Location: Avalon Elite Academy – Main Office, The Day After the Play
The entire front hall was packed.
Students. Laughter. Panic.
And at the center of it all?
A list.
Taped to the announcement board. Written in red.
"THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS ARE HEREBY ASSIGNED SEVEN HOURS OF DETENTION FOR CATASTROPHIC DISRUPTION OF ACADEMIC THEATER."
And beneath that:
Grayson Lysander
Nova Vale
Arielle Vale
Elina Vale
Zeke
Rico
Caelan Vale
Azra Vale
Liora Vale
Selene
Zaria
Isla
Noah
Jace
Plus five more laughing accomplices
Scene: The Detention Room
Room 3B was turned into a holding chamber.
Bookshelves were pushed to the walls. Desks in a wide circle.
Two teachers sat at the front, utterly exhausted.
Ms. Lorn (health teacher):
"Seven hours. No talking. No food. No spells. No chaos."
Vice Principal Hargrove:
"And may the gods help us all."
They walked out.
Leaving 24 of the most dangerous students in Avalon… unsupervised.
Scene: The Mischief Starts Immediately
Rico and Zeke pulled out Uno cards like it was prison survival.
Nova, Arielle, and Elina started sketching pranks in the margins of a calculus book.
Grayson? Calmly unscrewed the bolts from his desk and reconstructed it into a reclining chair.
Azra: "This isn't detention. This is a slumber party with consequences."
Liora (sipping from a hidden thermos): "I brought hot chocolate."
Caelan (rubbing his temples): "We're in hell."
Scene: Games Begin
Hour 2:
Uno tournament in full swing. Grayson kept stacking +4s on Zeke, who declared him "public enemy #1."
Hour 3:
Truth or Dare. Nova dared Rico to sing the school anthem shirtless. He complied with a dance.
Hour 4:
Selene dared Grayson to flirt with everyone in the room in under 10 minutes.
He did. Including the teachers when they walked back in mid-line.
Scene: The Teachers Crack
Ms. Lorn: "We said SILENCE!"
Grayson (grinning): "We said vibes."
Zeke (sipping juice): "And the vibes are immaculate."
The teachers left.
Again.
Final Scene: Sunset in Detention
The sun was setting outside. The laughter hadn't stopped.
Grayson sat beside Nova, Elina on one shoulder, Arielle on the other.
Caelan and the others lay across desks, exhausted from laughing too hard.
Grayson (softly): "They tried to punish us."
Nova: "They only made us stronger."
Azra: "They'll never do this again."