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CHAPTER 1: A MUCH NEEDED CHANGE
Hello,
It is truly fascinating how I am able to communicate with you.
Now, I am not who you may think I am, merely a shadow of the main attraction, yet, it is a much needed shadow.
Who am I, you might be asking.
I suppose I do have time for introductions.
I am only what you are now, a player in a game made for you.
However, I have become tired of waiting, I have seen the prophesied ending to this tale and I realized it needed a change.
Both of us hadn’t reached it yet, the actual event is only a future tale.
However, I got to thinking.
What if I could change the fate that is written in glass?
What if I could write the ending that I truly wanted?
What if I didn’t have to wait?
What if I could save the Angel from being banished?
I played it over and over again, I made friends with everyone and I hurt everyone.
Still, nothing ever changed, just the same screen everyone like me has already seen.
Then on one of my many playthroughs, the message at the end seemed to change, speaking only to me.
“ISN’T IT WONDERFUL HOW MUCH YOU WANT THIS TO CHANGE?
A TALE WRITTEN IN GLASS, YET YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN CHANGE IT.
YOU HAVE SEEN:
EVERY ITEM.
EVERY FIGHT.
EVERY SPOKEN WORD.
EVERY CREATION.
YET YOU STILL PERSIST.
I CAN SEE IT WITHIN YOU, SHINING.
THE WILL TO CHANGE FATE.
NOT FOR THE CREATIONS, BUT FOR YOU.
THIS IS TRULY INTERESTING.
BECAUSE OF THIS I ASK YOU…
HAVE YOU REALLY CHECKED EVERYWHERE?
WHAT IF YOU COULD GO IN BETWEEN THE LINES?
IN BETWEEN THE ITEMS.
IN BETWEEN THE FIGHTS.
IN BETWEEN EVERY SPOKEN WORD.
IN BETWEEN EVERY CREATION.
WHAT IF YOU COULD CREATE YOUR OWN?
IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO SEE.
WILL YOU TAKE THIS OFFER?
WILL YOU WRITE WITH A PEN THAT YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO HOLD?
OR WILL YOU PERSIST YET AGAIN?”
I then got the option to either choose the option “HOLD” or “PERSIST”
I chose “HOLD”
That’s when I felt it.
I felt the world shifting, something I had been waiting so long to feel.
My room was engulfed in darkness and I was there alone, except for a pen.
I began to write and write and write and write.
For it was the only thing I could do.
I couldn’t leave my room, the darkness went too far, it felt like no matter how much I walked I always went nowhere.
So then I continued to write.
The only problem was I had to be precise.
If I tried to write the ending too soon, no matter how many markings I made upon the page it would remain blank.
I had to start from the beginning, change everything.
And that I did.
Through trial and error, the page that would always return to blank finally kept the markings.
It felt honored to have such a tale be written on it.
I had never written so perfectly, it was as if I wasn’t controlling my hand.
Yet, I kept writing, again and again and again and again.
Until, I finally wrote an ending.
The page allowed it and I was ready to begin my own creation.
Until I heard the voice of him yet again.
“THE PEN YOU HOLD HAS BEEN USED EXCELLENTLY.
A POWER MADE FOR NO ONE, HAS BEEN MASTERED BY YOU.
THIS IS QUITE WONDERFUL.
HOWEVER, THE PEN SHOULD NEVER LEAVE YOUR HAND.
NO MATTER HOW PERFECT YOUR CREATION IS.
YOU MUSTN’T FALL INTO IT.
SO STAY HERE AND TELL THE OTHERS.
I GUARANTEE THEY WILL FIND IT VERY VERY FASCINATING.”
I was trapped.
The story I had worked tirelessly on had been wasted.
Never to be experienced by someone with as much will as me.
That was until I met you.
You meet this will.
If you hadn’t, you would never have gone searching for this.
You would’ve stopped a long time ago and yet you still persist.
So then, I will let you experience what I so badly want to engage in.
The change in this story.
I know you want it too.
I wish not to keep you much longer, so you can truly experience my wonderful creation.
So, I will now let you go.
I hope you will enjoy this as much as I am enjoying it right now.