Dot Ant's Story

The sun began to dawn and rise upon a new day in Walt Town. Some of the shops were beginning to open at dawn, and the birds arose out of their nests and singing a morning tune. It was another typical morning in this humble little town, where not so humble people lived. Some were loveable. And some were... not so loveable. But they managed to find a way to get along civilly...



Awoof! Arf! Ark!

The unmistakable feel of a slobbery tongue sliding across his cheek brought Basil out of his short slumber. He blinked his eyes open, coming face to face with his basset hound 'Toby'. He smiled a little before pushing him away, causing him to fall off of Basil's chest and onto the newspaper-skewered floor. "Honestly Toby, have some decency." Basil told his dog, slowly sitting upright and dragging a hand down his face. He had fallen asleep on his couch last night, having spent most of the evening at the library and then laying on his couch working out puzzles from newspapers until about 3am. He never really slept that much. He tended to find that sleep was a waste of time. Why waste time sleeping when he could spend his time working out more puzzles? "You're a smart boy, you don't need to slobber everywhere..." He glanced down to his dog, now rolling around on his back and swatting at his nose. He smiled slightly and then scratched the dopey dog's tummy before getting to his feet and getting dressed into his typical clothes.

This town had been slightly boring for Basil lately. There didn't seem to be any crimes, any mysteries... everyone seemed vaguely happy with what was going on in their lives more recently. No one was being threatened, no one was dying... No nothing. Having a police investigator for this town seemed positively pointless. However, it seemed like that was the only job Basil was good at. Basil attached a lead to Toby's collar and ruffled his ears slightly, tying his scarf around his neck and then walking out the door of his messy home. He walked down the sidewalk, taking a newspaper from a stand and tossing a couple of coins to the owner. He flicked through it and allowed Toby to decide where they went today. After all, it wasn't like he was in a rush to get anywhere. He just needed to walk.



Miss Bianca had been sat by her windowsill, watching the sun rise with a delighted smile. "It's so bootiful. I don't think I could have a better view." she commented, looking around the room and then smiling, before suddenly remembering she was still alone. Her smile faltered a little, before she turned back towards the window and looked at the rising sun. Her hair still sat neatly upon her shoulders, even when she had just rolled out of bed. She found that she was always captivated by the beautiful sights of the town. It was just something that'd always catch her attention. Miss Bianca dived off of her windowsill and then got ready to go outside, changing into a beautiful Purple dress and flat heeled sandals. She let her hair hang in gentle waves and then picked up a purple bag which carried money, a phone, and her makeup. After doing her makeup and spraying herself with perfume, she left her house, heading in the direction of the town centre.

Miss Bianca had always been one to leave her house early. She hoped to meet some of the townsfolk who worked this early in the morning. And if there wasn't, she'd tend to read a book whilst sitting on a bench. Well, she would prefer being able to talk with others, but if no one was around, she didn't mind reading either. Miss Bianca smiled as she walked into town, greeting people and then looking into the windows of some of the shops. She wondered if any of the younger residents of the town, such as Kathrine, Dot, Violet or Pinocchio would be around today. Usually they were in school, or in Kathrine's case, working on the farm. But it was a saturday. Surely they could have at least one day free...

Dot woke up to the sound of her mother's alarm clock. She rolled over and placed a pillow on her head, but it was no use her mother came in and shook her awake. "Dot. I don't want you to be late for school." Her mother disappeared out of the room since she was going to be late teaching at the elementary school. Once the door slammed shut Dot rolled out o bed and let out a huge yawn. She hauled herself over to the bathroom to shower and brush her teeth.

Once she did her bathroom necessities she went to go pick an outfit from her closet. She picked put a bright floral patterned shirt and bright blue jeans. She let her hair fall past her shoulders to her shoulder blades. She grabbed her backpack and a bag of blueberries and headed out the door.

She decided to walk alone, but she usually walks with Katherine, but not today.

Dot made it to school eventually before the late bell. She walked down the hall and waved at people and looked around for Katherine. She was her morning buddy so that's just how it works out. She stopped at her locker which was two halls down from Pinocchio and Kat's locker. Dot pulled out her sketch book and textbooks. She was top of all of her classes and pretty much took classes with Upperclass men even though she was an underclassmen.

She walked down the hall to see Pinocchio and Kat. She smiled as froendly as possible and fized her shirt as she did. "Hey Kat, Pinocchio." She leaned against the loker waiting for them to finish up. "Sorry about not walking with you Kat. I wanted to walk a longer way." Which was true she took the back way through town instead of cutting through it.

Pinocchio merely nodded to everything Kathrine was saying. He didn't say much, even though people around the school knew that he was one of the best liars and sweet talker to girls, but with Kathrine and Dot, well, he couldn't really be himself whenever he wanted. He was about to speak until Dot appeared, the girl with the amazing red hair. She was three years younger, but she and Kathrine were always together in the morning, and Pinocchio only ended up with them because of the placement of his locker. He slammed his locker shut and adjusted the strap of his bag that made him lean slightly to the side. He smiled towards Dot as Kathrine seemed to have rushed away without him being able to say goodbye. She ran away and he was left with the younger teen.

