Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or the TV show Spongebob Squarepants. That honor goes to Stephen Hillenberg.

One day in the city of Bikini Bottom, there was a sponge named "Spongebob" who was watching his favorite TV show "The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy".

In the episode Spongebob was watching, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy fought against the Dirty Bubble, in ironically, a pencil factory. This was one of Spongebob's favorite episodes, as the ending featured the Dirty Bubble getting popped by the biggest and most powerful pencil in the factory.

"Spongebob, you know what would make watching Episode 694 better?" Spongebob said out loud to himself. "It would be better if I watched it with Patrick!"

So, Spongebob paused his TV and left running to Patrick's house. Once there, Spongebob knocked on Patrick's brown rock and speedily said, "Patrick, do you want to watch the episode where the Dirty Bubble gets popped by that fifty-foot long pencil?"

No response came from Patrick. Optimistic, Spongebob knocked once again on the starfish's rock. Still no response.

"Oh well, guess I'll go try to see if my other best friend Squidward wants to watch Episode 694 with me!" Spongebob thought to himself.

So alas, Spongebob went and knocked on Squidward's house. "Buddy, do you want to watch some Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy with me!" Spongebob yelled at the top of his lungs.

Once again, no response. By now, Spongebob was getting scared. By now, Squidward should have played his clarinet at least once. And Spongebob also admitted to himself that he hasn't heard Squidward play once. And Spongebob knew that National No Spongebob Day was two months from now. "Maybe they held it two months early." Spongebob hopefully thought to himself.

Spongebob then reentered his pineapple house and sat down on the red couch to finish the episode of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.

However, his thoughts were interrupted when he heard footsteps. Footsteps that we're moving slow. Scared, Spongebob nervously said. "Gary, did you forget to close the window again?"

The footsteps got closer and Spongebob got more scared. He knew Patrick's and Squidward's footsteps, and he knew this wasn't any of their footsteps. He also realized that the person walking had shoes on.

Finally, Spongebob couldn't take it any more. He stood up, faced backwards, closed his eyes and yelled "Who are you!"

When he opened his eyes, he could only make out a black cowboy hat and a black jacket before being struck unconscious by a baseball bat.

So there is the first chapter of The Kelp Forest! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Please review and tell me how I did! Did you like it, hate it, please tell me everything about how I did in this story.

This story will also not just be focused on Spongebob, by the way. I'll also let other characters take the spotlight and have some chapters focused on them.

I also have plans to make chapters longer, as this chapter didn't even have 600 words in it.

So until next time, I'm Goodguy796, and I hope you have a good summer!