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Chapter 1
New School, New Problems
The City of Townsville…
A bustling town, a friendly town, a town home to some of the greatest Heroes and dastardly villains who duke it out on an almost daily basis. But not everything is action and explosions on a metropolitan scale. While the baddies are scheming, the goodie-goods are out living their normal lives, whether it’s jobs, housework, or…school.
The sounds of constant honking and cars revving up could be heard as a young, 5’6 male’s periwinkle-hued eyes were fluttering open. He let out an uncomfortable groan as he tried to sit up from the awkward position he put himself in the passenger seat of a sky-blue Kia Sedan with a charcoal-grey interior. The young male ran his hand through his short, close-shaved maroon colored hair with oak-brown highlights in a slow and sleepy manner, looking like he didn’t really get much of a good night’s sleep… all while he was being pestered to stay awake by whoever is in the driver seat.
“Jason, don’t be losing yourself on me. We’re about 20 minutes to the school.” Jason groaned as he was calmly and cheerily lectured by another male, a male of about 5’10 with wavy blonde hair and two bangs that mirrored each other, arching from the front center of his peak, curving down and then back. “If ya fall asleep now, you’re going to be hurting yourself in the long run, ha ha ha.” The blonde softly chuckled out as he seemed to not have a care in the world…except for getting Jason to his new school in a reasonable amount of time.
“Ngh…bro, come on. We literally just moved in last night. I could barely sleep. Give me an effin’ break.” Jason spewed out through a parted smirk.
“Heeeey, what did I say about the cursing?” Jason’s brother smirked in a cheeky manner before giving his little bro a soft bump on the shoulder.
“Oh come on.” Jason let out a soft exhale of annoyance. “I only said “effin’”. It’s not like I said fu- Ow!!” Jason gasped out in a mixture of pain and laughter after his brother elbowed him harder in the side, “Prick.”
“Punk.” Jason and his brother exchanged tongue-in-cheek insults with each other while the two slowly looked ahead at the busy traffic with smirking chortles rising up from their guts. It wasn't long until those snickers turned into a full-on laugh track.
Townsville University
A large, over 100 acre campus with over 10 academic buildings filling it up, loitered with either book-swelling or party-going young adults, neither of which Jason was excited about. He wasn’t all about studying, but knew his brother would kick his butt if he didn’t. As for parties…? All the drinking and lollygagging didn’t sit well with Jason either. While Jason and his brother cruised through the on-campus streets , the car came to a complete stop right in front of one of the many buildings. On the front lawn plaque, it read “Townsville University: Central Hall” as on the cobblestone rising, Jason could see all kinds of students either leaning or sitting on the rising itself or a couple handful of students lying about on the freshly cut front lawn, along with a couple of hand-planted trees strewn about giving a refreshing and relaxing atmosphere.
“Well…here we are. I’ll pick you up late when I get off of work. Can you stay out of trouble until then?” Jason’s brother tried to garner reassurance from his melancholy little bro.
“…Hehe, yeah yeah.” Jason smirked before holding his hand out and balling it up into a fist. His brother reciprocated the notion before the two shared a brotherly fist bump. With that, Jason grabbed his bag and leaned out of the car, “I’ll see ya later then.”
“Behave!” His brother called out one last time before finally driving off. Jason was now standing by himself with his book bag slung over his shoulder…unsure of where to go now. Class didn’t start for another half an hour, so-
“HEY! Heads up!!” Jason quickly turned as a brown blur was fast approaching his face. With one hand, he stopped whatever it was barreling towards him. “A…football?” Jason tilted his head, turning the ball upward in his palm.
“Whoa…dude, that was quite a catch!” Running over to Jason was a tall and fit boy…shirtless. (“Of course he’s shirtless…”) Jason monologued to himself before sighing out. This boy also had braided back ginger-colored hair all covered up with a red baseball cap worn backwards. This boy looked at Jason with an awe-filled expression, making Jason click his teeth in irritation, (“He seems intrigued, but…the rules…”) Jason groaned softly before looking at how he caught the football, putting on a cheery mask in response, “It was a lucky catch.”
“Yeah, with one hand as it was spiraling at you at about 62 miles per hour.” The ginger braided jock smirked as he approached Jason with hands in his pockets.
“…You know that?” Jason tilted his head down while keeping a skeptical gaze fixed with this boy’s dark brown eyes.
“Gotta know when you’re the University’s rising star quarterback.” The ginger jock held his hand out to Jason before introducing himself, “Name’s Kevin. Kevin McGavin.” Jason stared at Kevin’s hand, hesitantly…but he returned the gesture as the two shared a firm handshake, “Jason Matthews.”
“Sweeeet…hey, wanna throw a bit with me and the boys?” Kevin quickly took the football out of Jason’s hand as the ginger gingerly tossed the cow-skin ball back and forth in his hands. “Uuuum…rain check.” Jason tried to make himself think about it, even though he just really didn’t want to. “Yeah, I got class coming up…”
“Ugh, bummer. But hey, if you ever get the chance, check us out either at the University Gym Building or you can look yours truly up at Alpha Sigma Phi.” Kevin then slid a card out from his pocket, handing it to Jason. It said: “Alpha Sigma Phi: Where only the Greatest Pledge”.
“(So clichéd…) That’s so cool.” Jason feigned a soft laugh.
“Can’t wait. Later.” Jason gave a friendly wave goodbye before Kevin ran back over to his friends. Quickly walking away, Jason sighed out.
Just as Jason was walking away, a loud explosion could be heard off in the distance. Veering his head quickly, he saw smoke coming from deep within the city…about a dozen miles away. (“Maybe I should…no…”) Jason sighs out again in defeat as his eyes were strained on the smoke from the city. However…a comforting feeling would swell in Jason’s chest as he saw a stream of three colored bands of light coming from the school and heading straight towards the smoke. A band of pink…blue…and green.
