Prologue and Chapter 1: The Young Inventor
Hey guys! I have been on hiatus for a long time. I finally wrote a new fanfic! And yes, I'm saying "I" because my brother has completely given up on writing. Boo for him. But he did agree to be my editor. So yay. Anyways, this fanfic is based on the movie, Big Hero 6 (I am in love with it at the moment :) ) Hope you enjoy!
Prologue
"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you…the Face-Changer!"
A young girl by the age of 7 proudly whipped the cover of her project. The invention was revealed and the audience gasped.
The girl's invention, the Face-Changer, took the shape of a human body but had no face; there was only a pair of lifeless eyes on it. The body looked like a cross between a male and a female's, but other than that, it had no specific gender. The entire invention was painted black but it seemed to glow under the light.
"I created the Face-Changer for specific reasons," the girl went on, grinning. "One of them is just for fun. I will now be taking volunteers!"
As if on cue, a girl just three years younger than the older girl raised her hand. "Rhea Tamaki, you may now proceed to the stage!" she announced.
As she helped Rhea up, she said, "Now, Ms. Tamaki, please look into the eyes of the Face-Changer."
Rhea giggled and did as told. Immediately, the Face-Changer's eyes glowed blue and the face came to life. Molecules started to move, and soon began to take the form of Rhea herself.
As the audience stared in awe and clapped a bit, the inventor continued, "The Face-Changer can look like anything and anyone. I mainly created it for entertainment but I also realized it could be more."
The girl patted the heads of the two younger girls as the audience tried figuring out which was which. "It could be an excellent spy. It can also take the information of a certain someone, rather than just their looks, by just a glimpse of their face. It could even work for the government, or be a servant in houses if there were more of it. Just as long as you treat it right!" The audience laughed at her childish sentence, but she was dead serious,
She cleared her throat. "I want the Face-Changer to do more than just change its appearance. With imagination, it could do much more. I'm willing to use this invention of mine to change the world."
Everyone applauded for her. The two girls bowed while the Face-Changer started taking its original self.
Nobody realized its eyes turn red.
Chapter 1
~8 years later~
14-year old Friya Tamaki was woken by the sound of her special alarm. It activated a small blue robot that actually got off the clock just to wake her up. She named it Suki. Today, Suki tried pulling the covers off her when tapping on the head didn't work.
"I'm up, I'm up!" Friya yawned firmly. The little robot pushed her off the bed, causing her to grunt in pain and fixed her bed. Once it was finished, it went back to the clock and went back to its original position. Friya chuckled. Suki may have been annoying when she created it but she was always helpful. Like today, she was almost late for her "meeting".
Friya took her shower and changed into her usual everyday clothes. She quickly grabbed her bag and left her room.
"Oh, almost forgot!" Friya frantically hurried back inside and grabbed a heavy box from under her bed. She winced from the weight but carrying it was worth it enough. Using her foot to close the door, she finally left the room.
"Another showcase?" Hiro Hamada asked. He and his friends were just walking on their way to school.
"Of course," Gogo said, her gum popping in her mouth. "It's a tradition in the Institute."
"I don't really feel comfortable about entering this year," Hiro said, shrugging his bag on. "Not after what happened last time…"
"Come on Hiro!" Honey Lemon pushed him. "Your inventions are amazing!"
"Yeah!" Wasabi added. "We're sure nothing like that could ever happen again."
"I still don't know guys…"
"Dude!" Fred exclaimed. "This only happens once a year! This is a once-in-a-year time offer!"
Hiro chuckled. "Well, what are you guys gonna do?"
"We're probably going to do the same things we did last year," Wasabi shrugged.
"And I'll do nothing!" Fred said proudly.
"Well, maybe it's best if you showcase your suits," Hiro suggested.
"But Hiro, you made them," Honey said.
"Nah, it's cool. You guys were the ones who originally came up with the designs anyway."
"Speaking of our suits," Gogo said, taking her gum out. "I got one of our friends to add some upgrades on them."
"Upgrades?"
"Oh, you mean young Friya!" Honey said excitedly .
"Hey, I've almost forgotten about her!" Fred said. "You know, after all that microbot excitement, it's easy to forget about your friends now and then…"
"Whoa, so you got her to make us some new stuff?" Wasabi asked eagerly. Gogo nodded.
"Hey, wait, who'd you ask upgrades from again?" Hiro asked, still confused.
His friends looked at each other and smirked. "You'll see," Gogo replied.
The gang entered the lab rooms where students were working on their projects for the upcoming showcase. Hiro remembered the first time he entered that room, with Tadashi. The color from his eyes seemed to drain out at the thought of his deceased brother.
