Narrator POV

Why? Why are the fates so against me? I wanted a main character but all I get is a boring side character with no sad background. Everything about her is plain boring from the facial features to the crush.

  I hate my life now and wish I did well in Narrating School...Oh, people are reading this right now, aren't they? Seeing the narrator complaining about her job. I guess I should start doing my job and stop whining about it.

Hello readers, sorry for my whining fest but you will see this more and more often while reading. I'm the narrator of this book to the "side character" called Jean Autumn Hathaway. With a name like that, I thought that I will be dealing with a cool character but I was wrong.

Jean Hathaway (I prefer to call her that) is your average 17-year-old girl obsessed with crochet and anime (For some reason, I'm also obsessed with crochet and anime. Don't know why.) She lives in a town called Mystic Falls  located in Oklahoma (Not the one in the show Originals)

She goes to the expensively fancy Berkeley Hills High, well known for its seriousness, good grades, and weird positioning of the badge on the uniform. It's the top best Day and Boarding school in Oklahoma state; located at Mystic Falls 5 miles from Jean's home.

But there is one thing I don't like about Jean: her terrible sleeping habits. This girl sleeps like a mama bear hibernating through the winter. Even with the school's tough rules on early coming, she still sleeps a lot. People warned her that those habits will one day catch up to her but she didn't take it seriously and today is the day that karma finally beat her on the butt.

But before we swap to the Side character's POV, there are a few things you should know;

I won't narrate the whole story, the side character will. I'll only narrate when;

a) When the story gets interesting (It never will)

b) When the side character loses consciousness (I wonder how)

c) Bad guy's POV (Why would anyone hate her?)

But you will hear from me through the "Narrator Speaking" points mainly to violate her and her choices. Now that it has been cleared, let's jump into the Side character's POV. Happy reading!

Jean's POV

I wake u-

  Oh hell nah! You can't just start a novel with a pitiful phrase like "I wake up...". That phrase is so common that even first-time 5-year-old young readers know it by heart. Using this phrase is a recipe for a boring novel. As much as I dislike being Side Character's narrator, I don't want this novel to be an instant flop. So I'll change whatever Side Character was going to say for the sake of the readers. Give me a sec...

The birds' loud chirps from my bedroom window awoke me from my slumber. Normally I would be complaining but I just had the best sleep in months. Getting out of bed, I checked the time on my watch only to find out that it is 7:40 a.m.

"Bull shit!" I said. The time I had to get to school was less than 20 minutes. After 8:00 am, the gates of my school would close and I won't be allowed to enter. Man, I asked myself why did hear my alarm clock?

Narrator speaking

Because you threw it out the window yesterday, dumbass!

Knowing that I only had 20 minutes left, I rushed to the bathroom, bathed in four minutes, got out then tried to dress in my uniform in one minute which isn't easy 'cause it has a lot of pieces that include; a white shirt having the badge, A navy blue skirt with the badge on the side (I wonder why the other badge was put there), a black string bow tie, A dark grey jacket and a pair of white socks. I also put on my purple headband on my curly brown hair.

I picked up my bag and dashed to the dinner table to eat breakfast, which was cereal. I sighed, wishing it was something better.

Anyway, after eating cereal, I went straight to my car, ignited the engine, and drove straight to school with only 10 minutes left. Knowing that my school was a 15-minute drive. I drove as fast as Flash and almost got pulled over by the police, but I luckily managed to get to school on time before the gates closed.

Narrator speaking

Apart from almost being arrested by the police, she splashed muddy water on a particular lady who said a lot of curse words that weren't heard by side character who already drove away. Man, she is hopeless.

I think that today the gate warden was a little lenient with those who were late coming, possibly because he wasn't paid enough but I have no clue.

Once I entered the school premises, I parked my car in the nearest student parking spot. Thank God there was an extra parking spot available 'cause usually, it's always full due to the overwhelming number of cars owned by students.

