Hey guys, I'm back because remember I said spontaneous uploads? Yeah, that's going on until we can get past the prologues. We are picking right up where we left off, so enjoy.

Bus to a New Life

Ender stepped farther into the bus. Almost all the seats were full. It seemed like a normal school bus filled with rowdy kids. You had ones blasting music in the back, you had the small group of friends leaning in the aisle across seats to talk and play together, you have the bookworms trying to read, and the kids who could care less about what's going on around, just looking at Snapchat. Oh, and don't forget the people who actually follow the rules and talk quietly. Ender walked a little farther back until he found and an empty seat. He flopped himself onto the chair and pulled out his phone. While he didn't intend to be the loner this year, he decided he'd wait until they got to the school for introductions and meeting people. But, Fate had other plans.

"Hello. What's your name?" Ender looked up from his phone to see a girl with blonder hair and blue eyes staring at him. Ender stared for a moment before the question registered.

"Oh, um, I just have everybody call me Ender. But my real name's Daniel, in case you wanted to know that," Ender replied. Now granted, this was a pretty girl, but Ender just didn't talk to many people in general.

"Oh. Well, nice to meet you, Ender. My name's Zelda," Zelda reached out a hand with a smile and Ender hesitantly took it.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Zelda," Ender said, breaking off from the handshake a little too quickly maybe.

"Oh, and I should mention, this is Link," beside Zelda was a kid with messy dirty-blonde hair with, again, blue eyes. He leaned forward in his seat and nodded to Ender, who gave a small wave back.

"He doesn't talk much," Zelda explained.

"But I can talk, just not very usually," Link spoke up, Ender suspecting it was the longest sentence he had said all day. Link turned back to his phone and Zelda and Ender continued to small chat a little until they came to the next stop. Mrs. Palutena stepped out and walked up the giant pathway to the giant manor, most kids' eyeballs about to fall out of their heads. Mrs. Palutena came back followed by two girls, one dressed in pink and one dressed in yellow and orange. The two girls passed off their several bags to Mrs. Palutena who gladly took them and stepped on the bus. Ender, out of courtesy, slid over in his seat, just in case. Of course, both girls sat with him, blocking his conversation with Zelda. Sighing, Ender pulled out his phone and tried to ignore them. They looked like the annoying cheerleaders from his old school. Oh, yeah, the bullies.

"Hiya! What's your name?" Ender took a moment to figure out which one had talked. He deduced it was the pink one and responded to her.

"Name's Ender, or at least that's what I call myself," Ender replied. The girl held out a hand to shake.

"Well, my name's Peach, it's a pleasure to meet you," Ender took the girl's hand and smiled and nodded. He turned back to his phone to check a ding and the girl was already listening to Zelda introduce herself. Ender smirked and went back to his phone. He scrolled through his apps until he found a good old one he hadn't played in a while. He opened the app and his eyes were assaulted with the white screen and the word CRAFTMINE. But, just before he could open it, he started to feel drowsy. He noticed Peach and Daisy start to sway a little bit. He thought he heard snoring coming from the back.

"Hey uh, is anyone else- *yawn* - feeling sleepy?" Zelda asked. Link was already out cold. Ender nodded a little. His eyelids felt like lead, and he could barely keep them open.

"Well, we're screwed," Daisy said right before falling face-first into the seat in front of them. Ender covered his nose and mouth, trying to stop whatever the heck was happening, but it was too late by then. Slowly, one by one, the kids on the bus went out. Palutena was the only one still awake.

"Well, that part of the job's done. Let's hope they stay out for the ride," Palutena stopped the gas flow that had knocked the kids out and turned up the radio. It was peace and quiet time.

One day and 14 hours later (I'm serious, that's how long it takes to get to Oregon. Also, that's where NAGP is located this time around)

Ender woke up… he didn't even know how long later. He looked outside and the sun was beginning to set over a beautiful mountain. He saw a water tower that said 'GRAVITY FALLS' in big letters (I realize this is supposed to focus on video game characters, but can I make one reference to my favorite TV show?). The bus was surrounded by forest as far as the eye could see. But not for long. The bus pulled onto a side road and after only a few minutes, started to pull into a small town that Ender could only assume was Gravity Falls. He could hear the tinny sound of video games from phones and he felt Daisy start to stir beside him. Waking up, her face scrunched up in confusion as she looked out the window.

"What kind of dead-ass (I did say there would be minor cursing, didn't I?) middle of nowhere town are we in?" She asked.

"We might've just been abducted and that's what you're worried about?" Ender muttered under his breath.

"Oh no, you haven't been abducted, but the ride was long so I just knocked you kids out using some gas," Palutena replied, somehow hearing Ender.

"That is the definition of abduction lady!" Some kids from the front yelled. This caused Link to wake up, who then woke up Zelda, who then woke up Peach.

"Uh, where are we?" Zelda asked looking out the windows in confusion.

"Gravity Falls, Oregon," Ender said after checking his phone.

"Well, I regret coming here," Link said as the bus pulled onto a dirt road leading into the woods.

"Oh come on, it won't be that bad," Peach said, waving off Ender's concern.

"We might've just been abducted!" Ender almost screamed.

"You have not been abducted, only knocked out for the ride!"

"Again, that is the definition of abduction lady!"

Ender sighed at the ensuing argument between Mrs. Palutena and the random kid. This was crazy. It seemed that most of the teachers are going to be nut jobs and he's going to be held against his will. Whatever he could probably just disappear into the wood in the night.

