Legend High-Chapter 17
#20 of Legend High
I'm sorry for the impatient by the way.
Welcome back to Legend High!
I hope you enjoy your stay, because it's time for popcorn!
Drama shall commence...
NOW!
Roll The Film!
Characters-
Tanner Volsorate-Human(Mine)
Peter/Py-Shan-Lugia/Shadow Lugia(Mine)
Vanessa Condria-Ho-Oh(Also Mine!)
Aurora(Ro)-Mew(Koraru Kinomoto's OC)
Kevin Enderson-Dialga(Mine but someone can have him)
Jackson Hellinger-Palkia(Mine but someone can have him)
Gaius-Groudon(ChronosSplicer's OC)
Mia Anderson-Kyogre(ALSO MINE!)
Jake Excher-Virizion(Mine for DAYS!)
Kyle Excher-Cobalion(Mine but someone can have this jerk-wad!)
Natalie-Shaymin(Mine but someone can have her)
Andy Bellington-Latios(Mine but I hate having him around. :P)
Morgan Banks-Raikou(Mine. Someone take this cat from me!)
Alegaesia Bellington-Latias(Mine but she can be someone's bae. :P)
Sol Verecunde-Reshiram(Solopuppy's OC)
Athena-Human(Mine but no one's knows her. :P)
Yvonne Jills-Yveltal(Related to Jethro, but has a special relation with someone.)
Jethro Jills-Yveltal(Mine but I hate his guts!)
Donny Anderson-Kyogre(Mine since he's a drama factor)
If you can stand up for yourself, why do it after you know you've been on the wrong side of the playing field?
-Anonymous
Chapter 18: Total Breakdown...
"Tanner?" Mr. Jerns called, looking at the human as he just stood there. "Tanner, I'm sorry but...You need to get back in class; the period's not over..."
Tanner didn't respond, but soon Mr. Jerns had a paw on him.
"Come on back to the class champ. I'm sure they all miss ya..." Tanner grabbed his hand, trying to pry it off as he spoke in a quiet voice,
"I need...to get to the hospital..." Mr. Jerns looked at him in appallment.
"Say what? You're still in school, and as much as a visit to a hospital would make one think a lot, you must stay here. But before we go in, I need your phone." The Xerneas morph held out his hand for the mobile device, but Tanner didn't budge. He simply stared at it like it could burn his hand.
"...No..."
"No?" That threw the teacher for a loop. Since when do the nice kids start acting disobedient on B-"Why not?"
"I can't...let you...Now let me go..." Tannis went back to removing the hand that was preventing his movement. But Mr. Jerns's grip was nearly vice-like, so chances of muscled escape were slim to nil.
"I can't do that. You have to follow the rules. Now come in the classroom."
"Please...It's an emergency; I have to go-."
"I'm sorry Mr. Volsorate, you cannot leave the premises. Now give me your phone." Mr. Jerns was becoming irate at Tanner's persistency to leave. It's not that serious, right?
But he would learn soon that the thought was wrong as Tanner suddenly wrenched his hand off of him. Before he could reapply it-
"Look...I...have to go...I'm not going back into class...I'm not giving you my damn phone...I'm going to my mother and you WON'T..FUCKING..STOP ME!" Tanner stomped off, leaving Mr. Jerns shocked.
'Why do all the good ones go bad in the end...?' he thought. Tanner was going around, reaching the Entrance Hall and seeing the front door.
'Almost out...' He ran to it, ready to dash off the campus and get to his mother, hoping she'd pull through...
But just as he grabbed the door knob to push it open, it opened itself, revealing the person to be Peter, Ro and Vanessa. When the Lugia morph looked up, he perked.
"Oh Tanner...I needed to talk-."
"Move." Tanner cut him off, not trying to deal with this petty dis-coupling.
"Tanner, please...I need to talk to you-."
"No, as a matter of fact, don't say a word." At this point, Vanessa glared at Tanner.
"Hey, lay off. Let the guy speak." she said.
"...No one asked you, bitch."
"Excuse me?!"
"You heard me! I can't deal with you two being this fucking stupid and petty! You try and control his life and make his decisions while he gets next to no say in it!? You're not his parents! You're not his seniors! And you aren't his Gods. Now just fucking leave me alone."
His outburst was heard down the hall, attracting the attention of their classmates, Gaius and Mia especially. Ro was nearly in tears from being yelled at while Vanessa's glare looked ready to kill.
"B-b-but...We were j-just-."
"Save it. I don't give a damn about what you have to say...And as for you..."
Peter felt his heart drop well past six feet under as Tanner's gaze drew on him.
" w-w-w-what...?" Peter meekly asked, shaking where he stood.
