Falling Leaves 1 ??

  NOVEMBER 4TH 2008

  Time: 9:08 PM

  LOCATION: Topeka Kansas.

  The sound of a T.V fills the room, cheering and clapping can be heard from it voices overlapping in celebration.

  On the screen, the camera zooms in on the podium, and the newly elected president of the United States, Barack Obama, walks to the mic.

  Across the TV, a man with dark skin, a short Afro, wearing a white shirt and grey sweatpants, crunches on chips while rustling the bag of Doritos.

  Barack Obama huh? The first Black President seems pretty cool even though I believe that title was supposed to go to me.

  He huffs “Oh well, why not just strive to be the second?”

  “Clyde!” A voice calls out from behind the bedroom door. “Why is my bag empty?! I had two tablets in here! Idiot you can’t take two at the same time!”

  He barges through the door, and another man with a slightly light skin complexion wearing an all-black outfit stomps in. “Are you trying to fuck yourself up?”

  Oh, great Manny. Ugh, little brothers can be a pain sometimes. Clyde thinks to himself.

  Clyde sighs “Oh it’ll be fine I can handle this I’ve done psychedelics before.”

  He reaches in his pocket grabbing one of the tablets, he pulls out a white round tablet “This alone won’t be strong enough, come on man, I’ve done this enough times don’t you think my tolerance is a bit high?”

  “That doesn’t mean you should take two! One would be enough, think man.” Manny says

  Clyde shakes his head sighing “Listen what’s life without risk? How will I ever become president if I’m scared of some little tablets? I wouldn’t be able to be a leader if I couldn’t overcome this.”

  Manny narrows his eyes “You sound stupid Clyde you plan on OD’ing on LSD? What does that have to do with being president? A stupid choice for a stupid dream.”

  Clyde grits his teeth standing up quick knocking the bag of Doritos over causing them to spill over the couch “Don’t you ever call my dream stupid! I will be the second black president. If Barack was able to do it I can too!”

  “Look at Dad. He’s the god damn governor of Missouri! If he can do it why can’t I?”

  Manny huffs “Clyde don’t you think our dad being the governor has gotten to your head a bit? I mean you brag about it more than he does.”

  “Getting to my head?” Clyde scoffs “We should be proud our dad is the governor. Most people don’t have it like us, hell we’re like the princes of Kansasman. And I will go ahead of that and become president.”

  “Bro.. that’s not how things work. Dad isn’t the most powerful political figure; he still has a boss. And we're not Princes. Stop acting like we’re above everyone just because our dad.”

  Clyde sits back down as the couch creaks “Oh spare me the shit.”

  “Just shut up dude you don’t understand anything. To be respected and viewed as a leader. You have to be the best, better than everyone and anyone to truly lead.”

  Manny raises an eyebrow “You’re wrong.. to lead you need to-”

  “Dude I don’t want to hear it, matter of fact, get out my room, I’ll give you your money for the tablet back,” Clyde says interrupting him.

  Manny sighs turning to the door “But bro.. I’m just trying to tell you-”

  “I don’t want to hear it just close my door. I don’t have the time.” Clyde says.

  Manny leaves the room, as the door slams shut, Clyde holds the tablet in his palm “Heh. I can’t wait for this trip.”

  He stands up to the T.V shelf grabbing a bottle of water. He opens the lid as he pops the tablet quickly drinking the water after.

  You know what I might as well do the other one at the same time why not?

  He grabs the other tablet from his pocket, and he pops it in his mouth drinking from the bottle.

  He burps, wiping the water dripping from his lips, “That’s good.” he stretches walking back to the couch.

  He grabs the remote on the cushion next to him, turning off the T.V. He sits back down grabbing a black laptop on the right of him.

  He opens it going straight to YouTube.

  “What should I watch? A Dragon Ball AMV? Hmm.”

  He continues to scroll, “Oh there it is, Linkin Park.”

  “Gohan and The End, perfect.” He taps the keypad playing the video.

  A few minutes pass as his vision starts to warp the edges of the room starting to distort, “Damn it’s hitting.” He shuts the laptop making a crank sound echo through the room. He stands up, wobbling “Damn I’m dizzy.”

  He stumbles forward “This feels funny.”

  He falls to the ground, his body feels weightless, as everything goes black.

  The sound of grass whistling brushes against his ears, a soft wind blows across his cheek he grunts trying to open his eyes, they’re heavy as if they’re glued shut.

