The moon is hanging high up above the clouds, shining with its beautiful white light, lighting up the path in this dark night.

In the Island country of the Philippines. In Batangas, at the Taal volcano crater.

A man with looks that suggest he is in his twenties can be seen standing there looking at the lake before him. He removed his stripes painted shirt before throwing it casually on the ground.

With his shirt gone, you can now fully view the muscular and fit body that is hiding inside that baggy clothes. Although it is not that amazing, it's still better than what most men have.

The man looked at the body of water in front of him and a smirk appeared on his face.

"Hoo, my first time coming here, I hope I can have a lot of fun this week!" He said to himself cheerfully.

Then he ran towards the water before jumping high up and making a splash, that made his body sink under the water. After a few seconds later, he came back to the water surface, sucking in the air and he catch his breathe.

*Splash*

"Woohoo!"

He cheered loudly as he enjoyed the water splashing around.

"Hooo! That was nice!" The man said with a big smile.

As for who this man might be, well, he is the protagonist of this story, and I am your storyteller.

The name of this man is Frederico Fernando. A man who dropped out of college because of some unknown reason, even I do not know.

He is currently traveling and capturing videos of him talking to himself and calling it vlogging or whatever that is.

Those videos that he captured are posted to some video sharing site that has a logo of a triangle in the middle while the sides are red. Don't know what it's called, don't ask me.

Not many people have watched his videos but what he always says to himself is, "Don't worry, this is normal. I'm just beginning." To bring out some motivation for his bleak-looking future.

Today he decided to do a travel vlogging at the Taal lake to show its magnificence and beauty to people around the world. Or in short, to the netizens.

So, he decided to travel from Zambales to Batangas. And he arrived in no time… cause he did not look at the time. Get it? Heh? What? No? Kek, fine.

Well, back to the story.

Frederico, let's call him Fred for short, rise from the water. He grabbed his backpack that he put down a bit away from the water so that it would not get wet.

The backpack seems to hold a lot of stuff as it is bulging when it's closed and is barely holding all of it in.

Fred grabbed a camera from the bag. This camera is an old kind of one that is passed down to him by his grandpa. Keke, just how old is that…

He turned on the camera and tested if it's working. After making sure that it is rolling he smiled widely and started talking… to the camera.

Kekeke, he is like a fool.

"Hello to you all and welcome to the vlog!" Fred greeted the… camera? Well, it's not funny.

Fred started rumbling and bumbling about some things before he introduced where he is currently at.

"So peeps we are here at the Taal lake. And I'm telling you something." He said and paused to add some suspense effect.

"This lake is placed at a volcano! Isn't that just the coolest!? Just imagine if it suddenly started and killed me haha" He chuckle as he joke around, "Well, there's probably only less than 1% chance of it bursting suddenly, right"

Then after he introduced the lake and the volcano, he walked around the place and captured the surroundings with the camera he's holding.

Hehehehe, that guy really is funny. Look at him talking to himself and laughing alone. He looks crazy. I'm itching to give him a slap at the back of his head.

After around an hour, Fred finished walking around. He came back to his previous location. And said goodbye to the camera.

"And that's it for today you peeps out there! I hope that you like, share my videos and subscribe to my channel TricksterTravel, see again!" And he pressed his hands to the lens of the camera. Then stopped the video.

He placed the camera back in his backpack again. And put the bag somewhere safe from the water.

After doing that, Fred just… sat down on the ground and leaned on the rock behind him.

He stared in front of him in a daze looking at nothing. Hehe now, what is this fool going to do next? It should be hilarious again, right? Kekeke.

As Fred is mindlessly looking into nothingness, he suddenly whines saying,

"Just what the hell am I doing?" With a listless look as if he doesn't have a soul.

Hmm.. what's happening to him? Did he realize that it looks like he was an idiot earlier!? Haha kekekeke

He threw away a stone that he picked up beside him and stood up.

"I'll just refresh myself with the water for now." He mumbled, he walked to the water and submerged himself.

Fred just let his body loose and floated in the water, not fighting it at all.

The water was a little hot and relaxing to the body. Because of that Fred was truly relaxed that he closed his eyes.

Time continues flowing as Fred waste it. And an hour already passed without him moving a muscle. Kek, is he dead? What an idiot.

Suddenly, Fred's eyes snap open,

'Why does it seems like the temperature of the water is increasing?' Fred thought,

After a few seconds,

"Aw, aw, aw, ouch, ouch,!" Fred suddenly started jumping on the water like a fish that is placed on the ground.

Hohoho, what a clown he is.

Then as Fred kept jumping up and down in the water, vapor started rising from the lake. The vapor keeps thickening and thickening until it is almost hard to see through the fog that is building up.

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!" Fred who is still in the water as he can't swim that fast and the water brought him away from the shore/land.

His body is starting to change color as the water is turning hotter and hotter. Fred looks like a cooked crab as his skin color turns to red, obviously burning him.

It is them…

BOOM!

*Splash* *Splash*

The water on the lake suddenly burst up, scattering a lot of water causing a splash all over the place.

Far away from Fred, at the foot of the volcano.

The native people notice the anomaly a while ago and have left the danger zone of the volcano.

Then they saw and heard the explosion happening all over the place.

"Oh my God! The volcano is erupting!" Shouted a female native.

"Everyone, go and leave the island!" A masculine man said,

"How about the horses!?" Asked by another,

"..ugh.. We can't do anything about it, we need to get out of here!" Said the masculine man full of hesitation.

"But!" Replied the other,

"No, but! First, we need to live! We will come back for them when the volcano calms down!"

All the people there left the island, in their hearts full of grief for the animals that accompany them in their daily lives.

This kind of scene is happening all around the danger zone of the Island.

After half an hour, all the people living around the volcano island and also those tourists that plan to climb the volcano are safe with the citizens.

Then, as if on cue. The volcano that has been spouting dark clouds of smoke and some sparks here and there finally releases its might.

BOOOOOM!

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

A consecutive explosion occurred at the mouth of the volcano showing how active it is.

As for Fred? Oh, well he is probably already dead.

So, that is it for now…. Really what happened to that idiot?