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Preview of Chapter 1 of Harry + Charlotte [H.Potter]
Summary:
Charlotte is a Malfoy. Although, she isn't an asshole like her father and brother. She has a heart of gold and she's very kindhearted, and despite how she acts, her father loves and adores her very much. However, everything is about to change when she gets into Hogwarts and the "wrong" house. What will happen to her as she goes through her Years in Hogwarts? How will she handle it? May the future await her fate.
Starts in Y3, Prisoner of Azkaban.
On Wattpad as Chibigo_MA and on AO3 as Chibigo
Note: Harry Potter is my childhood and I love the world that is in it, however, I don't much support the controversies of the author. Pls be kind :]
Everyone except for Harry started to clap after the performance of the choir. Dumbledore comes up to his owl podium to greet and make some announcements after the choir got back to their seats. "Welcome, welcome to another year at Hogwarts..." Harry seemed to drown out what Dumbledore was going to say as he kept looking at a particular spot.
"Harry, you alright, mate?" Ron asked and looked over where Harry was looking at. He was looking at Charlotte's spot, but there wasn't a Charlotte in sight. "Where is she?" Harry muttered which Ron and Hermione heard.
"First, I'm pleased to welcome Professor R.J Lupin as our new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, but unfortunately, he isn't here at the moment for he is helping Madam Pomfrey tend to a student, who passed out on the train," after Dumbledore mentioned that, everyone started to mutter and talk about it.
"Dracy, Dracy, is it true?" The trio heard the obnoxious voice of Pansy behind them. "About what?" Draco asked confusingly as Pansy's grin grew wider. "That your sister fainted on the train because of a dementor?" Pansy's friends started to mock fainting, which ticks Draco off. "Like she actually fainted and passed out?" Pansy asked again.
"You think I know? Instead of asking me, why not Potter? Right, Potter?" Draco smirked at Harry, lying about the fact that he wasn't there when Charlotte passed out. "Like is it true? You also fainted?" Now, it was Draco's goons that started to mock faint. "Shove off, Malfoy," Ron retorts and the trio stopped looking at the Slytherin table.
"Charlotte passed out too, huh," Harry muttered and he started to get worried. "She'll be alright, Harry. She's with Madam Pomfrey and Professor Lupin. He knows what he's doing," Hermione tried to reassure Harry and it did a bit. "I'm delighted to announce that his place will be taken by none other than our own Rubeus Hagrid," the hall, including the trio and mostly the Gryffindor table, applaud for their giant friend.
Suddenly, the doors to the great hall opened and everyone looked over to see Professor Lupin, Madam Pomfrey, and Charlotte Malfoy coming in. "Thank you so very much again, Professor Lupin, Poppy," Charlotte thanked them. "Go back to your table and be careful, Ms. Malfoy. Don't forget to eat the chocolate," Professor Lupin patted her shoulder as the two adults walked over to the teacher's table; Charlotte went over to the Hufflepuff table.
"Everyone, give it up for Professor Lupin," everyone clapped as Harry watched Charlotte walk back to her usual seat. "Did you know Charlotte conjured the Patronus Charm?" The trio heard one of the six-year mutters. "For real? Isn't that a hard spell?" One of them asked. "It is but she did that with just one try. It took me years for me to get it right," the one who informed them complained as the trio looked at one another.
Harry looks over at Charlotte to see her nibbling the chocolate Professor Lupin gave her. "On a more disquieting note, at the request of the Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts will, until further notice, play host to the dementors of Azkaban until such time as Sirius Black is captured," Harry snapped out of it and looked over at Dumbledore again.
"The dementors will be stationed at every entrance to the grounds. Now whilst I've been assured that their presence will not disrupt our day-to-day activities, a word of caution. Dementors are vicious creatures. They will not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way. Therefore, I must each and every one of you give them no reason to harm you. It is nature of a dementor to be forgiving, but you know, happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one remembers to turn on the light," Dumbledore finished and the food appeared in front of them.
After all of them finished eating, Harry sprung up and quickly went over to Charlotte. "Harry!" Hermione exclaimed but he was long gone to the Hufflepuff table. "She has him wrapped around her finger since we were first-years and she doesn't even know it yet," Ron commented as the two stood up. "She'll know eventually," Hermione commented back as they sat near the door to wait for Harry.
"Charlotte," Charlotte looked up and looked over to see Harry. "Oh, hello, Harry! I heard you fainted at the train as well, you doing alright?" She asked and Harry smiled at her. "I should be asking you the same thing," he watched her giggle. "Well, I'm doing alright now. Professor Lupin gave me chocolate to ease the woozy feeling. That spell I've done took a lot on me," she giggled once more.
"I can accompany you back to your dorms?" He asked nervously. "No need to do that for me! I'll be alright," she nervously smiled at Harry and grabbed his robe sleeves. "How about this, you can accompany me until we split ways. We do need to catch up. Is that alright for you?" She asked.
