I was looking through my stories, when I realized that I haven't had a new story in a while. This story idea has been floating around in my head for quite some time, so I just finally decided to go with it. Don't worry, I'm still doing the Strangetown Saga (because it's awesome and I would never abandon it), this is just a little extra something I've been working on. It stars one of my favorite sim families I created in the Sims 2 and some great family bin sims (mainly Ginger and Gavin Newson and David Ottomas), as well as some townies that are apparently in every game (Connor Barthelet, Jack Kim, & Gwen Bradshaw) and of course some premades from Desiderata Valley (Rick Contrary & Violet Jocque). Well I don't want to keep you guys any longer so on with the story!

Disclaimer: Ginger, Rick, Gavin, Violet, Connor, Jack, Gwen, David and anyone related to them do not belong to me. Everyone else does. Enjoy! : )

Uncharted by SClownZzZzZ

Introduction

Sixteen. It's supposed to be the time of your life, the beginning of your gigantic journey on this rapidly spinning blue and green sphere known as earth. That is, if you're anyone but me. My name is Ginger Newson, and my whole life has been one big tragedy. See, my parents died when I was little, five years old to be exact, I don't remember a lot about it, all I remember was that there was a lot of screaming and crying and the next day I found myself in an orphanage. I was there for about a year or so, until I was adopted by a nice lady named Gloria. Gloria was wonderful, she was the closest thing to a family I ever had. She helped me a lot through my troubled past, me and all five of my adopted siblings – Gavin, Gabriella, Gallagher, Garret and Georgia. But just when things were starting to look up for me, Gloria died as well, leaving me, Gavin and my four younger siblings alone to care for ourselves. Now, I find myself in high school, struggling to pass my classes while trying to fend for all of my little siblings. The only thing in life I have to look forward to is sleep. After I get my high school degree, I'll spend the rest of my life in a dead-end job, acting like a mother to my younger siblings. My older brother Gavin used to tell me to look forward to the future, but I don't even to look forward to the present. I want to believe everything that my adopted mother Gloria told me, that every person has a purpose on this world and that one person can make a difference, but I know that's not true. Even so, I took my brother's advice and signed up for this new student program at school called the Welcome Program. It's a program that pairs up old-time students like me with a new student at our school, so that I can help them fit in here or whatever. I figured, 'hey if I can't control my life, I might as well try to control someone elses.' If only I knew what I was signing up for at the time, I would've stopped myself from signing my name at the bottom of that piece of paper and bolted out the door. Still, part of me wanted to believe that this was a good idea. Maybe I would meet someone and they would be nice and want to be friends with me. One could only dream.

I still remember that morning. I packed my things and headed off towards the school to meet the person I was paired up with for the program. But little did I know that this one person was about to change everything…

.O.o.O.

Chapter One: The New Girl's a Crazy

.O.o.O.

Reego Abenhypher, a red haired green eyed forty year old sim is happily whistling as he walks over to his mailbox to check the mail in front of his family's green, red and white striped house. Next to him, a mob of angry neighbors begin to crowd around his mailbox. "Abenhypher!" the tallest, manliest neighbor shouts, "We need to discuss something with you!"

Reego gives his enraged neighbor one of his signature smiles, "Sure thing neighbor," he states, his teeth shining, "Now what is all this about? Did somebody forget your birthday again?"

"Can the joyful act Abenhypher!" a different neighbor shouts to the left of Reego, "There's nothing jolly about what your daughter is doing to our children!"

"YEAH!" the huge mob of neighbors shouts behind him in chorus; Reego turns to gaze at them, his hands out in a pit of confusion.

"Now I don't know what you're talking about," Reego begins.

"Yeah right," the tallest neighbor butts in, pointing at Reego accusingly, "As if you don't know about your daughter being a little player! Flirting with all of the neighborhood boys and breaking their hearts! Keep your daughter away from our sons!"

"Now I don't know if I can guarantee you that-"

"JUST DO IT!" the head of the mob shouts, as the crowd of neighbors begins to disperse around him, "Now come on guys, let's go yell at that lady who doesn't sort out her recyclables!"