I then walked straight to my classroom through the cafeteria and canteen, then...

Narrator speaking

Girl, no one wants to know what route you took to get to your classroom. So I've decided to skip forward to when you reach the classroom. For the readers, just remember that it's a prestigious school so imagine it as fancy as possible with every facility

imaginable.

There's a high chance that the side character will try to explain about the school and why has so many students. I'm not gonna let her do that because it will bore you, So it's better if I explain because It Is my job as the narrator to do so, not hers.

Berkeley Hills High has one of the biggest student populations in the country with 5000 students and an intake of 1000 applicants per year, despite the tough interviews and entrance exams.

It has 6 classes with 8 streams each (Red, Blue, Purple, Central, East, North, South, and West) Side character is in the chaotic West.

The Grade 9 West class (Jean's class) is rather weird, consisting of mainly blacks and coloureds known to be generally noise and troublemakers which, according to me, is very true. This class is also the most disrespectful towards certain teachers and I believe this might cost them in the future.

For the imagination of the classroom setting, it should be like this one below;

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After saying all that, we can continue the story.

Once I stored my books in the locker, I then entered my very noisy classroom. Fellow students were all over the place with some throwing paper airplanes, chatting with friends, reading books, and even writing weird stuff on the blackboard. I can't say that I did get used to the class at first when I moved here from Red 3 months back. But once you get to know them, they are very lovable. The reason I moved from my old class was because I wanted to learn what West had to offer which was home economics, much better than Red's elective, linguistics.

I move to take my seat in the front row, next to the class captain and my crush, Philip Trajan. I honestly never expected myself to have a crush on someone until I met him. At first, I was totally against sitting beside him when Ms. Forger, the class teacher, put my seat next to his. Possibly because I didn't like interacting with boys that much. But that was when I got to know a little bit more about him, like how he also enjoys watching anime and is an extraordinary artist. I also got to meet one of his friends named Jael. He has a brotherhood with Jael and I kinda like how they're able to relate so well with each other. Jael even considers me to be his nanny (in this case his grandmother) probably because his deceased grandmother was also called Jean and I looked a bit like her and my obsession with crochet.

"Good morning, Phil" I greeted him, waiting for him to respond. "Good morning," he said, glancing at me before taking out his sketchbook to draw. I felt happy inside with his response and glanced at him and his handsome features. His tallness (about 6ft), black slick hair, black eyes, and dark brown skin all make me wish to date him.

Narrator speaking

Now, readers, this is the part I have been waiting for. It's time to violate her crush. I have a lot to say about this guy but I will chip it down to three big violations. I will start with violation number one;

-He has pale dark brown skin. I mean he's so dark that you can't see him at night, like he will blend in the night. The worst part is that the side character is somehow dark herself. I worry about the future children they'll have if married because I'm pretty sure that they will be so dark to the point of Not seeing their faces.

-He is super average looking. in most books, the protagonist has a crush or falls in love with some hot/cute character with cool eyes or hair. But in this case, however, he's as average as side character. Sure, he's kind of cute with his dimples and he's tall, but that's all he has. He doesn't get any cool-looking hair or eyes, just some plain-boring black hair, and black eyes.

-He's kind of a narcissist. He thinks highly of himself as I've never heard him one day, greeting Jean, and even when he responded to her, he never really says back her name and usually you're supposed to do that when you're greeting someone, according to me. Trust me, he's not the type to be dated.

Thank you for listening to my three violations of Side character's crush. I'll let you continue what she has to say.

Well, I was weirdly staring at my crush for 20 minutes, the biology teacher arrived. During that period, classmates were rushing to their seats and cleaning the blackboard of the weird things that were written. We particularly got to know of his arrival thanks to Alvan. He's our class lookout. His job is to tell us as the class which teachers are coming, which test we will do soon, and most importantly, when we will get our test results. But he isn't always accurate and some people hate it when he says that we'll do a test a few days from now. In the end, his info is very much valued by the class.

