Glee | The Encyclopedia Brittanyca: On Legend | Brittany (1 of 7)
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a second cycle, and then a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eigth cycle, and ninth cycle.
Now comes the tenth cycle. And since that feels like it should be special, this is what I'm doing: Cycle 10 will feature my top 15 of some favorite things from Glee. Characters, ships, friends... It will be daily ficlets for numbers 15 down to 2, but number 1 will be a 7-chapter story :) Here we go!
Coming in at number one! - Part 1 of 7
"THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANYCA: ON LEGEND"
Brittany
It had been a hot topic around the halls of McKinley High for going on two weeks. Principal Figgins had been trying to suss out what was going on, but no one seemed to have a clue, even as the ‘usual suspects’ were brought through Figgins’ office… nothing.
No one knew what was going on, but that didn’t stop them from taking guesses. What they knew was this: Nearly two weeks before, the staff and students had come in to find a small bell looped to all the door handles. Every time they were opened, they jingled and chimed. They would hear them as the janitor took the better part of morning removing each one of them.
A few mornings later, the door had been left open to the auditorium. Coach Sylvester cried ‘Glee Club,’ though it didn’t go very far. A couple mornings more went by before their ghost decorator pulled another act, leaving paper airplanes made from the pages of an old phonebook here and there throughout the library. The janitor had threatened to quit if they didn’t stop this, wanted Figgins to install security cameras around the school. That wasn’t making any progress…
Brittany was sitting at the piano, forehead on the edge, staring down at the keys, which she poked and poked at. A few of the others had arrived for Glee practice as well, waiting on the others. As was to be expected these days, they were discussing this bit of mystery they were having.
“Maybe the janitor’s trying to force Principal Figgins to give him a raise,” Artie looked to the others.
“Should have heard the string of choice words that was coming out of him while he was removing the bell off the science class door, trust me… He didn’t do this,” Kurt shook his head.
“Did you do this?” Mercedes looked to Puck, who was sitting with Quinn. He held up his hands, as though to say ‘sure, blame me.’ And then…
“It’s a love story.”
They looked over to Brittany, still bent over the keys. They looked to one another, before turning back, seeing as Brittany lifted her head. The place where she’d been resting her head had left a mark, straight across her forehead. She didn’t pay attention to it, didn’t even seem to know it was there. It had certainly drawn the others attention; they kept staring.
“It’s Patches,” she nodded.
“Patches…” Kurt repeated, as the others chuckled lightly. “You mean Peter Geller?” Again, she nodded. The others nodded as well, though more sarcastically so.
“I don’t know who the other one is,” Brittany continued, undisturbed, deep in thought, more so for her. “But if we find out, then maybe… they can make it work,” she suggested, smiling to herself, to them, nodded hopefully.
The others shared looks, then turned back to each other, continuing to discuss amongst themselves. Brittany stopped nodding, her smile fading. She looked back to the piano keys, rubbing at her forehead with the heel of her hand.
She was used to being so very carefree, nothing would bother her. It was hard to catch her in moments where she was ever truly affected… she didn’t even let them see it. At any other time, she might have let it go, any other occasion… But she knew she was right, and they didn’t believe her. She didn’t understand why.
It continued to bother her, throughout the day. No one really took attention to it… ‘distracted’ wasn’t exactly a new look on her.
She wanted them to believe her. She didn’t like how they’d just turned away from her like what she’d said didn’t matter. Come to think of it, she was aware of them, and others, looking away from her like this.
Then the idea came to her, a very tiny light bulb coming on over her head.
She just had to prove it to them. They’d see she was right, and then they wouldn’t look away. She’d never felt this way before, and she didn’t want to feel it again… she didn’t like it.
How would she prove it though? She knew about Patches, about Peter… But that had been a chance discovery by itself. She had discovered it though, she had part of the solution of what would otherwise have continued to happen with no one the wiser… She liked mysteries, even if she’d never been able to understand them enough to have a breakthrough early enough… there was a first time for everything.
THE END TO BE CONTINUED
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3]
[Cycle 4] [Cycle 5] [Cycle 6]
[Cycle 7] [Cycle 8] [Cycle 9]
[Cycle 10]
[190] [191] [192] [193] [194]
[195] [196] [197] [198] [199]
[200] [201] [202] [203]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "The Encyclopedia Brittanyca: On Legend"
Pairing: None; Brittany
Rating: G
Summary: [Part 1/7] Brittany knows what's going on, but no one believe her because... well, it's Brittany...
