The Modernised Tale of Narcissus & Echo

Hi everyone! It’s another random adventure! hehehehehe… This one might be a bit weird btw. It's all because of my insanity. Muahahaha. This is most likely the final chapter! Hope you all enjoyed it. My mum is yelling at me because I spend too much time on the computer. Anyway, see you in other stories! Love, SatoKibi

Trouble with Brown Cow

It was fourth period and Narci and I were at English. Unfortunately, our English teacher was Brown Cow. She was silently murdering another poor chair with her butt, as she ranted in her croaky voice about the significance of William Shakespeare to our syllabus and literary knowledge.

“…his plays contain such an immensely wide range of dramatic language devices,” she proclaimed, “and he manipulates them in such a way, that they captivate the audiences’ hearts and bring tears of laughter, as well as grief, into their eyes.”

“What if they don’t have eyes?” I whispered to Narci.

“Pfft. How could that happen?” he whispered back.

“Like, what if they got into a fight in a restaurant, and someone got a spoon and scooped them out, then the eyeballs fell into someone’s soup and they were mistaken for meatballs and eaten, and the people couldn’t afford glass eyes because they’re so expensive, and they couldn’t get eye transplants…”

“Your imagination is quite strange, you know.” He gave me a quick hug. I was a little embarrassed since it was the first time he had shown any sign of affection towards me in front of others. I was worried that certain people who saw us together would complain about it – like Brown Cow.

“You two!” she screeched, from the front of the room, pointing a super-fat, arm-thick finger at us, “What stupid things do you think you’re doing during my lesson!? This school is one hundred percent G-rated! Thank you very much!”

Busted! I felt my cheeks burning as they turned red. I always blush when I get in trouble, and it sucks. I tried to come up with a way out, but Narci saved me.

“You’re very welcome,” he said nonchalantly, “But I must say, Brown C- I mean Miss Brown, that, firstly, I do not believe I am doing anything silly – my affection towards Echo is absolutely serious. Secondly, I’m sure we’ve all seen plenty of innocent hugs in G-rated movies, especially in those we watched for film-study in class. so I am not breaching that code in any way.”

I had a bad feeling about what he said. I could tell that Brown Cow was humiliated, angry, and glowing with jealousy. Her teacher-student crush was disgustingly obvious.

“Stay back at the end of the period!” she commanded, “I need to speak with you two!” Oh dear.

After the class had shuffled out of the room, she strode up to our desks and looked down at us, her evil eyes peering from the top of hundred kilos of towering fat.

“You two,” she growled, as if we were the worst pieces of crap that had ever set foot on this planet, “how dare you!? Do you know how horrible it is to do such a thing!? It’s disgraceful! Children these days have no respect!”

“Just get to the point already!” Narci grumbled, “What are you trying to say? What did we do that was so horrible? How are we as children disrespecting anyone?”

“What you have just done was a great disruption to our class time!”

“We were not disrupting anyone, until you made a scene about it!”

“What!? You… That’s it! I ought to fail you two!”

“Isn’t that just cheating the system and abusing your authority as a teacher? What is it exactly that you have against our relationship anyway?”

“I…” Brown Cow was speechless. She knew that she couldn’t say she hated seeing Narci with a girlfriend, so she stayed silent for a bit. It was really funny seeing Narci defeat Brown Cow with his smartness.

“Miss, could it be that it makes you sad to see others happy, because you’re not happy yourself?” I asked, “I mean, you’re still single even though you’re forty-nine…” Then I paused, realising that I shouldn’t have assumed her age without confirmation.

“I’m twenty-six! Do I look that old!?”

“Not… at… all…”

“Hey Echo!” said Narci excitedly, “Let’s set her up with someone! So Miss Brown, who do you like? Anyone? Do we know them?”

“It’s none of your business!” she snapped.

