The Star Story (Ortega X OC) (Team Star Fanfic)

The First Impressions, And a New Secret?

PLEASE READ AUTHOR NOTES AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER!!!!

I had gone to bed earlier than I normally did after saying goodnight to Halt, Halt is the nickname for my Dragapult, I don't call him that in front of others, he understands that, after I had said goodnight to him I started yammering about not oversleeping and Operation Star, much to Halts dismay I continued doing so until I managed to fall asleep.

I yawned, I had just woken up a couple moments ago, I jumped up in a panic, I didn't wake up to my alarm, I look over at my clock and relax, it was only a couple minutes before my alarm would set off, I turned off the alarm and returned Halt to his Pokéball, I started getting ready, most people in the school just have multiple copies of what they wear, including myself, I put a full on black t-shirt and slip my dark hoodie over it, when I was finished getting ready I realized I didn't put my gloves on, I look down at my hands, they were hands but, cursed with the hardships of my ancestors, once, in the past, my family had a fight with the Pokémon they had used, ghost types, my family had been using ghost types since catching Pokémon was possible, but even though they had bonded with the ghost types through many hard times, someone in my large family had made a mistake though, it was unknown what they did, all that is known is that they made one of their Pokémon unhappy by doing something it did not find respectful, the ghost types won the battle with my family, but they made a decision, a curse to remind the future members of my family to not do what happened again, so they cursed my family, making the alive family members have a curse to make their eyes and feet, ghosts, you couldn't do anything with them, the ghost type Pokémon were sympathetic Pokémon though and gave the people clothing that they could use to be normal, all ghosts could do it, Halt had given me my gloves in order to fix this, my hands can now only touch and be blocked by my gloves, they are also cloaked with a abnormal gas, many people who found out about this curse thought of you as a disgrace, I was unlucky as I am the first member of my family to have their hands be cursed with this, it's called "Curse of the War of Respect", I let out my Dragapult, I held out my gloves to the top of its head and the Dreepy's that stick around Halt, they grabbed my gloves, I watched as they pulled up the sleeve to my hoodie and they slipped on my gloves, my gloves were very long for how they look, the they went to around the halfway mark on my forearms, the reasoning for this is because the curse though goes to about the 1st quarter of my forearms, the Dreepy's were efficient, they did this everyday, they could do this in about 10 seconds, when they finished I pulled my sleeves back over them, to conceal their length, walked outside of my dorm room, I kept my Dragapult out to follow the rule I had made before about keeping a Pokémon out to walk with me through the halls to keep me safe, I walked until I found Ortega's dorm room, I knocked on it, before, when we were talking, he said he probably sleep through his alarm, so he suggested I knock on his door to wake him up, I waited for about 5 minutes and he walked out, he was not wearing the school uniform like he had been yesterday when I had first met him, instead he was wearing a pink suit with yellow accents, gold chains,a violet bow tied around it, and gold shoes, he didn't act any different, other than having a slight glint of nervousness and excitement in his eyes, he grinned when he saw me, "I just wear this whenever I want to," he says seeing the way my mask stared at him, "but I do also try to take first impressions seriously." He adds, I nod and we walk down to the trees that are off to the right, I looked over and realized Ortega was dragging along a rectangle, it could easily fit in a bag but it looked relatively heavy, he noticed me looking at it, "It's a thing I made, more like multiple things though." Ortega had told me before that he made technology and whatever, he was good at it too, he added on to his words from before, "It's a long portable desk, and 2 portable office chairs." He says, I nod we had gone done the elevator already, and we at the entrance of the Academy, I opened the door for Ortega and we headed off towards the trees, as soon as we got there Ortega dropped the large rectangular object, it was more of a thin rectangular box that just a 2D rectangle, he flipped it over and pulled 2 squares away from it, he pressed a button on both of them and they both popped into the shape of a office chair, it gave me a small scare how quick it was, "How does it work?" I ask him, I felt my hands shaking, so I stuffed them inside of the pocket in my hoodie to conceal it, he caught me in the act though, "It's too complex to explain," he laughs, "Is it too fast?" He looked amused, I reluctantly pulled my hands out of my pockets, they were not shaking that noticeably now, he pressed a button on the rectangle and it popped up into a relatively long desk, I didn't get scared this time though, I sat down in one of the chairs, it was