Next chapter, and the appearance of a new character! As well as a very unique discovery
It was morning once again. Michelle and her new friend, Katrina, had just gotten themselves changed into their usual outfits. They chatted with each other as the two girls ate their breakfast, which was a bowl of cereal each. Katrina took a bite out of her cereal and looked at Michelle with a grin on her face. "So Michelle, do you have a job?"
"Yeah, I'm an actress at the local theater in the City. I've worked there ever since I was 16." Michelle said, munching on her cereal.
"Wow, that's really cool! Do you enjoy it there?"
Michelle was silent for a second, but then she said, "Yes and no. I love to act out since its fun to get up there and act like a totally different person, but the director of the theater is really old and grouchy. He's the one part I hate about my job."
Katrina frowned. "Wow, I'm sorry to hear that."
Michelle shook her head. "No, it's OK. I can deal with him. But really, acting is really cool!" Michelle took a bite out of her breakfast. "Hey Katrina, do you have any hobbies?"
Katrina nodded, looking cheerful. "Yep! Singing, drawing, dancing, dressing up, swimming, and most of all, just hanging out with friends." She giggled.
Michelle nodded. "I'd love to hear you sing. You probably have a great singing voice!"
Katrina gave an embarrassing smile. "Ehe, no, no, no! I don't need to sing right now. I… I'm still tired. It's also kind of hard to sing when you've just woken up."
Michelle looked at her, confused. "You sure?"
"Positive." Katrina said, still having a frantic look on her face. She asked. "What about you, Michelle? What do you like to do for hobbies?"
Michelle folded her arms. "Well, besides acting, I like to skateboard, swim, run, climb trees, play video games, watch TV, go out at night, swordsmanship, wrestling, and singing, sort of."
"Wow, you're a pretty big tomboy." Katrina said, saying it in a nice way. Once again, she giggled.
Michelle placed her hands down. "Yeah, I've always been a tomboy. Although my mom did not approve of it much... now that I think about it."
Katrina looked at Michelle with curiosity. "Oh?"
"My mom wanted me to act like all teenagers my age do. Wear skirts and dresses at times, put make up, sit right, do girlish things. But I disagreed with her. I just don't like any of the things girls usually wear." Michelle sighed, hanging her head a little bit.
"What about your father?" Katrina asked. Her interest was slowly spiking.
"He didn't care. He just told me to make my own choices. My brother loved me being a tomboy, since we had a lot of the same hobbies. I remembered I and Chris would play all the time when we were little. We would play video games, climb trees, swim together, and even wrestle at times." Michelle laughed. Just the memories of wrestling with Chris made her laugh. It was an even match, always.
"Sounds like… you two had a really fun time together." Katrina sadly said, feeling sorry for her new friend.
"It's alright, I'm over it. You can't change the past." Michelle took the last bite out of her cereal, and placed her dishes in the dishwasher. Katrina, who had finished her meal, did the same thing. Michelle spoke. "I got an idea. Let's go to the beach today! We could use some fresh air!"
Katrina smiled a bit. "Sure but...you are probably gonna use your skateboard to ride there, right?"
Michelle was silent for a minute, wondering why she asked. "Yeah...why do you ask?"
Katrina looked down at her feet. "I don't have anything to keep up at your pace when on a skateboard."
Michelle placed a hand on Katrina's shoulder. "No worries. I think I have the perfect transport device for you." Michelle walked over to the hall closet, and grabbed her skateboard. She knelled down and dug deeper in the closet. "OK, it's gotta be here somewhere..." She muttered to herself.
Katrina stood near the closet and looked at her friend searching the messy closet. "You really need to clean your closet out, no offense." she suggested, laughing a bit.
Michelle laughed a little. "I know, but ever since I was on my own, I was just too lazy to do it." Michelle kept on searching the closet. " Aha! Here they are!" Michelle came out of the closet area, and held out two blue roller blades. She handed them to Katrina, who examined them.
"Hey, roller blades! I used to have these things a while ago!" Katrina exclaimed, examining them closely.
Michelle smiled. "Great! My mom bought me those a while ago, but I never used them, so you can keep them if you like.
Katrina held the skates close to her. Her smile grew more warmly than ever. "Thank you, Michelle!"
Michelle slipped her sneakers on, grabbed her katana and attached it to her belt, and went over to the door. "You ready to go?"
Katrina slipped her flat shoes on and went next to Michelle. "Yes."
Michelle nodded as she and Katrina exited the apartment.
