Science Fair Project

"Um... So you see... This... This Science Fair Project..." I stutter, dumping my project on the table. "I... I call it Earth."

My classmates stare at my project. "Uh... Okay...? So, tell us about it," my teacher, a green-skinned being with seven eyes and worms for hair, prompts me for my presentation.

"Well, it's basically a planet..." I begin, but my best friend, who has eight hands, interrupts. "You do know that planets aren't spherical in shape, don't you? They're cones!"

My face turns rainbow with embarrassment. I could really be so stupid sometimes. "Uh... hehe... But anyway, it basically is a planet with inhabitants called humans..."

I finish. I have nothing else to say. My classmates look on at me expectantly. "And...?" my teachers asks.

"Uhm..." I rack all eight of my brains. "Well, these humans are basically creatures who have two hands, two legs-" 

"What? That's absurd! Only two hands? How can they ever get anything done? Two legs? What? Oh my goodness, this is just plain ridiculous!" my classmate with the three heads scoffs. My face colours immediately again.

"Um... Yeah. They have two eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth, and their hair is made of keratin," I continue.

The most beautiful student in the room, who has eight mouths and six eyes, wrinkles her nose in disgust. "Ewwwww! They must be hideous!"

"Uh... Heh. Well, yeah, they kinda are. So basically, humans start off as cavemen, then they evolve and evolve. They're rather inefficient, and can't do a lot of things. Like for an instance, they can't teleport, can't fly, can't perform telekinesis or telepathy-"

My classmates stare at me in absolute horror. "What? That must be terrible!" they exclaim. 

This is really embarrassing. I hate being the stupidest kid in class.

"So basically, humans can only live for around 100 years, and they have different stages in life. Baby, where they cannot walk or talk and just lie down eating sleeping and pooping. Toddler, where they finally can walk and they utter incoherent garble. Child, where they eat too much candy and throw tantrums and play games and talk a lot. Teenager, where most get all emotional and rebellious and stuff like that. Adult, where-" 

"Ugh! That's just so boring and horrible!" complains one of my classmates, and the rest nod in agreement. "Talk about something else!"

"W-well..." I think harder. "Humans fight a lot and even kill each other! They have this thing called war, where they kill lots and lots of people and use these weapons called guns that fire bullets and that kind of thing!"

"Lame. You mean they don't have the power to kill someone just by thinking of it?" a classmate asks.

"Uh... yeah. They name these kind of abilities superpowers," I explain.

The classmate scoff at this. My face burns with shame.

"So, these humans, they have no idea they're a Science Fair Project. Most of them think they're really smart. I used illusions, to make it seem that outside of Earth, there is a thing called space and the universe. Also, I can create these things called natural disasters, too." I shake the globe wildly and I hear little human screams. "That was an earthquake." I want to show them more, but they cut me off. "That is just insipid," the most popular student states. "Please just tell us other stuff."

"Um... Humans ruin a lot of things? They burn trees, ruin each others' lives by being mean and bullying each other, kill animals until species are extinct, pollute the water and air, litter everywhere..." I stumble over my words.

My teacher raises her hand. "Hey, kiddo, I'll have to stop you here. Your project is just too boring! It also is really unrealistic. I mean, such a world is just too horrible! It's really ridiculous and uninteresting. I'll have to give you an F," she says, shaking all three of his heads. 

My face falls. I spent 5.86 billion years working on this project! Sighing, I set the entire globe on fire with my powers, then toss it in the bin. To the humans, they must be thinking it is the end of the world. At least, it is for them. For me, it's the end of my grades.

Sighing, I return to my seat, waiting for the remaining students to present on their Science Fair Projects.