Author's note: The plan is for this story to be updated weekly. Obviously the characters aren't mine, but Disney left them out there so... I hope you enjoy..
Some things change.
Some things stay the same.
For better or for worse, destiny is not a fate to be trifled with.
In the beginning, it started with two people. Riley Matthews, first born of Corey Matthews and Topanga Lawrence in the year of 1998. With her saucer like brown eyes and matching hair, she would live in a world of princesses, where everyone was good and kind to each other. A world where her parents actively encouraged her to seek good in others and in turn treat those she met with kindness and respect.
In the same year, another child was born. Farkle Minkus, first (and only) child born of Stuart Minkus and Jennifer Bassett. A child who from his first breath was nurtured and encouraged to seek knowledge, to strive for excellence and become a leading intellect as his father before him, whilst at the same time ensure that his goals were achieved with compassion and without malice.
Childhood friends who in turn produced child hood friends.
Riley and Farkle grew in each other's presence, from infant to toddler to kindergarten. Although they did not grow up in each other's proverbial pockets, they did foster and nurture a budding friendship; learning together, fighting together, shedding tears together and on more than one occasion, protecting each other.
At the first day of Riley and Farkle attending kindergarten a new presence entered the childhood nucleus. Maya Hart was a rush of wind and a streak of devil rolled into a petite, blonde haired little girl with gleaming green eyes. With her endless exuberance, quick fire and cheeky personality, their teacher prepared for a clash between Maya, the brown hair princess and the quiet yet intellectual boy. But it was a clash that never came. The three children instantly sought each other out, with Maya providing an extra dimension not only with her personality, but also because in her life there was only her mum, Katie. This added dimension would add to the rapidly forming cell. Theirs was a unique bond that multiplied and solidified throughout their elementary years and into middle school.
Middle school saw the three children come face to face with yet another young individual so different from their own. Lucas Fryer hailed from Texas, his wholesome, salt of the earth outlook on life fostered from being raised on the land as opposed to the others who were as New York City as Billy Joel, Yankee Stadium and Jay Z. As like their teachers before him, Corey Matthews curiously wondered whether a child from such an opposite background would meld well into such an urban collective. But he did, and did seamlessly. Although there was teasing and ribbing of the tall athletic Texan, especially from Maya the four young tweens formed a bond that harnessed their uniqueness and proved to be quite formidable as they grew older. Their group would be joined by Zay, Lucas's child hood friend from Texas whose easy-going manner coupled with a special way of smoothing troubled waters and Isadora Smackle; a raven-haired girl who matched Farkle for wit, intellect and the ability to question with a deep thirsted desire for knowledge.
The six would share loves, memories, hurt, betrayal, jealousy and kindled feelings through their teenage years and into high school and seniors. They found part time jobs, survived crushes and formed bonds with each other as well as a group.
In the beginning, Maya and Riley had captured the attention of Lucas. Both girls had begun to blossom into beautiful yet uniquely different women. Riley was tall, her long dark hair only matched by her long legs, capturing brown eyes and a beaming smile that would literally light up a room. Maya on the other hand was petite, pushing just over five feet tall; but her size concentrated her maturing frame, luscious blonde hair outlining a face that captured your soul. Lucas had always been athletic and as he grew older, his physical features matured in kind, producing a strong frame that the opposite sex found quite irresistible. Farkle bloomed later in his school life, holding the same height as Maya and Riley yet dwarfed by the taller Lucas and Zay for many of his middle school years. His superior intellect and outright personality had always held a capturing spell of love and friendship over the girls which held him in steed while his body caught up, and how it did in his senior years. Farkle's voice deepened, his lanky frame making him as tall as Lucas and he began to form his own self-assuredness and confidence that grew on the back of his high achievements. Farkle was comfortable in the budding change in the friendships involving Maya, Riley and Lucas. He would support his friends, especially his 'ladies', a cheeky line he started years before that blossomed into a familiar and heartfelt catch cry. Farkle had his own special bond begin to develop with Smackle, that started from a mutual recognition of intellect, and blossomed into something more as they entered senior year. The threesome that was developing between his friends gradually became a twosome with Maya realizing that her want for Riley to be happy was more than her feelings for Lucas.
A friendship increased with Maya and Zay from a shared passion of the arts; Maya with her painting and Zay with his dancing. Both could be seen often sharing ideas and thoughts on their mutually shared classes.
So, it seemed that within the six high school friends, partnerships, some flowering into romance and others to friends were cementing as their final year finished.
But as life would show, it has a way of not being all rosy, with fate warming its arrow to show these six-unique people that life would be different. The demands of diverse career paths, of individual dreams and desires placed a strain on childhood bonds, of promises made in the playground that seemed so innocent at the time, yet would ultimately strain and cause anxiety to those who made them.