"Brother, come on. It's time to get up." Kankri starts shaking my shoulder. "Ugh. Fuck off I'm tired." I moan in reply. "We both need to get to school and I refuse to let you be late." He pulls the blanket off of me. "Fine I'm coming. Just let me wake up." I turn over and slap his hand away.
He leaves the room and I am left to get ready at last. I grab my black turtleneck, my gray jeans, and I start changing.
I step out of my room and walk to the kitchen.
We live in a small two story house in a pretty crappy neighborhood. No drugs (That we know of) or anything like that. But when you think of where I live, the last thing that comes to anyone's mind, is nice. It's a pretty simple lay out, walk in the front door, turn to your right and your in the living room. Keep going straight you walk next to the kitchen bar that is of coarse facing the tiny kitchen.
Pass the kitchen is a set of stairs that lead straight to my room, the wall to the right has a door for Kankri's room.
On the first floor, behind the stairs and to the left, is my dad's room. The only good thing I can say about this place is that there aren't any leeks in the roof and we don't have to share bathrooms.
I live here with my brother Kankri and our dad. Kankri is a collage student, and a huge goody-2-shoes if you ask me. The only thing good about him being that way is that it takes a load off dad.
Our mom died 3 years ago and dad has been pretty depressed since. He still tries to help with the house, he asks how our day was even though he isn't listening. I get pretty mad at him sometimes.
I hate it when I do that because I know it isn't his fault, but I can't help it.
I'm pretty normal I guess. I go to high school just like everybody else, and I have a group of friends.
I could probably go without them since they are the most annoying sacks of shit ever. But I guess they help me get out of the house more. I play guitar sometimes, I don't show that skill to people but I'm proud of it. Not as proud as I am about my extensive romantic movie collection. I'm pretty sure I have every one invented. This is where if I was talking to a real person my nose would be in the air as I brag.
I sit down at the bar and pour some cereal and milk that Kankri already had out like every morning.
"Karkat I believe it would be smart for you speed things along and wash your bowl as to not be late for the first day back at school." Kankri says as he puts his bowl in the sink to wash it.
"What is wrong with letting them pile up before washing them?" I ask. "Karkat that is disgusting Do you have any idea how much bacteria can stick to the dishes if you don't wash them right away?" He replies. "Ugh, whatever." I say and put my bowl in the sink. I rinse it off like he asked while he puts away the milk and cereal box.
"Let's go." I say and grab my back pack off the floor as I walk to the door. He soon follows and we head out. He has to drive because as I am 16, I still don't have my license. Yeah... I failed my first test and have to re-take it next week. It's not my fault they put me in a different car then what I'm used to driving. I guess the kind of crap Kankri drives and the crap they have you drive are completely different kinds of crap. Whatever, moving on.
I get out of the car and wave goodbye to Kankri as I stuff my hands in my pockets and run inside.
I always get fucking soaked because of the never ending rain storms in this shitty town. It doesn't matter how fast you run, you get wet.
I head to my locker and stuff my back pack in it. I close it and hiding behind the door was Sollux.
He is one of my best friends but frankly is annoying as fuck with his snarky attitude And the lisp doesn't help. When I see him I jump back since I didn't know he was there. "Hey Kk." He says.
"Ugh, do you have to do that lord ass hole?" I ask. "What a great hello. And yeth. Yeth I do." He replies. As if it wasn't enough that he surprised me, I can't even see his face right away since the bastard is so fucking tall. He is easy to spot in a crowed thanks to his weird and surprisingly natural, spiky dirty blond hair, and the fact he always wears weird as fuck glasses. One lens is blue and the other is red. I guess he isn't embarrassed by those being his eye colors. The only way I can know it's him without having to look up is the fact that his shirt has the roman numeral 2 on it and his jacket is yellow.
We head to our first class. Fun, chemistry. We sit at the same 2 person table we always sit at.
At least they cleaned the beakers this year. Last year started and it sucked because everything smelled like barf. The warning bell goes off and the rest of the class floods in. The room gets filled with a roar of talking morons as we wait for our teacher. I hope it's someone new. The teacher last year was a worthless piece of shit and probably already drank away the few braincells he had left, they should bulldoze the school that gave him a teaching degree! Um, sorry. I was ranting in anger again.
The final bell rings and there is still no teacher. "Where the fuck is this guy?" I ask. "Probably thomeone new who walked into the wrong clath room or thome shit." Sollux replies. He's probably right. In walks a teacher. Long dark brown hair, big round glasses, and a white lab coat over a white shirt and a long blue skirt. Following behind her is a girl, she might be shorter then me. I'm considered sort so she's like, tiny. She has a dark pink shirt with a bright pink heart on it, shorts that match the heart and underneath them, tights that match the main color of her shirt. Over top is a dark green coat that is probably a few sizes to big for her. And if that didn't throw off any fashion sense she had she also has a deep blue cat hat that covers most of her short light brown hair. "Hello class, I'm your new chemistry teacher, you can call me Jade. This here is a new student. Introduce yourself." She says, to finish he gestures to the girl.
