nightshade advised. “We should pack you with a torch, blankets, a tent— no, you don’t know how to use them. Snacks, a drink, a weapon you can’t really hurt yourself on, like a water gun, toilet paper, and one of Froggy’s exam papers.”
”Why one of my exam papers?” Froggy asks.
”Well,” Nightshade replied, “Most of Princess Terrett’s creatures are rendered helpless by a perfect score, like when you wave a cross at a vampire.”
”Then Lemon can use all of my exam papers. I got pretty good scores recently.”
Lemon did not have anything useful to add, and once the sun started to go down went inside Princess Terrett’s classroom. He started by finding a safe spot, then once he had confirmed it was safe surrounded it with Froggy’s exam papers. He sat down and covered himself with the blanket. Suddenly the lights turned off and Lemon was very glad his mates had given him a torch. Lemon tried to go to sleep but found he was hungry. He checked what Froggy and Nightshade had given him, and found dried seaweed. Lemon was very hungry though, so he ate it anyways. Lemon went to sleep and when he woke up again it was midnight. Twelve of Princess Terrett’s monsters were staring at him with big glowing eyes. Lemon screamed.
The monsters didn’t move.
Lemon screamed again.
The monsters still didn’t move.
Lemon screamed in a very confused manner.
The monsters seemed to be slowly moving back. Lemon thought his screams had scared them off, but it was in fact Froggy’s exam papers that did the trick. For good measure, Lemon squirted water at the monsters with his water gun and hit one of the exam papers.
The monsters got a bit closer.
Lemon made a gormless confused face at the monsters for half an hour, then finally realized Froggy’s exam papers were the only things protecting him. He then slept for the rest of the night.
The next morning, Princess Terrett found her monsters trying to get at a sleeping, extremely protected Lemon. She was outraged. Booting Lemon out of her classroom didn’t even help improve her mood. But now Lemon could proceed to the next challenge.