Author's Note: Sorry, still haven't written up those previews in dA yet. I'll get around to it, but I've been busy catching up on my Doctor Who. And by the way, I'm not making much progress with this story right now, sadly. Hopefully my writer's block will go away soon.
Introduction 2: Cleft
Timmy ran through the park. He was going to be late! He almost wished his class would be postponed for the day, but stopped himself. As a friend often told him, "You get what you wish for, don't blame me if it doesn't turn out how you wanted."
Timmy and his two friends, Matter-Muncher-Lad and Professor AJ, had been enrolled in private super-hero training lessons from the Crimson Chin for the past year. It had started shortly after the bucktoothed boy had finally developed super-powers; a day he still remembered clearly.
Time 4 Backstory!
Timmy's parents, Mighty-Mom and Dyno-Dad, really did love their son, but, well, they were a little crazy from too many head traumas and other hazards of super-heroing. When it was looking like their son wouldn't develop super-powers, they hired a crazy, violent babysitter named Vicky to try and scare the powers out of him. Timmy soon became skilled at detecting traps and hiding in small places, and he became one of the fastest runners in his elementary school, but the boy's life was miserable. So miserable, in fact, that one day a pair of fairy god-parents came to him.
"I'm Cosmo!" a floating green figure stated cheerfully.
"And I'm Wanda!" A pink figure floating next to him added.
"And we're…" They said together, "Your fairy god-parents!"
Of course, living in a world full of super-powered beings made it easy to believe in magic, so Timmy quickly got down to business by pulling some elaborate pranks on Vicky. After they had driven her out of the house, Timmy thought of a more important wish.
"Well that was fun!" Cosmo exclaimed, "Now what do you wanna do?"
"Can I wish for super-powers?" The boy asked.
"Of course!" Wanda confirmed, "Whatever you like; super-strength, flight, invisibility…"
"Laser vision, X-ray vision, heat vision, meat vision…" Cosmo continued.
"Uh, pass on the meat vision," Timmy cringed, "my Dad has that and I know it's not so great."
"Well, what would you like then?" Wanda asked.
Timmy looked up at a poster on his wall of his favorite super-hero, The Crimson Chin. "I want to be Cleft, the boy-chin wonder!"
Back to the present…
Since then, Timmy had been learning to use his super-powers and gone on some incredibly wacky hi-jinks with Cosmo and Wanda. He'd even caught the attention of the Chin himself. The training was hard, but Timmy had tried so long to get where he was; he wasn't about to give up.
After activating a secret tunnel hidden in a tree, Timmy found his friend Matter-Muncher-Lad, known to civilians as Chester, burrowing in from above.
"Whew, glad to see I'm not the only one who's late." The boy in the ultra-braces said, then gave his friend a second look. "Dude, where's your costume? You'll be in even more trouble if you show up in civilian garb."
"Crud! I was in such a hurry I forgot!" Timmy exclaimed, "Uh, you run ahead, I'll catch up."
Once Chester had his back turned, Timmy turned to his pink spy-watch and pointed desperately at his hat.
"Oh! Charades!" his green backpack said happily, "Ok, first word rhymes with hat…"
The pink watch just sighed and waved a miniscule wand. With a poof, Timmy's pink cloths turned to red. He was now wearing a black mask and utility cleft. He ran to catch up with Chester.
"Wow, y'know, if your super-heroing doesn't work out, you could have a successful career as a quick-change artist."
They finally reached a large room at the end of the tunnel where The Chin and Professor AJ were waiting.
"Cleft, Matter-Muncher-Lad, you're late!" the mentoring hero said in his usual booming voice.
"Yeah, I…" Chester started to say before he was cut off by AJ.
"Don't talk…" he pointed to Chester, "You had to pull your dad out of a porta-potty…" then at Timmy, "And you overslept."
"Yeah." The two late boys affirmed. Timmy reminded himself to thank Wanda for magically blocking all fairy-thoughts from his psychic friend.
"Well, now that you're all here, I've got some big news!" The Chin said.
"Oh boy! What is it?" Timmy and Chester asked excitedly. AJ tried to read his mentor's mind, but the Chin was an expert at blocking psychic waves.
"I've been asked to be a teacher at the new North American Super-School!" The hero declared.
"Wow, really? Congratulations!" Timmy and AJ commended the Chin.
"Aw, who's going to teach us now?" Chester asked sadly.
The Chin laughed. "Oh, don't worry, I'm sure you'll as pass the entrance exam. After all, I trained you!"
Author's Note: Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Next time: X-J9
