Scripted Head Note

Damn, has it really been a month since I updated? *Sigh* That is way too long, for one of my stories. But, I have a valid reason. I have had to work on eight chapters this time, rather than the usual four. The reason for this being that I am going to start two new stories, one of which I've already decided on, and shall include more info for it in the scripted foot note. The other one is where you guys come in. Now, obviously, you're guy's opinions mean everything to me, as you guys are the readers, so I am coming to you for this. If you go on my profile right now, you will see a poll to decide which story I will start next, and I want all of you guys to vote. There are four different stories, and I already have the first chapter created for all four of them, so that as soon as one of them hits the required target (either first to twenty or highest in a month, whichever comes first) I can put the first chapter of it up. So, please go and vote, and I want you to keep something in mind. If what you voted for doesn't win, fret not, as all of the stories will be done at some point, this just decides which one will be done first. Now, onto the real head note.

And we are back. So, now that Cloud and Mei have gotten together, Skyler and Mackenzie now have to be told, and the rest of the school gets to find out, as well. Yay.

What's Odd About That?

I awoke to my alarm blaring next to my head. Groaning, I blindly reached over to my bedside table and shut it off.

"Arceus, I hate that alarm." I sighed out.

I opened my eyes and looked down at Mei, to see that she was still lying up against me, my arm around her. I lightly moved my arm, but she just moved even closer to me, if possible, and sunk her head even farther into my fur. I reached over and shook her lightly.

She groaned, before saying, "Five more minutes."

I sighed, before realizing that today would be no different than any of the other nights that she had stayed here, which, for the record, was all of Fall break. I leaned down and gently kissed her, and pulled her on top of me. When we broke apart, her eyes were open, and she was staring at me.

She sighed, before saying, "Do you have to wake me up like that every morning?"

"Well, it gets you up, doesn't it?" I replied. "That, and I've never heard you truly complain about it."

She sunk into my chest fur and said, "Well, that would be because there is nothing to complain about."

I laughed, before saying, "C'mon, we have to get ready. And you need to go back to your room to shower."

"Why do I need to go to my room for that?" She asked me.

"Because it's already six, and it would take too long for both of us to shower before school." I responded.

Her head shot up, and she said, "Oh, shit. I forgot that we have school today. Damn it." She dropped her head onto my chest with a sigh, and said, "I don't wanna go."

"Look at it this way," I said, raising her head up to where she was looking into my eyes, "it will be our first day of school as a couple."

"Yeah, but this past week has been so awesome." She replied. "I don't want it to end."

"Well, unfortunately it has to." I said, giving her a quick peck on the lips. "Now, c'mon, we need to get ready."

"Fine." She said, sighing.

She rolled off of me and got off of the bed. I got up, as well, before we went into the living room.

"So, I suppose that that means no time for breakfast, huh?" Mei asked me.

I sighed, and said, "Unfortunately, no."

"How about coffee?" She said.

"Not really." I replied.

"Damn it." She said, sighing. "Well, how about this, since I already pick it up for Skyler, Mackenzie, and myself every morning, do you want me to pick something up for you, as well?"

"That'd be awesome." I said, wrapping her in a one armed hug.

"Well then," she said, "I should get going."

I released her and said, "Alright, see you in about an hour."

"Alright." She said, going over to the door. "Love you."

"Love you too." I replied, as she left.

As the door closed, I returned to my bedroom to get some clothes, before going to shower. I got undressed, and got in the shower. Arceus, how did I manage to go from being hated by everyone to having the best damn girlfriend in the world?

P.O.V Change: Mei

I stepped into the school classroom, a cardboard cup holder containing four cups of coffee in my hands. I shook my head lightly to get rid of some of the water, which was there partially because of my shower, and partially because of the pouring rain outside. Arceus, sometimes I truly hate this place's weather. Granted, I probably should have grabbed my jacket. Oh well. I continued through the room, no one raising a head as I passed, until I reached my group's usual table. I sat down, Mackenzie across from me and Skyler next to her.

