Hallo friends, enemies, acquaintances, and random web surfers! Welcome to the story Shut Down! I hope you enjoy!
I should make this clear right now; I will do Reviewer Recognition, but if you post a just-plain-mean comment, I'll just reply with a -_-" You hath beeth warned! (XD
Also, don't get confused! My OC goes by Seem after it happens-I ain't telling here, so don't ask.
Also, I kinda fail at honorifics, so don't hesitate to tell me if I mix them up.
There's not much else to say here, so Seem?
Seem: v.v Hai...Ro-chan only owns me and the others from our Earth... *clams up, about to cry*
Yoikes! We gotta work on your public speaking if this idea is gonna work out...
Shut Down-Chapter 1
A Day in the Life
Girl's POV
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BE-
I slapped the snooze button on my alarm clock, my eyes sliding open. Yet another day and yet another chance to regret my existence. I sighed. At least it can't get any worse. Jinx or not, there is no feasible way that my life will change. Ever. Short of a world-shaking something happening, the life of Mary Jane Canfring cannot, repeat, cannot, get worse. Or better. I continued this train of thought as I walked out of my blueish gray room. Honestly, I stared at the walls enough that I was probably imagining the blueishness. I walked to the green bathroom, then recoiled out as I glimpsed my dad taking care of business. My mom and dad were divorced, so I alternated living with each monthly. My mom had walked in on something my dad did-whether it was the obvious or something else, I have no frikking clue-but it was grounds enough for divorce. Neither parent will tell me which. Pooh, I say. Or, I would if I still talked.
Yeah, I'm a self-induced mute.
After school starts, you'll see why.
TIME SKIP-0900
I finished walking to school. My father often offered to take me, but then his favorite TV program would start, and I'd end up walking. Meh, it's normality. I am forced to conform, and I do so, while not happily, but glad that others were happy, if that makes sense. My ex-best friend forever used to stand by me, but after the hormones hit her, around 8th grade, she had a sudden change of heart and told me that if we were to remain friends, I would have to change to fit her standards. I quote,
"All I ask is for complete and total perfection! Is that too much too ask?"
Wait, you probably want to know what's happening now, right?
I looked up from the ground just in time to keep from walking into a wall. I sullenly walked into my first class, hands in my pockets. My seat was in the Dead Corner. It's called that because-no, I won't say. That's the one thing that everyone here can agree on; never speak of the Incident of the Gumball Fight-GAH! Forget I said that!
Point is, I was the only one willing to sit there, but only because KT sits on the far side of the classroom from there. KT stands for Klarrisa Talour. She's my BFFN I was talking about before. I looked down at my phone-the Kasane Teto/Hatsune Miku wallpaper proudly displayed the time-0904. Class would start soon, so I turned off Regret Message and stuck my phone in my faded jeans pocket. Just in time, too. The teacher, Strikt-sensei, is, as the name implies, very strict. I couldn't believe it when she told us her lifelong dream was to start an orphanage.*
Meh. Anyway, Strikt-sensei wrote on the board in elegant, "Sorry, class, but I lost my voice and am not feeling very well. As such, I am allowing you to use this time as a study hall. Please use it well and wisely."
Immediately, I turned my music back on, relatively...not sad. This was my only class today because after this I had official study hall, then lunch, and then we got out of school, it being the last day before summer vacation. Bye-bye being a freshie! That and, well, I was an A-plus student in all my classes, well, sans choir. Ya know, mute. However, that thought cheered me a little bit, and then...the rest of the day happened.
TIME SKIP-1200
I was finally through! YES! I had gone through the morning without too much trouble. I was actually hoping that in the thrill of summer, KT had actually forgotten me! I began skipping home when-
!CRACK!
"What do we have here, girls?" a sickly sweet voice spoke from behind as I clutched my head in pain. Brick wall to head...heh, that's a new one...
"Oooh, oooh! I know!" shouted a loud obnoxious voice. I forced my eyes to see past the whiteness and stars and saw KT and her ego-stroking posse. Of course.
"Oh, really? What do we have here?" KT answered, her angelic voice hitting me like daggers.
"We have a dummy who loves her fake singers more than her real friends!" cried the obnoxious one, Darly.
"That's ri-ight! And do you know what we do to those who ignore those around them?" KT raised her voice in obvious glee.
The whole posse began to chant. "Cleansing, cleansing, cleansing, cleansing..."
Over it all, a crowd which had gathered began hurling insults at me.
"Dumb freshie-kohei! Go home!"
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your evil grow?"
"Eat a camling, Canfring-kohei!"
You get the picture.
I began gathering my stuff up, tears threatening to spill over. After 13 years of friendship, 2 years of torture was too much to bear.
I ran off, listening to them all cheer! Cheer, I tell you! CHEER! Finally giving in, I began sobbing uncontrollably as I ran past my favorite Vocaloid store, not even bothering to look inside. Little did I know these were my last few seconds here.
My gray hoodie snagged on a tree branch, so after a little tugging, I pulled it and my long brown hair free, fraying both. My worn, dirty white shoes got stuck in a crack in the ground, sending me flying into an alley nearby. My stuff flew everywhere, but I didn't bother to pick it up. Instead I just closed my eyes and cried even harder, the past tortures returning to my mind. Writhing on the ground, heedless of stares from passerby, I wept for KT, Darly, Dad, Mom, Strikt-sensei, and everyone else I knew that I felt like I had let down.
Eventually, I cried myself out entirely. My things lay scattered all around, so I picked them all up and put them in my black backpack.
That's when I noticed.
My backpack should be gray.
I stood up in a hurry and rushed to the sidewalk, using a window as a mirror. I was in a black t-shirt, reddish-pink overall dress, and black flats. My eyes-green!? My hair-GREEN!? WTFeezy? Then someone accidentally sent us both sprawling on the ground! I shook my head, then I couldn't help gawking at who had hit me...
A cliffy? Already? Apparently! XDDD
Brownie points and virtual hugs to those who can find the references!
Also, who do you think Mary ran into? /:D
I WILL BE BACK!
FOOD EATER VERDICTA IS OUT! PEACE!