Dark Lord, School's Out by Jamie Thomson

Author:Jamie Thomson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-10-19T21:00:00+00:00

“Really? Well, if that’s true, then we’ve got to get those boots, so you can use them to rescue Sooz,” said Christopher.

“Indeed,” replied Dirk, “but there is a problem.”

“What’s that?” asked Christopher.

“Well, umm. I’ll tell you later,” said Dirk.

Chris narrowed his eyes, suspiciously. Dirk was holding something back, and that usually meant bad things would happen. And not to Dirk.

“Anyway, I got it all on my phone, every move,” said Dirk, changing the subject.

“So?” said Chris. “Don’t tell me you’re going to post it online, or e-mail it to people? I mean it’s freaky, and weird, but the disappearing act at the end—people will think you faked it somehow.”

“No, no, I taped it so we can learn how to do it. We have to get the dance exactly right, or else we could end up somewhere completely different!” said Dirk.

“What do you mean?” said Chris.

“Well, if we get it wrong, we could end up walking into the wrong dimension. Could be really bad if we ended up somewhere like the Realm of Eternal Flame or the Plains of Instant Death!” said Dirk.

“Plains of Instant … You’re kidding, right?” said Chris.

“No, I’m not. It’s a real place! It’s only safe to go there if you’re already dead,” said Dirk, as he turned and set off for home.

“Riiight,” said Chris. “Safe if you’re already dead. Of course!”

“Indeed,” said Dirk. “You can’t be killed twice, can you? Well, actually you can, but I mean … Well, anyway, it’s safe for the Undead. Many of them choose to make it their home. Can’t get disturbed by meddling do-gooders out to destroy them.”

Chris shook his head. “Anyway, what’s next, Dirk?” he said.

“We go home, and wait until morning. Stumpsy Queery will turn up for work. You know what your mom is like; she’ll insist she doesn’t wear her boots inside the house, so she’ll leave her bike and her boots outside as she always does. We shall take the boots, come here, and depart immediately,” said Dirk.

“But won’t that mean we’ll have to skip school? Mom will kill me!” said Chris.

Dirk stopped and stared at him. “By the Nine Netherworlds, Chris, we’re not skipping to go and hang out at the bike racks or to mindlessly graffiti bus stops, we’re going to go traveling across the universe to a different dimension! Not to mention rescuing Sooz.”

“Yeah, well, when you put it like that … But it’s still cutting though, isn’t it?” said Chris sullenly.

Dirk shook his head. “Well, think of it this way—every now and then you get to go on school trips, don’t you, because sometimes there are better ways of learning things than sitting in class.”

“Yeah but …,” said Chris.

“Well, you’ll learn far more voyaging to some distant dimension than you will sitting in some dusty old classroom!” said Dirk.

“Hold on a second, what’s all this ‘we’ stuff? I mean, I’ll help you and everything, but I’m not actually going to another world myself, am I? What do you need me for?” asked Chris.

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