Chapter one: The Plane
-John: Fly
Your name is John Egbert, and you are very excited for your first day of college. You start tomorrow, and as of right now, it is 11:58 PM. Did I mention you are on a six-hour flight? You are on your way to the most prestigious school around, Alternia University. Some people might think its stupid for someone as grown up and mature as you to get excited over this, but it really is a big deal. A really really big deal. The entrance exams for this place must have been terrible, but of course you wouldn't know. Why would you? You are the only scholarship student they have had for decades. You have to admit, you do feel pretty awesome about it. Except for the fact that your family could only afford to pay for your sister to go to these schools. That is why you had to work so hard for these scholarships. Hey, that is another reason to be excited! You haven't seen Jade in months! You spent the summer with your father as oppose to her staying with her boyfriend and his family. This is going to be so awesome. You wonder how her life is going. Hey its 12:00 now. You should be landing soon.
-Jade: Wait
You are waiting, and you have been for several hours now. You wonder briefly where your boyfriend went, and then remember he went to get you some coffee. Even though airport coffee sucks and tastes like piss water, you have been living on it since you got here. You are genuinely surprised Karkat offered to go buy it, but you guess he's tired as well, and that is another excuse to go get some for himself. Even though he has been ranting non-stop for the past few hours, you are happy to have someone here with you instead of waiting in an airport alone for your brother. Besides, he is waiting for someone as well. You see Karkat approaching with two cups and a scowl on his face. You kiss him lightly on the forehead before he hands you a cup and sits down in one of the uncomfortable dark blue chairs beside you.
-John: Land
Okay, you can handle that. You have just been warned by the captain to remain seated and prepare to land. Yeah, no duh. Who would be stupid enough to fail the simple task of not running around the cabin while the plane is landing? You guess the warning is for little kids and elderly people too old to control their bowels. Ew! Nasty visual image! Just as you mentally face palm for thinking about this, a young man runs down the aisle.. Honking? Is he wearing clown makeup?
-Gamzee: Run down the aisle honking
On it.
-John: Stare
Sure thing.
-Gamzee: Honk at the guy staring at you
Which one? You decide to go with the guy in the black framed glasses, he looks nice.
-John: Flip the fuck out
What? Why would you do th- HOLY SHIT
-Stewardess: Intervene?
Of course you are going to intervene! It is your sworn duty as a stewardess to tackle the honking clown man and wrestle him back into his seat.
-Gamzee: Miracles
All of a sudden you are back in your seat. It must be a motherfucking miracle delivered to you from the mirthful messiahs.
-John: Land already!
Okay, okay, jeez. You are finally landing, but you are also still recovering from the shock of being honked at. It was truly a traumatic experience. You wait for the ding which means it is safe to get up and collect your few belongings. After a few uncomfortably silent minutes, the little ding noise goes off and you are grateful to get up and stretch. You grab your bag and get off the plane, almost bumping into an elderly woman who has probably lost control of her bowels. OH WAIT THAT HAS TO STOP.
-Jade: Get excited!
Okay! You just heard an announcement that Johns flight has landed! You are so happy to finally see him again! You shoot out of your chair and scare a sleepy Karkat who was resting on you and cause him to spill his coffee all over his shirt. He gets up in return, but not for the same reason. He is swearing and freaking out because his flesh is now burning. You try to calm him down and sprint across the huge room in a desperate attempt to find napkins.
-Karkat: IT BURNS
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
-Jade: WHERE ARE THE FREAKING NAPKINS?!
You eventually convince a random stranger to give you his, and proceed to sprint to Karat's rescue. Oh god, he is making such a scene. You dry him off with the napkins you recently acquired, and try to get him to shut up.
"Karkat oh my god I am so sorry!"
You think he is starting to cry
"FUCK, Jade.."
"I know, I know, I'm clumsy, sorry.. Shhh..."
He then hugged you tightly and stained your new shirt as revenge. Well played.
-John: Be greeted by your sister and her strange stained friend
Hell yeah.
"John!"
Jade seemed to drop some napkins soaked in something to come hug you.
"Hi Jade!"
You hugged her tightly and feel something sopping into your shirt
"Uh... Jade?"
You pull away to reveal a big brown stain on her chest.
"...What is that?"
"Piss water."
You think you are about to throw up when her shouty friend comes up behind her
"What Jade means to say is that it is the airports coffee. It sucks."
You regain your balance, smile at the newcomer and awkwardly extend your hand.
"Hello! My name is John. Nice to meet you uh.."
"Karkat," the boy said grumpily.
He ignored your hand and you put it in your pocket, slightly disappointed.
Jade jabbed him in the ribs and put her arm around his waist.
"John, this is my boyfriend. Boyfriend, this is my brother.."
Just then, crazy honky man pranced into the waiting room and came straight for you. You dove behind Jade and watched in aw as Karkat defeated the beast by walking up to him and patting his head calmly. Weird.
-Jade: Get this show on the road
You rally up your group of freaks and help John with his bags. For some reason, Gamzee doesn't seem to have any. You finally exit the airport and eventually you hail a cab. You make the boys sit in the back because you need your own space. Also, you called shotgun. You give the driver the directions to campus so you all can get settled early. He looks at you like you are a freak and then sets off driving. Everybody acts like this when you tell them about AU, you wonder why.
-Everybody: Arrive
Sounds like a plan. After some struggling, Karkat finally got himself and Gamzee to their dorm room, and Jade showed John to his. She told him to get settled and that his roommate would be there the next day. She also told him to get some sleep, that she loved him, and finally, she said goodnight. They didn't know that that was the start of something amazing.