Hey there. Thanks for taking the time to browse this story. It's the first chapter, which is kind of exciting I guess. I hope it's not too bad, even though it is kind of an overused idea. I'll admit it. Ah well, I'm assuming that you've read the summary, so you've been warned, I suppose. I'll also say now that I haven't played all of the KH games, so if I get some detail about something wrong, it was definitely because I meant to do that, and not just because I'm an ignoramus (just so we're clear here, I'm not being serious, it is INDEED because I am a HUGE ignoramus. So feel free to correct me. :D). As you can see, I tend to get quite off track. Aaaaaanyways, I would love any feedback you could give. I realize I'm not that great a writer, it's probably because I don't write that often, so help would be appreciated (Or in other words, I'm bored and apparently that boredom manifests itself in the form of fan fiction, so I'm trying to make up a semi-constructive reason for this. Oh come on, happens to the best of us, right? No? Oh shut up you. ;) ) Back on track, I don't own KH obviously, or this wouldn't be FAN fiction. And now I'll shut up. And I wonder how my author's notes get so damn long...
"No way are you sending me off to some stupid boarding school to be in some stupid class with a bunch of delinquents." The blond boy sank down in his chair and put his feet up on the coffee table. His face was set in a defiant glare. A woman with eyes the exact shade of blue as they boy's sighed in exasperation.
"Roxas, I've said this more times than I can count, we don't have a choice. With your situation in school, and our financial situation, we can't say no." flyaway hairs from the woman's tight bun reflected the long day she'd gone through.
"I'm. Not. Going. I'm not going to some other town and going to school without Pence and Hayner and Olette," the boy, Roxas, stated, crossing his arms.
"I know you don't want to go, but there's no other way. Ven's going too, you won't be alone. Please. For all of us." Roxas' mother looked at him, tired eyes begging for his agreement.
"So I failed a grade. I skipped one too. What's the big problem? I'm just where everyone else my age is now. I don't see why I have to go." A look of distaste punctuated Roxas' comment.
"You know it's more than that, Roxas. You're a good kid, but you need to get away from the things here making life hard for you. I know you only fight with a reason, but your principal can't keep overlooking things. You're on the edge of expulsion. And come on, Ven will be going too, you'll be in the big city, and I promise you can come visit on all the holidays we can manage," his mother pleaded.
"Whatever," Roxas rolled his eyes, muttering, "I don't see how putting me in class with a bunch of real delinquents is gonna help me." Roxas reluctantly accepted his fate. He'd heard his mother's reasoning a million times. He knew his parents were going to make him go anyways. He realized they were having a hard time dealing with the school authorities about him, and he knew they were strapped for cash. He was grateful they didn't treat him like the violent idiot everyone else thought he was. He wasn't a total uncaring asshole. He'd go. But he wouldn't like it.
The sun shone down, strong and bright. The sky was a clear, deep blue, not a wisp of clouds in sight. The grass was green, and the birds sang. It was the perfect morning. A car ran, idling away in the driveway of a quaint house in a small neighborhood.
"Hurry up Roxas!" The lady in the driver's seat yelled out the window, "we're going to be late if you keep dragging your feet!" The boy let out a grunt, and continued taking his time in meandering leisurely over to the car, bags in tow.
"Let's go!" Roxas got into the car slowly, his mother stepping on the gas the moment the door closed.
"Take long enough?" an almost identical looking blond boy asked from the other back seat of the small car.
"Shut up, Ven," Roxas growled sleepily.
"Roxas, Ventus, it'll be about an hour drive to Twilight Town, why don't you two try to go back to sleep?" the boys' mother called back from the front of the car.
"Roxas already is back to sleep mom." Ventus poked the sleeping Roxas, who didn't respond.
"I swear that boy can sleep anywhere," their mom muttered, turning the steering wheel and hanging a right onto the highway.
"You must be those twins I've heard about, no? I'm , head of dorm 4, Xemnas. And you must be their mother?"
"Yes, nice to meet you too," Roxas and Ventus's mother replied to the tall, tan-skinned man. They stood in the lobby of the main school building of the campus.
