The day started like any other day. The birds were singing, the bees were
buzzing, and the loud purring of a large chainsaw being hacked through tree-
stumps was not uncommon.
Japs woke up. 'What a miserable day.' he thought.
This was pretty much how Japs summed up every day, for nothing ever went to plan for him It was now half a year after he had tried to play The Weakest Link with his friends and tried to become a director. Ever since then, nothing went right.
After forcing himself from his bed with a loud thump, he stood up and wandered downstairs. He felt his brain was going to waste, for he could create many things, like Robotic Spiders that could change the way the people on Earth lived. But he wasn't on Earth, he was on Dark Galaxy, and he could not care less.
Kanaka had followed Japs once more from his room. Today was special for him, and many of his friends. Today was the first day of Dark Galaxy High School.
After packing his stuff into two suitcases, saying goodbye to his parents, and finally meeting up with Link, Japs was off to Dark Galaxy High.
'You look worried, my friend.' Said Link, as they sat in the Hover Bus Stop.
'It's my first day at a new school.' Replied Japs, looking at the ground. 'I don't know anything about it, and I won't be seeing my parents for almost a year.'
'And why is that a problem?'
'Oh, it isn't. I just really don't want to see Yoshi again.'
Just then a group of other people with suitcases and backpacks sat with them. Japs saw amid the confusion of luggage there were two brunette girls and a small boy. Japs recognised the boy first.
'Hey Ness!' Said Japs.
'Hey! Cousin Gento!' Said the Psychic boy, springing up with delight. Japs' eyes drifted to the girls.
'Look who it is!' Said one.
'Japs Gento Kanto Kahn.' Said the other.
Japs groaned.
'Looks like all of us are starting the same year.' Said the first.
'I'm in my third!' Said Link proudly, pointing out that he was seventeen.
'You should be back at kindergarten.' Hissed Japs. 'Hullo Nekoni, Hullo Samus, please refrain from hurting me.'
'We'll save it for later today.' Said Samus, laughing. 'I trust you know of the Girly Girly rules?'
'Couldn't care less.' Muttered Japs. 'You're outnumbered here, remember.'
'By what?' Asked Nekoni. 'Dumb, Dumber and Psychic-boy-wonder?' Both girls burst into hideous laugher. Japs mimicked sarcastically and looked down the road. The bus was on it's way. Maybe a nice, gentle bus ride would calm his nerves.
'Oh, this sucks.' Said Japs, looking at the state of the bus.
'Siddown, Shaddup, Fasten-your-seatbelt.' Croaked the elderly, warty bus driver. Japs took a seat next to Ness.
'All bus drivers are called Earl or Fred.' Japs murmured, looking at the cheerful day outside the cold, grubby windows of their transport.
'HEY! DRIVER! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?' Shouted Ness.
'Earl.' Came a shallow reply. Ness gave a look to Japs and then turned to his Game Boy.
Round at the back of the bus, two twins were talking about the people who were also on the bus in a rather rude way, as Japs found out when he turned round and heard 'Look at that idiot with the glasses'. Also, there was Kirby and Link at the very back seat, Samus and some other girl, Nekoni on her own, Yoshi (who Japs pretended he did not see), a few other guys Japs had never seen in his life, and one very strange looking kid who was sitting on the seats beside him, staring at him.
'Yes...' Japs asked the boy cautiously, 'Can I... help you?'
'Uhm... no.' Said the boy, turning away. Japs noticed his hair seemed to remind him of someone. He thought for a while, rubbing his chin and humming, and then he put his finger on it.
'Goku?' Asked Japs, leaning over Ness.
'What? No, I'm his son, Gohan.'
'Hey, has your father told you about a guy called Japs?' Asked Japs hopefully.
'Hmm... nope.'
Japs turned back to his seat and folded his arms.
'Don't tell his son about the guy who fed you...' He grumbled, fading off into the kinda sounds that Muttley makes.
Soon the school was visible, and from the left of the bus the new pupils gasped and talked in awe. Japs was on the right of the bus, though, so he and Ness struggled to see past Gohan's hair. But when the bus finally stopped, and Japs had complained once more that the service sucked to Earl, he saw the giant building before them and blinked sharply.
'Well, here it is!' Said Nekoni, leaning on Japs' shoulder (who almost fell over). 'Dark Galaxy High School.'
'FIRST YEARS FOLLOW THE SOUND OF MY VOICE!' Shrieked a female voice. Japs and Nekoni were not expecting it, especially from right next to them, so they yelled and held their ears.
