Hello! This fanfic will be a, what I dub, a "Pure Self-Insert", in which I use actual information. Not private info, I mean, real name and personality, along with real talents, and problems. Anyways, let's start this off!
Xander POV (Hey me!)
"Xander! Could you please come up to the board and finish this equation?" Mrs. Brunswick asks me. I sigh, standing up from my position at the back corner of the classroom.
"Fine."
As I walk up, the zipper on my heavy black coat clinks with the metal desks, and with the quiet classroom, it was quite loud, and quite attention-drawing. God I hate people staring at me. I grab the marker when I reach the board and finish the simple equation.
If x+y^2-4z=b-4z+x, then b equals…
I simply write down my answer, b=y^2, and walk back to my seat.
"b equals y squared is correct Xander! Well done once again!"
I groan internally.
"Hey...pst," I turn to my left, and once again Keith was asking me questions, "Xander, could you please explain how you got that?"
I sigh, I hate people, "Fine." I show him my paper, "All you do is find the difference between the two equations"
"But we aren't subtracting…" he states confused.
"Not difference math wise, I meant difference observation wise!" I hiss.
"Oh…"
I turn away from him and wait for the bell to ring at 2:30, when this wretched school finally ends. Damn...it's only 2:06. I feel my phone buzz, and my day got slightly better.
Hey Xander, after school, wanna walk home together? My brother isn't gonna pick me up, and we need to discuss the fanfic were writing about Pokemon. -Daniel
Making sure my teacher doesn't catch me, I reply to my friend's text.
Yeah, that's cool, meet you by the front gate? -Xander
"Xander, what are you doing?" Shit.
"Silencing my phone, stupid telemarketers making it buzz like crazy."
"Oh, I see," She says, clearly falling for my lie, "continue your work, but then again, knowing your reputation, you're already done?" I smirk at that.
I was, after all, Xander Bowman, the smartest and wittiest, but at the same time, most introverted and apathetic kid in freshman history.
"Hit the nail on the head."
I hear some kids grumble around me, complaining about me being a smartass as usual, it's like this in all of my classes. I read a bit on my tablet while I wait for the bell to ring.
About 20 minutes later, the sound all school haters love to hear resounds through the building; "BBBRRRRRIIIIIINNNNGGG!"
I grab my binders and race out the door, almost running into someone.
"Jesus Christ, dude!" I look up, yep its my friend, Daniel. He's about half a head taller than me, but I'm stronger than him. Mainly because my parents make me work out when I'm not doing anything… which is the majority of the time, unless I'm writing fanfiction.
"Sorry Daniel," I apologize, as we fall into step with the after-bell hallway traffic, which is freaking murder. He shakes his head.
"Nah, it's cool man, I know you wanna get the fuck out of this hell hole."
I chuckle, "You know it."
"FINALLY!" Daniel shouts as we exit the high school, "WE'RE FREE!"
I sigh, "C'mon Daniel, let's move, before we get trampled."
"Alright, alright."
As we walk down the sidewalk along the road, he and I begin discussing the timeline events for our Pokemon fanfic.
"You really think I- gah, Dusk should be like that?"
"Hey, think of it this way," I reason with him, "If he loses the fight, but sees my- I mean, Draxen's secret, it makes sense he would be in a shocked state."
"Ah, you're right."
"Of course I am."
That earned me a light slap to the face. Not that I didn't deserve it. I can be a real smartass sometimes, but hey, somebody's gotta do the work, might as well be me.
"Shut up, quit inflating you're already large ego."
"Why should I?" I ask, almost having to repeat again the a car passes by loudly.
"Because you're gonna take up the sidewalk if you don't."
"Well you know what they say, you're ego-"
"Don't finish that sentence, sexual innuendos are my job," I sigh at that remark.
"Really? So I just come up with the puns that making people cringe?"
"Uh-huh," He affirms as another car zips by.
I sigh once more. Before I talk again I take in Daniel's outfit, it was slightly different than usual. He had camo jeans, black sneakers, a zipped up black and grey jacket with red lining, and black glasses over his brown eyes on his lightly tanned face. He normally has grey jeans though, eh, who am I to judge. Actually, who am I to care?
Now that I'm thinking about though, I wore my normal attire, black sweats, black sneakers, a heavy winter jacket that was unzipped, which showed my t-shirt which said 'National Sarcasm Society-Like we need your help'. I had blue glasses with no bottom rim on my pale as hell face, those glasses went over my, as many people say, 'dead' hazel eyes.
"So what do you think of that, huh?"
I shake myself out of my thoughts, "What? Sorry, I was too poor to pay attention at the time, damn taxes."
Daniel groaned, "God dammit Xander…"
I laugh at that.
"So what should we talk about now? I'm pretty sure Sorah is covered for today"
"I dunno Daniel, how about our…" I trail off. Something feels off.
"What is it?"
"It's a lot quieter, I don't hear any cars."
He takes a minute to listen closely, "Yeah, you're right." He then begins to look around, while I remain in my thoughts, wondering what happened.
"Umm, Xander?"
"Yeah… wait-"
We look at each other, now realizing why there were no cars.
We were in a forest.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" We both exclaim in confusion.
"Nido?"
We both turn to the new source of noise. I now believe I have gone insane. Because right in front of me, was a purple mouse like animal covered in little bumps and spikes. If my nearly unparalleled knowledge of Pokemon, something that does not exist in real life, is correct, it was a Nidoran, the male version.
A pokemon.
In real life.
A pokemon, in real life.
A pokemon in real life. Why is that sentence confusing me?
"Um...Xander, is it just me, or is there a Nidoran male in front of us?"
"...Marf?" I squeak out, my voice, and mind, failing me in shock.
We then, naturally, did the most logical thing anyone would do if they were in an area that was unfamiliar to them, with strange creatures that shouldn't exist, existing.
We ran like hell.
