A.S.S.I.T.S Chap 6

The school bus ride was problem-free for the most part. The prince had tried to roll the Katamari, which of course didn't work out so well. Jessica noticed him trying to keep control of the ball while keeping his balance. At one point, he slipped and was almost run over by the Katamari. Jessica caught it, and him, before they both rolled toward the front of the bus. This was one of the first times she was happy she sat alone. Maria's mom drove her to school, so Jessica was usually by herself. She held the prince with her until they got to school. Once she got to her first class she let him go to roll. At first she couldn't see him. She tried to keep her eye on the multi-colored ball, but she kept losing the little guy and decided after a while to try to pay attention to her teacher.

"Hey, Jess," Maria whispered while leaning over her desk, "You got an extra pencil? I can't find mine." Jessica looked back at her.

"Sure Maria." She had some extras on her desk. However, when she turned around to grab one she noticed she noticed they were gone. "Oh…um I guess I don't have another one. Sorry." Maria sat back.

"No problem" She then leaned over to some other kids and asked them.

"That's weird. I just had some pencils right here..." Then she realized what had seized the pencils and some other school supplies apparently. The prince's Katamari was now probably about 50cm and it was covered in pencils, erasers, crayons, tacks, even some small notebooks. Jessica was surprised by the fact no one else saw the Katamari, but she figured it would make things easier for the prince.

"Oh dear, I can't seem to find my erasers." Said the Ms. Reed, the science teacher, "I'm going to go to the supply room to get some more. Behave. I'll only be gone for a minute." Everyone turned around and started talking to each other, which meant the prince still went completely unnoticed. That is until he decided to get a better look at his surroundings. He floated up and started to look around, right next to Maria's ear. Jessica had turned around to say something to her when she noticed the little prince. Maria thought he was a fly and raised her hand to slap him away. Jessica's reflexes sprung into action as she grabbed her friend's hand.

"What the heck Jess?", Said Maria, slightly stunned. Jessica thought for a minute then pulled the hand down to look at it.

"Hey! Didn't you get your nails done?" Maria pulled her hand back and studied it. "Actually, I did. Like them?" Jessica, of course, wasn't really listening to her friend, but was quickly checking to make sure her other, smaller, friend was okay. The prince had noticed what she had done but only looked at her for a second then flew back to his Katamari to keep rolling. It was getting bigger a bit quicker now. "Jess! What do you think?"

"Oh! I-um…I think they look great. I…I like the color." She gave a sigh of relief as the teacher strutted back into the room, but of course was surprised by what the prince did next. He rolled OUT of the room. How the heck was she supposed to watch him now! She spent the rest of the day worrying and looking around frantically, while trying to look like she was absolutely normal. Jessica was already a pretty nervous kid, so this could've been easier. During lunch she practically jumped of her seat when she saw some of the younger kids rolling a ball around. The rest of the day was the same thing. But it all changed when she walked outside as the school day ended.

The first thing Jessica saw was a flock of birds rise petrified from the woods behind the school. Then a kindergartener came running through the snow to a group of her friends screaming about something. When Jess looked up she saw what it was. The Katamari had grown. A lot. It was now towering over everything and everyone. And know the prince, or the Katamari anyway, was being noticed. As the rest of the school was running away she ran around behind it and found the prince. He noticed her but didn't stop rolling as spoke to him. "Did-did you roll this all today!" The prince nodded, but kept going. "W-wow!" She followed him for a few more minutes and she heard some of the things getting rolled up, cats, dogs…and she was sure she heard a little kid or two. This made her a little uneasy, but she was even more startled when the prince stopped the Katamari and smiled. She knelt down to him. "What is it?" He was about to signal something to her when she heard a familiar loud sound and saw the King of the Cosmos. He seemed almost the exact opposite from last time she saw him. 'Yes, Little prince! What a fabulously large Katamari! Delightful! But couldn't you do it with Us giving you a time limit? Hmm? We see you must have dilly dallied, but We forgive you for making a great Katamari! Let's go home shall We? Royal Rainbow!" As he was saying this Jessica was unseen behind the massive Katamari. But when she saw a rainbow emit from the mouth of the enormous king she was startled and fell. She suddenly felt herself being swallowed in a see of color, until everything went black.

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Oooooo. Cliffhanger! Well…sorta. Enjoy! Oh and yeah. I know I stole those scared birds from one of the cut scenes. Too Bad! YAY!