Although the day ended smoothly. It doesn't mean that I accepted everything that had happened just happened without any reason whatsoever. I am still doubtful of Dylan. He seems to be innocent and suspicious at the same time.
I keep on repeatedly doubting if he is telling the truth or if I'm just being swayed by him. No matter how much he deeply affects me in my heart. My mind doesn't waiver to those jaw-dropping cool pretty eyes. I'm such a sucker for him. But am I really in love with him or is there another feeling behind those affections of mine?
When I first met him, he was such an obedient upperclassman. Both he and my brother were outstanding in their class, and he was number one while my brother is two. But for me, I was only number five. I couldn't compete with the child of a doctor and a lawyer. I never even wanted to be first place, but seeing him being gratified and adored, made me feel empty. Only he recognizes me.
I wasn't too interested in academics but rather in anything that involves performing arts. I was eager to apply to the performing arts club but they only made me into their servant. I always carry around the heavy stuff. On the day of our school festival, we had to perform a music band show. I was assigned to be in the production team. They only assigned me there because I could buy the materials thanks to my parent's support. But in reality, they only used me, I contributed most of the funds to the production team. I didn't even get to do the lights, sounds, or anything fun. All I did was carry all of the things.
After that event, everybody keep yelling about how tired they were and praising each other. Even though I was the one who told them what we should do at the festival. When they were brainstorming through ideas, I was nudged by a senior who asked me what we should do and suggested playing a music band live performance. And that dickhead stole my idea and made it seem like it was his.
Then those seniors told me to clean up the mess, not to mention, that I was the only one who had to do it. The rest of the production team keep on saying that it was my job because I didn't do anything. How am I supposed to do anything if you can't even let me do what I want! I wanted to do the lights, the sounds, and even the special effects. You just blatantly order me around like I'm your errand boy. But even so, I never wanted to be part of the production team I want to be part of the performers. I wanted to sing or dance. You just forced me to do this. How unfair!
I cleaned up all of the mess. I even had to carry a large box filled with costumes and props. As I was carrying that heavy box it started to rain. The stage we performed on was located in the open field of the school and the main building was far ahead and I had to carry it all the way back there while it was raining hard. Luckily all of the electronic equipment was stored inside a storage room under the stage. I tried to run but it was getting muddy and then I accidentally tripped and all of the things in the box got out. I was so furious and frustrated with myself at that time. As I went back inside they all yelled at me and told me I was clumsy. The president of the club then removed me from the club and I ran outside and went back to the stage.
I was crying for hours in the rain and no one even tried to look for me. Until he did. Dylan was the only one looking for me. His class did a cafe exhibition in their classroom. He was also holding a lunchbox and there was something that smelt good inside. He approached closer and gave his umbrella to me and his school jacket. We both went inside the school and gave me the lunch box then told me to wait before I open it. As I waited I was still in sorrow that I was spacing out and just reminded how kind he was. At that time, I felt so comfortable just holding the lunchbox he gave to me. Then he came back holding a towel then covered me with it and wiped all of the rain and mud from my skin. He took the lunchbox from me then told me to remove my shirt and gave me some new spare clothes. I asked him who owned the shirt and told me it was his gym clothes. I blushed and felt warm inside. I changed my clothes and then he gave me back the lunchbox and told me to open it. I opened it and saw two pieces of bread in an unfamiliar shape that I have never seen before. I asked what kind of dish it was and told me it was Italian and its name was Calzones. He described what was inside but I was too busy looking at his face. His eyes were glimmering, His lips were soft and so pink. His smiles were so gentle that he changed how I felt. My heart was beating fast that I thought I fell in love.
But now, come to think of it. If I haven't seen the rest of him yet, maybe I have really fallen in love. However, that wasn't the case. He was always with his friends and his classmates. He always visits our house, just for my brother. He sometimes greets me, but it was always disturbed by others. Whenever we have alone time with each other, he doesn't talk a lot.
What happened at the school festival was nothing special? Did he really do all that so casually? Was he just being a good senior? Or did he just take care of me back then so that my brother wouldn't worry? It's not like my brother was that gentle of me, we both mind our own business. We respected each other's self-space. We never really meddle with each other. So was it really like that.
I still kept on thinking like that back then. He always gives me false hope and that hurt me so much.
But now, I told him how I feel, and said he knows. Really?! You knew? You knew all along and you made me feel that bad for so long! You're the worst! And why have you come here and even be in the same situation as me? It's better if I only meet you when I go to high school. No, it's better if you didn't time-traveled nor have powers like me. I can handle situations on my own.
