MT. EMERALD

Ch.1: Miles? Kilometers? CONSCIENCES?

CtC: HUZZAH! I GOT IT DONE! FIFTY REPEATS OF UNDERCLASS HERO, TWO CANS OF COKE AND AN APPLE TO GET ME HERE!

CtC's Conscience: Took you long enough…

Wait, what. A CONSCIENCE?

Yeah, that's right. I'm your conscience. Don't like, don't think.

… How exactly did you get here?

You wrote me in.

… Man, I gotta start thinking more before I write…

You need to start thinking more period. Anyways, I'm stuck here, free to annoy you to no end. Oh, and to eat this delicious pumpkin pie. OM NOM NOM.

CURSE YOU TEMPTATION! Well, I… Wait a sec! (gets evil look on face)

Uh oh, that doesn't look good… (backs away, still holding pie)

Ahem… I don't own anything, except Jay, Charge, Aqua, Mt. Emerald and the plot. The original idea of these little segments is not mine, I'll post whom next chapter. Everything else belongs to someone else; I'm too lazy to list it here. (Runs off after conscience)

~~CtC~~

"Well, looks like we're nearly there…"

"About time. My IPod charge was running low."

"Ahem."

"Oh yeah, forgot we have a free power source here with us."

"Grr… keep on talking and you'll be the first to start paying!"

Neo banged his head against the steering wheel in frustration, "WILL YOU FOUR JUST SHUT UP?"

Jester, Jay, Charge and Seth all looked up at the neon-red hedgehog currently fuming at the front of the motorhome, before turning, looking at each other, then getting back to whatever they were doing before the outburst.

Jay promptly went back to annihilating Jester at Ace Combat Zero, taking vengeance for his humiliation at CoD earlier.

Seth went back to listening to Animal I Have Become and air drumming along.

And Charge, of course, took time to listen to his timeless theme, Underclass Hero… while draped upside-down over a chair, eyes closed, smiling slightly.

Neo sighed, turning to look at his navigator, "Are Jay and Charge always like this?"

Aqua put down her map for a second and rolled her sky-blue eyes, "Like you wouldn't believe. Although, I'm surprised this time it didn't end in a fistfight."

Neo laughed, "Now that would be something. Any idea where we are?"

Aqua smirked and looked at the map, "Well, we just passed Ice Palace Zone, so we're about 5 kilometers away."

Neo looked confused, "… Non-metric measurement please."

Aqua snorted, "3 miles. You should consider getting a conversion course on the two."

"Hmph." Neo's reply was short.

Another minute passed, when all of a sudden, Aqua jumped slightly in her seat, pointing excitedly, "There it is! Mt. Emerald!"

The backseat passengers, hearing this, crowded around the right window to be greeted by the awesome site of the mountain. True to its name, the mountain was a dark green like a gemstone; it's montage of colour coming from the massive coniferous forests along its slopes. However, small white lines/ski slopes ran throughout the mountain like cracks through glass, and yellow lights glowed and twinkled at the bottom.

"Awesome." breathed Jester, his eyes growing huge.

"Totally." agreed Jay, "Now where did I put my snowboard…"

"Oh no you don't!" came the reply from up front, as Aqua stuck her head around wearing an annoyed expression, "We're unpacking and getting everyone else here first, and anyways, it's 8:00 at night! You really want to go out now?"

All four backseaters (plus Neo!) took one look at each other, before declaring unanimously, "HECK YEAH!"

Aqua sighed, rolled her eyes again and slumped down in her seat with her arms crossed, muttering, "Boys."

Neo pulled the motorhome up in front of the towering chalet, and leaned over to talk to Jay, "Ferns #13, right?"

Jay checked through a pile of paperwork that randomly appeared in front of him, "Bang on. This one's ours!"

The engine was switched off, the door opened and six OC's filed out to gaze at the gorgeous mansion in front of them. Four stories tall, as long and wide as a football field, a glass-fronted wall facing the ski hill, real pine beams built in and a sloped roof.

Aqua suddenly shivered, "Sure is cold round here."

"Here. " Charge handed her his coat, and she snuggled up in it. It seemed to be a peaceful, quiet scene.

