Chapter 1: Before the Battlefield.

Hello! You might not know too much about who I am or what is about to happen so I'm about to make this as clear as I possibly can…

My name is Aster, and I'm a Male Inkling of the color orange.

Simple right? Makin it short sweet and straight to the point, now in case you don't know an Inkling is a mix between a squid and I think they are called Humans? Oh whatever. Anyways, us Inklings have the ability to swap forms in which we can stay a squid or become one of those Humans things.

But to be able to swap forms the Inkling must have reached the point of which one can control themselves a bit better, which is 14 for some reason but who cares? The hardest part of all this is just getting up to that age to begin with and then after that all the fun things in life start to open up…

Actually…

I think that's a perfect place to begin…

A ray of sun gleamed through a window as a small squid lay back in an Ink filled bean bag, he was watching one of his favorite events, Turf War "And it looks as if Orange team is going to be taking this game back, nobody is able to catch up with those rollers down on the lower and high parts of the field!" Aster watched the screen intensely (Come on, Come on!) "And the countdown is almost over to call the winners of this match- 3! 2! 1! GAME" the room grew silent, not a single sound was heard for the slightest second "Ok…-Ok, were going to be taking the camera down to Judd now to claim this matches victor" The screen shifted over too both of the teams standing next to each other, staring each other down, some mocking, some quite. Judd looked left and right then stared down to the ground, after about a second he sprung up shooting an orange flag up into the air along with a sharp gaze "YES!" Aster shouted from his room "-And it has been confirmed Inklings! The third randomized Exhibition match has been won by Orange team! They shall be moving up in the bracket to the finals and take on the victors of the next semi-finals match." Aster spun around as fast as a squid possibly could "They have this tournament, they have the range, assault and dual coverage" his glee slowly faded out as he watched the rest of the current sessions statistics of the round along with other information about the game.

"Leave that remote right their! TW-TV will be right back for the next daily random Exhibition match" Aster slowly moved out to the middle of his room while the advertisement played "Okay, I got some time… let's try this again" his body started to erupt into a different form, he was trying to change into an Inkling but he could only turn into a mucky like human figure with drooping body parts "Sharmit! (Darn it!)" he said from his floppy mouth as he reformed back into a squid "I can't take this for much longer, just a couple more hours!"

He sighed and flopped back up onto his bed "Soon I won't have to cheer anymore because I'll be the one out their" a crack was heard from the door as the young squids mom walked in "With time Aster, with time…" she smiled at him and picked him up with 1 hand and held him like a baby" Soon you won't even be swimming around anymore…" Her eyes grew a bitter sweet loving look which unsettled Aster

"Huh? Oh! good morning mom! Um… did you have something to tell me?" He said trying to shake the subject "-Oh! Of course I did!" She took her second hand out from behind her back reveling a black box with some type of logo with stars "I figured since your birthday is tomorrow that your sister would want you to have this just a bit earlier…"

She put the box down on the floor while laying her son down as well "This is from sis?" The mother nodded her head waiting to see what she might have sent her brother. Aster stared at the box for a bit and then pulled the top of it off with one of his suction cups, what lay inside was a Note and what looked like a pair of sneakers, Aster stared down and picked up the note to read it aloud…

"Dear Aster, been a while little bro! My rank just keeps on going up and up and it just seems like things are getting harder and harder to accomplish but I'm still fighting on! There is no way some stupid hazards are going to shut me down for good! I sent this package about 2 months in advance just to make sure you got it and by the looks of it, it did! I know you're almost 14 and I'm extremely happy for you! I wish I could be there to see you in your new form! Or just have stayed back a bit longer to watch you grow up… Anyway, have fun with being a full inkling now but make sure you DON'T put too much pressure on yourself. Trust me, Mom and I know what happened last time I did something like that. Loving until my fire burns out" –Aroaryia

P.S. Hope you like the shoes

As Aster came to a close he noticed a gold stamping at the bottom of the letter, it was marked "ETW Association", The note almost brought tears to Asters eyes, It has been 7 or 8 years since he last got to really see his sister and he still had no clue what she was doing "…Mom, what is Aori doing anyways?" he looked up at his mom as he asked her, she was crying crystalline turquoise ink tears with the same bitter smile as before "Well… she never wanted me to tell you…" she brushed the tears away from her eyes "And I'm sure it's for good reason, you'll understand one day, Aster" the squid sighed "Please mom! It's been SO LONG since I got to see her, since you got to! It can't be that important? Can it?" His mom smiled down at him with a trusting look "With time Aster, with time…" Aster felt a tiny felling of annoyance well up inside of him, but he just let it go, it wasn't his mother fault, his sister had asked her not to tell him and he also didn't want to get her upset with him either

"Fine. I guess…" his voice sounded a bit bummed but his mom was still looking happy "Don't worry yourself on it! She's fine! And the last thing she would want is for you to bum yourself out on it!" Asters eyes made their way over to the left "Yeah… you're right…" The two said nothing for a bit until Asters mother broke the silence "Make sure you're ready to head out at 12 so we can pick you up some clothes for tomorrow" His mom got up from squatting and opened the door to leave, as it slowly shut, through the creak of the door, one last teardrop departed from her eye as it hit the ground with a silent "Thud"

Aster now alone with the box looked into it, his eyes widened at the sight, the shoes were Black, Orange and in some places laced with white. He liked the addition of the white but Black and Orange were something he knew as his "Signature Duo", the sides were slick and glimmered off of the light that shot through the room

"Wow…" is all that Aster could say, the sight to him was truly amazing "And we are BACK ladies and gentaling's with the semifinals exception match of Pink versus Lime Green!" Aster spun around "Oh snap, I almost forgot about the Tournament!" he Quickly put the note back in the box and plopped the lid back on, sliding back down into his Ink filled baggy chain to watch the sport again.

The rest of the day was simple, Aster went out with his mother to the mall and picked up a starting set of clothes along with exploring the whole that the mall had to offer, he also happened to pass by his school which was out for the next couple of weeks because of vacation. When Aster and his mom got back in later that night they were Beat, Aster went to his room with his new clothes struggling to flop up the stairs while carrying a bag along with him "Goodnight Astey~" his mom called from down the stairs "Pant*N-night-*Pant*-mom" He said as he made his way up to the final step of him room Tomorrow… my life is going to change forever he pushed open his door and slithered in And I don't even want to fall asleep… Aster put the bags down next to his door as he closed it, going over to the window blinds he rolled them up and the moonlight entered his rooms and houses faired with dimply lit lights among him They better be ready for me… he hopped up into his bed "Yeah, I'm not even… that… s-sleeeee….." He had fallen away into the realm of sleep in no time, not giving time itself a chance to catch up but as he slept sound the young Inkling had no clue what might await him after his 14th birthday…

Ok, Hey guys! This is the revised version of Chapter 1! I went back through and add a couple of things here and their but the whole everything is still the same as it was before due to the changes being minimal.

If you however are reading this for the first time then, Heyo! (You don't have to worry about the revised tags) And thanks for reading, I'm going to try to work on the paragraphs and plot so everything at least make sense and is at the slightest enjoyable to read, Seeya guys next time!