The teacher greeted us and started his lesson. It was a long boring 1 1/6 hours until he was done.

The next subject was the English language. During the lesson, Zoe had a squabble with Philip over using the word 'god'. "Philip, you cannot use the word God to mean yourself. it's very bad, unreligious, and disrespectful to God himself." Zoe stated, feeling very agitated. "Just because I said the word 'God', doesn't mean I'm God. I mean it to say that I am very good at art. I didn't mean to say that I am the reason that created art." Philip said, with a calm expression. The squabble went on for about 30 minutes. I had to intervene, siding with my crush. "As long as you're not actually meaning that you're God, it's OK to use the word generally speaking. For example, in the Bible, it was some people who were called Jesus and they were holy. In other words, Jesus is a normal name in Jewish culture. It's just that people don't want to go as far as naming it to their children because they respect it." I commented. The squabble got to be settled with Phil emerging as the winner.

The English lesson ended at 10:20 a.m. with the arrival of Break time. The 'achievers' ran out the minute the lesson ended. In my class, the achievers aren't those that excel or are good with studies. They are the trouble and noisemakers of the class. They include; Remmy, Ian, Staron, Erick, Brian, Joel, and Martin. The reason why they were called that was because they had achieved the ability to make noise and trouble. They're also the class pranksters notorious for pranking the teachers that they dislike.

As for me, I stayed in class to wait for my friend so that we could all go to the cafeteria.

"Girl, what's taking you so long? Are you coming or not cause if you're not coming I'm

not gonna wait for you." I said to Joy Ruth, Miriam, and Munirrah. "Come on girls, we only got 30 minutes and the walk from here to the cafeteria is like so gonna take time. You guys are taking so much time as if you're going to some wedding party. You ain't going nowhere 'cause you don't get no guys so hurry up." Aida added. "Didn't you guys know that girls take their time when they're going somewhere?" Miriam responded. Jowan sighed and said " Since you guys are all taking your time talking about how girls take their time, I'm just gonna leave you here. You go get your break and if you want something, tell me and I'll go buy it. At this point, I don't care anymore I'm out." Jowa walked out of the classroom once she said that and I decided with Aida to catch up and walk with her, leaving the others behind.

Aside from what was happening right now, I had a question that I kept asking myself. Weirdly, all the students in my class and the school have colour-tinted hair except for me and Philip. For example, Aida has Cyan-tinted hair, Jowan-yellow tinted hair, Mimi-white tinted hair, Muni-blue tinted hair, Joy Ruth-gold tinted hair and even Jael has tinted hair, which is red. I never really questioned why they have tinted hair probably because the school is totally fine with it and they told me that they were born with it. But what should I know, it's 2082 so it's as futuristic as it can get with cool hair, designs, and eye colour.

Narrator speaking

I'm back again, readers for reasons explaining why Jean Autumn Hathaway is a side character and not the main character which I believe to be her namesake, Aida Glen Autumn.

a) Main characters have cool hair colours like gold or magenta. Aida has cyan-tinted hair which, according to me is very cool, unlike side character's plain brown no-tint hair.

b) Main characters can control their emotions. In other words, they don't let their emotions get the best of them and know how to face stone-cold reality with ease. Aida has that quality built in her whereas Side character's emotions are uncontrollable.

c) Main have leadership skills. After studying Aida through side character, I realize that she has leadership potential due to noticing her dream of becoming the first female president of the USA but side character's dream is to be a crocheter and fashion designer, which I see as impossible in her case.

So in conclusion, I believe Ada to be the main character of this book. If I ever met the writer I'll probably ask her/him to let me narrate Aida's life instead of side character's life but then again the writer will be against the idea, so I guess I'm stuck with a character for the rest of her life. Let's continue with whatever Jean was saying.

