Arabella's POV

I had just arrived at school and I went up to my locker. I opened and I saw a note attached to the door. I peeled off the note and opened it, my face fell at the sight.

'You're weird and no one likes you. You're way too skinny, you look like a boneless chicken. Gain some weight, ugly b****'

I felt tears form in my eyes and they dropped onto the offensive letter. I crumbled the letter and stuffed it inside my locker, before shutting it. I quickly ran to the bathroom and luckily no one else was present, so I had some time to look at myself.

I am aware that I'm more of a skinny and boney human, and don't have a lot of weight on me. I eat a lot of food, but I don't gain anything and I just so happen to not be incredibly tall. I'm five foot one and I've been told I'm gonna be around five-three or five four, so I'm not terribly short or tall. I was just born with a boney body and people out there want to bully me because of that.

It hurts. Not gonna lie, this really hurt me.

I can't avoid this, it's high school there's no way around the bullying.

I wiped my eyes and the makeup that ran down my face. I looked like I got hit by a bus and I suddenly felt empty in the inside. I didn't feel happy like I always do, something inside me was dying.

It was my happiness.

It's stupid to think that one little comment can do so much damage to me. I need to tell someone about this, but I have no idea who sent that note. Also, it could be more than one person.

Once I fixed my face and looked decent enough, I left the bathroom and I saw Charlotte by her locker. She saw me and gave me a smile.

"Hey, Bella!" 

"Hey, Char." I greeted her and her smile faded.

"What's wrong? Where's your usual happy smile?" She asked me and I gave her my best smile.

"Right here." I chuckled but she didn't believe me.

"Bella, what's going on?" She asked me and I shrugged at her.

"It's nothing. Just a little under the weather today"

"Do you expect me to believe that?" Charlotte asked me and I raised an eyebrow. "I'm serious, you better tell me or else I'll call Henry."

"Fine." I sigh. "I'll tell you."

I led her over to my locker and opened it. "I got this note."

She took the note from inside the locker and read it. Her face was full of shock and anger as she read and she looked up at me.

"Oh my god." She gaped and I looked down with sorrow. "Bella..."

"Who would do that?" I asked, looking up at her. "Who would write something like that?"

"I don't know, but none of this is true." Charlotte hugged me and I hugged her back. "You're amazing."

"Thank you." I tell her and a tear slipped from my eye. We pulled away and she wiped my tear away.

"But I think Henry needs to know."

I groaned and shut my locker, walking by her.

"He's your boyfriend." Charlotte reasoned as we reached her locker. "He needs to know."

"But, I should be able fight my own battles." I argued with her. "I don't need a guy to fight them."

"I love the independence. It's something I admire about you, but Henry also happens to be a superhero."

"Sidekick." I correct her. "And I'm not some damsel in distress."

Charlotte instinctively grabbed her curls and I smirked. "I know, trust me. But, he's your boyfriend. You care about him, don't you?"

"Of course I do, and I know he could help, but I don't want to pressure him. He already has so much going on, and I don't want to add to his stress." I explained to her and she rolled her eyes.

"You do realize Henry would drop everything to help you?" Charlotte asked me and I blushed lightly, smiling.

"I know, he's the sweetest guy out there." I remark. "Couldn't ask for a better boyfriend."

"Then tell him or I will." She threatened and I sighed.

"I will, but not now." I tell her and she gave me look.

"If this happens again, Henry will be the first to know." She informs me, rubbing my arms and I huffed.

"Okay." I agreed and she smiled. "Good."

"Charlotte! Bella!"

Both Charlotte and I scream and we turn to see Jasper standing there.

"Come with me to the janitor's closet."

"Why do we have to-Ahh!" Charlotte got cut off by Jasper dragging us to the janitors closet and shut the door. "Okay, now that I'm in on Captain Man and Kid Danger's secret, I was thinking while at school and we need to talk about work, we should talk in code!"

"Jasper, why should-"

"Listen!" Jasper cut me off and I rolled my eyes. "When I want to talk about Captain Man, I'm gonna say Kah-poo Mah-noo."

"Isn't that an island in Hawaii?" Charlotte wondered.

"Sounds like it is." I chuckled.

"No." Jasper denied. "When I want to talk about Kid Danger, I'll say K'doo D'goo."

"What is wrong with you?" I asked him.

Jasper ignored my comment. "And when I wanna say the Man Cave, I'll say V'kay-kay, M'nay-nay." We just stared at him as he continued. "So, if I say 'Hey, we gotta meet 'Kah-poo Mah-noo' and K'doo D'goo in the V'kay-kay M'nay-nay,' what does that mean?"

Charlotte and I didn't answer and just left the closet.

"Wait! Shalla Tay-tay and Air'A'May-may!"

