It is here at long last it's here! My Dangnronpa series is here and in progress. Few things to note when getting into this series. Number one this story takes place in a AU My characters are normal girls the events of my others fic's didn't happen they're just normal high school girls that are about to face the worst days of there lives. Number two there are changes and spoilers for Dangonropa THH and the anime. Check out my Hopeful Miracle for the refences.
And finally I hope to post chapters whenever the act is down I've split up all six chapters into act's you'll see what I mean when you see it. Also when ever there's a dream sequence there may be moments when a dash shows up like this-. It means the name is bleared out of Dakota's memory and is too big of a spoiler don't worry it will all make since when we dive deeper into the story. Any way that's all for now I hope you enjoy my retelling of Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc
Dream sequence
Running that's all I could do. I didn't know where I was going, or where I could even go in this messed up place all I knew was I had to get away. I turned the corner and saw a group of students asleep. Completely knocked out. "No, not here too." I said waking them up was out of the question I had to keep going I needed someplace to hide. I could hear my chasers footsteps coming closer. I looked in a class room to hide in then to my horror I saw him asleep on his desk. Completely unaware to what was happening. "No, Makoto! Please wake up you can't leave me alone." I said desperately trying to wake him up. "Mmm, five more minutes Mom." He said,
"Oh, Dakota where are you? You can't run away forever!" A voice said in a singsong kind of way, "I'll come back for you I promise." I said running again only to be stopped by a dead end. "Oh no, dead end. What now." I said to myself. "Found you." My chaser said, "Ahhh." I said turning around to face them. "I have to admit. Running all over the school just to get away from me was smart. You currently put up a good fight. But not good enough. You already knew I had them under my thumb the moment you stepped foot into—I don't know how you found out about my plan or why you thought you and—could stop me. But it's the end of the line for all of you. When you wake up I doubt you could even recall what happened here." They said,
It doesn't matter what happens to me. Tell me what did you do to him why are you doing this?" I asked, "Don't worry about him he's fine. What's the point of my despair if no one is around to feel it? And to why I'm doing this I want everyone to feel this wonderful feeling but in order to do that I need to sniff out all the hope in your hearts and replace it with hopeless despair I want to break you down. Until there's nothing left." They explained, "You won't get away with this." I said, "Oh, Dakota I already did. Knock her out." They said "Ahhh!" I screamed as another person came down out of nowhere. Then it all went black.
Chapter 1: A Normal Day Just the Same
I woke up in cold sweat and heavy breathing. I looked around my room to see I was in my bed for the past few nights. I've had this reoccurring nightmare. It's always the same I'm running down this hallway only to be knocked out in the very end. I get out of bed and get dressed. I guess this would be a good time to introduce myself. My name is Dakota Natalie, and I'm the protagonist of this story. For the past three years, I've been living in Japan as an American exchange student; I'm also about to start my first day at Hope's Peak Academy. As I dust off my skirt, I look over to my desk to see my acceptance letter. I still couldn't believe I managed to get into this school. It's said if you graduate from Hope's Peak, you're set for life; at first, I didn't know if I wanted to go, but after seeing my talent and hearing my friends got in as well; I couldn't turn them down. After all, it's not every day you become an Ultimate Performer. I grab my letter and head downstairs to get some breakfast. As I was pouring cereal, there was a knock at the door.
