The double-insert experience
Prologue: First Contact
23:00 - Near Workplace
"Another night..." I complained as I was leaving the bus a few squares of my work. Using headphones, I walk towards the fast-food restaurant that I'm employed for over a year and a half. I can't help it, it's the only thing that keeps me from madness and distracts me from the noise that surrounds me.
I'm Edward, you can call me a protagonist of sorts, going to yet another day of work.
I'm a 26 years old guy, average build, with long, black hair with some white strands, there because of the day to day grind. Average clothing but always using using a thin leather jacket that I bought overseas, one of my treasured things.
Pay bills, use the computer, play games, and work. It's what I have ever done.
I don't have a lot of friends, too shy for that. The very few friends I have, I barely talk with, and the fact that my social skills are next to nothing are partly to blame as well, I barely talk with anyone that is not in an "automated" form like dealing with customers . That's an incredibly average Joe for you.
I approached the front door, I sighed as I gripped the knob to open it.
"Let's finish this already so I can get back to my room..." I though to myself as the door swung open.
The place was packed tight, too many customers yet again, it was another hellacious weekend starting. To anywhere I see, I saw people of all ages. I tried to not pay attention while I got to the back of the kitchen, where the break room is, to wait for my shift.
Every night was like this, droning on into the wee hours of every morning.. The same routine, over and over, I don't know how I didn't snap already.
09:00 of the next day - My home
"Home at last!" I thought to myself as I opened the door. It wasn't a big house. It had only two floors, but not much space to accomodate it.
It was another bad night, it was start of the weekend so even at 03:00AM, the place was filled to the brim with customers, and I'm not sure why people goes to a restaurant at that time, the place was undermanned, workload was heavy, since I also had to carry tons of boxes to the fridge today. I left the place one hour after my shift...
"I can't take it anymore, I can't stand these people!" I complained. "How they allow children to be awake at that hour?!" I ranted, since I have an aversion to kids, mainly the spoiled ones that are regulars to that kind of place.
"At least I'm home." I left my backpack at the sofa and went upstairs towards my room, and opened the door.
It is an average sized room (3m x 4m), with a bed at the back right corner, and my computer at the left corner. The computer is above average, made for gaming, video editing and art drawing, having two monitors, drawing tablet, gaming keyboard and mouse and an HD Web cam for recording. I sometimes use that to record game-plays for a Youtube channel with low two digits in subscriptions, but I can't exactly remember when I used it last, because I got "bored of it".
I didn't pay attention to anything else and just fainted at my bed, not even changing the clothes I was using,without noticing that, even though my computer is off, the LED of the Web cam is turned on.
09:00 - ?
?: Interesting... Dysthymia, boring routine, very different from the other people from the same region... I guess I can separate him from the rest, maybe that will help him.
? - ?
"What the..."
I was on some kind of border between two worlds, on my left side, a futuristic city, with holographic banners and lots of different places, with purple and cyan colors taking part of most of the things, and a very tall tower at its center. At my right, some sort of village, with lots of green and some houses, and a very large crystal castle nearby.
I was being pulled by two shadowy beings, one human like, having a girly bubbly voice, that I recognize from a game I like to play, she's short, uses a white and purple hoodie and has an affinity with gaming, The other was shaped like a small horse, but pulled me with the two frontal members that felt like marshmallow, also with a bubbly girly voice, different from the first, that is from a series that I like to watch. I could recognize a bit pink and the smell of pastries.
Girl: Come on, come with me, we can play games everyday you want and hunt monsters too!
Pony: No, come with me and you can have every candy you want, and we can have lots os fun, and adventures!
"What is going on? Why am I being pulled by you two? Why me?!"
Girl: Because you have a sad life and we want you to be happy, don't you want that?
"We?" I looked at the girls direction, there was seven other shadowy, yet familiar girls, cheering for the first one to bring me to them.
Pony: We are worried...
I looked to the other direction, there was five other small horses, with different colors.
"..."
Girl: So, you have to choose. Which of us you choose? Dearly me or that ugly pony?
Pony: Ugly?! Will you let her call me ugly?
Girl: Come on, you know you want to go with me.
"I... I..."
Conflicted, I have that problem that I can't take decisions easily, even more when pressured.
Girl: Come on, choose one of us, it's easy.
Pony: Yeah, you know I'm the better choice.
Girl: No, I'm the better choice!
Pony: No, I am!
The two kept discussing, pressuring me into picking one of them...
"I CAN'T CHOOSE!"
As I yelled, everything disappeared from my surroundings, and now I was in some sort of void. I was standing in a small platform. No matter where I looked, I couldn't see anything else.
"W-what's goin-" I tried to speak, but my voice was... different. Higher pitch and sound more... feminine. I coughed and tried to speak something again.
"M-my voice?" The same higher pitch, feminine voice went out. I wanted to panic, but managed to keep my composure. I looked down, past the small platform, and I could see a reflection. My reflection, but it was different. I had longer hair and my complex was of a girl. I was a girl.
