Disclaimer: I do not own Sky High, just Claire and her parents and anything you don't recognize
Okay, I decided to post a Lash/OC story, considering the lack there is, so yeah, here it is.
Warning: The first chapter really sucks and might be re-written in the future (it most likely will be) I just wanted to see how people would react, I guess, to this, so yeah, be warned the first chapter is crap.
Games with the Heart
Chapter 1:
Chemicals React
I hummed to myself as I brushed my long, bushy auburn hair. I was ecstatic. It was my first day of Sky High. I couldn't wait. I smiled at my reflection before skipping downstairs.
"Morning," I said happily to my parents.
"Morning, Claire," they replied. I kissed my dad on the check as I passed him and sat on my chair at the breakfast table. Only one of my parents had super powers, my mom. My dad was the offspring of two super heroes but he never got his powers and they couldn't find a radio active bug or a vat of toxic waste so he remained powerless and in hero support. My mom, on the other hand, could enlarge herself and became a hero. Lucky them, dad got assigned to my mom and they fell in love and had me. I had received a power. I could shrink.
"Excited are we?" My dad asked, raising an eye brow.
"Maybe a little," I admitted, smiling. My dad chuckled as my mom laid a plate of pancakes in front of me and kissed the top of my head.
"I was excited on my first day to," she said.
"I wasn't." My dad said. "I was scared to death. It's not easy to be a kid with no powers." We all laughed.
"Yes, but we love you anyway," my mom said, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him. Dad smiled as he flicked on the TV. It was the boring news again. I sighed as I ate my pancakes. My parents said one day I would appreciate it but I wasn't convinced. It made me want to go to sleep.
And that's when the news of a giant robot attacking down town came in. My head snapped up. This is one crazy world we live in. It had one eye, giving it the creepy appearance.
"Hang on," the news reporter said. "This just in, the Commander and Jet Stream are on their way." I smiled. They were the world famous super heroes. They were amazing. I think every young super hero wanted to be like them. I watched in anticipation as the came onto to the scene.
Jet Stream was flying towards the huge robot. It grasped at her with its claws but she avoided them. She positioned herself in front of the hunk metal at a good distance away before launching the Commander at it. He punched it in the chest area, the metal panels rippling, some of the cogs and springs coming from the neck area. The robot fell to the ground.
"Oh and the robot goes down!" The anchor announced.
"Yes!" I said, smiling widely.
"He's taking a souvenir from another successful battle." The anchor said, as the Commander pulled out the robot's eye. "The Commander and Jet Stream, what would we do with out them?"
"They're going to take the rest of us out of the job," My dad said, turning the TV off.
"Who knows, Dad?" I said. "There may be a day when all of the heroes and 'hero support' have to unite against the forces of evil!" I continued, giggling. My parents chuckled.
"Well, if you want to be there on that grand day, we better get you to the bus so you won't miss a day of school." My mom said.
"Yay!" I cried, jumping up and running to the front door. I picked up my bag, put on my coat and slid on my shoes. "Come on guys, let's go, let's go!" My mom laughed as she put on her coat.
"You're acting like you did on your first day of grade 1." She said. I smiled innocently before looking over to my dad. He was taking his sweet time.
"Come on daddy, let's go!" I said, impatiently.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," he said with amusement. I smiled widely as I bounced up and down. "Calm down," he said, as he put on his shoes.
"I'm too excited to calm down." I said. He laughed as my mom shook her head. It was a family tradition that my parents took me to the bus on the first day of every school year. I'm sure most other kids would get embarrassed by it by I wasn't. I loved my parents and didn't much care what other people thought.
As soon as my dad was ready, I ran out the door.
"Claire! Calm the heck down!" My mom called. I laughed as I slowed my run to a skip. I couldn't believe I was finally going to Sky High. I dreamed about this day all my life and now, I couldn't wait for graduation. We stopped at the bus stop and waited for the bus.
"What does the bus look like?" I asked.
"Like any other school bus," my mom said.
"Then how will we know which one it is?" I asked.
"Trust me, you'll know." She answered. I huffed. Okay, I might be acting like a kid just starting school but I did that when I was excited. And this was a big deal. It was Sky High!
A bus came around the corner and I smiled widely.
"Is that it?" I asked, hopefully.
"I think it is," my mom answered as the bus got closer. My dad squinted at the bus.
"It is," he confirmed. I smiled even more widely-if that was even possible. The bus stopped and the doors opened to reveal a cheery, chubby man.
"Good morning," he greeted.
"Morning," I replied. "I need one second," I requested. He nodded and I turned to my parents. "Bye guys, see you after school," I said giving them a hug and kissing them both on the check and skipping onto the bus.
"Bye honey, have fun!" My mom called, as she and my dad waved to me. I waved back as the bus driver closed the doors and started the bus. I made my way to a seat. It was in the middle of the bus. No one else was sitting there. I sighed and try to control my nerves while I waited to get to Sky High.
We stopped at a few more bus stops, picking up more super kids. No one sat beside me. Maybe it was the look of mild insanity on my face. I did meet one guy. His name was Zach and he was very outgoing.
It was our millionth stop-okay, no, it just felt like that-and we picked up to kids, a boy and girl. The boy was kind of cute with brown hair and a slightly muscular build. The girl was very pretty. She had red hair, a pretty face and a nice build.
"Is this the bus to Sky High?" The boy asked.
"Shh!" The bus driver scolded. "Do you want every Super Villain in the neighborhood to know we're here?"