If you weren't there, I would just let it happen. It's not like I wouldn't eventually realize I can manipulate time. I'd rather restart my life without any powers whatsoever. I only knew about it because of you. You always make me know things I shouldn't know. How you made me think you liked me. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I didn't love you. I envied you!
Yes, that's it! I was envious of you. Always have a lot of friends, that listen to you. You always hang out with my brother more than me. You have better grades than me. More beautiful than me. Always perfect no matter which angle you look at, you are always perfect. I didn't fall in love, I wanted to be you. To be just like you. To be someone who is adored and is very perfect in all places.
I am just a nobody. I am not a perfect child like you. I time-traveled because I want to be a perfect child too. If I didn't ruin my face, then I should be handsome still. If I studied more, I might have more achievements and my parents would be proud of me. If I was in the same class as my brother we would spend more time together, he might even listen to one of my ideas just for once being interested in it. I could have more friends if I know how to deal with people than trying to suppress my emotions and just let them do what they want to me.
I lost my motivation because you left me. You went to another country to pursue your own career separate from your family business that's owning a resort. If only back then you didn't suggest I enroll in the hospitality management course for college. I would've enrolled for music and filming and become a director or a singer already. Why did you have to fool my stupid heart?!
You! I don't want you in my second chance in life. Not this early too! Now, you're even like me. Having the same predicament. Having superpowers and having your previous memories from the future. I will not let you take away my chance. I will need to talk to you tomorrow.
...
"Why not now?"
"Huh?!" What did I just hear? Did someone, come inside my room? Is there a bugler?
"Why don't you say that right to my face"
Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of me. Then as the image slowly shows itself. It was then that the image of Dylan appeared in my room.
"Dylan! How come you're here?!" I shouted with absolute confusion.
"Shh, you don't want your family to hear. Why don't you stop time and I will tell you everything" Dylan replied.
As I froze time, I immediately asked him, "Who are you! Why are using Dylan's image?"
He replied, "I knew you were suspicious of me right from the start, but I'd rather see what you're capable of before I cut the farce".
"Even though you fooled me, I still didn't believe everything until now. And I was right not to trust you" Yohan replied with fierce anger.
"Why don't you ask where I came from, and what happened to your dear Dylan. Oh wait, do you really care what happens to Dylan. I bet you're relieved that I'm not the real deal." He smiled cynically.
"So you're not only able to change people's perceptions but also can read thoughts, huh. Also, I don't care about him anymore"
"What is your name and what is your purpose?" I immediately asked after my reply.
"Aren't you afraid that I might do something to hurt you?" He asked with a smile so sinister.
"If you do, I'll just freeze you" I answered
"What if I tell you it wouldn't work, would you believe me?" He replied
"Why would you hurt me anyway, I already know that you think of me as a special specimen. You even continued your farce just to assert my potential" I replied back
"Very well, I will tell you who I am. That is what I came here to do anyway."
He then explained who he was and what he is after...
"My name is Ralcan, I am a demon. I am here because of a vortex caused by a time shift between parallel worlds and altercations. When you traveled from the future to the past, you created an artificial parallel world similar to the original world. You are now in an alternate universe."
"Wait what! Is that how it works, so that movie really did tell the truth" I reacted
"What are you talking about? As I was saying... You only brought a fraction of that universe here. Some of the things from your original world didn't fully replicate it, instead, it created a different reality. Where demons and monster still exists. Only the world that got involvement with you remained the same. Only the things you do will change the outcomes. The more you change the past events new events will come and will soon expand the other reality into this reality. When you managed to make your parents think you're smarter than your brother and didn't repeat kinder, it had an effect that was subtle but still a small reach from the other reality. I came from the other reality, where the world is filled with unrelated things from your original world. Have you met someone before you traveled through time?" He asked.
"Yes, I did. He had no face whatsoever. He gave me the creeps if you ask me." I replied then I had shivers down my spine.
"Faceless? Hmm... that doesn't make sense" He replied with confusion.
"I know right, how could he talk if he has no mouth. Was it telepathy? But it didn't feel like it. I heard it from my ears, not my brain" I replied.
"Yes, that wasn't telepathy"
"What the! What was that?" I was surprised by his response and it felt like there was something going on in my brain, it felt weird that I couldn't describe.
"That was telepathy" Ralcan answered with his mouth.
"Eww, don't ever do that again. It's weird and slightly disgusting" I replied while getting chills down my spine again.
"There is a being that is faceless before and he never spoke even one word. It was in ancient times when this world was not affected by your doing" He replied
"Hey! It's not my fault it was that white faceless dude's fault!" I shouted as I was irritated.
