DaganX-ing Prologue Meeting Despair's Residents

??? Pov

Hopes Peak Academy, a school funded by the government that was built for one reason only. To build hope in the nation’s future. To do this, the school had picked high school students that are the very best at what they do. They are the Ultimates, the next generation of prodigys to build hope in the nation. There are many Ultimates, like the Ultimate Painter, who they say has many paintings hanging in Museums, and the Ultimate Director, who already won many awards for her opening film, which she made in her garage. There is also the Ultimate Boxer, Ultimate Florist, Ultimate Clown etc. They say if you graduate from HPA, you are guaranteed success for the rest of your days. Many try to enter, but many fail. So……why is someone as normal as me standing in front of the gates of this amazing academy?

So I guess I should introduce myself, I’m Bangle, Bangle Epithet. To be honest, I’m just a normal high school tigress.  Yes Im  an animal in case you humans didn't comprehend…. I go to a normal public school, I watch cheesy romance dramas and I like to play soccer. See, just a normal tigress. Yet still, here I am, accepted to Hopes Peak because of some lottery. I’m literally just accepted in to this school because of dumb luck. Well, I guess the Ultimate Lucky Student is the most appropriate title you could give me. When I first got that acceptance letter, I thought it was some sort of prank, but here I am, standing outside the school, ready to start my new life. But…..a part of me is afraid, afraid of what the other Ultimate’s will think of me. Will they hate me or accept me?

“Oh well, the only way to find out is just to enter the school, right?” I proclaimed to myself so I gathered my courage, stiffened out my tail and en-ente-entnhodu-2bdhubdu-h2dbud2h-bhdoch


Bangles POV

“…………………….Huh?” I muttered myself as I slowly came to be. “Wha-Where am I?

When I got my head out of the clouds, I took in my surroundings. I noticed that there were bench like seats everywhere but no one in them.  There was a door with a sealed window. The other windows that were right next to the other sets of seats seemed to be passing by trees, mountains and sea. Then it hit me, I was on a train.

“W-h-hat the?” I exclaimed, “What’s going on, Why am I on a train?

However, nothing in the form of an answer came, to me. With nowhere to go, I went straight for the door.  I twisted the doorknob, and on the other side of that door…. was 4 more animals. They were all looking my way, looking confused, but also relived. As I was standing on the opposite end of the car, I felt a strong aura from each of them. “This must be them,” I thought, “the Ultimates.

“Oh” announced an antelope in a calm tone. “Looks like we found another one.” The antelope was dressed in this tacky brown outfit, with green stripes all around it. Oddly, it seemed to fit with the antelope’s white and orange colored fur, and his blue snout. His tail was tucked in, so I could see it that well.

“Hey, welcome to the party,” proclaimed an unicorn. “Well, if I knew what was going on, I’d fill you in, buuuuuuuuuut,” the unicorn then sheepishly put his hoof behind his back. While he did that, I noticed his long blue mane and his pinkish mascara. He also had a blue suit on, with a tie that had what looked to be stars on it.  His tail also was, what else, blue, with it constantly brushing the air as he moved.

“T-h-en again, i-f you have an-ny other thing to tell us, w-we would gladly accept it.”  A young duck stuttered. The first thing I noticed about the duck was the enormous red spots on her cheeks, with her brown face doing nothing to cover it up. The duck was dressed in a yellow jacket, with a red tie on the top of it. Her skirt matched the jacket. She was also hiding behind the others, with her wings behind her back.

“Oh hush you three,” announced an ostrich. The ostrich gave off a graceful sense, with her head almost all white expect from the red dome on her top, and her gray cheeks and wings. She also seemed to have a green skirt with a top that just screams “artsy.” We haven’t even asked her name yet, we have no right to ask her all these questions.”

“O-oh, Uh I am Bangle Epithet, the Ultimate Lucky Student.” I found myself saying, also, for a second; I felt a bit of heat build up on my face.

The unicorn whistled, “So you are a student of Hope’s Peak. Anyways, its my turn to introduce myself. I’m Julian, Julian Cait the Ultimate Astronomer.

