Fan Fiction ❯ Chao Music ❯ To School We Go! ( Chapter 1 )

 

Chao Music

By Triforce90

 

A/N: I love music a whole bunch, so that's the reason why I'm writing this! Enjoy!

 

Chapter 1: To School We Go!

 

 

Neil was a Hero Chao who lived in the Hero Garden. He was about one year old (14 in Chao years) now and was very polite to everyone. Everyday, who would write down a positive thought for the day, fold it up, and put it behind his knobs at the top of his head. That way, whenever things went wrong, he could reach behind his ear and read the positive thought. This kept him emotionally strong and stable though out the day.

 

Julia, another Hero Chao and about one year old as well, lived with Neil in the Hero Garden. Neil and Julia were boyfriend and girlfriend and always kept together through the day. When the going got tough, the tough got going. Or, that is, the tough tried to get going, but sometimes they couldn't go anywhere, due to the fact that a tropical storm may leave them stranded in the Hero Garden with all the other Hero Chao . . . but that was another story.

 

Skippy was a Dark Chao who lived in the Dark Garden. Skippy was also about one year old, and though no one liked to believe it, he was friends with Neil and Julia. You see, racial differences do not matter much to the Chaos, no matter what the Chao City rules were. Skippy would always take daily trips to the Hero Garden, or wait in the Dark Garden for Neil to come over. This way, they could be together!

 

Raven, who was another Dark Chao that lived in the Dark Garden and also one year old, was in a relationship with Skippy. When the going got tough for them, the tough got going, or they tried to, anyway. Sometimes all hell would break loose, causing them to be stuck in the Dark Garden with all the others. But that was also another story. Raven was best friends with Julia, and despite segregation laws, always kept together at least once a day with Neil and Skippy.

 

Indeed, it was a happy foursome.

 

But there was something not so happy about the four of them. For one thing, everyone turned up their noses to them for defying the segregation laws and always considered the four to be “different”. This didn't seem to matter to the happy-go-lucky four, and they just continued with their lives all the same.

 

However, another unhappy thing threatened them. The four lacked brain cells in some departments, and because of lack of schooling, they were, well . . . stupid. Everyday tasks challenged them, and it was very sad for all of them. However, Neil's positive thoughts always kept them going.

 

The Chao Truant Officers finally caught them one day, and the four were finally sent to school. The four were very unhappy about this! Neil and Skippy could no longer race or go fishing, and that meant Julia and Raven couldn't watch! Julia and Raven couldn't make cookies as much, and that meant Neil and Skippy couldn't eat!

 

It was very tragic, indeed. But there was a bright side! The four of them would be going to the same school, and each had the same classes! They could still be together!

 

The Chaos needed to go shopping, and so they did. Together, the four walked to the Black Market and bought all of the stuff they needed: backpacks, pencils, binders, paper, and all of the good stuff. Once shopping was complete, the four walked back to their Gardens to call it a night.

 

The next day, Neil and Julia walked together to the Dark Garden, where they there met Skippy and Raven. The four greeted each other and began to make their way to the Chao School.

 

“This is going to be fun!” said Neil, talking outloud with a grin on his face.

 

“Are you really that excited?” Skippy said in his normal monotone voice, a trait common to most Dark Chaos.

 

“No,” said Neil, frowning. “Positive Thought of the Day.”

 

“Ah,” said Skippy, nodding.

 

“I'm sure it won't be that bad,” said Julia. “After all, what could a little school do to us?”

 

“Well,” said Raven. “I heard from Charlie that at Chao High, they connect our tongues to 9-volt batteries if we don't do our homework.”

 

“Sounds painful,” said Julia, the thought of her being electrocuted by 9-volt batteries.

 

“Oh, you have no idea,” said Raven. “I tried it at my house just the other day.”

 

“And why did you do that?” asked Skippy, giving her a weird look.

 

“Let's just say I'm curious.”

 

“Well, I don't think they would do something that bad,” said Neil.

 

“Well, come on Neil!” said Julia, giving him a playful smack in the head. “We've already added a law to the Chao Segregation Act! Remember?” She then changed her voice to where it sounded like she was the Mayor and pretended to read from a piece of paper. “Segregation Act V: Any Chao or Chaos that see a Hero Chao and Dark Chao together must throw rocks at them. In case if there are no rocks available, all Chaos are to be given a stick to whack the offending Chaos with.”

