A year ago a battle started brewing. A battle of teachers. A battle of revenge. A battle of 27 pranks. It started after a ceiling tile went missing from Stephanie Shackelford’s room and she found hole punches scattered about her desk scattered by John Davis.

“She started it,” Davis said. “I’m an innocent bystander. Anything she said allegedly happened last [school] year was last year, it’s a new year, a clean slate.”

Shackelford began her retaliation from the alleged attack after one of her students brought up the event. She sent her students into Davis’ room to deposit the hole punches 27 times instead of emptying them into her trash can, and at that moment the battle had begun.

“First one was just dumping holes all over her desk,” Davis said. “[I] just wanted to give her a little back.

Davis began the next strike, with the hole punches being spread throughout Shackelford’s drawers, purse, and other personal belongings. The next strike came along with the bottom of a Kleenex being cut out filled with 100 marbles and placed on top of Shackelford’s grade book. He taped tissues to the top to make it look believable.

Shackelford counts the hole punches as “about fifteen pranks” because of how many where placed in her classroom.

“I was supposed to get him back first but kind of failed,” Shackelford said.

Her revenge was planned to be a pie in the face of Davis at the Black Out pep rally, but the plan backfired. As Shackelford was sneaking up behind Davis, the crowd began to make sounds. Davis caught her in the act and was able to avoid the pie. Shackelford was then pied by Mrs. Gent. This was quickly followed by Davis finishing her off with two more pies to the face and hair.

“I don’t consider that a prank, I consider that an unfortunate happenstance for her hair dresser,” Davis said.

Even though her plan backfired, Shackelford considers this the third of Davis’ 27 pranks but Davis clearly doesn’t feel the same way. There are still more pranks to come, but have been kept under wraps by Davis.

“I should be scared, but Mr. Davis promised he wouldn’t mess with my food and he wouldn’t hurt me,” Shackelford said.

Davis didn’t disclose much about what future encounters of the 27 Pranks would entail but he stated that he had only three rules: 1) No real harm 2) Won’t interrupt her educating and 3) Won’t ruin her day. In the end he wants her “to look back and laugh.” Although he did disclose a hint as to what the next prank would hold in store for Shackelford.

“Expect technology to start making a play in things,” Davis said. “It’s physics for crying out loud [I] have to have a little technology in the mix.”