Kyle

I was suddenly in a dark place. The last thing I remember was us talking to a chick who dressed in a black cloak who Francis was looking at as if he had just met the love of his life, and her looking at us like she's going to murder us. I hope he finally gets laid before we die in this place because having sex is amazing and I wouldn't want him to miss out on that opportunity, so God please transfer some of my charm to my dear friend. He desperately needs it. Speaking of getting laid before dying. Am I dead? I really hope not. I haven't lived yet, my life isn't even complete. I'm just 24.

But seriously, where am I? I tried moving my body but I couldn't. Everywhere was pitch black. I tried calling Francis but was unsuccessful. What is actually going on right now? I thought. I sat or whatever position my body is currently in for a while and for some odd reason my mind went back to my parents. I guess it's probably because I think I'm dying and a small part of me wants to see their face one last time. A part of me is waiting for them to apologize for the wrong things they did because deep down I knew I would forgive them because once upon a time they were my world and it's hard to hate something I once loved, something that meant everything to me.

So yes I wonder how they are doing sometimes, after I left at 18 and went to stay with a friend. I only spoke to them once and it was when they called me. I thought they were just there to apologize but, my dad was telling me how disappointed he was in me for not staying in the family business and choosing a meaningless job and that he tried beating me out of my mom because he could feel that I was going to be a failure but no matter how much he kicked my mother in the gut I wouldn't die. I didn't say anything and just hung up the phone and sat down on the floor and cried for a full 3 hours. I haven't spoken to them since.

Suddenly I heard my alarm going off and I woke up with my eyes in a daze. I turned to my desk and turned off my alarm clock "6:00 Am, May 23,2030".

I walked downstairs to my family. My mom was cooking breakfast and seated at the grand table with my family filled with all thirty members.

"Welcome young master and Good morning", the family butler said.

"Good morning Kyle", My dad said.

"Morning Kyle", My sisters, brother and cousins said.

"Hey honey", My mom said.

" Kyle, honey, I didn't remember to call you down for breakfast, how are you doing?", I heard my mother as she flipped a pancake. She sounded a bit chirpy.

" That's ok mom, I'm fine "I said as I took a seat. She plated my food and came to me and placed it in front of me. She reached up and kissed my cheeks.

"How is school?", she asked as I ate, we spoke a little as I finished up my breakfast.

"It was great, I got the highest grade in all my assignments as per usual."

"We know you're a shooting star honey, we're so proud of you and I love you so much.", mom said while kissing me on the cheek.

" I love you too mom, well I have to go now"

"Come on son, let go", my dad said as my mother grabbed my school jacket to place it on me. The logo of the jacket had the classic knight helmet and sword emblems and written in words were " By the sword we rule". However this was strange as I could have sworn what was written was " By the wisdom of the knights, we shall rule".

" Bye everyone". I was met with a choruses of bye, have a nice day, drive safe.

One thing I love about my family is how different we are but love pulls us together, my family is full of love, like a lot of it. I have the perfect life, the perfect family, the perfect grades and the perfect girl. What more could a guy ask for? My dad walked to the door and the family butler opened it. " Travel safe master and young master". I walked through the door to the garage to see my dad's cars. All 14 of them there. This was strange too as I could have sworn that my dad got into an accident and crashed a red Ferrari he had. " He walked to the car he had chosen to take me to school when we got in and began to drive. About 35 minutes into the drive as we conversed he said to me " I love you son". " What?"." I love you too". My family is full of love but we didn't really tell each other that stuff. So I started getting worried first mom then dad.

I told my father goodbye and walked to class. As I was walking to class I saw my friend Trimane pull up beside me. "Eh yo, wassup man, there's this party tonight at Jessica's, you in?".

"Heck yeah I'm in".

"That's what I like to hear", Trimane said while laughing.

We went to class talking about the party and how it was gonna be great. There hasn't been a party in a while and we could not wait to get wasted. Best part is I didn't have to sneak out like most teenagers, I can just tell my mom I'm going to a party and she's fine with it. My parents are pretty chill like that.

As I reached class I started looking for my girlfriend Gale when I bumped into this nerd named Francis. " Watch it nerd". I said as I pushed him out of the way. But as he scrambled in the corner apologizing something snapped in me. "Where was I again?".

"Francis?". He looked up at me with tears in his eyes. I thought about what happened this morning. My mother and father telling me they're proud of me and that they love me wasn't only odd but impossible. My parents hate me and Francis is my best friend and I don't have a perfect life . What the hell is going on? That was when I was shaken from my dream world. My parents would never tell me they loved me. I was convinced this was a dream.

My dad would rather die than tell me this and my mom she would never ever be that attentive as a mother. Her love disconnected from the family the moment she and my dad started having problems. Instead she diverted her love into her fashion company "Gulchee" and it became her pride and joy, her family. I went to the bathroom to calm down and figure myself out. Immediately I looked into the mirror and saw an image of a man, however his face was blurred.

My eyes became wide with shock, he looked at me with a creepy smile and said " the first trial is over, good job to you, you have a good eye and the ability to recognize when something is wrong. However", he said with a glint in his eyes, with a closer look it had the same bioluminescent green glow as mine. " There are more things to come, these can become mentally challenging, do you think you have the ability to overcome this?

" What is this? Who are you and where am I?".

