A Second Chance

When I realized I was no longer being held by my throat I looked around to see that I was walking with my mom and Claus. I stopped walking. "What's wrong Lucas?" Claus asked with a puzzled looked on his face.

"Can we go a different way?" I started crying knowing what would happen if kept going down the same path. Mom turned her head to face me, she smiled her sweet smile. That made it harder to not cry.

"Don't cry stupid, especially since there isn't a reason to," Claus chuckled he always made fun of me for being weak. Hearing him mock me like that made me laugh, I knew he never meant to hurt me. I hugged him I knew this was a dream but I didn't care plus I still was able to smell him, his smell was so familiar. "Come on man, stop being weird!" he laughed.

"Okay," Mom said still smiling. "If you're that intent on going a different way then fine." I lead the way, down a path a I knew was safe. I avoided the river because the drago would be near there. We started to see a faint red glow in the distance. "What's going over there?" Mom asked curiously.

"Forest fire," I stated in a monotone voice. I glanced at Mom, she started to run towards it. I ran after her Claus following close behind. "Mom! Stop! Please!" I saw Fuel one of my childhood friends trapped in his house. His house made of logs was burning down and I saw Mom rush in after him. So did Claus and I.

Dad saved Fuel if memories serves so Mom didn't need to be here. When we got to stairs Mom was holding Fuel coming down. She put him down and he ran out just as we were going to leave the ceiling fell down on Mom. "Mom!" Claus and I screamed.

"Get out of here!" she retorted. We were going to say something but the house began to collapse and we ran tearing up. Mom had died twice saving us now.

We never stopped running, never stopped crying, nor did we ever speak to each other on the way back to the village. We met up with the villagers gathered around Lighter, Fuel's dad, they turned to us we were still crying. Fuel ran to his fathers side as did Claus, I stood there crying. I had another chance to save them, but I could only save Claus. At least he wouldn't look for revenge on the drago which meant he wouldn't go missing, become the masked man, and commit suicide using me as his medium for doing so, finally dying in my arms.

Dad walked over to me, "What happened?" I looked at him with my teary eyes.

"Mom... she... died," I chocked out. He kept looking at me. He turned to brother who only nodded. He placed a hand on my shoulder.

"It's okay Lucas, she did it to save you," he stated to calm me down. If only knew how many times I've heard him say that.

I closed my eyes fighting back the tears. When I opened them my home of Tazmily was gone I looked down and saw something that resembled intestines leading up to something in the distance. I distinctly heard something breathing and a heart beat.

I walked along the trail the mass of pulsing flesh becoming bigger. I looked at it and saw a round window show purple flesh bunched up inside the machine-like fleshy monstrosity. A face emerged in the window resembling my own. I gasp in disgust a the window opens expelling a red mist. The red gas covered the room and enveloped my vision. Nothing existed but me and it. The gas twisted forming a face screaming in agony twisted out of shape.

"I... feel... h... a... p... p... y..." it bellowed in a demonic child's voice. Hearing it spoke scared me even more. I tightly shut my eyes wanting to wake up but I never did. I was forced to wait in the disturbing red room. I prayed, actually prayed, for safety. I prayed for help and for this nightmare to end.

I opened my eyes and saw the red gas in torment it started to go haywire and showed me an even more disturbing image it warp into form of a fetus, multiple fetuses circling me trapping me in hell. I cried not because someone I loved was dead but because I was scared for my life.

Intense emotions surrounded me: sadness, fear, anger, confusion, and hate. Every negative emotion filled my head as I shouted in pain. Everything was going black as I started to feel Gannondorf's choke hold again. I was waking up and in a bad mood.

I opened my eyes to see a disappointed face on Gannondorf, he threw me across New Pork until I landed on a carnival ride swaying back and forth. As I got up I asked, "What the hell was that?"

"An illusion," he answered coldly. "I was close too!" he cursed under his breath. "Oh well I guess you're no use to me as you are," he stated smirking evilly. He leaped at me pulling his fist back filling it with evil energy. He forced it into my stomach sending me flying. He disappeared and reappeared behind me as I flew, catching me sending me down as he held me by the throat. I used my PSI to throw him off of me. 'PK Fire', he was engulfed in blue flames he panicked and let go, allowing me to recover from his hold.

I thought fast and hit him with another 'PK Fire' turning the fire a bright white. He jerked immersed in pain. He stopped suddenly and flung my fire at me. 'PSI Magnet' I thought thrusting y hand forward casting the spell to recover some lost energy.

He flew towards me landing a powerful kick into my lower abdomen, as he pushed forward I heard my bones crack and my stomach squish, causing me to throw up. Some of my vomit got on his shoe which didn't make him a happy camper. He sent his foot into my face sending me into a wall. I fell to the floor below trying to catch my breath.

He caught up to me and picked me up by the throat, an explosion of pure dark energy enveloped my body as he let go allowing my body to fall to the ground. He then pummeled me as I lay there.

I was going to black out but forced myself to stay awake and sent my foot into his stomach sending him skyward. As he started to fall I charged a 'PK Love' sending it at him. I successfully made contact sending him out of the stage thus ending the match.

I saw Gannondorf lie unconscious on the floor. I fled the room before he could get up. As I ran I heard him rasp at me "You cannot escape the inevitable Lucas!" he screeched, "you are nothing but a tool for destruction!" His words got to me but I never stopped running until I found the safety of my room where I sat in Bowser's company.