My first Homestuck Fanfic! Hope you like it!
The wind blew my hood off as I headed towards a large building. Gosh did I hate the wind sometimes. Always blowing stuff with it's whole windy thing. Bleh. This is stupid. I don't want to be here. Well that could mean this place I was going or earth in general. Either is suitable. Yesterday was my birthday and what an amazing birthday it was. I'm thirteen. Now a teenager. My dad always told me that today was the day I'd become a man but I don't feel different. Well, besides the stomach aches from all the FUCKING CAKE I WAS FED.
Let's not mention my dad, okay? He went missing late yesterday night and the police picked me up and brought me here. At school we called this place 'Junior Insane Asylum' because all the wacko kids from my class lived here. All twelve of them. I didn't know their names, of course, nobody does. We like to call them trolls because they always pick on other kids for no apparent reason. I'm gonna get bullied so bad here.
"Are you John?" A tall curvy black woman asked, opening the door for me and my social worker. I didn't even know his name but I hated him. Though I remember him saying he was called Jack N-something. Eh, I'm probably wrong. He was really rude though and a horrible driver, speeding and slamming on his brakes at the last minute, it gave me a headache.
"John." Jack said suddenly, nudging me out of my thoughts. I shook my head.
"Yes. I'm John Egbert." I finally answered flatly, not making eye contact.
"I'm Delorosa, the kids call me Rosa." She responded, sticking a hand out to shake. I shoved my hands in my pockets, still not looking. "Well thank you." She looked up at Jack. He tipped his hat and left, leaving me on a porch with a weird lady. "Come on in, I'll get your suitcases." She grabbed my bags and pulled me in. I now stood in a bright green room, two couches and a lay-z-boy in front of a large TV to my right and a long table coming from a kitchen on my left. Ahead were some bedrooms and a staircase leading upstairs.
"Karkat, show him around." Rosa said, taking my bags upstairs. A dark haired kid with very bright red eyes grumbled and stood up from the couch to come over.
"I'm Karkat." He stated, nodding instead of offering a hand. I noticed his eyebrows were much lighter then his hair, "I'm albino, jesus, stop staring." He added, his voice very loud and angry.
"Don't say Jesus like that!" Rosa called. He rolled his eyes.
"JEGUS!" He called back, rolling his eyes. I stood silent. He looked at me, "Well, you gonna say your fucking name or not?" He asked, trying to curse silently.
"I'm John Egbert." I replied, nodding a little. He nodded back then started off.
"Okay, there's the TV area." He pointed to the right. A oriental-looking kid with circle glasses and one brownish-red eye and one blue eye sat on a laptop while a dark skinned kid in a wheelchair played Pokémon by himself, "The stupid glasses kid is Sollux, don't challenge him to video games, he cheats. Mr. Mohawk is Tavros, he thinks he can fly." He said. I nodded. Karkat pointed to the left where a brown-haired face-painted guy sat with a few bottles of Faygo and some horns. He gave a little half wave, his eyes half shut. "That's Gamzee, everyone's convinced he does drugs but we haven't proven it yet." Karkat explained. My eyes widened but I nodded.
Karkat led me to a door behind the staircase that lead downstairs. A window was at the end of the hall with a sliding door to outside. Out there was a large yard with a trampoline next to a pool. Another oriental-looking kid was out there, long black hair going down her back.
"What's she doing?" I asked, seeing her with a giant shovel and an Indiana Jones hat on. Karkat looked.
"Oh, that's Aradia. She's either digging all of our graves or doing some archeology." He explained nonchalantly. I stared in shock, Karkat, yanking on my arm to get me to follow. We got to the basement, two girls fighting with what looked like real swords. One had short dark orange hair and the other had blonde with blue streaks. They were both dressed up.
"That's Terezi and Vriska, they're roll playing." He said. The pause, looked over and waved at me, then went back to fighting. Karkat lead me to another area, "Terezi's blind and likes to smell people and we're all pretty convinced Vriska has mind control powers." He whispered.
Why was this place so weird? It's like I was dropped off at the nuthouse.
Around the corner, some workout equipment were being used by a tall muscular brown haired dude. A much smaller light orange-haired girl sat facing the wall and drawing pictures on it. "There's Equius. He sweats a lot and likes horses. Also, don't go near him because if he even touches you you're screwed. By the wall is Nepeta, she's convinced she's a cat and always wants her meat raw." He said, turning and heading back upstairs. I stared at the two a little longer before following.
We went upstairs, bedrooms lining the hall. The first one, a very bright white one, stood two girls, both darker colored but one with black hair and the other with dark brown. The black haired one was fitting the other with some clothes.
"That's Kanaya and Feferi. Don't let Kanaya into your clothes or she'll throw them away and make you new ones that are stupid. Feferi barely even get's out the pool, it's like she's a fucking mermaid." He said, moving on. Kanaya saw me and gave a little wave and kind smile. I waved back.
At the end of the hall was a dark room with the door wide open. A small TV was the only light. "That's Eridan, he obsessed with Harry Potter and tries to say he doesn't believe in magic but truthfully, he's still waiting for his Hogwarts letter." Karkat said. Eridan turned and saw us, running up.
"Oh, you're the neww kid?" He asked. I nodded at the light haired boy. He looked at me up and down. "I don't like you." He slammed the door. Well then, bitch. At the end of the hallway was a door that opened to more stairs. I sighed and followed Karkat up to the attic.
"That's your room." He said, pointing to the right. I looked over. There was a bed, a nightstand, and a dresser. "And this is mine." He walked to the left. Posters lined the walls of cheesy romance movies and Fresh Prince of Belair. There was also a bookshelf full of romance novels. Rosa was on my side.
