Author note: here's my first multichapter, and i'm so exited!

it's also my first time writing in the first person.

I'll tell you now, that the POV will change in every chapter, save for a couple of times. I'll tell you when that happens.

This chapter is from Piston's POV.

Chapter one: I get a cloning machine for my birthday

"Oh... A... It looks so cool! It's shiny and big and it's a... Turbo, what is this thing?"

"It's a cloning machine, Piston."

"...!"

I can't say I wasn't surprised. I was staring at the machine with my jaw hanging open. Well, what would YOU do if you got a cloning machine for your birthday? I heard Throttle and Turbo talking behind me.

"Thanks, Turbo, now you made my present look bad."

"What, now I'M the bad guy for getting Piston something cool for his birthday? Besides, I feel I still owe him for the trophy incident, so I got him this machine as compensation."

"Which reminds me, Turbo," Throttle asked Turbo, "Where exactly DID you get a cloning machine?"

"I can't tell you. Now, back to the matter of the confused racer," Turbo said; because right around the middle of their conversation, I had switched from staring at my present to inspecting it. I couldn't believe Turbo actually cared about the trophy incident. So I beat him in a race and he yelled at me, big whoop! At least, that's what I thought he was thinking about that. Judging by the cloning machine he got from who knows what game as compensation, apparently not. I decided that if I got this cool machine as compensation, then I'd better know how to work it.

"Turbo, how do you work this thing?"

"Easy. Open the chamber door, press the green button, and get in the chamber and close the door."

"Oh. Okay."

I did what he said, and as soon as I got in the chamber, I was engulfed with some green gas. I was in there for ten seconds, and then all that gas got sucked up by some overhead tubes, though I still couldn't leave. I waited a few other seconds until the door opened and I could leave. Once I stepped out, I looked at the chamber that was next to me. There was a vaguely human-shaped form made out of the gas. I couldn't wait.

"Turbo, how long exactly is this going to take?"

"Half an hour."

I'm sure I deflated a lot. I decided to pass the time racing around the track. Imagine my surprise when I was driving out on the track when Turbo drove up on his kart and asked me "want to race?" He facepalmed when he must've thought that it was a dumb question. I answered the question in the obvious way: driving to the start line. We both started, but I slowed my pace, just in case, because the last thing I needed on my birthday was Trophy Incident 2: the Dark Return. We went around the track fifteen times, until the half hour was up. We both headed back to the house (I ran) to see if the machine did its thing.

The clone still wasn't done. I pulled up a chair and stared at the machine, waiting for the clone to finish. I was so happy, I'm sure I was grinning-

"You're grinning like an idiot."

Yep, I was. Turbo must've decided that he had better things to do than stare at the machine. He went upstairs to do something, I don't know what. After what seemed like forever, the door to my clone's chamber opened, and my clone stepped out. It was nice, certainty looked like me a lot, except one glaring flaw. I ran up to Turbo's room, and when I opened the door, I saw him sitting on the floor, doing something in a notebook.

"Turbo, there's something wrong with my clone, it's..." I began, but trailed off as I realized he wasn't responding, face scrunched up in annoyance at whatever was in that notebook. My first thought was 'Trophy Incident 2: the dark return!' so I backed out of the room slowly. Unfortunately, I tripped on my foot and fell, which seemed to jolt Turbo out of his notebook-induced trance. He quickly slammed the thing shut and shoved it under his bed.

"Oh, Piston, did the clone finish?" Turbo asked me.

"Yeah, and it turned out great! 'Cept for one thing." I said hesitatingly.

"What? What happened?"

"I'll show you. See, there's some sort of error. My clone is..."

author note: what, you thought i would tell you what happens in the first chapter? R&R please, you have no idea how happy it makes me. :)

...and no, the notebook is NOT Turbo"s diary. that would be just plain weird. :P I'll tell you later!