It was, of course, until Jester and Jay immediately and unanimously yelled, "AUTHORREPS GET TOP FLOOR!"

"NO FAIR!" Seth and Charge yelled in response, and Aqua facepalmed.

Neo shrugged and closed his eyes, "'Long as I get the floor that isn't going to collapse into a black hole that'll send me to a universe where Sonic is a rock star and has a kleptomaniac brother and bossy sister, I'm good."

Jay sweatdropped, but before he could reply, a black SUV pulled up, and out jumped Celeste, Melissa and Marcus.

Seth waved, "Hey! You guys made it!"

Celeste beamed, "Darn right! This is going to be great!"

Neo looked around, "Don't know about you guys, but I'm getting inside before my tail freezes off."

"Same here." agreed Jester, "Except on the tail freezing part."

However, as soon as they began unloading, yet another vehicle showed up, this one a silver van. Out jumped Storm, Shade, April and Marina.

"Hey!" Jay was so busy waving; he didn't notice the pile of luggage that was being pushed towards him by Charge. That was, he didn't notice it until it fell on top of him.

This, naturally, caused everyone to burst out laughing, and for Jay to get peeved. Throwing the luggage off him, he rapidly sculpted a snowball, and, with speeds rivaling Sonic's, threw a blazing fastball that smoked Charge straight in the nose.

Charge wiped off the snow to reveal a stony look, "Oh, it's on."

Cue epic snowball fight, using obvious violations of the Geneva Accords, including firing upon civilians (Jay hitting Storm by accident, managed to avoid lightning blast), use of human shields (Charge grabbed Neo and used him to deflect an oncoming snowball blast, did not avoid Chaos Blast) and weapons of mass destruction (Aqua and Marina using snowstorm attacks upon the whole group).

Just as it seemed the dust (snow?) was finally settling, a new barrage joined in the fray, provided by Bekah, Shriek and Illivat. Soon, once again, a barrage of snowy furry fury began, only to die down when all of a sudden, all the snowballs fell to then ground, and Jay walked out from behind a snow fort, waving a white flag.

"Hold it!" he yelled, the turned rapidly and swatted away a snowball that was directed towards his head, "I SAID HOLD FIRE!"

Shade paled considerably and dropped the next snowball he was holding.

"Thanks you." Jay turned to the group, "Listen up everybody, if you want to get a good room, I suggest you get your sorry rears into the house. No boarding or skiing until tomorrow. Oh, and AR's get top, no objections or you'll be sleeping in the camper."

Jester, Celeste and April whooped and high-fived, while everyone else groaned and began unloading.

~~CTC~~

Seth sighed, and collapsed on his bed, "Finally done unpacking."

Shade looked over the manga he was reading, "Took you long enough. What was with those white suits you had?"

Seth smirked, "Wouldn't you like to know."

Shade raised an eyebrow and went back to reading. However, a VERY loud chorus of Anthem Pt. 2 interrupted whatever peace he had found in his book. Glancing with an annoyed expression at the wall beside him, he asked Seth without looking at him, "Whose room are we beside again?"

Seth looked up from his PSP, "I think Charge's. My guess, that green sparkhead has his Blink-182 turned up to eleven again."

Suddenly, through the wall, the two boys could hear the muffled yells of Bekah, Storm, Melissa and Aqua, then the screams from Charge. The music suddenly dropped in volume considerably.

Shade half-grinned and went back to reading, "Never mind, the girls took care of it."

~~CtC~~

Jay lay on his bed on the top floor, the moonlight shining in through the huge slanted skylight. His foot tapped lightly to the beat of Billionaire, his head was resting on his mattress, and he had a small smile on. Not even the loud shrieks from his author counterpart could damage the aura of bliss and contentment.

But, of course, his fellow co-AuthorReps could.

Jester, Celeste and April bursting through the door, excited and out of breath interrupted his peaceful song.

Jay snapped up and of course, feared the worst, "Who broke what and caused who to fall into a black hole?"

"Wha?" April looked confused, but shook it off, "Anyways, you said that there was a hot tub here, right?"

