AUTHOR'S NOTES

This is it. The story almost every Behind the Lockers fan has been waiting for: Behind the Lockers Book V: The World of Gaming is FINALLY here after a long time of waiting to do this story. Video Games are my favorite genre, and I was very happy when I was writing the first chapter of this final, fifth installment of Behind the Lockers. This is going to be a big finale to the series, and I want to make it as extravagant as posslble. Even more extravagant than Super Smash Brothers Brawl's Subspace Emissary Adventure Mode.

The gaming franchises featured in this story are 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Ace Attorney, Advance Wars, Banjo-Kazooie, Bayonetta, Castlevania, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M, Cookie Run, Cyberpunk 2077, Donkey Kong Country, Dragalia Lost, Dragon Quest, Fatal Fury, Final Fantasy VII, Fire Emblem Series, Genshin Impact, Golden Sun, Grand Theft Auto, Honkai: Star Rail, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Kingdom Hearts, Kirby, The Legend of Heroes, The Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear, Metroid, My Snging Monsters, NieR, Papa Louie, Persona, Pokemon, Professor Layton, Sonic the Hedgehog, Star Fox, Street Fighter, Super Mario, Tales of Symphonia, Wii Party, Wii Sports, The Witcher, and Xenoblade Chronicles

There's actually some things I need to point out here: THERE ARE SPOILERS FOR THE PREVIOUS FOUR STORIES (The World of Asian Culture, The World of Literature, The World of Television, and the World of Movies). If you've not read any of the other four, it's best you do so now, because if you read this one first...you're not going to understand anything. Second, there's a lot of trigger warnings, such as language, violence, suggestive themes, etc. Three, beware of Principal Hampshire, one of the original recurring characters. She's pretty important when it comes to this story.

I hope you enjoy Behind the Lockers Book V: The World of Gaming!

Behind the Lockers Book V: The World of Gaming

A Game X-Overs Adventure/Drama Fanfiction

by ktlnboyle (Tiger_Trotter)

CHAPTER 1

The World of Gaming, Present Day. There, the Star Crystal, a special artifact remarkable to the World of Gaming, remained locked inside a large cookie jar located on a pedestal in the Central Plaza. However, some characters–and even talking Cookies–knew about the star and decided to have it for themselves.

"GRRAHAHAHAHAHA!" laughed the Greenish Red Dragon Pitaya Dragon Cookie.

"Yes…" said Bowser, King of the Koopas. "The Star Crystal…it's finally ourssss! Pitaya Dragon Cookie…break the jar's lid."

"And who ssstole the sssssstar from the cookie jar?" Pitaya Dragon Cookie asked. "WE SSSSSTOLE THE SSSTAR FROM THE COOKIE JAR! GRRAHAHAHA!" shouted Pitaya Dragon Cookie as they broke the Cookie Jar. However, the alarm sirens later went off as there was a robbery in progress. The Star Crystal was stolen from the Cookie Jar it was being contained in! Pitaya Dragon Cookie and Bowser then took the star back to their armored vehicle before they were about to be caught.

"NO!" shouted Police Cookie. "Dang it!"

"What happened?" asked a police officer from the Grand Theft Auto series.

"I don't know…" said Police Cookie. "We'd better take a look."

As Police Cookie and the human police officer went to the place where the cookie jar was smashed, Police Cookie was shocked. He started to gather up evidence. However, he automatically knew a bad guy from the World of Gaming did it. A large mystery was definitely underway in the World of Gaming.

Meanwhile with Clare, it was about five weeks before her thirteenth birthday. However, when she, Jonathan Arlidge, and Tatiana Daymond arrived at school, Mrs. Hampshire, the school principal, sent all three of the children into her office. Clare knew she was in trouble for all the Behind the Locker world traveling she had been doing ever since she found out about the World of Asian Culture. But why did Mrs. Hampshire send Jonathan and Tatiana into her office? They only just started traveling behind the lockers.

"You know what, Clare? I'm disappointed and angry with you right now." said Mrs. Hampshire. "It's you, Jonathan, and Tatiana I am disappointed in. Just why in the hell would you ditch your classes for all this nonsense traveling?" asked Mrs. Hampshire.

"Talk to Clare, Mrs. Hampshire!" yelled Jonathan. "She's the one to blame for all of this."

"Fine." said Mrs. Hampshire. "Clare, speak up. What has gotten into your frickin' mind?!"

"You got me, my good principal." said Clare. "I will explain everything. Back during the beginning of the school year…a student led me to a locker. And the locker was shining gold. That locker triggered all of what I have been doing since then, Mrs. Hampshire." she explained.

"I see." said Mrs. Hampshire. "In the name of Riverton Public School, I must suspend you for truancy. All three of you."

"What?!" asked Clare.

"You can't do that!" said Jonathan.

"Clare even thought you were responsible for all of that mess!" yelled Tatiana.

"Well there's a big news flash for you people coming soon, so get to your frickin' lockers now before I expel and kick you out of this frickin' school!" yelled Mrs. Hampshire as she banged on her desk.

"I can't believe Mrs. Hampshire suspended us!" said Clare in exclamation. "Now I definitely think she has something to do with all of this.

Mrs. Hampshire then appeared before Clare and her friends.

"Face the locker of Clare Hutchinson." said Mrs. Hampshire.

Clare and her friends faced her locker.

"Clare…open it!" yelled Mrs. Hampshire.

Clare opened her locker. She, along with Jonathan and Tatiana, were pushed into the locker by the principal.

"Have fun being suspended from school for the rest of this month, you bastards!" yelled Mrs. Hampshire. However, little did Clare know that she, Jonathan, and Tatiana would end up in the fifth and final world located Behind the Lockers: The World of Gaming. It was unknown how long they would take in the World of Gaming, as all three of them knew they were suspended from school for the rest of the month. However, little did Clare herself know that she would get herself involved in one final, climactic conflict that would take her ages to solve the riddle to. Clare, Jonathan, and Tatiana were ready for anything coming her way.