Miguel sighs, alone at the table. Around him are people who could be seen afraid, muttering and mumbling to each other while staring at him. "I can't believe Jed and Lord moved to Prometheus' bedroom. I can't believe none of them had talked to me..."Miguel waves his hand to them.They ignore him.Miguel looks down."I think we should at least help him out-!" yelled Anna, only for Lord to let her sit down. "Lord. He's our friend.""None of us came with any girl or guy. Just us. And if we wanna get lucky, we can't keep hanging out with Miguel... You saw what they did to him. Do you want to get ostracized like he does or do you wanna get dicked and/or pussied down!?" asked Jedan."Ugh!" Anna facepalms."I still can't believe that he said that..." said Lord. "Said that we were all practically... meaningless compared to him... I can't believe he wanted to kill us...""He meant our enemies..." said Anna."No. He meant we've been holding him back!" growled Lord."I feel hurt from his words," said Gerard."So do I. Fuck 'im," said Fred.Athena just gouges down root beer."That ain't real beer," said Fred.Athena gives him the finger."I... understand where he was coming from..." said Happy. "But what do I know? I'm a spirit in a doll."Neuro sits next to Miguel."Uh... What the fuck are you doing here?" asked Miguel."My GF's at home. Got sick from the plague back home! *Sigh!* Ah, well," said Neuro."No, like... You go to this school?""Yeah. Signed up last year. Been tryna hang out and say sorry about the whole terrorism thing but none of you guys wanted to hang out with me... or... just plain ignored me..."Neuro shows pictures of him being everywhere with them: From the first tournament all the way to their adventures in the island."Right..." said Miguel, bowing his head."So! Uh... Aswang Prince, right?""Waddup?" asked Miguel."So uh... I thought you were uh... popular! Being the Aswang Prince and all!""Well... I thought I was... Turns out my friends would abandon me to get laid and avoid getting beaten up...""Ha! Teenagers, huh?" laughed Neuro."Yeah..." sighed Miguel.Neuro claps his hands. "Holy shit! Dude! Crazy idea! WE could hang out!""I dunno..." said Miguel, looking worried.Acosta then passes by and slaps chewed-up paper into the back of Miguel's head. He snickers as he walks away."Hey!" Neuro stands before Acosta. "Just sayin'... That was a very shithead move!""Why? He's a fuck-up sicko, anyway..." laughed Acosta, as Miguel gave a disheartened look.Neuro growls. "Why I oughta!" He begins showing a boxing stance and begins hopping around, "Y'see, fellas! I grew up in the kingdom of Timbuktu! Westward of Nueva Yorca. Learned the art of Kung Fu.""Timbuktu is in Africa.""AFRICAN Kung Fu.""Africa doesn't have Kung Fu.""C'mon. Help me out here..." said Neuro, as Cal appears and slams his fist into Neuro's belly. "OOF!!!""Say martial arts is a joke!""IT'S A JOKE!!! IT WAS MADE-UP BY ASIA DURING WORLD WAR 2 TO MAKE MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES!!!"Cal then slams his fist into Neuro's throat. "Abandoning your beliefs LIKE A COWARD!!!"Miguel stands up. "Hey. That's not cool. He was only trying to stand up for me.""Funny you care. You never cared before..." laughed Acosta, as he high-fives Cal."Just please... back away from him.""Because he's your friend?""No. I just don't like it when you pieces of shit continue to bully people like this.""Why? What are you gonna do about it?" smiled Acosta.Cal activates his Unstoppable Eyes.Acosta activates his fungi.Miguel prepares his stance.They both attack only for Miguel to crush them to the ground simply by staring at them. His eyes glow light blue. He then flinches as they fall to the ground. "Huh... That was really quick, huh?" His fists were up, implying he hit them. He moved so quickly that he immediately knocks down the pair.He helps Neuro out while the pair sob on the ground."Wow... You actually helped me out!" smiled Neuro. "You know, Miguel! WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS!!!""Uh... I really don't-!""YAY!!!" Neuro hugs Miguel."Please get the fuck off of me. Ugh! You smell so bad!""I AM NEURO!!!" cackled Neuro. "Ugh..."Later...While Neuro is telling Miguel something, a bully throws a cup of soda into his face. Neuro smiles and tells Miguel something, whispering into his ear. Miguel beats down the bully and he and Neuro laugh.Later...While Neuro and Miguel happily eat food together, another bully kicks Neuro in the face.Miguel responds by hammering his legs backward/Later...Miguel and Neuro begin waltzing around before the crowd acting like elites, causing his other friends to shake their heads while watching them.Later...Miguel laughs as he beats down another bully who had been throwing pies at him, causing Neuro to cheer for him.Later...Miguel and Neuro continue walking like elites...Suddenly...