Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 5

Chapter 3: The Food of Destiny

(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)

Kerza was riding on his wolf as he was hunting in the Marshlands for a creature that was last seen in one of the villages feasting on humanoid flesh. By the time he spotted it, the monster was in a clearing as it was none other than a geyser wraith that caused havoc in its wake. With the only weapons of silver and ice on his person, Kerza got off from his wolf as he aimed his crossbow at it in which it fell to the ground. Little did it know was that the silver arrow was tipped with freezing serum as it began to crystallize and crumble into pieces. With the geyser wraith eliminated, Kerza was ready to call it a day as he saw something further into the clearing that raised red flags.

At that moment, he noticed traces of raw power surging from the ground as he saw a small package of Oreo cookies on the ground. He had a feeling that a litterbug was out there as he was ready to pick it up so it wouldn't attract any scavengers. Just as he was about to do so, he saw the package of Oreo cookies growing twice in size as they were now the size of a house. He didn't know what to think as he had to report back to the Elder of the Marshlands immediately, for this trace of raw power was something that could never be ignored one bit...

Many years ago...

I was out and about in the Marshlands as I was basking in the wilderness for someone at the age of four. Even though I was separated from my family, I wasn't about to give up anytime soon as I saw a patch of strawberries growing in a clearing. My stomach growled as I began to pick at some of the ripe ones while eating them. Even though I was told by Cynthia that eating too much sweet treats could spoil my dinner, I wasn't about to starve out here as I began to rest in a the center of the clearing that I found. With my eyes beginning to close, I was dreaming about the food getting big as my dream was about to come true.

At that moment, my raw power began to surge as part of it bled into the ground in which it was about to make things grow if any form of food came across it. My dream about food getting big as a house was finally realized when I woke up to see the small package of jelly beans that Dean gave me became much bigger as I saw them to be bigger than me. I was ready to get a hold of them as I tore into the package and began to take out a buttered popcorn flavored one that was as big as a mattress. I was ready to eat it right away until I noticed Dad approaching to find me. It was at that moment that he saw me tearing into the jelly bean as I was very hungry after being in the Marshlands for too long.

"Sam, I hate to break it to you, but if you eat too much of that giant jelly bean, it'll spoil your dinner," he told me.

"But, Dad..." I said. "I was dreaming about food getting bigger and this is it..."

"Are you sure of this?" I nodded as I took a bite of the bit of jelly bean in my hand. "Sam, your raw power can't be used to make wishes. It's only made to be a weapon to protect those around you, is that clear?" I nodded downheartedly. "Look, I know that you dreamt of that pack of jelly beans growing to the size of a mattress, but you're gonna have to utilize your raw power in that small body of yours."

"Want some?" I offered Dad a piece of jelly bean. "There's more for everyone here in the Marshlands."

"We'll take some jelly bean bits for us to eat, but the rest of them stay behind, Sam. Besides, I had a feeling that you would disappear from the castle sooner or later."

And so, Dad scooped me up as we took the rest of the jelly bean with us to eat during our excursion in the Marshlands. Still, the factor of my raw power making any form of food grow was highly unlikely as my tale was never the end of what would be yet to come in this debacle of random errors in the making...

When we got to an inn to stay for the night, Dad was in his room as I was cleaned up from a fresh bath earlier. With some clean clothes I had on, I was happy to be here as I was simply wanting to dream more about food that was the size of houses again. By the time I saw Dad dressed in his nightclothes, he was ready to get to bed as he crawled into the futon that he was sleeping in. By the time I got into my own futon, I began to think of the food that grew into the size of houses as I had a vivid imagination so far. Still, I had to be careful about the imagination that I had as it would soon get out of control if I wasn't careful, for it would soon come to life if that ever were to happen sooner or later.

"Every time I go on a hunt, I see you out and about without your big brother with you," I heard Dad say. "I know that you're starting to be a big boy, but you're too small to be wandering around in vast places."

"But I wanna be brave just like you," I said. "I heard Cynthia telling us about how you hunt monsters to protect people and such and I wanna be a hunter like you."

"Sam, I know that you wanna be a hunter and such, but that raw power that you have can end up making you an easy target. As soon as we get home, you're gonna have to answer to Dean after getting a call from him earlier about you disappearing like that."

"But Dean keeps bugging me and he always teases me about the jewel on my forehead for no reason. I would rather go and play alone than be bothered by him."

"No one prefers to be alone, Sam. If that were to happen, being alone would make one bitter and spiteful towards the people around him or her. In the end, you're gonna have to rely on Dean, your stepmother, and your future half-siblings to help you when you grow up because family is key to the very happiness that is made for you."