Japs often described what he saw next as 'Like my aunt with a hundred years added and a hundred pounds gained'. S he was an old hag of a woman with the patients of a cheetah and the temper of a hungry lion to a zebra carcass. She wore a pink dress and had a pair of glasses on a chain that looped around her neck, like a typical librarian.
'First years?' She growled from her thin yellow teeth.
'Yes.' Said Nekoni, giving Japs, who had turned away and choked at the sight of the woman, a sharp nudge with her elbow.
'Get to the hall before I give you a late form.' She hissed, going back to her high pitched cries for the newcomers.
'I see you've met Mrs. Tardid.' Said a friendly voice. Japs turned round to see the smiling, dumb-washed face of Link.
'I'd rather had not...' Sighed Japs. 'That is a horrible creature, if ever I saw one.'
'We call her Mrs. Retarded behind her back.' Said Link. 'If there ever was a witch on this planet, there she waddles.'
'Why are you still here?' Asked Nekoni. 'I thought you were third year.'
'I am, but we get dorms with the First years for this year.'
Dark Galaxy High School was rather different to most schools. You started First Year at the age of 15, Second at the age of 16, Third at the age of 17, then you got the optional choice of staying for Fourth and Higher Fourth year at 18. To reduce the numbers in dorms, a Third year always got a room with two First years as a kind of buddy. Fourth years got their own singular dorms.
Japs soon split up from Nekoni with Link. Nekoni found Samus and some other girl, and Ness was soon running up to Link and Japs asking to stay with them in case they got dorms together.
As they entered the great halls of DGH, they noticed on their left were the Second years, sitting at dining tables with horrid grins, and on their right were the Third years, doing the same. Japs would give them a shifty look from the corner of his eye, shaking his fist at a few he remembered from his younger days when he was picked on for wearing glasses. Ahead was a large table set up on a stage with the Fourth years and the teachers. Japs noticed the unmistakable Jabba-the-hut-like face of Mrs. Tardid. He could only really remember two more faces, of which he gawped at in disbelief.
Two spaces left from Retarded Tardid sat Donkey Kong. He grunted and scratched himself, ocasionaly swinging his arms as he attempted to wave at people he knew. And at the left side of him sat someone doing almost the same thing, Son Goku. Japs remembered of that day where he had caused the burning down of his studio's and cringed.
The First and Third years were seated near the front of the hall, and often Japs would wonder why. It then became clear to him when he finally noticed a rather large and un-noticeable white board with the list of dormitories on it. They were going to be sorted.
Japs woke up. 'What a miserable day.' he thought.
This was pretty much how Japs summed up every day, for nothing ever went to plan for him It was now half a year after he had tried to play The Weakest Link with his friends and tried to become a director. Ever since then, nothing went right.
After forcing himself from his bed with a loud thump, he stood up and wandered downstairs. He felt his brain was going to waste, for he could create many things, like Robotic Spiders that could change the way the people on Earth lived. But he wasn't on Earth, he was on Dark Galaxy, and he could not care less.
Kanaka had followed Japs once more from his room. Today was special for him, and many of his friends. Today was the first day of Dark Galaxy High School.
After packing his stuff into two suitcases, saying goodbye to his parents, and finally meeting up with Link, Japs was off to Dark Galaxy High.
'You look worried, my friend.' Said Link, as they sat in the Hover Bus Stop.
'It's my first day at a new school.' Replied Japs, looking at the ground. 'I don't know anything about it, and I won't be seeing my parents for almost a year.'
'And why is that a problem?'
'Oh, it isn't. I just really don't want to see Yoshi again.'
Just then a group of other people with suitcases and backpacks sat with them. Japs saw amid the confusion of luggage there were two brunette girls and a small boy. Japs recognised the boy first.
'Hey Ness!' Said Japs.
'Hey! Cousin Gento!' Said the Psychic boy, springing up with delight. Japs' eyes drifted to the girls.
'Look who it is!' Said one.
'Japs Gento Kanto Kahn.' Said the other.
Japs groaned.
'Looks like all of us are starting the same year.' Said the first.
'I'm in my third!' Said Link proudly, pointing out that he was seventeen.
'You should be back at kindergarten.' Hissed Japs. 'Hullo Nekoni, Hullo Samus, please refrain from hurting me.'
'We'll save it for later today.' Said Samus, laughing. 'I trust you know of the Girly Girly rules?'
'Couldn't care less.' Muttered Japs. 'You're outnumbered here, remember.'
'By what?' Asked Nekoni. 'Dumb, Dumber and Psychic-boy-wonder?' Both girls burst into hideous laugher. Japs mimicked sarcastically and looked down the road. The bus was on it's way. Maybe a nice, gentle bus ride would calm his nerves.