We ignored Jasper's call and continued, but paused when we saw Miss Shapen with a megaphone.

"Attention! Everyone! Guess who's here?!"

Nobody responded and she smiled awkwardly.

"I said guess!" She snapped and we all began to guess all at once until she interrupted us. "Wrong! Here today with a surprise visit to Swellview Junior High, we have two fellas from the Frittle Corporation!"

We all cheered with excitement and Charlotte and I shared a smile. I love Frittles, they are so good.

"So, say hello to 'Ragin' Red Rhubarb' and Bodacious Blue Bacon!" Shapen announced and two men ran in with backpack cannons. One was in red and the other one was in blue and they each were firing their specified chip flavor at us. All the students were yelling and calling out to the man and trying to catch a Frittle can. Jasper caught one and smiled.

"I caught one!"

I noticed Henry casually walk into the chaos and smiled.

"Hey, what's going on here-OOF!" Henry got blasted in the head with a Frittle can and I gasped lightly. Henry hopped to his feet and his eyes grew and stumbled a little.

This all happened for awhile until I had enough. "Hey, Miss Shapen, what's going on?!"

"Oh, everyone! Turn on the Swellview News!" She announces as Henry came up to us and all of us pulled out some sort of tablet or phone.

"Are you alright?" I asked Henry, touching his forehead and he nodded.

"I'm fine." He assured me and kissed my forehead, wrapping his around me. Shapen and the two Frittle dudes ran off to the teachers lounge as we all watched the news.

"Thanks Mary. Raging Red Rhubarbs or Bodacious Blue Bacon?" Trent asked us on the news. "Which will win the contest and become Frittles official new flavor. To explain, let's go live to the Frittle Factory."

The screen switched over to the Frittle Factory and we see Jack Frittleman on screen.

"Hi!" Jack greeted and glanced off to the side. "Oh, keep going? We are giving out free samples of our two new flavors all over Swellview and next Tuesday people can go online to Frittles.com and vote for the flavor you think should win."

The video ended and the bell rang, meaning class is about to start soon. Henry ate a blue Frittle chip and his eyes lit up.

"Oh, man! This Bodacious Blue Bacon is amazing." Henry chuckled and Jasper ate a red Frittle chip.

"Mm, yeah, but there is something awesome about the Ragin' Red Rhubarb." Jasper countered.

"Ah, Airy, Char, which one are you two gonna vote for?" Henry asked us and I shrugged.

"Neither, I don't have time to vote for some dumb corn chip." Charlotte remarked as she walked forward.

"Same, I'm not interested in this sort of stuff." I agreed and followed her.

"What?"

"Girls!"

"Yo, people died for your right to vote." Henry protested and we turned to him. "Online."

Charlotte and I rolled our eyes before walking away from the boys.

——

After school, Henry, Charlotte, and I walked into Junk'N'Stuff and Charlotte kept pestering me about telling Henry about the note I got. It was quite annoying, because I kept threatening her about her curls and Henry was very confused.

I'll tell him when I'm ready. I will.

Once we walked in, we see Jasper talking to a costumer and he was persuading her to vote for the red Frittle chips.

"-And don't forget to go online and vote for red Frittles on Tuesday!"

"I sure will!" She smiled. "Thank you!"

The woman walked out after this and Henry was very confused. "Uh....haha...dude, no, no, no. You can't be telling customers to vote red."

"Why can't I tell customers to vote red?" Jasper asked.

Henry scoffed. "Because, I'm Kid Danger and I want the blue chips to win, so..."

I smacked his arm and Henry flinched. "Really?"

"Okay, let's go downstairs now!" Charlotte nervously suggested and the two of us begin to walk to the back, but the boys continue to argue.

"Oh? So, you're more important then me because you're the superhero sidekick and I'm the guy who works behind the counter?" Jasper questioned.

"No, there's other reasons." Henry remarked and I rolled my eyes.

"Uh, hey guys!" I smiled awkwardly and grabbed a large pencil. "Look at this big pencil!"

"Woah, you're not practical!" Charlotte chuckled and I laughed.

"Ray wants the red chips to win and he's Captain Man and he said I can tell customers to vote red." Jasper protested.

"Oh? Did he?" Henry asked with a hurtful tone and Jasper nodded.

"Mhmm."

"Okay, you know what? I'm gonna go talk to him! I'm gonna go talk to him right now! Because that's unacceptable!" Henry exclaimed and him, Charlotte, and I walked to the back.

"You do that! While I enjoy the semi-natural taste of Ragin' Red Rhubarb!" Jasper called and Henry went back and most likely lasered Jasper's Frittle can to pieces.

This contest is actually stupid. It's just a stupid chip, it's not like it's gonna change the world.

The three of us head down to the Man Cave and walk out of the elevator to see Schwoz head first in a bucket of oats and my dad was just casually sitting on the couch eating red Frittle chips.

