A Web of Worlds
Book 1: We All Live In The Pokemon World
Chapter 1: College is Hell
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The bell rang.
'Come on, we're gonna be late!' Kira shouted, running down the long corridor of the Technical College, 'Mr McKay is gonna kill us!'
'I know! I know, stop worrying me!' Andrew shouted back, running ahead of Kira.
The two students skidded around the linoleum-tiled corner, and banged into the lockers on the other side.
'OW!' they cried in unison.
They walked the rest of the way, for obvious reasons.
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When they got into the classroom, everyone turned to look at them (anyone who has ever been late for a class knows how this feels) and Mr McKay turned around to face the two delinquent students.
'And where have you two been?' Mr McKay intoned 'Late again for some stupid reason I guess'
'Well its not exactly a stupid reason' Kira said, immediately jumped to her and her friend's defence, 'We went the long way round to see the new art display which has some of Andrew's work in..'
'. and ended up getting locked in the art room' Andrew finished dejectedly.
'Sounds pretty stupid to me' Mr McKay said, and on cue the rest of the class burst out laughing.
'Take your seats now please, and try and keep up with the rest of us' Mr McKay said with a sigh, and started to teach again
Andrew and Kira sat down, bright red with embarrassment, and started to take the notes down that were already on the board.
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'Boy, was McKay angry' Andrew said after the lesson, with more than a little bit of mirth in his voice ' I thought he was gonna explode his own head'
Kira laughed really loud, and everyone turned to look at her
'Well I guess everyone still thinks we were late on purpose' Kira said, glancing around 'I just hope Mac doesn't give us a detention or something'.
'Well, I don't think he will' Andrew replied 'He's normally OK with stuff like that, and besides, he knows I aced that mock last month, so he wouldn't dream of getting on the wrong side of me'
'Ummm, I think you got the wrong impression from him' Kira said dubiously, walking through the entrance (and exit!) doors of the college. 'Well, anyhoo, I wouldn't worry about it - oh! Here's my dad now!'. A silver Ford Focus pulled up along side the kerb. 'I'll see ya later, OK?'
'Chowsee bye!' Andrew replied, with his typical nonsensical saying, as Kira got into the car.
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'Hi!, How was school?' Kira's dad, Michael (or rather Professor Michael Weston, BA, BSc) said, like he had everyday, ever since Kira was small.
'Same old, same old' Kira replied, like she had ever since she had heard that expression and decided it fit school and college perfectly. Her dad would persist in calling college 'school', Kira thought, rolling her eyes to herself.
Michael looked over at his daughter. She was a blossoming flower, he thought, in that doting way that dads do. She has her mother's hair and eyes, he thought, sadly looking over at Kira's dark brown hair and deep green eyes, I wish she were still alive today.
'Dad! Watch the road!' Kira shouted, grabbing hold of the steering wheel. He hadn't really swerved or anything, Kira mused, but it creeped her out him staring at her like that. She knew he was thinking about her mum, whom she never knew, and it made her so sad she had to break the moment.
'Well, how's your.machine.getting on?' Kira said, changing the subject. I'm just an ordinary girl, Kira said to herself, but my dad is definitely not ordinary. He's, well how can I put it, a mad scientist. Not for world domination or anything corny as that, she joked to herself, but he's definitely got something that all of the other crazy scientists on TV have. He has such crazy ideas, like the one he's working on now - a time machine. Kira rolled her eyes again. The way I see it, she said firmly to herself, the past is past, the future is yet to come, and the only time travelling anyone's gonna do is travelling through the present. But try telling that to her dad. She often thought his motto was 'If its impossible, I'm gonna fail at trying to do it. Because the hard fact was, nothing ever worked. Oh, they looked flashy enough, but when it came down to it they powered up, and did absolutely nothing, except eat up another few hundred pounds worth of electricity.
'Fine!!' her dad said, obviously not noticing her introspection, 'and did you want to try it out when it's done, I bet I finish it by the end of the week!'
This was another thing that was strange about her dad; he never seemed to think there was any danger in his machines. Granted, nothing had ever worked, and nothing had ever blown up (yet), but everything looked as if it was going to work, and he still wasn't worried. Anyway, Kira thought, that's our form of 'father-daughter bond' - he builds stuff, and I stand there and walk through it or press the button and when it does nothing, I console him. Hey, nothing he ever makes is ever gonna work, right?
'Yeah, I'll try it' Kira said, with a fake cheery voice, and the rest of the car ride was made in silence, with Kira thinking about what she was going to say when the time machine didn't work, and Kira's dad thinking what he was going to say to Kira when she found out first hand that this one actually does work.
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Thanx to Andrew (the real life one) for beta reading this fic. No, there's not anything pokemon, or even anything very interesting happening in this chapter, but don't worry, it will.
Please. (all together chorus) 'be a responsible reader' - that means read and review peoples - I like writing, but I like reviews almost as much!!!
Also please read my first fic 'Alone in the dark' a complete different atmosphere, pretty angsty
And NO this isn't a self-insertion fic, it just happens to contain some real people in it, not myself!!
Umm..
**Looks around at flagging audience who aren't convinced**
Okay!! I'm sorry!! Its different!!
Sidles away like a little loser
^_^;
Chibi
Oh yeah, and by the way, it's not in the pokemon world yet either, just to clarify that cos my friend chaz didn't get it.