"Hey." Skyler greeted me, as I began handing out the coffee. "So, where were you for the whole break?"

"Around." I answered simply.

"Umm, okay." Skyler said, obviously still curious. "Well, what's with the fourth coffee?"

Before I could answer, I felt an arm around me, as someone sat down next to me. Expecting to turn and see Cloud, I was disappointed to see Austin sitting there, his arm wrapped around my shoulders.

Skyler sighed, before saying, "Seriously Austin? We just got back from our break, do you have to annoy us now?"

"Shut the hell up, ass." Austin retorted, glaring at him. "I'll do whatever the hell I want."

"Seriously Austin," I said, knocking him off of the chair, catching him off guard, "just piss off. Besides, that seat's reserved for someone else, anyway."

"What?" He asked, outraged, as he picked himself up off of the floor. "Who the hell is sitting here?"

"I believe that it would be me." A voice growled out behind him.

P.O.V Change: Cloud

Austin and Mei whipped around to look at me, as Skyler and Mackenzie shot their eyes up to me, as well. As Austin's eyes looked up at me, I glared down at him under my hood, baring my teeth slightly, just for the added frightening effect.

"Now then," I said, "if I were you, I would take my advice, and piss the fuck off."

He glared at me, and said, "Who the fuck do think you are? Are you really hiding from me under your hood?"

"Not really hiding," I growled in response, "I was merely keeping the rain off of my fur."

At this, I flipped my hood off of my head, releasing my ears.

"Now then," I said, "will you leave, or do you have some sort of issue that needs to be resolved with my girlfriend?"

I could tell that I had caught him off of his guard, as he just looked up at me, fear in his eyes, before dashing away. I just let out a small chuckle, before sitting down next to Mei, and wrapping my arm around her.

"Hey." I greeted.

"Hey." She said, laying her head on my shoulder. She handed me the only cup that was remaining in the holder, and gave it to me, saying, "Here, I got you your coffee."

"Thank." I said, hugging her tightly.

I accepted the coffee and took a drink of it, before glancing over to Skyler and Mackenzie. They were both staring at Mei and I, shocked blank looks on their faces.

"What's the matter?" I joked. "You guys look like you've seen some freak of nature, or some shit."

"Well, not to be rude or anything," Skyler said, "but we did. Granted, that's become a normal occurrence, so it's more the fact that the mute freak of nature just spoke."

"Well," I said, "speaking is made extremely easy if you aren't actually a mute, so I don't see what the issue is."

"Wait a minute," he said, "you aren't a mute?"

"Nope." I calmly said, taking another drink of my coffee.

"Okay," Mackenzie said, "am I the only one that noticed what Cloud just called Mei?"

"What, his girlfriend?" Mei asked. "What's odd about that? I mean, we are dating."

"Seriously?" Mackenzie asked, slightly shocked.

"Of course." Mei replied. "I mean, where do you think that I was all week long?"

"You were in his dorm all week?" Skyler asked. Mei nodded, and he said, "I can't imagine that his roommates were too happy about that."

"Don't have any." I responded.

"Seriously?" Skyler said. I nodded, and he said, "Holy shit, you are so fucking lucky. My fucking roommate is a brain dead jock who constantly wants to arm wrestle me."

"Well, why don't you accept his offer?" I asked.

"Because I would prefer it if my arm wasn't ripped off by that steroid abusing jackass." He replied.

I shrugged, and said, "Well, that seems fairly logical."

"Yeah, I thought so too." Skyler agreed.

Suddenly, we were interrupted by the bell ringing. I sighed, taking my arm off of Mei.

"Well, I believe that that would be our cue." I said, rising from my seat. "Shall we?"

"If we have to." Mei said, rising as well.

Mackenzie and Skyler got up, and we joined the crowd of people spilling out of the cafeteria. We started down the hall to our Art class. When we arrived, we were the first ones there.

"I wonder where everyone else is." Mackenzie said, as we entered.

We sat at their usual table, in the same configuration as we were previously.