I dwelled on Dad's words as I closed my eyes and fell asleep. As for the giant food I was dreaming about, I kept imagining away as I was most likely to see it take off in the future, for this would soon be a reality so far...

Present day...

It was a warming day in the Rokujo Plateau town of Senzaku as Crowley was ready to return to Akatsuki just to return to his job in the teahouse that was about to be built. Even though he was waiting at the train station, he saw a newspaper on the bench as he picked it up carefully. To his shock, he noticed the presence of Ailnoth on the front page of the paper as this was bad news for a former King of Hell to look into. During the time of the Elder Days, he remembered Ailnoth very carefully as he was known as the Master of Shadows back in the day, only to be left alive by Cain to deliver everyone in Hell a message not to track him down. Even though he had enough troubling methods about Kazuo giving him random prostate exams and Milverton taking over his kingdom, he despised Ailnoth for all the main reasons why he refused to stay dead.

"Bloody Ailnoth…," he said as he put the paper down. "You're here to make bad news again, but your timing is bad. Luckily, I'm off the radar, but being a human in plain sight gives me an advantage just to keep myself afloat before you make your mark."

Crowley was going out of the train station as he was on his way to find some extra work for the night before departing. Just as he was about to do so, he noticed a giant bowl of gazpacho soup in front of him as it was on the verge of tipping over. Even though the weather was clear and calm without wind, the whooshing sound of a spaceship coming into the atmosphere caused the giant bowl of gazpacho soup to tip over in which Crowley took the full brunt of the cold dish filled with fresh vegetables and covered him in it. It was troubling for him as he was trying to get towards a public bathhouse to clean up until he slipped and fell with more tomatoey results with a side order of vegetables to go with it.

"Bollocks…," he said as he had gazpacho soup all over him.

The townsfolk didn't know what to think as they saw him drenched in the cold vegetable soup that was in a giant bowl. When the cleanup crew arrived to see what has happened, they were flabbergasted to see the former King of Hell all soaked in the soup that got put on display for no reason, for this wasn't the end of the giant food debacle anytime soon.

"Okay, buddy, let's get you into the bathhouse," said one of the townsfolk as he was ushering Crowley away from the mess. "You sure had a close call when it came to that bowl of cold tomato soup pouring down."

"It's not cold tomato soup…," he said as he was shivering from the impact of the mess. "It's a freezing bowl of… gazpacho soup!"

The townsfolk and cleanup crew were stunned to hear the results of Crowley's rambling as the mess of the gazpacho soup attracted a group of rabbits that were a problem around Senzaku. Even though the affair about the gazpacho soup was over for now, there would soon be no end to the thoughts about giant food anytime soon, for there was a feeling that the debacle was bout to get worse in mind. Little did everyone know was that Nimi was staring at Crowley as he was being sprayed with a garden hose before being taken towards one of the public bathhouses. The look on the former King of Hell's face was more than enough for Nimi to walk towards him in which he was in a gloating mood so far.

"Long time, no see, Crowley," he said. "I bet that your day's gotten much 'souper' these days."

"After being drenched in gazpacho soup, I'm smelling like a Bloody Mary with sriracha sauce put into it," he said as he was sopping wet. "Whatever the phenomenon it's been into, the sightings of giant food is something that trumps my efforts into going towards work instead of going against Milverton."

"You can save your efforts into unseating Milverton at another time. As for the aftermath of Darbus Toller's demise, business with the Supernatural books has been booming around here."

"Have you seen Yukiwa going nuts over one of his findings, known as The Devil Is In the Details yet? The cover art has me dressed out in a onesie while sitting near a Christmas tree."

"I bet that you looked good in a onesie."

"If only I were in a onesie..."

"Let me guess, Kazuo's been keeping tabs on your bottom health by making his staff do one of those random prostate exams, isn't he?"

"Habanero's not the one you can trifle with because of the fact that he's the leader of the Medical Corps. As for the incident with the gazpacho soup, I'd rather clean myself up than smell like a V8 juice cocktail all the live long."

Nimi watched Crowley go towards the public bathhouse as the cleanup effort into picking up what was left of the gazpacho soup that was splattered in the street. Still, the news about the giant food in the form of something dangerous would soon be a reality in the making as this debacle would never be the end of it soon enough...

I was looking into the secret place as I was planting some seeds for growing crops. The place had never changed as I noticed the trees filled with their buds, but I heard some buzzing all over the messy garden. When I noticed some bees buzzing all over the peach tree, they were plenty of them in droves as I found a large hive growing next to it. It was something that took over that withered tree next to the patch of melons growing as I saw the bees gathering the pollen to create honey. When I began to delve into the hive, I saw plenty of bees returning there as I saw massive honeycombs etched inside of the withered tree. I decided not to bother them for a while as they were doing their work like everyone else until I noticed some of them gathering out a clean pail to fill it up with honey to take.

