//------------------------------// // Ch. 1: Brand New Game "Daily Life"/Prologue // Story: Dangan Ronpa- Hopes Peak Equestrian Division // by DeviousNights //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle awoke In a dimly lit classroom. The walls were a tinted brown shade and the window, or that would to be say, where the Windows should be, had large metal gratings over them. As if she was trapped. She rubbed the crust from her eyes, looking at the slowly ticking clock on the wall. 7:55. "Strange...I feel like...I'm forgetting something." Twilight got up on shaky, wobbly legs, attempting to walk towards the door with very little success. With each step she noticed that her vision was beginning to get more and more focused. Last she remembered, she had just entered the doors of Equestria's most prestigious high school, Hopes Peak High. It was considered the most exclusive school in the entire country, and only the "ultimate" students in each of their specific subjects were allowed to attend. Twilight lie her hand against the cold, metal door, attempting to come to terms with what must have happened before she got here. All she remembered was receiving the invitation to attend the school over the summer. She hadn't bothered to see what the class of '27 looked like, so she wouldn't have even known who all was there. The cold metal door have her an unwelcome return to reality as she could her a bell like tone begin to reverberate throughout the school. The school bell tone was unwelcoming as the environment seemed so much more negative than the tone presented itself to be. She remembered getting the invitation to the schools, it telling her that she was one of the few allowed to attend the school, with her being the "Ultimate Librarian". Presumedly, you must be an "Ultimate" something to be able to attend, and it seemed like she was lucky enough to actually be the best of something. It was unlike anything she had received before. Sure she had recovered stacks upon stacks of college invitations, institutional invitations, and even hundreds of scholarship opportunities. But for something to actually call her out as the best in something. Suddenly, the television showed static before turning on to reveal a small stuffed bear sitting in a large, red comfort chair, that made the best seem as if it was David compared to Goliath. The bear itself was split Into two different fur tones: Black and White, with one side looking completely normal and the other having an evil, glowing read eye. It had a large outie naval sticking out in a comedic fashion, and it lie In a comfortable position in the chair. Behind the bear were multiple security ministers, as if this bear was a security guard or something similar of the sort. "Ahem. This is a Hopes Peak High Special Announcement!" It's voice was annoyingly high pitched, but somewhat raspy at the same time, giving him a cartoon show character's voice. His voice also had a certain uneasiness to it. It was as if he was mocking Twilight with his voice. "Every student in the school should meet in the gym as soon as possible for a VERY special announcement!" "Every...student?" Twilight asked herself out loud, knowing something was weird about that statement but not being able to quite place her finger on it. "I have to see who else is here!" She said aloud, now becoming very uneasy. With the windows being bolted shut as they were it was almost as if there was no escape. What was this? Was it a cult? Was it the work of another school, this just all did not seem natural at all. Twilight walked through the front door to the classroom, where a very unnaturally bright purple light was awaiting her. She covered her eyes instinctively, before the light began to slowly die down. Going outside, she began to start noticing how invasive that bear must have been. She noticed cameras around virtually every corner. Looking into the classroom across from her, she could tell it was virtually the same deal, menacing cameras placed at every corner and a tv monitor in the corner of the room. Her insides felt like mush, as she started to feel as if she, and whoever else must've been here, were a part of some secret camera video program or something similar. Twilight began to walk down the hall in a quick manner,her steps reverberating throughout the dark hallway, as she then found a single room where it seemed like many people were gathered in. She looked inside, feeling comforted by the view of other people. Twilight began to feel even better as she saw two familiar faces inside of the room: Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, both of whom were standing in the same corner of the room, surrounded by many other people. Twilight opened the door slowly, becoming greater by many unfamiliar staring faces. Some of them brought along with them vague apparitions, as if her thoughts were trying to work them into her memories, but without much luck. It was all just so foggy "And you are?" A tall, slender built male student asked. He was dressed appropriately for the situation, wearing a dress vest and a dark green tie, khaki pants, and khaki buckled dress shoes. His hair was very curly, and his skin was a pale white