Chapter 1: Oddities
It was early in the morning in Parappa Town. The sun was just starting to rise. In one house was a teenage dog, starting to awaken from his slumber, yawning as he got up. He was wearing his usual clothing, a light blue sleeveless shirt and blue denim jeans. He had pale yellowish white fur, and his black ears were dangling low on the sides of his head. He went to his dresser's mirror and began doing his usual routine, fixing his hair and putting on his hat that had a small frog symbol attached to the front of it. The boy was Parappa the Rapper. He had been through multiple events and situations in his town and was slightly well known here.
While Parappa was putting on his red sneakers, he looked up. He swore that he could see in his mirrors reflection what looked like a young child walk by the doorway outside of his room. "…What was that?" he asked himself while exiting the room that was decently decorated with a nightstand by the bed and a dresser with a mirror on top of it.
Parappa looked around, seeing nothing in the hallway by his room that was right by the stairs. He was somewhat confused, but he just believed he had imagined it since he still was groggy. When he got downstairs he saw his younger sister in a red dress sitting at the kitchen table, eating her morning breakfast that merely consisted of cereal. "Morning, Pinto," he greeted his little sibling while getting his skateboard that was resting beside the door, ready to be used whenever needed. "Good morning," she responded while seeing him approaching. He was planning on skipping breakfast today, but he had to ask her about the strange child he had seen before.
The kitchen was not too well furnished at most. It just had a table and a few chairs, along with the counter. "Did you have a friend over last night?" Parappa couldn't help but question. It wasn't unusual, but he had never seen the child he caught a glimpse of in the mirror before. "No. Why?" she answered, just as confused by his question. "Oh, no reason. I'm gonna go on to school. See ya later," Parappa gave a small wave before leaving through the living room that only had a few chairs sitting in front of the television, and a small rug on the carpet. Once outside he just hopped on his skateboard and headed off. The sky looked dark, like it was about to rain at any moment now.
While riding his skateboard, Parappa viewed the calm, peaceful town he lived in and had his various adventures through. The dark sky looming overhead was somewhat confusing for him since it was meant to be daylight, but he presumed that it will change in a short time.
Suddenly, Parappa crashed into something that made him clatter to the ground, with a few books falling in front of his feet. "Ow..." he looked up to the person. He had knocked over a girl whose green hair was messed up, and her clothing looked like it was quickly thrown on. "Oh, jeez! I-I'm sorry about that," Parappa frantically apologized while beginning to gather the books for the girl who clearly looked older than him. "Erm... are you okay?" he quickly added, knowing the current state she appeared in. "Yeah, yeah. I was in a hurry. I'm going to miss my bar exam. I just can't fail again," she claimed while gathering her books as well. "Bar exam?" Parappa repeated, not entirely sure what it meant.
"Yeah. I need to pass it to become a lawyer. This is going to be my fifth attempt," she said. Before the conversation could continue on, Parappa watched her run away after taking the books from him. "Sheesh... she was weird," Parappa mumbled. There was a difference between determination and empty hopes that were impossible to fulfill.
After a short time riding his skateboard, Parappa found himself at his school. He was at his red locker, one of the many that were lined up along the wall. He unfortunately got one of the lockers more towards the middle of the hall, so it was quite difficult to get to there when going in between classes. He was just rummaging around his backpack until he heard a different voice. "Hey, Parappa," Parappa looked around his locker door to see a blue cat in red and white striped clothing, standing there behind him. "Oh hey, Katy..." he greeted her with a suddenly blank attitude. Normally he was happy and cheerful, but this time was not one of those times.
"What's up with you? Woke up on the wrong side of the bed?" Katy questioned, noticing his somewhat blunt tone. "It's been a weird morning. I ran into this weird girl, and I swore I saw some kid in my house no one else saw… and I keep hearing voices whispering to me," Parappa admitted what was wrong, but his newest ailment had been barely noticeable yet. He had ignored most of the voices until now. Most of them rang out with nothing more than the words, "hi," or, "help me," being blurted into his mind, like someone was right beside him chanting these words through his ear.
"...Oh. Something like that happened to my uncle's friend once. He was partially insane. I think I know what's wrong, though," Katy said doubting one of her best friends couldn't be insane like her relative's friend. "What do you think it is, then?" Parappa asked. His head was actually starting to hurt from the voices that were starting to become more prominent. "Well, he claimed he was haunted by ghosts. I don't know if that's it for you, but maybe you should see a psychic. If not, maybe a ghost whisperer?" Katy advised all that she could think on what to do. He hadn't had a regular morning, although there was one thing in this mind, a person that made him think that it would be better to deal with this problem as fast as possible. That was his girlfriend.
"Yeah. I don't want Sunny to think I'm losing it," Parappa agreed to what she said, but his bigger question in his mind was where to find a psychic or ghost whisperer. Already he wanted to snap at all of the voices that refused to stop, and seemed to get harder and harder to ignore by the second. He felt Katy's reassuring hand wrap around his bipedal canine body. "Come on, let's just get to class," she said. He nodded, grabbing his backpack and following her to their first class.
End of Chapter 1