I never seen such bees doing work for me before as I saw the pail filled up to the brim from the withered tree. It was a godsend that I had honey from the bees as I took the pail back to the main house where I saw Reiko preparing some sweet rolls for snacktime. When she saw the honey in the pail, she never expected me to get it without being stung by bees, but I was unscathed as I set it on the counter for eating and cooking.

"I never expected the bees to give you honey before, but it's too much already," she said.

"There's a huge hive next to the peach tree in which some bees took up residence to make their home in the withered tree next door," I said.

"Come to think of it, I noticed Castiel appearing here after he had a brush with the bees, but he told me about them after he tripped and fell into the stream."

"That's strange for us to hear, but at least he's in the bathhouse getting cleaned up for now."

"Don't forget, the people that are slowly going back to their homes are most likely to be rebuilding their lives with dignity in their hearts, Sammy."

"Mr. Sam!" cried Carly from outside. "The workers are here to see you!"

My work was never done as I rushed outside to see the construction workers standing in front of the path to the main house. They were tired, but they were also hungry from their work as they were just in time for snacktime just to tide them over before dinner. Still, some of them were concerned about what was going on in the town as I had to see it directly, for this was never the end of it anytime soon.

"What seems to be the problem?" I asked.

"There's a giant chocolate covered hazelnut wrapped in gold foil that grew to be the size of a house," said one of the workers. "It even had the paper bottom underneath to be put on display."

"A giant chocolate covered hazelnut?"

"It's not all when some of us who came from the Marshlands had a brush with what was in the swamps, but a special clearing made any form of food grow," said another construction worker.

"I'll look into it eventually, but if this is true, then we should be careful when we're dealing with chocolate in warm weather because it can melt."

I left the castle grounds as I followed the construction workers to where the piece of chocolate was at. When we were at the pathway, we saw the large chocolate covered hazelnut in all its glory as it was blocking the town entrance. I examined the piece of sweet delight carefully as I gently pushed it out of the way. By the time I did that, I noticed Valerie's daughters sprinting towards the giant piece of chocolate as they tore through the wrapping and began to grab some pieces of it. Both girls were digging into the chocolate as they were covered in it. By the time some of the construction workers and the townsfolk went towards it, I noticed Valerie with her twin sons in tow as she saw her daughters all covered in chocolate.

"Edith and Clara, you're not getting dessert after dinner," she said to them. "I told you two time and time again that if you eat too much chocolate it will spoil your supper and too much of it can make you two very sick."

"Valerie, your daughters aren't the only ones who are into the giant chocolate," I said.

I noticed the townsfolk getting into the piece of chocolate as they reduced it to the hazelnut that was in the center, but it also got polished off as well. Even though the giant chocolate debacle was over for the time being, I noticed the Impala pulling in as I saw Dean and Kevin coming out of it. They never expected the townsfolk to get a hold of the giant chocolate covered hazelnut in one fell swoop before as the strangest notion about my raw power coming into play became more silly than normal.

"Looks like the townsfolk got their wish when it came to having a chocolate rush," said Dean.

"The construction workers spotted it, but all that's there is the wrapper and paper bottom," I said.

"Did you hear about what happened in the Marshlands?" asked Kevin. "According to Kerza, he spotted a small package of Oreo cookies growing larger to the size of a house."

"You just missed the chocolate invasion."

"If you think that this occurrence is bad, then take a look at what is found in the Marshlands," said Dean as he got out a newspaper with a picture of a the package of Oreo cookies on it. "It's on the front page, but the locals in the Marshlands keep saying that a certain clearing makes different food grow to the size of a house. And that's not all: there's been numerous reports about sightings from a giant blueberry muffin to a huge container of instant noodles."

The notion of food growing to the size of houses brought back a memory as I remembered that time I got lost in the Marshlands many years ago. I even remembered the thought of seeing food growing as the raw power that I had made a package of jelly beans grow one time. In that notion so far, I had a feeling that my wish to grow food was catching up to me. Still, I had to do my job as I was most likely to be getting ready to take a trip to the Marshlands soon enough. Just as I was about to do so, I noticed several members of the Medical Corps arriving as they were there for a reason, for Kazuo was in charge of getting to the bottom of what went on so far.

"What's the meaning of this, Kazuo?" I asked. "Don't tell me that you have treatments for upset stomachs on hand, do you?"

"We're not here for the townsfolk, Sam; we're here for you," he said sternly.

"If something's wrong, then it's our jobs in the Order of Letters to get to the bottom of what's going on so far."

"Your raw power bled into a clearing in the Marshlands in which there had been cases of food growing to the size of houses, especially when it came to those who were running low on supplies."

