Sorry for not updating recently! Was busy about preparing for school… oh shit, school.
And the writer's block. DAMN!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
YAY HOLY 50 REVIEWS!
Answering my reviewers as usual:
Daownlyone: LOL! Actually I got that idea from some other fan fictions. Never knew it turned out so great:D Yeah damn Special…-.-
Thefallenangel: Hah, a zero! Zero! I have to admit I laughed at it too myself even though I wrote it myself. Yep, I plan to make Emerald an inventor to keep him up in this story.
Supersexyghotmew95: Wow, is it that epic? LOL
Pokemon Guy 84: LOL relax , I don't mind. My friends always joke about that too, so meh. Yep, mechanical. Emerald the inventor is a force to be reckoned with.
Tyhe2476: Here it is!
Reader terrible-writer: I have to find other ideas to make SpecialShipping more interesting. Saving damsels in distress had already been tried out by Gold, so… yeah. Maybe something else.
reregniL: It is, you just have to wait a bit!
PrincessWindNight: Crystal got owned by 7-0 LOL
Anyways, here's chapter 8. I hope you enjoy!
[I may not update as often as before, because school is reopening starting today. Sorry guys, but the story won't be dead because i always manage to make out some free time, unlike other authors ( I am an expert in slacking after all ) ]
School Twist 2 – Alternative Timeline
Chapter 8 – New Year Madness part 2
"Lady, what's the matter?"
"Diamond, do you have a feeling that somebody is tailing us?" Platinum said as she took a look to her surroundings suspiciously.
"Well, since you mention it…"
Platinum raised an eyebrow, waiting for Diamond's answer.
"No."
Platinum face-faulted.
"Diamond, I am serious. I just have the feeling that someone's nearby stalking up on us." Platinum said as she looked to the dark corner beside the donut shop, and she immediately took notice of a dark red shilloutte running away from them.
"Oh shit… Blue's gonna kill me…" Silver mentally moaned as he turned around and tried to run away with a camera but crashed into two other boys.
"Silver?"
"Pearl? And … Topaz? What are you doing here?"
"And what are YOU doing here?"
"Uhh.. I am here because—"
"Don't tell me you have a crush on Platina!" Pearl's eyes went wide. Silver's eyes went wide, too.
"What? NO! I am merely following orders!"
"From who? Wait… Blue, is it?" Topaz commented as he removed his earpiece.
"Duh, who the heck would command me to do such a thing?" Silver face palmed.
"But why did you obey?" Topaz raised an eyebrow.
"She threatened me with another girl… damn Blue." Silver said sadly as he remembered the moment Blue threatened him before the outing.
"Look, Silver. I know too well you are in love with that Soul or whatever her name is. And if you don't help me in pairing the others up, I swear I'll do something you don't want to even imagine to you two. Now do it, would you?" Blue's last voice ringed in Silver's head. Silver let out a sigh to 'celebrate' his misfortune.
"Heh… Blue's just the way you don't want her to be." Pearl smiled weakly before proceeding with their plan – tailing their best friends Diamond and Platinum.
Silver left the scene with the camera containing pictures of the dating duo.
"Dia, look! There's a cooking contest running today as the main event of the shopping complex!" Platinum pointed to the main area of the shopping complex, where a man is speaking up the stage about the rules of the cooking competition.
"Every contestant must cook a dish with ingredients bought from the nearby supermarket, which is Jusco Supermarket, and cook a dish with a budget not higher than thirty dollars. Our judge will decide who the winner is after tasting all the dishes from the contestants! The winner will go home with a set of gold coated cooking utensils and a secret recipe book about some of the best dishes in the world by the legendary top five-star chef Mister Giovanni!" The man on the stage spoke as another man on black suit walked up the stage and received the microphone.
"Hello contestants, judges and everyone who is spectating the contest. I am Giovanni, and I wish you luck in competing." Chef Giovanni said as he gave a bow and walked down the stage slowly.
"Lady, it seems that you are quite interested in this competition."
"Yeah, but I know too well I can't cook…" Platinum stared at the floor sadly.
"Don't worry lady, there's always a way to win." Diamond smirked as he grabbed Platinum's hand and walked towards the registration counter.
"I would like to register, please. My name is Diamond."
"All right, contestants! Since every contestant is ready, you may begin cooking now!"
Platinum took a seat on the spectators area and stared at her friend Diamond who is busy preparing the cooking materials and ingredients.
"Diamond… you look cute in an apron." Platinum said in a low voice to herself while smiling like an idiot.
"Hey, we heard that you know." Two hands patted Platinum's shoulder, startling her.
"Wha—Topaz and Pearl? What are you two doing here?" Platinum tried to change the topic, but she failed to hide the obvious blush on her face.
"We're here to support Dia, of course!" The stalking duo smirked. "GO, DIAMOND! SHOW EM WHAT YOU GOT!" They shouted out loud. Diamond gave a nod of approval before continuing cooking.