"My pleasure," replied Xemnas with a smile, "So, which of you is Ventus, and which is Roxas?" The two boys looked at each other, the corners of their mouths pulling up in the slightest of grins.
"I'm Roxas," said the boy on the man's right.
"And I'm Ventus," said the boy on the left.
"Nice to meet you," they finished in unison, both shooting the man a beaming, innocent smile. Their mother sighed.
"Boys, you do this every time you meet someone. Mr. Xemnas, please just reverse what they told you." Their mother glared at the boys.
"You're no fun mom," Ventus muttered. Roxas nodded his agreement.
"I see we have a pair of jokers here, huh?" Xemnas asked with a chuckle.
"I'm terribly sorry about them. I hope they won't cause you too much trouble in the future." The boys' mother stared at the twins.
"I'm sure they'll be no problem at all." The blond lady smiled, and looked at her watch.
"Oh dear, I'm going to be late! I'm sorry, but I've got to run!" she turned to Xemnas and smiled, "Thank you for everything, and just give me a call if anything happens," she then turned to Roxas and Ventus, her tone becoming slightly less polite, "I'll hear about it if you two cause trouble. Have fun, be good, and give me a call once you're settled. Love you!" Roxas and Ventus both received a hug and a kiss on the cheek from their mother before she ran out of the lobby, insisting she had to go. Xemnas lead the boys down a nearby hallway, outside, and into another building, this one with the many windows characteristic of a building with many small rooms.
"You two will be staying here in dorm 4, room number 116. Dorm 4 is the smallest of all the dorm buildings here, and I think you'll find its residents...interesting." The man continued down the deserted hallway until he got to the door with a small silver plaque engraved with the number 116.
"I hope you two will get along as roommates, and I expect appropriate behavior from you two. I deal with the troublemakers here, and I hope not to be seeing you two in my office. I'll leave you here with your schedules and uniforms. Classes start tomorrow. Good luck." He wandered away down the hall as Ventus turned the key in the lock of the door and let Roxas and himself into their room. It wasn't huge, but it was spacious enough for two people. There was a main room and small kitchen right through the door into the hall, and another hallway leading back to two bedrooms and a bathroom.
"Hey Ven, are we in the same classes?" Roxas asked, setting his bags down by a couch. Ventus studied the two pieces of paper handed to them by the dorm head.
"No...none of the same classes. A bunch of your classes have an 'o' beside the name."
"What the hell does that mean? And seriously no classes together? This is stupid." Roxas flung himself down on the couch.
"Yeah. It's been a while since we've been in the same class. I was excited when you failed. Think of all the shenanigans we could've caused in the same class," Ventus said, eyes misting over as his imagination ran rampant.
"Dude, you should be in the delinquent classes too, not just me," Roxas paused in thought for a moment, "I think we can still have some fun though." A sly smile crept across Roxas's face.
"Of course we will. What'd you have in mind?" an identical smile graced Ventus's face.
"C'mon Ven, we're identical twins, we don't have any classes in even the same wing of the school, and we have the same uniform. Use your brain. This is why I skipped a grade and you didn't, you know," Roxas joked, grinning at his twin.
"Oh yeah, well what's the reason you failed and I didn't? Huh, smart guy?" Ventus taunted back. He pulled out a stool and sat down.
"You tell me, I'm not smart enough to figure it out," Roxas retorted, fishing his phone out of his pocket. One new text from Pence. 'Hey Roxas, how's the new school? It won't be the same here without you. Hope you have fun there and that we can visit soon! Say hi to Ven for me.' Roxas flipped the keyboard of his phone out and texted back 'I'll try to visit soon, and I'll miss you guys. And it doesn't seem quite as bad here as I thought. I got Ven with me, so we'll have fun.'
So that's that. Short-ish first chapter, but I hope to update (?) soon. And yes I know everyone says that and never does. Anyways, if you liked it, hated it, have an idea for it, or found any kind of glaring mistakes, drop me a review. (hey look, this note isn't as long. Better fill space now, I'm not living up to expectations. QAQ I'll shut up now. Bye. Have a nice day!)