After heading to the cafeteria and grabbing some snacks, we went back to class entering to the sound of people throwing fists at each other. "Keith, you piece of shit! I told you to ******* back off from Shakira because she's mine. Who told you that you had the right to touch her? You know she was my property to begin with and now why are you putting your grubby *** hands in her ***?" Adrian, our class councilor said, throwing a punch at Keith, his best friend who dodged the punch.

"Adrian, you can't blame me if your ***** likes me. I mean she keeps begging me to touch her nice tight ***. It's not my problem if your ***** is not interested in you." Replied Keith with a smirk on his face. "Don't you dare call Shakira a *****. She's the most beautiful thing on planet Earth." Adrian answered throwing a few more punches at Keith's torso.

I looked over to the girl they were fighting for and she was looking flustered after hearing what Adrian said. While Campbell was recording the entire fight like the twisted ***** she is.

The fight finally ended when Patrick came in and said, "My Homies, why are you fighting? I mean you are the only best friends I have and I wouldn't want you to defriend yourselves over some girl." He came in between the two friends and caught their fists. "Keith, go and apologize to Adrian. It wasn't exactly right of you to say that Shakira is a ***** to the guy. And Adrian no need for you to throw punches at your friend just because he touched your girl's ***. It was possibly an accident so forgive him, OK?" After that, the two friends made up, and everyone who is watching decided to go back to their seats and wait for the next lesson to start.

The next lesson was Geography, and the teacher came in with Joy Ruth helping her carry her things. Now I know where she was when we went to the cafeteria and didn't come. She's a really big fan of this teacher, possibly because she's the director of studies.

Jael decided to sit in the same row with me, Philip, and Zoe for this lesson. "So did you watch the latest episode of One Piece? It's funny how they are 3058 episodes and they are still going." Jael said during the lesson. Like Phil, Jael is a big fan of anime. "Man, it was so lit, but have you watched the latest episode of Attack on Titan? They're on the final season part 20 part five. I wonder whether it will end. Put that shit to rest already." Philip responded while snickering. " I hope it ends very soon, but the crazy fans we are, it possibly won't," I stated as I wrote the notes given by the teacher. Matthew interrupted the conversation saying, "Guys, can you please keep quiet? I want to listen to whatever the teacher is saying and I don't want you in trouble with Ms. Joyería." " And I hope you guys are coping the notes. I know you Jael and Philip do not copy the notes of the teachers." Hashim added, turning back to writing the notes. We then decided to keep quiet and write whatever the teacher said do the rest of the lesson.

The next lesson was Physical Education. The teacher arrived and said, "Good afternoon my dear students. Please get your tracksuits and head over to the gym." The class went over to get their tracksuits from their lockers. "Cinnamon roll, Ruth, you want to come with me to the gym?" I ask, hoping for a 'yes'. " Why of course we will. How can I say no to my nanny?" Ruth said while getting out her tracksuit from the locker. " Yes, I will" Cinnamon Roll responded in a cheerful tone. By the way, Cinnamon Roll isn't her real name. Her real name is Solomé Markos and is from Ethiopia. The reason why I nicknamed her Cinnamon Roll is that she's the sweetest girl in our class and is so kind, and friendly and everybody knows that cheerful side of her. She's never angry because she's always smiling and she kind of reminds me of some sweet anime character who was nicknamed "Pink Cheeks". Ruth is one of the rich girls and the class tomboy. For some reason, she's very much respected by the boys in the class because she plays football and is into ICT. Like Jael, she also calls me a nanny and sees me as her grandmother. She also has a 'mom' whose Edith and is cousins with Aaron and Jael. In other words, I have a weird 'family'.

" Say, do you guys mind if I tag along with you? Please don't say no 'cause I don't wanna be a ***** to you." Maria Campbell said, with a lipstick-covered smile. "You can come with us," Ruth replied in a sarcastic tone with a fake smile. Honestly, this ***** deserves how everyone is treating her. She may not notice it, but the whole class is against her. Even Cinnamon Roll is against her but we have to be nice because we don't want to cause her to commit suicide. Anyway, we all headed towards the gym.