  This feels amazing my body feels so, light like I’m floating. Like all my problems are gone. It feels like Heaven if it were real.

  His eyes start to open slowly, the blurry sight of a vast night sky with a giant lavender moon shining down upon him, lavender streaks of light flowing across it, and endless stars shooting across it.

  “Where the hell?..” He mutters.

  He turns his head to witness lavender plants and grass surrounding him.

  He slowly sits up rubbing his eyes “This can’t be real? Where am I?”

  He looks around seeing apparitions of other people floating and giggling. “Okay what the?” he turns his head to see strange creatures floating alongside the people.

  His eyes widen “Okay I must have really overdid it?! Is this the side effect of taking LSD before going to sleep?! This is so vivid?!”

  “Oh hola!” the voice of a woman shouts from a distance.

  He turns his head in the direction the voice came from, “Who?. Who’s there?”

  His eyes widen as a woman appears in front of him instantly, with long silver hair, radiating the light beaming from the moon, her skin is a tan olive, she wears a jet black cloak, with feathers reminiscent of an owl, she wears a silver necklace.

  Her eyes are lavender matching the radiant moon above.

  Clyde looks her up and down, “And who are you supposed to be? What the hell is going on here?”

  The woman smiles warmly “Oh me?” She holds her hand out “My name is Sue?o and you?”

  Clyde hesitates at first, but reaches his arm grabbing her palm, she helps him up from the ground. “My name is uh—- Clyde, the son of the governor Cameron Porsh. You know who that is right?”

  Sue?o tilts her head “Governor? I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of something like that? Sounds neat!”

  Clyde raises an eyebrow “Wait you’ve never heard of a governor before? Where are you from?”

  “Mexico?”

  “Spain? You’re definitely not American I see that clearly.”

  Sue?o chuckles letting go of his hand “Lo siento! Ahah but do you mind explaining what ‘America’ is?”

  Clyde’s jaw is slacked, There’s no way this girl doesn’t know what America is! He thinks to himself

  “Have you been living under a rock? The United States of America? The USA? One of the most powerful countries in the world? The one I’ll be the president of one day!”

  She continues to laugh “Oi, you’re funny! So this place is one of the strongest lands in your world or something?”

  “In my world?” Clyde repeats “Okay lady, you’re seriously being weird here. First off where are we?”

  “Oh right! Mi error, this is Reino Astral! Welcome mi amigo!” Sue?o says spreading her arms.

  “Reino Astral?” Clyde narrows his eyes “What does that stand for?”

  “Oh yes, my apologies you speak that language! Reino Astral just means Astral Realm!”

  That language? She says that as if she’s not speaking English her damn self.

  “So what are you exactly? And why are you acting like you don’t know what English is?”

  One of the surrounding apparitions phases through his body, chills radiate through his body. “UGH!” He shouts covering himself with his arms.

  He turns to the apparition as it laughs continuing to float. “Damn you! What’s that a ghost?!”

  “Jaja!” Sue?o chuckles “Nada, see you can only understand what I’m saying because my magic helps me speak whatever language any creature that comes in speaks!”

  “And no, that’s not a ghost amigo! That’s someone just like you!”

  Clyde looks at Sue?o “What are you talking about?! What am I dead?!”

  Sue?o shakes her head to the side “Nope! You’re alive! Just dreaming! You’re astral projecting silly!”

  “What?” He grabs his temples “So. I’m basically in control of my dreams right now?!”

  “I heard about this! I can do whatever right! When my mind goes into a deep sleep or something!”

  He looks down at Sue?o locking eyes with her. “So I wonder what did I see that made my mind manifest you?”

  “Nothing I’m simply a dream manifestation of this realm, not a manifestation of you,” Sue?o says.

  “Erggh! But what does that mean? Dream manifestation? So you’re literally my dream!”

  Sue?o shakes her head once more “Nada, I’m my own entity, I’m a part of the Reino Astral. As this is my domain, I control your dreams, you don’t control them here.”

  She sticks her palm out as a black ball of goo forms inside of it, the ball expands slowly making a squish sound.

  “Ughh.” Clyde groans crinkling his nose.

  Sue?o holds the black ball, she floats back holding it above her head.

  That thing is bigger than her entire body. It’s almost the same size as me and I’m 6’3.

  “Grwahhh!” A growl comes from the ball.

  Clyde’s eyes widen “Hm?!”

  Two white dots form on the surface of the ball, a white line appears under them, making a cartoony face, two cat ears, and a tail appear.

