Wow okay, so I got A LOT of mixed reviews on what I should do with this, but I've come to the decision to just continue writing it on this story, for simplicity's sake. It will just be a lot easier for those who follow this to read then, instead of having to go to my profile and search for the sequel and all that shit. Anyways, here's the next chapter! (ps sorry for the delay, I've been really busy with other stuff and my birthday is in a couple days so-)
Your name is Karkat Vantas, and you're desperately trying to figure out why Jade is blowing up your phone at 6am. School doesn't even start for another hour and you probably weren't going to go anyways. It was the last day, what could they do about it? As the ringtone on your phone begins to chime again, you begrudgingly answer.
"What the fuck do you want, Harley?" you ask, your tone a little harsher than you originally intended.
"Listen, Karkat, the school! Oh boy, you have got to see this! It isn't open yet, but the outside, and the sidewalk, and...just get your little ass down here!" Jade babbles over the phone excitedly. You roll your eyes.
"What the fuck happened?"
"I can't say over the phone, this is something you need to see for yourself!" she tells you before hanging up. You grumble to yourself, rolling out of bed to get dressed. Fuck it, you were awake anyways. Being a little early to school wouldn't hurt too much, you guess.
After showering and getting dressed and grabbing an apple, you begin walking to school. Something you did everyday. You eat the apple as you go, cursing yourself for wearing jeans today. You should've just worn shorts. Oh well.
As you approach the school, you can see Jade, and she waves to you excitedly.
"Karkat, Karkat, hurry up!"
You do nothing to hurry your pace, and glare daggers at her. You eventually make it to where she's standing though, and she points to the side of the school, drawing your attention to the new graffiti there. Oh, but it isn't just any graffiti. Someone's initials, the initials of two people in the colors of blue and red coat the side of the school. It jerks at your memory for some reason, but you can't place it. Not until Jade then draws your attention to the sidewalk beneath your feet.
"What the fuck?" you ask aloud as you read what it says. It's just two names, linked with a heart, but one name you recognize pretty well.
Dave Strider.
Fuck you missed that guy, but you wouldn't admit it.
The other, John Egbert, seriously rings a bell, but you swear on your life you've never met a John Egbert. Whatever.
"Okay so someone thought it would be funny to graffiti Dave's and some other dork's name into the sidewalk and school. So what? This was so not worth waking me up at 6am for, Harley," you snap at Jade. She grins ear to ear.
"You haven't seen the inside yet!"
"You said it was locked."
"I saw through the windows, idiot. But look, janitor man is opening it up now, let's go!" she grabs your hand, tucking you along not-so-gently to the entrance of the school. What a hideous sight you're greeted with. There's a lot of balloons and weird puppets and shit everywhere, along with a fuck ton of glitter. You approach your locker, and absolutely glare at it. Or, you would if you weren't a little freaked out. Okay, a lot freaked out.
Your locker was covered in pink and glitter and flowers, but that wasn't the creepy part. The creepy part was that there was a huge red 'Boo!' in the middle, along with Dave's signature, something you'd recognize any day. Your heart speeds up. What the fuck? Was he actually haunting you like you joked he should?
Jade has left you, sauntering down the hall to her own locker, only to have more weird puppets spill out as soon as she opens it. This sends her into a fit of giggles. You walk down the hallway to meet up with her.
"Oh jeez, there's only one person I know who owns these puppets!" she says to you.
"Who?"
"Who else but Dave! He really has come back to haunt us, Karkat!"
You facepalm. "I don't even fucking believe in ghosts."
"Well, I think you have reason to now!"
More time has passed than you realize, because suddenly, students start flooding in the school. The buses must have arrived. You groan. This is going to be a long day.
You are now Dork Egbutt, a nickname assigned to you by Dave. You're laughing your ass off at the face Karkat is making. He's glaring at everyone, and the school is absolute and total chaos! Dave is laughing beside you, finding humor in the situation as well. You and Dave hover over your old group of friends, and it's fun hearing them talk, even if they don't remember or ever mention you.
"Dave must be one pretty slick ghost if he could come back to do all of this!" Terezi exclaims, her cackle-like laughter echoing down the halls.
"I wouldn't put it past him! He's kind of a douche like that!" Jade giggles. Rose is pretty silent, and it kind of creeps you out, because you are sure she's made eye contact with you, and possibly Dave, several times.