Once outside, Katrina sat down on a step and placed on her roller blades. After they were buckled tightly, she got up with help from Michelle. Michelle hopped on her skateboard.
"OK, let's go!" Katrina shouted, getting ready to ride her blades.
Michelle pushed her foot on the ground several times until the skateboard was at a fast but easy to control pace. Katrina pushed her feet on her blades as she kept up with Michelle. The two of them were laughing and speeding away on the streets, the wind passing through their hair as they rode on their transport devices.
"Whee! This is great!" Katrina shouted as she did circles on the streets. Her movement looked as if she was dancing.
"I know! Wanna see a trick?" Michelle jumped in the air with her skateboard, and did a 360 degree spin three times, landed on the skate board and kept on rolling.
Katrina was amazed. "Wow, that was so awesome! I'll show you a trick I learned too!" Katrina jumped and did several spins in the air while landing gracefully back on two feet.
Michelle's eyes bugged out. "Geez, how long did you spend doing THAT trick??"
"A long time, but it was worth it." Katrina smiled as she skidded to a halt on her roller blades. Michelle did the same thing to her skateboard. "Look, Michelle! There's the beach!" Her aqua eyes sparkled in the sun. The weather was warm; the water's waves were waving gently to the shore with the sun creating sparkles in the water's reflection. The wind was very gentle. It was indeed a perfect day to get some fresh air.
Michelle smiled. "Wow, sure is beautiful out, huh?"
Katrina nodded in agreement. She sat down and took off her roller blades. She picked the two blades up. "Let's head down to the sand!" Katrina skipped down a stairway that lead to the sand area below the streets. Michelle picked up her skateboard and followed Katrina down to the sandy area. The two girls started to walk along the shoreline.
The two of them stared into the vast opening of the lake . They were silent for a few moments, not one of them peeped a word the whole time. But Katrina suddenly broke the silence. "Hey Michelle?" She suddenly piped up.
"What is it?" Michelle responded, looking at the silver-headed girl.
"Not trying to bring up anything bad, but doesn't coming to the beach...make you feel sad?" Katrina's voice was very soft. You almost couldn't hear her. Michelle stayed silent; her face looked as if she started to remember the terrible fate to her family. Katrina continued. "I mean, you said that the boat's engine exploded and your family perished in the blaze. You also said it took place in Lake Erie, which is where we are right now. So if this place is a bad reminder about your past... why come here? Doesn't it remind you of your past when you visit this place??" Katrina looked at the brown headed girl, waiting for an answer.
Michelle stayed silent, looking at the lake's water. She knew that the lake was a bad memory of what happened to her family, but still, she couldn't get rid of the fact that she loved this place so much, just the escape from the city and the normal hustle and bustle. Michelle looked at Katrina, and gave her an answer. "...It's true that this place is the area where my family perished in, and coming here does, in fact, bring back that painful memory. I can't stand to remember it, but still, I just can't find it in my heart to not come here. I used to come swimming here with my little bro when we were younger. And the two of us would have loads of time together. So even though this place has a bad memory with it, it has loads of good memories too. So that's why I love coming here, even though there was some bad times at this place. It's kinda weird."
Katrina was silent for a minute, letting the information Michelle gave her sink into her head. "Wow, that is some explanation. You're very strong for a person your age. Not many people can handle bad memories."
Michelle smiled a little sadly. "I guess...I never considered myself strong in any way."
"Well, consider me the first person to recognize your strength." Katrina placed both hands in front of her.
"Thanks, gal." Michelle said, smiling a little. She sat down. "I need to rest a little."
"Good idea." Katrina joined Michelle as the two looked at the horizon. The sun still glistened in the water like diamonds. The two girls closed their eyes, letting the wind sway in their hair gently. But after a while of just sitting there, the girls quickly opened their eyes to see a flash of blue light glowing in the water. Both Katrina and Michelle got to their feet to witness this brilliant glowing. "What...what's going on? Where is all this glowing coming from?" Katrina asked, slightly scared.
"I… I don't know." Michelle replied. Just then, there was another blue light, coming from ten yards away from Michelle. She looked over to that area, bewildered. "And it looks like there's more than one source of this light."
Katrina went close to the water's edge. She turned over to her friend. "I'm gonna dive in and see if I can find what is causing this glowing."
Michelle looked worried. "Can you swim?"
She laughed. "You crazy! I used to swim all the time! I can handle a few minutes in water." Katrina jumped into the water and was soon immersed deep in the lake's lukewarm water.
