A/N: Hello! This is my first story for this fandom. This will be full of many different characters and scenarios so you'll just have to wait and see who'll be in it. :)
Disclamier: I do not own Homestuck, Andrew Hussie does.
All was silent in the Ampora home. It was just getting bright outside and the birds sang a happy song. All was peaceful. All was grand…
"ERIDAN! WAKE THE FUCK UP! I HAVE TO LEAVE IN 40 MINUTES AND I WILL LEAVE YOUR DELINQUENT ASS HERE!" Eridan's eyes shot open and he sighed angrily.
"WHO THE FUCK YOU CALLIN' A DELIQUENT? AT LEAST I GO TO SCHOOL!" There was a silence wherever Eridan's brother, Cronus was before a large thump shook Eridan's sleep right out of him.
"FUCK YOU! LET ME HEAR YOU SAY THAT TO MY FACE!" Eridan heard Cronus running up the stairs and he quickly jumped out of bed. He dashed into his bathroom and locked the door before kneeling over and laughing. Every day was the same, yelling and running into the bathroom. But he guessed Cronus had good intentions for waking him up today. It was the first day of high school. And to be more exact, it was his first day at the one and only human and troll integrated school. Of course, trolls have been free to do as they pleased but for "safety reasons" or something there has never been a school for human and troll children. At least, almost never since the High School for United Trolls and Humans exists. He had to take a test to get in and he got lucky. Cronus had sent word to your father overseas and he was very proud.
"Holy shit… I need to get ready!" Eridan jumped up and began his morning routine when he realized he had been sitting on the floor for a while.
After he brushed his teeth and took a quick shower he opened his large walk-in closet and sighed. So many clothes, so little time. Eridan pulled out his usual clothes and threw them on, even his cape. Cronus had told him he looked stupid with it but Eridan didn't give a fuck. He loved that cape. It was royal purple, like his blood. A sign of his place in society. His house showed it as well. Well, not a house, more like a mansion. It was decorated in purple and white furniture and carpeting. It was marvelous.
"Lookin' mighty fine today Eridan," He said as he looked in his mirror. His hair was styled to perfection, his horns shimmered in his room's dim lights. A sight to behold.
"ERIDAN! I'M LEAVING!"
"I'M COMIN', I'M COMIN'!" Eridan screamed to his brother. The young troll grabbed his bookbag and ran down the stairs towards the front door, hoping that today would be a good day.
After Cronus drove him into the city and dropped you off about 7 blocks from the school ("I don't have time to take you all the way," he said), he opted on walking the rest of the way. Not like he had another choice.
The city was large and crowded. Trolls and humans alike chatted it up as they walked through the busy sidewalks. He hated being surrounded by so many different people.
"Fuck…" Eridan cursed under his breath and looked around. He wasn't even sure he was walking the right direction. He did NOT want to get lost on the first day of school. He stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and looked for his smartphone in his many pockets. Bad idea. He felt someone ram into him and hear the person curse out loud.
"Hey, watch it, dumbass," You look up angrily at the person who just bumped into you. It was a troll, probably your age.
"Well, you should fuckin' watch out too," You scowled at the… what color was his blood? He wore the completely neutral colors of black and gray. No sign of his blood color, which wasn't required, per say, but it was pretty common for trolls to display.
"Well, fuck you! I've got to get to school!" The mysterious troll stepped around him and started running again. Eridan stared at him run for a moment before deciding to run after him.
"Hey! Neutralblood, what school is this exactly?" You ran at his pace and smiled with his sharp teeth when he looked at him angrily.
"If you'll fuck off afterwards then I'll tell you!" He said through his huffs.
"Cross my heart," Eridan smirks at him and the other rolls his eyes.
"I go to HSUTH. It's my first day," He turns a sharp corner and you follow.
"Wow! Really?" Silence falls between the two until they reach a crosswalk.
"The fuck are you doing? I thought you'd fuck off!"
"Well, asshole, it seems I'm in that school too," He stares at you for a second before laughing.
"You were going the wrong way!" The crossing light flashes the walk signal and the two walk across the street.
"Haha. Yeah. Very funny. Now, where the hell is the school?" You and the other troll stop walking and he grabs your head and turns it.
"It's right there!" Eridan looks at the large building in awe. It seems so out of place in this large city. It's perimeter is guarded with a brick wall that takes up at least 2 blocks. The building is large as well but to Eridan's knowledge, there weren't many students enrolled in the school.
"Wow…" You stare a little more at the school before turning your head towards your escort. "Hey, what's your name kid?"
"Karkat Vantas," He says swiftly and loudly. His voice makes you wonder if he has ever done public speaking.
"I'm Eridan Ampora," You stick out a hand in his direction to shake and he looks at you suspisiously before shaking it. Eridan gets a better look at Karkat and noticed his horns. They were really stubby and it takes all his subconscious strength to not scrunch his face in disapproval. Karkat seemed like his kind of guy. Blunt, loud. He seemed like he had a lot to say as well.
"Okay, let's stop fucking around out here and get into school before we're late," He looks at Eridan and beckoned him to come on. Eridan smirked and walked into the building. He had a feeling that today was going to be a good day.
"Come on! Hurry the hell up! Stop being such a punk!" A troll with glasses, long black hair and vision eightfold stared intensely at her friend as he stood, shaking in front of their new school. "Tavros, we don't have all day!" She took off her glasses and wiped them on the sleeve of her sweater and put them back on her face before scowling back at her nervous companion.
"I, uhh, I'll go in when I feel like it, Vriska." The troll called Tavros said nervously. He twiddled his thumbs and watched as Vriska's faced morphed into anger.