"I just don't believe you...Why should I be friends with someone who lets others dictate your life...? Why should I be friends with someone who'd sooner cry than stand up for himself...? Why should I...even bother trying to love you...if all you're gonna do is let girls like them tell you who you can and can't date...? I'm sorry...I just can't...Some people make grave mistakes...I guess being with you was mine."
Those words felt like a blade to Peter's heart as Tanner walked past them, bumping into their shoulders without a care. Hearing that made a stream flow...
"Bastard." Vanessa suddenly cursed, drawing attention to her.
"Van-nessa! He sounded serious! W-what about Pete?" Ro gestured to the Lugia morph, head down with a shadow over his eyes. He was crying, but he wasn't making sobbing noises...
"Peter, you okay...? Look, don't let that asshole get to you. If he'd just apologize for standing you up, then-."
"...Shut up..." Eyebrow raised, she looked him more focused; he had been the speaker.
"Excuse me? I didn't quite catch that."
"I said...Shut UP!" Now Peter was snapping at them? Just what did they do wrong, Ro thought, as she backed away a little from the once quiet and gentle Diving Pokemorph. " I can't do this shit anymore! I am not gonna lose the one I love because you two can't seem to let others speak!"
"Peter, calm down! There's no reason to get-." But Vanessa was shoved harshly to the ground, shocking her mouth shut.
" See!? That, right there! If you would just fucking listen , you woulda saw that it was all a misunderstanding!" Peter took a breather to calm down a bit, eyes shifting colors before they settled on normal.
"He...didn't stand me up...He was kidnapped before I could get the door open...So, you were wrong...And he was right...And I'm sick...of your petty bickering..." The girls were too upset for words, leaving Peter to finish it off. "Now if you'll excuse me...I have a mate to catch...And don't even...think about trying to stop me..."
He began to run after Tanner, but-.
"Peter...p-please..." Ro had called him, making him stop in his tracks. He turned to them, seeing their faces as one could pity...If he didn't feel pissed at them, that is..
"Fuck off." Getting that out, Peter ran to Mercy Hospital, leaving behind two sobbing girls, and some shocked friends...
Gym Class...
"Well now, it seems today we get all but the ones we want to see!" The unnamed Gym Leader commented as he saw the shorter roster of children. "Not even a "Hello" or "Hi" was spoken. Even the idiot Latios kept his mouth shut."
Andy took that offensive, but indeed kept his mouth shut. What had happened earlier was still in their heads, not going away anytime sooner since Ro and Vanessa were crying in the line-up. Gaius had thought they were Krookodile tears...Which got a bash on the head in retaliation.
"So...I guess we'll just have a free day today. No point since my best and my most enthusiastic student aren't present. A shame really; coulda told them what today was..." The Deoxys morph sat down in a nearby chair, reading a newspaper while drinking a cup of coffee. "Oh yeah, just 100 laps will do."
The group groaned; of course even he would contribute to this...this...
Boring Day...
Mercy Hospital...
"I need to see her!" Tanner yelled at the receptionist, the distraught woman scrambling to figure out what he was talking about.
"Sir, please. Just tell me your name and I'll help you find...whoever you're talking about. Now calm-."
"I don't have time for this! Where is she!?" Tanner grabbed her by the scruff of her uniform, her hand reflexively reaching for the security alarm. But before her index finger could press the red button-.
"Ahh...So you're all the ruckus out here Tanner...?" A voice said, making Tanner look to see...
The doctor...The one who...told him his mother was near death all those years ago. Sudden flashes of what happened while he was here played in a blur as he let go of the receptionist("Jerk." she commented) and running to the doctor.
"Is she okay doctor?" the teen asked again, threatening to shake the old man down to dust.
"Just calm yourself boy...She'll pull through...Just like last time..." Tanner let out an exhale that coulda been recognized as a sigh of heavy relief. "She's actually cheated death yet again; she has enough alcohol poisoning to kill five men over..." But his voice faded in the distance as Tanner walked to where-no doubt it changed since the last time-her room was.
When he got there, instead of an empty bench, there was a visitor. A Nidoking morph with his head on his knees. His ear perked up towards Tanner and his face was shown.
"Uh...Hi.." The Drill morph awkwardly greeted, not sure who he was dealing with here. Maybe another stereotype who thought he should be out and about in the wild like a Feral, or maybe that he wasn't smart enough to be here, or maybe they'd think he'd get angry for no reason and just-.
"Are you Nelson?" Tanner asked. At this Nelson got more focused.
"Are you who I spoke with on the phone earlier?"
"Yes." The atmosphere seemed to grow more tense as the steady beepings of heart monitors and vitals echoed throughout the hallway. Remembering how he sat down on the bench, he sat down next to Nelson.