"W-Whaaa... WHAA-"
12:00 - My Room
"-AAAAAAAA"
I woke up yelling.
I shaken my head and got myself to sit on my bed.
"This was a dream... what the heck is going on..." I looked to my side, it was 12:00. Managed to sleep 3 hours at least, not enough but not too few.
I usually record a dream diary of things I managed to remember when I dream, so I had to type in somewhere. I turned myself to my computer to turn it on, but I noticed the web cam LED on.
"Uh... I'm sure my computer is off, did you bug or someth-"
Suddenly, both monitors flash on.
"AGH!"
Staggered by the sudden flash, my eyes took some time to recover. When I opened them, the monitors showed a dim white background, with a human head at the left monitor, obscured by the light at the back.
"OK I think I finally snapped. I'm seeing things now. That or..." I pinched myself. "Ow. Yeah, I'm not sleeping alright..."
The voice tapped the monitor from the inside.
?: Hello? Hello! Can you answer me?
I couldn't believe it, there was in fact someone speaking with me, from an non-powered computer of all things. The white background was hurting my vision a bit, so I had to force my eyes to try to focus on the obscured character.
"H-hello."
?: Why are you forcing your vision that much? Do you need glasses?
... Now it was mocking me?!
"No! It's just too bright of a background, can't you do anything to that?"
?: Whoops, sorry.
I heard something click, and the background behind the character was now black, and I could see it better.
The character in the other side of the monitors has long, maroon hair, an average face, but with eyes that of a vampire or similar character, and some visible, cute fangs. It was something that I could do on one of those "Character Design flash games", and was similar to one of my own original characters.
"All better... except for the fact that you're very similar of one of my characters."
?: Don't fret over my appearance, I can only show myself by something you're familiar with.
"So, that's not your real appearance?
?: Nope.
I sighed, and returned my attention to the person at the other side.
?: You're Edward, correct?
"!" I stood in shock, how she knew my name? I looked around my room for any other cameras, and I was sure that my data was safe, since I rarely use my real name over the INTERNET.
?: Relax, I'm not a stalker, but I have something for you.
"What are you talking about? I didn't order anything recently that I didn't receive already."
?: Can you please calm down and let me speak?
I just stared at the screen, and nodded.
Kali: Very well, I am Kali. I'm here to give you a new chance.
"New chance? What do you mean?"
Kali: I've been checking on you over the last month. You barely leave your home, almost no friends and everybody just want to make you do things you don't want to. You developed depression on that time, and you don't think you can do anything about that, correct?
WAY too accurate. She was spot on. I just stared, with my mouth open. "Y-yes, you're correct.'
Kali: So that's why I'm here to give you another chance. You will be "reborn" in a new world, a new reality. What do you think?
A new reality? I though it was only possible in the world of someone imagination, couldn't believe I was offered that. Still, I am skeptical and don't fall for traps that easy.
"... What's the catch? Where's the cameras? It must be a joke."
Kali: No joke, no cameras except the one that you have, but... you're correct. There's a catch.
Knew it...
"Let me guess, it's the memories of myself from everybody in this world?"
Now Kali was surprised.
Kali: How did you know? You basically will be erased from every memory that knew you, every physical data about you will not exist anymore, you will be forgotten from this world, even your name will vanish.
"I didn't know. I was about to use this as a condition to accept this "rebirth". I don't want anybody suffering about my disappearance.
Kali: You know every little detail huh?
"What can I say, I don't fall for traps easily."
I smiled at Kali. She just shrugged.
Kali: I have to just make sure of one thing: Do you have any regrets before leaving?
Kali spoke as I was stuffing my pockets with my Nintendo 3DS, cellphone and earphones, and their chargers.
"Uh... I had, but since I'll be forgotten anyways, nobody will care.
Kali: Very well... I just need to scan you one last time, stay still...
The web cam started to scan the area of my head and my chest, the LED turned red for a moment, the monitors were loading something, when suddenly both shined bright and I felt a gust of air from both. Kali yelled from the other side.
Kali: You seriously impress me, two choices huh? And they're just as strong as the other! I have to do something about that.
"What are you talkin- GAH!"
I felt a spike of pain, my head was hurting and I though it would split at anytime... when it calmed, I slowly opened my eyes. I was still in my room, but being slowly digitalized to the right monitor, vanishing from the bottom to the top.
I looked to my left, and for my surprise... there was a female, too much similar to myself.
"A-are you..."
"Me? AAH-"
She was about to reply, but the digitalization was complete and we went through both monitors, she went to the left one, as I went to the right one. The computer then stopped, and blinked out of the existence, since it wasn't supposed to exist in a world that I'm not existing. Everything from the room changed, as none of the things it had existed without me.
End of Prologue
Hello, name's Icy Wings here.
It's my first time doing a fan fiction, I hope you guys like it. I have absolutely zero experience on fan fiction making, and I had this idea out of music listening, lol.
One Split Protagonist, Two Worlds, Only the future will know what misadventures s/he will go now.
And before anyone speaks of, the protagonist hair is black just for now.