  “Uhhh?” Clyde groans in disbelief.

  “?Se?orita Sue?o!!!” The ball shouts with a high-pitched voice.

  “Aw, my little So?ada!” Sue?o says tossing it on the ground.

  The creature bounces around Sue?o in joy. Clyde watches dumbfounded he blinks.

  “I took too much of that shit,” he mutters to himself.

  Sue?o sits on top of the So?ada, petting it as it turns to Clyde.

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  “?Se?orita, ?Quién es ese?!” (Who’s that?)

  “Oh, that’s uhm.” Sue?o pauses scratching her head. “Oi! Your name was president right?” She asks.

  Clyde scoffs “No my name wasn’t president! It’s Clyde, Clyde Porsh! Don’t forget it! I said I’ll be the second black president not that my name was president!”

  “Ohhh Presidente Negro?” Sue?o hums.

  “Why does the color have to be a part of the name? Are these ‘presidents’ color-coded?”

  “Tch.” Clyde smacks his lips “Being black has everything to do with it!”

  “You don’t understand how big this is you’re just a foreign dream girl! In all U.S history, they’ve all been white! The first black man who just became president named Barack Obama just won a few days ago!

  He places his hand on his chest “So now I’m aspiring to be the second black president!”

  Sue?o crosses her legs as she holds her chin “Oh. okay. So you’re just trying to break the mold? I understand it I guess.”

  “Good, that’s actually great! Understand my passion, understand my purpose! Now I’ll make it.”

  The So?ada snickers “?Se?orita, este ni?o es gracioso!”

  “Si, he is quite the funny one isn’t he? So passionate full of fire!” Sue?o giggles looking down at her So?ada “He’s full of fire isn’t he?”

  “Si!”

  “Can you guys stop speaking Spanish for one second?! English please, I don’t speak espa?ol!”

  Sue?o rubs the back of her head chuckling “Oh, my apologies se?or. I forgot you don’t speak the native tongue of Reino Astral.”

  Clyde palms his forehead into his hand “Native tongue? Just call it Spanish! You’re speaking Spanish!”

  “When I wake up I swear I’m asking Manny where the fuck he got these tablets from! This is absurd.”

  The apparitions start to surround Clyde he clenches his fist flailing his arms “Move, move, MOVE!” He shouts.

  Sue?o sighs “Se?or hitting them won’t do anything they’re just other souls just like you experiencing different versions of me.”

  “Okay, you can’t just say that and expect me to understand! Can you tell me how to get the hell out of here!” Clyde yells trying to punch one of the apparitions.

  Sue?o crosses her arms, as her So?ada frowns “You’ve been very rude since you got here. Demands after demands who do you think you are?”

  “I’m trying to be nice to you, por favor be respectful!”

  “You can’t be serious! Be respectful?! I’m standing in a moonlit ghost field! How do you expect me to react?!” Clyde yells back.

  “Venga, don’t talk to Se?orita Sue?o like that! Have some respect, no!” The So?ada snaps back

  “Oh shut up! Look just tell me how to get out of here!”

  The So?ada’s eyes twitch “?Ay! Let me at him, wey! Se?orita, let me at him! I’m gonna give it to him, ?qué no?”

  “No, está bien, it’s okay. The pobrecito, he’s just asustado, that’s all. I don’t think he means it, mi’ja.” Sue?o says.

  She snaps her fingers as the apparitions move away from Clyde.

  “Huh?” Clyde grunts as he turns his gaze to Sue?o.

  “Okay, one more time. explain what you are?”

  Sue?o claps “Well don’t mind if I do!”

  “I am Sue?o as you know by now! The keeper of Reino Astral, I’m a Dream Spirit!!” She says with a grin.

  “So you can just call me like a tour guide! I can grant you any drea-”

  “Oh give me a break!” Clyde interrupts. “Spirit? You’re a spirit now? So you’re claiming to be a ghost?”

  “No, No not a ghost I’m a Spirit, see I exist outside life and death. I don’t operate the same way you humans or other Spirits do.”

  “Other Spirits? Explain!”

  “So pushy, but what I mean by Spirits is there’s a world beyond your own, you couldn’t even imagine, The Spirit World I like to call it.”

  Clyde steps forward “The Spirit World?” He repeats.

  “Si! The Spirit World is a vast world full of different creatures! It’s enjoyable seeing all the ones who Astral Project all the time!”

  “So what makes you different from these Spirits?!” He looks around “They just look like Pokémon from a horror film!”

