Kay's p.o.v
"Take that you octoling!" I shouted messing around with some paper drawings I made. Ripping up the octoling and throwing it onto the ground.
"Yay!" I shout in glee.
Oh wait, I should introduce myself. My name is Kay. I am a squid living in Inkopolis, but I'm different from the squids that also live here. Ya see, I have a rare condition where my teeth are on the other ends of my gums. Don't know what I mean? I mean that instead of having two sharp teeth on the top and one sharp tooth on the bottom, it's the other way around.
I know, doesn't seem like a big deal to me. But, other squids don't let me join turf wars because of it. It's a stupid reason to leave me out of turf wars. I mean, I am fresh and have a lot of fresh clothing and gear. They just leave me out because of my teeth.
Of course, I was allowed at first, cause I was new and all and no one knew me. So I got to play and become fresh, but then they figured out when I cheered and smiled. That's why, whenever I am out in public, I wouldn't smile.
I walked around my house. Cheering and laughing at things I thought and things I drew, cause in my house I can smile all I want. I grabbed my MP3 and listened to the squid sisters theme and their splatfest song.
Speaking of splatfest there was one coming up!
This is my chance!
I will join the splatfest. There is no way they will be allowed to exclude me!
I grabbed the backpack that I carried everywhere and ran to the plaza.
I wouldn't stop running.
My plan made me so happy I kept smiling too.
When I stopped running I looked around. My smile faded as everyone was looking at me
I held my head down and walked.
I got to the booth where you pick sides
Early bird vs. night owl it said.
I thought for a second thinking of which side to pick, I ended up picking Night Owl because I would always stay up really, really late.
I realized that the splatfest was tomorrow and I cheered.
I called up my friend, Dia, who accepted me and my teeth when everyone figured out.
She picked up "Hi Kay" She said over the phone
"Hi Dia! Are you gonna join the splatfest?"
"Of course I am! Wait.. Why do you ask?"
"I'm gonna join it!"
"WHAT!" She shouted "that's a big risk!"
"I know, I know... But it's a risk I'm willing to make! If they see how good at turf war I am, they won't care about my teeth"
"Well, are you sure you're that good? You've only played 5 times"
"Who cares. I'll train"
"Ok then, see ya tomorrow" then she hung upI ran to the shops and bought the freshest gear and clothing there are. I was pumped, I was ready to go to the splatfest.
I talked to Judd a bit to see if he had any tips for me. Then I ran up to see Callie and Marie. They waved to me and I cheered. They saw my teeth and looked at each other.
I got so embarrassed and ran away.
I tried to forget what just happened. I ran around to get out my energy and bought more stuff. I got more and more excited. In the end, I went to the Inkopolis Café.I looked at the menu and got a sandwich cause, I don't know.
I looked around. It was night out and the city looked beautiful.
Then I gasped "ITS NIGHT!"
Everyone looked at me
I laughed off the embarrassment but tried to hide my teeth and it worked. Everyone laughed too
One inkling who was next to me laughed. He was smiling at me "it's fine, that happens a lot to everyone" he grabbed his food and left the café.
I don't know why but I was curious of who he was.
He was probably just like all the other inklings. Ones who make fun of inklings like me.
I sighed and kept eating until I finished. I payed for the food and then ran off.
It was a breezy night so my hair was blowing through the wind.
I laughed as I ran.
I wondered if other inklings saw the night like I did.
As a time to just run and have fun.
Maybe that's why the splatfests are at night.
I shrugged to myself and kept running.
Now if you don't know, a few feet away from the plaza is at least 18 or 19 acres of houses where all inklings live. Around the houses are apartment buildings and fancy houses.
That's where the most freshest of squids live.
My dream is to live there too one day, but I don't think that will happen any time soon.
I keep running towards my house. Seeing other squids chatting or walking along the pathways.
Some that knew me glared at me. But I really didn't care. I kept running along until I got to my house.
My smile faded when I saw what was tapped onto my door.
A piece of paper that said Backwards on it
I ripped the sign and walked inside.
My house wasn't very different from any other house. There were posters of turf wars and The squid sisters. There were pictures of me and Dia framed that were on tables. And there was a giant table with my laptop on it.
It has stickers of Squids and splat marks.
I opened up my laptop
And went onto Splatnet.com
It was a site where use inklings can chat to each other and post stuff.
Sort of like Inkstagram and InkBook (puns)
Except this site EVERYONE in Inkopolis used it! Even the squid sisters.
I haven't had the guts to post everything.
Because of everyone used it, surely the people that knew me and hated me would be using it.
But today was the day. Even if the post wasn't very important, I will start posting stuff on Splatnet.
I only posted "Who is ready for splatfest tomorrow night? 😄"
And right when I hit send I started shaking. You see, everyone can see what you post because posts aren't allowed to be private or send to different people. If you want to see something to someone you got to say there name, but everyone else will see it too.I waited a few minutes before checking my laptop again, mostly to run around my house and train for the splatfest.
Then I opened my laptop back up again, surprisingly I had gotten 23 comments and 33 likes in under an hour!
Most comments said "me!" Or "yeah I know my team is gonna win"
But others. Where for me personally like "why are you asking?" Or "are you going?"
I replied to those ones saying "yup I am! This is the first splatfest I'm entering!"..... I really, really should t have posted... Or said that I was going.
Then 30 minutes later I got loads other comments. Some were nice and said
"Woah! Good luck out there" or "you'll do great!" But most said things like "you shouldn't ruin the splatfest for us"
Or said "why are you going?! You shouldn't go. You're you"
I kept a positive attitude and replied
"I got to atleast try, right? If I don't try, how will I know if I belong or not".
I still got hate. But I didn't care. I tied my hair in a ponytail and got into a new outfit, it was fit for night for I would be up a lot. I grabbed my bag and ran off.
There was a big alley way near the plaza where inklings could train for something that's important.
So I went there. I grabbed my Splattershot and trained. Even if everyone glared at me and told me to stop training. I rolled my eyes and kept training. Some people however, didn't glare. In fact, they helped me train. Even when I smiled they didn't walk away.
That made me so happy!When I was so tired I walked back to my house.
I went to bed quickly after.
I dreamed about getting lots more friends and joining splatfests all over the world, and being able to join turf wars.
"Haha! I can't believe we beat them by a landslide" I shouted in my dream
I earned money and then chatted with friends then jumped into another turf war.
"Oh no!"
I shouted as I was blown up and then shortly been brought back into the game.
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Backwards|| A Splatoon Fanfiction
FanficThe story is in the P.o.v of the inkling, Kay. She has a rare case where her teeth are different from most inklings. That may not seem like a very major thing. But the other inklings treat it like its a major thing. She knows she is the same as ever...