Author's Note: To all my X High School readers I aplogise for making you wait so long. I know I promised this fic long ago but I finally got it figured out, most of it. And have the first chapter up. Hope you like it.
Welcome To Edgemore
Chapter 1
After spending the summer up at Washington University Kori decided that it wasn't for her and opted to transfer out. Now four months later a new school year has started at the brand new Edgemore College. This school is the first of its kind, a school that's dedicated to sports and all things surrounding it. This is the ultimate party school, and where our story starts on the morning of October 1st. The alarm clock buzzed in Richard Grayson's bedroom as the teen groaned and hit snooze as he tried to get some sleep.
"I hate mornings." He groaned as he put a pillow to his head. When there was a knock or more like pounding at his door.
"Yo Rich you up man?" said Vic.
"Go away dude." He moaned.
"Come on bro don't make me come in there." Warned Vic.
"The door's locked." Muttered Rich.
"Gar get me a screwdriver." He said.
"I got a credit card if you need it." His roommate said.
"All right give me the card and the screwdriver." He told him.
Gar went to the counter and grabbed a screwdriver from the junk bowl while Slade watched TV. In the next few minutes Rich heard a rattling at his door as Vic screwed with the lock and came rushing in.
"Banzai!" he yelled jumping on the bed and smashing Richard.
"Ahh! Oh God! Get off me Vic!" he yelled.
"Grab his ankles!" he yelled as Gar came into assist him. The two pulled him out of bed with Rich gripping at the sheets and falling to the floor with a thud.
On the other side of the wall Kori awoke to the commotion and groaned.
"Sounds like the guys are up." Tara said in the kitchen.
"What gave that away?" Raven said in the recliner reading the paper.
"Call it a guess." She said as she fixed eggs.
Rich came out of his room a moment later pissed off at his roommate.
"Hey he warned you." Slade shrugged as he continued watching SportsCenter.
"Yo Rich, we off to class. No hard feelings right?" asked Vic.
"He'll get over it wont you Rich?" said Slade.
"Yeah whatever." He muttered.
"Cool, catch you later guys." Vic said.
"Yeah see ya in a while." Replied Slade.
"Guess I'll get ready for class then." Rich said shutting the door with the knob hanging part way off. Slade chuckled to himself as he continued watching TV.
Outside Vic and Gar made their way from the dorms to the front lawn of Edgemore. As stated this isn't your typical school. Walking up the sidewalk they made their way past a group of breakdancers that were practicing on a cardboard box with a radio playing 'California Love' nearby. While a rollerblader passed Gar and Vic on the sidewalk making his way to the skating ramp. Yeah its true Edgemore is a school unlike any other. Many have questioned the practicality of having such an establishment. While others have argued to give it a chance. Athletes come from all over to attend Edgemore, a large number of them are extreme athletes most notably skaters and motocross riders. As well as a number of playing fields for every type of sport. Including the large dirt track used for motocross and race rally sports. A few minutes later Vic and Gar made it to their first class, The History of Sports.
"Hey what's up guys? I'm Dr. Diego I am a retired masked wrestler also known as a Luchidor. And today we'll be talking about the infamous XFL. The Xtreme Football League." He told them.
Dr. Diego was a portly Mexican-American man with short neatly styled hair and a moustache and looked to be in his 30s at least. The teacher turned to the screen projector as Vic and Gar took their seats in the last row.
"The XFL was founded by Vince McMahon in 2000. We know him as the owner of World Wrestling Entertainment. The XFL was conceived as a scion of football and wrestling and attempted to create a more violent version of the game. This was of course met with criticism by professional sports leagues and fans alike as the idea of combining wrestling moves with football seemed incredible vapid. Because of this along with several other things the league folded within the year and is seen as an embarrassment in the sports community. Now who can name some of the teams?" he asked.
Vic raised his arm as the Doc pointed to him.
"Yes."
"The Las Vegas Outlaws and Chicago Enforcers were two teams I remember." He said.
"Don't forget the New York/New Jersey Hitmen." Said Gar.
"Good, what were some others? Anyone?" he asked.
The LA Extreme was another team." Said a blonde guy with his hat on backwards.
"Yeah they won the championship." Added a girl.
"Correct, which as it goes without saying was the only one they had." Said Dr. Diego. Another student raised their hand.
"When I was living down in San Francisco I remember they had a team called the Demons." He told them.
"Right. I see you guys know your stuff. Most people couldn't name one XFL team, very good. The others were the Birmingham Thunderbolts, the Orlando Rage, and Memphis Maniax. The league consisted of eight teams and had two divisions the East and the West. Now what led to the eventual downfall of the league?" he asked.
The student in the reverse baseball cap raised his hand once more.
"Yeah." He pointed.
"From what I remember they had really bad ratings as the season wore on." He said.