"If this was a standard school, I would say that they were all wanting to catch up with their friends," I said, "but, this isn't a standard school." I looked over as I felt Mei's head lay down on my shoulder again, and said, "Comfortable?"

"Incredibly." She replied. "And, for the record, you can't blame me. I'm tired as hell, and your fur is so fucking soft."

I just shrugged, and said, "Yeah, I guess you're right. I mean, Umbreon fur is very soft."

"I know." Mei responded. "I mean, I have been laying on it all week."

I laughed, and said, "True, true."

"Hey, Mackenzie." Mei said, getting the girl's attention.

"Yes?" Mackenzie said, looking at her.

"What's with you this morning?" Mei asked her.

"What do you mean?" Mackenzie responded.

"Well, you've just been extremely quiet." Mei said. "I mean, you're normally pretty talkative, but you've barely spoken a word today. How come?"

Mackenzie seemed hesitant to answer, but finally said, "Well, not to be rude, but it just seems slightly weird having Cloud here."

"How so?" I asked.

"I'm not quite sure." She replied. "I mean, I guess it may just be the subconscious thought that we're currently sitting with someone that is about as rare to find as a Legendary, but is also as hated as a serial killer."

I thought for a second, before saying, "Well, when you put it that way, I guess that it could be slightly weird. Granted, Mei is the one dating the guy who's about as rare as a Legendary and hated as a serial killer."

Mackenzie shrugged, and said, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

We sat there talking as more people filed in. As they passed us, some gave us disgusted looks, others confused, and a few just didn't seem to notice us, which was completely fine by me. As the room filled up, I quickly discovered just how fast news could travel through the school, as I could clearly hear chatter in the classroom about Mei and I. As the talk continued, I just let out a small laugh.

"Where the hell is Kynth at?" Skyler asked, as the clock above the whiteboard read 8:45. "If he doesn't get here soon, then the whole class would have been lost."

"Would that really be so bad, though?" Mei said. "I mean, it's not like this class actually teaches us anything useful."

He sighed, and said, "Yeah, I guess you're right. This class is useless."

"Why the hell is it even required?" Mackenzie said.

"I think that it's something along the lines of not being a social fuck up." I said. "I don't know, I just remember that they said it was so that we wouldn't look like complete and total wastes of flesh if we ever left the country."

"So, I assume that that is the same reasoning that they use to validate forcing us to learn a foreign language." Mackenzie said.

"Most likely." I answered, shrugging. "They pretty much just don't want us to go to other countries and be some massive faux-pa."

"What is that, exactly?" Skyler asked.

"French for social blunder." I replied.

Mei chuckled lightly, before saying, "Yes, because not knowing how to speak another language will cause that for you, Cloud."

I laughed, and said, "Absolutely. I would be completely loved, if not for the fact that I don't know how to say 'hello' in Chinese."

Mackenzie opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by everyone's favorite blonde slut and her pet coming over to our table.

"Hello." I greeted.

"Oh, so is the pound escapee finally talking?" Mackenna said, mockingly.

"You keep saying that, yet I have never once been into a pound in the first place." I responded. "And you must have some nerve to say something like that. I mean, you may offend your own little pet. Isn't that right, Krista?"

Both girls recoiled, as if physically struck, and looked at me, shocked.

"I'm not pet, you stupid freak, I'm her friend." Krista retorted. "But, you wouldn't know anything about friends, would you?"

"Y'know, that's one of the most redundant sentences I've hear come from you guys." Skyler replied. "And I've heard you guys call people sluts, so I've heard some redundant shit from you two."

As soon as he said that, their faces returned to their shocked expressions, and a small smirk appeared on my face. Mackenna looked as if she was going to respond, when the door burst open, catching everyone's attention.

Kynth walked in, striding over to his desk quickly, saying, "Yes, yes, I know I'm late. I apologize." He reached his desk and looked out at us, and, upon seeing Mackenna and Krista at our table, he said, "You two, leave them alone and sit down."

"We were just having a nice little chat with them, Mr. Kynth." Mackenna said, putting on a fake sweet voice.