*BUMP!!!*Miguel bumps into Tyrone."OH SH-!!!"Miguel grabs him by the neck. His eyes glow blue and slams him by the table, pinning him down with a perfect grapple. "WHAT THE FUCKING SHIT DO YOU WANT, BITCH!?!?"Everyone immediately stops murmuring and just stares at him.Miguel gulps upon feeling the gazes placed on him. "I-I-I-I'm sorry..." He lets go of Tyrone.Tyrone backs away. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, sir! Please don't hurt me!" he begins crying."FUCK YOU, BITCH!!!" Neuro kicks him to the ground.Jess catches him. "What the hell do you think you're-!? Oh! M-Miguel! H-Hi! S-Sorry, sir!""C'mon... Please don't act like that...!" yelled Miguel. "It was clearly an accident!!!""You've been beating us up all day!" yelled one kid. "Yeah! Because none of you respect me!"???: "You don't deserve our respect!""EXCUSE Y-!?!?" Miguel turns, only to give a look of horror. He was yelling at Anna. "Anna...!""Miguel... The things you said... You said we don't mean anything to you...""I meant them! Them!""Us, them!? LOOK AT THEM!!! Weren't we doing pretty much the same thing to them in the beginning!? We were making fun of them because they isolated us! I... lost my respect for you because of what you did... What you're doing!" yelled Anna. "I actually thought I cared about you to a certain extent... I was wrong...""Anna. They're brainwashing you! They're the enemy!""Miguel. All day, Neuro's been manipulating you. He's been making you his Robin and you were just allowing his energy to enter you and you used it to hurt a lot of people.""They're NORMIES!!! THEY are the enemy! THEY are the normal ones! We aren't!""You're saying I'm weird? I'm... different...?""Yes!" Anna gives a look of pain."I-I-I-I mean we all are! All of us! We're weird!""Miguel... Maybe Reaper was wrong. Respect is earned..."The people begin walking away into their own groups."I'm sorry! I'M SORRY!!!" he roared. "THIS ISN'T FAIR!!! NONE OF THIS IS FAIR!!!"Neuro laughs and pats his back. "Don't worry, bud! I'm still here!"Miguel sighs. "Yeah. You're still here..."Miguel then sees a person disappear in the crowd, as if he was teleport away. But... the way he teleported was very familiar. It looked like the way he teleports with a black cloud leaving his body.Miguel closes his eyes. "Take me to where he goes..."Miguel opens his eyes and he ends up on the roof.Miguel hears something.*tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik...*Miguel suddenly felt... eerie... creeped out, even...An Aswang? Out here in the city?Miguel remembered Prometheus' lectures. Prometheus said they lived in the forests of the Cordilleras in more rural areas. Not too far away from here. What is ONE doing out here!?"There can't be an Aswang here!" he thought.Then he realized. He was the Prince, right? Why didn't Prometheus mention any other Aswangs out here. Maybe they're here to help him out."Uh... Excuse-!""HELL WHIP!!!"Immediately, Miguel instinctively teleported away, dodging the attack only for the other Aswang to teleport and manage to whip him into the roof.Miguel looks closely. "Who... are you...?"He slowly stands right back up.The enemy Aswang glares at him, breathing heavily."Excuse me... Who are you...?" Miguel notices that he is wearing the exact same hoodie, mask, and overalls he wears in battle or in their adventures. "Uh... Dude...?" Then, it clicks. Similar clothes, similar attack, also an Aswang."Wait... You're the Aswang Prince... I-I-I mean... You're another one! Right? I thought I was the only one..." said Miguel. "Prometheus tried to look for me... I figured I should be the only one!""'The Aswang Prince...'" he smirks and chuckles. The Impostor Prince reveals his eyes. "I remember when my Prometheus told me that myth."Miguel's eyes widen. "'Myth!?'""Yeah... But turns out I didn't have Diwata blood like you do. I was rendered useless... Cast aside... Turned into his foot soldier. Since that Prometheus failed... She found another better one... And he found you... You're supposed to be her precious replacement, anyway/""Who?"The Impostor Prince laughs. "Why don't you find out?"Miguel teleports in front of the Impostor Prince only for him to prepare an attack in a split second."HELL FAIYA!!!"