"Y-yeah, that's alright," he smiled back and the two walked over to the doors, which made Ron and Hermione stood up upon seeing the two. "Hello, Charlotte!" Hermione greeted as Ron waved at her. "Hello, Hermione! Hello, Ron! What a night it has been, huh?" Charlotte rubbed her neck and all four of them walked out of the great hall.
"Yeah, it was. You doing alright though?" Ron asked. "Yeah, I'm perfectly fine. Before that dementor kissed me, Draco snapped me out of it and I conjured the Patronus spell at it," she replied. "With a full Patronus?" Ron asked in shock, which left the other two confused. "And Mal—6b um, Draco was there?" Harry asked.
"I used to be able to produce a full Patronus, but now it's just gone. It's getting harder and harder to conjure it now that I don't have many happy memories left," she rubbed her neck once more.
"And about Draco, he was walking over to my compartment when I went to check what was going on. Then all of a sudden, a dementor came and the rest happened," she was still holding onto Harry's sleeve, so he grabbed her hand instead. Charlotte was shocked at first but lets him hold her hand.
"Did you hear a scream before you passed out?" Harry asked which made Charlotte look at him next. "No, but I think that scream was your mother's," she replied and making Harry confused.
"Dementors make us recall our worst memories. You mentioned you heard a scream, so it's most probably your mother screaming during that night when your parents... you know," she didn't mention the last part. She didn't want to because she didn't want to hurt Harry's feelings.
"I get it now, thank you, Charlotte," Harry smiled at her. "You're like Hermione, but with magical creatures," Ron commented which made Hermione scoff and slap Ron's shoulder.
"We're all like Hermione. We just show how smart we are in different ways," Charlotte commented as they were close to the basement. "I agree," Hermione nodded and Charlotte waved goodbye as all of them split ways. "You should take care of her, Harry," Ron slapped Harry's back as Harry's face turned red.
"Can you stop the teasing?" Harry asked in embarrassment as the two laughed. "Come on, Harry. Get closer to her, get to know her. We won't know if someone is going to steal her away from you," Hermione mentioned and it made Harry stiffen.
She's right. Someone might have the same feelings Harry is feeling toward Charlotte. His heart sank at the thought of that. He was tenacious to get closer to her now. "You two sure know how to get on my nerves," Harry commented, which made the two laugh. After that, the trio went back to their dorms while Charlotte was walking to the basement alone.
"Hey, you alright?" Charlotte looked beside her to see Rolf Scamander, a fifth-year student in her house. "I'm doing alright. Thank you for asking," she moved away a bit as they went downstairs to the basement.
"I'm Rolf," he introduced himself as Charlotte nodded at his introduction, not looking over at him. "I know. You're the grandson of Newt Scamander and the son of Thomas Scamander," Charlotte mentioned as Rolf raised an eyebrow.
"Um, alright, you already know me, um," he scratched his neck as they were in front of stacks of barrels. She tapped the barrel two from the bottom and middle of the second row in the rhythm of Helga Hufflepuff, and a sloping earthy passage appeared as the lid of the barrel opens.
She crouched down and crawled inside the big barrel as Rolf follows her. "Well, this is awkward," he looked down to not look at Charlotte's bottom as she finally got out of the big sloping barrel and Rolf got out as well.
"Well, what are your interests?" He asked as they walked over to the round wooden door. "Magical Creatures," she replied as she opened the door.
Upon entering, the immediate focus was the greenery and pottery around the common room. The fireplace and the painting of Helga Hufflepuff are paralleled with the door while there were chairs and a table on one side of the fireplace.
A three-seater couch was in front of a coffee table that was a meter away from the fireplace. Single-seater couches were at either end of the couch and there were beanbags and throw pillows on the other side of the fireplaces. The color scheme of the room stayed loyal to the yellow and black colors.
People would describe it as a badger's den, but for Charlotte, it was home.
"Well, besides Magical Creatures," Rolf mentioned. "Why do you want to know?" She asked as she went up to the girl's dormitory. "I- Woah!" Rolf got pushed back to the boy's dormitory and he looked over to see Charlotte sliding down the tunnel to the girl's dormitory. "She's a tough one, that's for sure," Rolf scratched the back of his head as he does the same going to the boy's dormitory.
now to show this to people on how and why I love Bakugou even when he told Deku to kill himself :'))) I always say "watch more of BNHA to see why. It's called character development ✨"
Let's be honest, who DIDN'T like Bakugou at first? I did bc of how violent and so full of himself was.
And a funny thing, my best friend liked Bakugou and I liked Shoto during the first 2 seasons. Then we just switched when we realized that the other's character crush is our type HAHAHAHA
I'm more calm and collected and she's loud and chaotic. Now you know why. HAHAHAHA
Who is RA9 really? - So %99 percent canon accuracy confirmed. rA9 is you, the player.