"Whoa! Look at this place!" Ender's musing was broken by Peach's cries of amazement. Looking ahead, the dirt road ended in an iron gate with high stone walls surrounding it. After passing through the gate, there was a large driveway, circling around a large fountain and central courtyard. A large stone building stood at the end of the driveway, accompanied by a set of double doors. Mrs. Palutena pulls the bus up beside the building and opened the door. She stepped out and walked around to the back to allow the students to grab their stuff while everyone got off. Quite a few students tried to run but couldn't get very far, since the gate and walls. Although, it did look like there were two students who climbed over the wall with ease. But, they somehow quickly found themselves back at the campus. Most kids realized that escape was futile and went to grab their stuff, Ender and the others being some of them after seeing those kids who scaled the wall end up back here. Mrs. Palutena stood by the double door, waiting for everyone to gather in a crowd.

"Alright, now this is just the sign-in building. We're the last bus, so it should be fairly easy to get signed in," Mrs. Palutena opened the door and led the students inside. Inside was a large waiting area, like the ones seen at skyscrapers. Windows lined the back walls except for behind the desk, where another set of double doors stood. Everywhere else there were windows, revealing the much larger courtyard beyond. You couldn't even see the walls. There was a small path stone path that leads to different buildings. Straight ahead, behind the sign-in building was a large building with a bunch of small windows at regular intervals, probably the dormitory. To the right of that was another large building. After consulting his map, Ender found out that that was the actual school. A small dirt path led into the woods, either to other buildings or just for a nature walk for the students. The students formed a line in front of the desk and the receptionist began to sign everyone in. Ender caught a few… exotic names. That might be the best word. Ender ignored them for now. Ender blew through his turn and joined the group at the next set of double doors. Once everyone had arrived, Mrs. Palutena began to speak again.

"Okay, real quick, I just want to list off some rules.

1) No fighting

2) No stealing

3) No cheating

You will get tablets that have all the rules at the assembly. For now, those are the most important. Find your dorms at the dormitory and wait for the announcement to come to the auditorium." Mrs. Palutena ended her speech and headed out the door, going for the school. The students took their stuff and headed for the dormitory. Ender was on the top floor, in room 402. He was followed by Link, who was in 401. They both nodded a farewell to each other and entered their rooms. Ender was the first in his dorm so he got to choose a bunk. Deciding to be the nice guy, Ender threw his stuff on the bottom bunk. His room wasn't big, but it wasn't particularly small either. There was a little hallway to walk through to get to the 'living room' where there was a desk at the window, flanked by two bunk beds in the corner of the room. Behind the bunk bed in the right corner was a small table for four and an open kitchen. The only thing it didn't have was a bathroom, which was communal at the end of the hall. While Ender and his roommates would probably get down to the cafeteria before their floor mates, they would not get first dibs on the bathrooms in the morning. A soul for a soul, Ender thought as he flopped down on his bed and opened his phone. Despite having possibly been kidnapped, he was going to make the best of his situation and attempt to call his mom. He could not. He had no cell service or Wi-Fi.

"Probably still being set up," Ender muttered as he rolled out of bed. He began unpacking his stuff then noticed there was no dresser. He smacked a hand to his head then put his stuff away. There was a not on the desk that read

We apologize for any inconvenience, no dorm had dressers yet, but there will be some within the month. We have no confirmed time yet though.

-M.H.

Ender groaned and flopped back onto his desk. Hearing a knock at the door a moment later, he went back into 'be kind' mode and poked his head out the door.

"Hey uh, this is Room 402, right?" There was a spiky-haired kid with brown hair standing at the door, behind him another spiky-haired kid with black hair and a shorter kid whose hair was blue but almost shaves to the scalp.

"Uh, yeah, you guys must be my roommates, right," Ender opened the door the whole way for the other kids to come in.

"Thanks. I'm Sora by the way," the brown-haired kid, Sora, held out a hand for Ender to shake, which Ender gladly took.

"Ender, or at least, that's what I like everyone to call me," Ender replied.

"Well, sorry we took so long to get up here. We went exploring,"

"No problem," Ender said, following behind Sora as he moved farther into the dorm. The other two kids had already claimed the top bunks for themselves, but the shorter one immediately asked if Sora wanted the top bunk. The other one didn't seem to care.

"Well, that's Michael," Sora said, introducing Ender to the shorter kid, who just nodded back. And the other kid was Pitoo, but Ender brushed it off. It seemed everyone had odd names. Ender, Zelda, Sora, Peach, Daisy, Link. Ender didn't care anymore. Plus, the kid just seemed cold and distant. As soon as everyone got settled into their spots though, a voice crackled through the loudspeaker.

"Attention all students and staff, please report to the auditorium for the welcoming assembly. Welcome to NAGP."

Ender, Sora, and Michael were the first out the door and heading down the steps before Pitoo's brain acknowledged the announcement and he ran to catch up.

Yup, that's where I'm ending this. As of now, it has been about… maybe a week since I started this chapter. I tried to keep up how well I did with my writing style in the first chapter, but in some places, it's a little… meh, but I just want to get this up for you guys. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and regarding the trailer for Ascension, I don't know when that's coming, I just have been thinking up how it will go down in my mind. I'll probably start it after I get a Switch Lite and Smash and finish WoL. And yes, I know, it's been about two, almost three years since the Switch came out and almost a year since Smash came out, but my dad is very strict on video games. The only exception is my laptop since I read and write on it. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this and I will see you guys again soon. Peace.