A/N: My first real story! Inspired by my times at band camp at a small school in the middle of nowhere. :)
I don't really like the first few chapters, lol, sorry for the bad attempts at humor, feel free to skip over them.
Disclamer: I don't own KH.
Namine stepped out of the car, nervously clutching an old clarinet case. Her white sandals made contact with the pavement and she looked up at Destiny Island High School. She felt a warm breeze caress her face and gently rustle her blonde hair. She looked around. Even this far inland, the area was covered in palm trees. The grass was so… green. The sun was shining, and there wasn't a cloud in sight. It was the most beautiful place Namine had ever seen. She turned back and smiled at her Dad.
"Bye Dad! Wish me luck!"
"Don't worry sweetheart, I'm sure everything will be fine. You have a nice day now."
"Thanks Dad."
"Oh, and tell your brother to stop glaring," he said, glancing at Namine's twin brother Roxas, who was currently shooting death glares at the wall.
"Ha ha, okay. Goodbye."
Namine waved as her dad drove off. She looked at Roxas and sighed. His messy blonde hair moved slightly in the wind as he grimaced. She walked over to him.
"Hey, cheer up," she said, "At least you know how to play your instrument." Roxas now glared at his saxophone case. Look what you got us into now.
"Yeah, but this is Band Camp. Band Camp, Namine! A whole week of hell on earth!"
"Do you even know what they do at Band Camp?" Namine asked
"Well… no, but I'm sure it's… painful," he said.
"Don't be ridiculous. Anyways aren't we supposed to be meeting the principle?"
"Fine, let's go," Roxas said. They started walking towards the school as he continued to glare.
"Wow, this school is so big…" Namine gasped, staring up at the brick building. It was actually a very small school, but to Namine and Roxas, it was epic. Just last year they had been living in Twilight Town being homeschooled, but that was before… theaccident. It all seemed so far away now. Now they had just moved to Destiny Island with their father Ryan Harada for a fresh start. Now they were faced with attending public school for the first time in their lives, and more immediately, today was the first day of Destiny High Band Camp.
Namine took a deep breath. Today was a big day. As they walked along the path to the entrance she noticed rows of beautiful white flowers on either side of her. She really thought this could be the right place for her.
Roxas held the glass door open as they entered. Namine's sandals clicked on the shiny white floor.
"This place sure is… clean" Roxas stated.
"It's so fancy," Namine said, "I feel like I shouldn't even be walking on the floor…"
The two headed towards the glass walled office. Behind a counter they saw a young woman with flowing blonde hair typing away at a computer. Roxas cleared his throat.
"Oh, can I help you?" she looked up, smiling.
"I'm Roxas Harada and this is my sister Namine. We're new here and-"
"Oh, right," the woman said, "Xemnas is expecting you. I'm Aurora by the way. If you ever need anything be sure to stop by."
Namine and Roxas crossed the hallway. They found themselves in front of a large blue door inlaid with a silver border and the words "Principal's Office" right in the center. Roxas slowly knocked on the door. No answer. Roxas knocked louder… no answer. Namine had a bad feeling about this.
"I thought he was supposed to be here," Namine said skeptically.
"Well, he's supposed to be expecting us isn't he," Roxas said as he pushed the door open.
"Hey! Wait, Roxas, you can't just barge in!" Namine exclaimed. She followed Roxas trying to stop him.
"You have arrived," said a loud, deep voice from seemingly nowhere. Namine squealed. Behind a black desk in the center of the room, a large black chair slowly swiveled around revealing a tan man with startling gold eyes and unusually styled silver hair.
"I've been waiting for you," The man said ominously. Needless to say this was all a bit unsettling.
*Awkward silence*
"Um, we knocked you know," said Roxas, "Why didn't you answer?"
"Because that would have ruined the effect," said Xemnas, "I need to keep up appearances you know. Street cred and such." This guy was weird…
"You must be Namine and Roxas Harada. Welcome to Destiny Island High School," Xemnas continued.
"Th-thank you Mr.… Principle," Namine stuttered, she was still a little freaked out.
"Please, call me Mr. Xemnas. Here at Destiny High your teachers are your friends and so you will call them by their first names, but to show proper respect you will always use the titles "Mr." or "Miss". This is school policy."
"Oh, okay… Mr. Xemnas… what if they're married though?" asked Namine.
"MR. OR MISS!" Xemnas yelled. Namine jumped.