 

“Oh yeah, I remember that,” said Neil, rubbing his head as if something blunt had hit him.

 

“Well, here we are,” said Skippy, looking up at the large gates of Chao High School. The City's Seal, a smiling Hero Chao, a confused Neutral Chao, and a grinning Dark Chao was engraved above the school's entrance. Along with that, the place looked pretty friendly.

 

Swarms of all kinds of Chaos were entering and exiting the school, smiling, laughing, eating, singing, and eating some more. An older Dark Chao was seen bullying a younger Hero Chao, two Neutral Chao girls were singing under a tree, and swarm of other Chaos could be seen gossiping about random stuff heard in the school. Indeed it was a busy place!

 

“Shall we go inside?” asked Skippy.

 

The other three nodded, and in they went.

 

The inside of the school was a lot larger than what they thought it would be! Even more Chao were seen trying to get to their lockers, and many other Chaos were just sitting around and talking to their friends. The foursome stared in awe at how many students there were!

 

After a little while of staring, the four Chao decided it would be best to find their lockers and quickly. It wouldn't be long before the first class would start!

 

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The foursome had just finished stuffing all of their load into their lockers, and it didn't take long to find their first class: English.

 

The four walked through the door to find that many of the students had already gotten there long before. What startled them, though, was how everything was separated from eachother. On the left side of the class, Hero Chao were sitting in desks. On the right side, Dark Chao were sitting in desks. Neutral Chao were sitting here and there.

 

The four tried their best to find seats in the back to avoid the stares from the racial Chao, and finally they found some seats close together. The four sat down and prepared for class.

 

A Neutral Chao that looked to be the age of 5 (which would be 70 in Chao years) walked in and sat at the head of the class. He pulled out a briefcase and opened it. A huge gust of chalk dust came from the briefcase and wafted towards the class, causing each Chao to hack up a storm. The teacher, supposedly unaffected, reached into the suitcase and pulled out a new piece of chalk, turned around, and wrote on the chalkboard.

 

“MR. JONES” were the words he wrote.

 

“Like, hello, Chao children,” said Mr. Jones. “I'm, like, Mr. Jones, but you can call me Waterfall.”

 

“Woah,” said Julia, whispering to Raven. “Hippyness.”

 

“And, like, what are you talking about, Miss?” said Waterfall.

 

“Uh . . .” Julia stuttered, looking around at nothing in particular. “Nothing?”

 

“Hum hum,” said Waterfall, eyeing the four in the back. “What do we, like, have here?” He walked to them and eyed each one of them carefully. “A violation of the Segregation Act!” he said loudly so that the entire class would hear. “What do we, like, do when someone violates the Segregation Act?”

 

“STICKS!” the entire class shouted in response.

 

“Right!” said Waterfall, looking towards the class. “So, like, proceed.”

 

The class eyed the four evilly and pulled out a their beating sticks.

 

“Woah,” said Neil, looking at each long, blunt stick. He then pulled out his Positive Thought of the Day and erased the words on there, replacing the old ones with new ones.

 

“What are you writing?” asked Raven, not taking her eyes off the sticks.

 

“Pain is just your bodies way of telling you you're doing something wrong,” he said.

 

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“This sucks!” said Skippy, rubbing his bruised noggin. “Why do we always have to put up with this?”

 

“Because we're together,” said Julia, icepack on her eye.

 

Raven mumbled something about “Nazis” as the four made their way to Spanish class. At least she would have something she knew more about . . .

 

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The teacher this time was also a Neutral Chao, but looked to be the age of 2 (28 in Chao years, in case if you're slow). Apparently, all of the teachers were Neutral Chao, due to the Segregation Laws.

 

The four once again sat in the back, still together. They didn't really care if sticks would beat them, just as long as they could stick together (no pun intended).

 

The teacher, Mrs. Livingston, asked for someone to say his or her name in Spanish. Raven quickly raised and hand and said “Me llamo Raven”. But Raven forgot that raising her hand would draw attention to the four Chao breaking the Segregation Laws, and soon enough, the teacher was aware of this violation.

 

“¿Clase, me dice, qué nosotros hace cuando alguien viola los leyes de la segregación?” asked Mrs. Livingston in rapid Spanish to the class.

 

“¡unos palillos!” said the class.

 

“Raven, what did they just say?” asked Skippy.

