I can't believe I actually did it… But I did….
A few things befote this starts. First, I have never played KHII so some of the characters will seem OOC, or get a somewhat vague or actually wrong decisions. Second, there will be no OC in here, only original KH cast, except for the main character which is Mikel from my other story (The Spirits Within) but with a different personality. Third, this is my first high-school fic so excuse me if something goes amiss somewhere in there.
Summary: Read first paragraph… Also, no defined parings yet.
High – Chapter 1: Prologue: A New Life.
Let me tell you some things about this story. It starts off as they always do: the first day of school, and with a new student in class. This story is about that one guy. A guy who arrived to change everyone's perfect lives.
The main character of this story, Mikel Chormag, was a normal guy. Everyone said that he was a bit serious and quiet, but lightened up once he was confident with new people around. He wasn't one of those muscular, silent type of people, but he wasn't some ratty, weak, spaghetti bodied boy either. He was normal. He had brown hair; not spiked, not in any excentric looking way, it was just… there. People had always said that he was handsome, yet he never really cared much about what other people thought about him.
Now, I could tell you all about him in just about three paragraphs, but how about you find out the rest about him during the course of my story, ok?
And so it starts…
Mikel had been in town most of the summer vacations, so he knew his way around. He had been to the park and mall a few times, but he never stayed long since he had no one to hang around with. He had seen a bunch of people that he fully expected to meet later at school, but he never really got to meet them, since it was difficult for him to go out a lot.
See, Mikel might be a normal kid, but his life has been far from normal. He had lost his parents in a freak storm when he was about 6, and had been living with his grandmother along with his little sister, Mia, and his older brother, Gary. About 5 years ago, Gary was diagnosed (sp?) with cancer and sent away to a rehab facility. The reason they moved to this town was that they could no longer maintain the house back at the great City of Arkane, so they decided to move into this old house their grandfather had bought just before he died. Of cancer. So now grams owned the house, and an uncle who lived overseas supported them by paying Mikel's and Mia's school, and also paid for his grandmother's medications.
He woke up today like if it was any other day. Nothing special about today. Then with a jolt he realized, today was the first day. He quicky got up and changed, or at least tried to. He was so distracted and nervous about school that it had been a full two minutes before he realized that he was trying to pull his pants over his head. Anyway, once everything was sorted out, he ended up with a pair of jeans and a plain, red shirt, so he headed down for breakfast.
"Mia, why aren't you ready yet?" Mikel asked once he saw his sister still in her pijamas.
"Huh?" She looked confused. Suddenly it dawned on her, and abandoning her cereal dashed to her room to get ready. Mia was 14 years old, only a year younger than Mikel, and they we're going to the same school.
"Hey, grams." He hadn't seen his grnadmother until now, and greeted her.
"You takin' the bikes to school today?" She asked. Margaret was by no means a bent, wrinkled, grumpy woman. She was old, seventy years old, but all the exersize she had done when she was a kid had really paid off. She was healthy as a horse, and still had lots of energy and life left in her.
"No, grams. We're walking today." He replied, grabbing some toast from the table. He didn't really had an appetite, but he just couldn't manage starting off empty.
"Ready!" Mia yelled from somewhere in the house, and a minute ready came running to the living room.
"Ok, let's go."
"You kids be careful now!" Margaret called after them.
"Yes, grams!" They called back.
And so their day began. They walked down the street a few blocks, and then turned left in an alley, so that they came out right in front of their new school. This was a shortcut Mia had found on her various expeditions around town.
They stood before the towering building that was their new school. Wondering what awaited them inside those halls. Maybe a new life. Maybe a new hell. Maybe nothing at all. Only one way to find out…
"Attention!" yelled Mr. Leonhart. "Attention, class!" He waited until the last whispers died. "Please welcome our new, gracefully late student, Mikel Chormag."
Mikel walked into the room, and every single face turned to him. He kept his face straight, emotionless. He thought he would feel strange, awkward, but in truth he felt… brave, like if this was just a challenge to prove his nerves.
"You can take your seat." The teacher said, "Behind Ms. Leda, I guess."
Ms. Leda was a kind of small girl with reddish-auburn hair. She was very pretty, Mikel observed. He walked up to his seat, but before sitting he turned and saw Mr. Leonhart staring at him.
"Today, if you please."
Mikel smirked and sat down, never taking his eyes of the teacher.
"Now, today's just an intro to my class, which is History for those who don't know." He turned to look at Mikel once he said this. "This period we will study the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Costas and the Black Death. Anyone know what the Black Death is?"
Nobody raised their hands.
"How about you Leda?"
The girl in front of Mikel shook her head, and he caught a waft of some flowery fragance.
"Ok, then. Chormag?"
"A disease." Mikel responded. The red-haired girl turned to look at him, then turned back quickly.
"Well apparently Arkane has better education than Destiny Islands…" the teacher said resignedly. Some people chukled nervously.
This would be a slow class, Mikel thought, might as well look around. To his left was, well, the wall, and a window. To his right was a blonde, spiky haired kid who couldn't seem to keep his eyes off another girl farther to the right. The girl was also blonde, but hell was she beautiful. She had blue eyes (she does doesn't she?) and wore a simple, small, white dress that perfectly outlined her body.
Just as Mikel looked away, the girl looked over at him, but then turned her eyes to the guy to the right, and smiled widely. Mikel shook off a strong desire to make a loud, gagging noise.
"Sorry to interrupt your sightseeing, Ms.Regal, but could you please pay attention?" Lionhart stared coldly at the blond girl, who had just turned away from the other guy, glowing bright red. "Thank you. Now, as I was saying: There will be cero tolerance for late homework or classwork. And please tell me that detention for troublemakers goes without saying."
Everyone except Mikel and blondie nodded. Suddenly, a loud bell rang throught the hallways, and everyone started gathering their things.
"Well, class dissmised, I guess…" And so it was…
Remember, this is just a prologue, that's why it's short. Anyway, feedback is appreciated, and of course, constructive criticism is more than welcome.
