Chapter 1: The New Kid
It was the beginning of another normal day at Middleton High. Students that had been loitering in the halls began filtering into their respective classes after the first bell. Things like "Did you see yesterday's episode of..." and "then he said..." filtered through the school, fading to nothing, when a certain red haired teen hero burst through the front doors of the school, running towards her locker.
"I'm going to be late, and Mr. Barkin's going to kill me!" could almost be heard over the slamming of her locker door and the squeaking of her shoes on the linoleum floor.
Yes. It certainly was another normal day at Middleton High.
Bursting into her first period History class, Kim vaulted over heads and sprung herself off of desks to conveniently land in her chair, smiling and ready for another History class. At least, that's what should have happened, on a regular day.
Instead, she ran into a tall, thin Asian girl who was standing nervously near the entrance of the classroom, turned her fall into a front handspring, and then attempted (and failed) to catch all her books, papers, and writing utensils as they flew across the hall. For what it was worth, what she did catch was more than the typical human being could possibly imagine to reclaim, and that was on a good day. After picking up all of her stuff, she looked around to help the person she had knocked over up off of the floor. The girl Kim knocked over had landed on her butt and was casting her eyes desperately from side to side as if looking for something. Kim looked around and saw a pair of glasses on the floor beside a piece of paper.
"Lost something?" she asked, handing the girl her glasses. The girl smiled, thanking Kim. "No big! It's the least I could do, since I knocked you over! But I'm going to be late, so I'll see you later!" With that, Kim burst into her classroom, vaulted over heads and landed in her seat, ready to learn.
"Possible..."
Barkin. The red head flinched. She hated it when he was the substitute. This would NOT look good on her personal record.
"I see you're late for class," growled the burly man at the front. "Is there a particular reason for that?" He paused, as if waiting for an answer, but when Kim opened her mouth, he plowed on. "This is the first time you've been late this month, so be sure not to get three strikes, or you'll be joining me in detention."
Before Kim could reply, there was a light knock on the door, and the girl Kim had knocked over peeked in. "Hi...Is this History...?" came her shy, tentative voice. Barkin grunted the affirmative, and the hunched girl shuffled in, holding out a note. "I'm new... Veronica Shih? The office said to give this to you."
Having nothing to do until Barkin stopped talking, Kim's History classmates did the best thing to do at the time: judge the new kid. They took in her dark red frumpy sweater, her long black braid, her purple glasses, her withdrawn posture and her insecurity, and decided that, while she was exotic for Middleton, she obviously didn't want to stand out, so there was no reason to let her stand out. The girls saw a fashion victim, and the boys barely saw anything of value. She would be forgotten by lunch time, when there was the inevitable spat between Kim and Bonnie.
"Well, Veronica. You're late," Barkin said bluntly. "Since it's your first day, I'll let you off the hook. But starting tomorrow, know that the three strike rule is in place. No excuses. There's an empty seat beside Possible." Veronica scanned the class to see Kim waving her hand, and waved back shyly. "She can help you get caught up in the coursework later, but for now, get to your seat." The bespectacled girl nodded mutely, blushing, and went to her seat.
Kim leaned over to Veronica as Barkin began teaching, tapping her on the shoulder. "Sorry about earlier, I was in a rush to get to class..." The shy girl shook her head, silently telling Kim that it was ok. "As you can see, he's a bit of a-"
"POSSIBLE!" She looked up to see Barkin grinding his teeth. "Second strike. Make sure you don't get your third." Kim just rolled her eyes at Veronica, and turned back to the front of the class.
A couple minutes later, Veronica felt another tap on her shoulder, and saw Kim smiling warmly at her. When she raised an eyebrow, Kim rolled her eyes again, and pointed at her notebook, where a number was written, followed by:
Here's my #. Call/beep me, if u want 2 reach me. We need 2 set up a time 2 help u get caught up in this class.
Veronica smiled slightly, jot down the number on her wrist (which was conveniently hidden by her sweater sleeve at all times), then reached over to Kim's notebook.
Thanks! I'm not from the US, so American History's a little...
I noticed that u had an accent!
Ya, I'm from Canada... Toronto, actually. You guys all sound a little funny, but I guess that's just me.
Well, I've been 2 Toronto myself! Didn't have time 2 sight-see tho... Some megalomaniac wanted 2 steal the CN Tower or something, so I had to stop him
That was You? OMG! you're Kim! Kim Possible! You were all over CBC News for, like, a month!
Kim looked up, shaking her head as if to say "No Big!", and with that, both academically minded girls turned back to the front of the room to listen to Barkin stumble his way through the American Civil War.
Preview: In the next chapter, Kim meets Shego. I think. Or maybe Veronica meets Ron...
A/N: Hey! So, after reading just about every Kigo story on FF, I've come to the realization that Shego's backstory seems incredibly concrete. I kinda wanna create a different Shego, but the same, so this is my attempt, I guess. Sorry it's short, but I didn't see it going anywhere, and it sounded like it was done for now...
And I'm new to this fanfiction thing, so it'd make my day if ya'll r/r
For the record, Wiki says that chronologically, the episode "Detention" was the first, and it's where Kim meets Shego for the first time. This takes place BEFORE that, and kind of introduces a new character... so I guess you could call it a slight AU.
Also, now we know where Kim got those first two strikes from. Stupid Barkin...