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Chapter 1 - A Not so Humble or Original Beginning

"Ow!" Ben howled as he was picked up and violently stuffed into his locker,

"Hah-hah ha!" an over-sized bull laughed he was joined be the morphs standing around in the hallway of Bower High, it was Dana "Bulldozer" Jackson; the bane of Ben's high school life and popular football jock.

"Let me out!" Ben cried, banging on the locker door loudly.

"Listen to how this little fag cries!" Dana joked; walking away to his next class, leaving Ben in his scented but cold locker. The bell rung with a near deafening ring; everyone in the hallways rushed into their classes in the nick of time, Ben whimpered, he was late once again to Mrs. Godfrey's class, his last class for the day.

"Dammit!" he shouted, banging on the locker's door futilely; He was going to have to spend 4 long, grueling hours with the bitch...it was going to cut hugely into his weekend.  

Ben was to say the least...small; he was a small York-shire terrier but he wasn't too short, he was thin, his fur was black with white and brown streaks, and he was gay. Not too many people knew except for his mom and a couple of his friends. Most people thought he was anorexic; but in reality it was Dana and his entourage of bullies who made him that way, always taking his lunch money, lunch if he decided to bring it, beating him up, and messing with him all around. He hated how weak he was and how helpless he was before those bullies and he wanted nothing more than for someone to teach them a lesson since the adults at his school wouldn't do anything.

"That would have to wait for now," Ben thought as he tried to pick his locker's lock, just as he was about to open the locker he heard foot-steps echoing through the empty hallway, "Great! Dana must've cut class and is coming back to torture me!" he panicked and stopped picking the lock, thinking that the sound might alert the burly bull.  

Ben caught a glimpse of the mysterious morph through his locker's shutter and sighed in relief. It was thankfully not Dana; but he was a rather huge, and insanely muscular pitch-black panther. He was walking through the passage looking confused, he kept look down at the papers he was holding his massive paw and looking back up at the classroom doors. Ben lost his breath at the sight of him. His clothes; a red tank, with white shorts were stretched to the max, and his flip-flops looked like they were straining to stay on his feet.

He leaned back on the locker's back wall and gasped at the sight of him, and then he began wondering if he would let him out? When he leaned back he crushed his big bag of Sun Chips, the bio-degradable bag and crushing of chips making a terribly loud sound. Ben began silently cursing for even leaving his favorite BUT delectable snack bag in his messenger bag.

The panther directed his attention to wall of lockers and saw someone moving in one, he quickly rushed up to Ben's locker.

"Hey! What's your locker combo?" he asked in deep voice, looking at him concerned.

"15-91-3," Ben whispered back and the door opened. Ben fell out in a heap, but his rescuer caught him and held him up right.  

"What were you doing in there?" the panther asked.

Ben began to stutter, "You see....I...uh...ah...a," the panther smirked and Ben blushed in embarrassment, "I was shoved in there by a bully..." Ben shyly told the massive cat.

"Oh okay, by the way could you help me?" the panther gave a sympathetic look and quickly changed the subject.

"Sure, what do you need help with?" Ben asked, recovering from his reverie.

"Well I'm having trouble finding my way around here. I can't seem to find Mrs. Godfrey's room," the panther smiled.

"Oh hey! That's my last class too, c'mon I'll show you," Ben replied while motioning for him to follow, "Oh and by the way, my name's Benjamin Mack but you can call me Ben, what's yours?"

"Jamal Karn," he replied and began following Ben down the silent hallway. After a quick series of turns and a flight of stairs the two made it to Mrs. Godfrey's class, when they entered the classroom all eyes were on them and Ben shied away from their glares and rushed into an empty seat, "Mr. Mack and..." Mrs. Godfrey trailed off looking at the panther.

"Jamal Karn," Jamal answered her questioning gaze.

"Mr. Karn may I ask why you two are so late?" she demanded in a snippy tone.

"Umm...well I was having trouble finding this class actually. You see I'm a new student," Jamal replied, "And I helping Ben out...but..."Ben shot Jamal a pained look Jamal, "He was helping find my classes though," continued; Dana was sitting in the back trying to hold back his laughter and so were his cronies, Ben shrunk down in his seat.

