Fanon:Big Nate: Stuck in Quarantine

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Introduction
Greetings fellow citizens. Salty Byleth Main here, and I wanted to write this fanfiction about Nate and his company taking on the Corona Virus. I will write a chapter a day and it will be around 12 chapters long. Anyone is allowed to edit this as long as they only fix grammatical mistakes and stuff like that.


 * I will wrap up the chapters 1 and 2 (Completed)


 * Christina will do 3 and 4 (Completed)


 * Yoda will do 5 and 6


 * I will do 7 and 8

Key

 * Bold text refers to characters taking some form of action.


 * Things that characters say will be in quotation marks after the character's name.

Chapter 1
It was March when everything changed.

Francis, Nate, and Teddy are sitting around the TV in Nate's house.

Francis: "Guys, did you see the email from Mrs Godfrey?"

Nate & Teddy: "Nope. Why?"

Francis sighed and muttered something about "So disorganized..." Hey, I only check my email to see if the local "Shop n' Dash" has said that I won the cheez doodle giveaway yesterday.

Francis: "We have been issued stay at home order from school."

Nate: "Wait, so does that mean... WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL?!?! But why?"

Francis: "It is because of the Corona Virus. It has now traveled to America."

Francis whips out his book of facts

Francis: "According to-"

Nate & Teddy: "Not now, Francis..."

It has been a week since this. At first I was excited about there being no school but it's getting boring. This stinks worse than Dad's tuna casserole, which is saying something because that is totally disgusting!

Chapter 2
Today, Dad and I went out to but some supplies for our quarantine. Dad had printed out a copy of a quarantine shopping list from the internet. I know that is not the most reliable source of information but it is the best we got.

Immediately after we walk into the local Shop n' Dash, we encountered a hoard of people with a TON of toilet paper.

Nate: "Hey dad. What is the deal with everyone stocking up on the TP?"

Martin: "Because people are insane. And weren't you the one who bought an entire wheelbarrow of cheez doodles for your art project?"

Nate puts on a guilty face

Nate: "Yeah..."

After that thoroughly degrading moment, we continued to buy things like face masks and hand sanitizer. Remember kids, wash your hands or die.

Anyway, it was a good thing we bought those things because, in a few days, every single store was sold out. We are now moving on to week two of quarantine.

Chapter 3
* Yawn.* It's only been two weeks of quarantine, but it feels like two years. And now, just to make everything worse for us kids, we have to take online school. At least it's an early dismissal schedule. A little less Mrs. Godfrey. Today was the first day.

Nate, Francis, and Teddy are all in a group call.

Nate: "How was online school for you all?"

Francis: "It was great! 50 percent less Mrs. Godfrey!"

Teddy: "Haha, so true."

Nate: "Plus, I can put Mrs. Godfrey on mute if I want to!"

Francis & Teddy: "HAHAHAHAHA!"

Teddy: "Although it does seem like they give us way more assignments than usual."

Nate: "I know right? I have to finish 5 quizzes tonight!"

Francis: "I don't mind the extra work. In fact, I WANT the extra work!"

Nate & Teddy glare at Francis: "Nerd."

Teddy: "We had a zoom call for Science, and at one point, zoom made me the meeting host!"

Nate: "Wait actually?!"

Teddy: "Yeah. And I kicked Mr. Galvin out of the conference!"

Nate did an air high-five: "HAHAHAHA! Lucky."

Teddy: "But he did manage to get back in somehow."

Nate: "Oof. Have you guys gotten masks yet?"

Teddy: "My mom's making mine."

Francis: "I got one with cats all over it!"

Nate: "Seriously? At least the cats on it will help with social distancing."

Teddy: "Heh, yeah. Everybody will definitely stay away from you then!"

I sure miss my friends, but I don't miss Mrs. Godfrey (Hopefully she gets the virus.) I'm hoping this quarantine ends soon, but it probably won't be for a while. Maybe we can order takeout for once.

Chapter 4
It’s been 4 weeks in quarantine, and it hasn’t shown any sign of ending soon. A lot of people have started getting dogs. Hey, maybe I can convince dad....

Nate: "Hey dad, isn’t quarantine the worst?"

Marty: "It sure is, son."

Nate: "Have you heard about *Ahem* the new fad?"

Marty: "Which is?"

Nate: "Well... If you haven’t noticed, a lot of people are getting dogs."

Marty: "Here we go again...."

Nate: "Eh? Eh?"

Marty sighs.

Marty: "No, Nate. We cannot get a dog!"

Nate: "Come on, it’ll cheer us all up! Please dad?"

Marty: "NO!"

Nate: "Well a puppy at least?"

Marty: "NO!"

Nate: "Okay, Okay! I get it. I get it. I’m leaving."

Well, that didn’t go too well. I’ll try again at Christmas. Or if the pandemic doesn't end by July. Whichever comes first!

