To The Vulpine Fury: I greatly thank you for this review, not only is it my first review ever for my first story ever, it is also a very inspiring one as well. The suggestion of reading the saurian gambit is nice but I've already read a bit of it but I really don't see anything that could possibly happen. I have read another called Parallel Waves which is very interesting but it doesn't end with a human/Krystal relationship, I still recommend though. As for Light, he really isn't as much of a kid or as ugly you might think, although I have to admit the prologue does make him sound more ugly than you think, but that does give me an idea, thanks to you. As for the Light and Krystal's ages, ( Not just for you, but for anyone who's also curious. ) Krystal is 19, and the balloons weren't without a purpose. I chose the senior year of a high school setting because of all of the worthless drama associated with it. And I don't think Krystal would think of him ugly or handsome, considering he is the first human she meets. Finally, to put your worries at ease, ( And anyone else's ) No, Light will NOT turn anthro, nor will Krystal become human, that would take away the whole point of this story. Originality is what I'm aiming for.

To brampson123: I have to say that I agree on the ages you put Fox and Krystal, when I played Adventures she seemed to be in her late teens to me.

To Everyone Else: Sorry for the long Author's note, but Vulpine furry brought up some excellent issues that had to be covered. And now, on with the story. Oh, and I almost forgot, the prologue was first person but pretty much the rest of it is third person, unless said otherwise.

December 16, 2013 Update: For this chapter, I updated the language, fixed grammar error and made it easier to read. For the next chapter however, I fixed a huge mistake I made and I think I improved Light's character and image to make him less emo-ish.

Chapter 1

The Life that Passes Through Light

Light walked out the door adjusting his backpack's combination lock. He unfortunately had quite a few bullies and the only thing that kept them from getting into his stuff was his lock. He once got a huge blow to his grade when someone got into his old bag and destroyed his science project right before he could turn it in. Worst of all, he couldn't prove who destroyed it to appeal for an extension. That blow caused him to lose 20 percent of his physics grade and he passed with a 76 percent. So much for honor roll.

Light walked to the bus stop and sat on the ground waiting for his bus to come. He hoped there weren't that many people on the bus this morning. After waiting five minutes more than usual, the bus finally arrived and he got on board to find three guys that normally aren't on the bus in the mornings, no wonder the bus took longer to arrive. The real problem though was that three guys in particular were serious jerks. Most of the time, they never get on in the mornings and allowed Light a temporary peace, plus a bit of a nap. Today was not the case.

Light sat down in his seat near the back of the bus and the first few minutes were rather peaceful, despite the murmurs and snickering clearly coming from aforementioned jerks. Instead of worrying about them, he just decided to close his eyes and leaned his head on the cool window. Light's rest was short lived however when one of them sat in his seat and started rubbing his back. When it comes to Light's daily torment, these three specialized in gay jokes. "Hey Light, doing anything tonight?"

"Hello, Andy," Light groaned. "I get enough of this in the afternoon, so would you mind."

"Not at all," with that, Andy took his hand off and retreated to his original seat next to Jake and Matt. For being around five years younger than Light, they sure knew how to take advantage of his relationship status.

When the bus finally stopped, Light got off and saw the concrete steps and saw three of his only friends in the world. At least they made life at school bearable. They were a genuine group of guys to be around. They didn't get bullied nearly as much as him though. Walking up the steps, he saw them hovering around something, "Hey Nat, what's up."

Nat turned around and gave me the usual retort, "That broken bulb you call a head," he quickly turned back to whatever it was they were hovering around.

"Ha ha, very funny," said Light sarcastically; sarcasm was always rampant throughout their conversations. "Now really, what are you guys looking at?"

"It's the new Star Fox game," piqued Alex. Light finally pushed his way into the small group of people to see what exactly it was. He saw exactly what Alex had told him, it was Star Fox Adventures, and Chris was the one playing it. Chris had one of those Game Cube power packs so not only did he have his school stuff, but he also had a separate bag so he could carry the little system around with him wherever he went. The only real problem was the small screen attached to it. It made some images hard to make out from Light's position.

Light was an avid gamer and the Star Fox series was one of his favorites. He even had the original game, which was quite possibly the first 3-Dimensional game to ever come into existence, a true classic. Star Fox Adventures had been out for a few months, but buying it wasn't extremely high on his list of priorities. "Is that your copy, Chris?"

"Yep," Chris isn't one for talking unless he was trying to disprove a theorem or completely weird you out. With him a normal conversation could deviate to the edges of strangeness. It may sound strange, but Light, Nat and Alex both agreed he bore a striking resemblance to Count Dracula when he applied gel to his hair.