"Okay!" This guy was really starting to scare her.
"Ahem. Anyways, normally I'd introduce you to the staff and teachers, but unfortunately everyone is very busy preparing for the new school year and mustn't be disturbed. You won't be needing your school uniforms until school begins. Now if you'll excuse me I have to get back to my… important paperwork," Xemnas said, steering them out of his office.
"GOOD DAY!" The door slammed in their faces.
"…Well that was weird," Namine said, still staring at the door.
"That guy is a freak," Roxas was starting to think he wouldn't mind staying out of trouble this year, "He didn't even tell us where to go."
"Do you want to ask him?" asked Namine.
"No way in he-" Roxas corrected himself, "-heck. It shouldn't be too hard to find."
Namine and Roxas began to wander around looking for the band room. The shimmering white tile floor continued on down the halls. The walls were white as well, and the lockers were gray. All of the classroom doors were blue and silver like Xemnas' and had silver numbers in the center.
The school colors must be blue and white, Namine thought. As they continued walking they faintly heard music.
"That must be the band," Roxas said. They followed the music until they reached the teacher's lounge and they peered inside. The sight was rather shocking.
"That's definitely not the band," whispered Namine.
Inside, there were a bunch of people dancing. Off to the side there was a large table with chips, cake, and other refreshments. There was obviously some sort of party going on. Xemnas was singing along to the music. Apparently it was his "favorite song".
"In the night, la da da DAA, coldest story ever to-o-old,
Somewhere far along this road, umm… lost…hmm SOUL!
Doo doo doot doo heartless! HOW COULD YOU BE SO HEARTLE-E-E-ESS? How could you be so heartless?"
"Ah! My EARS," said Roxas, covering said body part with his hands.
"At least he got the last words right," Namine grimaced. Luckily the song didn't last long.
There were also plenty of other people Roxas and Namine didn't recognize.
"Oh, come on Xaldy, give it a try," said a man with long black hair with silver streaks pulled into a ponytail. He even had a crazy scar and an eye patch. He was holding a cute paper mache piñata shaped like some kind of black creature with yellow eyes.
"Don't call me that," the other man, who just so happened to have thick black dreadlocks and sideburns, said, "I will not take part in your ridiculous games."
"Lame. If I was in your history class, dude, I would seriously kill myself," said Eyepatch, "You know, Ariel handmade this piñata special for the party. The least you could do is attempt to smash it to pieces." Dreadlocks just stared at him.
"Fine, dude, be that way," Eyepatch said and pretended to walk away, but instead of leaving "Xaldy" alone, he snuck behind him and grabbed a dreadlock, wrapping it over his eyes and tying it before handing him a stick.
"Go get 'm tiger!"
"XIGBAR YOU ARE DEAD!" Dreadlocks screamed. Of course, he couldn't see anything, so he swung the stick randomly at Xigbar.
"Ow! Ah! Xaldin's trying to kill me!" Xigbar took off. He picked up the heartless piñata and used it as a human, well heartless, shield. Bam! Candy went flying everywhere.
"Mission Accomplished!" Xigbar shouted, "Now wasn't that fun Xaldy?"
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
Over at the refreshment table, two women stood talking.
"Aww, there went your piñata," said a brunette with her hair in a twisted ponytail, "and you did such a good job on it."
"Thanks, I am an art teacher after all… and that's what piñatas are for Aerith" said the redhead.
"I know… it's just so violent, that's all," Aerith sighed, "Speaking of violent, I hope Xigbar is alright…"
"SOMEONE HELP ME!" Xigbar was still running around the room with a crazed Xaldin chasing after him. Unfortunately he made the mistake of running too close to a certain irritated man with long blue hair and a scar in the shape of an "X" on his forehead. He almost made him spill his drink. Big mistake. The blue haired man simply stuck out his foot, causing Xigbar to trip and the blindfolded Xaldin to fall on top of him. He then bent down and grabbed the stick out of Xaldin's hand, snapped it in half and hit both of the men in the head.
"OW!"
"One divided by two equals one-half" he said, dropping the pieces, "I hope you learned your lesson." A man with long blonde hair laughed.
"Nice one Saix," he said, "Is that why everyone passes your class?"
Saix just smirked and resumed drinking his punch.