It took months to people deciphering this one (and many others are still stuck with it), and deciphering the hint that’s only available on the Japanese version of the game (the one with the “blue disc”). Look at it closer and the disk has a “code” printed, “rA9”.
A user found out and post it, David Cage (writer and director of the game), retweeted it. Confirming without words that we are the presence of this “android god” that might save (or not) the characters in game.
Much as the 4th wall (an instance where a fictional character during the story addresses to the player) it’s usually broken by Chloe on the menu greeting you for special occasions or making “MGS Psycho Mantis” tricks on your controller, rA9 it’s also an allusion to break the barrier between the story and our world. By hinting that maybe in some other alternative universe all of this is happening and we, from our universe, get to decide as an omnipresent “god” the outcome of each situation (-this is where you all feel so BAD for letting all the characters die-).
Well played David Cage… …well played…
[Remember all the TV spots with the main characters telling “I didn’t choose to do THIS or THAT, you did” while addressing to the camera. - Remember all androids say that rA9 will free them and save them. - Remember how upset was the Chloe on our game menu if we let characters die, and how she insisted on “…remember, the lives of this androids are in your hands…”, remember how not even Kamski knows “who rA9 is”… well, now you know what God feels when it screws you over and over, possibly to unlock a trophy. Enjoy the feeling.]
He's... Quite Obsessed With His Sister, Don't You Think? [Y.Briar] Preview
Max was an orphan experimented on by an unknown organization, the same one that Anya was in. Max was known as "Test Subject 001", who possesses telepathy and such intelligence that no person can outsmart them. They got out of that facility by the age of five and have been living in the streets every since.
She became one of the most famous spies alongside their colleague, Twilight. They were given a mission to investigate and get close to their target but in order to accomplish this, they have to get married to someone and have a child.
Max, not liking the idea of getting married, just sticks to just getting a child but further problems happen. What would happen if a certain problem is fixed when she fakes a marriage with her neighbor?
Yes, inspired a bit of Stranger Things with One's Backstory and used Max as the name.
Draft:
29/07/2022
"Don't tell anyone about your abilities, One," a scientist told her as she looked at him. She saw two other scientists standing beside the main scientist she grew up with. She has no memory of her parents but
she remembers seeing them die from an assassin. She remembers her name, where she's from, how old she is, and her birthday, but no memory of her parents or if she had siblings or not. She was merely a four-year-old. She doesn't really know what a "normal" four-year-old would be doing.
"Now, it's test time, One," the scientist continued. "But I want to play in the snow," One, also known as Max, protested. "This is more important. This is for the sake of world peace. There isn't a need for childish pursuits," he reached out a hand for Max, and she grabbed it. She gasped as she was pulled out of her room and dragged to wherever the man was taking her. They finally got to a lab and Max gulped as she saw a single chair in the middle of the room.
"Alright," the scientist lifted Max up and sat her down on the chair. "I want you to be a good girl and sit still on this chair, okay?" Max nodded and watched as he placed an EEG Cap on her head. "This better work," she heard his thoughts and looked over to the mirror to see her little figure sitting on a seat that was five times her size.
"Pressing this button, then this one..." she heard another person distinctly think as she winces from the number of thoughts that were in that room. All of a sudden, she screams as waves of electricity flow from her head. She gripped the handles tightly as she was afraid to take the headwear out of her head. "Just need to rearrange so that her brain is focused more on her intelligence," she heard the scientist as she felt tortured by the treatment. The voltage got higher and she gripped the handles tightly as it felt like an eternity when she sat there.
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Blaring red lights came around the facility as running scientists/doctors came up and down the stairs. Max breathed heavily as she hid somewhere no one could find her. She was finally outside of the building and this sudden intelligence she had for a year was amazing. It was like she can tell what a person's life story was, deduce what they've done recently, or know certain answers that a little kid like her wouldn't know. However, that was a whole year of torture with the voltage raising higher and higher as the days go by.
She constructed a plan after being tested and abused a lot, and her plan was foolproof as she could notice or hear everyone's thoughts on whether they are or not. Max quickly jump up off the wall and grabbed a brick that was sticking out of the wall. She jumped over the wall and landed on the ground with a roll. "I think it came over here!" She heard a man shout behind the wall as she quickly grabbed a big leaf and ran down the hill.
She slid onto her back and slid down the snow as the big leaf left out her tracks and footsteps from behind. Who knew a second-year anniversary would be like this? Not them that's for sure. She giggled as she slid down until she could see a train station. She quickly stood up and ran as she noticed a train slowly moving. She quickly climbed up an open cart and held onto the door as the train accelerated.
