Episode 1: The Beginking Pt. 1

"Believe in your abilities, trust your team, and, together, you can let your true colors fly."

That's my motto.

And I follow it pretty heavily.

Oh…sorry I forgot to introduce myself. Not to mention tell you my story.

My name's Ink. As you can probably tell by my name…I'm an inkling.

If you don't know who inklings are, well…let me put it like this. OK, so…when an inkling is born, they start life off as a squid. But they aren't the squid in your world…because they are…actually made of ink. And I don't mean like the ink that is inside your squid, I mean like…paint.

…Please stay with me on this; I'm new at narrating things.

Anyway, an inkling starts off as a squid made of paint like ink and they can only swim through their own ink. You see, we all have a different type of ink when we are born. For example, some are green, some are purple, some are blue, and some are orange, like me. But…we can't really touch any other color ink. Because if we touch a puddle of different colored ink, then it would basically feel like mud. We get stuck in it and it would be very hard to move around it.

But, that's not really important to me right now.

What's really interesting about inkling life is that, when you turn 14, you get the ability to turn into a humanoid. I know this is probably not a big deal to you, but to me it's all I could ever wish for!

Why is it such a big deal to me? Well…maybe this story will explain everything.

Put your adventure hats on, cause this is where the real story begins.

So…13 years and 364 days later…I was sleeping. While I was sleeping, I had this…amazing dream. I dreamt that I was swimming in a gigantic pool of orange ink. It felt…REALLY good. Then…I got in the middle of the pool and…I started forming. I slowly but surely started to transform into something else. I was transforming into a humanoid! This is what I've been waiting for my entire life!

"INK!"

With that…I woke up…on the floor.

As I was sleepily opening my eyes, I saw my mom in the doorway of my bedroom, giggling at me.

Great way to start the morning off, isn't it?

That person you just heard about was my 'mom'. Well…she's actually my stepmom but she's been around so long that…I just call her my mother. Thanks to her, she brought a pretty important person into my life…but we'll talk about that later.

My mom walked into my bedroom and picked up my weak body. Her short, deep blue tentacle hair shone in the sunlight from my bedroom window. She looked at me with her bright, blue eyes and said "I guess 'someone' had another dream about being a humanoid again."

I chuckled and said "Guess I'm just really excited for my birthday tomorrow." "I can tell." My mom said as she gently put me down on the floor.

Yea…inklings have to swim on the floor until their 14th birthday…yet another reason why I couldn't wait for tomorrow.

Anyway, Mom went downstairs to the kitchen while I followed her. And…MAN going downstairs was hard back then. You flip down the stairs like a flippin' pancake! Don't worry though, we got used to it…after about 12 years.

Once I got down the stairs…and rubbed my newly flipped back…Mom picked me up and put me on the table. She put me next to a large present that had an orange and blue pattern on it. It had a letter tied to a large, blue ribbon. I got naturally curious, so I picked up the letter and read it aloud.

"Hey Ink! How you doing?! I know I haven't seen you in 2 weeks, but it felt like forever! But even though I missed you a ton, I still have a lot of fun in Inkopolis. Making weapons for hundreds of other Inklings has been a life-long dream of mine! I'm really excited for you to finally turn 14 and come here so you can use them in Turf War. Anyway I hope you get here soon, and I can't wait for you to finally move to Inkopolis. XOXO from your bro, Indi."

This iss the person I told you about.

His name is Indigo…but he just likes to be called Indi…and…he's my brother. We've known each other since we were kids… he always says that I've been a great help his my life.

You see…his parents divorced when he was extremely young, so it was just Indi and his mom for a while. Then…he met my father…and after a while they got married. We've been best friends ever since.

Indi always wanted to make tools and weapons used for Turf Wars…that's kinda his thing. He always wears these goggles that were given to him by his grandfather, who was an inventor in his day. He just turned 14 a couple weeks ago, which means that he moved to Inkopolis, where all the other teen Inklings live. So, that's also the place where I'll be heading when I turn 14.

Once I finished reading the note, I opened the present. One I put my head in the box I was immediately in love. The present was a set of clothes, complete with Tentatech T-shirt, a pair of black shorts with color-changing stripes on the sides, and purple sneakers with blue laces. Indi always knows just what I want.

Mom noticed my present and started to sit on the table. "Wow…I can't believe you're already turning 14." She said as she put a plate of pancakes in front of me. She leaned back on her chair and looked up at the ceiling while saying "I remember when you were only 5 years old…you always squirmed around the floor with Indi."

I quickly noticed that she was getting all flashback on me and I said "Uhh…mom. You do know that I still have less than 24 hours until then, right?" Mom snapped out of it and leaned forward to make her chair upright. Mom looked at me and said "You know what…you're right…which is why…we are having an ULTRA MEGA 14 BIRTHDAY INKLING DAY!"

When she said those words…I sweat uncontrollably in fear.

When we finished our breakfast, she immediately grabbed me and dragged me out of the house and we had our "Ultra Mega 14 Birthday Inkling Day."

After the day was over…I was exhausted, it was 11:45 at night and I was ready to go to bed. I was so tired I didn't even think about my birthday tomorrow. Mom just dragged me upstairs, put me on my bed, and I immediately went to sleep.

But…while I was asleep…something…'special' happened.

Hey…how's it goin'?

…So…you having a good month so far?

Yea…it's been a while since I've worked on Five Nights at Freddy's. Mostly because I've been really busy with the end of the year and all.

I… (sort of)…promise that I will be working on the end of Five Nights at Freddy's pronto. But…not this weekend. Why?

Cause it's my B-DAY!

YAY! I guess it's a REALLY big coincidence that my birthday is the exact same day as Splatoon's release. But it's an EXTREMELY BIG coincidence that it's specifically my 14th birthday.

Man…I wanna Wii U SO BAD!

Don't worry, I got Majora's Mask. So I'm good.

And I got cash…but not $300, the cost for the Splatoon Wii U bundle.

Well…I must get ready for the water park tomorrow, so…see ya later.

Heaven OUT-…"Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday to Heaven the Angel. Happy Birthday to me."