Book 1: We All Live In The Pokemon World
Chapter 1: College is Hell
***^^^***
The bell rang.
'Come on, we're gonna be late!' Kira shouted, running down the long corridor of the Technical College, 'Mr McKay is gonna kill us!'
'I know! I know, stop worrying me!' Andrew shouted back, running ahead of Kira.
The two students skidded around the linoleum-tiled corner, and banged into the lockers on the other side.
'OW!' they cried in unison.
They walked the rest of the way, for obvious reasons.
*** ^^^ ***
When they got into the classroom, everyone turned to look at them (anyone who has ever been late for a class knows how this feels) and Mr McKay turned around to face the two delinquent students.
'And where have you two been?' Mr McKay intoned 'Late again for some stupid reason I guess'
'Well its not exactly a stupid reason' Kira said, immediately jumped to her and her friend's defence, 'We went the long way round to see the new art display which has some of Andrew's work in..'
'. and ended up getting locked in the art room' Andrew finished dejectedly.
'Sounds pretty stupid to me' Mr McKay said, and on cue the rest of the class burst out laughing.
'Take your seats now please, and try and keep up with the rest of us' Mr McKay said with a sigh, and started to teach again
Andrew and Kira sat down, bright red with embarrassment, and started to take the notes down that were already on the board.
*** ^^^ ***
'Boy, was McKay angry' Andrew said after the lesson, with more than a little bit of mirth in his voice ' I thought he was gonna explode his own head'
Kira laughed really loud, and everyone turned to look at her
'Well I guess everyone still thinks we were late on purpose' Kira said, glancing around 'I just hope Mac doesn't give us a detention or something'.
'Well, I don't think he will' Andrew replied 'He's normally OK with stuff like that, and besides, he knows I aced that mock last month, so he wouldn't dream of getting on the wrong side of me'
'Ummm, I think you got the wrong impression from him' Kira said dubiously, walking through the entrance (and exit!) doors of the college. 'Well, anyhoo, I wouldn't worry about it - oh! Here's my dad now!'. A silver Ford Focus pulled up along side the kerb. 'I'll see ya later, OK?'
'Chowsee bye!' Andrew replied, with his typical nonsensical saying, as Kira got into the car.
***^^^***
'Hi!, How was school?' Kira's dad, Michael (or rather Professor Michael Weston, BA, BSc) said, like he had everyday, ever since Kira was small.
'Same old, same old' Kira replied, like she had ever since she had heard that expression and decided it fit school and college perfectly. Her dad would persist in calling college 'school', Kira thought, rolling her eyes to herself.
Michael looked over at his daughter. She was a blossoming flower, he thought, in that doting way that dads do. She has her mother's hair and eyes, he thought, sadly looking over at Kira's dark brown hair and deep green eyes, I wish she were still alive today.
'Dad! Watch the road!' Kira shouted, grabbing hold of the steering wheel. He hadn't really swerved or anything, Kira mused, but it creeped her out him staring at her like that. She knew he was thinking about her mum, whom she never knew, and it made her so sad she had to break the moment.
'Well, how's your.machine.getting on?' Kira said, changing the subject. I'm just an ordinary girl, Kira said to herself, but my dad is definitely not ordinary. He's, well how can I put it, a mad scientist. Not for world domination or anything corny as that, she joked to herself, but he's definitely got something that all of the other crazy scientists on TV have. He has such crazy ideas, like the one he's working on now - a time machine. Kira rolled her eyes again. The way I see it, she said firmly to herself, the past is past, the future is yet to come, and the only time travelling anyone's gonna do is travelling through the present. But try telling that to her dad. She often thought his motto was 'If its impossible, I'm gonna fail at trying to do it. Because the hard fact was, nothing ever worked. Oh, they looked flashy enough, but when it came down to it they powered up, and did absolutely nothing, except eat up another few hundred pounds worth of electricity.
'Fine!!' her dad said, obviously not noticing her introspection, 'and did you want to try it out when it's done, I bet I finish it by the end of the week!'
This was another thing that was strange about her dad; he never seemed to think there was any danger in his machines. Granted, nothing had ever worked, and nothing had ever blown up (yet), but everything looked as if it was going to work, and he still wasn't worried. Anyway, Kira thought, that's our form of 'father-daughter bond' - he builds stuff, and I stand there and walk through it or press the button and when it does nothing, I console him. Hey, nothing he ever makes is ever gonna work, right?
'Yeah, I'll try it' Kira said, with a fake cheery voice, and the rest of the car ride was made in silence, with Kira thinking about what she was going to say when the time machine didn't work, and Kira's dad thinking what he was going to say to Kira when she found out first hand that this one actually does work.
***^^^***
Thanx to Andrew (the real life one) for beta reading this fic. No, there's not anything pokemon, or even anything very interesting happening in this chapter, but don't worry, it will.
Please. (all together chorus) 'be a responsible reader' - that means read and review peoples - I like writing, but I like reviews almost as much!!!
Also please read my first fic 'Alone in the dark' a complete different atmosphere, pretty angsty
And NO this isn't a self-insertion fic, it just happens to contain some real people in it, not myself!!
Umm..
**Looks around at flagging audience who aren't convinced**
Okay!! I'm sorry!! Its different!!
Sidles away like a little loser
^_^;
Chibi
Oh yeah, and by the way, it's not in the pokemon world yet either, just to clarify that cos my friend chaz didn't get it.