It was a snowy Christmas day in Middleton. Everything was peaceful. The fireplace was roaring, the smell of turkey and stuffing in the oven, and kids laughing and playing with their new toys. An old man was sitting in his rocking chair in the corner of the room watching the children play, when suddenly, he saw one of his great-granddaughters walk over to him.
"Grandpa, can you tell me my favorite story again?" The little girl asked the old man.
"Don't pester your Grandpa!" Can be heard from a woman in the kitchen.
"She could never bother me!" The old man replied.
"Okay, I will the you the story again." The old man replied to his great-granddaughter.
"Here is the story of how the legendary teen hero Kim Possible died. It all began 75 years ago…"
75 years ago
It was a peaceful day in Middleton. Ron Stoppable was sitting in his College Algebra class waiting for the final exam to begin before he officially graduates from Middleton Community College. It has been 2 years since the Lowardians attempted to take over the planet Earth, and ever since that day, no villains have made attempts to take over the world. Ron and his girlfriend, Kim Possible, have sat long and hard thinking about why this could be the case, and they have come up with two possibilities. The first reason is that Kim Possible is now known for stopping an alien invasion. The second one is the possibility that a rumor about Ron's Mystical Monkey Powers have spread like wildfire to all of the villains, and they do not want to take a chance that they will end up like Warmonga and Warhok. Ron knew that things were looking up for him the day he got the acceptance letter from Middleton Community College. He began looking back at that day while he was waiting for his professor to arrive in the classroom.
"I am so proud of you Ron!" Kim said happily sitting across the table from her boyfriend in the Possible household.
"Thanks KP, it isn't going to be the same as going to high school with you, but at least it is a start." Ron said with a bummed look on his face.
"Well… I could always attend MCC with you Ron! We do not have to be away from each other then."
"No way KP! I will not allow you to be held back because of me. You can go to any college anywhere in the world, the last thing I would want to do is ruin that."
Kim has know Ron long enough to know that what she just told him would not slide. However, as much as she liked the idea of attending a University possibly on the other side of the world, her heart was here in Middleton with Ron. She could not be separated from Ron for a whole semester knowing that while she was attending the college of her dreams, her boyfriend would be stuck in Middleton.
"You know, there is another option to this." Kim and Ron both looked over in Ann's direction as she said that.
"And what would that be Mom?"
"The University of Uppterton…" Ann began saying.
"Mom!" Kim quickly interrupted.
"Let me finish… I know that you did not want to be a doctor of any kind, but the University of Upperton has more to it than medical classes. You can go for a lot of things there. Medical, culinary, teaching, you name it, they most likely have it."
"Why didn't you open with that in the first place!?"
"I thought it was pretty obvious. Plus I figured you would have looked into it yourself."
"Okay, it is settled then, if I can find something to study at the University of Upperton that I actually am interested in, then I will attend there."
Now going back to the present, Ron had realized that there were many reasons why he had KP as his girlfriend for so long. The first was that she was what he would call "the most badical girlfriend ever", but also, Kim would do literally anything for him. They have been friends forever, and ever since they started dating, he cannot picture spending his life with anyone else. He has thought about this for the past few months, and he just asked Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Possible last week if they would give their blessing to marry Kim. Looking back, that was probably the second most frightening day of his life so far. (Just behind hearing the Lowardians talking about hanging Kim like some prized deer they hunted).
It was late in the afternoon on a Saturday, and Ron was standing nervously at the front door of the Possible household. Ron knew that Kim did not care if he asked for her parents' blessing to marry her, and that she would marry him no matter what they said, but he wanted to ask anyways. He always felt that since he was marrying into her family, that it would be the right thing to do. Ron had been thinking about this day for a while, but he still didn't know how to start the conversation. After standing at the door for about five minutes, Ron had finally decided that he had thought about it for long enough and would just go for it. He took a deep breath and opened the front door.
"Kim, is that you?" Ron could hear Kim's mother ask from the kitchen.
"No Mrs. Dr P, it is just me."
"Oh hi Ron. Kim left a while ago to go shopping at the mall with Monique. Would you like me to make something for you and Rufus?"
"No thanks. I just wanted to talk to you and Mr. Dr P for a minute."
"Okay, James is in the basement. I can call him up and we can talk in the living room."
Ron sat on the living room couch waiting for Ann and James to come into the room. His mind was racing between trying to figure out what he wanted to say, and the fear of asking James this question. While he was sitting there panicking silently, Rufus had popped his head out of Ron's pocket for the first time since Ron left the house. Rufus had been sleeping in Ron's pocket all morning so that Ron could have time to himself to sort his thoughts out. When he saw that Ron was not acting like himself, he quickly got onto his best friends shoulder, and got Ron's attention.
