With a heavy heart, I opened my front door, hands in my pockets. "I'm ho-" the floor
opened beneath my feet and I started to fall. My hand flew up and caught the ledge between
the pit and door. In one slick move, I flipped up and landed on the ledge. The door shut behind
me. I stood up calmly and tucked my shirt back in, then crouched down, hands on the door. I
pushed myself off the ledge and into a leap, and I made it beautifully to the other side. Lasers
loomed in front of me, but I took off. 'First ones a dummy... second and right hand ones
dummies...' I recited to myself. Then I was chased by mechanical dogs. And I finally came to our real
front door, I knew it was real because of the sign my mom had put above the door:
'Congratulations! You made it inside!' I reached for the door knob, stopped, and took off my
shoe. Cautiously I touched it to the knob, and was glad I did. 'She actually turned on the
electricity?' I thought and opened the door.
"I'm-" I was glomped by my mother. "-home..." I finished.
"Oh, Daisuke! You made it!" she sang. "You did everything perfectly!" I forced my
mom off me. My grandpa stood solemnly behind her.
"Well done, Daisuke. We have nothing left to teach you," but I was half way up the
stairs by then. "Hey! Daisuke! Get back here, I'm not through!" At the top of the stairs I
looked back at them.
"Sorry grandpa, I'm not in the mood." I slipped into my room and was greeted by Wiz,
my pet, a rabbit-like thing. "Hey Wiz." I knelt down and picked up the little guy. "Sorry I
couldn't take you to school to day, I had something important to do." I sat down by my bed,
facing the window. "I guess I won't need this any more." I took out my love letter and tore it in
half. A image of Corby flashed in my mind and I heard her voice, saying: I love you Daisuke!
Suddenly it was like my body was on fire. Heat rose off me in steam. Daisuke... a
voice rang out, mixed with my own.
'I love her...'
'Who loves...'
'I love...'
'Love who!'
The voice came from inside me. This voice... from inside... my blood? My DNA?
Another... me? I could feel my body lengthen and grow, glowing from the light of the moon.
Another...