more comfortable than I thought it would be, I pull out some blank paper from my pocket, it was folded, there were 6 sheets, I started writing stuff on them, when I was finished it gave a good explanation of who me and Ortega were and some details about us, it also said what type we train, I watched as Halt was trying to distance itself from Ortega's Dachsbun, as the Dachsbun was a fairy type making it strong against him, I thought of something, there was lots of stuff that I was keeping to myself, my curse and my true name, I decided to speak up, "My real name isn't Void." I say suddenly, I looked over at Ortega, he jumped at my words and dropped one his tools, he had been working on a copier for my artwork, he knew I was one for art, I tried telling him he didn't need to make it but he refused so I let in, "What is it then?" He asked, he was scowling as he leaned down to pick up the tool, he winced, he must have still be sore from the events of yesterday, "My real name is Phantom, it's a family tradition thing, we got so close to the ghost types that, to honor them, my family started naming their children more ghostly names, so that's why I'm named that, but don't tell other people that." I reached down to grab the tool for him and he still did not look happy, but nonetheless he nodded in agreement, I handed him the tool and he started working on the copier again, I go back to watching Halt float away from Ortega's Dachsbun, time was practically flying as fast as how Halt would run away from the playful fairy type dog, I feel a tap on my shoulder, I swivel my head around to see Ortega pointing at a group of people, they looked equally as nervous as I felt, they were kind of intimidating, but I recognized them, they were the people I was thinking about last night when I was drawing the star, the only reason why they were intimidating was because of the tall girl holding 4 fold up chairs, she was carrying them effortlessly with one hand, there was a shorter girl walking next to her, she had red hair with the top of it being yellow, she looked irritated about something, but still nervous, there were 2 boys trailing behind them slightly, one had white hair, and the other had spiky black hair, they were talking to each other, when the red haired girl spotted us she immediately stopped in her tracks the boy with white hair stopped next to her, she whispered something while looking at me with uncertainty gleaming in her eyes, they soon got close enough to the point where the tall girl started holding the chairs with both of her hands, "Did you get the call for Operation Star?" She asked us nervously, I quickly looked over at Ortega who rolled his eyes at me, "Yeah," he replied to the tall girl, he turns his attention to me, "Why do you make me say everything?" He was glaring at me now, this was his bad side, he had shown me a bit of it last night but only because he was in pain, I started to panic, "I h-have social anxiety." I manage to stammer out, it wasn't a lie, the only reason why I did was because of my cursed hands, and my mask that keeps my face hidden, I watch as his facial expression softens, he sighed, "Well," he said, his attention was still directed to me, "What are all of your names?" He had slowly started to turn his head to look at the people, I handed him the papers, and he passed them out to the people, he kept one and so did I, "I'm Mela, I only train fire types!" The red haired girl had spoken, she sounded confident now that she knew who we were, they continued in a circle saying their names and writing names down, the tall girl was named Eri, the boy with spiky black hair is Giacomo, and the white haired boy was Atticus.

NOTES

Cliffhanger again, alright so I could write a whole essay right here but I will try not to, I do not know if the banner picture is showing up at all because when I try to look it's not there, I might need ideas for chapter names at some point so feel free to suggestions those here when I say that I need one, this was very long compared to what you guys are probably used to with this, by a lot, it's over 1,600 right now, which, already is a lot more than the last one. Just as a small disclaimer I might start making this slightly depressing due to what Void, or who we now know as Phantom said before due to Ortega's snarky comment; O: "Why do you make me say everything?" V: "I h-have social anxiety." I'll probably make it so that she sounds like she feels suffocated and alone due to the way people look at her when she wears her mask, also I might upload the cover for the sequel to this book, which if you did not know is based on ghosts and getting possessed, I will also say that instead of Void/Phantom being the main character, it will be Ortega. Anyway, you may have noticed how I don't put spaces properly for paragraphs or whatever, and that is because it will take me longer to upload these but also I find it easier in general to not, because after typing these, the joints that are in my thumbs get sore (I make these on mobile), but I will end it off here, if you need to know anything feel free to comment somewhere.

END OF CHAPTER FIVE
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1998 WORDS INCLUDING NOTES AND THIS!!!!!!