I'm not even gonna ask, but Charlotte or Henry will. I know it.

"Oh, hey, guys." My dad greeted.

"Uh, Ray." Charlotte began.

"Yeah, what goes on?" My dad asked as he read his book.

"Did you stuff Schwoz into a bucket of oats?" Henry asked as Charlotte and I approach the bucket.

"Uh, no, I don't recall seeing Schwoz today." My dad replies and I roll my eyes.

The three of us tip over the bucket and all the oats spill out, freeing Schwoz from suffocating in the bucket of oats.

"Ahhhh! Oh!" Schwoz yelled and crawled out, shaking himself clean and then glaring at my father.

"Oh, hey, Schwoz, where ya been?" My dad asked.

"You know!" Schwoz snapped, approaching him. "You schtuffed me in that bucket of oats!"

"Oh, yeah!" My dad laughed. "Good for me!"

Schwoz grabbed my dad's neck and began to choke him and Henry and I ran up and grabbed Schwoz off my dad. We let Schwoz go and he huffed as my dad recovered from the choking.

"Schwoz!" I heard and I see Winnie run out and I mentally groaned. "My schpoon is too schmall!"

"Well, what am I supposed to do about it?" Schwoz asked her.

"Go get your sister a bigger schpoon." Henry ordered Schwoz and shoved him forward.

"Aw, schmits!" He cursed and took his sister away to get her a spoon.

"Why'd you stuff Schwoz in a bucket of oats?" Charlotte asked my dad.

Called it.

"Because I'm the boss around here!" My dad yelled and he glanced at me. "Sometimes. And he was talking about blue chips and how great they are."

Of course. The chips are the issue.

"They are great! Way better than those icky red chips." Henry objected and I sighed, rubbing my temple.

"What are you talking about?" My dad asks Henry with shock.

"Oh, come on, you guys!" I groaned. "This is so stupid!"

"Yeah, it's dumb!" Charlotte agreed.

"Dumb!?"

"Stupid?! How could you two say that?"

"Because, no matter which chip wins nothing's gonna change!" Charlotte reasoned and I nodded.

"Remember when they came out with Nacho-Cheese flavors chips and everyone thought they were gonna change the world?" I asked them. "Well, they didn't. Then, they gave us Sour Cream and Onion? Nothing changed."

"Then Cool Ranch, Salsa Verde." Charlotte added on. "Every four years, it's another new, exciting flavor, but look around people. Nothing's changed."

Henry and my dad pondered our speech and the two of us smirked.

"Yeah, you ponder that." I tell them and then the emergency call rang.

"Emergency!" Henry called and we raced over to the monitor.

"It's a video call." Charlotte said and I sat down to answer it.

"Put it on screen." Henry said and I was about to put the video on screen.

"Wait, we're not in uniform." My dad protested.

"I ain't gonna turn on our camera." I remark to him. "This ain't my first rodeo."

Henry snickered at my statement and my dad rolled his eyes, before I put the video on the screen.

"Help! Please! Captain Man! Captain Man!"

My eyes grew in worry and shock as we see a man trapped under a boulder and he seemed to be in pain and absolute fear.

"This is Captain Man. Please state your emergency." My dad ordered.

"Sure, I was climbing up Mt. Swellview and there was an avalanche and I fell!" The man explained. "Ah! There's a big boulder on my leg and I can't move! Ah! More rock are falling! Captain Man! Kid Danger, please help!"

"Don't worry, we'll be there in-"

My dad paused when we see him eating a blue Frittle chip and I exhaled with irritation. No, don't you dare tell me my dad will not save this man because he's eating the blue chips.

That's unacceptable.

"Wait, what did you just put in your mouth?" My dad asked him.

"Oh, it's a blue Frittle chip." The man said. "They're so good!"

"So, uh, on Tuesday, you're voting blue?" My dad asked him and I glared at my father.

"Yeah, I guess."

"Well, then you can just save yourself!" My dad snapped and ended the call.

"What-"

This is unbelievable. I'm furious with my father.

"So, you're not gonna help that guy because he's voting blue?" Henry asked my father, following him.

"Maybe." My dad shrugged.

"Alright, okay, then I'm not gonna help anyone who's voting red." Henry declared and I gaped at my boyfriend.

"Hey!"

"Woah!"

Charlotte and I intervene the conversation to set them straight, because this is ridiculous.

"You guys can't start not helping people because they support a different chip then you." Charlotte protested.

"Really? Because that's what I just did-"

"Ray Manchester!" I snap angrily at him and he backs up.

"Oh, busted!" Henry snickers and I shove him forward, so I can talk to them both of them. "Our job is to help and protect the citizens of Swellview and that means everybody. No matter what color chip they identify with."