"I'm Nepeta." She says with a small smile, revealing sharp K9 teeth. "You can take a seat at that empty table back there." He says to her and points to a table near the back. "Now, I see that you all picked where you want to sit. But even though I don't know any of you yet, I think I have a guess at where I think you should be. Everybody come up here. Nepeta you can stay there though." She says. Everyone stands up and moves to the front so she can start pointing us to tables. After a while she gets to me and Sollux.
"You, name?" She asks like she asked everybody else. "Thollux." He answers. "Ok, Sollux. You can sit with Nepeta back there." She says politely. Sollux does as he's told. I kinda feel bad for him, getting stuck back there with the new kid. They are always the clueless ones. "And you?" She asks me. "Karkat." I answer. "Huh, you all have kind of funny names. But I think it just means your gonna be the funnest to have in my class." She says. I growl at her. I curse her out in my head and sit down. "Hi! What's your name again?" The girl next to me asks. "Karkat." I answer. "Nice to meet you! I'm Feferi!" She replies. Holy shit, she is so fucking happy. The first thing I see when I look at her is a mess of orange/brown hair. Has she ever had a hair cut? Shit it's long. Jade assigns everyone else to their seats and starts the class. Which I completely zoned out for so there is no need to tell you anything about it.
After class Sollux catches up with me since we have another class together next. Shit, the new girl is following him. "Kk, wait up." He says. "Walk faster then." I reply. "You know your being followed right?" I ask as I look at the tiny girl. "Heh, thith ith Nepeta. Nepeta thith ith Kk." He says.
She looks up at me and smiles. Shit, she really does have sharp teeth. How does she have conversations with Sollux? He is 5'9'' and she is even short then me.
"What clath do you have next?" He asks her. "English." She answers. "Well, we have hithtory but the clathroomth are right next to each other tho we'll walk you there." He says. "Ok." She replies.
Are all of the girls here full of fucking energy? "I'll thee you after clath." Sollux says when we get there. She smiles at him and walks into the classroom. He and I go to our seats and wait for the teacher. "Ok, spill it." I say as soon as he sits down. "What?" He asks. "You never talk to new people. What gives?" I ask. "Heh. Oh that." He replies with a snicker. "Don't tell me your going after her!" I say. He just give me a glance from the side and grins. "What about waiting for Aradia?" I ask. His grin fades as he turns toward me.
"Kk. She'th been in a coma for 3 years. That meanth the chance of her waking up ith even thmaller now. I need to move on." He replies. I look at the floor. He has a good point.
Aradia was his girlfriend 3 years ago. Some fortune telling bitch caused her to get in a car crash while he was driving. She's been in a coma ever since. And he always blamed himself even though he knows who caused it. He's always saying shit like "I could have stopped it. But I didn't." even though everyone knows that it isn't true. There is a very slim chance he could have done anything and even if he could have, he had no way of knowing what was happening. Yeah, he didn't have a license obviously. But he was convinced that he could prove something to his billionaire dad if he did something big. She wanted to come so he let her but then the crash happened. I feel bad for the guy.
Before I can reply to him the teacher walks in and the final bell rings. "Hello class, I'm your new History teacher Rose Lalonde. You may be wondering why there are so many new teachers, this is because the school is making some big changes to welcome some very important new students.
There are many of us new teachers, and the entire school has been cleaned from top to bottom. All of the supplies has been replaced as well. I hope you all will do a good job of welcoming the new students and they will be introduced to you all at lunch. Now let's begin." She explains.
Greeeeaaaaat. Some newbies we have to kiss up to.
At lunch Sollux and I sit together like normal. And Rose was right, this place is spotless.
"Attention." The principle shouts. Everyone shuts up and looks over at him. "I would like to introduce you to our newest students. Come on." He says and gestures to a few kids.
"This is Feferi Peixes. Her mother is the owner of very large sea life sanctuary. She is the heir to this company." Huh. That's the girl I sat next to. She is wearing a black tank top, and pink and blue long skirt, and has a black winter coat. "Hello! Nice to meet you all!" She says with her insanely cheery smile. "And this is Eridan Ampora. His father runs and owns a multi billion dollar whaling and fishing company." He continues as gestures to a um.. How do you describe this guy? Blue and black striped pants, a purple long sleeved shirt, a scarf that looks the some as his skinny jeans, and stupid hipster glasses. On top of that retarded outfit is his weird wavy brown hair with a blond piece that flips up at the front. Basically he looks like a snobby hipster that doesn't own a fucking mirror.