Townsville University: Tomato Hall – Science Building: Room 214
Jason’s feet slid through the doorway that led into the multi-stepped lecture hall, allowing each row of desks to be reached by a small flight of steps. Jason immediately went straight over to the farthest seat in the back row, tossing his bag down against the corner of the wall while slouching back in the chair. “What class was this again…?” Jason groaned as he got his schedule out from his bag. His periwinkle eyes glazed over the sheet of paper as he let out a bellow of an exhale, “Ah…Anatomy…what kind of school teaches Anatomy as a Level 100 course…?” Jason muttered to himself as he was unaware of a figure walking over…and firmly kicking one of the feet of the chair he was sitting in, shaking it a bit. Safe to say…Jason’s attention was acquired.
“What the…?” Jason peered up…only to be met with an almost…pitch black gaze. No…it was just a really REALLY dark red, like…dried up and murky blood. And her hair…golden blonde, but…the way how her bangs arched up…almost like devil horns…and clipped onto one of those horn-like bangs was what appeared to be a hair clip with an insignia of a skull overtop a cherry blossom. “(That’s not ominous whatsoever…) Um…can I help you?” Jason tried to be cordial, but this girl…she was anything but that.
“Mind getting your ass up out of my seat before I have to beat it out of it?” The blonde sneered with an almost killer-like glare.
“Well…that’s not very nice.” Jason smirked as all he saw was a sudden twinge of movement. Reacting to his instincts, he held his hand up quickly enough for his palm to block the blonde’s leg. She tried to deliver a kick to him aimed right at his kisser! (“Damn, she’s fast! She's got a short temper too, that's for sure! That was like a trigger reaction!”) Jason thought in earnest impress while the girl scoffed out, “You’re better than you look.”
With this…awkward position, Jason got a better look at her. She was short for her age, looking to be around 5’1. She wore a white, button up shirt with black buttons that were stitched in with white fabric and a blue and white plaid skirt…thankfully, she was wearing black spats that cut off a few inches above her knees or else Jason would’ve been getting a more interesting view. “You know, most people would ask with a “please” instead of a kick to the face.” Jason stated rather nonchalantly to the blonde before he pushed her leg away, forcing her to withdraw it back to the ground. However, this chick didn’t seem to want to back down. Not wanting to cause a scene, Jason held his hands up in a surrendering manner and stood up, grabbing his bag before sliding over to the next seat. He looked up to see if the blonde was satisfied, only to see her motion him more down. Rolling his eyes, Jason scooted over once again. Staring back up at the blonde, she kept glaring at him…so he moved down one more time before the blonde finally looked satisfied, taking her seat. (“Three seats away…noted.”)
On that note, the bell for class rang as a woman of about 5’6 walked into the room, her flowing mint-green hair trailing behind her along with her white lab coat. “Alright class! Settle on down now!” She took a sharp turn behind her desk, leaning against it as she gazed around the lecture hall behind her bespectacled yellow eyes…like a mother cat perusing her litter. “I’ve been told we have a new student today joining us.”
(“Please no. Please no. Please no.”) Jason arched his head back to look at the ceiling.
“Jason Matthews. Welcome to Introduction to Anatomy. I am your teacher, Ms. Tanner.” The teacher smiled as she gave a full introduction. “A late registration, I see?”
“Y-Yeah, some issues with getting my high school transcript rolled over. You know…different state entirely.” Jason begrudgingly shared.
“Oh! Want to share with the class from where, and why Townsville University?” Ms. Tanner requested as I could feel the blonde’s eyes boring into the side of my head. “(Something tells me this isn’t much of a request now…) Uuuuum…Minnesota. I Graduated from Frog Creek High School…um, came to Townsville University because my brother grew up here.”
“Oh! How nice! Well, welcome. We all hope you enjoy your stay.” Ms. Tanner finished just as Jason could hear the blonde muttering, “Whoop-dee-doo…”
“Mandy, would you please loan your notes to Jason to get him sped up?” Ms. Tanner eyed up at the blonde. Compared to the other students, who Ms. Tanner would look at with unremarkable enthusiasm, the blonde girl Mandy got a killer set of daggers glared at her by Ms. Tanner. Mandy would click her teeth in annoyance before trudging herself over to the seat next to Jason. “Great! Now let’s begin our next lesson in the Reproductive System!” Ms. Tanner beamed before turning around to start writing stuff on the black board.
(“Well…this is awkward. Girl almost kicked my teeth in and now she’s practically being forced to share her notes with me…on this topic, no less.”) Jason thought while his eyes locked on Mandy out of his peripheral.
“Hey…I’m not here for you to ogle at, Maroon…take the damn notes already.” Mandy cursed at Jason who quickly fixed up his posture and started to write in his notebook.
However…about halfway through the class, the lecture hall’s door flung open as the sound of three girls, all around 5’4 or 5’5 each, panting heavily could be heard. Jason, Mandy, Ms. Tanner, and all of the rest of the class looked over as there was a girl with long red hair, tied up in a low hanging ponytail by a red bow, a girl with blonde hair with double pigtails, and a black haired girl with a short crew-cut style hairdo, making her look like a grungy tomboy. “Sorry we’re late, professor!” The red haired girl quickly apologized while Ms. Tanner waved her hands dismissively, “No no no no, I saw the news. Looked like some monster trouble.” Ms. Tanner then motioned her hands to the three open seats in the front row, “Welcome to class Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup.”
Jason’s breathing stifled. He…he knew these girls. “They’re the Powerpuff Girls…” He muttered softly.