  “Hmm.” Sue?o hums, “What makes me different? Well, first off I’m not exactly from the Spirit World.”

  “I just know about it from the dreamers. They tell fascinating stories about it!”

  Clyde tilts his head in confusion “What? What do you mean you’re not a Spirit? Didn’t you say you were a Spirit?”

  Sue?o nods “Mhm, I did say that! But I am not a born Spirit, I’m from a different realm entirely.”

  “This Realm just happens to be my afterlife, a place I’m confined in.” Her voice starts to lower “I-. I do want to explore it one day.”

  “Hm?” Clyde watches as her gaze drifts to the lavender sky, that constant smile wavering. “Go on. Explain more.”

  “Um. I don’t really feel comfortable going that deep with someone I just met.” Sue?o says.

  Clyde groans “You can’t just say something like that then back off!”

  “Oi, I’m getting sick of you pendejo!” The So?ada yells bouncing up and down.

  “Oh! Woah! Calm down!” Sue?o shouts bouncing with it.

  The So?ada bears its fangs, bouncing on the ground once more knocking Sue?o off.

  “Se?orita it’s time we shut this guy up!”

  Before Sue?o hits the ground she starts to hover. She sighs “No please don’t attack our guest he just doesn’t know any bett-”

  “Bring it on then blob!” Clyde shouts cutting through Sue?o's speaking.

  The So?ada leaps towards Clyde, blades of grass breaking apart from the force.

  Clyde cocks his fist back, as the So?ada approaches, “AHHG!” He screams swinging his fist.

  BOING It connects with the So?ada causing a ripple effect coursing through its body, it bounces back from the force.

  Clyde shakes his wrist “That thing feels like rubber, is it just a toy?!”

  Sue?o’s eyes widen “?Asombrosa! That punch was pretty good!”

  She floats around Clyde, staring at his fist.

  “What do you mean by a brawler? Like are you asking if I fight?”

  Sue?o nods her head “Yeah, that punch wasn’t half bad, for a human I mean.”

  Clyde scoffs pulling his arm back “Thanks for the backhanded compliment ghost girl.”

  “I wonder.” Sue?o places her hand on her chin “What is the core of your soul?”

  “The. what? Stop saying all these random things expecting me to understand!”

  “SE?ORITA!! MOVE OUT THE WAY!” The So?ada roars charging headfirst for Clyde once more.

  “Ugh!” Clyde grunts crossing his arms bracing himself.

  “Interesting,” Sue?o mutters, she moves to float directly above Clyde, she snaps her fingers, lavender mist surrounds Clyde.

  “HEY!” He shouts panicking as the mist engulfs him.

  The So?ada approaches faster “DESTROY!” It bellows leaping at Clyde.

  Clyde’s fist bursts through the mist, a powerful gust of wind fires from it, striking the So?ada “AHHUG!” It screams being blown back across the land.

  “Whoa!” Sue?o says her eyes sparkling. “INCREíBLE! TO THINK YOUR CORE WOULD BE SKY! AND YOUR ESSENCE WOULD BE THAT STRONG!”

  The mist around Clyde disperses, “What the hell just happened!”

  “Did I just shoot wind out of my fist?!”

  Sue?o claps touching the ground “Si! You sure did! And it was great too, it’s rare to see humans with such a strong essence!”

  “You must be really serious about your dreams!”

  Clyde opens his palm looking into it “This is insane. I’m magic now?! I just shot wind!”

  “I. I.”

  “I CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD WITH THIS! I CAN BE A SAVIOR, I CAN BE A HERO, I CAN ACTUALLY BE THE LEADER I DREAMED OF BEING!”

  Sue?o nods her head her eyes crinkled with a soft smile “Mhm, mhm! That’s exactly why your core is sky, so ambiguous, always soaring high!”

  “But let’s test you out shall we!”

  Clyde’s gaze lands on her “What do you mean test me out? You’re going to send something else to fight me?”

  “Si!” Sue?o says back enthusiastically.

  Clyde wipes his nose “Heh, then bring any creature or person you like, I’ll gladly kick their ass!”

  Sue?o grins “Sure! That person would be me! Let’s see what you got!”

  “You?” He scoffs. “Listen lady I don’t really hit women, especially not little ones like you, what are you like 5’5?”

  Sue?o giggles “I guess so! But hey if you impress me I’ll give you a prize! A prize you won’t ever be able to forget!”

  “Show me how far you’re willing to reach for that dream of yours!”

