The Day Everything Changed
Author: Twstrzgirl
Rated: PG (may or may not go up to PG-13 later)
Disclaimer: If I owned Kim Possible, would I really be wasting my time writing fanfic? I think not. Disney owns it.
A/N: Hi everyone! This is my first attempt to write a Kim Possible fic (so please be gentle!) It really bugs me that they never did an episode (so far) explaining how Kim came to be a "Teen Superhero" so I decided to do something about it. The first chap basically just sets the stage and explains how Kim and Ron met—it doesn't really get started until chapter 2. Also, I may throw in a little K/R at the end. What do you think? Please R&R!
The bell rang at Middleton High to release students from sixth period, the last period of the day. A freckle-faced blond boy strode up behind a pretty redhead at her locker. He took a second to admire her before she noticed that he was there. In the past few years, his best friend since Pre-School had blossomed into a popular, amazingly smart, beauty.
He sighed as he watched her slowly turn the dial to open the combination lock. She gracefully pushed a lock of hair out of her eye. 'She's so beautiful,' he thought silently. Sometimes he liked to wonder what it would be like if she felt the same way about him as he did her. He knew that she only thought of him as friend. That was fine, he could live with that. It was better than not having her at all. He considered himself lucky that she even associated with him. He was, after all, considered a dork by most of the crowd at Middleton High. She, on the other hand, was one of the most popular girls at school.
He thought back to the first day of Pre-School when they'd met. His family had just moved from California and had only been living in Middleton for a few months. He remembered crying as his mom waked away from his classroom because he didn't know any of the other kids. When free time finally came, he'd sat by himself in the corner, aimlessly pushing a toy truck around, and watched all of the other kids play games. He'd felt more scared and alone at that precise moment, than another other moment in his entire life.
After awhile, he looked up from the truck and saw a little red-haired, green eyed girl with pigtails staring down at him.
"Hi my name is Kimberly. What's yours?" She asked.
"Ronald Stoppable. But my parents just call me Ron."
"You wanna come play hide and seek with us?" Kimberly said.
Just as he was about to answer, a brown haired girl walked up and stood beside her. "Come on Kimberly!" She ordered. "They're starting to play without us."
"This is my new friend Ron, Bonnie. Ron, this is my bestest friend in the whole world, Bonnie Rockwaller."
"Hi Bonnie." Ron said shyly. The brown haired little girl simply looked at him and turned her nose up.
"He's going to come play with us." Kimberly said happily.
"Ewww! No way, Kimberly. He's a dork! He's probably got cooties! Bonnie shouted and grabbed Kimberly's arm to pull her away.
"He DOES NOT have cooties! Leave him alone!" Kimberly said, shaking out of Bonnie's grip.
"FINE. You play with him then. I'm going to go play with Tara and Josh. You aren't my bestest friend anymore, Kimberly!" Bonnie yelled and stormed off.
"FINE!" Kimberly shouted back. She briefly looked upset, then shrugged and sat down beside Ron to play with trucks. And so it began.
He was startled from his daydream by the sound of Kim's locker slamming shut. She turned around to face him, finally realizing that he was there for the first time.
"Uh…Hi KP.' He stammered, feeling a little foolish for staring at her. "You ready to hit Bueno Nacho for some major snackage?"
"I can't Ron. I have practice every day this week. Regionals are less than two weeks away."
"Oh. Okay." He looked disappointed. "Then I guess you leave Rufus and I no choice. We'll just have to eat enough nachos for you too."
Suddenly a small hairless creature poked its head out of the pocket of Ron's cargo pants and squeaked something that sounded oddly like "Nachos…yum!"
"Sorry Ron. I promise we'll hang out this weekend." She smiled at him.
As Ron was about to leave, a gang of girls came strutting down the hall in cheerleading uniforms, lead by none other than Kim's former best friend, Bonnie Rockwaller.
"Come on Kim!" Bonnie ordered. "Everyone is suited up but you. Practice starts in two minutes."
"It's no big, Bonnie. I'll be there." Kim replied.
"Well quit hanging around with that dork and his grotesque uh…thing…and get moving!"
"For your information, Rufus is a naked mole rat." Ron said. With that, Rufus jumped out of Ron's pocket and started to climb up Bonnie's leg.
"AHHH!" She screamed. "It's on me! Get that rodent off of me! It's probably got rabies!" She danced around in the hall attempting to shake Rufus off. Some of the other girls on the squad started to snicker behind Bonnie's back, including Kim. Ron let her squirm for a few more seconds, then finally bent down and cupped his hands to call Rufus back.
"You are such a loser!" Bonnie pointed her finger at Ron. "I can't believe you still hang out with that geek!" she said to Kim.
"He's not a geek!" Kim said angrily. "Leave him alone."
"Whatever." Bonnie snorted, then stomped off with the rest of the squad following behind her. Some things never change.
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Then again, some things change quite a bit.
Kim walked home alone that evening after cheerleading practice feeling bad for ditching Ron so many times in the past few weeks. She knew he understood that her many extracurricular activities took up a lot of her time, but as his only real friend she still felt guilty for not being there for him more often.
As she passed by an alley on her route home, someone stepped out of the darkness and grabbed her from behind. She easily wiggled her way free from his grip and did a back flip, kicking him in the chin as she tumbled over. As the man was dazed and distracted by his bloody chin, she saw her opportunity to escape. She started to run, but suddenly several more men appeared from the alleyway. They caught up with her, knocking her to the ground. She struggled to free herself, but there were too many of them. She felt her arms being painfully pulled and tied behind her back, then a sharp prick from a needle being jammed into her caused everything to go black.
A/N: What do you think so far? I hope it doesn't suck too bad. R&R.