Chapter One

It was the first time I saw her that I knew she was special.

It was late in the evening on a Monday. I was walking along the side of the beach, thinking about things after the first encounter with K. Rool. We got our hoard back and everything is back to normal, but I haven't felt more alone. Donkey Kong got a whole bunch of praise. Everyone looked at him, calling me a hero, an inspiration. Everyone loved him.

But me? I got ostracized, bullied, pushed away. No one would give me a second glance if I walked by. No one would say hi to me when I said hi to them. It was like I was invisible.

Or worse, not there at all.

During my walk, I would look out on the horizon, taking in the beauty of the colors that fused in the sky. The oranges, the red, the yellows, there was even some purple in there. I found it breathtaking.

But what I saw next made that incredible sunset something average.

I looked towards the end of the beach, something blonde catching my eye. Standing there on the edge of the shore was a girl with long blonde hair tied in a ponytail. From a distance, I could tell she was upset. As I got closer to her, I could see that she had sand on her arms and legs, as if she had fallen on the beach. Maybe she tripped? I had no clue. Regardless, she didn't look happy.

As I approached her, I noticed how beautiful she was.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked her, trying to get a better look at her.

She looked up at me, her eyes streaming tears that glistened along with her stunning green eyes. I'm not gonna lie, I nearly lost the ability to breathe when I caught sight of those eyes, but I was more concerned. Why was she crying? She only fell…right?

"Oh…yeah, I'm fine."

She caught me off guard. I wasn't expecting her to reply. She looked like she didn't want to talk at all, but she managed to reply to me.

"Are you sure? It looked like you were crying," I replied back to her.

She whipped the tears off on her face and tried to fake a smile.

"Yeah…" she told me through her fake smile.

I could feel myself frowning at her. I knew the smile was fake. I could practically feel that something was bothering her. The aura of sorrow was almost suffocating. But what could I do? She just met me. She doesn't even know my name yet.

Oh, right! That reminds me!

"My name is Diddy. Are you new here?" I told her kind of suddenly. I honestly think I sounded a little stupid there.

But, amazingly, she didn't think so, cause she replied back to me.

"Dixie…and yeah, I am. Me and my sister just moved here." She told me.

I gave her a small smile.

"That great. That means you'll be attending Kong Kollege, right?"

She looked up at me like I was some kind of psychic or something. Without her even answering, I already knew.

"Yeah, I am."

This brought a smile to my face. I was happy to hear she'll be attending school with me.

Oh, right. I never did explain that.

Kong Kollege is the school on DK Island, right outside of Jungle Japes. Wrinkly Kong, whom is a really sweet lady, is the only teacher in the school. She teaches young Kongs and other animals on the island important lessons. Even those nasty Kremlings attend, but only the young ones. The classes are fun, but the kids that do attend aren't that great. In the class at the moment, there's me, a few apes around my age, a few other students of different species, and about five of those slimy Kremlings. Amongst those, the only one I like is my friend Timber, whom is only here to attend Kong Kollege. On breaks he goes back to his island, which isn't that far but it's still a good distance.

Everyone else, well…you can say they're bullies. You wouldn't expect less from the Kremlings right? Wrong. The Kremlings are the nice ones compared to everyone else. The apes are all jerks. Among the apes is an orangutan who is the biggest jerk of them all. He constantly torments me about my adventure with DK, saying that I'm a nothing but a scrawny weakling that only got to go on that big adventure was because DK had to save me from that barrel.

Shoot! I got carried away! Back to my conversation with Dixie.

"That's great! I also go there, so if you need anything, I'll be there." I gave her my best smile as I told her this. I wanted nothing more than to but a smile on her face.

She looked at me with slight shock. I guess she was amazed that someone was being so generous.

The she did it. She smiled.

"Thank you. That's very kind of you."

I did it. I actually succeeded in making her smile. She had a very lovely smile. I could feel my face heat up. My face had to be the same color as my hat. If not, it was damn near close.

"I-It's no problem." Great. I was stuttering. Now I probably look like a buffoon.

She looked back up at the sky, admiring the oranges and the reds as they all started to turn the purplish color of night. It brought a more genuine smile to her face, which looked even lovelier than her previous smile. I could almost hear my heart throbbing in my chest. How can someone be so lovely?

"It's beautiful, isn't it?"

Her voice almost started me. I was really amazed she would ask such a question.

"It's amazing how the sky would blend such different colors like that so flawlessly. It's like a canvas created by the perfect artist."

I listened to what she said in awe. She was right. The colors blended flawlessly to the point that it almost didn't look real, but instead like a painting.

"Yeah, it does." I finally told her after a few seconds of silence went by.

After more silence went by, she took a few steps forward until she was almost knee deep into the water. She stood there as the waves washed over her legs and the wind blew her hair back. She closed her eyes as the wind blew against her. I could tell just by looking at her that she was at peace.

I wanted to stay with her, but I soon realized what time it was by how the sky started to get darker. DK would be wondering where I was.

"Hey, I have to get back to my uncle. I'll see you tomorrow at Kong Kollege." I told her, breaking her from her trance.

She turned to look at me and smiled, giving me a small wave.

"See you tomorrow."

I turned to start walking back into the jungle but stopped when I was on the edge to look back at her. She was back to looking at the sky, back in the same position she was in before. I was amazed by what I was seeing.

As I turned back towards the jungle the sky started to get even darker. I knew I had to get back home before it got dark. But I couldn't get that image out of my head.

"Dixie…" I said under my breath. "If the sky is a canvas, then you're a masterpiece…"

A/N: Hi, guys. I know I haven't written anything in a long time and I apologize for that. I had the worst case of writer's block and I was also busy with things in my life.

I'm gonna be working on this story and I'm also gonna be rewriting my old ones in the DKC section. I have nothing but free time on my hands so be on the lookout for progress from me.

Maggi woves chu guys~!

Disclaimer: I don't own DKC or any of its characters!