color, in contrast to his bright green eyes, which completely distinguished his face from the rest of his body, as the green seemed unnatural to the rest. He spoke in a very calm, even, and condescending tone, giving off the aura of a distinguished leader. As the individual questioned her, Twilight felt almost every eye in the room begin to focus on her, making her break out into a small sweat, before the silence was broken by a shrill, shriek voice from the back of the room. "GOOD MORNING TWILIGHT!!!" Twilight distinguished the voice as one Pinkie Pie, who was jumping up and down very erratically. Before Twilight could even respond, the male who had just been looking her over shut it all down. "Stop talking Pinkie." He commanded, her shutting her mouth almost immediately. "So I see your name is Twilight?" "Yes, Twilight Sparkle, pleased to make your acquaintance." Twilight said, taking to common courtesy to extend her hand out for him, as it seemed that that was what he was used to. The elegant looking student kept his arms folded and continue to do so, as if expecting her to say something else. "Finish." He said monotonically. Twilight froze for a second, before realizing what she neglected to tell him. "Oh yeaaaaaah. I'm sorry. "The Ultimate Librarian."" The student finally shook her hand and opened his mouth slowly for an introduction. "Victor Excellence. The "Ultimate Prodigal Leader." "Oh that makes sense." Twilight commented, somewhat hurt by his very firm handshake. He let go of her hand, and recrossed them, staring back at Twilight. "You should probably get acquainted with the rest of us in here. It'd be best if we knew at least each other's special talents before we go to the rendezvous." "Your ri-" Twilight began before Victor walked away, through with the conversation. Twilight made a small frown, but decided against worrying about it, and walked up to the closest person. "Hello. Twilight Sparkle, "The Ultimate Librarian". Twilight introduced herself, the female in front of her, keeping straight eye contact, extending her hand to greet her. "Zinc McChloe, the Ultimate Chemist." The middle heighten teen introduced. She wore a dress shirt that was unbuttoned, revealing a shirt with an atom on it she wore under it. She had a lab coat wrapped around her waste by the arms of the coat. Her hair was colored a light purple, with light green streaks throughout it. She wore small, white dress shoes, and had multiple colors of pens sticking from her pants pockets, which were a white color of their own, making the pens very conspicuous. "Born and raised in Canterlot." "Oh really? Kind of the same here!" Twilight responded a bit enthusiastically. It was nice to know some of these people may have some of the same backgrounds as her. "You should probably meet Vagrant Blossom too. She was from Canterlot as well." As if on cue, a pink skinned female teen with a pink and purple-cotton candy themed haircut pranced up to the two with a smile on her face. She had a pretty purple flower wound into her hair and had brown and black gardening gloves covering her hands. She had on a simple, white, shaggy dress shirt with it partially unbuttoned, showing the smallest remnant of her skin. She sported a pink and red skirt with a single white stripe down the middle, and wore long red socks with white bow ties on the ends. "Vagrant Blossom! Pleasure to meet!" She introduced, not even waiting for Twilight to offer a greeting handshake, and instead grabbing hold of her hand and shaking up and down violently as if her hand was having a seizure of its own. Twilight wobbled with her shaking, and returned the greeting with a dazed nod. "So I already heard your the "Ultimate Librarian"! That's cool! So what exactly do you do?" "Oh you know, just cool library stuff." "Can you guys keep it down over here? All this loudness isn't very good for my soul or any of the rest of us!" A loud voice came virtually sprinting towards them. This individual was dressed In a knight's armor suit, which was a bronze tint. It came complete with a large plated sword that hung loosely from his side, it seeming too big for the suit of armor itself. The only part missing from his suit were the boots, we he wore nothing more than a yellow pair of socks instead of the boots, that would have completed the roleplay-like uniform. He slowly removed the helmet to reveal golden locks of hair accompanied by a handsome face and sparkling blue eyes. His skin was a light shade of yellow, which blended surprisingly well with his eyes. "As the "Ultimate Knight", it is my duty to protect every living soul, even from stupid things such as high voice levels!" He said in his 'heroically' loud voice, causing everyone else on the room's ears to quake. "Hey quiet yourself." The raspy voice came very suddenly to Twilight, giving her a quick and unpleasant chill down her spine. Looking to her side, she saw a robed, tall woman approach with long black dreadlocks. Her eyes were a deep green, and were shaped like a snake's eyes. The long, purple robe with a large "K" on it covered her entire body, and was only distinguished by a gold metal shoulder plates, which were connected by an also gold linked chain. In her