Active Gun

### A bit of information

Do you remember that show named Horrid Henry? If you have not, then it is about a kid named Henry who lives with his Mum, Dad and brother named Peter. He has sworn enemies like Susan and Margaret and best friends like Ralph and Al. He is rude to his brother by calling him names and pretending that he is some sort of creature attacking his brother. Anyway, now that you know what I am talking about, let's get on with the story.

### Backstory

I was in my shed looking through some old DVD's that I bought from a Garage Sale a few weeks prior. And I found a Horrid Henry DVD that I don't remember buying, nor did I know Horrid Henry was on DVD's. "Hm" I thought to myself as I picked up the DVD. The DVD featured Horrid Henry but it looked as if it was made by a 7 year old child who had just learned how to draw. It had a title which said "Active Gun" which was weird considering that no children's tv show had anything to do with firearms... Normally someone would put it back down and never touch it again but I was curious as, like I said, I didn't remember buying the DVD.

I was now inside my sitting room and I was examining the DVD. At the back there was a text. It said "This is the first episode of Horrid Henry. Due to it not being suitable for children, It was never aired on TV. But it was distributed as a DVD and only people who had the guts were allowed to watch the episode. However, The Headquarters of Novel Entertainment was raided at night in 2012 and many things were stolen, including the DVD. The Raiders eventually threw this DVD into the trash and it was found by me and then it was placed somewhere unknown. If you have this DVD right now, burn it." At this point I was confused on what the hell was going on. "So this is meant to be scary, huh.." I thought to myself. I decided that I had the guts to watch the "scary" episode and inserted the DVD into my DVD Player. It would be one of the worst mistakes of my life.

### The Episode

The Episode started off with a menu. There was a text on the top of the screen and a 'Play' button in the middle. The text was a warning, almost worded the same as the text on the back of the DVD. I didn't want to read the text so I clicked play on the TV Remote and the episode began. The episode began with the Horrid Henry intro. But something was off... Horrid Henry was wearing different clothes than he normally wore. He was wearing more of a green knitted jumper and brown pants. As well as the rest of the family, they were also wearing different clothes. Peter wore a purple suit, his dad a black suit and his mother a black dress. There was also a faint cry in the background. The cry wasn't like a creepy wail or whatever, It sounded as if someone was mourning.. I shrugged it off and continued watching. As soon as the intro ended a loud scream was heard. Like the scream was SO LOUD that when turned down to 1% volume it is still loud. After THAT ended we finally get to see Henry. Henry's clothes are now back to normal and he looks pissed. As if someone has angered him. He was staring at the wall, whispering something. I played it back and realised that the whispering was in German. In German, Henry whispered "Something bad is about to happen..." That startled me but I shrugged it off.

The Title Card comes up with the title saying "Active Gun". This confused me because I didn't know why, of all titles, Active Gun was the title. After the Title Card disappeared Henry looked normal again. Peter, Henry's brother, then comes into the scene where he says good morning to Henry. Henry ignored him and decided to head to the sitting room. However Henry's Mother was watching TV so Henry asked if he could watch. Henry's Mother refused which angered Henry. A heated argument would ensue between Henry's Mother and him. It ended with his mother screaming "I HATE YOU, HENRY! I SHOULD HAVE ABORTED YOU!". I paused the episode and I was just sitting there, motionless. I was in deep shock that Henry's Mother would say such a thing! I un paused the episode and continued watching. Henry was just standing there in shock of what his mother said. He ran out of the sitting room and waited for Peter, still in shock. Peter asked Henry what happened and Henry told him that it was nothing. I once again paused the episode because I was actually surprised that Henry was sort of nice to Peter! I un paused the episode and Henry says "Come on Worm. It is time for us to go to school." Peter bounces along with Henry as they leave the house. Peter then asks "Where is our dad?" in which Henry replies "He is gone to a business meeting. We'll have to walk to school this time." Margaret comes out of her house and scoffs at Henry and Peter. "Ha! You guys have to walk to school while my daddy can drive me to school!" Taunted Margaret. Henry and Peter would ignore her and for around seven minutes there would be a cycle of Peter and Henry walking to school.

