A First Time for everything (UPDATED, CLIFF HANGER FREE!)

The day was finally here. Day I had been waiting for all my life. The day I got to race in a real F-Zero race. It was finally time to take the Cannon for the greatest ride of my life.

I drove my racer down to the track in the middle of the city. It's light shined in the down town area even in the biggest nightlife seasons of the year. The lights are almost blinding during races, but you're going to fast to care. You speed past the audience inone long lap around the topsy-turvy course filled with turns and loops that blow your mind.

That almost seems impossible, right? For you to go upside down for long periods of time? Well, when you go around a loop you're hopefully going at lest 800 mph. That's when you can go around a loop and centrifugal force will keep you on the ground. It's scary when you go vertical for the first time. You get a strange feeling in your mid-section and stomach. It's the G-forces hitting you, but you probably don't care about the physics of the sport, so let's just get down to business.

I arrived there an hour before race time and signed in, but…

" The entry cost is 2000 dollars," said the lady at the desk.

" What? That's highway robbery!"

" Now, hold your horses there, sonny," said a familiar voice.

I looked around and it was Sliver Neelson!

" Sliver!" I said, " I didn't know you were entering."

" Of course I am, son," he replied in his shaky old voice, " why wouldn't I? I wasn't in town just to help you. I have to have a reason, but about the money…" Then he slipped me $4000.

" Wha- thank you!" and I gave the lady the money.

" I've collected tons of cash prizes in my day, so 4000 isn't much to me. I just hope you put up a good race."

" You too, Neelson."

I walked to my racer for some last minute touch ups. I spray panted the number "32" on the racer and hoped in to it to (A/N try to say "in to it to" five times fast) bring it to the starting line. I grabbed to wheel and opened the boosters and the after burner. I checked my cooling system to make sure it worked, the last I'd want is the engine blowing up. I looked over to see my competition. There was Beastman, Captain Falcon and Mr. E.A.D. Silver and Baba were there also.

I looked up to see the timer.

3… I started my engine

2… I turned on the cooling system

1… I grabbed the wheel

GGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I rocketed out of the starting hanger and on to the field, neck and neck with Baba with Mr. E.A.D. in the lead. Falcon and I were going around the first curve but Beastman took the curve sharply and made it. I got next to Falcon and hit him with the laser shield on the side. He flew across the track and bounced off the rail. He zoomed over and almost hit my racer, but I swiftly boosted forward to dodge the blow.

We came up to the first loop that led to an upside down part of the track. All of the racers went up and around the corkscrew in an odd manner. Silver bashed into my racer but I put the shield on to block the blow. I boosted and passed him then stepped on the brakes to ram into him. It cased quite a bit damage and he couldn't continue. I sped into the lead, but not by much.

E.A.D. Crashed into me and I lost control. I was spinning around and around and had no idea how to gain control. I thought I was done for, but then I saw the boost button. I knew that I'd have to time my boosting perfectly or I'd fly of the course like tumbleweed in the west. I waited and then pressed the button, not knowing what would happen.

I flew forward and scraped the side rail. Shhhhccccccccshhhh is the terrible noise that my vehicle made. I pressed the shield trigger and it blew me away from the rail and on to the course. I knew I'd have to boost again, but I saw that the coolant system was broken. If I boosted again then I'd risk the engines blowing. It was all or nothing. I pressed it and I flew towards the finish line and passed it at almost the exact same time as Captain Falcon.

I parked of to the side of the track and jumped out. It was a photo finish. They showed us driving through the finish line on the big screen in slow motion, then the announcer said; " It looks like the winner of the expedition challenge match is… BLAKE CANNON THE NEWBIE!"

I couldn't believe it. The first time I'd ever raced and I won. They say there's a first time for every thing, but this was incredible.