Chapter 5
Today's a great day! Dad tells me that the government has allowed to be back in school in the next week as the cases have slowed down. I can hardly wait. This quarantine has changed me a ton, as usually, I am no more excited for the new taco-bell special than going back to school, so thanks, God.

Oop! Someone's at the door.

Francis: "Nate did you hear the sad news?"

Teddy: "Yeah, we're going to be back in school."

Nate: "No, that's great! We've been stuck at home for AGES now."

Francis: "I'm excited too. Until Principal Nichols sent another email."

He shows me his phone.

PS:38 will still remain closed as one of our teachers, Ken Rosa has caught the infamous COVID-19. We are unable to find a substitute so students will be heading over to-

Nate: "JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL."

Nate and Teddy look like they are about to burst

Nate & Teddy: NOOOOOOOOOO!

Francis: "Yeah, I know. First Mr Rosa, now Jefferson. This virus is not good for any of us."

Teddy and Francis sulk away.

Dad: "Nate- Did you hear the updat-"

Nate: "SHUT UP!"

Chapter 6
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the time has come. Me and the gang are casually walking to Jefferson. We've been here before for soccer games, so we know what it's like.

"HAHAH LOOK WHO IT IS? It's the PS:38 dorks!" Said Nolan, the Jefferson kid.

Jerk. I'm pretty sure he suffers from some sort of Narcissistic disorder.

"Too poor to afford a new teacher? Us Jeffersons are finding a cure for COVID-19 already!"

"Ignore him. Just ignore him." Says Francis

The day isn't bad. The best thing is, the classes are split into two for social distancing. Meaning that there will be two teachers teaching our class. I got this hot Jefferson teacher called Ms Reyd for social studies instead of the usual devil-monkey Mrs Godfrey!

Lunch came. We were actually excited, as we all knew that Jefferson Middle School had some really delicious food.

We all hurried there. But once we get there, we see something wrong-

"THERE'S NO FOOD!" Me, Francis and Teddy says in unison.

"About time you noticed that, dummies!" Smirked some Jefferson kid at a table. "Due to the pandemic, school lunches are no longer served to students!" Some start laughing at us.

"Oh no." Teddy says. "I don't think I remembered to bring lunch..."

Teddy was the lucky one. I had to eat Dad's "Wheaty Coleslaw Sandwich".

"Want some of my fries? Take it, I still have my 300g Filet Mignon steak!"

The Jeffersons laugh.

We sit down. Francis gives Teddy some of his fish fingers and I cut my coleslaw sandwich in half for him.

"Thanks, guys." He mumbles.

"Don't worry." Francis says. "We'll find a new teacher soon."

Chapter 7
Jefferson doesn't seem to bad when you've like got more experience in it. The classes are pretty fun! Instead of learning dates and that boring stuff in social studies class, we analysed history movies and played really fun kahoot quizzes! In fact I actually managed to get a B in one of the tests. Pretty sure that it's just the teachers, though.

In lunch, I started to work on a strip about the Coronavirus. It'll be called... THE ESSENTIAL WORKER AND THE WRATH OF KID COVID!!!

It'll be a very epic strip. It first starts off with SUPER-DAD and ULTRA-NATE. Then it'll develop and KID COVID will make his first appearance! He'll get defeated by ESSENTIAL WORKER WOMAN, a new character I'm making!

"Hey, P-ISS 38!"

Oh nooo. Not Nolan and his gang.

"What are ya working on, arts and crafts?" one asks me.

"For your information, it's a graphic nove-"

Francis shuts me. Probably a good move by him.

"THE ESSENTIAL WORKER AND THE WRATH OF KID COVID." reads out Nolan. The gang laughs. "I've seen Peppa Pig episodes with better and less cringey titles!"

"We'll leave you girls alone. Have fun with your art, spike!" Pipes up one of the goons.

They laugh and leave.

That night, I was finishing off the comic that I started at lunch when Dad came in.

Dad: "Nate I have some good news and some bad news"

Sigh

Nate: "What's the bad news?"

Dad: "There has been another outbreak of corana virus. We may have to go into quarantine again. The good news is that vaccines have been developed but they are expensive. I will have to be working overtime."

Nate: "Oh ok. Can we not give Ellen one? It will save money!"

Dad: "No, Nate. What are you working on there?

Nate: "Oh I'm working on a Big Nate strip to go up on Gocomics about Covid-19."

Dad: "That's good that you are keeping yourself occupied. It's bedtime now."

I post it up just as I go to bed. I'll see what people think about it.

The next morning...

WOW. My comic has sort of blown up. There are over 200 likes on it, compared to the others which only have around 50 or 60!! Unfortunetly this dumb kid called Oof_BigNate was talking about how the strip offended him. Stupid child.

Chapter 8
I'm kind of pumped up after yesterday's comic episode. It was a big hit and everyone enjoyed it. Oh except for that twithead Oof_BigNate.