"Well that is a plausible excuse, but you had better not be this late next time," she warned and then she turned to Ben, "Ben stay after class, we have some talking to do," and she went back to teaching, Jamal took an empty seat next in the back corner and Ben took a deep gulp.  

Just as Mrs. Godfrey turned, a student got up and rushed into an empty seat next to Ben. It was one of Ben's friends, Sheila Trent. She was mere cat and was well known throughout the school, but she wasn't as shallow as some of the other girls. "Pst... Why are you so late?" she whispered looking concerned.

Ben motioned his head towards Dana and hissed, "He shoved in my locker! Again!" Sheila mouthed an "oh" and pulled out a piece of paper out of her binder and started writing on it. When Mrs. Godfrey turned around, facing the class during her lecture she made it seem like she was writing down class notes. When she turned back to the board, Sheila quickly smacked the note on Ben's desk, and he began reading it.  

Sheila - Dana really needs to be stopped! I don't know why the teachers don't do anything about it...I mean like, he's even an ass to Mrs. Godfry! Anyways who was that guy you walked in with? I didn't catch his name and...he is a real hottie, do you like him?  

Ben smirked and blushed at the last line and began writing his response. He passed the paper over and Sheila passed it back when she was done.  

Ben - His name is Jamal Karn, and I sort of like him and I totally agree with you, he is hotter than hot though. But I don't even know if he is gay or not. :( Also I hope when Mrs. Bitch Fowl talks to me, I hope she actually talks about who is bothering...no torturing me every day.  

Sheila - Oh really! Only one way to find out, I'll ask him for you! Hah! Just joking, and I hope so too. Word of warning, she does this long ass lecture now about being punctual and following the rules...then she gives you a mark on your record and detention starts, nothing that you haven't endured but just telling you she changed up her "disciplinary actions".  

Ben read through the note and wrote on it again, and just as he was about to pass it back to Sheila, Mrs. Godfrey saw him and squawked.

"So first you're late and now you're passing notes in my class thinking it that is was okay?! Do you think I'm that stupid?!" Ben didn't answer. Mrs. Godfrey rushed up to Ben and snatched the note out of his hands and skimmed through it, and then she went back up to the front and threw it into her drawer of "forbidden, lost, and confiscated items" and put a mark next to Ben's name in her grade-book, "I'm very disappointed in you Benjamin," she spat and once again went back to teaching.

"Oh No! Now she knows my secret now!" Ben cried on the inside; Sheila gave his a I'm-sorry look and he mouthed "it's okay back". He laid his head down on his desk and waited till the last bell rung, which didn't take much longer. The bell chimed and everyone in the school rushed out of their classrooms to go to their lockers, except for Ben and Jamal.  

"Hey sorry about getting you in trouble..." Jamal apologized.

"No its okay, I'll be fine," Ben confided and let Jamal walk out of the classroom presumably guilt free. The next 4 hours seemed like an eternity to Ben as he waited for Mrs. Godfrey to deal out the rest of her punishment upon him; and then she spoke, startling Ben.

"Mr. Mack you know, I've been noticing at how late you've been to my class from the beginning and I have to say it isn't very good. When you came in with Jamal...your appearance to say the least, was very shrewd. Is everything alright?" she calmly spoke as she walked over to his seat. Ben forgot she also majored in Psychology...now he couldn't make an excuse.

"I...I...I...It was um...Dana Jackson," Ben mumbled; remembering the last time he told on Dana, ended up in hospitalization.

"Who?" she inquired.

"Dana Jackson!" Ben blurted out, then he immediately covered his mouth and gasped, "Oh please Mrs. Godfrey leave my name out of it!!" Ben sobbed, the tears dampening his silky fur.

"Why? Is he going to do something to you if I go to him and say something about this situation?" Mrs. Godfrey asked.

"Just leave me as an anonymous victim," Ben sniffled, lowering his hands into his lap.

"Listen Mr. Mack, you out of all the students I've have had this junior year, are the best one I've ever had. You listen, learn, and apply...that's what I like about you. And if someone or something is bothering you, tell me about it and I'll try to sort it out lickity-split. And don't worry...you're secret is safe with me, now go and enjoy you're weekend," Mrs. Godfrey told him, her expression softening.

"T...Thank you Mrs. Godfrey," Ben replied and rushed out of the room and down the hallway to his locker.