"Right and it was because of those craptastic ratings that the league ultimately failed. Ironically the season opener had a ratings high of 9.5 only to have it drop to a staggering 4.6 Neilson rating the following week. As stated earlier the sports world didn't even consider them a legitimate league this was proven when sports venues like ESPN, Fox Sports and area newspapers wouldn't news or even the outcomes of XFL games. Because it was so closely related to wrestling many started to doubt if the games were even real. The reason why other sports channels didn't cover them was because it was co-owned by NBC at the time and was declared to be the NFL's competition. It was a combination of these factors that led to the XFL's demise." He told the class. Vic raised his hand.
"Was there anything that actually survived the XFL's dissolution?" he asked.
"Actually yes, the NFL would go on to use the Sky Cam that was employed in XFL games. The Sky Cam is a camera that hangs by a wire above the stadium offering a bird's eye view of the game. What makes it unique is that that camera can travel along the line and capture the game from different angles. Since then other leagues have started using the Sky Cam including the MLB, NHL and college football. All right that's all for today, tomorrow we'll cover one of the worst wrestling gimmicks of all time the Gobbleygooker. Have a nice day everyone." He waved to the class.
A while later Rich got out of his Sports Physics class in time to meet Vic and the others.
"Hey guys." He said.
"Hey Rich!" said Vic.
"How was class?" he asked.
"We talked about the XFL." Said Gar.
"Oh yeah I remember that, boy that didn't last long did it?" asked Rich.
Vic chuckled. "No, it was practically over before it started."
"It would have stood a better chance if they didn't say it was like wrestling." Said Gar.
"Let's get some lunch." Rich said as they went over to the pizza palace where the girls were waiting.
"Hey guys!" Kori yelled.
"Hey Kor." Rich said coming up to the group. Kori got out of her seat and put her arms around him.
"It's good to see you again." she told him.
"Yeah you too. So how was Washington?" he asked.
"It was all right, I really missed you guys." She told him.
"We missed you too." He said.
"You guys coming to the Fall Bash celebration tonight?" asked Gar.
"Totally!" said Tara.
"I thought about getting some jack-o-lanterns for the apartment. You want to come with?" he asked Tara.
"Yeah I haven't been out to a pumpkin patch in ages!" she said.
"Awesome we can get some for your place as well." He said.
"Yeah." She said.
"Come on we'll take the Jeep." He told her.
"You guys go on, we'll see you back at the apartment later." Said Rich.
"All right later dudes!" he said as they went to the parking lot.
Over the summer Gar traded in his '94 Pontiac Grand Am for a green '98 Jeep Wrangler. Walking across the lawn they made it to the apartment parking lot.
"I'll just grab my jacket real quick." Tara said going to her black Mustang.
After retrieving a pink jacket from her backseat she locked up and went with Gar climbing into the passenger seat of his Jeep. Gar started up the engine and they were off. Coming around the corner they raced up the driveway going past the apartments. Edgemore was a unique school set along the mountain coastline of Northern California overlooking a cliff. The school set along 200 acres of land out in the open country. Although this may seem like a weird place to place a school the overall view was spectacular, the Sierra Mountains etched into the background, a breath taking view of the ocean 40 feet below and even had it's own manmade waterfall cascading into the sea on the opposing cliff that was open to students year around. The awe-inspiring campus truly was a thing of wonder. Driving past the main building Tara watched the students in the schoolyard and seeing a statue of a Coyote standing on a cliff, the school mascot. As they left the school grounds Gar turned on the radio as a familiar song started to play, David Cook's 'The Time of My Life'.
As they cruised down the country highway Tara zipped up her jacket as the ocean air whipped past them. Maybe they should have taken the Mustang after all?
"I think we should have took my car." Tara said trying to keep her hair out of her eyes.
"Hang on a second." He said and pulled over to the side.
Jumping out Gar went to the back and pulled out a vinyl roof and straightened it out.
"Help me get this on." He said as she got out of the Jeep.
A few seconds later they had the vinyl roof snapped on and pulled it over the front of the cab under the roll bar and off road lights he had installed. Getting back in the car they rolled up windows and continued on their way.
"Thanks." She said.
"No problem, it was getting a little chilly anyway." He told her as they continued driving.
A few miles down the road they arrived at their destination the Nor-Cal Pumpkin Works. Getting out of the truck they went to pick out pumpkins. There were gourds of all sizes from teeny pumpkins that fit in your hand to massive ones that would take at least three men to load. As they searched about there were other customers that were doing the same. Most of the new comers were children telling their parents which ones they wanted. Some of which were bigger than the kids themselves. Mind you most of them were about 5-7.
"So do you see any you like?" Gar asked as they walked about.
"Not yet, wait what about this one?" she asked picking up a medium sized gourd.
"Ha ha. It looks perfect." He said.
"I think I'll take this one." She told him.
"Awesome, let's see if I can find one." He said looking about.
Back at school as evening approached the festivities was set to begin.
"Sure hope the guys get back soon, I hate for them to miss this." said Rich.
"I know what you mean man. It's the first big celebration of the year." said Vic.
"Dont worry I'm sure they'll make it back." Kori told them.
AN: All right I'm sorry guys for having to cut it off right here. I wanted to get this out before the weekend. So what did you think? Hope you liked it. Next chapter will be the party I promise. Let me know what you think.
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