Chapter 1: New Beginnings

AN: Jimmy recently moved from Retroville, Texas to Phoenix, Arizona and is going to start his freshman year. While everyone he knows is left behind in Texas, he's yet to know Cindy in this story as he will meet her in Phoenix. Sadly, Carl, Sheen and the rest of his friends will not have major roles in the story for the first few chapters. Like other stories, Jim has gotten rid of the soft-serve hairdo, and went for more of a natural look. His head as also become more proportional with the rest of his body as he grew. That being said, let's begin.

8-8-15

I can't believe I have to move right when freshman year is starting. Dad said that he got a high-paying promotion here, but they didn't need him back in Retroville, so he had to move here to get the promotion. I always thought I was gonna spend my high school years with my two close friends, Carl and Sheen. Not to mention Nick. We pratically became brothers on our adventures together. I also kinda miss Libby. When no one else would give me advice that worked, she found a way to. If there was one person I will not miss whatsoever, it's Betty. She cheated on me in 8th grade year and used me only to get good grades. Oh well... I can only hope that high school here will work decently at the very least.

So school is starting in a couple hours and I needed to get ready. Luckily, I had a device that could get me dressed up and ready to go in just a matter of seconds. As I walked out of the house (after saying goodbye to my parents and Goddard of course, I saw the bus at the end of the road picking people up. I was at the other end of the neighborhood. Guess it's time to activate the Speed Shoes 2.0. I made the first one back in 5th grade when I was trying to win against Sheen on track at one point. Let's just say it didn't end well. These were modified, so I could slowdown whenever I felt the need to. I was sprinting rediculously fast as the bus doors began to close. In a heartbeat, I made it on the bus with barely any space to squeeze through the door. I deactivated the shoes just in case and it turned back into normal shoes and sat in one of the seats catching my breath and looking outside.

"Cutting it kinda close, eh speedster?" I heard a feminine voice right next to me.

"Huh?" I turn around to see a girl with blond hair in a ponytail, green shirt and eyes, and blue jeans. She looked a bit mad for some reason. "Ahhh! Where'd you come from!?" I ask in a startled manner.

"I was sitting here until you blazed here out of nowhere." She said. "As soon as you slowed down, I saw you just suddenly sit right next to me of all seats."

"Oh I did?" I facepalmed in emberassment. This wasn't how I expected today to go. "L-listen, I-"

"You just had to take the spot next to me and nearly squish me you creep!"

I started to get angry a bit now. "Look, I was about to apologize. I didn't know!"

"Yeah right! Listen. I'm not a force you'd wanna recon with again. Since you only just met me, I'll let you go. I warn you: Next time, you won't be so lucky." Cindy warned me as I walked towards a seat near the back.

I still felt mad and it didn't feel right unless I at least did a quip. "Yeah that's great. I feel real scared Tinker Bell." As soon as I sat down in an empty seat, I could hear laughter.

"Ha! Nice!" I heard a man across the seat say.

"Thanks. I have my moments." I say in pleasure.

"Got me cracking up. I do warn you though. I remember her from middle school. Crossing her is the last thing you'd wanna do." he said. "What's your name by the way?"

"The name's Jimmy. Jimmy Neutron. What about you?" I asked.

"I'm Sean!" He said as we shook hands. He was a short height of 5'2, had brown hair and light skin, and was a bit scrawny, but looked like someone who could run. At this time he was wearing a blue shirt and black shorts. As I got to know him on the bus, I found out that he likes cars a lot, and that he wants to get one as soon as he gets a license next year. I guess I have my first acquaintance. Not sure how I feel about the first person though. I didn't even get her name.

The first class I have is Sports Conditioning, reccomended by my parents, so I could work out. As we were in the weight room, the coach told us to get into groups of three to work out in our groups with one of them being the leader. I managed to pair myself with 2 guys which were kinda like the misfits of the class from what I could tell. The first one was a sophomore, a year older than me, by the name Josh. He was slightly taller than me at 5'11, has a military hairstyle, wears a pair of square glasses, and at this point in time wearing gym clothes and has light skin color. He's feels pround of the country. Almost too proud sometimes. He does want to join the military Next up was Kyle, who was about my age of 14 and is a bit too pale and skinny. He wants to be a PC mechanic when he graduates and is into basically what any nerd would be into. I worked out with them and we talked for a bit as we worked out. Since Josh was the oldest out of the three of us, he was the leader. He acted like a drill sargent, though was a bit more fair. Those two seemed nice for the most part.

Next class, was AP Algebra. Since my coach kept us after the bell, I had to sprint all the way to my next class. I would use the speed shoes again, but since the school is packed, I don't want to run into anyone. I managed to somehow get there a few seconds before the bell rang. I looked around for my seat and sat down. I started to relax for a short bit, until...

"You again? Why are you in this class?" I heard a familiar voice next to me.

I flinched. It was the girl from the bus. Admittingly she did intimidate me, but I'm not gonna let her know that. "In case you were wondering, I take AP classes and I have an I.Q. of 210."

"Nice try defending yourself. I can already tell you're scared of me." She said. I was getting a bit riled up already since I actually was honest about that.

"What makes you think I'm afraid of you?" I ask bravely.

"Well for one thing, you're sweating like crazy, and you flinched when I got your attention. Seems like I left an impression." She stated with a smirk.

I'm not having any of this. Time to shift things in my favor. "I don't know what you're thinking. I just ran all the way across campus. And you haven't left an impression. I don't know anything about you. Not even your name." I say all with a smirk.

She looked shocked. Maybe what Sean said was right. People usually didn't mess with her. Guess there's a first time for everything. "Uh... I mean the name's Cindy, Cindy Vortex. And I suggest you stop being cocky while talking to me since I'm actually the smartest one here!"

"We'll see about that." I say.

"Hello class," the teacher said. "My name is Mr. Wolf and I'll be teaching AP Algebra. Since this is an AP class, I am gonna be giving you all a 20 question quiz to see what you all know so far. I suggest you all give a good first impression."

The entire class took a test. I wasn't gonna lose. As time passed everyone got their tests handed back. I managed to get a 100%. Apparently, she managed to as well. We were also the only ones who perfected the test.

"Hm... I guess we both won this time." I say thoughtfully.

"Yeah I guess we did..." Cindy stated. Then all of a sudden she grabbed my shirt and pulled me nearly off my desk so she could whisper to me. "I don't know what you're up to, but I want you to stop what you're doing so I can win. I'm the smartest one here and I don't want you to get in my way. Got it!?"

"Wow, for someone who tied 100% of the test with someone else, you sure are acting like a sore loser." I shot back, still whispering so no one would hear.

She looked like she was about to slap me, but suddenly she slightly smiled. "You have a lot of courage to go up against me. Not many do, so I'll give you that. You also seem smart too so you're not all bark and no bite. What happened just now is a spark of what you'll expect in the future."

"W-What do you mean?" I question where this will end up.

"It means...N-Neutron that a rivalry has kindled between us, and that this year will be a constant competition to see who will do better, which will obviously be me." Cindy said as she read my name on the paper.

"First off, why'd your refer to me by my last name. 2nd, I'm the smarter one." I say slightly gloating.

"Would you bet on it?" Cindy asked with a smirk as she put her hand out.

"You're on!" I say shaking hands. Little did I know that this would be the start of a crazy year...

To Be Continued...