This isn't really a story, more the idea of a story I might write one day. It references the new chapter of
The Power Of Friends or perhaps it would be fair to say that this story is referenced by that chapter.
This is a Mystic Force story about Madison's first boyfriend.
She's fifteen, he's the same age, and he's into theater. Vida and Xander offer their threats as to what will happen if he hurts her, and they do so in public. Chip waits until he is alone and he delivers his own threat, "Hurt Madison Rocca and I will beat you to death with a paper napkin." Before the boy can respond, he walks away.
Two months later, Madison is crying at home, and the boy is off with some theater chick who likes black and does not see his acting is as bad as it truly is. Gently, Chip promises her that he will fulfill his threat and when Vida mocks him, he asks her if she would not help him capture the boy, because the boy would surely fight and she throws a more wicked punch than he. Xander, he asks to help tie the boy up because Xander knows more about ropes and knots than Chip. They are in the midst of planning when Madison tells them no. She does not want them to hurt the boy for her sake. Because it is Madison, they don't.
Chip informs the boy that it is Madison's mercy that allows him to live, but the insult shall never be forgotten.
Two weeks later, he is giving a presentation in history on Medieval weapons and brings one of his tabletop trebuchet for a demonstration. His weapon is a soaked paper napkin. He fusses with the machine as he explains about the importance of aiming and accidentally releases the leaver too soon. It is
not his fault that the napkin landed on the ex-boyfriend's face.
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