She watched as the facility she was in was still blaring red lights and was starting to get smaller and smaller until she couldn't see it. She finally sighed and shook off the snow that was covering her. Once that is done, she closes the door slightly and hits on the floor. She held onto the backpack and closed her eyes to try and get some sleep. She rode the train for so long until she got to the country of Westalis, very far away from the facility she once was.
I've made a book on my Wattpad on the many books in my drafts that haven't seen the light until now! I'm talking YEARS of staying in the drafts (I literally have 40+ Drafted Books on my Wattpad Acc).
If your fandom has been tagged, yeah, it's on there!
Cover by me!
These are previews of stories that have stayed in the drafts for so long. ALL chapters will be here so I c...
I just remembered I have one that I didn't upload on there that's actually about SpyXFamily and not a SpyXFamily AU, where it's an OCXYuri Briar and the title is like "He's... Quite Obsessed With His Sister, Don't You Think?" HAHAHAH
oHHH, I should upload it here. The book hasn't been touched since TWO YEARS AGO DAMN.
Notes:
This has been in the drafts for a LONG TIME as I was an OG ST fan. There were a lot of changes and the last I wrote (a chapter of the entire S1 EP 1) has Eddie from Season 4. Pls don't hate me. There's a reason why this is still in the drafts (*ahem* I'm scared of the fandom) and I'm sharing it now bc why not. This OC, Rima, is the FIRST version of her until I changed them a bit for my SF FF. She's still the same but without the trauma. I never thought I would share this so I just reuse OCs :0
Filipino characters. 🇵🇭
This starts as a Gen FF with one established OCxCanon ship (I want to experiment with the MxM genre) and maybe or not there will be a love interest for the MC in this book. Depends on me. Although, it will take forever for that love to happen. Also depends on whether or not I give my character a love life, so far, staying single.
Also, pls be nice with the DND part. I'm so unknowledgeable with it and idk if what I wrote is fine in the DND sense.
Late at night, a couple of teens played in the basement as a DnD campaign was going on. The aura was so thick and intense, that the members of the party were quiet as the dungeon master continued the campaign. "After your party settled for the night, one of you wasn't feeling too good at all," a younger Eddie Munson spoke as the others waited for him to continue.
"That someone was none other than our Cleric herself," he pointed over to the only female and the youngest in the group, Rima Dela Cruz.
"What the necromancer said to her before they died was bothering her a lot. 'A robot is amongst you.' What did that necromancer mean? But suddenly, she heard robot statics and looked over to the now awoken Tom to see that he had sharp teeth and a robotic body!" Eddie announced and the party groaned.
"See! I told you we shouldn't let him come with us!" Sean exclaimed in anger. "Yeah, but he was THE perfect male wife as Eddie mentioned," Gareth had his hands up. "Let's not forget, he's rich," Jeff commented. "And he can make gourmet food," Rima pointed out and another one of their friends agreed with her. Sean groans in frustration as Eddie continues.
"The others woke up and stood beside Rima as Tom stood up from his bed and went to attack Rima. Sean, what will you do?" Eddie asked. "Fireball!" Jeff exclaimed. "No, it's too risky, what if he hurts somebody that isn't Tom?" Gareth commented. "I'm about to throw this fireball at you two and shove it up your ass," Sean threatened the two.
"What is the dexterity saving throw of the animatronic?" Rima asked Eddie, ignoring the bickering. "We're replacing them as Zombies so -2 Dex saves and remember DC is at thirteen," Eddie verifies. "Okay," she snaps at the bickering guys with her.
"We should use teleportation considering that it's Sean's turn, who knows, it could also be a distraction, and then we'll try to do Sacred Flame as it's my turn next. We simply have to hope our throw isn't lower than thirteen so we can deal damage and my spell damage is higher," Rima negotiated and everyone seemed to agree.
Sean rolled a D100 and it rolled to 70. "To the field! To the field!" Everyone chanted and Eddie allowed it. "It would seem that the teleport distracted him," Eddie mentioned. "I cast Sacred Flame!" Rima exclaimed and was given a D20. "Please!" Sean exclaimed and everyone else pleaded as they watched Rima roll in anticipation.
She let go of the die and it rolled to eighteen. "Yes!" Everyone exclaimed. "Minus 2 damage—leading to sixteen damage, it succeeds and Tom dealt so much damage!" Eddie shouts. "Aba! (Oh!)" Rima smirked as she felt satisfied. "Rima, Sean!" Everyone looked up the stairs to see Mrs. Dela Cruz standing by the door.
"Ilang beses ko na kayong tinatawag! (I've been calling you two so many times!) It's a school night," Mrs. Dela Cruz, also known as Anna, scolds the siblings.