"Perhaps he's still with us right now," the Lalonde voices.
"You really think so?" Jade asks.
"I have a..." There she does it again! She pointedly looks at you, then at Dave, then at you again. "Pretty good inkling about it." You're sure she's one of those few people who can see your kind, even with you making an effort to hide yourself. Dave picks up on this too, giving you a look and questioning,
"You think she can see us?"
"Definitely. Make sure you aren't getting heard, Dave," you warn him.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll be careful," he replies nonchalantly, which makes you believe that he may or may not try and scare the shit out of a few people later with his voice alone. You have to admit, you'd like to join in. Prankster's gambit and all.
"Okay then, let's go!" you hear Terezi say, and you realize you hadn't been paying attention to the conversation. All you know is that they're walking away, and you and Dave sure as shit plan to follow.
It seems like students are pretty much allowed to go wherever, because there's several groups lounging on the grass outside. Your old friends included. They choose a secluded spot behind the school though. You don't mind this. You lean up against a nearby tree with Dave sitting at your feet, and you observe your friends. Rose is speaking.
"Now you see, I do believe that David has partaken in this prank, but it wasn't just him. Recall how there were two names, two sets of initials in the sidewalk and on the school? We knew both of them," she tells the group knowingly. Karkat immediately protests.
"But we don't know a 'John Egbert'!"
"Oh, but we do," Rose replies coolly, looking in your direction and smirking. Oh god, she isn't going to do it, is she? She isn't, she isn't, she isn't.
She is.
"Come on out, John. You too, David. I'm sure our friends would love to see you!"
You speak but don't appear, and Dave gives you an unsure, sort of frightened look through his shades.
"I'm not sure that would be a good idea."
"Holy shit!" Karkat exclaims.
"What was that?" Jade asks.
"I smell a strong smell of blueberries and coolkid cherry!" Terezi says with a grin, standing up and walking until she's in front of you. She's technically standing on Dave in her position, and he scowls.
"I found mister blueberry!" She cackles. Rose tries to hide a smile.
"There's no need to hide, John. I remember you, and they will too, once they see you."
"John, don't," Dave says, and there's another sudden intake of breath and Dave quickly shuts his mouth, realizing his mistake.
"That fucking was Dave's voice," Karkat growls in disbelief. "How?!"
"Boys," Rose says sternly.
You speak to Dave, and Dave only. "At least hide your wings. For now."
And then you step around Dave and forward to the group, making yourself visible, albeit begrudgingly. There's a bit of confusion that goes around, but sure enough, your presence jogs everyone's memory. Then there's a whole hell of a lot of confusion.
"C'mon, Dave," you whine, not wanting to be in this alone.
Dave grumbles, but steps forward as well. Terezi almost immediately tails him, and he makes himself visible, to which everyone in the little group gasps.
Exclamations of "Dave!" are made, along with several questions. Dave puts his hand up, silencing them.
"No, I did not fake my death, so yes, I'm actually dead. Yes, I guess I'm a ghost, but if you want to get into specifics, I'm an angel."
You feel a sudden shift in reality, but you're the only one besides Dave and Rose who notices it. Dave must have freezed your group in your own time bubble to avoid any outsiders hearing or seeing any of this.
The only thing anyone manages to say is Karkat accusing, "You don't even have wings, dipshit."
To that comment, Dave reveals his own, spreading them outwards. More dramatic gasps. You do the same thing, though yours aren't as impressive. It's still pretty cool anyways.
Rose stands there with her arms folded snarkily, watching as if she were just a bystander.
"Anyways, yeah, me and John pulled this totally fucking rad prank on the school and came back to witness the effects. The End. Storytime over." Dave crosses his arms, mirroring his sister.
As weird as it is for everyone, they manage your suggestion. "Hey, why don't we all just hang out, for old time's sake and stuff! I mean, Dave and I will have to go soon, but we can totally visit!" You get agreements and nods from around, and it isn't long before both you and Dave are seated in the group circle, all participants in a pretty good mood, enraptured in conversation. A lot of it was about you and Dave, but some of it wasn't, and almost, just almost, everything felt normal again.
So, sorry if any of this doesn't make sense! It's 2am :/ I'll go back and edit this shit later. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! (also ps thing, tell me if you think I'm moving this along too fast)
Not sure when I'll have the next chapter written, but there's pretty much a guarantee for a next chapter because I have a plaaan ;)