He doesn't even say hello, just goes "Hmmf."
"Finally, this is Nepeta Leijon. Her family runs a art gallery out of state and has transferred here to stay with her sister." He finishes. He says something else to the 3 of them and they walk all the way in to find a place to sit down. Eridan and Feferi stick together but Nepeta comes to join me and Sollux.
"Hello again." She says as she sits down. "Hey Nep. Why didn't you tell uth you were a famouth tranthfer?" Sollux jokes. "Hehe. I don't know why the school made such a big fuss about me being here. Or the other 2 for that matter. It's our parents they should be bragging about, not us." She says.
"Yeah. Funny thing ith, I came here right before my dad'th company went huge. If I thtarted thchool a year later then I did they would have done the thame for me." He replies. It's true. "Your dad owns a company?" She asks. "Yeah, computerth and shit. I think that'th why I'm tho awethome with 'em."
He brags. "Oh, that's pretty cool." She replies. "His hobbies include making viruses and hacking into his dad's company to fuck with stuff. What a great set of skills." I say. "Shut up Kk. Your jutht jealouth because you can't code for shit." He replies and she starts giggling. Hmf, doesn't he look happy to have made her laugh. "So what was that about staying with your sister?" I ask. "Oh right. She is going to collage here and I wanted to come with her. We're really close so I can't stand the thought of her being gone for 4 years." She answers. "Heh, if you ask me siblings are useless." I reply and lean back in my chair. "Kk, don't be an ath becauthe you don't like Kankri." Sollux butts in. "You have a brother?" She asks. "Yeah. Mister know it all is in collage to. He never shuts up about the most annoying things and is always digging into my private life. Drives me fucking insane." I answer. "Huh. Do you have a sibling too Sollux?" She asks.
"Yeah, older brother like Kk, he ithn't thtarting collage until next year but he hangth out there all the time to be with hith girlfriend. But he can be thuch a pain thometimeth. Ever thince he was in a accident last year he'th been different. Now if he ithn't falling on hith ath or having a thpaz attack, he's folding into a push over who never thtopth apologizing for the dumbetht shit." He answers.
"Oh. That's sad." She replies. "I gueth. He always endth up with thomeone taking care of him. It'th either me or hith girlfriend." He says. "What do your bothers look like anyway? I met a bunch of people at my sisters collage so maybe I know them." She says. "Mituna ith eathy to thpot becauthe he not only wears the brightetht yellow shirtth, but he altho has a thtupid helmet all the time. It's just ath bright ath his shirt but it ith even more distracting cauthe it covers his eyeth with red and blue lentheth." Sollux answers. "Hehe! He tried to grind a rail on the outside stairs and fell on his face. I was gonna help him but his girlfriend was already there. I think it's his girlfriend anyway." She replies. "Red glatheth and a outfit made of black and teal or whatever?" He asks. "Yup!" She answers. "What about your brother?" She turns to me. "He wears a bright red sweater 24-7 and stupid black tights." I answer. "I think I saw him there. There were some people groaning and whispering to each other while a guy was talking about something called a trigger." She says. "That's him alright. Just, don't ask him what it is. I did but I still don't know because of his never ending babbling" I reply.
"Hm. Your just a ass aren't you?" She asks. She still looks as innocent as she has this entire time. But now she insulted me. Before I can reply, Sollux butts in. "Hahaha! She really pegged you didn't she Kk?" He laughs. I'm gonna ring his skinny neck. My eye twitches. "Yeah yeah. Laugh it up now. Do you want me to get revenge with words now or later?" I ask. "Now ith good." He answers.
"Ok. Nepeta was it? Did you know that when he was 13 he got talked into driving a car to get his dad's attention by a spider bitch who thinks she can grant people good or bad luck?" Yeah. I went there. His smile fades into a angry frown. "Real nice Kk. Bring that up." He replies. "At least I didn't mention how the girl in the car with you went into a coma because you didn't know what you were doing. Oops, looks like a just did." I say. Wait. Fuck. Damn it! He stands up, his hair falls over his eyes and he marches off. "Aw fuck." I mumble. Before I can go after him Nepeta springs up.
"What is wrong with you?" She says and runs after him.
I.. I don't know. What is wrong with me? Fuck..
We don't any more classes together until right before school ends. And there is gym to but frankly. Does anybody want to hear about the rest of my day? I didn't think so.
Author's note!
FInally my big deal of a story is being posted! I hope you liked the first chapter, this idea was made up by Kira Y
There are still some more characters I'm going to introduce later on.
Humans – Teachers
Main trolls – Students
Dancestors – Older siblings
Enjoy!