"Which way are you going? I'll walk you," Pinocchio politely said as he walked beside Dot, slightly towering over her. He avoided eye contact, waved around the other students who walked passed them towards class. The bell rang a few steps away. When they got to where her class was, he cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his neck as he mumbled, "Yeah, well, I'll see you later, Dot."
Pinocchio quickly walked away, he felt his cheek tint and warmed up as he made his way through the lines of students towards History class, where he slid in as the second-to-last student and took the usual seat by the window, next to another boy, his best friend behind him and the top girl in the class in front of him. He pulled out a notebook with scribbles on the front, a black pen that he clicked and just tossed to the side. His bag hung from the side of his chair as he leaned forward and saw the teacher enter. The boy looked out the window and hoped for lunch, even though class has just started.

Katherine rushed off and Dot got to walk to class with Pinocchio, the best liar in the whole school. He was 3 or so years older than her. She was the youngest teen, but it never bothered her. She didn't talk to thw people in the hall trying to get to class before the bell. The bell rang right before they got to her class which isn't unusual, but she would like to be on time once in her life. "Bye Pinocchio. See ya later." With that she walked into the middle of a lecture and took her usual seat in front.

She pulled out her note book and pencil to take lecture notes, but she ended up doodling. As the teacher was explaining the civil war, Dot was sketching so crazy invention she wanted to make. Her brother in law always made inventions and would send her some sometimes.

Throughout class Dot was making her crazy inventions. She kept sketching, editing, and erasing until she felt whatever it was was perfect. Very little notes were written on the notebooks. Most of the notes were where to get parts and how put them together. So far she had something that resembled a catepult. Only it wasn't. She never knew what her inventions were until she built it. The bell rang and she had to finish the last of the sketches.

She left the classroom, textbooks in habd and backpack on her back. She didn't see Kat so she made her way to her locker. She sat infront of it and spreaded her textbooks all over the floor. She started reading the historty text while doing the math homework in the Algebra textbook. Almost simultaneously she was thinking of new inventions.

She rarely did her work at home since she would be up all night talking to Atta. She had a free period next so she would spend that time working.

Dot finished her math homework and read most of the history book. She closed the textbooks amd made her way to the cafeteria. She was sketching and bumping into people. "Excuse me. Sorry." She kept repeating to people. She took a seat at a table and put the book on the table and was sketching intensely. She erased a few things, but it was finished. She needed to tell some one. She looked around and Kat was stil MIA. She saw Picnocchio with Violet. "Pinocchio! Violet!" He waved to them calling them over.

((Short post))

Katherin was a wreck in class. She was messing things up and not focusing and she barely got her work done. Somehow she managed to finish her assignments write down the homework and apologize I the teacher just in time for the bell. With a sigh of relife she grabbed her things in headed to the bathroom first. A girls gt to go when a girls go to go, right? She walked in and immediately walked back out when she saw the popular crew. "Always invading the bathrooms..." She muttered and rushed to her locker to put her things away. She looked around for a sign of Dot but she probably missed her when she went to the bathroom. She grabbe her packed lunch and heads for the lunch room. She scanned the room and spotted Dot scribbiling in her journal. She couldn't help but laugh because the things she made were cool and fun. She slide in the seat across from her an smiled at the journal. "Watcha makin' this time Dotty." She pulled out a apples from her much an big into it.

Pinocchio saw Dot waving as she sat at the cafeteria table, she looked very ecstatic about something that he couldn't help but smile at her smile. He led Violet towards the table and he took a seat opposite the younger girl. He leaned forward and was about to say something, but Kathrine turned up and he greeted her with a nod. His attention returned back to Dot and asked, "So what's that, Dot?"
He listened to her the whole time, nodding at the things she said. Though he then realized that Violet was with him, he slightly interrupted Dot and Kathrine with a clear of his throat and introduced, "Hey, if you two haven't met, this is Violet."

((Sorry it's short ><))

When she was led out of the classroom and into the lunch hall by Pinocchio, Violet's nerves only grew more so. She could literally feel her hands shaking by that time, and she knew her cheeks were increasingly growing more red, but could do nothing to prevent such processes brought on by nerves happening. Which she hated.
"...U-um...no, not really..." She replied to him when she managed to bring herself out of her thoughts to hear him say she didn't talk much. "I just...don't have anything interesting to say, most of the time..." Her voice was barely above a whisper, and he prayed he could hear her so she didn't have to repeat it. It was humiliating enough without having to admit what was obvious to her again.
She turned her head towards him to smile slightly, and then blinked when she heard another voice saying her name, her confusing growing as Pinocchio led her over to the owner of said voice. Dot. She knew that much. She didn't spend a lot of time with the other children, but she still knew most of their names. That was one of the advantages of being virtually invisible, if there were any...you just got to know things about those around you. They'd discuss themselves, and she could just fade into the background and listen.
She recognised the girl currently standing with Dot as Kathrine, and gave both of them a polite smile and a small wave as she was introduced, not wanting to open her mouth and say something that would embarrass her in front of them.