"There she is," Gogo pointed at one of the students at one of the tables. She seemed to be working on one of her projects with a blowtorch and protective mask on. As the team moved closer, Hiro got a better glimpse of her.
She was wearing a green shirt with a picture of a ray gun on it. A denim jacket was tied around her waist and baggy pants. She also wore multicolored sneakers with a matching hair tie. Her blonder hair had black streaks in it and was tied high up in high ponytail. Hiro couldn't see her face with the blowtorch mask on, but he already had a good feeling about this girl.
"Hey, Friya," Gogo greeted. At the mention of her name, Friya turned her blowtorch off and took the mask off. Hiro caught his breath when he glanced at her chocolate brown eyes. The young girl beamed as she put her jacket on.
"Well, if it isn't the Big Hero 6," she teased in a melodic voice. She appeared to have expected their arrival.
Honey Lemon laughed. "No need for that kind of addressing, Friya! We're still the same."
Friya laughed, crossing her arms. "Yeah, right. Well, it's great to see you guys again."
"Right back at ya." She gave Wasabi and Fred fist bumps and Gogo and Honey high-fives.
When she turned to Hiro, she first gave him a warm smile. "You must be Hiro," she said, holding her hand out to him.
Hiro managed to catch his breath, smile back, and shake her hand, saying, "Yep. That's me. Hiro Hamada."
"Tadashi's little bro," she mused. "Friya Tamaki." She grinned and Hiro blushed. "Your brother used to talk about you a lot." Her smile slowly dropped. "I'm sorry about what happened last year."
The black-haired boy lost his nervousness and sighed. "It's fine," he said. "It's been a year, I should get over it by now."
"Maybe," Hiro was surprised when she put a hand on his shoulder and looked him dead in the eyes. "But I know what it's like to lose a loved one. No matter what happens, don't lose them from your heart." Hiro was stunned by this but nodded anyway.
"Hiro, Friya is an inventor," Honey Lemon explained, smiling. "She graduated from San Fransokyo High two years ago and has won some awards. She entered the Institute last year, around a few months before you did."
"She's also fourteen years old," Gogo piped in.
It took Hiro a while to process this. "You're my age?" he asked, beaming.
Friya smiled. "Yeah…I was homeschooled my whole life until I was eight. Five years after that, I graduated when I was thirteen. I'm turning fifteen soon, though."
"So am I! Coincidence? I think not."
"No kidding," Friya laughed. "Not everyday you see two child geniuses." Hiro managed a laugh with her.
"So, Friya," Wasabi cut in. "How are your inventions coming up?"
The inventor's eyes lit up. "I've just finished one of them."
She picked up the machine she was working on and everyone could see that it was somewhat shaped like a gun. "One blast from this baby and anything messed up or broken could be fixed in a jiffy," Friya said proudly.
To prove her point, she pointed the gun at her table, which was dirty, covered in loot, and had her tools scattered everywhere. She triggered her gun and a blue beam erupted from it, hitting the table. After a few seconds, it died down to reveal the new, clean, organized table.
"Great work, Fri," Gogo commented. The others nodded in satisfactory.
"Not bad," Hiro said, touching the table.
Friya smiled and set it down. "Thanks, guys. So, you wanted those upgrades?"
"Please,"
"Absolutely!"
"Why not?"
"Yeah!"
This time, Friya brought her heavy box out. After rooting through it, she brought out the first upgrade: a disc that looked like Gogo's.
"That's an upgrade?" Hiro asked. He almost kicked himself for sounding rude.
Luckily, Friya just laughed. "Gogo gave me her discs. I just added a little something to 'em." She pushed something in them, and little spikes popped up at the sides, leaving space for a handle. She handed it over to Gogo. "Go on."
"With pleasure," Gogo threw her disc at a table. As it did, the disc seemed to pass right through it. While the disc stopped itself and hit the wall, the table that looked just fine suddenly broke in half.
"Nice," Gogo gave a satisfied smile as she went to retrieve her disc.
"Did the same thing to the others," Friya showed the others three more upgraded discs and set them aside. "All right, who's next? Ah, yes…"
She stuck her hand back inside and brought out a pair of pink goggles. "These will help identify the material of any object you wish to use," she explained as she handed them to Honey Lemon. "It's quite useful when you want to know what would be a good reaction to your Chem-balls. There are also some extra supplies like a screwdriver and flashlight in the straps."
When Honey put them on she blinked for a moment before squealing in delight. "I feel like I can see everything!" she said.
"Glad you like it! Now, Wasabi…"
The young man's eye lit up at his name and eyed the box hungrily at the thought of what Friya made for him. She brought out a pair of funny-looking black things that wiped the smile of his face. "Knee-pads?" he asked. He sounded disappointed.
Friya laughed at this. "Try 'em on." She urged.