"Opo, opo, ma! Mag-aayos na kami! (Okay, okay, ma! We'll fix up now!)," Sean stood up from his chair and the others sighed as they were getting to the good stuff. Rima stood up from her chair as the other guys grabbed trash and empty pizza boxes to throw out later. "Awesome that you made Fredbear's Family Diner inspire this campaign," Rima mentioned to Eddie as he helped Sean fix the D&D set.
"Hey, you're the one who mentioned it. The poor kid though," Eddie sadly remembers that detail she told him. "Yeah, I hope the family is doing alright," Rima comments, and she grabs a wet rag to clean up the table. "We're gonna go ahead," Gareth points up the stairs.
"See you in school!" Their other friend waved goodbye as the three left the basement, leaving Sean, Rima, and Eddie.
"Finally," Eddie exclaims as he kisses Sean on the lips. Sean smiles in the kiss and kisses his boyfriend back as Rima looks at them in disgust. "You do know I'm still here, right? At least do it in Sean's room," Rima sassed them as she grabbed her walkie-talkie.
"No bitches?" Sean teases as Eddie kisses his cheek. "I get bitches, but I don't want them," she countered back with a smirk.
"You're lucky I'm not a snitch," she waved them off as she left the basement. Rima turns on her walkie-talkie and starts to change the frequencies. "Jonathan, do you copy? This is Rima speaking, come in, Jonathan," she calls out, and static comes on her end. "This is Jonathan speaking, how was your DnD session? Over," Jonathan Byers spoke on his walkie-talkie.
"It was great. I dealt so much damage to our last boss before we got interrupted by my mom," she grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and took a drink. "Good night, anak (child)," Anna greets her goodnight. "G'night ma, night pa," she kissed her parents on the cheek and proceeded to go upstairs.
"Besides that, I think I'm scarred for life. Just saw Sean kissing my best friend again for the tenth time today," she gagged as she got to her room. "You should get used to that by now. They've been together since, what? They were fifteen?" Jonathan chuckled.
"True, but like ever since they came out to mom and dad, and they told the two that they were ok with it—as long as they do it in private, 'cuz you know, lots of close-minded people," she mentioned as she lay down on her bed.
"They've been at it with one another for a year now! Probably some pent-up sexual feelings they have for one another. I still don't get it. At this point, I should tell them to use protection," she joked. "Your lack of sexual desire is showing," Jonathan chuckled.
"And how was your day? You got home safely, right?" she asked and he went quiet. "Well, I'm at... work," Jonathan replied and Rima's eyes widened. "Dude, you know Joyce doesn't like you taking shifts when she's working. You also got to know if Will came home safely," she quietly exclaimed as she lay on her side.
"Yes, yes. I know, but Eric asked if I could cover and I agreed. I thought we could use the extra cash," he told her and she sat on her bed.
"Just stay safe and tell Will I said hi in the morning. He's probably on his way home now or is asleep already," she mentioned worriedly. "Alright, sweet dreams, Rim," he said softly. "Sweet dreams to you too, Jon," they turned their walkie-talkie off and turned off the lights.
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"Aalis na kami! (We're going now!)" Rima and Sean shout by the front door. "Baon niyo?! (Your packed lunch?!)" Anna called out. "Nandito na! (It's here!)" They shout and Eddie looks over at Anna and smiles at her. "Thanks for the breakfast again, Anna. I'll look after these idiots for you," Eddie said the same thing every day as she laughed.
"You'll always look after my babies. Have fun and don't get in trouble!" Anna exclaims as Eddie joins the siblings. "Love you, ma!" The siblings exclaimed once more as they closed the door behind them. "See ya!" Rima salutes the boys as she drops her skateboard and rides to school. She checks her watch to see that she has a lot of time left before her first class starts.
She decides to check up on the Party since she knows that they get bullied a lot as well. As she walks over to the middle school, she spots the boys but rolls her eyes when she sees their bullies in front of them again. "I told you a million times, my teeth are coming in. It's called cleidocranial dysplasia," she heard Dustin say from afar as she got closer.
"I told you a million times," one of their bullies imitated Dustin. Rima jogged over to them as she heard one of them say "Do it, freak!"
"Oi!" Rima placed her hands on their shoulders as Lucas, Mike, and Dustin smiled after seeing their older friend. "What did I tell you about bullying them?" Rima glared at the bullies and they stayed quiet.
"On the count of three, I want you two to get inside the school, out of my sight. Do I make myself," she pressed her fingers onto their collarbones lightly and they instantly wince despite how lightly she gripped them. "... clear?" She continued. She said that menacingly, the Party could notice their bullies shaking in fear.
"Yes, ma'am!" They exclaimed as she let go of them. "One," she began to count and they quickly sprinted to the school's entrance. "Two," she stopped counting as they got inside in a panic. Rima sighed as she ruffled her hair but soon gasped as she felt arms wrapping around her. "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, Rim!" Dustin exclaimed as that alone made Rima chuckle.
