Regular Show Chronicles

Chronicle #1: First Encounter

There he was, lying in his bed, wondering of what the day will hold. This little boy was laying in his bed, wondering on what this new high school would be like. The boy's name was Raven and he was a thirteen year old raccoon that lived a troubled life. His parents separated when he was four, and since then, his mother and he couldn't barely afford to feed themselves. Until they managed to move from Australia, where they originally came from.

It felt weird being a new country, especially a big one like America, but Raven was excited, he couldn't wait to start his new school. "Raven! It's time for high school!" A voice shouted from nearby. "I know Mom!" Raven shouted back, dressing in a new set of clothes. Raven left his room with his newly packed backpack and sat at the dining table in the dining room. "Are you nervous?" Raven's mother asked.

"No, well…to be honest, I'm more excited than nervous." Raven replied, putting his backpack next to him. "Well, have you packed for your first day of high school?" Raven's Mother asked, putting a plate with waffles on it on the table in front of him. "Yes I have, and thanks for the waffles!" Raven smiled, stuffing his face with the waffles. "No problem, now, it's getting close to nine, we should go." Raven's mother sighed, picking up her purse from the tabletop.

"Actually, I'd rather walk to school, if you don't mind." Raven dismissed. "Alright, do you know the way to the school?" Raven's mother asked. "Yes I do, I remember walking past it a few times since we got to this town." Raven replied, walking to the front door. "Alright Sweetie, have a good first day!" Raven's mother smiled. "I will Mom, cya later." Raven replied, leaving the house.

Raven smiled and breathed some fresh air, before starting to walk to his new school. "I wonder if the teachers and students are nice…" Raven muttered to himself. Raven had twenty minutes before school started, so he decided he'd have some extra breakfast down at a nearby store called; "Wing Kingdom."

"They don't have this stuff where I come from, but I'm glad that I moved here, the food here is delicious." Raven smiled to himself. Raven sat a table by himself and waited for someone to come over. "Can I take your order?" A waiter came over. "Sure, I'll just take 4 wings, Medium Size, thank you." Raven sighed, before paying the waiter with some of his lunch money.

Nearby a Blue Jay and a small raccoon were sitting in a booth, eating wings and talking, the raccoon looked over at Raven and spoke to the blue jay; "Dude, that kid looks like me." "He does doesn't he?" The blue jay laughed. "He looks lonely, sitting there by himself." The raccoon said. "Yeah, he does…maybe we should go sit with him?" The blue jay asked. "Too late. He's already leaving." The raccoon pointed to Raven, thanking the waiter and leaving the restaurant.

A few minutes later, Raven arrived at the school and sat outside, reading a book. The blue jay was walking without his raccoon friend to the school. The blue jay noticed Raven and decided that he'd try to make friends with him. The jay came and sat next to Raven. "Hi, what's your name?" The jay asked. "Raven." Raven replied, looking up from his book. "Mordecai, nice to meet you." The jay replied, putting out his hand. Raven shook his hand and put down his book.

"I haven't seen you here before." Mordecai continued. "It's my first day. I just moved here a couple of days ago." Raven shrugged. "Well welcome." Mordecai laughed. "Thanks." Raven replied. "So where did you move…" Mordecai began, before the bell for school rung. "Well, it's time for school I guess." Raven laughed. "Well, cya later?" Mordecai asked. "Yeah, cya." Raven replied.

A few minutes later, the teachers allocated each of the students to their different classes. Everyone got their timetables and the day began. Raven entered his first class, ironically being his favourite; Mathematics. Raven shared the class with the jay he met that morning, plus a small raccoon that looked like him, and other human students. The teacher addressed the class and the class began.

Fifty minutes later the bell rang and the period ended. The five minute break began and Raven went to his allocated locker. He transferred his books to the right subject which he had for the next three periods; History, Cooking and Physical Education. His locker was next to two people, by the names of Rigby and Shaun. On his left, a raccoon that almost looked exactly the same as him greeted him. "Hi, I'm Rigby." He put his fist up, Raven knew what he meant, so he fist pumped him.

"Cool! I'm Raven." Raven smiled. "We look like brothers!" Rigby laughed. "Wanna hang out later?" Rigby asked. "Sure!" Raven smiled. "Catch you on the flip side, dude!" Rigby said, running to his next class. "Wow, not even an hour in and I already have two friends, I'm on a role!" Raven thought to himself, as he shut his locker and walked towards his next class.

Later that day, Raven was sitting by himself on a small picnic bench in the school playground. Mordecai and his friend Rigby were sitting nearby and had a look at Raven and nodded at each other. They walked over to where Raven was sitting and sat next to him. "Hi." Mordecai smiled, putting down his backpack. "Yeah, Hey dude." Rigby said, putting down his backpack. "Hey." Raven smiled, putting down another book he was reading.

"I'm sure you met my friend Mordecai." Rigby said. "Yeah, I did." Raven smiled. "And you met Rigby too?" Mordecai asked. "Yes." Raven replied. "Cool, so why are you sitting by yourself? You know there are lots of people here you can make friends with, like us!" Rigby smiled. "Sorry, I'm just new." Raven apologized. "No need to be sorry." Mordecai replied. "So…I'm gonna assume you two are friends?" Raven asked.

"Yeah, been friends for seven years." Rigby smiled. "Cool, I wish I had a long-life friend like you guys." Raven sighed. "Don't worry, it's never too late to start." Mordecai smiled. "Cool." Raven smiled back. "What do you have for your last two periods?" Mordecai asked. "Physical Education and English." Raven replied, checking his timetable. "Same as us, are you in our PE and English classes?" Rigby asked. "I think so." Raven replied.