Off to the side of the room was a giant man whose light brown hair was styled back in an unnamable fashion. He appeared to be doing some sort of workout routine where he punched and kicked the air several times before dropping down and doing a pushup, all to the beat of the music. For being such a large man he was certainly moving fast. Roxas was currently in awe of his biceps. This was not the kind of guy you wanted to mess with.
"…Well, once again," Namine said, turning to Roxas, "That was weird."
"Is it just me or do those teachers seem slightly intimidating?" Roxas asked, still looking at the muscle man who was now doing one armed pushups with someone on his back.
"Well… the women seem nice."
"Yeah, I guess." Roxas laughed, "So much for 'preparing for the school year'."
Namine joined in.
"Ah, yes," she said, impersonating Xemnas, "They must not be disturbed. Now I must get back to my… um … paperwork? ...yes, paperwork!" They laughed. Namine suddenly noticed a clock on the wall.
"Ah! We're going to be late!"
Namine and Roxas started running down the halls. Then they realized they still didn't know where they were going. The halls all looked exactly the same.
"Damn it! We're lost," Roxas cursed.
"Roxas! Don't swear!"
"…Sorry Namine," Roxas really tried not to swear around her. She was his little sister after all (by about 2 minutes).
"Hey look," Namine pointed to a blue haired boy walking down the deserted hall. He was carrying a large stack of books. Namine wondered how he could even see around it. The two hurried along and quickly caught up to him.
"Um, are you here for band camp?" Roxas asked him.
"Yeah, I play the dictionary," the boy replied sarcastically as he continued walking, "Of course I'm not."
Roxas tried to stay calm, "Then why are you here?"
"I happen to be delivering the books I ordered for the school library, as I found their selection quite lacking last year," the boy shook his hair out of his face and glanced at Roxas and Namine, "Since you two obviously have no idea where you're going, feel free to follow me."
They didn't really have a choice, so they followed him until they reached the library.
"Zexion!" a young brunette woman called out, "More books? You're the greatest!" She ran out from behind a counter to hug him.
"Ah! No, wait… the books!" He said, referring to the giant stack of books still in his arms. The woman stopped her advance and Zexion let out a deep breath.
The brunette frowned, "Guess I'll just have to get you later." She took the books from Zexion.
"Ooo, I can't wait to read all of these!" the woman exclaimed, she then seemed to notice Namine and Roxas for the first time, "Oh, who are your friends Zexion?"
"How should I know? They were just wandering the school."
"Don't be so rude!"
"It's alright really," Namine said, "I'm Namine Harada."
"And I'm Roxas Harada, we just moved here from Twilight Town."
"Really? That's so exciting! I'm Belle, the librarian. It's so nice to meet you. I bet this guy," Belle said, nodding her head towards Zexion, "didn't even properly introduce himself! He's Zexion, and don't worry, He's really sweet after you get to know him. Look at all the books he brings for the library!"
"Think what you want," Zexion said, but Namine thought he was blushing slightly.
"Anyways, we really need to get going," Roxas said, "We're supposed to be at Band Camp…"
"Oh No! Zexion! What are you doing letting me ramble on like this?" Belle shouted, "Quit being so lazy and take them to the band room right now!"
"I was going to…" Zexion muttered.
"GO, GO, GO!
Namine and Roxas found themselves once again following Zexion down the halls.
"As you can probably tell, everyone at this school is slightly crazy…" said Zexion, leading the way.
"Yes, we HAVE met Xemnas," Roxas replied.
Zexion smirked, it was the closest thing to a smile they had seen on his face that day, "He's possibly the worst, but beware the rabid fangirls."
"Rabid fangirls?" Namine asked.
"You shouldn't have to worry about them, unless of course they become jealous of you, but Roxas on the other hand… Avoid them at all costs, especially yaoi fangirls… you don't even want to know what they'll do if they get their hands on you…" Zexion shuddered.
Namine's eyes went wide, "Zexion… they didn't get you, did they?"
"…"
"Ah, here we are," Zexion stated, "Your instructor should be in there. Enjoy your first day at Band Camp. Oh, say hi to Axel, Demyx, and Marluxia for me… I actually kind of hope you two survive…"
"Thanks- wait, what? Survive?" Roxas questioned. He looked down the hall, but Zexion was already gone. Like some kind of ninja…
"He's probably just trying to freak us out. Well, here we go," Namine said as she opened the door to the band room.
A/N: Thanks for reading, please reveiw. :)