Wasabi reluctantly obeyed. As soon as they fit on, a plasma blade erupted from the base of each knee. Wasabi's smile immediately returned. "Now that's what I'm talking about," he mused as he repeatedly kicked his shins upwards.
"Now you can kick someone in the you-know-where if you need to," Friya said mischievously. The others stared at her. "Kidding! I'm kidding!" While she laughed, everyone else joined, a bit nervously.
"And finally, for Fred…" Friya brought a small box out.
Fred as well as the rest stared at it. "Uh, sorry, kid, too young," Fred said, shrugging. Friya immediately punched his shoulder. "OW!"
"This is for your monster suit," she said, rolling her eyes. "For any kind of suit, to be more precise. You put this in the mouth of your suit and voila! You have the power to breathe out ice as well as fire."
"Sweet!" Fred happily took the box and started toying with it, trying to see how it works.
"Thanks, Fri," Gogo said, spinning her disc in one hand.
"Yeah, thanks!"
"Thanks, Friya!"
"Psh, I've seen better," Cue second punch.
Hiro gazed at Friya's works in wonder until she said, "Now, what about you?" she asked.
"Me?" Hiro asked, pointing to himself. "I don't need any upgrades."
"Oh, really?" Friya placed a hand on her hip. "And what good can your suit do?"
Hiro opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. His suit didn't do much, really. He mostly used it to hang on to Baymax when they were flying. "Well…"
"Yeah, that's what I thought," Grinning, she brought out two blue orbs from her box and handed them over. "When you upgrade these into the palms of your suit, you can have the ability to shoot beams from your hands and fingers."
"Really?" Hiro asked, staring. "That's cool."
"We're not done yet," Revealing the last thing she had in her box, she held it up for everyone to see.
"A backpack?" Gogo asked, looking at her friend.
"I'm wounded," Friya said dramatically, causing Hiro to chuckle. "This isn't a backpack, my friends."
As Hiro examined it, his eyes slowly widened. "Did you…"
"Yep!" With a push of a button, two purple-and-black colored gliders popped out from the back. The colors seemed perfect enough to match Hiro's suit.
He beamed. "You made me wings?"
"They also come with a jetpack," Friya said proudly, handing it to him. "That way, you may fly alongside Baymax, rather than just on him." She rubbed the back of her head. "Look, I know it's not much since you probably would've come up with these things yourself, but I—"
"No, no," As Hiro gazed at the orbs and pack in his hands, he gave a warm smile and looked at up at her with grateful eyes. "Thank you."
Friya smiled back. "You're welcome."
Before they could stare into each other, she looked at the others, who were still enjoying her upgrades, and said, "You guys better get ready for class."
"We'll just drop these off at our rooms," Gogo said. As the six said their "see-you-laters", they departed the lab rooms and into their own.
As Hiro went to his room, he smiled at the new items he'd gotten from his new friend. As he went into his lab room, he accidentally dropped his new wings on his toe, making him jump and say, "Ow!"
Instantly, his portable, inflatable balloon robot friend popped out of its case, growing into full size. "Hello," it said. "I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion. Hello, Hiro."
"Oh!" Hiro said, surprised. "H-Hey, Baymax…"
"I have detected an injury in the vitals of your right toe. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?"
"What? No, I'm completely fine, Baymax, thanks. I just dropped something on my foot..."
"I have detected some slight throbbing. Are you sure there is no necessary for a foot massaging?"
"Uh, nope, no need. It's fine, I'm fine."
Baymax noticed the items Hiro brought and scanned them. "Have you constructed spheres and a flight support pack?"
As Hiro picked them up and set them on his table, he said, "Nope. My new friend gave them to me. Nice of her to. I wonder why I never came up with ideas like these…"
Baymax tilted his head. "Friend?"
"Yep," Hiro picked his bag up. "Friya Tamaki."
The huggable robot blinked and straightened. "Scanning area for matches of 'Friya Tamaki'."
Hiro chuckled. "Yeah, you go do that, bud. See you after school." With that, he closed he door and left.
After a while, Baymax moved again and started to speak once more as information appeared on his stomach:
"Friya Tamaki
Full name: Friya Hanase Tamaki
Age: 14
Birthday: October 4
Relatives: All deceased
Occupation: San Fransokyo Institute of Technology Student
Any signs of medical records: Allergies to dust and certain elements, diagnosed with asthma, once diagnosed with lung cancer
Current status: Wanted by the Evil"
What did Baymax mean by "Wanted by the Evil"? You'll find out soon in the upcoming chapters! Really hope you liked it. My writing is a bit rusty and I really love Big Hero 6. I'm pretty serious about this fanfic. This will also be the last time I'll be signing off as Ridaa without my brother. Oh well. See you in the next chapter! -Ridaa