"No problem," she patted his back and turned to the others but noticed someone missing. "Where's Will? He's always with you guys, it's practically weird not to see him with you three," they commented. "His mom said that he went to class early again and I think she's right," Lucas answered and Rima shrugged it off as a valid reason.
"Alright, you boys take it easy now, alright? I don't want any of my little brothers getting hurt. Because remember," the Party began to smirk, "Freaks stick together," they finished her sentence. Rima ruffled Mike's and Lucas' hair and gave Dustin a huge hug before going back to Hawkins High School. "See you, Rim!" Dustin shouted and she held a hand up to acknowledge him.
She dropped her skateboard and road down the slope. By the time she got to the entrance doors, she kicked off her skateboard and carried it as she walked the hallways of her school. She got to her locker to see the word ❝freak❞ written on her locker door. She huffs as they unlock her locker, grabs a spray bottle of rubbing alcohol and another old rug, and proceeds to remove it.
"G'morning, Rima!" They looked behind them to see Barbara waving at her with Nancy to which she smiled. "Morning, girls," she greeted the two as she finished up cleaning. "To continue," Nancy began to speak. "We just," she proceeds to unlock her locker, "made out a couple of times."
"We just... made out a couple of times," Barbara mimicked her and Rima giggled. "Nance, seriously?" Rima chuckled, but at the time same time felt worried for her friend. "You're gonna be so cool now, it's ridiculous," Barbara commented. "No, I'm not," Nance disagrees with her.
"You better still hang out with us, that's all we're saying," Rima added to which Barbara nodded. "If you become friends with Tommy H. or Carol—"
"Oh, that's gross!"
"That's disgusting!"
Both Nancy and Rima reacted negatively as Nancy opened her locker. "Okay, I'm telling you, it was a one-time—" Nancy stopped talking as she watched her friends raise an eyebrow at her. "Two-time thing," she adds, and the other two chuckle as Nancy spots a note inside her locker.
She opens it and it reads, "Meet me. Bathroom -Steve."
"You were saying?" Barbara asked and Nancy bites her lips as she looks at her best friends. "Just go," Rima nudged her shoulder to encourage her friend and they watched her smile as she speed-walked to the bathroom.
"She sure is in love with him," Barbara commented as the two watched Nancy and Steve meet with smiles and walk to the bathroom. "I don't get the whole... whatever they're having. Why is Nancy denying whatever her relationship is with Steve? Everyone can tell that they like each other," Rima mentions as she grabs her books.
"If I got to be honest," the two looked at each other. "I'm not sure," Barbara continued and Rima shrugs. "Maybe it's because he had so many exes and possibly had sex with them. I think she's worried about it,"
"Well, I have to go to English class," Rima groans as she closes her locker and locks it. The two walked down the hallway as they spoke to one another. "I still don't get why you have to take that class. You're good at English. Better than me and Nancy," Barbara commented.
"I don't know. It's just the whole system with immigrants needing to learn American English. The good part is I'm bilingual and I'll probably have my head explode if I learn another language," Rima placed both her hands near her forehead. "Pftshhh," she opened her fingers and moved her hands away in a "mind-blown" motion—Barbara giggled as they separated their ways.
During school hours, she hasn't seen Jonathan or him going up to her. It was like he wasn't in school. Could something have happened at home? Rima thought about it as the bell rang for lunch. Rima stood up from her desk and grabbed her bag as she left the classroom.
She was minding her business while walking to the cafeteria until she got pushed into a wall.
"Hello, Ching-chong," Tommy Hagan smirked as Carole Perkins giggled. "Wrong type of Asian. We talked about this. Get it right next time," Rima sassed, and people who heard laughed. Tommy got pissed and slammed Rima again to the wall. "Don't you think this is getting old? Is this going to be our routine?" Rima asked and it was just making Tommy more frustrated.
"Stop that!" Tommy demanded. "Hey!" The two looked over to the side to see Steve "the hair" Harrington and upon seeing him made Rima's eyes roll. "Hey, lover boy," this got Steve's attention, "can you tell your idiots to let go of me? At this point, I'm starting to think that these two are in love with me," after she said that, Tommy lets go of her and looks at her in disgust.
"We are not in love with you," Carol answered. "Then why bother me every day? You can clearly see that I'm uninterested in whatever you guys are saying," Rima kicked Tommy in the crotch and he heaved as he dropped to the floor. She quickly got away from them and ran to the cafeteria. "Rim!" She looked over to see Eddie waving at her with Sean beside him.
She quickly went over to them and sat across from the two. "Were they holding you back again?" Sean asked to which Rima rolled her eyes. "They keep on bothering me when they can see that I'm uninterested in whatever they say about me," she pulled out her packed lunch and smiled to see that lumpia was her lunch for the day.
