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"Mr. Bernard, can I please perform with Louis?" 

asked Heather.

"No you need to work with Danny to help him 

improve his grade."

Heather was heartbroken that she would not be 

able to perform with her best friend and Helen 

was angry because she wouldn't get to perform 

with Danny.

As soon as the recess bell rang, Louis and Heather ran out 

to the tether ball court so they could discuss their plans. 

What they didn't know was that Helen was listening 

nearby. 

"What are we going to do?" asked Heather.

"I think we should perform together no matter what Mr. 

Smith says." offered Louis. 

"That is a great idea... and we can perform a gymnastics 

routine together. It will be great!" exclaimed Heather.

"Guess what I heard. Guess what I heard!" said 

Helen excitedly.

"What?" asked Danny.

"I just heard Heather talking to Louis. They said 

that they were going o go behind your back and 

perform no matter what Mr. Smith says." replied 

Helen.

"I can't believe it. I have to find them and put a 

stop to this!" exclaimed Danny.

Meanwhile, Owen and Talia (fifth graders) were 

busy organizing the talent show and making show 

everything was in order.

"Talia, you are my best friend and I want to spend 

time with you." said Owen.

"I like to spend time with you too, but I feel like 

lately you have been spending too much time with 

me. I need my space." replied Talia.

Owen was outraged when he saw Talia 

hanging out with Isaac, a third grader, when 

she wouldn't hang out with him. He was 

worried and needed to think of a plan, fast.

Owen confided in his best friend, Patrick. He 

drew a picture on the board explaining what he 

meant. 

"Patrick, I need you to hypnotize Talia into 

thinking Mr. Bernard is her best friend. That way 

when I break her out of her hypnotic state she 

will be my best friend again and think I am her 

hero."

While on his way to hypnotize Talia, Patrick ran into 

Danny and Louis. 

"Look at the medal. You will be in a trance. While you 

are in this trance you will both want to be best friends 

with the person who you hate the most." said Patrick 

in a charming and mystical voice.

Before they knew it, Louis and Danny, wanted to be 

best friends with Helen.

When Danny and Louis met up with Helen and Heather the 

real problems began.

"I want to work with you on the talent show and be your 

best friend!" exclaimed Louis to Helen.

"But you are working with me!" said Heather.

"Not anymore. I am working with Helen." declared Louis.

"No, I am working with Helen." said Danny.

"Stop making fun of me! Just because I don't have a 

partner doesn't mean you can make fun of me. You guys 

are being jerks!" said Helen as she stormed off.

In a nearby classroom, Mr. Bernard (a teacher with the 

dorkiest glasses ever) had gathered up some of the other 

teachers. The main topic of their discussion was the talent 

show.

"We should all perform in the talent show so that the 

students will think that we are cool!" exclaimed Mr. 

Bernard. 

"But Bernard, we have other stuff to do and why should we 

care what the students think of us?" asked Me Smith.

As the other teachers left because they thought Mr. Bernard was 

wasting their time, Mr. Smith stayed.

"What if we do a fencing match?" offered Mr. Smith.

"What is fencing?" asked Mr. Bernard.

"Well, its like a sword fight. I have been taking lessons for the 

past two days and I think we could pull it off." said Mr. Smith.

"Sounds awesome. What if we wear knight costumes with the 

helmets and everything. We could pretend to fight to the death. I 

would win of course because I thought of the knight idea, but you 

can still be in it with me." exclaimed Mr. Bernard.

Mr. SMith rolled his eyes, but agreed to this. 

Meanwhile on stage, Owen just saw the damage 

that Patrick caused to the four friends. He knew 

something had to be done.

"Patrick, what have you done! They had nearly 

figured everything out and then you went over 

and screwed it up."

"I'm sorry boss. I promise I will fix everything 

and take care of Talia." said Patrick 

apologetically.

"You better, and fast." said Owen.

"You will return to your normal selves. You will 

then go on and be best friends with the people 

who are truly meant to be your best friends." 

said Patrick in a mystical tone.

In their classroom, the four friends made peace 

with each other.

"Heather, I am so sorry about everything.and I 

want to perform with you." said Louis.

"I want to to work with you too." said Heather.

"Helen, I realize now that you are my best friend 

and I know now that it is you I want to perform 

with." said Danny kindly.

"I am your best friend too. You are the one who I 

have always loved like a brother." said Helen 

sweetly.

"Patrick, come here really fast and help me with 

my costume." demanded Mr. Bernard.

As Patrick walked over towards Mr. Bernard, and 

evil thought entered into his mind.

"What have you done?! You glued my helmet to my 

head. Why would you do this. Get it off me right now 

young man!" pleaded Mr. Bernard. 

Patrick had super glued the inside of the helmet to  

Mr. Bernard's head and then snuck off the stage and 

toward the next victim of his foolishness.

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