"Can I borrow it?"

"Sure, just give me a moment to save."

"Cool."

"Hey, Light, isn't your birthday coming soon," Alex asked. Out of the four, he was probably the brightest and the most tech savvy, he also made the most sense between the four. On a side note, he was also a bit sarcastic but on a less insulting level compared to the dark haired Nat.

Light freed his vision away from the small screen and answered, "Yes, it's tomorrow actually. Good thing it's going to be Saturday."

"HOLD THE PHONE," Nat barked! "Your birthday is tomorrow and you haven't invited us to the party. I'm a party animal! Just the other week there was an awesome party on Beck Street. Man, there was this unimaginably hot brunette there and guess what happened?"

"You didn't get any," Alex said nonchalantly, but holding a grin while hiding his eyes behind the chestnut bangs, not so different from Light's own hair color.

Nat spun a 180. "DUDE...," he made a pinching gesture with his hand, "I'm sure I was this close."

"Yeah, you keep thinking that." Light, Alex and Chris couldn't help but laugh at this misadventure. "So, are we invited or not."

"Yeah, here's your invitations." Incidentally they were the only invitations for obvious reasons. "Listen, I got to get to my probability class before the bell, see ya." Light packed away Chris' game and he left them where they were. Those three were something alright. They certainly made going through these horrible halls worth it. Still, he honestly couldn't wait to get out of there to play the little disk. All he had to do now was get through the terrible monotony of the day.

There were two lunch periods at Oak Wood High, named after the hundred year old oak tree in the school's courtyard, and Light had lunch with neither Nat, Alex or Chris. Light didn't really have much of a choice but to eat by himself. Even though he had some great friends, he still couldn't help his awareness about being single when he looked around at the room full of happy couples. Light wasn't as attractive as all of the other guys in the room in his opinion, everywhere he looked he saw a perfect ten on every guys face. Light considered himself a four out of ten at best. He had always judged himself the most harshly. He just didn't feel like he stood a chance. He was the only one out of his friends that didn't even have experience with girls.

Alex had his eye on this really smart girl in our class and rumors had it that she had hers on him. Nat was indeed the life of the party, even at his work place. Girls would rub themselves against him casually. He had a girlfriend a while back but from what he told Light, she was so annoying he pulled his car off the road, kicked her out of it, and drove off. She had to walk the rest of the way to her car. Chris, as strange as it was, was doing better than the three of them combined. He snagged three girlfriends within the past two years and one of them he went out with twice. Each one of those relationships lasted a long time too. Chris' current girlfriend was a very nice girl and Light was happy for the guy, unfortunately he felt a little bit envious at the guy's luck.

Finally, the day was done and Light couldn't have been more relieved to be home. "Light, would you mind helping me with the trash, Dear?"

"Sure, Mother." Light picked up a few of the garbage bags his dad had tied up and helped his mother with getting the bags in the can for the garbage men to pick up later. His mother noticed he wasn't all there at the moment and she smelled much more cologne on than usual. She chalked all of this up to one thing, a girl.

"So, is there anything you would like to tell me about?"

"About what?"

"Oh, I don't know, perhaps a certain someone." Light was now thoroughly confused, he that thought for a moment and then it dawned on him that she mistakenly thought he was trying to impress a girl. It must have been the extra cologne that made her think that.

"No, Mother, there is nothing to talk about," there really wasn't anything to talk about, at least nothing he wanted to talk with her about. Earlier that day after lunch, he was jumped and some guys threw him in a trash can. Thankfully there wasn't anything sticky in it, but it still smelled so he had to apply enough cologne to overpower the odor, at least until he found a shower. Light left his mother so suddenly she thought she said something offensive.

Light took that shower and went right to his bed and stared at his ceiling. None of this was his mother's fault. He just didn't want her to worry about him or feel sorry for him. All of this was his problem. She shouldn't have to bear any of it. It was his burden and his alone. He held up the Star Fox Adventures disc and felt a hypnotic allure. He had heard there was a new character in it and he couldn't wait to beat it. He popped the disk in and hoped it would whisk him away from this reality for a time. Who knew, maybe the start of his nineteenth year of life would be better than the other eighteen.

Author's Note: I didn't think it was true but reviews really do make make a person want to write more. I hope you guys are enjoying it and will continue supporting it. remember, constructive criticism is accepted so are suggestions for how some of the events will play out, after all I don't have everything figured out but I do know what the ending is. The next chapter is called Wishing for a Light at the End of a Tunnel. Also r&r!