Chapter 1: A new life, a new Challenge

A gorilla was running to a fortress. It was heavily guarded by monsters and other things. The gorilla slapped his hands on the ground to defeat them. He ran up the tower to find his banana hoard. He was about to get it when another gorilla got in his way. He beat his chest. "None shall pass!" said the gorilla. The other gorilla put his fists up wanting to fight. It started to rain. The two gorilla went at each other fighting. The grey gorilla tried to kick the other gorilla and he dodged and kicked him back. They kept fighting and the thunder started crackling. They continued to fight. The brown gorilla tried to kick him but the grey gorilla dodged and did a thunder punch knocking him out. He fell off the cliff. The grey gorilla laughed evilly and the words "Game Over" appeared. "No!" said Saria, "Damn it!" "Aww, you almost had him," I said. "I'm NEVER gonna defeat Ninja Kong!" said Saria. "Of course you are," I said, "You're better than DK Jungle Beat than I am." "But I can only focus on one thing in video games," said Saria, "I can't hit the bongos to attack, and dodge at the same time." "Well you did your best," I said.

I looked out the window and saw the beautiful city of Seattle. "I love the smell of city in the morning," I said. I saw people walking around the city as the warmth of the sun comforted me. Someone knocked on the door. I opened it. It was Crash and Coco Bandicoot. (Before you make assumptions, they are the humanized versions of Crash and Coco). "Its Crash and Coco Beans," I said. "Coco Brans?" asked Natalie. "It's a name I gave her," I said, "I have a habit of coming up with nicknames." "We got a package," said Coco. She brought it in the room. "Can it be?" I asked. I ripped the wrapping paper. "It is!" said Crash. I pulled out a guitar controller and a game. "Guitar Hero!" I said, "I was wondering when this would come!" "Well its here now," said Coco. "Come on, open it!" said Crash. I tried to open it. "It looks like the thing is sealed tight," I said. "Oh no!" said Crash. I opened it. "Messing with you," I said. I started setting it up on my Xbox 360.

"A few minutes from now, we'll actually be playing the game!" said Crash. "We're not gonna play the game," I said, "We're just gonna see the intro video." "What?" asked Crash. "He's kidding Crash," said Coco. I was putting the disk in. "Oh boy," I said, "Its jammed in." "The suspense!" said Crash, "I can't take it!" He fainted. "Maybe we went too far," I said. He got back up. "Just kidding!" said Crash. We all laughed. I put the game in and we started playing. A few minutes later Toadbert came in the apartment. He saw us playing Guitar Hero. "What's going on here?" he asked. "Oh, Nicholas and the gang ordered a game," said Saria. "They can play guitar now?" asked Toadbert. "No, you just press the buttons on the fretboard and music comes out," said Saria. "Cool," said Toadbert. "That was fun," said Coco. "Yeah," I said, "I could do this for hours, but I don't wanna cramp my hands," I said. "Hey, you guys wanna come to a club tonight?" asked Crash. "Club?" asked Natalie. "Yeah, it's a really cool place for kids," said Coco, "You'll have a blast." "Sure," I said.

Coco gave me directions. "Ciao," she said as they left. I showed them to Toadbert. "Do you think you can give us a ride to a club?" I asked. "Sure, I don't have anything going on," said Toadbert, "In fact I'll let you drive too." "Really?" I asked. "Sure, when you're 16," he said. I laughed. "That's funny," I said. A young girl was snooping around the city looking for food. "Wow," she said, "This city sure is big, but where can Daisy find some food?" Daisy looked around. Later Toadbert was driving us to the club. "Thanks for the ride," I said. We went inside and saw some people partying. "I could get use to a place like this," I said. "Agreed," said Saria, "It'll help me get over that hard boss in the game." "Would it help if I took care of it for you?" I asked, "I'm an expert gamer." "Thanks," said Saria. "No problem Spinach Head," I said. She saw someone familiar. "Azusa-chan!" she said as she went and gave her a hug. "Who's she?" I asked. "She was an old friend from Japan," said Saria, "How did you get here?" "I was travelling with Ritsu-Senpai and we decided to visit America," said Azusa. Ritsu gave Saria a hug from behind.