Jay gave her a quizzical look, "Uh, I think so… Why, did it come with an optional time-travel package?"

Celeste looked like she was ready to burst with excitement, "No, but you were wrong about the size!"

"Too small?"

"No, it's big, it's like a heated pool."

"Okay." Jay took a sip of water from a glass.

"It has a huge waterslide, AND a diving board." Jester finished

FWISH!

All that remained of Jay was a dust cloud, a pile of neatly folded clothes and a now-dry glass of water. Soon, there was a Tarzan yell and a loud splash, then a cry of, "Man, the water is AWESOME!"

Jester, Celeste and April sweatdropped excessively, "Guess he's a little excited…" muttered Jester, before the three ran off to begin the pool party.

~CtC~

AAAAAAANNNNNDDDD… I'M DONE, PEOPLES! I just realized, they're probably up past 11:00 by now, BUT WHO CARES? I LOVE PULLING ALL-NIGHTERS!

(Tied and gagged) MMFF!

(evil grin and swings around electric cattle prod) Here's a diagram for you people who want to know who's where and with whom (THEY ARE IN SEPARATE BEDS, NO YAOI/YURI HERE! AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A LIST!):

Top Floor: Jester/Jay, Celeste/April

Third Floor: Aqua/Melissa, Bekah/Shriek, Storm/Marina/Illivat (three-bed room)

Second Floor: Seth/Shade, Marcus/Neo, Charge/No one (private room, possible later inclusion)

Bottom floor: No one, living area, kitchen.

Hope you like, and all that. R&R, and don't forget…

PM FOR ADDITIONAL OC'S! WE DO NOT ACCEPT REVIEWS WITH THEM!

Wait, how…

You wrote it, you figure it out.

Uh… okay. Let's see, my mind controls my fingers…

WHILE WE WAIT FOR EL LOCO OVER HERE TO FINISH, HERE'S A TIMBIT© FROM Ch. 2 (Mmm… Timbits©….:

Shriek banged his head against his desk in frustration, "UGH! THIS IS SO HARD, I HATE MATH!"

Just as he was about to tear up his homework and possibly go on a killing rampage, Jay walked in, headphones around his neck, hands in pockets, "'Sup, little dude?"

Shriek looked over, his eyes brimming filling with unshed tears and sniffled, "I've got stupid math homework when I could be out there playing with Mom, Marcus, Shade and everybody!"

"Aw…" Jay was not immune to the mesmerizing effects of the cuteness factor, as he ruffled Shrieks head quills, and leaned over his shoulder, "Let's see what you've got, maybe I can help."

Shriek looked up hopefully, "Really?"

Jay smirked and grabbed a pencil, "What, you think I got a 98% in math through bribes? Let's see… 60÷6, oh boy, that's a toughie. Let's see, you'll need to subtract by negatives and use imaginary numbers…"

"Imaginary numbers?"

Jay scratched his nose and looked to the left a bit, "Yeah, like eleventy and three squillion. Let's see, divide this by that…"

Pencil scribbled over paper, "Add this, remove that, fractionize this…"

Lots of pencil scribbling. "… And hey bada boom, bada bing! You've got your answer, Shriek!"

The young black hedgehog looked bemusedly at the now-full page, containing unreadable equations, and the circled answer, "You did all that just to get 10?"

"Don't doubt the Jay-C method, my young padawan." Jay slipped on his headphones, and flashed a peace sign, as he exited, "Jay is outta here!"

Shriek took another look at the page, before deciding that maybe his math teacher might actually be worth listening to every once in a while.

I really think Jay needs to pay attention in class, and to keep his money under wraps…

AHA! I've got it! You're a part of my mind, so-

Can it, blondie! Let's just end the chap-WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT CRICKET BAT?

BWAHAHA! FEEL THE WRATH OF MY LEATHER-SPHERE HITTING THING!

(Also, eleventy squillion cyber cookies to anyone who can figure out what comic series that Math joke came from! Oh, and Tim Horton's owns the infamous Timbit©. I LOVE THOSE LITTLE FRIED BITS OF DOUGH!)

Praying to God I didn't forget anyone…

~CTC~