"No, sorry," the boy mumbled. I giggled behind my hand.
"What's your name, freshman?" The bus driver asked.
"Uh, Will Stronghold." The boy answered. My eyes grew wide. Every Super Hero and Sidekick (even those in school) knew every other Super Hero's and Sidekick's alter ego. The Commander and Jet Stream's alter egos were the real estate agents, Josie and Steve Stronghold. And here was there son, going to Sky High! The same year I was! This was shaping up to be a pretty good year.
The bus driver stood up right away and stood behind Will.
"Everyone, it's Will Stronghold," he announced, getting everyone's attention, "son of the Commander and Jet Stream." That's when everyone started talking excitedly. I didn't have anyone to talk excitedly with. I sighed, blowing some of my hair out of my face.
They started to make there where to the area where I sat and were greeted by Zach. They must've known him before. Will sat next to Zach and the girl sat next to me. I wasted no time in introducing myself.
"Hi, I'm Claire," I said, smiling widely. She smiled back.
"I'm Layla," she said. She had a pretty name to.
"It's nice to meet you,"
"Nice to meet you to," there was a slightly awkward silence afterward in which she started talking to Will and Zach. I sighed. How much longer would it be before we got to Sky High?
My question was answered. We had just picked up one more kid and the bus driverturned around, with a new hat on and said;
"Next stop; Sky High."
"Yes!" I said. Layla laughed at me. "What? I'm excited! I tend to act a little childish when I'm excited," I said, making her laugh at me some more. It wasn't in a mocking way though.
The bus driver drove to a street with pylons 'blocking' it. Well, they didn't do a very good job, but it was clear that this road was not to be driven on.
"Where are we?" Layla asked.
"Does he know what he's doing?" I wondered aloud. It was at that moment that seat belts came out of the seats and strapped us in and safety bars-which I didn't even notice were there-came down. This wasn't good. When something like this happened, it usually meant trouble. A 'Road Ends' sign came closer and closer and, on instinct, I gripped the safety bar. The fact that the driver wasn't stopping, didn't look good.
The sign went down and the bus flew off the end of the road. Everyone screamed, including me, as we fell-that's right, I said fell-towards the ground. I didn't dare look down. The bus stopped falling and lurched forward. It was flying, and rather fast to. I continued screaming as I shut my eyes tight. My parents didn't say anything about this!
"There she is, Sky High" the bus driver said, as he slowed the bus down. I stopped screaming and forced my eyes open to see a school in the sky. The name made perfect sense now, "kept aloft by the latest in anti gravitational propulsion. She is in constant motion, as a precaution against those who otherwise might nefarious plans," I giggled a bit as the bus came closer to the school. "Her location is only supplied to a handful of people, such as myself, Ron Wilson…bus driver." So that's what his name was. Ron Wilson.
I was literally bouncing as the bus landed on the grass. The safety bars went up and we unbuckled ourselves. Everyone started climbing off the bus, a little too slowly for my taste.
"Come on, let's go, let's go," I muttered under my breath as everyone in front started getting off the bus.
"A word of advice, don't be late for the bus because the bus waits for no one," the bus driver said. "Except for you, Will Stronghold." I heard him say as I climbed off the bus. I walked past Layla and past the bus where I could see the campus. I looked around in awe. It was amazing. All around there were people with amazing powers but my eyes lay on one person.
He was standing on the steps, becoming clearer as we-the other freshmen and me-got closer. It also became clear that he was looking back. At me! I looked away, blushing. He was so cute! I couldn't help but giggle.
A sudden blur circling around us made us stop and huddle together. I tucked my hair behind my ears as it flew in front of my face. Great, it was hard enough to keep this stuff maintained. I would cut it, but I loved it long.
"Hey, freshmen," a voice said, making us look forward. There was a guy-not as cute as the other guy-standing there. He seemed to be the source of the blur. "Your attention, please." That was when a stretchy guy appeared beside. My eyes grew wide. It was the guy. The cute one!
"I'm Lash," he said. He had a pretty cute voice to. "This is Speed. And as representatives of the Sky High Welcoming Committee,"
"We'd be happy to collect that fifteen dollar new student fee," Speed finished as Lash stretched his hand out to where I stood next to a geeky looking kid. I had to remind myself to breath. I usually acted like this when near a cute boy.
"There was nothing about a new student fee in the handbook," the kid next to me said. I just kept reminding myself to breath and not stare at Lash.
"Alright guys, I'll take it from here," a feminine voice said. I looked over to where it came from, grateful for the distraction. It was a very beautiful girl, walking towards us. She took their place as they walked away. I forced myself to keep my eyes off of Lash's retreating back. I didn't need to milk this. Nothing was going to happen. Besides, I didn't even know him! I just saw him once and was slightly interrogated by him.
"Hi guys," the girl said. "I'm Gwen Grayson, your student body president. I know you're all going to love it here, I know I have." Gwen continued. "I've just had the greatest experience and made the greatest friends." She went on to explain the rules. "If you can just follow those simple rules, I promise you will not fall off the edge of the school." We all laughed. "Now, if you'll just follow me inside for orientation." She said as she turned around and headed towards the doors. Oh yeah, this was going to be a good year, I could tell.
As we were walking up the steps, my eyes met with Lash's and I swear I felt a connection. I looked away quickly, blushing. A good year, if I could contain myself around him whenever we might run into each other.
Okay, yeah, like I said, the first chapter sucks. It'll get better! I promise! Please be nice to me, and no flames, please, this is my first Sky High story. Please R&R, but be nice.