I just realized that a Drabble technically isn't supposed to be over a thosuand words, and last chaqpter is double that. Whoops...time to change the title of the story, huh?
At any rate, this is the next chapter, and there actualyl isn'tm uch to say about it...let it begin!
Time.
If it has to do with time, I know about it.
I am Clockwork, the Master of Time.
I know everything.
And that can be a problem sometimes.
I literally know everything that happens within the boundaries of time.
All possibilities stretch out before me.
Every moment, an infinite number of possibilities.
In turn, each one of those moments has an infinite number of possibilities.
I have seen the breadth and width and length of infinity an infinite number of times.
I know all the possibilities.
But...
I never know, for sure, which path is the correct one.
It is logical guesswork, combined with the fact that time moves in all directions if you are standing outside of it, that has led me to be accurate in all my predictions thus far.
Thus far.
It is not impossible that I could be wrong about something, someday, though it is unlikely.
An infinite number of choices each moment, and only a few are right...
...and then, there is that one timeline.
The one shrouded entirely in mystery.
Because I have allowed something to exist outside of time besides me.
Something destructive, evil, and without conscience.
If Danny's alternate future is set upon this timeline, there is no telling what will happen.
It is entirely in young Danny's hands if his alternate self escapes from his prison.
I know it is bound to happen someday, though I do not know when.
I pray that Danny is strong enough when that day comes.
I know that I am not.
I might be, if the alternate self was still within the boundaries of time.
But as it is, I cannot affect him, and he cannot affect me.
When he escapes, he will go straight into present-day Amity Park, whenever that is.
And because he exists outside of time, I have no idea what will happen after that.
And that thought scares me.
Whether or not this is true about Clockwork or just something I made up...I ain't telling. Review, please!