"They're quite annoying, not going to lie," Eddie answered but raised an eyebrow when he watched Rima looking around. "Who are you looking for?" Eddie asked and Rima looked more confused. "Jonathan didn't come to school today," she pointed out and the two boys raised an eyebrow. "Really?" Sean asked.
"She's just sad that she isn't with her boyfriend, at the moment," Eddie joked and laughed.
"For the thousandth time, he's not and will not be my boyfriend. We see each other as siblings," she pointed out. "Walkie-talkie him later after school. Maybe something happened at home," Sean pointed out and Rima nodded. "Yeah, I'll do that later. I just hope those nasty lovebirds don't bother me again. It's getting so annoying," Rima mentioned and ate her lunch.
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It was finally after school, and Rima quickly got on her skateboard with her walkie-talkie in hand. She turned it on and stopped riding her skateboard when she was far from her school. "Jonathan, do you copy? Jonathan Byers, do you copy?" She called for him and waited for a response. "Hey, Rima," she heard Jonathan sniff.
"Hey, you doing alright? I was wondering why you weren't in school," she answered as she rode the way to her house. "Will's missing," Jonathan tells her, and she stands still as her skateboard keeps going. "What...?" Rima felt frozen and didn't realize a dip in the curb and fell off her board. She groaned in pain as she held her arm.
"He... He's missing," Jonathan sobbed softly, "I should've been there for him," his voice broke. "Shit," she rolled slowly and looked to where her walkie was. As she tried to get her walkie, she was hit with her skateboard, and her walkie was taken. "Aww, little ching fell," Carol mocked her, Boo hoo!" Rima groaned more as Tommy was beside Carol and Steve was behind Rima.
"Can you shut the fuck up? I've just been hit with bad news," Rima said as she stood up slowly, staggering back with Tommy pushing her. "What? Your boyfriend broke up with you?" Tommy smirked. "No, my little brother is missing," she glared and the two were stunned. They looked at one another and wondered what they would do next.
Steve sighed as he grabbed Rima's skateboard and took her walkie out of Carol's hand. "Here," Steve handed her her stuff. Rima looked between her stuff and at Steve as she didn't trust what he would do next. "I'm not going to do anything. Just get home safe," Steve stated and she slowly grabbed her stuff. "Get yourself patched as well," he told her and he watched her nod slowly.
She sped-walked away from them as she quickly turned the corner out of their sight. She inspected her walkie for damages before pushing the button. "Jonny, I can go to your house and help you and Joyce out. Sorry, I didn't reply quicker, I had some trouble kanina (a while ago)," she said on the walkie. "Hey, it's okay," he sniffed, "is it ok if you sleep over?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'll ask my mom. She deeply cares for you two and Joyce. We'll be with you guys every step of the way," she reassured him as she finally got home. "I'll update you soon. Over and out!" She turned off her walkie and got inside.
"I'm home! Mama, nasan ka po? (Where are you?)" Rima called out to her home. "Nasa kitchen po ako! (I'm in the kitchen!)" Anna shouts and Rima goes over there. "Ma, may emergency tayo (We have an emergency.)," she tells her. "Ano nangyari? (What happened?)," Anna stopped what she was doing. "Will is missing," Rima states, and Anna's eyes widen.
"Really?!" Anna looked heartbroken. "I contacted Jonny kanina and he told me the news. He also asked if it was ok for me to sleep over," Rima shared.
"Oh, we will cook them dinner and eat with them. I'll call your father about it and tell Jon about it. Tell him that he'll sleep over with you two as well," Anna told her. "Noted," Rima saluted and went to fix her stuff while using her walkie to contact the two boys.
Night came and Anna finished cooking dinner. Sean Sr. was informed about the plan and is willing to go with the plan. Sean Jr. was also fine with the plan as he took Eddie home. "Are your bags ready? Papa is coming home soon na (now)," Anna informed her children as Rima watched TV with Sean going down the stairs. "Yup," he replied and sat beside Rima.
"I can't believe Will is missing. This feels surreal," he mentioned with a frown. "It is. Let's take note to be with someone when it's nighttime," Rima concluded as a car horn was heard. "That must be Papa," Anna quickly grabbed a few of the food as the two opened the door to leave their bags inside the car. "Hey, you two alright?" Sean Sr. asked as he popped the trunk.
"Yup! Mama made a lot of food so we have to try to fit them all in the back," Rima informed him. "I'll go help," he quickly got inside as the siblings fit their bags in the trunk. "Poor Jon," Sean sighed as he leaned on the car. "Let's try our best to help him, yeah?" Rima reassured him. "Let's help with the food for now," he said as they got inside after their parents came out.
After all the food was secured and safe, Sean Sr. backed up and drove to the Byers Abode. As they got there, Joyce quickly got out the front door and ran to her best friend. "Anna!" Joyce pounced on her friend as soon as Anna opened her door. "Will, he's there! It-It—"
"It's ok. It's ok," Anna comforted Joyce as the remaining three took out the food.