"Yeah! That jerk!" someone in the crowd shouts as they make their way over to the next yard, leaving Reego once again alone in front of his house.

He shrugs, "Well, I'm glad that's over," he states before heading towards the front door. He opens the door and steps into his brightly colored house, dropping the mail on an end table on his way to the living room, "Allihya!" he calls out, "Allihya, where are you?"

"I'm over here dad!" a skinny mid-height girl with straight shoulder length black hair and blue eyes wearing a black and silver checked tank top and pink cargo pants answers from the couch, as she continues to paint her toe nails with pink nailpolish on the coffee table, "What's up?"

"Allihya, I was approached by the neighbors again," Reego states, taking a seat next to his daughter, "They said you were 'pimpin' it up' with their sons again today, is this true?"

"That depends, define 'pimpin' it up'?" Allihya asks, not taking her eyes off of her delicate toenail painting.

Reego groans, "Well it looks like we're just going to have to move again, or you could learn to stop flirting with every guy in the neighborhood."

Allihya looks up from her nail painting and begins to think carefully, "Hmm…"

.O.o.O.

"I can't believe we're moving to Desiderata Valley!" Allihya's little brother Abben shouts happily from out of the backseat window of the multi-colored car. "This is going to be so much fun!"

"I know! Think of all the new people we're going to meet and all of the new friends we're going to make! Our new house looks a whole lot nicer too!" Allihya exclaims next to him.

"Look Allihya, there's the high school you'll be going to," Allihya's mother, Jamyn states from the passenger's seat.

Allihya smiles as she gazes out at the elegant looking green-roofed building that is passing by her car window, "Wow, it sure is beautiful. I can't wait to go there and flirt with all those guys!"

"Allihya," Reego says warningly, "Remember that talk we had about flirting with everyone in the neighborhood?"

"Talk? What talk?" Allihya asks, "You just asked me if I was 'pimpin' it up' before we decided to move."

"Oh right," Reego says from the driver's seat, "Just promise me you'll be good and not cause any more angry mobs."

Allihya slouches back in her seat, her arms crossed; she sighs, "Fine dad, I'll be good and not cause any angry mobs," thinks for a second, "Well, any big ones with pitchforks and chanting people that carry fire and torch your house in a pile of burning flames."

"And that's good enough for me," her dad answers.

.O.o.O.

That morning I came to the school office early to get assigned my new student for the Welcome program. Oh what a joy that was…

"Ah Ginger, there you are," a middle-aged balding sim states as he makes his way out from behind the front desk and over to a sixteen year old, black short-haired girl that is wearing her classic blue and yellow patterned tank top with a jean skirt, "I was wondering when I would be able to give you your assignment."

"Yeah, well here I am," Ginger states, throwing her hands out like she couldn't care less, "So, who's my new student?" she asks.

The principal picks up a manila folder from the desk next to him and begins to flip through it, "Ginger, you'll be paired with Allihya Abenhypher. She's a junior about your age," the principal states flipping back to the top page of the folder to show Ginger her picture; Ginger nods at the sight of it, "Just show her around the school and give her some helpful advice," he continues, before lowering his voice to a whisper, "But be careful, she's a bit of an oddball."

Ginger sighs as she takes Allihya's folder from the principal, "I think I can handle it," she answers.

"Of course you can," the principal states, as he looks up at the clock mounted on the wall next to them, "Well you better get going, you don't want to be late to meet your new friend."

Ginger rolls her eyes at the thought of that student actually becoming her friend, "Yeah, right."

Ginger walks out of the principal's office and heads toward the cafeteria, the sound of hundreds of chatting students already filling her ears, making it harder and harder to think. She glances around the room, "Hmm, now which one of these little twerps is Allihya?"

A black haired smiling girl wearing a black and silver checked tank top and pink cargo pants bounces in front of her; she holds out her hand and waves, "Hi, I'm Allihya. Allihya Abenhypher. You must be Ginger!"

"Well that was easy," Ginger says to herself, before putting her clipboard away in her backpack, "Yep, I'm Ginger alright. And this is your first day here," Ginger says, completely aware that she is stating the obvious, "Why don't I show you around the school?"

