Lessons

Plot summary: What if Megamind actually made a friend at the school when he was a child? What effect might that have had on him? Fits in with my Redemption AU/AR stories.

Disclaimer: I know that DreamWorks owns Megamind. It's not my fault that their alien keeps invading my brain and leaving ideas that I have to write about in order to to clear my mind.

Chapter 1. New and Blue

The boy and the girl were sitting behind the bushes during recess, hiding from the other students.

The boy said, "Go ahead and touch it."

"What will it feel like?" the girl asked.

"Smooth and hard. Maybe a little … slick on the top. It tingles a little sometimes."

"Well…"

"Come on, you were the one who asked to touch it. You said you were curious. "

"There's no chance it might bite me? You said the top was permeable."

"I told you: It's a he, and he's smart. He controls the permeability. He would only bite if you threatened him or me."

"How can it-he tell whether someone is a threat?"

"Because he's smart, smart as any hooman-"

"You mean human."

"Whatever. He pays attention to what people do, and their expressions. He understands what's said, not just by me, but anyone."

"I thought you said you have to put your hand on the top of the sphere to communicate with him."

"That's so I can hear him. Well, not exactly hear. The science behind it is kind of hard to explain. It's seems like telepathy but he communicates by a combination of sonar and neuroelectrical impulses."

"Could he talk to me, too?"

"I would suppose so, but no hooman—human has ever tried. Why don't we do an experiment and find out? Min, say something to her." Looking at the girl, he instructed, "Now put your hand on the top of the sphere."

Now she was really curious, which overrode any hesitation or nervousness. She did as he said.

"I see what you mean."

"You mean feel what I mean."

She rolled her eyes. "It's just an expression."

"In the interest of science, tell me what you are experiencing."

"It does feel hard, and smooth, and it does feel sort of slick on the very top. But there's no tingling."

"Min, say something to her."

Min closed his eyes, and rolled upside down. "Come on, Min. Don't be like that." But the fish stayed in the same position. "Sorry, he apparently doesn't want to cooperate."

The girl got a calculating look in her eye. She looked at the boy, and put a finger to her lips. The boy raised his eyebrows. She repeated the gesture, until the boy nodded.

Keeping her hand on the top of the sphere she said, "Well, I don't think he's smart at all. I think he's just a stupid fish and you're just lying, making up stories."

Min's eyes popped open; he swirled to look at the girl, and moved his mouth. The girl heard in her head, He's not lying. "That's amazing," she gasped.

The boy looked at her with approval. "You really are clever. And now we know it works with hoomans—humans, too."

The teacher was ringing the bell, signaling the end of recess. As they got up to return to the classroom, the girl asked, "Can we spend next recess together again?"

The boy smiled shyly at her. "Yes, I'd like that."

The girl was glad she was no longer the newest student in the school. Even after being here two months, some of the kids still had made a big deal about it, calling her the 'newbie.' But she didn't understand why the other kids had a problem with the newest student. She thought the blue skin just made him interesting looking. And obviously the big head just went along with having a big brain. He was clearly very intelligent. That also made him interesting to her. She hoped the boy called Blue kept attending the school.

Author Note: I know the communication technique is not 'canon,' but I wanted a way for Minion to be able to talk with Blue secretly in front of others.