OofBigNate was this really dumb kid on GoComics. He kept spamming everything, and even made a post yesterday about how he suffered from terminal cancer, and then he commented later saying that it was all a JOKE!!

I arrive at PS:38, sorry I mean Jefferson Middle School. I'm kinda used to this place, to be honest.

School is basically the same, but during science things started to get juicy.

We were studying something "cool" which turned out to be velocity. So basically we were like dropping iron men on stuff, and I had this GREAT idea. You know that scene from like Navy Seals or something where the agents jump into the sea and begin the mission? Well I had that exact same idea.

I put on some sunglasses, made myself a cool lookin' belt, got onto a table and YEET! I jumped onto the bean anatomy beanbag. WO- uh oh.

Mr Yang, the science teacher at Jefferson is glaring at me.

"Ya think you're funny, don't ya, young man? You can stay back at school to tidy up what you just did!"

So I do. It;s around 4:00 when I have to leave, when I notice something funny.

It was Nolan and his cronies using the computer. They seem to be giggling... I take a peek and HEY! He was on GoComics! And he was commenting on the comic I published yesterday! And-

HE WAS OOF BIG NATE!!!!

That night, I had a mission.

"Nate finish your asparagus casserole!"

"No can do, pappy! Besides, WHAT is this big loop of stuff anyway? The face of your ex?"

Yeah probably shouldn't have said that. Hairy eyeball.

After doing al those extra chores, I got onto the GoComics website. It was time to get revenge.

Chapter 9
"Soo, basically I doxxed him." I said to the guys on the next day of school.

"Woah woah there, you doxxed him?"

"Yep. Reported him to the board of education as well. He's suspended for 5 days."

At that moment, they see Nolan passing through with his Dad accompanying him.

"You watch out, N8torious. I've sent my Grandparent's ghost on you. He was the one who killed Hitler, you know so ya better watch out! HAHAHAHHH! Not to mention my-"

"Nolan, stop. I'm sorry for his recent behaviour, kids."

"Just one question, what's your name, mister?" I ask.

"Perkins Miller."

"Oh. Nice meeting you, Mr Miller." Turns out OofBigNate was right about his Dad.

I was kind of bummed about it, really. What if everything else he said was true? About his uncle being Donald Trump? About him actually building a time machine? About him having over 180 IQ? Honestly I felt something strange. Something weird, probably of fear. Something- NYYYURRRRRR.

Never mind I'm just hungry.

Quarantine has changed me a lot. I've actually been enjoying it here in Jefferson, our rival school! It really isn't so bad here, I've had many memorable experiences.

I mean, I got one of the school's biggest jerks suspended, was able to learn something and have fun, and Mr Rosa got cured of Coronavirus! Most importantly, my Dad actually packed me some leftovers from the other day for lunch!!

I gobbled down the ramen in 2 bites.

"You are SUCH a SLOB!" Glares a nearby Jenny.

Oh well. Maybe quarantine hasn't changed me that much. Anyway, as Francis says, you can't always get all the girls. Also said something about me being ignorant, but who really cares.

Chapter 10
We're back in PS:38! It's hard for me to say this but I really missed Jefferson. I mean, Jefferson was like a 10,000 dollar school while PS:38 was a 1 dollar one. Sure, you can get a school but with just 1 dollar you don't get much. Lower quality teachers, school... but PS:38 is my home.

I check the detention room. The school said that all the walls and stuff were being cleaned, so I wondered if my mural painting was still there.

"Hello, Nate. What kinds of shenanigans have you gotten yourself into today?" Asks a bored Czerwicki.

Czerwicki! I've missed to ol' gal! Wonder how her husband is doing, probably out there in the BLM movement except he thinks "Black" as in "Black's Lawn Mowers"

"He-llo, sweet sunshi- I mean Mrs Czerwicki." I try change the subject. "Boy, the detention room sure has gotten brighter!"

"Why Indeed you're correct Nate. Instead of black we have gray now!"

Unfortunetly, my mural painting was gone. Was a good try.

Anyway, all this may not have happened if not for quarantine. I wouldn't have been able to experience all this, reflect and improve much on myself... And it all started with a man eating a bat. Pretty funny, right?

Chapter 11
"Hey Dad!" I yelled as he got home. "Do we have any snacks?".

Dad quickly analyzed what so few good food we have and came up holding- "We have delicious croutons!" He pointed out.

I rolled my eyes and decided to run upstairs before I puked. I peeked out and got a little surprised. Huh, looks like my room was cleaned by dad. I guess that's

pretty nice of him. But then I realized all of my long-lost stuff were on display. And everything was really there... my T-ball trophies from when I was 4, my periods of Mrs. Godfrey being attacked by wild animals, my anti-

perfume board, my comic figures, my comics... Everything. I realized it must've took a long time to gather all these stuff and I went downstairs.

But I stared in horror and screamed at my dad... laying unconscious on the floor. "DAD!".