Kingdom Hearts:Birth by Sleep Zero-Book 1-Chapter 7:First Day Part 1
DISCLAIMER:Nomura-san+Squeenix own KH characters, Disney owns Disney stuff. Spider Pig belongs to The Simpsons.
Stay Gold belongs to Utada Hikaru.
The onyx-black alarm I had set for seven-thirty in the morning had thrown me out of my dreamless sleep with the MOST ANNOYING noise I have ever heard.
It sounded like a dying cow and a bellowing whale at the same time. No, wait, more like a dying cow and a constipated, angry cat.
I mean, I was in the middle of one of the best sleeping sessions I have ever been in, and all of the sudden, I wake up to a constipated yowling cat.
I hate cats...
I snatched the alarm into my grasp and looked for a button where I could change how the alarm sounded.
Let's see...rock, heavy metal, orchestral, j-pop, radio, and ??. I stared at the ?? in confusion.
What the hell is ?? ?
Well, if anything, it's probably better than a dying cow.
I was absolutely wrong:
Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider-pig does!
My eyebrow had been glued to the top of my forehead for the past few minutes as "Spider-Pig" repeated over and over again.
How about J-pop?
My darling, Stay Gold...
"Nope."
"I think I'll stay with the constipated cat." I decided as I switched it back to "Auto Sound".
I glanced back at the time on the clock that suspended on the wall, even though I could've just looked at the alarm in my hand.
Seven-forty. I repeated the numbers shown on the clock in my thoughts.
I got off of the soft, wonderful, inviting bed and dragged myself over to the wardrobe.
I put my cheesy uniform back on and stared back at the warm bed.
Five minutes more would've made my day better...
Ignoring the thought, I walked over to the red door at the end of the room and entered the bathroom.
I grabbed the brush off of the counter and brushed my hair quickly, wondering how girls spend about an hour fixing themselves up.
I bet Aqua will be late. I assumed, remembering how late Aqua was to almost everything. Her excuse was always "At least I was ACTUALLY trying to look nice while you two just roll out of bed and go wherever you feel like going."
That wasn't always true though. It took me about five-minutes to get ready, while it took her TWO HOURS. I mean, I took care of myself better than Ven did, who literally rolled out of bed and went wherever he felt like. You could tell by his messy, spiky blonde hair. Mine was naturally spiky and messy, so that was always my excuse when Aqua fussed over my hair.
She'd always say: "Do you EVER brush your hair?" or "Do you use hair gel?" Even though my hair was extremely spiky, I never used hair gel. I know that she knows this, but she never admits it.
When I was done brushing my teeth, I looked at the clock again. It was seven-forty-seven. I lied;it takes me seven minutes to get ready.
I should probably eat.
I grabbed a bowl out of the cupboard and set it loudly on the table. I looked at the food supply, and the cupboards were stuffed to the brim with food.
I bet Ven ate all of his food already. I guessed, remembering that Ven ate like a fat ape and two wolverines mixed.
I chuckled as I remembered how Ven was always asking me "How did you get so tall?"
I always answered with one word: "Puberty."
"Well, yeah, I know that, but do you have any strategies or methods like eating a lot, or working out?"
I raised my eyebrow. "Strategies?"
He frowned and looked at his feet for a while, his cheeks embroidered with red.
I'd always make fun of him for that for the rest of his life.
Finishing my Cheerios, I ignored cleaning the bowl and setting it in the dishwasher. I rushed to the main hall of the apprentices' dorms since seeing the clock ticking away at time.
As I guessed, Aqua was late from not just "rolling out of bed", and Ven was late from not rolling out of bed at all.
Master Oni was waiting for us, and looked relieved that at least one of his apprentices came to greet him
"Terra, will you go fetch Ven for me?" Master Oni requested.
I nodded as I walked through the orange door to Ven's dorm. It was the same as mine except that the colors were mostly orange and yellow, as the door suggested.
Since it had the same layout as mine, I knew where the bedroom was.
"Ven!" I yelled to wake him from sleeping.