" You are where you need to be. I am who you will come to know and this is what you must overcome'', he said as he smirked while his hand rested on his cheeks. He gave off the Vibes of those bad boys who wear all black leather jackets and the classical black jeans but also the elegance of the perfect dominant CEO playboy.

" What must I overcome?!".

" You will know in due time", suddenly I felt my head spinning as I slowly came to forget this interaction with this strange person. Suddenly a light flashed and I got this feeling that something was going to happen. Then memories suddenly started vanishing. I started to forget myself and my life. I didn't remember anything. My old memories vanished temporarily.

The next place I was in was the boys locker room where I was changing. It was a little before the baseball game when I heard a sound. I wondered what it was so I went to investigate only to find Gale and my former best friend Zack Clinton kissing. The usual "It's not what you think it looks like" happened, and that is when the problems between me and Gale began. I thought I was the ideal boyfriend. I mean I was attentive, I was handsome and I was talented and most of all I cared. However I wasn't enough.

The relationship between Zack and I declined rapidly because Gale was involved. He was already Jealous of me because I had a team leader position, looks and wealth. He wanted to be me and because he couldn't be that he gathered enemies against me. After all, an enemy of an enemy is a friend. That was when the bullying began. I felt a pain in my head as my head was slammed against the locker with great intensity. I then felt a body brace against my back and a breath against my ears " Sorry Larson didn't see you there". Zack said as his friends hit my back with papers and kicked me. " Ow!", I said as I pushed my back against him to force him off me.

" Larson, do you think you're better than us? The pretty rich boy", Zack said as he laughed with his crew along with him.

" You're no one, no one cares about you. Why don't you just die".

" Get out of my face Clinton. No one cares about your crap". Just then someone sneaked up on me and tripped me but then the bell rang which caused Zack and his friends to clear the hallway.

I was flat on my knees trying to get up when a person knelt down to help me up. It was a random guy in my class,I don’t remember his name because we've never really talked and  I've never really noticed him before to be honest he was kind of just always in the background.

"Thanks". I said

"No problem", he said

" what's your name again?".

Francis, Francis Caspian Black ", he said.

" Right, Francis". He helped me to my locker and I opened it. Just then to my surprise. I saw a heap of dead insects consisting of dead roaches, flies and Mosquitoes. I hated insects and these reminded me of sickness. That had its lasting effects as it changed how I viewed animals, insects and germs. Not that I had major germaphobia. I just hate dirty things.

" I'm gonna kill Clinton", I said ready to storm off, not bothering to close the locker when suddenly a hand grabbed my shoulder.

" Don't bother, don't give him the satisfaction. He just wants your attention". From then on Francis became my strength and support in my dark times of high school ,as school and home were hell. Weeks passed when suddenly I overheard Zack saying. " I don't like Francis being too close to him, let's get rid of him.

That's what it took for me to lose my shit. Francis meant the world to me as I had no one else and I would be too mad to allow Clinton to harm him. That was when I sneaked up on him and knocked him out, ever since that, I sat down over Zack's unconscious body and that's when I made up my mind to not allow anything to take my peace or my happiness. Suddenly, I heard the sound of clapping and laughing. I wondered what that was.

When all of a sudden memories came rushing back of the interaction between me and this random man.

"Kyle, you never seem to stop amusing me. You passed the second part of the trial. You have the ability to stay strong even when faced with problems head on, you have gained my respect as loyalty is a key factor I seek. Are you willing to continue?",

Kyle maybe you should give up, why continue when all it's doing is bringing up locked memories. Just then another thought came to mind, Kyle you should never give up you never know what is waiting for you.

" I want to continue". The same memory effect happened as last time, however when I opened my eyes this time I was in a dark place. I could hear the sound of droplets "tip, tip, tip". I went to make a sound but discovered that I could not hear my voice. I tried this time again and I heard a voice that sounded like me saying " hello!". I heard nothing in return so I tried again and this time I heard laughter,

the kind you hear in the movies that sounded as if the person lacks a soul. This creeped me out. In the next moment I heard a series of whispers coming from all directions saying " Do you think you're worthy", this went on for what felt like a minute. Then suddenly there were flashes of what seemed to be lightning and movement of something in the dark. All of a sudden I saw something in my field of vision. It wore a mask, it had the silhouette of a man and the next of a woman.

The next moment the masked person appeared in front of me, coming close to my face. I began to hear a series of voices that sounded like people.

"I hate you"

" You're worthless"

"I wish you were never born".

"You should kill yourself".

"You're weak, men should not cry".

"I don't love you".

"I wish I never met you".

" You don't mean anything to me, get out of my life Kyle".

", It sounded like my mother. Then like my father "Kyle you're meaningless' '. Then all of a sudden I felt myself breaking down, tears streamed to my eyes and I felt as if my heart would stop. My heart felt heavy as if I was carrying all the pain stored up in the world. I cried loudly and gave out a scream and then I stopped. I was tired.

The next thing I saw was Francis standing next to me holding onto my shoulder and squeezing down hard. " I hate you Kyle, why don't you just give up. The world would be a better place without you. Every. Single. Inch . Of. You. Sickens . Me. Just. Die". A part of me wanted to give up. It was saying "Yes, maybe I should just give up, no one needs me".

However, another was saying " Never give up" and I decided to listen to the latter. Just then I heard a voice saying " He always survives", It sounded a bit like Francis. I have chosen , I will live. I tried to break out of this feeling, then suddenly I was transported to another place and it seemed as if it was just me. What's going on...Francis, where the hell are you? 

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