Julian Cait Ultimate Astronomer

“Julian Cait, he was the guy who charted out many new star maps, and even discovered a new star, further expanding knowledge of space than ever before. All at the age of 16!” I thought to myself, recalling some information about him that I saw on an online chat forum. Here he was standing in front of me, but to be honest, this is NOT what I was expecting.

Oh, did you think I was super uptight or something? I heard Julian say, which snapped me out my thoughts. Wait, how did he know what I was thinking?! “Oh, you were mouthing your thoughts, but don’t worry, I get that a lot.” The unicorn proclaimed care freely. As I looked at him, I thought, “Well, every group needs one of him.”

I then drifted over to the ostrich, who seemed to be pondering something. Her eyes drifted over to me, and she gave me a sly smile. “Ah, hello Bangle. My name is Chitose Gozu, the Ultimate Painter, I look forward to seeing your passions for life.

Chitose Gozu Ultimate Painter

“Chitose Gozu, an immigrant from Aves whose Artwork was proclaimed so beautiful that she was called a prodigy of our time. She has paintings hanging in Museums all over the world, from Aves to Mammalia," I recalled. Her style, her beauty, there is no mistaking that she is the Ultimate Painter.

“Hmmmmmmmmm, I sense potential in you.” Those words snapped me out of my thoughts. “You may be ordinary, bland and tasteless, but those qualities mean that the passion deep inside you is bigger than someone like me.” Chitose spoke with no hesitation. Wait…..was that an insult or a compliment? I can’t tell.

“Uh, thanks?” I muttered quickly, and moved on from her, not sure what to think. While I was walking away I bumped into the antelope. “Oh, sorry bout that, didn’t see you there.” I quickly muttered.

“No matter, the name's Lopez Topanga, the Ultimate Debate Club Member.” he replied with utmost confidence.


Lopez Topanga Ultimate Debate Club Member

"Lopez Topanga, when he was only in Middle school he become captain of a failing debate and helped them win several competitions, preventing them from being disbanded. It is said that he has a high chance of being the prime minster of Mammalia." I remembered. Although, despite his behavior matching that, his clothes were a bit different.

Lopez then look at me with questioning eyes. "Are you forming a conclusion about me in your mind? Well, stop that, we have other things to worry about than our opinions of each other." He spat out. With that he turned his back to me, and began sliding his hooves across the seats, inspecting them carefully. "Jeez, what an ass." I thought to my self.

The duck slowly walk toward me, looking like she was just sent to the slaughterhouse house."U-h Hi," she stammered, "I-m M-o-olly Daylily, The Ultimate Florist.

Molly Daylily Ultimate Florist

"Molly Daylily, a young Florist that breeded a new breed of flowers, and discovered new ways to extend flower growth and expand there lifespan." I recalled. As I looked at the young duck, she seemed to be avoiding eye contact at all cost.

"I-I-I hope I made a good first impression," she whispered, "not that it matters, cause you'll forget I even exist by the end of today. Then the young duck just ran away, before I could even say another word. As she did, I thought to myself, "she is as frail as a flower too, it seems."

After I finished my introductions, Lopez came up to me and said "So, I assume you when you entered the schools campus, you begin to lose concussnuss, and when you regained that, you found yourself on this train."

"Uh, Yeah" I quickly replied. Lopez nodded his head, "So my theory was correct, you see, all of us experienced the same thing."

"Yeah , we barley walked three feet into the campus, and suddenly where all on a train" I heard Julian add.

"Hmmmmm, that's either an AWFULY large coincidence, or this was planed.." I muttered.

"Huh, are you saying this w-was a trap?" Molly stammered nervously.

"Well, that's the least of our worries, we should focus on finding our other classmates." Chitose said suddenly. Then it hit me, there should have been at least 15 or 16 new students at Hopes Peak, so where are the others?

"They must be somewhere on this train," I heard Lopez say, "After all, it would be, awfully strange if only 6 of the new students of Hopes Peak to be on this train."

I opened my mouth to respond, but then I realized it did make a lot of sense. "So I guess we need to fin the our other classmates." I quickly said. With a collective nod, we all set off to the next train car.

Little did we know, that our less than ordinary lives where about to begin, lives of despair.