*BANG!!!*Miguel crashes into the prom room.Suddenly, everyone stops partying."Oh, great! He's back!" Dylan rolls his eyes."Everyone... Run..."The Impostor Prince flies down, revealing his scarred face."TWO MIGUELS!?!?" asked Lord."I'm gonna say it," said Jedan."Jed. It's dead. Dead meme.""THERE'S AN IMPOSTER AMONG US!!!"Suddenly, Jed's face is blasted away with the Imposter Prince's flames.Everyone with powerful abilities attack. The Popular Four, Class 1-A, and even a few powerful fighters from Class 1-B attack."This is the 'Main World's' infantry?" asked the Impostor Prince. "Call it Grade-99 Pathetic. Mom would be so disappointed...""You have a Mom?" asked Miguel."Of course, I did. I'm not a 'hybrid' like yours. My Prometheus was more careful with my childhood.""What!?"The Impostor Prince chokes him with his tail and begins squeezing. "I'm going to enjoy murdering all of you again.""NO!!!" Tyrone blasts frosts at him, but the Imposter Prince merely smiles at what he had done."Cute!" The Imposter Prince then blasts a flame blade into his throne, temporarily making him fall down unconscious.He begins stabbing the student's legs."HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" cackled the Imposter Prince.The others attack but the Prince blocks them all with a Hell Shield."Stop... hurting... them... They didn't do anything to you..." said Miguel. "We aren't like this... We don't act like this...""Oh, please... You're Miguel Ibarra!""What?""We're not special! We're not unique! And we're specially not that powerful. In every Goddamned universe we've brought shame to the Ibarra family simply by being a loser... But a select few had been special... This few are known as the Great Miguels... These Miguels range from heroes to literal Messiah figures. Deities... I am one of the weak ones... A level above where you stand...""But... M-M-My... destiny!!!" yelled Miguel."Well, for one thing... It's March 31 and Aurora is getting impatient.
And for another? There is no such thing as destiny..." he sneered, as Miguel gave a horrified look.
"LET'S EXTRACT THINE BLOOD, SHALL WE!?!?"
"RAUGH!!!" Miguel transforms into his Diwata State and blasts him away with his Hell Burst. "Awehy-Somehy, motherfucker.""Bitch, please..." The Imposter Prince teleports behind him and slams him to the ground. "It's pronounced 'awesome', you dyslexic fuck."Miguel slowly stands right back up. "How are you... this strong...? You didn't achieve a form greater than I did...?""I'm more on technique over power..." he chuckled. "Any of you pissants wanna try me?"Tyrone, having regenerated, enters the flames."Ah! A volunteer!" The Imposter Prince pulls him in with his monkey tail and begins choking him."STOP THIS!!!" yelled Miguel."HOW DO YOU LIKE IT!?!?" sneered the Imposter Prince. "You're now nothing but a joke to me! A GOD!!!"Miguel hears those words and cringes. "I... AM NOT... A GOD!!!" Miguel punches the Imposter Prince so hard that his neck snaps a full 180.He stumbles backward as he lets go of Tyrone, who heals.Tyrone turns to Miguel. "Y-You... saved me..."Miguel just stares at Tyrone, not believing at what he had just done."Why?" asked Tyrone. "You want me to respect you or some shit...?""Because it was right..." said Miguel.Tyrone gives a different look. One with honor.Suddenly, the Imposter Prince's head turns back to normal. He transforms into a more muscular and hulking Aswang.Miguel, still in his Diwata State, punches the Imposter only for him to elbow the top of his head and elbow the side of his face, knocking him backward a few steps.The Imposter Prince then begins beating Miguel to the ground. Striking left and right. He even knee kicks his belly and elbows the back of his head, making him scream in pain as he squeezes tighter."RAUGH!!!" Tyrone stabs the Imposter Prince's leg as he screams in pain. "WHAT THE MOTHERFRUSKING SHIT!?!? KUMBAYA THIS, MOTHERFUCKER!!!" The Imposter Prince stomps