Half an hour later…
Everyone included in this outing is now at the main square of the shopping complex, witnessing the judges tasting the food of the contestants. They came here after Pearl called Blue who in response, called the others.
"Go Diamond, make us proud of ya!" Sapphire shouted and jumped while Diamond focuses intently on the judge who is eating his 'Chicken and Mushroom Macaroni Pasta'.
"Mmm, delicious!" One of the judges said with a contented smile as the other one received the plate and started eating.
"Marvelous! Sumptuous!" The other judge praised Diamond with an amused face. Diamond could only smile in response. Who wouldn't be happy in such a situation?
After a round of discussion and judging, the group of judges had came up with a winner.
"I guess you all know who's going to bring home the golden coated set of cooking utensils and the secret recipe book?" The spokesman shouted through the microphone, bringing up the atmosphere at the main square.
"Diamond! Diamond! Diamond!"
"Yep, you got it! The winner is Diamond with the marvelous pasta!" The spokesman gestured Diamond to come up stage to receive the secret recipe book while the other workers behind the stage prepares the golden coated cooking utensils for carrying.
Diamond refused to receive the prize, surprising everyone. He then requested for the microphone from the confused spokesman to which he agreed and handed over the microphone.
"Uhh… I will like to dedicate my prizes to someone below the stage"
Everyone started talking to each other while some others search for the 'someone' Diamond is referring to. Meanwhile, our friends all stared towards Platinum in unison.
"Excuse me, is something on my face?" Platinum sweat dropped.
"The person I am referring to… is Platinum."
Everyone looked towards Platinum when Diamond pointed his finger towards the startled girl.
"Wha—me?"
"Oh come on, just get up the stage already!" Blue said, chuckling while pushing Platinum up the stage.
"Dia… what is the meaning of this?" Platinum said as she got up the stage, still confused.
"You know, I entered the contest just for you, lady."
"What do you mean?"
"Isn't that obvious already, lady?" Diamond's courage that came from nowhere made Platinum can't help but blush. Actually, Diamond mustered that courage for almost an eon already.
"Dia… kid's grown up…" Topaz and Pearl said in unison.
"Why am I watching this…" Green face palmed.
"Good luck, Diamond." Red and Crystal said in unison.
And the next one speaking literally made everyone else face fault.
"GO APPETITE BOY! EAT HER UP UNTIL YOU CHOKE ALL THE WAY DOW—" Gold got slammed down before finishing his sentence. Almost all of the people in the main square stared at Gold with queer eyes.
"Shut up, you bastard! Don't ruin their moment!" Silver smacked Gold's head, making him faint.
"Why do I love someone like this idiot…" Crystal face palmed.
"Did I just hear someone confessing to me?" Gold miraculously leaped up high, startling Crystal before Silver slammed him once again, making him faint – for real.
"I'll remember that in mind not to say something like that near you again." Crystal sweat dropped.
On the other hand, Platinum is still struggling to snap back to the scene, while Diamond desperately waits for her reply on the stage awkwardly.
"Diamond…but why?" Platinum finally managed to squeeze out a sentence after a long five minutes on the stage.
"Aren't it obvious, lady?"
"I… I think I know what you mean." Platinum replied with a bright smile, lightening Diamond's mood altogether.
"Thank you, lady."
That night, at the school hall…
Apparently, the school organized a countdown party open to all students of the school. Even foods and drinks are prepared thoroughly. To make the atmosphere high enough, the school events organizing committee organized tons of fun games and activities in the hall. They even got a band running on the stage that consists of Pearl, Topaz and Neon. Pearl is the guitarist; Neon is the pianist while Topaz takes his job on the main lead singer.
"Put your hands in the air!" Topaz shouted out loud through the microphone, bringing up the atmosphere once again. Lots of students are dancing below the stage, following the band's singing while a familiar face tries to pass through the crowd, seemingly searching for someone.
"Gold, get out from there, would you? Stop being a wild monster and dance like a drugged person!" The familiar face shouted from afar to the dancing spiky-haired boy.
"Oh come on, its New Year countdown! Why so serious still, Super Serious Gal?"
"Blue said we'll have to meet outside the school by about… now!" Crystal looks at her watch while yelling through the crowd, with Gold barely hearing what came out from Crystal's mouth. He followed nonetheless.
"Damn, there are so many cute girls in there."
"Did you say something, Gold?" Crystal's head started to tilt violently with her eyes glowing red.
"Uhh, no, I did not, now you said that Blue is looking for us rig—" Gold's sentence is cut off by Crystal's epic kick, sending him flying out of the school hall gate without even manually opening the door.
"Are you ready?" Topaz shouted from the stage while the flashy spotlights span continuously, simulating a disco atmosphere inside the school hall. Everyone followed suit and shouted back. "Yeah!"
"Prepare to end 2012!" Topaz shouted once again, throwing his microphone away to the floor like a boss and started to use his own voice instead.
