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Hey… This is a story of struggle, strife, pain and sacrifice. Lord Fuse launched a war with Earth 6 years ago, and it seems as though there's no hope of it ever slowing down or halting. With the war hitting a global scale, they started doing a draft. Now, at any time, up to a week before battle, they could pull any adolescent out of their home, send them to the academy, and then send them to war… They have been doing this around this time every year for four years… People stopped enlisting, so they had to get desperate. This draft was for 100, and they already have 98. I wasn't in that 98, so what were the chances of me being in that two? Haha, probability…like that is ever a good thing to bring up in war… Well, this is my story… The story of Pike Druid Aftershock

CHAPTER 1: Into the Null Void

I sit on my couch watching re-runs of South Park. It was the last day of the draft, and I still wasn't chosen. Well, I'm 17 so next year is my last year of draft eligibility. I find it strange that only teens are being drafted. I guess it's because were easier to mold into soldiers. Then I thought, why not just draft children, but children are too rowdy. Oh well. I sit, slouched on my parents red couch. I heard a knock at the door, and I stared at it for a second. Every knock for the past month scared me, but none of them were the draft, so I stomached answering it. I looked at the person, and I saw a skull. A skinless, fleshless, eyeball-less skull, in an all-black robe. He carried a scythe. I assumed he was The Grim Reaper…I thought I had died from boredom. I didn't think that was really possible. "Have you come to take me to eternal damnation…?" He spoke and his accent was heavily Jamaican. I didn't think of The Grim Reaper as an urban deity, but then again, I'm an urban child. I was made fun of for having naturally purple hair. Got me into a lot of fights, most of which I won. "No, you 'ave been served." I looked at a business card that said that I have been drafted on the back. I teared up slightly, but I tried not to cry in front of the bringer of death. He left, and I closed the door, fell down to my knees, and cried…

"Aly, I've been drafted!" I yell into the phone, with my friend Alysson on the other line. "Really..? Oh my god… How did your folks take it…?" They don't know…" I stared at the card. It had a big FF, and under it said 'Fusion Fall Academy. Principal Dexter O'Reilly'. He was the mind behind DexLabs. It used to be called Dexter's Laboratory, but it seemed too conceited, and too long. It says that I have to go to City hall, so that's a metroTrain ride that I really don't want to take. "You have to tell them eventually…" "I know!" I responded in anger "I just need to find the right time is all!" She got silent, and I realized that she doesn't like being yelled at… I makes her cry… "I'm sorry… I'm just a little on edge, with the war and all." "It's okay…" she uttered, choking up as she talked. It got really silent for a moment, and then she finally said "I have to go, but I'll talk to you later, and I'll try to be there to see you off." She hung up before I could respond, and that's how I knew she was mad at me… I can't believe this…

The week slowly passed. I told my parents, and they cried for a while, but then they accepted. They had no choice in the matter. Either I go to the academy, or we all go to prison. They didn't want to see me off though… They said it would be too much to handle… I went to city hall, and there were the 99 others who got drafted. They were trying to keep us behind a yellow line. I don't know why, but I wasn't questioning logic, seeing as though I'm being sent to my doom, at the age of 17. I wonder where Alysson was. Her and her sister Rebecca were the only two friends I had in this town. I pulled out my phone to call her, to find out that she had texted me like a second prior to me reaching for my phone… "Srry that I coodnt be there… Family emergency… My mother is really sick… I love you, and I hope you do well… Try 2 visit…" Her mother was always sick… She had a poor immune system… I sat on one of my suitcases, and looked at the space above the yellow line, and I saw a magenta spark. Everyone stared in awe, as it appeared once more but bigger. It appeared one more time, but turned into an entire portal. We all backed up and out of it came a rather short middle aged man, with a 5 o-clock shadow, navy blue-ish shirt, army green cargo pants, and blue Converse sneakers. Same blue as his shirt. He spoke in a very generic, reality TV show host voice.