 

“You shall find out,” said Raven.

 

“Correcto. Proceda, satisfaga,” said Mrs. Livingston once again.

 

The class eyed the four menacingly, then took out their beating sticks.

 

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“WHY WHY WHY?” asked Julia, holding her nose and wincing her pain.

 

“I don't know,” said Neil, clutching his cheek. “You think that they would get over it.”

 

Skippy nodded, but then shrugged it off. Music class had just started!

 

Another Neutral Chao walked in, but this time looked a lot nicer and carefree. She looked to be about 3, and was smiling broadly.

 

“Hello everyone!” said the teacher. “I'm Mrs. Goodlady! I'm going to be your music teacher this year, so you better get used to me!” she laughed a little bit, then pointed over to a corner of the class. There were many different instruments there, from flutes to trombones.

 

“Since this is the first day today, we're all just going to fiddle around with some instruments today, to see how you like them,” she said. “Now, everyone go and get an instrument!”

 

All of the class walked over to the corner and started to select. Our four friends went up to the crow as well and began to search. However, they were at the very far end of the line, and by the time they got to the instruments, all but three of them were gone.

 

Apparently, nobody had wanted one of the two electric guitars or the bass guitar. Neil and Skippy quickly grabbed the electric guitars, and Julia grabbed the bass. Raven, who didn't like any of those instruments anyway, walked back to the class.

 

Mrs. Goodlady spotted the four Chao together and walked over to them. Once they saw her, faces of fear took over them.

 

“Is something wrong?” asked Mrs. Goodlady.

 

“Uh . . .” said Raven, removing the fear from her face. “Aren't you going to call the class to maul us?”

 

“Good grief, no!” said Mrs. Goodlady, frowning after she said that. “That has got to be the most stupidest rule ever! I say let them be friends!”

 

“Oh,” said Raven. “Good.” The other Chao let out a sigh of relief.

 

Mrs. Goodlady hummed as if thinking hard, and then she pointed to Skippy. “You there! What's your name?”

 

“Skippy,” he said.

 

“Have you ever played guitar before, Skippy?”

 

“Yeah. I took lessons when I was about 5 months.”

 

“Would you like to play something?”

 

“Uh . . . I haven't played in a long time. I probably won't be any good.”

 

“Like it matters,” said Mrs. Goodlady. “Listen to them.” She pointed to a couple of kids blowing on a trumpet. The four Chao soon had to cover their ears.

 

“So, go ahead. Rock hard.”

 

Skippy thought hard as if thinking about what he wanted to play, and then put his left on the fret board. He took a deep breath as he gripped the appropriate frets and then began to play. It was “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.

 

Neil bobbed his head up and down, joining in on guitar. He had known that song for a long time!

 

Julia began to pluck random notes on the bass, not knowing the song. She did, however, know what notes would sound good.

 

Raven, not having an instrument to play, slapped her hands on her lap and stomped her feet to the beat.

 

Neil, being one of the best singers out of the four, began to sing the old Nirvana classic. All of the Chaos, including Mrs. Goodlady, watched the four with amazement.

 

Load up your guns

Bring your friends

It's fun to loose

And to pretend

 

She's overboard

Myself assured

I know, I know

A dirty word

 

Before Neil could begin to sing the many “Hellos”, Mrs. Goodlady clapped as well as the rest of the class.

 

“Bravo, guys!” said Mrs. Goodlady. “You guys are great!”

 

“Really?” asked Julia, looking up from her bass.

 

“Yes! You guys could start a band!” She then turned to the rest of the class. “Don't you guys think so?”

 

“START A BAND! START A BAND!” the class began to chant. Then, everyone applauded.

 

“They're saying something other than “STICKS!”,” whispered Raven. “I think they're serious.”

 

“Hmm . . .” said Neil. “Should we try?”

 

“Sounds like fun,” said Julia. Skippy nodded his head in agreement.

 

Mrs. Goodlady turned to them and smiled. “I happen to know a guy who judges band auditions. I could get him to meet with you guys and he can see if you got what it takes! Want to try?”

 

The four Chao looked at eachother, and then turned back to Mrs. Goodlady.

 

“Sure,” said Neil.

 

End Chapter 1

 

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Please Review. I love music, so that would be the number one reason why I wrote it. If I have enough Reviews, I can write Chapter 2!