Authors Note #3:
Forgot to add in the Prologue's AN the reason that I changed the cover image. The reason is because it sucked and I figured out a way to fix it, but I have a newer PC that I'm doing basically everything on and because of that I had to remake Laila. I got the exact same stuff, plus the socks, I forgot those last time. Anyways, thank you to whoever has favorited my book. Also sorry for the long chapter updates, Microsoft word decided to be a complete and utter jackass bastard to me and say that my word has expired, so I had to copy all of what I had manually to a Word Pad to get it done -_- (ffffffffffffuck), and my writers block has only recently alleviated and I can start working more on Chapter one. Thank you for reading this metric FUCK-TON of shet and (hopefully) understanding! Now enough of my shet, ONTO THE FIRST CHAPTER (again in SMG4's voice)!

The next day(AKA Laila's birthday [going to use human dates because I don't know Splatoon's months/days of the week] 6/15/14,015 {it's supposed to be set 12,000 years into the future; I'm taking it literally.}.)

About 9:00 A.M.:

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAILA!" my mom, Auntie Kelly, Uncle Max, and my cousins Kalus and Ocean practically screamed as soon as I came downstairs to get some breakfast.

"OH MY G-, ... (begins breathing again) holy shit you guys almost gave me a triple heart attack!" I said in-between breaths and getting up off the floor.
(during what happened with Laila) "Oh my God Laila, are you ok?' everyone almost asked in unison (then Laila starts breathing again and etc.)

"You guys thought that surprising me with a jumpscare just after I came down the stairs was a good idea?" I said, laughing half way through.

"We're so sorry sweetie, we didn't mean to scare you like that and make you fall over." My mother said sincerely.

"First off, I slipped, and that probably would have happened without your help, and second, it's fine mom, I'm ok." I said, and I meant what I said. I also added a smile to show my sincerity.

"Ok, sweetie, well, breakfast is on the table, I made your favorites!" my mother said with a big smile.

"YES, THANK YOU MOM!" I practically screamed. (And you would too if you had some of Laila's mom's cooking, and Laila's favorite breakfast food is in fact homemade chocolate chip pancakes.)

I wolfed down at least twelve pancakes during breakfast, but what was to come next as part of my surprise was to be the best part of my birthday.

[Doorbell rings] "Laila, sweetie, can you go get the door, please." My mom said, everyone wondering who it was. (P.s. it's a surprise for the family!)

"Alright mom, I'll get it." I said, but from the look in everyone else's eyes, they were as clueless as I was as to who it was.

I open the door an ask who's there, but what I find is a box with my name on it. Because it was so heavy me and my entire family had to work together to move it inside so I could open it.

"Laila, did you order something online?" My mother asked, just as confused as I was.

"No, I'm as confused as everyone else is as to what this is, or who it's from!" I exclaimed. I honestly didn't know what it was, so I began to open it slowly.

"SURPRISE, happy birthday Laila!" My dad exclaimed. It took everyone a few seconds to register what just happened.

...

"D-Daddy?" I asked, it had been a few years since I last saw him.

"Yes Laila, it's me, don't tell me you forgot about me." My dad said, jokingly.

"You're really here and this isn't some sort of freakishly real nightmare or dream or whatever?" I asked, I actually pinched myself just to check. It wasn't a dream, my dad had actually came home for my 14th birthday.

"D-dad, m-my daddy's home!" I said, I started crying tears of joy when I actually found out it was all real. The rest of the day was the best, I actually got to spend the entire day with my entire family, and dad was going to stay all through tomorrow too, the only thing that was sad was that I had to leave tomorrow and I still had yet to tell him about the test.

"So, Laila, do you like it? I know it isn't much but -" my dad was saying, but I cut him off with a long overdue hug (second hug to her father of the day, can you blame her, it's been exactly 3 years, 2 months, 1 week, and 5 days since she last saw her dad) and I said "Daddy, it's perfect, thank you for this wonderful present!" I was so happy that I didn't even care that the present was a just a cheap wallet, I was grateful that my dad was home and that's all that mattered to me.

"Laila, you're welcome, but there's more to that present than just what's on the outside!" My dad said, he knew I didn't care for the present as much as I did that he was home.

I was ... mildly confused as to what he meant. "There's more?" I asked.

"Yes, Laila, there's more." My dad said with a smile, something told me at this moment that he knew that I didn't pass that test.

I opened it up and sure enough, there was a card with around twelve thousand cash on it and it was registered to Laila Taiga Takorra.