"Huh, what?" he lifted his chin from the drool puddle on the orange pillow.
"You overslept." I informed him as he looked at the clock that hung on the wall.
"Oh."
"I'll get ready." he said in a melancholy way as he dragged himself to the yellow wardrobe.
When he finished, he came out into the kitchen where I was waiting.
"Okay, let's go." he said.
I followed him into the main hallway where Master Oni was still waiting for Aqua.
"Is Aqua always this late?" Maste Oni asked us as we passed by.
Ven and I both nodded silently as Master Oni sighed.
"She'll have to learn not to be, then." he wrapped his gloved hand into a fist.
BAM! The silver and blue door slammed as Aqua came sprinting out in a hurry.
"I'm sorry, am I late?" she asked innocently.
"A little." Master Oni sighed in impatience.
Alll of us were silent as we walked to the castle hallways. As we walked by crowds of other apprentices, they stared at us in surprise.
I heard some of them whisper: "Who are they?" or "Are they Master Oni's new apprentices?".
Master Oni seemed to have heard this and gave all who whispered a hard, stern stare, which resulted in them looking away instantly.
One whisper I heard really made me angry: "Ewwwww, look at that butt-ugly brunette guy!"
I instantly frowned at the blond wench's comment, trying to ignore it, if that was even possible.
The other thing that made me frown was that the same blondie who called me ugly afterwards said: "Awwwwww, that little blond guy is SOOOOOOO cute!"
"I know!" the other girls around her agreed in unison.
Even though I was disheartened, I still kept my head held up in pride. Ven did too, but it was easy for him.
Am I really that ugly? I asked myself in disbelief.
"Don't take it too seriously, Terra." Ven interrupted my thoughts.
"That's easy for you to say." I snapped.
Ven went ahead of me, smirking in happiness that a bunch of girls called him "cute".
He looked back and said: "You're just jealous."
I wanted to shove his face into a fresh pile of dog crap and keep him there for a month.
And you're just lucky that I haven't ripped that smirk off of your face yet. I threatened silently.
I felt something tugging my hair.
What the- My thought was interrupted as a brunette teen girl jumped in front of me.
"Hi, I'm Taryn!" she introduced herself.
Before I could reply she started jumping up and down and yelling "YOU'RE SOOOOOOO ADORABLE!!"
"You can just call me Pico, though." her hyper outburst had halted.
"Your hair is really soft, did you feel me tugging on it?"
"Wait, of course you did, how silly of me!" she blushed.
"So, what's your name?" she asked with a twinkle in her brown eyes.
"Uh...Terra." I said quietly.
"Ohhhhh, even your voice is handsome!" she squealed with glee.
"Terra, Taryn!" she yelled as loud as she could.
"We're a perfect match!" she giggled.
I stared at her in silence, wondering if she would erupt with hyperness again.
She was wearing a jean skirt with black leggings on underneath. Her shirt had the letters "WoW" on it with a demonic looking creature in the background. The boots she was wearing were mostly brown with yellow and pinkish-red flowers on them.
"What's WoW?" I asked.
"It's like the best PC game in the world!" she squealed.
"I think Terra has an admirer." Ven taunted.
I shoved him with one hand over to the side in response.
"I have a present for you!"
She pulled out a bag of candy.
"They're called Skittles!" she informed me as she ripped open the bag.
She popped a few of them in her mouth, then started choking on them.
"Are you okay?!" I asked in concern.
She sneezed and multicolored snot and spit shot out of her mouth onto my shoes.
I looked down at my shoes in disgust as the colorful substance rolled down the black metal.
"Yeah, I'm fine now." she giggled.
"I kinda noticed." Ven smiled as he looked down at my shoes.
She pulled some tissues out of her pocket and wiped off my shoes.
"Sorry about that!" she scratched the back of her head.
"That's okay." I lied.
"Well, I have to go now."
"Okay."
"See you!" she waved as she ran off.
"See, not everybody thinks you're ugly." Ven laughed.
I stared daggers at him and puched him in the shoulder.
"Hurry up!" Master Oni called before he turned into a distant hallway.