"We got some goods!" Rima tried to get the mood up as she lifted two servings of food. "Rima Joy Dela Cruz, if you drop those," Anna threatened with a glare as Rima ran inside. "Rim," Jonathan helped her with the food. "Hey," she patted his back as they brought it to the table.
"It's gonna be okay. I'll be right here. No matter what," she reassured as she still had her hand on his back. Jonathan looked like he wanted to say more, but kept it in. "This is all so very nice. Thank you so much, Anna," Joyce said as the two friends let go.
"I'll be with you throughout this investigation, no worries; I am a retired policewoman," Anna smiled. Anna Dela Cruz worked as a policewoman for years before she retired. It was only recently that she retired due to a case where it got her injured. It was issued to the doctor that exerting more than she usually has would earn her some permanent damages in the long run.
She reluctantly left her job, but it ended on a good note. "What is the update with everything?" Anna asked Joyce as the mothers stayed outside while the rest went inside to prepare the food and leave their bags inside. "He's close. I feel it in my heart," Joyce sniffled. "There was a call and...and it was his breathing," she broke down again as she held onto Anna.
It hurt Anna to see Joyce like this. She was like that when Ronnie was being an ass to her. "Don't worry. I'm here, I'm here," Anna reassured her friend as she felt a drizzle. "Shit, I think it's about to rain," Anna, who still held Joyce in her arms, ushered her inside before they got wet.
"It's raining hard tonight," Sean Jr. mentions as plates and utensils are placed on the table. "Hey," Rima whispered to Jonathan as she got his attention. "Let's watch a movie later. I've brought tons of CDs," she tells him to try and cheer him up. "Alright," Jonathan smiled and felt his heart skipped a beat for the girl beside him.
She has always been with him through the ups and downs of his life. He's grateful that she doesn't push him to express himself, which makes him more open to her than with anyone else, sometimes his mother. They've eaten their dinner and Rima went to change as soon as she finished her dinner.
"Thank you Anna and Sean for letting Jon and Rima stay over," Jonathan thanked the two. "It's no problem. You and Joyce need support right now," Sean Sr. held Jonathan's shoulder. "Thank you, Sean," Jonathan smiled and nodded.
Finally, late at night, the parents decided to stay at the Byers to be there for their friend as the teens stayed in the living room. Sean Jr. had passed out earlier as the remaining two watched their fifth movie. Rima was invested in the movie while Jonathan was half listening and looking at the girl.
They had talked about Will before the movie marathon and Rima smiled at the picture he and his mom picked for the missing person poster. He had been reassured by his mother that it wasn't his fault, but the guilt still sinks in him. He's thankful that Rima doesn't push him to open up, but it makes him weirdly nervous to share on his own without her acknowledging it.
Was it due to liking the girl for the past few years? Maybe, but he doesn't want to think about it. It still hurts to hear that she sees him as another brother and it makes him feel restricted to share the majority of his feelings with the girl. He sat still as he continued to watch the movie and his thoughts stayed put in his mind.
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Translations & Pronunciations:
Aba! (Ah-bah)
- Oh!
To express surprise, admiration, and proud expression.
Ilang beses ko na kayong tinatawag! School night pati.
- I've been calling you two so many times! It's a school night.
Opo, opo, ma! Mag-aayos na kami!
- Okay, okay, ma! We'll fix up now!
Adding "po" and/or "opo" makes the sentence more polite and respectful. "Po" doesn't have any equivalent word in the English Language, but "Opo" usually means "Yes, Okay, etc." in a more formal and polite term.
Anak (Ah-nak)
-Son/Daughter/Child
There are no specifics. "Anak" literally means "child" of any age and gender.
Aalis na kami! (Ah-ah-lis nah kah-me)
-We're going now!
Baon niyo?! (Bah-on knee-yo)
-Your packed lunch/pocket money?!
Depends on the context if it's either packed lunch or pocket money. In this case, it's a packed lunch.
Nandito na! (Nan-dee-toh)
-It's here!
Kanina (Kah-knee-na)
- A while ago.
Nasan ka po? (Nah-san kah poh)
- Where are you?
"Nasan" is a shortened word from "Nasaan", which still means "Where is/are." Either "Nasan" or "Asan" works.
Went to go on shuffle on the Sally Face Playlist I made for the MAX SHOWER THOUGHTS (for the fic) and it just so happened that the first song to pop was the song I picked for the theme song.
hehehehe Nice one, Spotify. Yes, the cover is by me!
A character being aro and/or ace is not a heterosexual character. They're literally queer. They're LGBTQIA+. You don't need to change aro or ace rep to "make it queer" because they are already queer!!!
Let people have a-spec rep. There's so little of it already.