I opened it to be greeted by my best friend, Makoto Naegi, who rushed into my house before I could even speak to him. "Come on, Dakota, we have to go before we're late." He said, "Whoa, hold on their Makoto look at you. You don't even look ready yet." I said, "What do you mean?" He asked, "Have you seen yourself? Your jacket's all messy, and you don't even have a shoe on." I said. Makoto looked at himself and smiled out of embarrassment. "I guess I was in too big of a hurry, huh?" Makoto asked, "I'll say, did you even have breakfast? What about your parents? Did you say goodbye to your sister?" I asked, "Um, I kind of feared I overslept and left before eating. But I gave my Mom a quick kiss goodbye." Makoto said as his tummy growled. "What am I ever going to do with you? Sit down. I'm having cereal." I said, pouring some for the both of us. "Hey, Dakota, where are your parents? I thought they would be up by now." Makoto asked, "Oh, they left early this morning on a business trip. They said good luck to me last night." I explained, "That's nice; I wonder if we're going to make new friends?" Makoto asked, "Well, at least you have someone you know going there." My friend Emily said, coming in alongside the rest of my friends. "Morning, Emily." We said,
"Hey, you two, you're up early. But then again, we all are." Mimi said, "Hey, girls. How did you get in here?" I asked, "Your door was open, plus we saw Makoto running down the block on our way here." Amy said, "Anyway, do you guys remember how to get to our new school? I forgot to check for directions." Emily said, "I do; luckily for you, I have the way saved on my phone." Amy said, "What would we do without you, Amy." Cindy said, "Who knows? Now come on. We should get going." Amy said, "Right now? but I haven't finished eating." I said, "Don't you remember? We're eating at a café today. It was Chloe's idea." Cindy said, "That's right, I forgot. Well then, let's go." Makoto said I cleaned out the half-finished bowls and left with my friends. I've known Emily, Amy, Cindy, and Chloe. Since I lived in America, we went to the same school, and we transferred to Japan together after winning a school contest. We meet Mimi and Makoto during our middle school years, and we've been best friends with them ever since. We were also friends with another girl there, but that's not important right now.
Along with Makoto and myself, Emily and the others are also going to Hope's Peak with us. Emily Jones is the Ultimate DJ. During our first year of high school, Emily took an interest in making music, and brought a mixing software, and made many excellent tunes. Once she started getting really good, Emily began performing at parties. Eventually, a talent scout from Hope's Peak heard about Emily's talent and asked her to attend, which she said yes to. Her sister Amy on the other hand, got in with two talents. Amy and Mimi are formally known as the Ultimate Backup Dancers.
Along with myself, the three of us are a group of amateur performers. It all started with me working on dance routines and posting them online, then it led to Mimi and Amy joining in, and the three of us got a lot of views on our videos. Eventually, someone from Hope's Peak saw our potential and asked us to dance for him. We told him to give us an hour and after dancing, one of our favorites dance routines. He thought we would be great performers at Hope's Peak. Amy and Mimi were dubbed the Ultimate Backup Dancers, and I was called the Ultimate Performer.
Even though Amy was a backup dancer, she still had one more talent, Hope's Peak wanted to see from her. Amy is the type of girl who loves studying and researching. She knows more languages than the average high schooler and more. Because of this, Amy is also known as the Ultimate Book Worm. Cindy and her Sister Chloe Johnson are known as the Ultimate Baker and Ultimate Herbalist. Respectively. Chloe has had a love of sweet treats ever since she could remember one summer, she started taking baking courses and became a natural the moment she got her hands on a cookbook. Chloe got into Hope's Peak after winning a baking contest. One of the judges was a talent scout and thought her cooking was one of the best things he ever tasted and wanted Chloe to attended Hope's Peak as the Ultimate Baker Chloe was excited to be a part of the best school in all of Japan and agreed. Cindy also got invited the same day as the rest of us. Cindy has loved herbs and natural healings ever since she found out about it. And Cindy would study them in her free time.
She soon found out how much she loved teaching others about the natural healings herbs can do, even helping people when they hurt themselves when a talent scout heard about Cindy's love of herbs. He was curious to see how much she knew about them and asked Cindy for a presentation, which she presented with flying colors. Cindy would be invited to Hope's Peak as the Ultimate Herbalist. And then there's Makoto. He's probably the only one who doesn't have any ultimate talent. Makoto is the Ultimate Lucky Student, and he got in after winning a lottery at first. Like me, Makoto thought he was better off declining their offer but after talking him into it. Makoto couldn't say no to an opportunity like this. After all, he would be in the same class as other ultimate students and me. As we reached the café, we started to talk about the research we did last night to get ready for today.