hand, she carried a silver flute with the reed end shaped like a King Cobra snake. "Rala doesn't like loud noise." "But snakes can't hear though!" The "Ultimate Knight" rebutted, pointing a single finger directly at her. "As you always claim. Everything has a soul. My snake's soul can hear noise." Almost as if on cue, a large King Cobra snake and a Water Moccasin snake both inched theirselves out of her coat and started to make their way around her neck, the Water Moccasin hissing silently at the armored male. "Oh, I'm sorry Twilight. My name is Da'Orige C'lomiete. But you can just call me Orige." She introduced herself, extending her hand in greeting, which had in that amount of time become wrapped by a King Snake, which silently stared at Twilight as she cautiously motioned for the other hand. "Do not worry. She does not bite." Orige assured her, as she nodded towards the snake. The cold blooded reptile began to wrap it's moist, slithery body around Twilight's hand and withdrawing backwards towards Orige's hand, as the two shook hands. "Twilight Sparkle, The "Ultimate Librarian." "The "Ultimate Snakecharmer." Orige responded, withdrawing her creeping snake as a figure began to approach in the background. Orige's King Cobra began to his loudly at the figure, much to the both of their surprise. "Lyra Heartstrings. Ultimate Harpist." The figure introduced. Her skin was a light green shade and her eyes were colored a cyan, her hair styled in a few bangs with a light green and white cotton-candy like mixture. "You got sent here too?" Twilight asked, noticing that she lived in the same neighborhood as her outside of this place. "Yeah, I didn't even think I was that good of a harpist." "Oh don't put yourself down like that." A short, brown skinned teen approached. His hair was low cut into a fade and his eyes shone a light red shade. "Pressure Point, the "Ultimate Surgeon." Twilight gave a small bow, getting tired of shaking hands. That looked like everyone in the room, besides the one she already knew: Pinkie and Fluttershy who she spent the rest of her time talking to about their current situation. Pinkie had been sent as the "Ultimate Party Planner" and Fluttershy as "The Ultimate Animal Caretaker". It was fitting. Before long, the group collectively started to walk towards the gym area, with Da'Orige leading the way with a map and her King Snake making sure no danger was lurking across any corner. Entering the cold gym some five minutes later, they noticed it had a large stage at the end. Being cautious of the stage, everyone gathered around it some yards away from it, looking up at it, expecting the bear or something of the sort to appear. [https://youtu.be/JlfyPWkDIHw] "IT'S MONOOOOOOOKUMA!" Yelled the same shrill voice from that morning, the bear from the television jumping upwards from behind a podium. "Monokuma?" Da'Orige asked, not phased at all by the fact that a teddy bear was talking to the collective group of strangers. "Yup! Monokuma!!! Your new Hopes Peak High School Principal!!!" He screeched with an unreal laugh. "P-P-P-PRINCIPAL?!!" Zinc McChloe cried as her face began to turn a light shade of blue. "Yup! Today marks your first day in your new lives!" "New...lives?" Fluttershy asked in her usual quiet voice. She sneezed a cute, quiet sneeze and was turning pale in color. "Yep! Don't worry though, I've had things sent to your rooms to accommodate your special talents! Such as you, Da'Orige! As you may have noticed, I have left snake food and care products in your dorm! You'll be here until the end of this semester. And the next semester. And the next semester. And the NEXT semester and then the semester after that. And the the semester following that, the semester inside of that semester, the new semester after that..." Monokuma took a small breath in, getting tired. "Huff...huff...you get the point. You'll be here for the rest of your lives, if you couldn't tell by the bolted Windows." WHAT?! A chill went down Twilight's spine as the collective scream by everyone present in the room. The time had seemed to get away from everyone in the room. It was night time, according to the clocks, further amplifying their fear. "Lies. I won't believe it. I, ZACCARIUS KNIGHT, will destroy you if you do not cease the lies!" The bold male in the knight's armor proudly proclaimed, valiantly beating his chest as if he was a warlord proclaiming an early victory. His armor shone brightly, as if on cue, giving him the perfect 'knight in shining armor' vibe. "Welllllll, that makes sense. There is a way though. Through excitement..." "Excitement?" Victor Excellence asked, raising an eyebrow and clenching his fists through folded arms. "Yup! The excitement of KILLING!" "Hmm that sounds ni...WHAAAAAAAA?!" Vagrant Blossom cried out as she flinched backward with a pale pink look on her face. It was as if all the blood had just left her face and begun flowing everywhere else but. "Yup! Just killing one of your fellow students, and you'll find your one way ticket outta here and back to your loving families! Poisoning, Stabbing, injection, asphyxiation, snapping the neck, blunt force, assisted suicide, I don't care!" "You can't be serious right now." Victor