Hello. I'm Terrence Orson, and I've got some news for you: I'm taking Marches45's place on his request. He started this fanfiction, but he asked for me to finish it. I accepted the task, and now, I'll be writing the stories for this account, along with reviews. I'm also a critic and will be doing Within the Archives alongside EvelioandZgroup. Basically, Marches45 has gone away for reasons I can't explain, so I'll be taking his place.

A Fiery Preference

By

Marches45 and Terrence Orson

Inspired by the following:

Right By My Side by Penelope Peterson

Flame by Bryce Avila

Misery by Stephen King

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Text copyright and plot of A Fiery Preference © Marches45 and Terrence Orson, 2014-present. Characters and setting and other such elements © Ben Bocquelet and Cartoon Network Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe, 2011-present, a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System Europe.

Introduction

The point of school is to get an education for yourself. You start in elementary school, where you stay for six years, and then you move on to middle school, three years. Finally, you go through the final stage of mandated education—high school. Four years that actually matter if you want to attend the school you must pay for to attend—college. But middle school is something else.

In middle school, you go through change. That change comes in many forms, and it can be serious. You can experience changes in your body, your friendships, and other such aspects of your early adolescence such as your attitude. In middle school, you begin to start identifying who you are, and you may begin to wonder, What is my purpose in life? Who am I?

Middle school can be the start of a competition. It can be about anything, like who's got the coolest new gadget that he can or can't really afford, who's got the most swag, who's got the best grades, who's the best musician in band or chorus, who's the best PE student, and/or even the subliminal contest of who can cuss the most without getting in trouble. Many of us can fall into these, but does it really matter? To some, yes, of course it matters, especially if they have a spot they want to gain or secure; others, not really.

In fact, there are those students that simply couldn't care less about school. We've all seen the kid that fakes a sickness to get the "privilege" of staying at home and doing crap they'd rather be bothered with. I bet many of us have considered pulling a stunt like that. We just have to remember: All choices have consequences, and that's really what this is about. These consequences can range from a trifle to something greater.

Heaven and Hell, to Christians, are the places of the afterlife. The homes of the Lord, Jehovah, and the Devil, Satan. Heaven is considered in the sky, where the souls of those judged in life as good, just, and obedient reside in immortality. Hell, or the Underworld, is considered an underground place of fiery punishment. It is the Inferno, where the souls judged as disobedient, nefarious, and baleful reside in suffering, burning for eternity.

Some even perceive them to be accessible to the living. Heaven or Hell on Earth, if you will. This may be, but one can only truly experience what Heaven or Hell feels like in his afterlife. I don't intend to be overly nor offensively religious or exclusive in saying this, but where one goes in the afterlife is a consequence.

Here's how I was asked to release this: I write a chapter, and I release it once I've completed the next chapter, and this goes on until it's complete. Be patient. I won't update every single day, or it will be worse than hoped to be.