"Did he show you around and introduce you to everyone?" She asked. I nodded. She smiled and headed down, "Dinner will be ready in half an hour." She said as she left.
"Okay." Karkat said as she left. I looked on my bed where my three bags laid. One was for my clothes, one for my school supplies, and one for my posters and other awesome items. I started unpacking,
"You got any tape?" I asked, pulling out the posters. Karkat walked over to a drawer and pulled out a hammer and nails.
"Here, don't hurt yourself." He said, tossing them onto my bed. I was about to thank him when-"Unless you tell em first so I can watch." He descended the stairs and left me alone. I took a deep breath and started fixing my side the best I could so it resembled my old room. I finally got all the posters up, trying to shake off the pain in my thumb from where I hit it several times with the hammer. Stupid hammers. Why do they have to be like that? Hitting stuff. Bleh.
"Dinner!" Came Rosa's voice. It scared me a little. I put the hammer and remaining nails into the drawer Karkat pulled them out of and headed downstairs. I was last to the table, having to sit in between Karkat and Terezi. Rosa walked in and sat down a giant plate of turkey, a bowl of green beans, some mashed potatoes, gravy, and a basket of rolls. My mouth watered. I didn't even have breakfast this morning and only a smushed granola bar I found in the backseat of Jack's car.
"Pass the turkey!" Terezi called, reaching over me. She sniffed the air and turned towards me.
"Hey newbe, I hear you gotta room with Karkat! Ha! Have fun with that!" She said, laughing loudly. "Now give me turkey." She grabbed the plate and practically took half. I managed to grab some before Karkat yanked it away. Vriska switched hers and Terezi's plates, digging into the meat. Terezi, of course noticed and tackled Vriska, their chairs falling backwards. Nepeta nearly lept across the table and grabbed the turkey, eating it with her hands. Equius scolded her and dumped a boatload of mashed potatoes on his plate. Gamzee had made himself a bright green pie that didn't look healthy at all. He also chugged Faygo. I got some mashed potatoes before Equius could eat it all.
"Can we have fish tomorrow?" Feferi asked, taking some green beans.
"I want fish!" Nepeta announced, standing up and raising her hand. Equius pulled her back down into her seat.
"I, uh, don't like, uh, fish." Tavros stammered, trying to get some food but kept pulling back when Aradia grabbed it.
"Can we have that corpse party for the stray cats? One got ran over yesterday." Aradia wondered, dumping some green beans on her plate.
"No, honey, and it's a funeral, not corpse party." Rosa corrected. Aradia nodded.
"Corpse party sounds better though." She noted under her breath.
"I want chicken." Eridan announced.
"You're a chicken." Sollux commented, eating two rolls at a time.
"Wwhat did you say?!" Eridan yelled, pointing his fork at Sollux.
"You. Are. A. Chicken." Sollux repeated slowly, grinning at the end. They glared at each other for a few minutes.
"Nobody understands me." Eridan complained, plopping back down. Sollux rolled his eyes.
"PASS ME SOME ROLLS, FUCKASS!" Karkat yelled. Sollux grabbed one and tossed it, Karkat unable to catch it, "DON'T THROW IT!" Karkat declared.
"Not my fault you can't catch." Sollux relied. Karkat grumbled and sat back down. Across the table from me was Kanaya who seemed like the only sane one here. She silently ate her food.
"Hi, I'm John." I said, smiling. She looked up.
"Im Kanaya, would you like me to make you a new shirt? That one seems-old." She said, staring at my spades shirt. I looked down at it.
"Uh, no thanks, my dad gave this to me." I said, smiling a little. She nodded.
"Okay, just tell me if you'd like a new wardrobe, I'd be happy to help." She said, smiling. I smiled back.
"Thanks." I said, glad someone here was actually nice.
We finished dinner and each had a cookie Rosa had made earlier. They were Betty Crocker which made me really homesick. I went to the TV area and sat down on one of the couches, staring blankly at the TV.
"Wanna play Mario Kart?" Sollux asked, sitting on the other couch.
"Uh, Karkat said not to play games with you because you cheat." I said, regretting it after it came from my mouth.
"Kk, that thnitch." He grumbled, opening his laptop and starting it up. Tavros wheeled himself up.
"Uh, you're John, right?" He asked me tentatively. I nodded.
"Tavros, right?" I said. He smiled and nodded.
"So, uh, I mean, if you're okay with asking, uh, how did you, uh, why-"
"Just ask already, jegus." Karkat complained, coming up and sitting down. Tavros opened his mouth to ask again but was interrupted.
"Why the hell are here." Sollux asked, not looking up.
"Oh, well, my dad went missing and I have nobody else to go to." I explained, "And that's really all there is to say on the matter." I rubbed the back of my neck. The three of them nodded.
A few boring hours passed of watching TV.
"Time for bed!" Rosa announced. Twelve sighs were released. I headed up to the attic and sat down on my bed, looking at my Con Air movie poster. I smiled, not daring to turn around to see the one dad got me yesterday unless I wanted to cry. Karkat came up a few minutes later and flopped onto his bed, getting into his crab shirt and black shorts and climbing into bed. I grabbed my ghostbusters pj's and went to the bathroom to change. I came back up.
"Why do you have a stuffed bunny?" Karkat asked, holding Liv Tyler. I gasped, rushing over and grabbing her.
"That's a gift from a friend." I said, stomping over and setting her down on my nightstand. Karkat rolled his eyes and flipped off the light. I made sure he couldn't see and grabbed Liv, hugging her against my chest. The only sound was the crickets. I rolled over to face the window, a bright crescent moon giving light to the dark room. I rolled the other way, facing the poster dad got me. I forced a smile, hugging Liv tighter, and drifting asleep.
Hope you liked it! And yes, I plan on making more.