"But, you should not be getting involved with snack politics!" Charlotte added on.

"You two aren't the boss of us..."

"You can't tell us what to do..."

"What did you say?!" We both snap at them.

"I don't know!" Henry said and I glared at him..

"Henry..." I gritted and he gulped, twiddling his thumbs.

"You look beautiful, my sweet angel!" Henry stuttered nervously and I huffed, rolling my eyes.

"Ray! Henry!" Schwoz ran out.

"What?" They both asked.

"Someone broke into the Frittle factory and stole a whole truck of Frittle chips." Schwoz informed and they both gasped.

"What color Frittles were stolen?" Henry asked as he and my dad leaned in.

"Red!" Schwoz said.

"No!"

"Yes!"

"Ugh." I groaned.

"All right! Do Bella and I have to lecture you boys a third time?" Charlotte threatened and they quickly denied us.

"No, no, no, no!"

"Okay, you go look for the truck!" Henry concluded, getting out his gum-ball container. "I'll go help the guy who fell off the mountain."

"Right." My dad agreed and searched for his gum balls, but they were missing. "Wait, where's my gumball tube?"

"Oh, here, I made you a new one." Schwoz smiled and I grinned with amusement as he handed the gumball tube to my dad.

I have a feeling Schwoz did something to the gum.

My dad poured himself a gumball and popped it into his mouth. Henry and my dad blew a bubble and it popped transforming them into Kid Danger and not Captain Man, instead it was my father in a wedding dress.

My dad looked down. "What the-"

Charlotte and I began to laugh at my father who was angry.

"Schwoz, what'd you do to my balls of gum?!"

"That's what you get for schtuffing me in the bucket of oats!" Schwoz laughed and I continued to laugh as I approached Henry.

"Stay safe." I tell him and he kissed my forehead, hugging me tightly.

"Always."

Winnie ran out and began to laugh with her ridiculous horse laugh when she saw my dad.

"Ah, shut up!" My dad snapped at her. "Horse!"

I leaned my head against Henry's chest as my dad grabbed his dress and trudged to the back to change, ignoring our laughter.

——

"And the explosion was felt all throughout Swellview, and even in some nearby cities, including Neighborville, Border Town, and Rivalton." Trent explained as we watch him and Mary explain what happened at the Frittle Factory.

"But luckily, despite the magnitude of the blast, everyone important survived." Mary added.

"So, the real victim here is our own city of Swellview. Because not only has the red vs. blue contest been canceled, but also C.E.O Jack Frittleman says it's going to take four years to rebuild the factory." Trent explained.

"Four years. That's a 'Frittle' too long if you ask me." Mary joked.

"I wish you'd been in that factory, Mary."

Jasper paused then video and most of us were bummed out. Charlotte was happy this whole contest was canceled and I was too, but I did like the Frittle chips.

"Dang it." Henry groaned. "I loved those blue Frittle chips."

"I loved them too." Schwoz added.

"I loved the red ones." Jasper pouted.

"I loved not caring." Charlotte and I mention together.

"Well, Henry and Schwoz...shucks for you guys." My dad smiled, patting their backs.

"What are you all happy about?" Schwoz asked my dad.

"Oh, y'know..." My dad trailed off and Henry wraps his arm around my shoulders. "Ragin' Red Rhubarb Frittles."

"Well, that's too bad, because they all all blew up." I told my father, leaning into Henry's chest.

"Did they?" My dad asked me with a dramatic head turn.

"Yeah, it was just on the news." Henry remarked.

"Was it?"

I hate it when he does this. He did something, I know it.

"Yeah, we just watched it." Jasper stated.

"Did we?"

"Okay, will you quit doin' that?" Charlotte snapped with irritation.

"Will I?"

"Ray, what do you know?" Henry asked my dad with suspicion as we got closer to him.

"Well...I know... that when you're a superhero, and you recover a stolen truck with four hundred cases of red Frittles inside, it's never a bad idea to snag a coupe of cases for yourself." My dad smirked and my eyes grew with realization.

It was my dad who stole the two cases of the stolen Frttle chips. That sneaky little-

"But that's stealing." Jasper objected.

"Is it?"

We all agreed it was stealing and my dad gave in.

"Yeah, alright."

"W-w-wait, you're saying there's two cases of red Frittles here?" I asked him.

"Yep. About a half a mile down there, right in the Man Cave." My dad grinned and all of us were happy about this.

"Wait, wait..." Schwoz objected. "My sister, Winnie, went down to the Man Cave to have a schnack and take a nap."

My dad became angry and glared at Schwoz.

"You-"

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Up Next: Hour of Power💪

Can't promise it will be up tomorrow, I'm having a little trouble writing it, it may take some time. Bare with me💕

Also, does anyone know the age of Drex? It's important for me to know this information🤭