"So, anyone found anything exciting last night?" Amy said, "I did. I heard Toko Fukawa was going to be the Ultimate Writing Prodigy." I said, "Toko Fukawa? Isn't she that author that's won like a ton of awards for her romance books? Or something?" Emily asked, "She sure is; I heard her novel, "So Lingers the Ocean" made fishermen go to the top of all the hottest men polls." Amy said, "I know she's amazing, isn't she? I've read all her books, and I even brought one with me for an autograph. That is if she wants to sign it." I said,
"Anyway, my turn. Did you hear Leon Kuwata is going as the Ultimate Baseball Star? I remember going to one of his games back in middle school." Emily said, "Didn't Leon quit baseball for a music career?" Amy asked, "He did? I didn't know about that." Makoto said, "I read it in an interview. Apparently, he wants to ditch his baseball talent for a musical one." Amy explained, "I know that's why I can't wait to meet him. I can teach him the ropes, maybe even teach him the guitar." Emily said, "I bet you'll be a great teacher Emily." I said, "Hey, anyone excited to see Sayaka again?" Chloe asked,
"I am, haven't seen her since middle school." Makoto said, "I still can't believe she's there too. Well, I guess I can believe they would choose her as the Ultimate Pop Sensation. No one has reached the same popularity as Sayaka and her group." I said, "I still can't believe we managed to become friends with her. I mean, not only were we in different classes, but she was already a pop star by then." Makoto said, "Well, call me a matchmaker, but it did help that I had the same music class as her. I'm surprised we didn't stay in touch after we graduated." Emily said, "Well, she was touring by then. Even at a young age, she was already on top of the charts. Even if we did stay in touch, the media would go crazy." Mimi said,
"You're right. If you managed to date her Makoto, you wouldn't last long. The music industry is picky like that. That's why I want to be a freelancer, so I don't have to deal with those control freak managers." Emily said, "Are they really that bad?" Makoto asked, "Very bad; I heard 90% of popstars get into bad places because of them. Young artists these days are always being put on a pedestal and pressured to be the person the music industry wants them to be." Emily explained, "I guess you have a point. At least Maizono won't be pressured to be the perfect girl around us. I hope she'll know she can be herself when we're around." Makoto said, "I hope so too. I know pop stars put a mask on to hide their real personalities. I hope Sayaka doesn't do that." I said, "Hey, our foods here, let's eat, guys." Emily said we ate and talked about the other students going there. From what we could gather, a total of fourteen or fifteen other students would be in our class with us, making it a total of twenty-one or twenty-two. "Isn't it weird how we couldn't find any information on a few students going there? And I checked a lot of forms. No one seems to know everyone going there." Emily said,
"Yeah, that is weird. Maybe they're normal people just like me who got in out of sheer luck." Makoto said, "Highly unlikely I think they're someone who wanted to go unnoticed. You know, for privacy reasons, I mean not everyone wants the whole world to know they're going to one of the most elite schools in all of Japan. Some probably just wanted to be treated normally for once." Amy explained, "That's a good point, Amy." Makoto said, "Yeah, I think you're on to something, Amy. I don't know how they will be treated normally when everyone and their mother knows that Junko Enoshima and Mondo Oowada are going as the Ultimate Biker Gang Leader and Ultimate Fashionista." Mimi said, "What does that have to do with being normal?" I asked, "Nothing, I just wanted to point out I know they're going there." Mimi replied, "There's an Ultimate Biker Gang Leader?! Wow, and I thought the Ultimate Yakuza was impressive!" Emily said, "There's a yakuza going there?!" Makoto asked, "Yeah, Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu. Apparently, he's one of our upperclassmen. I also heard he's got a bodyguard going there with him. I wonder if I'll meet him." Emily said,
"Well, we'll find out soon enough. Come on, guys, we're almost there." I said. After walking for a while, we finally made it to Hope's Peak Academy.