On arriving at the gym, the teacher told us to warm up and get ready for the game of dodgeball. "OK, you guys are going to split into two teams, girls against boys. Whoever wins, will get extra points added to their final grade." The teacher stated, causing tension in the air. " Are you guys ready? You can now start." She added and blew the whistle. That's when the chaos started. The boys started aiming for the girls scared of the ball. And boy, were they targeting Leticia. She was running like a deer who lost her legs. It was so funny. At that point it was 'do or die' and everyone was fighting for themselves. The game ended in a draw with the teacher saying,  "Know what, I don't need to give you guys a match for points to your grade. Work it for yourselves." The class was so disappointed and agitated.

Once the lesson was over, the next bit was lunch, I was deciding either go for lunch or crochet in class but then went to one of my good friends, Cyrus to talk to. He's a nice guy, but he has eating issues that are of a pig. It's odd how his best friend is Alvan but I guess they're relatable since they're one of the smartest boys in our class.

We talked for the entire period about superheroes and why he eats like a pig. (I never got an answer to the second question) The next lesson was Home Economics. Today we were learning how to bake confectionery. "Class, you'll be put in groups of 4 and the task is to make a simple apple pie." Said the teacher. Today I decided to team up with Samuel, Ineza, and Joyce. "I hope I can do this because I'm not the best cook," Samuel said with some doubt. "Don't worry Samuel, at least the rest of us know how to cook. You will learn while we're baking." Ineza said in a hopeful tone. "We can do this!"Joyce answered while raising her fist in the air.

And yes, we did in the end. Our apple pie was super delicious and the teacher gave us a B+.

After home economics, the final activity was clubs. During that period till 4:30 pm, we all have to go to our respective clubs. My club is the Clothing and Textile Club where am the club president for the ninth graders. "President, it seems that the new members want to learn how to crochet but they are having issues with the first concept, could you help us teach them?" The Patron of the club asked. "I will gladly help, but I may need some help from members who've been here for a while because I can't teach all of them," I responded while grabbing my crochet hook kit to start. It took some time for the new members to understand but in the end, all the new members knew the basic steps of Crochet.

When it clocked at 4.35 PM, I disbanded the club for the day cause I wanted to come home early. I went straight to my car and see Ciara and Edith walking to the gate along the way. I assumed they were going home too. "Hey guys, do you want a lift home?" I said walking in their direction. "We do but we don't want to trouble you so we will walk home," Ciara answered and stopped walking. "Come on, Bestie. She's giving us a free lift. How can we say no?" Edith said, hoping to change Ciara's mind. "Fine, we'll go with you." I jumped for joy when Ciara said that. we then went together towards my car and entered it. I started the engine and drove out of the school premises. I then dropped Edith and Ciara off at their respective places. After all that, I drove back home.

Narrator speaking

I'm not going to let Side character tell you about her family and the drive back home. So I'll stop Chapter 1 at this point. To those who have read this far. You're free to drop this book if it's already boring. If you're going to continue this book, then I'll see you in Chapter 2. Goodbye, my beloved readers.

Writer's Note

Hello readers, thank you for reading Chapter 1 of MONSTERIZED. Sorry if the writing is crappy, as it is my first time writing a book but let me know in the comment section. I'll make sure to take in both praise and critics with respect.

It seems like Narrator has no idea what will happen in Chapter 2. I'm so gonna shock her with a surprising twist. That will get her to do her job properly. She gotta stop violating poor Jean because she is no different from her. And there's no way I'm going to grant her wish of becoming Aida's narrator. She'll just have to deal with Jean's life.

Chapter 2 will be out in 2 to 3 weeks from now until then, stay tuned.

P.S: This has 3890 words. Impressive, right?

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