The two would arrive at their school and would meet up with their friends. "You heard about what happened in London?" Asked Ralph. "No? What happened?" replied Henry. Al would come in and, sighing deeply, said "There was a school shooting." I paused the episode again (I'm sorry for pausing multiple times) and once again, I was in shock. A school shooting???? I had so many questions in mind but I had no answers currently. I un paused the episode. The school bell would ring and everyone started to head inside. I expected everyone to head into their classrooms but instead they went to the hall. Henry managed to sit with Peter. Peter wasn't just sitting with Henry, He was also sitting with his friends. Henry was also sitting with his friends. Eventually after a bit of chatter throughout the hall, Miss Oddbod comes over to the microphone. She first taps on the microphone before saying "As I'm sure all of you know, There has been a school shooting in London..." A few children and teachers gasp as Miss Oddbod continued. "Due to the shooting, the government has implemented a lockdown procedure that we will practice in separate classrooms. Now, will the first class of Miss Lovely come with Miss Lovely to a classroom please." continued Miss Oddbod. She would continue with other classes until it got to Henry's class. Henry and the rest of his classmates would be led to a classroom that has never been seen before. "Now children, Please head to the back wall!" ordered Miss Battle-Axe. For three minutes Miss Battle-Axe would show the class what to do during lockdown before they headed back to the hall. It turned out that every class was waiting for Henry's Class. "Now, You are can all head back to your classrooms." Finished Miss Oddbod. Henry's and Peter's classes would head back to their class.

Suddenly, A flashback would begin. A text saying "13 hours before" would appear on the black background. The text would disappear and I saw a man with a black suit and two others inside a room. "The attack on the London school has been a success sir." One of the men would say. "Fantastic, We need to attack another school.." The man in the black would say. I wasn't sure who was the leader but it looked like the bigger man with the black suit was the leader so I'll say that he was the leader. "Sir, I need to ask you a question..." The other man would say. "What?" replied the Leader. "So we've attacked the school but now we'll attack another school? Tell me sir, why are we doing this? They are innocent children..." The man would explain. This, for some reason, angered the Leader. "You want to question what I do?!" The Leader exclaimed. "N-No sir! I was jus-" Before he could finish the Leader took out a revolver and shot the man in the face! Blood splattered onto the Leader. What made this worse is that the blood looked realistic! "Now don't ever try questioning what I do, Got that?" The man told the other man. The other man agreed in fear. "Now..... Follow me!" screamed the Leader. The man followed the Leader to a room with multiple people inside. Behind him there was a whiteboard saying "Plan Room". "Thank you all for coming to this meeting.." The Leader started. "We need to attack another school and I don't know where to attack. So I need you all to think about it." By now I felt like I knew what would happen. I thought that they would attack another school in London. I was wrong as one man asked "Why not Ashton Primary School in Ashton?"

A black background covered the screen as it fades into Henry's class again. Miss Battle Axe was teaching the class. Henry whispered to Ralph "Hah! Look at Margaret!" "She looks dumb!" replied Ralph. Suddenly, There was a knock on the door (The door was closed). Miss Battle Axe asked Brian to go and open the door while she continued to teach. Brian walked over to the door and opened it. A horrific fate reached Brian as a man wearing black clothes, a black mask and a hood with him carrying a SHOTGUN SHOT BRIAN! Brian yelped in pain as he was shot in the chest. The man shot Brian three more times, Twice in the forehead, Once in the area of his heart. Realistic blood pumped out of Brian's lifeless body. I paused the video in horrific shock as I just witnessed Brian's death! I couldn't believe that something so horrific from a child's show would be distributed as a DVD! I had to un pause the episode. The class was in shock. Miss Battle Axe screamed "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?" before also being shot by the man. He turned to the class while a few people were hiding under their desks. He would then put down a duffle bag and would take out an UZI! For a few moments we would see the man shooting others. He'd stop shooting to wipe off everything on the whiteboard and he'd write down on the whiteboard "No mercy!" After that, he would walk around the classroom, shooting three people who were Sour Susan, Weepy William and Anxious Andrew as they all screamed when the shooter found them. After a while of walking around, he saw Greedy Graham. He'd walk up to him and he'd tell him to get up. Graham did as the shooter told him to and he'd force Graham out of the classroom. I didn't know what happened but after several moments, the shooter came back.