Spoilers: 112 Mattress, I guess ;)
Now comes the tenth cycle. And since that feels like it should be special, this is what I'm doing: Cycle 10 will feature my top 15 of some favorite things from Glee. Characters, ships, friends... It will be daily ficlets for numbers 15 down to 2, but number 1 will be a 7-chapter story :) Here we go!
Coming in at number one! - Part 1 of 7
"THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANYCA: ON LEGEND"
Brittany
It had been a hot topic around the halls of McKinley High for going on two weeks. Principal Figgins had been trying to suss out what was going on, but no one seemed to have a clue, even as the ‘usual suspects’ were brought through Figgins’ office… nothing.
No one knew what was going on, but that didn’t stop them from taking guesses. What they knew was this: Nearly two weeks before, the staff and students had come in to find a small bell looped to all the door handles. Every time they were opened, they jingled and chimed. They would hear them as the janitor took the better part of morning removing each one of them.
A few mornings later, the door had been left open to the auditorium. Coach Sylvester cried ‘Glee Club,’ though it didn’t go very far. A couple mornings more went by before their ghost decorator pulled another act, leaving paper airplanes made from the pages of an old phonebook here and there throughout the library. The janitor had threatened to quit if they didn’t stop this, wanted Figgins to install security cameras around the school. That wasn’t making any progress…
Brittany was sitting at the piano, forehead on the edge, staring down at the keys, which she poked and poked at. A few of the others had arrived for Glee practice as well, waiting on the others. As was to be expected these days, they were discussing this bit of mystery they were having.
“Maybe the janitor’s trying to force Principal Figgins to give him a raise,” Artie looked to the others.
“Should have heard the string of choice words that was coming out of him while he was removing the bell off the science class door, trust me… He didn’t do this,” Kurt shook his head.
“Did you do this?” Mercedes looked to Puck, who was sitting with Quinn. He held up his hands, as though to say ‘sure, blame me.’ And then…
“It’s a love story.”
They looked over to Brittany, still bent over the keys. They looked to one another, before turning back, seeing as Brittany lifted her head. The place where she’d been resting her head had left a mark, straight across her forehead. She didn’t pay attention to it, didn’t even seem to know it was there. It had certainly drawn the others attention; they kept staring.
“It’s Patches,” she nodded.
“Patches…” Kurt repeated, as the others chuckled lightly. “You mean Peter Geller?” Again, she nodded. The others nodded as well, though more sarcastically so.
“I don’t know who the other one is,” Brittany continued, undisturbed, deep in thought, more so for her. “But if we find out, then maybe… they can make it work,” she suggested, smiling to herself, to them, nodded hopefully.
The others shared looks, then turned back to each other, continuing to discuss amongst themselves. Brittany stopped nodding, her smile fading. She looked back to the piano keys, rubbing at her forehead with the heel of her hand.
She was used to being so very carefree, nothing would bother her. It was hard to catch her in moments where she was ever truly affected… she didn’t even let them see it. At any other time, she might have let it go, any other occasion… But she knew she was right, and they didn’t believe her. She didn’t understand why.
It continued to bother her, throughout the day. No one really took attention to it… ‘distracted’ wasn’t exactly a new look on her.
She wanted them to believe her. She didn’t like how they’d just turned away from her like what she’d said didn’t matter. Come to think of it, she was aware of them, and others, looking away from her like this.
Then the idea came to her, a very tiny light bulb coming on over her head.
She just had to prove it to them. They’d see she was right, and then they wouldn’t look away. She’d never felt this way before, and she didn’t want to feel it again… she didn’t like it.
How would she prove it though? She knew about Patches, about Peter… But that had been a chance discovery by itself. She had discovered it though, she had part of the solution of what would otherwise have continued to happen with no one the wiser… She liked mysteries, even if she’d never been able to understand them enough to have a breakthrough early enough… there was a first time for everything.
THE END TO BE CONTINUED
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3]
[Cycle 4] [Cycle 5] [Cycle 6]
[Cycle 7] [Cycle 8] [Cycle 9]
[Cycle 10]
[190] [191] [192] [193] [194]
[195] [196] [197] [198] [199]
[200] [201] [202] [203]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "The Encyclopedia Brittanyca: On Legend"
Pairing: None; Brittany
Rating: G
Summary: [Part 1/7] Brittany knows what's going on, but no one believe her because... well, it's Brittany...
Spoilers: 112 Mattress, I guess ;)