  “Tch, what am I a child? You think you can bribe me?” He folds his arms “I told you don’t-”

  “Unless you’re not man enough to accept a challenge? What kind of leader are you then? Just a coward?” Sue?o interrupts.

  “What did you say?!” Clyde scowls.

  “In my language I say Puta, but in yours, I believe they call men like you. B-I-T-C-H-E-S”

  Clyde’s eyes twitch “Oh that does it! You want to call me a bitch?! Fine, all cards off the table!”

  “I’ll show you who a bitch is!”

  He stomps his foot down getting ready to charge.

  He sprints towards Sue?o as she stands there smiling, “HA!” he throws his fist, a gust of wind fires from it.

  Sue?o lifts one finger, as the wind makes contact with her it breaks on contact.

  “That was a nice breeze wasn’t it?”

  “Tch!” Clyde smacks his lips “Damn you!” He throws punches in a rapid fashion, multiple gusts of wind fire towards Sue?o.

  She lifts her left arm, using the sleeve to block the wind. She swipes her arm dispersing every blast.

  “Try something, new leader! Come on!”

  “Shut the fuck up!” Clyde bellows running towards Sue?o closing the distance, he tries to throw a hook at her, she bends backwards dodging it.

  She swipes her foot on Clyde’s causing him to stagger back. “Ugh!”

  Sue?o giggles “Hey you know I can use wind too!” She swipes her foot as a wave of wind appears from her soles, causing Clyde to lose balance falling onto the lavender grass.

  “Damn! Okay fine! You want to play like that!?”

  Clyde rises to his feet, he clenches his fist.

  “Let me ask you a question,” Sue?o says stepping forward.

  “Oh screw that! I’m kicking your ass!” Clyde opens his palms collecting wind inside of them, the wind swirls like miniature tornadoes.

  He claps his hands together combining the two tornadoes into a bigger one, firing it at Sue?o.

  The grass and ground rip apart, the surrounding apparitions laugh as they’re blown away turning into gas.

  The wind dissipates, Clyde huffs dropping to one knee.

  “Holy shit. I feel like I’m in a god damn anime.” He mutters to himself.

  “At least she’s gone now.”

  “But for my question.” Her voice rings behind him.

  “Huh?!” Clyde shouts whirling to the voice, Sue?o hovers above the ground with a smirk.

  “What do you think being a leader means? What do you believe it takes to be a leader?”

  “Erg! Shut up!” Clyde shouts throwing another punch blasting wind at Sue?o.

  Sue?o twirls around it, as she spins she stops in front of Clyde, she cocks her arm back striking him in the chest with her elbow.

  “UGH!” Clyde grunts, saliva erupting from his mouth, he drops to one knee.

  “What is your purpose for wanting to soar? Do you have any idea what it means to have the crown?”

  Clyde holds his chest panting “I said.”

  “SHUT YOUR MOUTH!” He lunges upwards trying to grab Sue?o.

  Sue?o turns into lavender mist in the last second, appears behind Clyde, she grabs him by his shirt before he can fall forward.

  “You don’t know the weight that comes with that crown. The weight of the lives you’ll be responsible for.”

  “Your ambition is plausible, but you yourself cannot be a leader. You’ll be nothing more than a tyrant.”

  “Erkkk!” Clyde growls, “Get off me-” before he finishes his sentence Sue?o lifts him, slamming him onto the ground.

  “NrrgH!” Clyde hisses, “So go on and answer, what is your true purpose in wanting to lead?”

  Clyde opens his eyes halfway huffing “For. for respect. I want to be respected! I want to be seen as the one who others look at when there’s something wrong!”

  “Hmm..” Sue?o hums. “I see but with a reason like that you’ll never become the king you set out to be.”

  “It’s completely self-serving, you’re not a bad guy I can see it in your essence, but you have years of maturity maybe even eons before you can ever become a true king.”

  “Maybe this life just wasn’t meant for you to become one yet-”

  “SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!” Clyde shouts. “DON’T TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN’T BE WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!”

  Sue?o remains silent the grass below starts to spread apart as she begins to hover above Clyde.

  “Idiota. fine let’s see how you handle being the king.”

  She raises her arm as lavender mist starts to surround her, the mist starts to cover Clyde.

  “Stop! What are you doing?!” Clyde yells flailing his arms trying to push away the mist.

  “AH!” He screams, as everything fades to black for him.

  Instantly he feels like something’s moving, he slowly opens his eyes noticing he’s in a car.