"Okay," Allihya says excitedly, "But first you have to tell me what your favorite cheese is."

"Favorite cheese?" Ginger asks, giving Allihya a look of confusion, "Who are you, Kea Kalson?"

Allihya shakes her hand, "No, I'm just trying to get to know you better. You know, it's like an ice breaker."

"You don't need to get to know me, I just need to get to know you," Ginger states as she zips up her backpack and swings it over her shoulder.

Allihya scrunches her eyebrows, "Now what kind of strange logic is that?"

"It's part of the program, now let me show you the cafeteria," Ginger states leading Allihya into the crowd of madness, "This is the cafeteria, the main meeting place where everyone likes to hang out before school, it's also used for eating lunch during the day and some school assemblies."

"Wow, this is neat," Allihya states, her eyes shining as she gazes up at the beautiful mosaic tiled ceiling, "I love it! Let's go and meet some people!" Allihya exclaims as she makes her way over to the left side of the cafeteria.

"No, no, no!" Ginger exclaims, grabbing Allihya by the shoulder and turning her around to face her, "Allihya, what are you doing? You can't just go over and sit with anyone! Let me tell you how the cafeteria works. The cool kids sit over there, the jocks sit there, followed by the normal kids, the preps and the nerds."

Allihya gives Ginger a look of confusion, before asking, "Well, where do you sit?"

Ginger sighs as she points all the way to the back of the cafeteria, "Way over there, with all of the other mismatched kids that don't belong."

Allihya raises her eyebrows before questioning, "Why?"

"Because that's just the way it is," Ginger answers, not wanting Allihya to know that she was considered a loser.

Allihya brings her hands out and turns back to Ginger, "Why do you settle for that? Why can't you just sit anywhere you want?"

"Because-" Ginger begins.

"Because you can't think of a good reason?" Allihya counters.

Ginger sighs and throws her hands up in the air, already having enough of this girl, "Why do you have to question things? Why can't you just accept things the way they are?"

Allihya smiles and looks at Ginger, an answer in her mind, "Because, the way things are isn't right. Have you ever stopped for a second and thought maybe things aren't perfect here and that it's the system that's messed up, not you?"

Ginger gives Allihya a strange gaze, a look of confusion now spread across her face, "I don't get it, first she's asking about cheese then she's trying to get all preachy and inspirational, who is this girl?" she asks herself; she sighs, trying her best to control her anger, "This is not the time to get all smart on me!" she shouts.

Allihya looks to Ginger, her smile giving off a strange and calming presence to the obnoxiously loud room around them, "Look, all I'm saying is, never settle for anything."

Ginger dazes off for a moment before turning back to look at her new student, "Alright, I'll give you that," she nods, "Now come on, there's still plenty more to show you." Ginger states leading Allihya down the hallway and towards the gym.

Ginger walks over to one of the windows and moves over, allowing Allihya to gaze into the room. "And this is our gymnasium," Ginger states while Allihya is gazing through the glass window, "Everyone is required to take two gym classes before they graduate. I take it you have gym on your schedule?" she asks.

Allihya nods, "Yep, it's my first class actually," she states, as she continues to glance around the gym, her eyes stop when she notices a boy with longish black hair wearing a black shirt and blue shorts sitting on the bleachers across the room, a brown haired girl with braids wearing orange sweats is sitting next to him. Allihya points to the boy, "Hey, who's that?" she asks Ginger.

Ginger looks into the window. She waves it off when she notices who Allihya is pointing at. "Oh, that's just Rick, he's Violet's boyfriend," she explains, pointing to the brown haired braided girl next to him before continuing on with her explanation, "Don't even bother talking to him, Violet has him on a tight leash and she'll rip your head off if you go as far as even look in his direction."

Ginger backs away from the window, allowing Allihya to take her place back in front of it. She smirks as she continues watching Rick from the bleachers. "That's okay, I like a challenge," she states as she watches Rick finish tying his shoes; Ginger shrugs.

"Well, okay, but don't say I didn't warn you," Ginger says over the ring of the five minute bell; she looks up at the clock, "Now come on, you don't want to be late for your first class," Ginger states, opening the door to the gymnasium to let Allihya into the room. I'll meet you back here after first period is over.