"Put your hands up for welcoming 2013!" Topaz shouted with all his might, while raising his hand, signaling everyone to put their hands up.
"Yeah!" Gold and Emerald shouted in unison, with Gold leaping up into the air. The others followed suit, even the normally too-calm Green also raised his hands up high and shouted, but not as loud as the others.
"May this bunch of idiotic friends stick to me, through thick and thin, in 2013!" Blue shouted with a speaker Emerald invented in a whim.
"May Ruby stop being a sissy in 2013!"
"May Sapphire stop being a wild girl in 2013!"
"May lady's cooking skill improves up high in 2013!"
The others shouted their own wish for the incoming year.
"Ten!" Topaz shouted while looking at the big wall block in the school hall.
"Nine!"
"Eight!" Loud roars of echo and cheers were heard.
"Seven!"
"Six!"
"Five!"
"Four!"
"Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" The school hall is instantly thundered by the loud voice of the crowd and Topaz's.
"Happy new year everyone!" Red said to his friends as everybody hugged each other to celebrate the upcoming year.
The group of friends left after another round of party while Topaz, being a veteran DJ, made everyone danced like no tomorrow with the song "Titanium".
Even Crystal who is the most serious of all, followed Gold to dance at the disco stage. Everyone else danced happily and merrily, ignoring the fact that they need to go to school early tomorrow. Bet a lot of people's going to oversleep tomorrow…
"Let's make a promise!" Blue extended her hand to the middle of the group.
"What promise?" Diamond and Ruby asked in unison.
"To be the group of best friends ever out there, and never split up!"
"Deal." Ruby extended his hand, followed by Sapphire, and then numerous others.
"Hey Green, please don't tell me you're not going to give me the honor in this?"
"Pesky girl…" Green said as he extended his hand.
"Best friends forever, starting from 2013" The group cheered.
"Anyone who breaks the promise is a tortoise!" Sapphire added.
The next day, at school…
Due to the last night being the New Year countdown night, everyone spent their night having fun. And class today is awfully quiet, because most of the students are just sleeping on their desks while the rest are just too tired to even talk.
Miss Lina Inverse could only look at the class with a blank look as nobody responded to her teachings.
"Class?"
"Class…."
"CLASS!" Still no reply.
Miss Lina Inverse could only face palm in maximum frustration. She continued nonetheless. "Class, we got a new student entering a class. Please welcome her to our class with pleasure."
Almost all the boys snapped awake at the word 'her' except Pearl, who got quenched in liquor by Gold (and surprisingly, Silver) yesterday in an attempt to know the relationship between Diamond and Platinum.
"Amethyst, please enter the class."
"WHAT?" Even though he's hearing the music from his Ipod via earphones, he surprisingly and miraculously still managed to hear the word 'Amethyst."
A purple-colored long-haired girl with a very angelic expression entered the class. "Hello my dear classmates, I am Amethyst and I am new to this…. TOPAZ?"
"Huh?" Pearl slowly wakes up, at the worst timing Topaz could ever imagine.
"Why the hell are you here, Amethyst?!"
"Uhh… you see, I just moved here—"
"Who's that?" Pearl pointed at the girl whom now has a shocked expression on her face.
"She's Amethyst, the new transfer student. And she somehow have some connection with your buddy Topaz there." Crystal informed him about the situation.
"TOPAZ!" Pearl shouted, surprising everyone.
"Huh?"
"IS THIS PRETTY CHICK YOUR FRIEND?"
"Uhh.. yeah, she's my childhood—"
"AND YOU DIDN'T INTRODUCE HER TO ME! I THOUGHT WE'RE BUDDIES!"
Miss Lina Inverse and Amethyst sweat dropped as the two started an all out fight right infront them in the class.
"Hi, beautiful lady. I am Gold and may I have your number please?" Amethyst snapped in fear as Gold took her hand and kissed it before getting slammed to a pancake by a girl with two anti gravity ponytails.
"Hi, I am Crystal, nice to meet you!" The demon three seconds ago seemed to vanish instantly as Crystal extended her hand for a friendly handshake with the purple colored hair girl.
"I am Amethyst, nice to meet you too. Now uhh…" Amethyst pointed to the fighting duo, signaling Crystal to help her.
"You got it." Crystal walks over to the duo and with just two moves from her hand in a millisecond, the duo are now lying on the floor seemingly dead.
"Ouch…" The duo scowled in unison.
Class finally resumed normally as everyone woke up when Pearl and Topaz started fighting. They never saw the duo quarreled before, let alone fight. The duo is renowned for being the closest buddies ever in the first year classes, but now…
Girls always break brothers.
"I am going to get her for myself, Topaz! Mark my words!" Pearl whispered to his buddy while listening attentively (Oh really?) to the teacher.
"Not if I am still alive and breathing!"
And so this marks the beginning of the rivalry of the duo…
Sorry for the late updates! But kinda gotten messed up by school reopening and work and blablabla…
And the writer's block. DAMN.
-LeoN