"Thanks for that buddy. I really needed that right about now." Ron said as he looked down to see Rufus giving him a hug around his neck.
This happened just in time too! Ron did not hear the sound of James Possible's footsteps on the stairs leading from the basement to the hallway upstairs.
"Hello Ronald. What do you need to talk to us about?" Ron heard as James walked over to his usual spot in the living room, the lone chair in the middle of the living room.
"Well Mr. and Mrs. P…" Ron said struggling to come up with the words that he wanted to say.
"Kim and I have been together for a few years now, and I wanted to ask you if I could have your blessing to ask Kim to marry me."
Ron sat with his eyes closed, anxiously waiting for a response.
"Well Ronald… I will do anything to protect my Kimmie Cub" James began his sentence.
A very worried look grew on Ron's face as he heard what James was saying. He was prepared to hear James tell him that he was going to put him in a deep space probe, and send him directly into a black hole.
"And I think that you are the best thing that has ever happened to Kim. You have my blessing son."
"I'M SORRY! DON'T SEND ME INTO A BLACK HOLE!" Ron quickly screamed, begging for forgiveness.
Ron shortly after realized what James had actually said, and his jaw just dropped open as he couldn't comprehend the words that had just come out of Mr. Possibles mouth. He was actually going to let him marry his daughter. This is the same man that threatened him no more than three years ago with the very thing that he was currently worried about. How could he possibly be allowing this?
"Don't worry Ronald, I will not send you to a black hole. Kimmie would kill me if I did that."
"Are you really okay with me asking Kim to marry me?" Ron asked with a hint of suspicion and worry in his voice.
"Of course Ronald! I have never seen Kimmie this happy in her entire life. And it is all because you have been there for her. I cannot think anything that will make me happier than walking her down the aisle, and seeing you standing there to take her."
"Thanks for saying that Mr. P, that makes me feel a lot better." Ron said thankfully with a relaxing calmness overcoming his face again.
"So Ron, do you know how you are going to propose to Kim yet?" Ann asked.
Ron began to grow a massive smile on his face as he thought about the plan that he had.
"Actually, I do! Here was what I was thinking…"
Returning to the classroom, Ron was startled out of his daydreaming from his professor entering the classroom. He new that his last class for the semester was not going to be a pleasant one as soon as he heard the sound of the door slamming shut.
"Okay people, quiet down and listen up!" Loudly said professor Barkin.
Mr. Barkin became a substitute teacher at the community college about 3 months ago, and Ron was not too pleased about it.
"I will be the one watching over your algebra final since Ms. Albrecht is out with the Flu that has been spreading around the school the last couple of weeks." Mr. Barkin continued.
"What is it Stoppable?" Mr. Barkin asked when he saw Ron raise his hand.
"Why are you always the one to be my substitute teacher?" Ron asked in an annoyed tone.
Ron could tell that he got under Mr. Barkin's skin with that comment. Ron was just staring him down while Barkin had an annoyed look on his face.
"You are lucky that you are not in high school anymore Stoppable, because if I could give you detention for that, I would. Your time begins… NOW!"
"Time's up! Everyone put your pencils down!" Barkin demanded from the students.
Ron walked out of that classroom somewhat pleased with the work that he has done. All the time concentrating in class has really paid off. (Along with Kim tutoring him during the weekend sometimes). While his body was on autopilot on its way to the front of the building, his mind was began trailing off about the list of steps he needed to go through to make today perfect. He checked his phone earlier to make sure the reservations were in place at Chez Couteaux for 6pm tonight, he had to go pick up the ring and his suit from his house, and now he just has to go to Kim's campus to go pick her up to take her home to get dressed for the date. What Ron did not expect was what he saw when he walked out of the building. When he looked up from his phone, directly in from of him leaning against the hood of a pink Roth SL Coupe, or Sloth for short, was his badical girlfriend, Kim Possible.
Author's Note: Thank you for reading the first chapter of my first ever fanficiton! I never thought that I would write anything, but after watching Kim Possible during the Pandemic, I started reading some of the great stories on this website and had to write one myself. I would like to thank Aero Tendo for getting me interested in reading fanfiction, as well as Sharper The Writer and MrDrP for giving me the inspiration I needed. I am planning roughly 4 chapters for the first part of this series, but it will take some time for me to write these because I always waste so much time going back and changing everything I wrote. I do not know how long it will take, but I hope you will all enjoy the story that I have for you. If you have any suggestions or tips about my writing, please let me know! I am not used to writing stories.