A/N YES WEEKEND! Sorry I had a lot of testing this week. Which also means I had no homework. Which meant I could update every night. Now that after this weekend I will have things to do regularly maybe two or three times a week. For all those people that sent in OCs. (Katy is one of those OCs) THANK YOU! Another submitted OC will appear in this chapter.
J's POV
"So what are the challenges this year?" I ask. The first DI meeting of the year for my team was help today. Zach and Evan sat on the couch at another teammate, Colin. Colin is second shortest to Evan. And surprisingly he was one of the best football players on the team. His dark brown hair is short. He wears a yellow shirt and dark blue pants. And as long as you don't give me reason to kill you, he might maybe sort of maybe be my tiny almost like a brother crush. Now anyone hears your throat is slit.
The other members include Mareike, a blonde girl that you do not stereotype, she's one of the smartest around, she wears a faded pink hoodie with a butterfly on it, jeans, a light pink hat and dark pink gloves. Frankie, who has an Italian background (None of us can pronounce her real name that her mother gave her), she has curly hair and wears a white jacket, green girlscout shirt, jeans, and dark blue gloves. Then there's Ben, the bookworm, he's the smartest kid in our school, he could pretend to be Zach and Evan's triplet and get away with it, he has hair in the same shade of dark blond as them, wears a dark blue long sleeve shirt and black pants.
"Challenge A is 'Use masks to tell a story, you are not allowed to talk..." Zach starts reading before getting cut-off by me and Colin.
"Nope!" We say in unison. If there's anything our DI team can't do, it's a silent skit. We can't stand not hearing some type of noise. Plus writing a skit without being able to say anything is harder than lighting metal on fire.
"Challenge B 'Your team must use home-made toy cars that will fit in a nine by nine inch box to earn points based on a grid system. You must create a skit to go along with it. The cars cannot be motorized or put on a track, they cannot be touched by a team members or props after they are launched. You will need two ways to propel the vehicles and at least three vehicles. You may have up to ten vehicles. The ways you may propel the vehicle are; air force, gravity, conserved energy, and water energy. The highest score you can earn is two hundred fifty. There is a map of the grid you will be using on a attached page.'" Zach reads. "Something tells me that's the one we're doing this year."
"Because every f**king year we do challenge B. Whatever it is." I say. But the team seems to agree with this one, including me. So we set to work.
"Okay what are some types of things we can be and do in the skit?" Frankie asks.
"We could be in ancient times as romans or something and build the cars to look like horses." Evan suggests.
"Or be in the future and be in a car shop." Mareike says.
"We could be a few years in the future in a junk yard, a new car could come and the other cars will explain how they got there." I explain.
"Okay. That so far is the plan that makes the most sense." Ben says. "How would that play out completely though?"
"Well one person has no lines because they'll be launching the cars. The others will be off to the side where the props will be because the car can't run into us or props. We can make the cars with some toy wooden blocks which will probably only cost fifteen dollars of a one-hundred twenty dollar budget." I explain farther.
"Okay let's all write some ideas for a skit down and we'll review later." Colin says.
(The Next Day, Lunch) Stan's POV
"Wait why is James the only new one here today?" Clyde asks. James was the only kid that just started coming to this school that sat at our table today. Zach, Evan and J were nowhere we could see. J wasn't at the girls table either. We could probably hear J and Wendy screaming or insulting each other if she was there.
"Zach, Evan and J are at another table with some other kids discussing DI stuff." James replies.
"DI?" Kyle asks.
"What the f**k is DI?" Cartman adds on.
"Destination Imagination." James says. "You know how school focusses on Math, History, Science, and Reading. DI is an extra curricular activity that focusses on Writing, Building, and Acting. They need to do small plays that they refer to as skits, then they're judged on that. Then they have to be judged on a smaller challenge called an instant challenge. It's competitive, with regional, state and global rank competitions. Their whole team is really serious about it. Our old school had DI teams from second to fifth grade. We had to gather in the gym and watch each skit, it's actually not that bad."