'Oh, this sucks.' Said Japs, looking at the state of the bus.
'Siddown, Shaddup, Fasten-your-seatbelt.' Croaked the elderly, warty bus driver. Japs took a seat next to Ness.
'All bus drivers are called Earl or Fred.' Japs murmured, looking at the cheerful day outside the cold, grubby windows of their transport.
'HEY! DRIVER! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?' Shouted Ness.
'Earl.' Came a shallow reply. Ness gave a look to Japs and then turned to his Game Boy.
Round at the back of the bus, two twins were talking about the people who were also on the bus in a rather rude way, as Japs found out when he turned round and heard 'Look at that idiot with the glasses'. Also, there was Kirby and Link at the very back seat, Samus and some other girl, Nekoni on her own, Yoshi (who Japs pretended he did not see), a few other guys Japs had never seen in his life, and one very strange looking kid who was sitting on the seats beside him, staring at him.
'Yes...' Japs asked the boy cautiously, 'Can I... help you?'
'Uhm... no.' Said the boy, turning away. Japs noticed his hair seemed to remind him of someone. He thought for a while, rubbing his chin and humming, and then he put his finger on it.
'Goku?' Asked Japs, leaning over Ness.
'What? No, I'm his son, Gohan.'
'Hey, has your father told you about a guy called Japs?' Asked Japs hopefully.
'Hmm... nope.'
Japs turned back to his seat and folded his arms.
'Don't tell his son about the guy who fed you...' He grumbled, fading off into the kinda sounds that Muttley makes.
Soon the school was visible, and from the left of the bus the new pupils gasped and talked in awe. Japs was on the right of the bus, though, so he and Ness struggled to see past Gohan's hair. But when the bus finally stopped, and Japs had complained once more that the service sucked to Earl, he saw the giant building before them and blinked sharply.
'Well, here it is!' Said Nekoni, leaning on Japs' shoulder (who almost fell over). 'Dark Galaxy High School.'
'FIRST YEARS FOLLOW THE SOUND OF MY VOICE!' Shrieked a female voice. Japs and Nekoni were not expecting it, especially from right next to them, so they yelled and held their ears.
Japs often described what he saw next as 'Like my aunt with a hundred years added and a hundred pounds gained'. S he was an old hag of a woman with the patients of a cheetah and the temper of a hungry lion to a zebra carcass. She wore a pink dress and had a pair of glasses on a chain that looped around her neck, like a typical librarian.
'First years?' She growled from her thin yellow teeth.
'Yes.' Said Nekoni, giving Japs, who had turned away and choked at the sight of the woman, a sharp nudge with her elbow.
'Get to the hall before I give you a late form.' She hissed, going back to her high pitched cries for the newcomers.
'I see you've met Mrs. Tardid.' Said a friendly voice. Japs turned round to see the smiling, dumb-washed face of Link.
'I'd rather had not...' Sighed Japs. 'That is a horrible creature, if ever I saw one.'
'We call her Mrs. Retarded behind her back.' Said Link. 'If there ever was a witch on this planet, there she waddles.'
'Why are you still here?' Asked Nekoni. 'I thought you were third year.'
'I am, but we get dorms with the First years for this year.'
Dark Galaxy High School was rather different to most schools. You started First Year at the age of 15, Second at the age of 16, Third at the age of 17, then you got the optional choice of staying for Fourth and Higher Fourth year at 18. To reduce the numbers in dorms, a Third year always got a room with two First years as a kind of buddy. Fourth years got their own singular dorms.
Japs soon split up from Nekoni with Link. Nekoni found Samus and some other girl, and Ness was soon running up to Link and Japs asking to stay with them in case they got dorms together.
As they entered the great halls of DGH, they noticed on their left were the Second years, sitting at dining tables with horrid grins, and on their right were the Third years, doing the same. Japs would give them a shifty look from the corner of his eye, shaking his fist at a few he remembered from his younger days when he was picked on for wearing glasses. Ahead was a large table set up on a stage with the Fourth years and the teachers. Japs noticed the unmistakable Jabba-the-hut-like face of Mrs. Tardid. He could only really remember two more faces, of which he gawped at in disbelief.
Two spaces left from Retarded Tardid sat Donkey Kong. He grunted and scratched himself, ocasionaly swinging his arms as he attempted to wave at people he knew. And at the left side of him sat someone doing almost the same thing, Son Goku. Japs remembered of that day where he had caused the burning down of his studio's and cringed.
The First and Third years were seated near the front of the hall, and often Japs would wonder why. It then became clear to him when he finally noticed a rather large and un-noticeable white board with the list of dormitories on it. They were going to be sorted.