Humanstuck kiddie trolls~! By the way, please go read High Schoolstuck, because the reason this fanfic is called "PREQUELstuck" is because its a prequel to that story~!

whoooooo! hope you think these random kids are as cute as I do! Since the kids that show up here are mostly Equius and Nepeta, there isn't any swearing here. But when Gamzee shows up, and there's more of Karkat, you can be sure I rated this T for a reason!

without furthur ado, enjoy!

My Special Green Crayon

For Nepeta's birthday, when she was finally turning six years old, her mamma got her a super big box of crayons. There were lots of different types of each color, but Nepeta took a special liking to a shade of green simply labeled 'green'.

Nepeta ran up to her best friend, Equius, when she first got to before-school daycare. She had her big crayon box held under one arm and her favorite green crayon in the other hand. Nepeta shoved the crayon in Equius' face. The bigger boy pulled his face away and examined the object of his small friend's affection.

"Lookie what my mamma got me!" Nepeta cried out, waving the crayon back and forth rapidly. Equius fixed his sunglasses on his face and took the crayon box from her, examining the other colors. He glanced up as he noticed Nepeta was giving him big expectant eyes.

Equius took another look at the crayon and then went back to the other crayons, particularly the blue ones. "Why just green?" he asked as he searched for his favorite shade of blue. "Why not a shade of green, like lime, or forest, or grass..." Equius finally pulled out a dark blue. "...or something like that."

Nepeta snatched the blue crayon from him. "Because, silly! I like it because it's 'just green'! It's just a simple green, just like I am just a simple Nepeta," she explained. Equius watched as she took a piece of paper and started drawing.

"I am impressed, Nepeta. That is a very insightful thing for you to say..." Equius mentioned. Nepeta handed him the blue crayon he had taken a liking to, and then showed him her drawing.

"Lookie what I drew; we are holding hands and being best friends!" Nepeta smiled. "There is also a rainbow made of butterflies and cats falling from the sky!" she added.

Equius rolled his eyes at the antics of his best friend. She was a very silly girl, but that's why he liked her. Nepeta took his hand and brought the crayons around the room to her classmates, asking them to pick out a color crayon that they liked. She was very proud of those crayons of hers.

During recess, when Nepeta was waiting for Equius to finish helping the teachers and come play with her, three older girls approached her, looming over her. They were really mean girls and they always bullied the younger kids. They even made her classmate Vriska cry, and Vriska was the toughest girl in Nepeta's whole grade!

"I like your crayon," One of the girls grinned mischievously. The other girls giggled. Nepeta looked down at the green crayon clasped in her fist and smiled nervously.

"Thank you!" she said politely, because her mamma had told her to always say 'please', 'thank you', 'excuse me', 'I'm sorry', and other polite things. Especially when they are older than you.

The girl held out her hand. "Give it to me," she ordered. Horrified, Nepeta turned to run away, but the girls grabbed her and tried to pry the crayon from her little fingers. Nepeta tried to squirm from their grip and run away, but there were three of them and one of her. Where was Equius?

"Equius, save me..." Nepeta sobbed, but her strong friend was still in the classroom.

"HEY!" Nepeta recognized that voice. She perked up, and wrenched herself free when the older girls got distracted.

"Karkitty!" Nepeta squealed, hugging him tightly and hiding behind him. She peered over his shoulder at the bullies. Karkat crossed his arms and scowled and the girls.

"Nepeta is my friend!" he told the girls, "and I'm not gonna let you hurt her!" The girls stood up to their full height, towering over the gutsy boy. Too late, Karkat realized his mistake. "Uh-oh..." he muttered to himself worriedly, but he couldn't run away and leave poor Nepeta, so he stood his ground.

Meanwhile, Equius had just finished helping his teacher and was scanning the playground for his friend. Usually, Nepeta would run up to him, but this time she did not. Had she gone to use the bathroom? Then Equius saw three older girls kicking and hitting a small boy. Standing by, sobbing to herself, was none other than Nepeta. "Nepeta!" Equius called, running up. Nepeta ran up to him, bawling, and pointed a shaky finger at the boy.

"They're killing Karkitty!" she screeched. Equius highly doubted that, but his classmate was getting a bad beating.

"Leave Mr. Vantas alone!" Equius ordered the girls. They finally noticed him, smirking. For a moment, they calculated how much bigger he was than the two very small other children in his grade, but decided it wasn't enough to make a difference.

"What are you gonna do about it?" One of the girls jeered, confronting them. Equius took off his sunglasses, giving the girls a serious stare.

"My daddy told me to never hit anyone, especially a girl, unless it was defending myself or a peer of mine, and while I'd rather not hurt you, if you hit Mr. Vantas one more time, I'm afraid I'm going to have to stop you," Equius stated confidently. Equius' uncles were professional wrestlers, bodybuilders, martial arts teachers, and policemen, and they taught Equius how to defend himself and his friends.

One of the girls gave a smug smile, turning to kick Karkat in his stomach. However, before she could, Equius gave her a hard shove, sending her sprawling. Her friends gaped at Equius, but he just gave them stoically challenging stares.

"Come on, let's go," they urged, dragging their friend away. Equius turned to Nepeta, who was hugging Karkat. Both of them were crying now, and Karkat was bruised in some places and bleeding in others. Equius stood there awkwardly, wondering what he should do.

Finally, his angel (also know as Miss Tracy) came running up. "What happened?" she demanded of them, turning instantly to Equius as he was the most coherent.

"Those bullies killed Karkitty and tried to steal my crayon!" Nepeta explained as she watched Miss Tracy put candy red band-aids on Karkat's cuts. Karkat stopped crying, sniffling and examining the band-aids curiously.

"I'm not dead, Nepeta!" Karkat protested. Nepeta shooshed him.

"At least my crayon is okay..." Nepeta finally sniffled, holding up the perfect green crayon.

Miss Tracy chuckled. "Let's help Karkat by getting an ice pack for him, okay?" she offered.

Nepeta nodded happily. "I'll bring Karkitty back from the dead! Come help, Equius!" she cried, running off.

"But Nepeta, I'm not dead~!" Karkat called after her.

what cuties~! here Equius comes, to save the daaaaay!

so anyways, I found that when Nepeta mentions that Vriska is the "toughest girl in Nepeta's whole grade!" and the bullies even made her cry, I was like "awwwww" even though I wrote it. Gog I hate bullies, so I'm like "yay Equius!" right now lol

And Nepeta insisting that Karkat died was pretty cute too.

Just as a reference, Nepeta, Equius, and Karkat are in first grade and the bullies are fifth graders.