"Wow, look at this place. It's huge!" Emily said, amazed. "Of course, it is. There are hundreds of people going here." Amy said, "Still, seeing the school up close like this makes me feel a little overwhelmed like it's going to swallow me whole. It's like I don't deserve to be here." Makoto said, "Of course you deserve to be here, Makoto. It's not like the ultimate status will last forever; if anything, you should be proud to have this opportunity to be among some of the most talented people around." Cindy said, "Thanks Cindy that makes me feel much better." Makoto said as we continued to stand at the front gates. I still couldn't believe we get to go here. In order to get into Hope's Peak, one, you must already be in high school, and two, you must be the very best at what you do. You also must be scouted out by the school itself by talent scouts as we did, so not just anyone can enter.
Well, that was until a year ago when the school opened the reserve course. Now anyone can go to Hope's Peak as long as they pass the entrance exam and pay a high tuition fee. "So, are we just going to stand around all day, or are we going to go in and meet everyone?" Emily asked, "Oh, yeah, I guess we should head inside and start looking around." Makoto said we opened the gates and had a look around outside looking for our building. Wow, this courtyard is beautiful." I said, "Yeah, but what's that building over there?" Chloe asked, seeing a group of people going in. "That must be the reserve course building. I think it opened last year." Amy said, "What's the reserve course?" Emily asked, "I heard Hope's Peak was having financial trouble and opened the reserve course to help with profit. Now anyone can go to Hope's Peak as long as they pass an entrance exam and pay a high tuition fee." Amy explained, "Wait, isn't Hope's Peak government founded? What did the government cut their paychecks or something?" Emily asked, half-joking, "I don't know they were very vague about the reasoning for their troubles. All I know is that they needed a little extra help to continue researching talent." Amy explained,
I looked at the reserve course, and I couldn't help but feel a strange aura around it. If Makoto felt like he didn't belong here, then the reserve students really didn't belong here. "Something about the reserve course feels fishy to me." I said, "Please, you worry too much, Dakota. It's not like the school's going to experiment on the students or whatever. They're not going to do that, are they?" Emily asked, "I sure hope not." Amy replied, "Come on, guys. Chloe and I think we've found the building our class is in." Mimi said, "Wait, aren't we going to explore outside a little more?" Emily asked, "Emily, we could get lost. I think it's best to let someone give us a tour during our opening orientation." Amy said, "Okay, you have a point. Lead the way, girls." Emily said Mimi and Chloe lead us inside the meeting place. "I think this is it." Chloe said, "So, this is where we're supposed to meet, right? I guess we're the first ones here." Makoto said, "Looks to be that way. Hey, what time does the meeting start?" I asked, "Umm. I think it was at 8 o'clock." Makoto said, "Well, according to the time, it's 7:30." Amy said, "Great, we're too early. We still have thirty minutes left. What should we do until then?" Emily asked, "Let's talk to the Headmaster in case we need things verified. After that, if there's still time left. Let's look for some new friends." Amy suggested,
"Nice idea Amy." Makoto said, "Yeah, I kind of want to meet the Headmaster too. Do you know the way?" Emily asked, "It should be the fourth floor of this building. Follow me." Amy said. But as we were about to go farther inside, this strange dizziness overtook us, and our surroundings began to lose shape and focus. "W-what's happening?" I asked, feeling a little sick, "I'm not sure. It's like the space-time continuum is collapsing in on itself." Emily replied, "It's probably just stress, but this feels deferent somehow." Amy said, "Guys? I think I'm going to." Chloe said as she fainted, "Chloe, are you okay?" Mimi asked just as she fainted as well. Soon all of us were on the ground, losing consciousness. And that's when it hit us, the reason we were brought to Hope's Peak Academy wasn't because they wanted to study our talents. It was so we could experience ultimate despair. And our life in despair school was about to begin.
That was pretty exciting huh. For anyone confused about the beginning good it's meant to be that way. I wanted to start off with something that will be important later on. I hope you'll look forward to future updates because it's going to be a wild ride and possibly a slow one bear with me I'll try to update this as much as I can but I don't want anyone to wait so long. That's why I want to update whenever an act is done let me know what you think in the reviews. I'll see you guys next time.