"Uh-huh," Allihya aimlessly nods, not taking her eyes off of Rick.

Ginger groans in irritation, "Allihya, are you even paying attention to a word I'm saying?"

"Uh-huh," Allihya nods once more.

"If you need any help just ask Gwen! Well, I'll see you in an hour!" Ginger says as she exits out of the gymnasium door and over to her first class.

"Uh-huh," Allihya answers as a brown haired girl wearing black sweats and a matching hat walks over to her.

"Hey, are you Allihya?" the girl asks.

"Uh-huh," Allihya dronelessly answers; she turns to look at the smiling girl next to her, shaking herself awake, "Oh! I mean yes! I'm Allihya, Allihya Abenhypher and you are?"

"Gwen," the girl answers, "Gwen Bradshaw, I know your mentor," she states, "I hope you're excited, we start a new unit today in gym!"

"Ooh, what is it? I love sports!" Allihya exclaims.

Gwen holds up a white ball, "Dodgeball."

"Sweet!" Allihya shouts, taking the white sphere from Gwen.

"Oh Gwen my love!" David Ottomas calls out at he makes his way across the room, "Where are you my darling?"

"Crap! It's David! I-I-I gotta go!" Gwen states; tossing the second dodgeball to Allihya before racing to the other side of the gymnasium to find someplace to hide.

Allihya scrunches her eyebrows, "Huh, I wonder what that was all about."

"Gather around children!" a weird teacher looking thing shouts from the center of the room. All of the teenagers race over and sit on the giant blue mat in front of her. The teacher stops when she notices Allihya awkwardly standing there, unsure of what to do. The gym teacher walks over to Allihya and places an arm around her, "Class, I'd like to introduce you to our new student," she lowers her voice to a whisper, "You are the new student right?" Allihya nods, "Good," she turns back to the class, "Everyone this is Allihya Abenhypher. She moved here from some neighborhood whose name I cannot pronounce."

Allihya holds up her finger to answer the teacher, "It's-"

"Gee that's great," the teacher interrupts her, "So, why don't you just take a seat anywhere?" Allihya nods as she takes a seat down next to a nice looking boy with short black hair.

The boy smiles, "Hi, I'm Jack," he whispers to her.

Allihya nods, "I'm Allihya, nice to meet you."

"Now class, as you all know, today we'll be starting our unit on dodgeball. That being said I need captains for our first game, come on, who will it be?" the teacher asks the crowd of teenagers. Allihya watches as Rick stands up and raises his head.

"I'll do it," he volunteers, walking towards the front of the crowd.

"Well if Rick is being captain, I'll be one too," Violet states, walking up behind him.

"Typical," Jack says next to Allihya.

Allihya turns to him, "What?" she mouths.

Jack lowers his voice to a whisper, "Violet is the best female athlete in the whole school. Almost every single award goes to her, that's why she loves being a captain every chance she gets."

"Wow," Allihya states, looking up at Violet who is standing next to the teacher with her hands on her hips, "She must be really tough. No matter," Allihya thinks as she gazes up at Rick, "I'm still going to beat her at her own game."

"So Rick and Violet are our captains," the gym teacher tells the crowd of students sitting in front of her; she turns to them, "Rick, since you volunteered first, you get first pick for players."

"Alright," Rick nods, "Hmm…" Rick gazes through the crowd, his eyes come across the good-looking long black haired girl who is sitting next to Jack daydreaming. "I pick Allihya," he states.

"What?" Violet says.

"Did he just say my name?" an astonished Allihya asks the boy next to her; Jack nods, "Yeah, that's what I thought."

"Well, I guess the new girl got picked first, good for you," the teacher states as she motions Allihya over to where Rick is standing, "Alright Violet, your pick."

Allihya smiles as she passes by Rick, "Thanks for picking me," she states with a flirty tint in her eyes, "You won't regret it."

"You sure?" Rick replies smirking as he plays along, "Cause I'm starting to regret it a little now."

Allihya laughs, "Keep it up boy," she says as she takes her position behind him, completely unaware of the enraged look that Violet is giving her.

Violet clutches her fists, "That newbie is going down."