  “Where am I now?!” He looks to his right seeing a woman next to him in a white dress.

  Her skin is a light olive, her hair long, wavy, the sunlight kissing it making it glow golden.

  “D-Daisy?!”

  “Babe, stop snoozing we’re on the way to your inauguration,” Daisy says her voice soft and steady.

  What? My inauguration? What is she talking about?

  “Since when was I the president?!”

  Daisy tilts her head, “What do you mean? You won the election. How can you forget something so important?”

  “You’re the first black president of the United States! Do you know how significant this is!”

  “It’s grand! I’m going to be First Lady!”

  “First Black.” Clyde mutters to himself “No. I’m not! Barack was the first, there’s no way-”

  His eyes widen “Sue?o!” He shouts out. “This has to be her doing!”

  Daisy raises an eyebrow “Who? Who’s Sue?o?”

  Clyde grabs the handle of the car door, “Let me out this isn’t real!”

  “Let me the hell out!”

  “Mr. President calm down! What has gotten into you?! Are you losing your mind!”

  “LET ME OUT OF THIS DAMN CAR!” Clyde screams, sweat runs down his face.

  “Babe what’s going on with you! Stop!” Daisy panics grabbing onto Clyde.

  Clyde continues to struggle, he pulls the door handle pushing it open.

  “Augh!” Clyde screams falling off the car.

  Everything fades black once more, his eyes suddenly burst open as he stands on a podium in front of the White House.

  The cheers fill the air “CLYDE, CLYDE, CLYDE!!!”

  “W-what!” Clyde shouts turning his head frantically.

  The crowd is huge! This is millions of people?!

  The sound of cameras flashing, screams, and cheers radiates, Clyde’s head starts to grow dizzy from the overwhelming sense.

  He stumbles forward placing his hands on the podium.

  “OUR NEW PRESIDENT! CLYDE PORSH! TODAY HE’S MADE HISTORY!” An announcer screams out from a microphone.

  Clyde pants as his pupils dilate, his lips quiver as his mouth moves uncontrollably.

  “Thank you!” He says into the mic.

  EH?! WHAT’S GOING ON AM I?

  “Thank you all! I appreciate every last one of you for coming to my initiation as the new President of the United States of America. I, Clyde Porsh, promise to make this country great—no, even better than ever.”

  MY MOUTH IS MOVING ON ITS OWN!

  He tries to move his hands to cover his mouth but they’re stiff and refuse to move.

  “Today marks an important day in American history, as I become the second Black president of the United States. I won’t fail you or this country!”

  The crowd cheers and shouts once more, Clyde feels a hand on his shoulder, he turns to see Daisy.

  She smiles at him warmly, tears swell in his eyes.

  The Fate of all these lives are now in your hands. Sue?o’s voice plays in his head.

  He turns back to the crowd seeing the area flooded with people.

  They all depend on you, that’s the weight, one decision one mistake could take everything away. Families, Children, and everyone who has the same dreams to soar like you.

  “GET OUT OF MY HEAD!”

  Everything around Clyde starts to distort, the sky turns black, the crowd starts to disappear one by one.

  The weight of Daisy’s hand fades, he whirls his head back to see nothing behind him “DAISY!”

  “Oi,” Sue?o calls out, Clyde turns forward seeing her float.

  Everything is gone they stand in an endless black void.

  “You believed you could bear the crown, you thought you were entitled to it, but what you have just shown me is you don’t have the strength to bear the weight of the lives that come with it.”

  Clyde whimpers, he trembles as he falls over sitting in the void.

  “Pobrecito. I do hope you grow into being the leader you dream of being.”

  “Even if it takes lifetimes.”

  She starts to fade away “Our time here is finished. Live your life, hopefully we meet again.”

  “Ugh! WAIT! EXPLAIN WHAT YOU DID!” Clyde shouts crawling forward.

  “DON’T LEAVE YET! NO WAIT!”

  To no use Sue?o turns into lavender mist, Clyde’s head starts to pound in pain. “EUGH!” He groans gripping his temples.

  Everything starts to blur and distort, and suddenly he wakes up back in his room.

  His eyes burst open, he gasps for air, his mouth and lips are dry, his eyes bloodshot red.

  He tries to push himself upward, but his body gives out as he falls back into the ground.

  “M-manny.” he calls out weakly, “Ugh.”

  He crawls to the couch, he grips the cushion forcing himself upright, he grabs the bottle of water ripping the cap off, chugging.

  “Never again. never fucking again.”

  END.