Excellence muttered, staring angrily at the disproportionate bear. "Serious as a murder! However, what would a deal be without a catch?" Monokuma said shaking his head. "A catch? What're we doin' signing contracts?" A voice came from the back of the gym, when a dark haired student with purple tips on each of his spiked hair bangs walked in. He was gray skinned, sporting a red vest with a blue tie underneath it, and black khaki pants. His eyes rang out a vibrant red color, and it seemed as if he was wearing a deep black eye shadow, as blackness seemed to virtually surround his eyes due to his skin color. He walked into the gymnasium holding a gray box-like contraption, it looking like nothing more than your everyday lighter. "Oooooh it seems our other special guests have finally decided to arrive! You know being late is strictly against school rules!" Monokuma cried to the back of the gym, making Nightmare drop his lighter and his jaw as well. "Is that a fuckin' bear?!" The new addition shouted, his eyebrows raising and his eyes shooting further open, as if he was trying to make sure he was seeing things right. "And you are?" Orige asked, not even phased by him or Monokuma. "Nightmare Moonlit. The "Ultimate Lawyer." He responded bending down to pick up the lighter, placing it back into his front vest pocket. He wiped his eyes as he tossed one of his bangs out of his face, slinging it backwards. He shook his head, secretly pinching himself to make sure he wasn't in some weird dream. "Now that we now have more of your fellow students joining us let's get roooooiiiiiiight into business!" "You and I both know damn well there are more of us." Nightmare announced at Monokuma, snapping his fingers as he did as if he was making a point. "Fine fine! We'll wait. I'd prefer everyone hear my whole little shing-dig anyways! You guys, do what----ever you want until then!" Everyone say and waited, conversing with each other as they did. Some people went to the bathroom, others came and sat in the gym, shivering from the fear. Suddenly, Twilight lost consciousness, along with everyone else in the room. A few hours after Monokuma called an unofficial break, that involved knocking everyone out, they awoke whiping their eyes with sleepy looks on their faces. Questioning Monokuma, he claimed he did nothing, however everyone was still suspicious. However, before any other questions could be asked another individual walked in, rubbing their eyes. It was a female with a pink blanket wrapped around her body, with teddy bear drawings scattered all across the cloth. She had long brown hair and a emerald tinted eye color. She wore an old, withered pair of jeans that looked as if they had gone through great distress before she had arrived, and small, tattered dress shoes. "Ahhhhhh! If it isn't Cinder?!" "......it is." Cinder answers, swiping her eyes free of tears. It was clear she must had just awoken from a deep slumber. "Just awoken eh, The "Ultimate Sleepwalker?" Monokuma asked gleefully, laughing as he fell to the podium. "............" Cinder whiped her eyes again and gave out a small sneeze, before walking up the the rest of the group and sitting down. "Well now, well now, well now, well now. There are still two other people missing, but we can just leave that for later! Continuing on from earlier! The awesome catch is...you won't be able to leave unless you don't get caught!" "Don't get caught in being the murder that is?" Fluttershy shyly opened her mouth for the first time that day. "And how exactly would we go about that?" "A class trial of course!" "Trail Eh? Sounds interesting." Nightmare said, flicking strands of hair from his face once again as he lit his lighter, looking through the fire as he did. "There's another catch but that can Wai--" "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!" "What the hell?" Nightmare asked aloud as Twilight ran up behind him. "That sounds familiar...Trixie? She's here too?" "Oooooh the "Ultimate Magician!" Monokuma commented, giggling his trademark disturbing giggle. "Sounds like it! You guys should probably go to check! Make sure nothing at all happened! Gee...I sure hope no one decided to kill anyone while you were all knocked out!" Twilight, with a pale look on her face sprinted outside, flanked by Nightmare, Cherry Blossom, and Da'Orige. "It couldn't be possible!" Nightmare shouted, looking around every corner for Trixie. Twilight flanked him before he looked into a classroom with a pale look on his face. "No....no way....!" Nightmare said, falling backward into Da'Orige's arms who looked into the room with the same expression. Twilight shakily approached the door, looking into it. [https://youtu.be/9hn3gBV-nYc] The entire crime scene seemed to fall into place one at a time, the desks each falling down before the desk containing a body was found. There, lying face down on a desk, Zinc McChloe, the "Ultimate Chemist", wearing the lab coat she kept tied around her waist no less, with vibrant pink blood leaking down from her face. The blood had begun to drop from the desk and create a disturbing pink puddle on the floor, which had somewhat dried. In her hands, she was holding two bottles of prescription medications.