"Cool." Rigby smiled. "Well, are you doing anything after school?" Mordecai asked. "Nothing really, I just stay home and read." Raven sighed. "Well, we're gonna go check out the new game store in town, wanna join us?" Rigby asked. "Sure!" Raven eagerly replied. "Cool, then straight after school?" Mordecai asked. "Definitely!" Raven laughed. "Well, we should get ready for class…" Rigby began, before the bell went.

"Saved by the bell as they say." Raven joked. Mordecai laughed a bit. Rigby just rolled his eyes in amusement. The three friends walked to their next class and the rest of the day unfolded.

That afternoon, the final bell rang and school finished. Raven was waiting outside of the school for Mordecai and Rigby. Eventually the two friends arrived; "Let's go!" Rigby eagerly said. Mordecai and Raven chuckled, as they began to walk to the game store. As the sun disappeared behind the clouds, Raven was enjoying every second with his newfound friends.

1 Year Later

One year after their meeting, the three friends were closer than ever, they shared all secrets, told no lies to each other and did things almost every day together. Raven arrived at school that day, being in Year eight now, having new classes and a different timetable stressed him out a little bit, but he tried not to worry about it. Entering the school grounds, he sheltered himself from the heavy rain outside and dried his backpack with a couple of towels he brought with him to school for Physical Education.

Mordecai and Rigby arrived at the school a short time later and decided they were gonna talk with Raven again. They did this almost every day, it was almost a routine. Raven was at his locker, he had finished picking up his books and met Mordecai and Rigby near the front of the school. "Hey guys." Raven said, unenthusiastically. "What's wrong?" Mordecai asked. "I'm just a little stressed at the moment, with all the new timetables and classes this year." Raven replied.

"We all are stressed, we know how you feel." Rigby sighed. "Its stressful, god I can't wait until I finish school." Raven laughed. "You got that right, we can't wait either." Rigby smiled. As they were about to go to their classes, they were stopped by a small group of large human's in Year ten. "What do you want?" Mordecai asked. "We want your money, we didn't get enough food for today, so we need money for the canteen." One of the boys said.

"But your hands are filled with different foods." Rigby pointed to the boy's hands. "Well, we need more." The boy continued. "You ain't gettin' shit." Raven crossed his arms. Mordecai and Rigby looked at Raven, with speechless looks. "What did you say, midget?" One of the boy's asked, getting in Raven's face.

"I said you aren't getting anything and I'm not a midget." Raven got up in the boy's face. "Yo, Shaun, seems like this guy wants to be put in hospital. What do you reckon?" The boy asked one of his fellow friends. "I think he does." Shaun replied. "Then let's accommodate him." The boy said, clenching his fist. Raven backed off a bit, before he was struck by a punch. Raven was knocked to the ground, before the boy's approached him.

Mordecai and Rigby backed his friend up and tried to reason with the bullies; "Wait, he didn't mean it…just leave him alone." Mordecai nervously laughed. "Too late." Shaun approached, punching Mordecai in the face. Rigby backed up his friends. Rigby tried to get his friends away from this before it escalates more than it already is.

"Let's get em!" One of the boys shouted, the group of boys ran towards the three friends. The three friends ran through the school halls, trying to escape their pursuers. They ran outside of the school and ran behind a large fence, hiding behind a large dumpster, therefore escaping the bullies. "That was close…" Raven tried to catch his breath. "Thanks for sticking up for us…but maybe next time just give them the money?" Mordecai sighed, rubbing some of the blood off of his beak.

"Yeah…maybe I will…" Raven laughed. "That was pretty awesome though." Rigby sighed. "Yeah…that was pretty cool." Mordecai agreed. "Thanks, ha." Raven laughed. "Anyway, we should probably get back into school before any of the teachers get pissed." Raven walked towards the school. "Yeah, let's go." Rigby replied, walking with Mordecai and Raven back into the school.

2 Years Later

The three friends had progressed to the end of Tenth grade, and they're enjoying it, because it's getting close until they get to finish school. Raven was at home on the weekend, sitting in front of the house on the curb. Mordecai and Rigby saw Raven and sat next to him. "How's it going, dude?" Mordecai asked. "Not good." Raven replied. "Why?" Rigby asked. Raven motioned them to look at his house, there were boxes of stuff with names on them. "You're moving?" Mordecai asked. "I am…" Raven sighed. "No, don't go." Rigby began to frown. "Sorry guys, Mom got a job in a town called Twin Peaks, a couple of hundred miles away, we might not see each other for a while." Raven sighed sadly.

"This sucks!" Mordecai exclaimed. "I know right?" Raven groaned. "I hope we see you in the future." Rigby smiled. "I hope so too, friends." Raven smiled. "Alright Raven! It's time to go now! We've packed the move-it truck and we're ready to go." Raven's mother said with excitement. "Say goodbye to your friends and then we gotta go." Raven's mother continued.

"Well, I guess this is goodbye." Raven dropped his head down. "Yeah…" Mordecai patted Raven on the back. "Well, good luck in Twin Peaks." Rigby faked a smile. Raven gave both of the friends a hug, before getting into the move-it truck. "Bye." Raven sadly said, before the truck pulled out of the driveway and drove around a corner, disappearing from sight.

Mordecai sighed. "That's so unfair…" Rigby drooped his head down. The rain kept pouring as the two friends watched their friend leave, probably never seeing him again. Raven looked out the window of the truck while they were on the freeway, leaving the town and saw the town as they began to leave. "I sure as hell hope I see them again." Raven thought to himself, leaning against the window of the truck. "I'm sure I will…" Raven thought to himself.

"I'm sure…"

End of Chronicle #1 First Encounter