Michelle knew she could count on Katrina to take care of the water source of the glowing. Michelle ran over to the sandy spot where the glowing took place. She knelled down on one knee and started digging at the glowing spot in the sand. After a minute of searching through the dry grains of dirt, she found the source of the glowing; two blue crystal-like fragments were inside the small hole Michelle dug up. They were both glowing with an amazing amount of power. "Whoa…" Michelle muttered as she stared into the glowing light. Michelle picked up the fragments, which felt very cold to her. Strange.
"Gah!" A young girl's voice gasped. Michelle turned around to see Katrina just bursting through the water's surface for some air. She began to swim towards Michelle's direction. She was smiling in amazement. "Michelle!" She shouted as she swam closer to the shore. "Look at what I found! It's incredible!" Katrina walked up to the shore, dripping wet from being in the water. Her hair was flattened out, and so was her outfit, but nice and shiny as the sun's rays reflected off of it. Katrina had her right hand closed, as if holding something. Katrina opened her hand to reveal a blue crystal - the same exact one as the two fragments Michelle obtained. "It's a crystal! A crystal that can glow! And it feels strangely cold!" She noticed the two fragments in Michelle's hand. "Hey, you found the same thing! Two more of them!"
Michelle nodded. "Yes I did. And now I'm curious to know WHAT these things are. These can't be ordinary crystals."
"Unless they've been hit with radioactive chemicals." Katrina joked.
Michelle giggled. "Could be. Or maybe they belong to a powerful wizard that lost them in a travel trip!" Michelle joked.
Both girls laughed as they tried to think of ideas for what the crystals might be. Little did they know, they were being watched...by four shadows lurking in the distance. They watched the two girls as the shadows slowly approached them.
"Oh, maybe it has healing powers that can cure any type of disease imaginable!" Katrina guessed.
"Nah, probably not. I don't think ANY of what we just said matches these weird crystals." Michelle said, slightly frowning.
Katrina folded her arms. "Hmm, what could these crystals be? And what should we do now??"
"How about you come with us?" A ghastly voice echoed. Michelle and Katrina circled around, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from.
"Who… who said that!?" Katrina panicked.
"... Mark." Michelle muttered. Her eyes narrowed. This could be bad.
"Huh?" Katrina was interrupted by a group of four men ambushing the two girls, snickering in the process.
"I knew it was you, Mark!" Michelle snarled, clenching her fists. "Didn't you fragheads get enough last time!?"
Katrina, scared as ever, whispered to her friend. "You… you know these people?"
"More than anyone else in the city." Michelle whispered back. "Be careful; they're not the friendly type."
Mark circled slowly around the two girls, smiling evilly. "Well, well, not only do we get to see the freak again, but it looks like she added another addition to the party. A silver- headed freak that's timid by everything!"
Katrina was ticked. "I am not scared of you!" She shouted. She stepped closer to Mark. "Leave us alone!"
"Not a chance!" Zack sneered. "We have a score to settle with your little brunette friend here, and since you're allied with her, the same goes for you!"
Katrina got in a fighting pose, holding her fragment tightly in her hand. "I don't know what your problems are, but whatever it is, I'm not going to go easy on you!"
Michelle looked at Katrina, worried that she wasn't a great fighter. She didn't even have a weapon, and she didn't look like the strong type. But Michelle knew she had to fight and defend the fragments and Katrina, so she got in a heroic battle pose, her legs spread out as if getting ready for a boxing match, her fists clenched. Michelle secretly placed the two fragments in her pocket so they wouldn't get lost, and glared at the four men she despised most in the world.
"I'd like to see you TRY to take us down, big, tall, and ugly!" Michelle shouted to Mark.
Ticked off, Mark and his goons got in a battle pose. "You two are going to regret talking to us that way!"
The two sides, boys and girls, stayed in their positions, ready to fight. Michelle and Katrina were ready to face the men in combat, even though it would lead them to a great deal of pain. And the men, their faces full of boldness and anger, prepared to take down both of the girls......
and We have the next Chapter!!! *dances*
So Katrina and Michelle are now getting to know each other a bit. And here's something I added too. In the previous version, only Michelle had a vehicle (skteboard) but I wanted all of my OCs to have some kind of transport device while in their human forms. And i thought roller blades would be good for Katrina. So look foward to some of that.
and yes, I had a different way of Michelle and Katrina finding the fragments. Why is there three? You'll see.
and of course, mark and his gang of chimpanzees come again....
I left you all at a cliffhanger, to keep you on your toes. And the next chapter will introduce another OC. So stay tune!