Kynth sighed, before saying, "Everyone in here knows that that is a lie, Mackenna. Now, both of you sit down, or I'll give you detention."

Instead of arguing, the two just submitted and turned away, before going back to their seats.

"Now then," Kynth said, rubbing the bridge of his nose in obvious frustration, "let's begin."

Mei, Skyler, Mackenzie, and I were leaving Art at the back of the pack, when I felt someone grab my shoulder. I turned around to see Kynth behind me.

"If it is alright with you, I would like to speak with you for a few moments, please." He said.

I looked at the others, who had stopped to wait for me, and nodded, saying, "I'll catch up in a second."

Skyler nodded in return and they left the room. As the door closed behind them, I turned back to Kynth.

"So," he started, awkwardly, "I notice that you're becoming more social." I nodded, and he said, "Right. That's good. It's nice to see that there are some people who can look past the whole morph thing and want to be your friends."

"Well, some people can look past it more than others." I said. "I mean, I am dating Mei."

"Are you really?" Kynth asked, sounding slightly shocked. I nodded again, and he said, "Well, that's wonderful news."

"Yeah, I thought so too." I replied. "We spent all of last week hanging out in my room."

"Right, I forgot that you were lucky enough to get a room without any roommates." He said, nodding slightly. He sighed, before saying, "Listen, Cloud, the main reason that I asked for you to stay is because I wanted to apologize."

"Apologize?" I asked. "For what?"

"Well, for how I reacted last month." He explained. "I just saw your injuries, and I got worried about you. I didn't know how hurt you were, so I was being rather cautious."

"I understand." I said, nodding. "I don't blame you. I apologize for my reaction, as well. I should have just seen that you cared for me, and not blown up on you."

"So, are we okay?" He asked me.

I nodded, and said, "Yes, I forgive you."

"Good." He said, coming over to me. "Anyway, I believe that it would be in your best interest to go ahead and get out of here, as you wouldn't want to be late for your next class."

"Of course." I said, opening the door. "Goodbye."

"Goodbye. I'll see you tomorrow." He replied, as I left the room, closing the door behind me.

Yeah. See you tomorrow, Dad.

Scripted Foot Note

So, as I said, here is the note about my other story. Now, this story is special, and may not appeal to everyone, and if it doesn't then that is fine. This story is actually going to be an Archive Of Our Own exclusive story, due to the fact that it is actually an original work, and not set in any fandom. I will put the summary to it up in my profile in its own section soon, but know that I don't actually have a set release date for it, all I know is that I will put out the first chapter sometime after the twenty second, hopefully within the following week.

So, how's that for a plat twist, eh? Not too shabby, in my opinion. Anyway, I have a minor announcement to make. So, I know that I have had a few people on both this story, as well as another request to submit an OC, so I figured that I would allow something of that sort. So, I already have a Pokemorph OC that I will use later (thanks Sylvas, by the way) and I don't plan on accepting any other ones. Honestly, I hadn't actually intended on accepting any OCs other than that one, until recently. So, in the past few days, I read the beginning of a story that is starting up, a story by Tsuzihrio07 titled Built for Half-Breeds. And, this story got me thinking about the possibility of Gjinkas (even though I have, in fact, been set straight by Tsuzihrio that that isn't what his story is about. And, well, it's his story and, after explaining it to me, I see how he classifies them and I actually agree with him, using his classification.). Anyway, that got me thinking. Would anyone like to put in a Gjinka/Half-Breed OC? I don't want anymore morphs, other than the ones that I have planned, but I would be willing to accept a Half-Breed (honestly, I prefer that name for them more than Gjinka) OC or two. So, if you want to leave one, either message me the info or drop it in a review, and I'll choose two or three that I like to put in, should I actually get that many. Granted, I don't even know if I'll get any.

Anyway, before I go, I want to tell you guys to go and check out Tsuzihrio's story. I, personally, enjoy it so far, and I find it to be an interesting new take on a story idea that has been beat to death. So, go check out his story, and if you like it, show him some love.

So, good night everyone.