“Yes it is!” Narci leaned closer and advertised with an I-mean-business tone, “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Miss Brown. We’re doing this for your sake, Miss Brown! We want to get you out there, so you won’t be such a lo- I mean, so you won’t be lonely anymore. Will you accept our offer? Or will you choose to remain in your isolated realm of darkness?”

“I get you now! You’re such a clever boy! Okay I’ll do as you say! Ohohohohoho!” Great – and SHE was the one who gave us the lecture on persuasive language, and how not to fall for the tricks.

“Good.”

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“Brown Cow likes the principal!? I thought she liked you!” I whispered to Narci, in our private “planning” time.

“Maybe she likes both of us! It’s so funny! This is our special chance, to humiliate her once and for all!” Narci chuckled, “Let’s get planning.”

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“Working hard there?” asks Brown Cow, stepping glamorously into the principal’s office, “I brought you some coffee.” She was wearing a dangerously-low-cut tank top, and a miniskirt. It was not a pretty sight, but seduction insists on wearing skimpy clothes. Narci and I watched from a small window next to the door.

“Thanks Miss Brown, but shouldn’t you be in the staffroom marking assessment papers?” asked the principal politely.

“Oh that’s been taken care of already. I am quite competent when it comes to my job.” She bashfully fluttered her eyes and tried hard to gently rest her bum against his desk. As expected, she was too heavy, and the desk groaned under her weight before flipping over, sending all of the principal’s stationery onto the floor.

“Nya, I’m so sorry!” she exclaimed, bending forward to pick up the things, and revealing her backside for him too see. Then she put the desk back in its place, and bent forward while putting his things down, revealing way too much of her chest… Mr Principal went bright red. We weren’t sure if it was from horniness or anger, but we fled, just in case it was the latter.

For some extremely scary and strange reason, two months later, our class was invited to a wedding. You guessed it – between Brown Cow and the Principal.

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“Damn, events took a strange turn,” said Narci, as we sat in the audience in the park where a ceremony was being held.

“Indeed- but she does look happy, for once.”

“Yeah… Hey Echo, are you happy with me?”

“Of course, you idiot. Otherwise I would have dumped you already, and seduced that guy over there.”

“Um…That’s the men’s toilets.”

“No I mean him!” I pointed to the figure inside. When he came out, Narci choked with laughter. It was a old-ish man who was balding and had a beer-belly wearing a loose pair of shorts and a singlet walked out. What made everything worse, was that he approached Brown Cow with his arms open, and I heard her cry “Dad”.

“That’s harsh.”

“So is life. Nah just kidding.”

“Where is this conversation going?”

“I don’t know.”

“Ah! I just realised!”

“What?”

“Since she’s married, her last name must have changed! Now we can’t call her Brown Cow anymore!”

The whole class heard us, and groaned, “Aww!”

“But let’s keep calling her that anyway.”

“Yay!"

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Life is pretty good, I must say. Narci and I are happy together (Honestly, we are.), and mum is getting married – she even has a baby on the way, which means I get a sibling! We’re all really excited. Peita and Captain Hook are also doing well. It turned out that Captain Hook had not actually dated anyone before, contrary to rumours. No wonder he blushed so much when with Peita – he even blushed when she touched his hand! And I’m actually happy that I am who I am now. No more disappearing for Echo.

Who do you find when you are in the wilderness? Echo, Echo, the one who loved Narcissus.

Who replies when you are surrounded by loneliness? Echo, Echo, the one who loved Narcissus.

Who was admiring his reflection in the wilderness? Narcissus, the one who loved himself.

Who spoke to Narcissus and tried to be his friend? Echo, Echo, the one who loved him most.

Who pushed Echo away out of selfishness? Narcissus, the one who loved himself.

What happened to Narcissus, the one who loved himself? He was surrounded by loneliness.

What could Narcissus do when surrounded by loneliness- without an echo, or without someone who talked back?

Narcissus needed Echo, because she was his only company.

Echo needed Narcissus- he was her reason for living.

When the two came together and shared their love…

Happily ever after was made.