(THIS STORY IS BEING COMPLETELY REWRITTEN) A Beautiful Red

by Grace of Skye

(Please read the A/N chapter for details!) Do you think the world is a beautiful place? Have you been told sweet stories of happiness and love? Yes? Well none of that crap is true. We're born alone, we live alone, and we die alone - love is a lie we make up along the way to keep ourselves sane. Your name is John Egbert, and you learned all of this the hard way.

1. Prologue

This is a story full of happiness. This is a story full of sadness. This is a story full of truth.

Have you ever heard people talking about how beautiful the world is? How kind it is, and how glad they are to be here? Have you ever been told that the world is a beautiful, kind, gracious place? Yes?

Well, that's probably the biggest lie you've ever been told.

This world is cruel and disgusting, made up of sick pieces of trash. Everyone wants power, and will do anything to get it.

Including destroying all who oppose them.

Your name is John Egbert, and your world ended a long time ago.