"How'd you know about the test?" I asked more concerned on how he figured it out before anyone told him, this also surprised everyone else as no one had told him and it was an unsaid statement to all that I was going to tell him.

"Yesterday I got a copy of the test results for you Laila. That's how I knew, I guess you were going to tell me." My dad said sheepishly. "To be honest, I have all of your test scores and I was surprised that you failed it by one point, heck, failed it at all, so I grabbed 12,000 cash from my savings account and gave it to you as a present, though I probably should have waited for you to tell me about the test."

"No, no, dad, it's fine, it takes away the awkwardness of telling you that I failed and makes the party continue it's happy-go-lucky vibes. And if I found out that I didn't even need to tell you that I failed after I told you, I'd probably get mad at you for making me go through with that awkwardness needlessly." I said with a small smile.

The rest of the day was nothing but fun and happiness. I just hope that the bus to boot camp takes forever to get here in the first place so that I can spend more time with dad and my family.

The next day:

The bus came bright and early, and boy was I upset about it coming at 9:00 A.M. This meant I wouldn't be able to spend any more time with my family nor any more time with my dad. I was so sad that I had to go, that I almost didn't go.

"Laila, sweetie, you have to go or you'll just have to be driven there by your cousin, Ocean." Mom said. I was horrified by the idea that she would drive me there so I packed my bags and got on the bus after saying my goodbyes. (lets just say that the meme that Callie can't drive applies here and is multiplied by 264 {yes I know it's a random number but with how bad her driving is, it's the correct number lol}, this is the sole reason Laila willingly went onto that bus.)

It was about a three hour drive to Inkopolis from Calamari County (this is the only canon city/town other than Inkopolis) and most of that ride was uneventful, other than sitting next to one of my neighbors who just turned 14 today, God I hope he isn't my roommate, that would not only suck, but also be awkward (p.s. he is her roommate lol you'll find out his name next chapter!).

Me and the aforementioned boy were heading to the Inkopolis apartment complex (the El Cheapo one; the other one is the expensive one meant for the rich and popular such as Callie and Marie) to get an apartment. The manager fought with both of us because he said he didn't have enough room for the both of us, but then he made a compromise that I thought would end the world. He said "Ya kno' wha', how 'bout chyo guys share an apartment together?" me and the boy immediately said in a totally professional and mature way "NO!" in unison "I'm not sleeping in the same room as her, let alone the same BED!" This got me to blush hard, so hard that my tentacles turned red.

To counter our argument, the manager said, "I'll get chu guys an apahtment wit' two bedrooms, two beds, and one of ever'thin' else."

My soon-to-be-roommate said, "That's fair enough. Do you think so?"

I said, "I guess it's fine. WAIT A MINUTE! What about the bathrooms, are we only getting one or two?" I'd be fine if there were two, but not if there were only one bathroom.

"Fine I'll get chu one wit' an eztra bat'room too." the manager said, in his slurred voice.

"Thank you, I think that all of the terms are acceptable." I said.

"Same." My now-roommate said. (She doesn't know him because he had recently moved to Calamari County from an as of unknown location. In fact, he had only moved there a couple of days before he and Laila left for Inkopolis Plaza.)

The manager gave me and my roommate a key to our shared apartment and we started heading off to said apartment.

"Hey seeing as we're about to become roommates, what's your name?" he asked.

"Laila, Laila Takorra. What about you, what's your name?" I asked him.

"My name is ..."

Authors Note #4:
And with that, this chapter is FINALLY done after almost a freaking MONTH of writing -_- . I have had to do a ton of stuff and haven't been completely focused on this book to be entirely honest, so sorry for not uploading my next chapter until now. Oh yeah, btw, all of Laila's teammates and two other characters are going to have their own books in the same universe as Laila, but I'm going to wait until around Chapter 10 to even start them (I still need a middle and last name for her teammates, I already have a first name for each of them and the Laila Taiga Takorra was a last minute decision and it sounded best.) anyways, thanks for reading this metric FUCK-ton of shet. I have no excuses for not writing instead of playing video-games (at night not in the morning, THE MORNING IS MY QUIET TIME AND THAT MEANS I DO WHAT I WANT.), but in all seriousness, I really should start working more on my book at night rather than watching movies and playing video-games at night. I'm gonna start chapter two ASAP though, so it'll be done a lot more quicker! (Hopefully anyway.) Hope you liked it, and YEAS I'M DOIN IT, DA CLIFFHANGER! Guess what his name is. Here's a hint, it starts with L. Good luck on finding his name. It won't let me do the lines -_- WHY!?