"Good afternoon maggots. I am Chis McLean, host of the highly acclaimed Total Drama series, and I am here to get you all to walk into that portal, and to your dooms. You guys will spend 180 days in the academy, so it's basically like a year of school, but for combat. After that, you will graduate, and be sent to fight in the war against Fuse. Some of you will die. Some of you will crack, but oh well, war isn't easy. So you just gotta go in, full force."

I was happy when he finally shut up. He wasn't helping at all. At least he could've acted like he gave a shit, like that lady with the powder all over her face in The Hunger Games. Students started to file in, and I walked in in the midst of the crowd. On the other end of the portal was a strange, parallel world… The sky was red and black, and the ground was like some sort of purple mineral… Chris shouted "This is the Null Void. To your left is the school building, where you will get your schedules from Mary Test. Across from it is the armory, where you shall meet up with Gumball Watterson for your armor. Then, up that hill, is the dormitory hall, where your rooms are. Now go out there and…fight… Yeah." You could hear it in his voice that he didn't want to do it. I guess it's the realization that the Total Drama series is on its last leg. Total Drama Island was good. Action was okay, but all the others were just bleh.

I walked over to Ms. Test. She looked AMAZING. One of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Her silky red hair… Her beautiful teal colored eyes. Her glasses were unique. Crescent shaped. And she wore a white laboratory coat. I thought I had fallen in love… She handed me my schedule, and the word that left her mouth was sweet music to my ears. "Well, aren't you a cutie. I can tell you're gonna be breaking hearts." She smiled at me, and the guy behind me pushed me to the side so he could get his schedule. I then headed over to Mr. Gumball, so I could get my armor. Funny, they left an adolescent blue cat in charge of weaponry…

I ventured to my dorm, unpacked and lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling. I looked at my watch. It's about 8:30 p.m. Outside I heard laughing and running, just socializing. It kind of irritated me… Did they or did they not know that in a few months, we are going to be sent into the war, that could potentially take our lives? I looked over at the emptiness next to me. They gave me a room with only one bed, so I'm guessing that I was to room alone. Perfect… I don't really like people anyway… Too much of a hassle… Soon after, at around 8:40, my doorknob twisted, and the door slid open. I looked at the person. He seemed about my age, and he had green eyes. I looked down lower and saw a black shirt, covered by a green jacket that had the number 10 on it, and a name tag. Apparently he was staff. It appalled me, how majority of the staff was my age. I read the name tag and gasped in astonishment. It read… Tennyson… "Hey there, you're…Aftershock right?" I ran up to him and shook his hand rapidly. "And you're Ben Tennyson. I know everything about you. You're like a legend, a god! You're in history books!" He looked at me with a flattered look. Mr. Tennyson was kind of my idol… "Thanks kid. Hey, why are you all cooped up in your room? All the other recruits are out socializing."

"I prefer not to socialize, seeing as though we're probably going to die after academy anyway…"

"That's no way to think."

"It's not a thought. It's fact. Solid fact."

"Look kid, you can't spend your days and nights cooped up in your room. These people here, are going to be your only friends until we defeat Fuse. I know it sucks, but oh well. I've been fighting since I was 10, and I've met everyone. There are recruits in every class that I can call for a favor at any time. You have to make connections. Now I want you out of this room, and socializing, and I better not see you back here until curfew"

I wanted to fight, but I wasn't going to disrespect my hero, so I left, and tried to meet new people… We have a long road ahead of us…

Day 1, Mission Journal

Us as staff are encouraged to keep journals, or diaries, to keep us attached to our own humanities. But then they have a 16 year old writing lesson plans for classes he has to teach. I met this kid earlier. Pike Aftershock. He seemed so alone… In this battle against Fuse, that is the last thing you want. I made a friend. He was 3 years my senior. We graduated from the academy at the same time and we became a team, but then, he was captured by Lord Fuse… I have not given up on finding him, no matter how hard it is… He was a good soldier, and I pray…that Odd Della Robbia is okay…

Sincerely,

Benjamin Kirby Tennyson