"Looks like I can get use to this," I said. Daisy saw a club and snuck in. "Daisy knows there's food in here," she said. She saw a buffet of food. "Jack pot," she said. She tried to take some. Someone looked and she hid. I noticed her. "Uh oh," she said. I went to her and gave her a burger. "Are you hungry?" I asked. "Yeah," said Daisy. "Here you go," I said as I gave it to her. "Thanks," she said. She started to head out. "Your name's Daisy isn't it?" I asked, "I overheard your name was Daisy." "Yeah," said Daisy, "Daisy has a habit of talking in 3rd person." "That's cute," I said. I noticed a pick around her neck. "You a musician?" I asked. "Yeah," said Daisy, "Sort of, Daisy hasn't found a good teacher yet." "I see," I said, "Well my cousin is a good teacher, and he'll teach for free." "Really?" asked Daisy. "Of course," I said. "Nick, you comin?" asked Coco. "Yeah," I said, "Why don't you come with us?" "No thanks," said Daisy, "Daisy has to hurry back to the orphanage before the headmistress knows Daisy's gone." "Ok," I said. I went to follow the others.

Daisy went back to the other room. Crash, Natalie Ritsu and Saria were were looking at a car. "Check out that messed up car," said Saria as she looked at it. "HEY!" said someone, "What the hell are you doing to my car?!" said someone. Some punkers came up to them. "You punk-asses understand English or what?" he said. "Sorry," said Saria. "What are you doing?" asked Natalie. "You just picked the wrong day to mess with us," said their leader. "Hey it wasn't our fault!" said Saria. "Shut the hell up!" said the 3rd punker. Daisy got in the way. "Leave them alone!" she said. "You gonna start something with us you street rat?" asked their leader as he grabbed her. "HEY!" I said. They turned and saw me. "Who the hell are you?" asked the 2nd punker. "I saw your car, and it was like that before you bozos showed up." "Shut the hell up," he said as he tried to punch me. I dodged. "Cops will be showing up, now let's take this somewhere else," I said. "What?!" asked their leader. "Follow me and I'll give you a real fight," I said. Daisy and the others were waiting at a fast food place for me to return. Daisy knew she had to do something. "Daisy, just stay here," said Saria, "He'll be fine."

After a few minutes of rough housing their leader was down on his knees. I pointed a gun (A fake band gun by the way) at his face. "Calm down man," he said. "You can pull that kinda crap at your place," I said, "But in my hometown, I've watched friends die." I was close to pulling the trigger. The others begged me not to shoot. "You do NOT mess around in my neighborhood," I said, "Now get the hell outta here! You freakin bastards!" I pulled the trigger. Daisy heard a gunshot and went to the sound where it came from. She saw me sitting on garbage bags. "Ouch," I said. "Are you ok Mr. Nick?" she asked. "Yeah," I said, "People would've guessed that they figured it out by now," I said. She saw my fake toy gun. "Daisy's glad you're ok," she said. I got up. "I'll walk you back to your orphanage," I said. We were walking back to her orphanage. "So do you do this every day?" I asked. "Yeah," said Daisy, "Daisy's orphanage is horrible and has little to no food. Daisy has to help her friends survive." "If you want I could bring you some food," I said, "I just need to disguise myself." She gave me a hug. "You're a nice guy," said Daisy. "Yeah," I said. We made it to her orphanage. "Daisy also sells cookies for a living," said Daisy, "But no one buys them anymore." "I love cookies," I said, "If you swing by my place I'll buy some." I gave her some money.

"Here," I said, "For luck." "Daisy can't take your money," said Daisy. "Of course you can," I said. I gave it to her. "Thank you," she said. She went back inside and went to her headmistress. "Hello Mrs. Haggle," said Daisy. "Hello Daisy," said Mrs. Haggle. "Did anyone come to adopt Daisy?" asked Daisy. "Let me think," she said, "NO!" I was listening to the conversation. "You know you're never gonna get adopted," said Mrs. Haggle, "No one would want a little brat like you. Now, did you meet your quota?" "Sort of," said Daisy, "Daisy sold 5 fudge balls, 10 cocos, and 3 peanut butter cookies." "You say that like it was a good sales day," said Mrs. Haggle. "Yes," said Daisy. "LOOK AT MY FACE!" she shouted, "Do you still think IT'S A GOOD SALES DAY?!" She took Daisy's notepad and ripped the paper. "5 cocos, now I think we can do a little bit better don't you?" she asked, "You don't wanna spend a day in the box of discipline do you?" "No ma'am," said Daisy. "Good now make yourself useful and clean something of mine," said Mrs. Haggle. She looked out her window and I hid. I started heading back home.