the champion's ballad

SOPHIA LAURA KEENE was once a fighter. Her father, Johnny Lawrence, had been teaching her karate from the ripe age of seven years old. So she could always defend herself, he'd tell her. Secretly, Sophia knew he also wanted to teach her karate so that she'd always have a piece of him to carry with her, no matter where she went. This was especially evident when her brother, Robby Keene, decided to go with their mother during the divorce.

Since then, Sophia and her father moved to an apartment complex in Reseda. And, Sophia eventually lost interest in karate, instead fueling her energy into her schoolwork and minimum wage job. She saw what karate turned her family into, and she wanted nothing more to do with it. That was, until she met Miguel.

Miguel Diaz was their new neighbor. His infectiously kind spirit had wandered its way over to the blonde household. Sophia just couldn't seem to understand how someone could be so nauseatingly positive when living in their situations, low on money and luck.

It's officially their sophomore year of highschool, for Sophia her first year at West Valley High. Will she let Miguel's positivity infect her? Or is she just another doomed pessimist, on the same road as her father?

ᯓ★this fic will take place over each seasonᯓ★