AN: So I've been talking up this idea for a while and I'm finally getting the ball rolling! Expect semi-frequent updates; I'll try to get the next prologue piece out in a day or two. Enjoy! (Dangan Ronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair belongs to Spike Chunsoft. All characters featured, including mascot Moneko, are of my own creation. Resemblance to any other character, living or fictional, is either coincidence of a mere allusion.)

PROLOGUE: RE: DESPAIR

Hope's Peak Academy was once the battleground of ultimate despair. But the new hope that emerged slowly rebuilt the world and cured it, bringing in a new, reimagined and hopeful planet.

It's disgusting.

"Nyahaha, ladadeeda, mimimeow~" A voice singsonged from the dark room. A figure was tinkering with their newest toy, the new face of true despair. And it was adorable.
"Gamgam and her sisters would be soooo so proud of me!"
They stood up the figure and grinned in the blackness of the room, speaking quickly into a tiny microphone.
"Nyahyahya, now shall we despair, meow?"

BEGIN DANGAN RONPA ?: PROJECT DESPAIRIFY.

PROLOGUE: PART 1

Hope's Peak Academy is the most elite of schools in the entire world. As far as normal people go I'm above the average intelligence, but nowhere near the recognition of Hope's Peak. But the Good Luck raffle had drawn my name, and I was here. I was part of one of the classes to attend after the rebuilding from despair, and from what I hear I have interesting classmates. Among them a pianist, a magician, a cosplayer, a sukeban, a skateboarder, a host, even an undertaker and a ghost whisperer... Yikes. I'm looking to be the most normal kid out of them all. I just hope that I can make friends...
My name is Kouki Mizushima, and I'm not a special person. But I'd like to think I could have a good time...
As soon as I took a step into the school, I passed out.

OPEN FILE DESPAIR-IFY

I woke up on the floor, in an empty classroom. I held my head and stood myself up, taking in the surrounding. Had I been dreaming? Why is it so dark? What's on my head? At further examination it was a hastily written pamphlet, entirely drawn in pink crayon.
'Welcome to Hope's Peak Academy!' it read, 'Come to the entrance hall at 8:00 AM, meow!'
...Was it a prank? I wasn't sure what to think of it. But it was already 7:50... I shouldn't be late.
After a lot of getting lost and looking at the steel plates that covered every window, I arrived at the entrance hall several minutes late. And there to greet me was a wide selection of colorful and interesting people. I recognized them as my classmates.

"Way to make us wait, fuckwad," a voice shouted.
Well it wasn't a warm welcome.

AN: I'm really excited for this story! This is only the first little tidbit of the prologue, and next time we meet a part of our cast! Keep up with my profile for character profiles, which will be updated with new information according to free time events and other information given! As new characters are added, new profiles are added! The ones already listed are ones thought up previously, so stay tuned for many more! I hope you guys like this story even though it's an OC story. Have fun reading!

(A note: When our unnamed friend at the beginning mentions their "Gamgam", they are referring to their late grandmother. Think of this what you please.)