Disclaimer: I'm not rich enough to own anything.
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They say that it is lonely at the top. While I don't consider myself at the top, I do get quite lonely. Few humans even know of me, and the same could be said for the ghosts. Those that do know of me usually fear me, though I do not try to be feared.
Recently, two more humans have found out about me. If they were afraid, they hide it remarkably well. Admittedly, they would have plenty of incentive to be afraid, but I wonder if they will realize what I did.
I did not emerge until Tucker had one of my medallions, and all three of them had gotten a good look at the future ten years from now. Will they realize that I knew they were there the whole time?
I don't think Danny was afraid of me, and for that I am grateful. Unlike some, I do not try to be feared. It is just that people see that I have power over time, and most realize what I could do.
Speaking of Danny… They also say that absolute power corrupts absolutely. It is a hard thing to know at fourteen that, if the future had gone a certain way, he could have been a monster. In that timeline, he lost all will to live, so he found a way to die. Unfortunately, his ghost half wasn't ready to go down just yet, and it resulted in pure destruction.
Hmm. While I have been lost in my thoughts, things have continued down the path I had hoped for. Danny now has his future self in that thermos of his, and realized that he would be too late. Well, I have no reason to be seen as heartless.
"Time out!" Danny's face is amusing when he sees me. I guess he wasn't expecting that. The sheer amazement and relief on his face when he sees his family tells me that I have made the right choice. Perhaps I will even gain a friend. After all, it is indeed lonely to be even near the top.
"You've given everyone else in your life a second chance, why not you?"
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AN: I hope you enjoyed. I didn't think I'd be doing more in this vein, but it just kind of snuck up on me. I might do more of the characters, I don't know. It'd depend on how my brain works. I was just thinking about how Clockwork must feel a lot of the time, and this came out. Don't expect more, but I might surprise myself. Maybe next time it will be a human, but maybe not. Tell me if you liked it, I kind of enjoyed taking a look at Clockwork.