Nelson didn't react; he was thinking to himself. He made it this far: Get the woman help, call any loved ones she has and hope for the best. Now that that's all done, what was he to do now? No doubt the bar was gonna be closed for a while. Probably need to look for a new one soo-
"Thank you..." Nelson was dragged violently out of his thoughts by the words, looking at Tanner.
"You're welcome. Anything to help the innocent." And at that point, the front lobby was invaded once again.
"Have you seen a human run in here? Yey big? Kinda cute-looking?" The unmistakable voice of Peter filled Tanner's ears, making him scowl and turn away.
"And there's the not-so-innocent right there..." He didn't want to deal with Mr. Follower. A few more words were exchanged up there before the sounds of footfalls neared the two on the bench. They stopped in front of Tanner, meaning the owner was above him.
"Tanner..." Peter started, trying to get his attention. All Tanner did was keep looking away. "Tanner please...I know I messed up."
"You only messed up?" Tanner interrupted.
"Okay, I messed up BIG TIME," Peter corrected, "and I won't deny that I shoulda did something sooner..." Tanner stayed quiet, waiting for the "victim to pick out the right suspect in the lineup". "I know why you'd be angry with me, I understand that...But please...I'm sorry."
"...Is that all?" Tanner asked, feeling this was the end. Nelson felt like giving Mary a check-up and went into the room, closing the door behind him.
"No, far from it..." Peter took a breath in, calming his pacing heart. He did run all the way here. "...I let people make decisions for me...A habit I try to break myself...I know I should have done better. But I was just weak-hearted...I don't yell at others unless I have to... And every time I do, I hurt someone's feelings... But I shoulda just told them the truth instead of letting them talk over me like I'm a pet begging for a voice...So I told them... in the exact way I feared...And the outcome was the same too...But I really don't give a damn..."
Tanner's attention was slowing creeping up to the jean-clad Lugia morph in front of him, one eye peeking as he kept talking. "I didn't fall in love with you only for you to be angry with my lack of voice...I was just scared...that if I actually did some talking, it'd hurt more than help...But since I started, I feel like I can get a lot off my chest. Starting here..."
The hints of a confession were spurring up and Tanner sat up.
"So what're you saying here?" the human asked, just wanting him to get to the point instead of beating around the bush.
"What I'm saying is this...I love you...and I don't want us to be separate...Ever since I laid eyes on you, I knew you were the one for me...then this whole mess happened and threatened to take that away from me...threatened to take you away from me...Ro and Vanessa? Fuck them for now. I just want my Tanner...And I can't go home without a "Yes" or a "No"..."
He got on one knee, as if proposing. "Do you...love me back...?"
Tanner stared at Peter, expression stoic and unnerving but it didn't faze the determined Lugia. "You really just ran all the way here, expecting to sway me with a monologue about how much you care and love me, and dare to think I'd just say "Yes" because of what you did to right your wrong?"
"To be honest...That came up on the spot." Peter rubbed one of his wide hands against his head, feeling Mareephish for such spontaneous actions.
"Hmmm..." Tanner closed his eyes, deep in thought. Peter got off the floor and sat next to him, still hoping for a straight answer.
He waited...
And waited...
Until..
"...I'll think about it. Now's not the time for an obvious reason..." Tanner answered after several grueling minutes. He stared into the room's window, staring at his unconscious mother hooked up to vitals while Nelson watched over her.
Peter smiled; at least he didn't say "No". He got up, shaking his feathers before...giving Tanner a quick peck and running off.
"Don't forget about me~!" And like that the Lugia morph was out the door, leaving a slightly blushing yet still somber Tanner and wide assortment of stares from passerby...
You know, if you think about it with the way this was set up, the cliffhanger was begged for.
If you hate cliffhangers, tell me to my face. I know stories shouldn't have them, but don't you think if you knew what was to happen next or already have an idea of what a character is gonna decide before the story ends the story itself is no longer enjoyable?
Knowing everything about something makes it boring and there is no point in partaking of a fruit if you already know how it tastes.
Anyway, enough rambling.
Tanner snapped, Peter snapped, Ro and Vanessa are heartbroken as they run laps in the Gym, and "B-" day has been revealed to be "Boring Day." I mean, I left the biggest hints.
Huge workloads in every class didn't click the adjective "boring" in your heads? That's how I was able to minimalize my own chances of being caught on the spot.
Wait, what did I just say?
Anyway, you know you wanna say something about this chapter, and maybe newcomers will follow or fave. I'm no beggar; I understand that my stories will not hit over 30 faves or 40+ follows after just one chapter being posted.
That's not how FanFiction . net or SoFurry works.
Moncheli!