"That sounds boring and stupid." Craig says.
"Wow Craig just said something was boring!" Kenny says.
"Guys who broke Craig?" Cartman asks.
"Too much pressure!" Tweek exclaims as he downs more of his coffee.
J's POV
"Okay so each of us is going to be a car except Ben, who will be launching the prototypes." Zach says. Ben was quiet so he was fine with only having to launch the vehicles. "So far?"
"Colin is a motorcycle that just got dumped in the junk yard because he ran into a tree. The other cars welcome him by telling how they got there. So far, Mareike is a convertible with a flat tire from running over a turtle, Frankie is an old minivan that a kid hit with a baseball, your just an older car that stopped running, Evan is a futuristic model that didn't work right, and I am a car that used to pull parade floats that almost ran over a dolphin." I explain. "This is why you guys need check me for drugs before giving me pen and paper."
"Okay then. That's actually good advice." Frankie says.
"Why do we not even check to make sure she has drugs in the first place?" Ben asks.
"Let's see. Because I'm a ninja. You goys couldn't take anything from me if you tried." I say.
"I'll give you five bucks for a pack of Smiledip." Frankie says. Handing me five bucks. I hand her a pack of Smiledip. "See I took something from you."
"No that was trading." I say.
"D*mnit." Frankie mutters.
"Haha!" I laugh.
After School
I finally make it back to my little tree shelter. Only to have Katy run over to me.
"Forest fire." She says as she stops by me. "Grab what you need and run." She runs off again. This is when I notice her red backpack slung over her shoulder
I quickly grab a old stuffed dog, which is the only thing I have left from my family. My change of clothes. And a flashlight that I always had. Stuffing these thing into my back pack (which should have everything else I need), I take off.
By now I can smell the smoke. Which means the fire is traveling faster than I am. I teleport out of the forest. To see Katy had just managed to run out.
We see our home go up in flames and a girl I don't recognize step out unharmed.
"Hey!" I shout to the girl. "Do you know what caused that?!"
"Yeah I did!" She calls back. She then comes up towards us. "I'm Mia." Mia had long brown hair pulled back into a pony tail. Her bangs covered the left corner of her left eye. Which is an impressive gold color. Her outfit fades from black down to blue with a black jacket and finger less gloves, navy blue leggings and blue converse. "I accidently punched a tree with my rock in my hand." She holds up a orange rock.
"How many of these things are there?" Katy questions. Taking out her own rock. "My guess is you picked up a fire rock. I'm holding dark energy and this one is wearing psychic powers hanging from her neck."
"I'm guessing there are like four more." I say. "If there's dark energy than there's probably light energy and if there's fire than there's Earth, Air and Water laying around somewhere too."
"Why were you guys in the forest anyway?" Mia asks.
"We used to live in there." I reply. "My family's dead and Katy's was forcing her to be a non Katy person. I'm J."
"My father is dead, it wasn't long after that I found this rock actually. But I just moved here with my brothers and mom." Mia explains.
"Well I can think of a cave on the mountain I can go to. But J your on your own." Katy says. Starting to hike up the hill.
"Do you have anywhere?" Mia questions.
"Maybe. I don't know. I can think of a few places." I reply. I take my cell phone out of my back pack. Stan gave me his number earlier today so I can ask him if he knows of orphanages or adoption centers around here.
"Well I need to get home. Good luck!" Mia says. She turns around and walks in the opposite direction Katy did.
I bring up my texting screen and type Stan's number into the box. Hey. Do you know anywhere I could stay? The forest burned down. ~J I text.
I walk into town. I sit at Stark's pond. Where there are some kindergartners ice skating. My phone vibrates. Stan replied. I have no clue where you could stay for the night but could you come to my hous can prove your not a thing from my imagination to my parent? It then said his address. I start walking in the direction of Stan's neighborhood.
A/N And I'm leaving you there. There's an eighty percent chance you guys are not getting a new chapter tomorrow. I have lots and lots of stuff to do. The joys of not being able to live on the internet...