"Do I have to use IT on you, Tavros? I really don't want to." She slowly put both her hands on either side of her head menacingly. Tavros sighed and walked up to her. "That's a good boy, Tav." She put an arm around him and walked him into the building.
She has had to do that every year since Kindergarden. She was happy to do it, of course. How could she ignore him when he was so pitiful? He needed her help and ever since that faithful day on the steps of the school house, she has been a guardian angel of sorts to Tavros. He was her best friend and to him, her. The dynamic duo. The unbreakable team! She, the captain and him, her trusty first mate! Vriska chuckled to herself. She loved referring to the two of them as pirates. Tavros, on the other hand, referred to the two of them as Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. HA! She always got a good laugh or two from that. She's have to say they were more like Captain Hook and Mr. Smee.
Tavros smiled slightly at Vriska as they walked through the doors of this new school. He found it a little funny how every year she'd chuckle to herself about god knows what. But he frowned almost instantly as he realized that he didn't do what he had promised himself he was going to do. He wanted to prove that he could, indeed, walk into a new environment all by himself. He was 14 and he didn't understand why he still felt apprehensive about things like that. It would've been a big boost in his self-esteem. But whatever, he guessed.
The two walked through the bustling hallways in awe. Humans teenagers were everywhere. Standing tall and proud among troll teenagers and chatting, laughing, flirting. A troll male stared at a human girl with so much spite that Vriska wondered if the girl knew that the troll was black for her.
"Do humans even use the quadrants?" She whispered to Tavros.
"They only use one of the quadrants…" Tavros whispered back. Vriska's face twisted in confusion.
"Wow, I guess that's why-" Vriska started to comment on romance movies written by humans when a loud sound came from the end of the hallway.
"SHH! He's coming!" The girls all gathered in groups and tip-toed to get a look at the person from which that yell was referring to. The girls swooned as he walked past and guys nodded their heads. Vriska tried to see him through the crowd before realizing in her head who he was. She chuckled.
"RUFIOH!" She screamed over the crowd of fainting girls and secrectly jealous guys. The person stepped out of the crowd and looked curiously at Vriska and Tavros before grinning really wide.
"Hey! Vriska and Tav! You guys made it!" Rufioh held his out for a high five and Vriska took it with a grin. Tavros high fived afterwards albeit a bit nervously because people were watching in fascination as the Rufioh interacted with a bunch of freshman. "He walk in by himself today?" Vriska shook her head no and nudged Tavros with her elbow playfully.
"I WAS but Vriska insisted I walk in with her." Vriska nudged him playfully again and Rufioh laughed at the two younger kids.
"Well, good looking out Tav." Rufioh winked. "And guys, you may want to get moving to the auditorium for the principal's annual Freshman speech," He ruffled their hair and waved as he walked off, the flouresent lights of the hallways shining off his abnormal wings.
"Let's go Tavros!" Vriska grabbed his sleeve and pulled him towards the big doors at the end of the hall titled "Auditorium". She wasn't in a rush to sit through a boring speech but she wanted to get away from some of Rufioh's fan girls who looked as if they wanted to kill her.
"Can you let go of my sleeve, please?!" Tavros said as she basically dragged all the way towards the big brown doors. He sighed. "The sleeve is going to be longer than the other one!"
"Wow! Look at this place, Kar!" Eridan pointed this way and that, mostly at the posters with the school's mascot, a purple dragon. God, did Eridan love purple.
"I've seen that too many times to be interested."
"What? How? Do you know someone who comes to this school?" Eridan was pleasantly surprised. He had never heard of this school prior to 8th grade, let alone seen the inside of it. Karkat thought for a moment before looking at Eridan.
"Let's just say that I know someone closely related to this school," Karkat shrugged. Eridan's eyes widened and he put an arm around the shorter troll. A plan hatched in his head.
"You and I will be splendid friends, Karkat. You already know people on the inside and I… I have a way with people, as you can already see. We will run this school!" Karkat sent Eridan a dirty side glance.
"Get your fucking arm off of me!" Karkat nudged the taller one's arm off of him and dusted off his shoulders. "What the fuck makes you think that I'd want to do anything with you? I just bumped into you! Literally! I don't know anything about you but your name and blood color!" Karkat turned away from the troll who looked considerably less happy than before. Karkat could sense his sad, dumbass expression burning through the back of his head and sighed. "Come on, Eridan. We have to get into the auditorium," He walked a ways in front of Eridan and Eridan walked sullenly behind him. But it wasn't long until he felt a foot step on his cape and someone fall on the top of him. What the fuck was up with people bumping into him?
"Get the fuck off me, you dunce," He muffled into the floor. The face plant had been painful and he hoped his face didn't show it when he got up. He felt the weight of the person get off of him and Eridan gladly turned over. He looked up at the person standing above him and he felt his face flush. She looked so… arrogant and bossy. The way her lips were formed into a bitchy smirk made him want to smack her.
"Well, excuse you too, fuckass! Come on, Tavros, let's go." She walked off, her arm around the troll named Tavros. He laid there, staring at her for a moment before Karkat yanked him up.
"Oh my god! Don't tell me you're this fucking stupid. Can you get the fuck up by yourself?" Eridan looked at Karkat then down the hall before fixing his hair.
"Sorry, Kar, I'm a bit dazed, is all." Eridan dusted off his clothes and began walking again. "What a bitch, huh?" He said back to the shorter troll. Karkat face palmed and hoped what he thought was happening wasn't happening or it was going to be a long day.
A/N: Soo... How'd you like it? Any critiques? Suggestions? Both are highly valued. :D And yeah, the school reason will be fully explained in the next chapter.