on his head and begins squeezing it."NO!!!" Jess charges in and places the entire School Service truck into the Imposter Prince's body, ripping him in half as Miguel teleports and grabs Tyrone before proceeding to teleport themselves away.Miguel and Tyrone land behind the others.Jess falls into Anna's arms, having lost so much energy in that single attack.The Hell Shield goes down as the Impostor Prince reattaches himself."I guess you're right..." he said, with flamboyance while grinning ear-to-ear. "There really is an 'imposter among us'."Jedan slams his fist toward the Imposter Prince, who catches it.He smiles. "Ooh. Wouldn't I kill to have another Jedan?" he smiles as he extends his tongue and licks Jedan's hand."Gross!!!" Jedan growls. "It's PUPPET TIME!!!"Jedan begins seeping his flesh into Jedan's hand like veins or roots."RAUGH!!!" He burns Jedan's entire arm off.Jedan screams in pain and backs away."Ooh... An Anna..." smiled the Imposter Prince.Anna gulps in fear."Aren't you precious... Alas... I'm going to have to murder you all..." said the Imposter Prince. "HELL-!!!"*SPLAT!!!*The Impostor Prince's head falls to the ground and rolls over. His body falls to the ground, dead.Everyone is horrified."The situation is handled..." said the Reaper. "I'm sorry... What the FUCK was that!?" asked Miguel."That was a rogue alter of yours. Insane enough to claim he was the Prince of Aswangs as well. He was 30 years old."Miguel looks at his own head on the floor.Miguel is incredibly mortified, practically staring at a mirror. "Y-You just killed him... He's me... You killed him... w-w-with no hesitation..."The Reaper grabs his face gently with both hands. "Hey... Hey. He isn't you, alright? I promise that he isn't... He will NEVER be you. Okay?" The Reaper hugs Miguel. "Alright... You're better... You are... so much better... And I'm proud of that side of you, alright?""I would like to go home now..." Miguel began crying.The Reaper sighs.Myrmex enters the room thru a portal. "Shit. WE'RE TOO-!!!""No... They're fine..." said the Reaper. "Some students are hurt. Get the Athena Nurses. And Myrms. Get rid of the body..." said the Reaper.That night...Miguel, on the roof of his house, looks up to the stars.Anna then appears, climbing from downstairs. "April 1. Midnight. Weird night, huh? Nothing but a traumatic night to end the year, huh?"Miguel doesn't respond."Miguel?""I'm sorry for being an asshole to all of you. And... I mean... All of you...""Better tell them all that tomorrow.""I already told them all earlier today...""Oh. You... told me last..." said Anna, feeling hurt."Yeah..."Anna looks away and tries to climb down."You save the best for last."Anna turns red. "Oh really...? Ha! ISN'T THAT AMAZING!?!? SO DO I!!! Haha!""Hey, Anna?""Y-Yeah...?""You were going to ask me to prom, weren't you?""W-Well... I was gonna... But-...""But I messed up. Yeah. Classic Miguel. Always a GODDAMNED SCREW-UP!!!" Miguel blasts flames into the sky. "GOD-... DAMNED... FUCKIN' SCREWUP!!!" He falls to his knees. "Sometimes, I can even see God shaking his head in disappointment..." he sobbed. "WHO THE HELL AM I!?!?""You're Miguel.""And is that supposed to be a good thing!?"Anna looks terrified."IS IT!?!? Because clearly, I was becoming JUST LIKE Mr. Reaper and Prometheus! AND THAT OTHER ME!!! APPARENTLY THERE ARE OTHER PRINCES!!!""Mr. Reaper said-...""I KNOW WHAT HE SAID!!! But... It doesn't feel true anymore... I'm sorry... I'm sorry for shouting. That was rude."Anna sighs. "W-Well... We could start by talking about how you actually wanted me to ask you out.""Yeah... I uh... kinda... liked you... a lot... kinda... Wasn't it obvious.""Uh... NO!?!? I thought you were uninterested...""So did I. I mean! I, you!" Miguel sighs and falls to the roof, slamming his head on the roof accidentally. "Ow. Fuck."Anna chuckles. She smiles and places his head on her lap. She begins humming "All Star" by Smash Mouth. "Hm, hm, hm-hm. Hm, hm, hm, hm, hm-hm..."He bursts out laughing. "What the f-!?!!?" he laughed."What?" She blushed, feeling conscious."Nothing. Just keep singing..." he smiled, blushing as well.She continues humming while he looks up to the stars."This feels weirdly familiar... Feels right and iconic... I listen to you hum while staring at the stars."He found a new type of gaze. A new feeling...Hope.