"To explain your situation. The only people that are the same from your original world. Are the ones you interacted with or knew. You will meet them soon just like the previous. But, as you change a lot of events, especially ones that are impactful. They might not even encounter you and even become a different person yet still have the same face. To make it more understandable, you are in a realistic simulation. Everything you do will just play out like it should be if you repeat what you did back in your world. And if it changes it will also change the characters to fit in with the world it originally was, a fantasy world." He explained.
"But how does it explain the time travel part, if I didn't really travel through time instead just went into another world?" I asked with frustration.
"You didn't time travel. That faceless dude you were talking about, he put you into this world. I don't know for sure who he is but if I have to guess it might be Chaos."
"Yes! Chaos is a good name for him!" I replied
"No, Chaos as in Chaos itself" He replied with indication.
"Huh? You're telling me Chaos has its own entity?! A personified thing!" I yelled in disbelief.
"I don't know, our master once said about living entities but that was ages ago, and it's just an assumption" He replied with uncertainty.
"Well, I'm good with assumptions. How about I try" I replied with determination.
"Huh, it's not like you can assume things you don't have the knowledge of" He replied and smirked.
"Well, from what I heard from you, the person I talked to might've been an imposter. You said he has never spoken before. And there are these entities who are personified versions of things from my world, like Chaos. Maybe there is Order too or even Time and Space."
"Wait, how did you know" He got shocked by my intellect.
"Huh, see I'm good at assuming things. This is what does to you in shutting yourself inside for the rest of your life!" I answered with a hint of frustration at the end.
"Now let's continue. If there is another entity that is Time, then it means they oversee what is happening to time in this universe. And you assumed it was Chaos, but chaos is a little vague in what it does so meaning it might even have the capacity to manipulate time too because chaos itself is just the embodiment of messiness. That means, time travel is not Time's work but Chaos', Time's job must be to set things right. And what you said is that if I change anything it will revert or simply adapt my involvement into similar events that closely resemble this world. So Time or another entity maybe Order is fixing Chaos' deed. Yet, it's unlikely that is the case. Are there any more supernatural beings who are very powerful that you know?"
As I ask Ralcan, he was stunned at how I thought of everything I said.
"Umm, Ralcan. Hello? Earth to Ralcan? Did I freeze him?" I said as I was waved my hands at his face and looked at him both his front and back.
"No, I was just impressed by how you're brain works. Just like at the playground, how you managed to assume what happened," he replied.
"What, you even listen to my thoughts trying to solve that problem, ha! Oh, by the way, you weren't the one that did that have you?"
"I did" He answered
"What! How could you! What if it didn't work out how you expected? Hmm!" I responded with a shocked reaction but somehow I wasn't that disturbed by it.
"Well, I'm a demon after all," he said as he smirked at me
"You don't look like a demon nor act like one," I said as I was not convinced.
"No, I'm not like those demons you might know about" he replied
"Well, I know a lot about demons, I used to be fully submerged in it, also angels. But you seem to be like the demons in anime. Or maybe you're the type of demon that is created from natural forces or something"
"You're correct. I'm surprised, you even know what I really am. Yes, I am indeed was created by some kind of natural force well specifically our master."
"Who's your master?" I asked
"Our master is a supreme being, who was once an apprentice of The Omniscient One. He is powerful like his mentor. He was a great Beholder and created supernatural beings to serve him. All of our powers are related to him." He replied with sincerity and looked so devoted.
"Hmm, you should call yourself a servant than a demon," I said with humor.
"We were called demons in the past so we just accepted it." He replied with slight frustration.
He continued saying, "I was ordered by our master to search for you. It was a strange order but I do not wish to disobey him"
"You sound different now, you sound more like a soldier. Are you sure you're not lying?" I replied.
"No! It's just if I mention my Master I must speak of him with honor" He responded looking like a soldier, he even stood up like a soldier.
"But before he gave me his order, we were already facing an issue. There seems to be a prophecy about a supernatural phenomenon that will happen in the future. Other factions of supernatural beings such as us are looking into it and searching for anything that might be involved with it. And I found you, being someone who is involved with some supernatural event. I'm not even sure if I could send you to our Master or not."
"So, it seems there are others like me? Do you think what happened to me, is that impactful or that relevant to what your prophecy is about?" I asked
"Maybe, because there are others who traveled here from another universe but unlike you. they didn't think they time traveled instead they were reincarnated or summoned" He answered.
"Okay, now I get it. So you want me to cooperate huh?"
"I will be playing the role of Dylan for now, to watch over you" he replied
"No, change to someone else. You can change their perceptions, right? So why not turn to your own self, it's not like your demon face is red or terrifying right?" I replied
He then nodded and changed his face from Dylan to...
Wait... why do you look...
so... so... oh my gosh... I am lost for words...