"You could at least find someone else to test upon instead of me, Kazuo."

"Let me remind you that Kerza had dozens of Oreo cookie jokes being thrown at him after his hunt for a geyser wraith yesterday. Even his brothers were poking fun of him. And to top it off, Crowley, who came back from the Rokujo Plateau, saw a giant bowl of gazpacho soup in front of him in which some of it came spluttering all over him."

"Well, at least it didn't get heated up before it grew to the size of a hot tub," said Dean.

"That's not funny, Dean. As for Sam's predicament, he's going with us for testing and it's not in the same place."

I was dreading the testing facilities that the Medical Corps had in the main headquarters on Drakonus as they were the most complex so far. Still, I had to comply with what was being thrown at me as I was at the mercy of Kazuo and the rest of the Medical Corps so far. I was not too happy with the decision, but I had no say in the matter, for this was something that was about to get out of control if not put into balance carefully...

By the time I was in the Order's main headquarters on Drakonus, I was being escorted by the Medical Corps as Kazuo led the way due to the room with the red rubber ball that was used to get there for this trip. I never been here to Drakonus before as I noticed Ryosuke and Meg approaching us on the sly. As usual, we were there for the testing as I was about to be put through the ringer once again, for I wasn't too happy with having such experiments done on me for no reason at all.

"What's up, Bullwinkle?" said Meg. "You here to check out the view?"

"It's personal business, Meg," said Kazuo. "Besides, Sam's the only guinea pig that we know so far."

"You pull out all the stops just to bring unwanted testing to your patients, don't you, Kazuo?" said Ryosuke. "You better make it quick because I've been getting reports about illegal activity since Darbus' death and Reinhardt's imprisonment."

"We'll keep this quick, but I have to get back home and oversee the repair work to Kanto Village," I said. "It's not the first time that I've put the ringer and it won't be my last, either."

It wasn't long as I was being taken towards a bathroom to get cleaned up for the testing. In the bathroom area where the hospital wing was at around here on Drakonus, the staff of the Medical Corps were making me uncomfortable as I was unsteady while cleaning myself in the shower. By the time I was finished, I was dressed up in a white robe as I was being escorted towards a sterile room in which there was a scanning machine in the middle of it. Laying down on a bed, I was pulled into it as the Medical Corps were busy scanning my vitals to determine the further readings of the raw power I had all over my body. It was troubling for me as I was starting to feel a bit of claustrophobia creeping up on me as if I was reliving my moment into nearly getting sucked out of the airlock two months ago. I didn't want it to get to me as I was being scanned inside of the scanner I was in, for my brain activity was changing one slow step at a time.

"So, how do you feel?" asked Kazuo over the intercom.

"It's as if I'm stuck in a sausage casing," I said.

"Your brain activity has increased as if your raw power is making you become like a god in your own right."

"I may use my raw power to help people and such, but I'm no god."

"Your raw power made things possible once when you were lost in the Marshlands at four years old. Your father even said that your imagination once grew a small package of jelly beans at the time. The rest of the results will vary, but you need to be careful about this situation at hand."

When I emerged from the scanner, I was up on my feet as I was being escorted by the Medical Corps out of the sterile room. With my clothes cleaned, I took off my robe as I got them on and was ready to leave the Order's main headquarters on Drakonus just to get to my own. By the time I noticed Kazuo leading the way, we were going into the room with the red rubber ball as we closed the door behind us. When we emerged from the room, we were back in my own home on Alecrast as I couldn't wait to get back to work on overseeing the relief effort all over Kanto Village. With my scanning done, I was ready to take a break until I saw Dean and Kevin staring at a giant apple turnover with icing on top of it. The sight of it made Dean's mouth water as he wanted to get into it really badly. Even Magda was stunned to see one of the turnovers she helped Reiko bake become so large that it was almost as large as a small house.

"Looks like that apple turnover was filled with Miracle-Gro," she said.

"This is the best day ever!" cried Dean as he got a piece of the apple turnover in front of him.

"Dean, be careful with that thing. You don't know what else is put into it besides fruit filling, sugar, flour, and other things."

"This turnover is great!" Dean shoved a mouthful as he couldn't get enough of what he dug into in that giant monstrosity. "You really outdid yourself, Magda."

"My mind is out of control..." I said as I stared at the giant apple turnover that Dean got into.

"C'mon, Sam, there's plenty here."

I had a feeling that my thoughts would get out of hand as I went towards the backyard in which Barca was staring at a giant burger slider that was the size of a tool shed. The sight of the slider with small hamburger patty and cheese with a small slice of bacon on top of it was an appetizing approach in front of us as I noticed Castiel sitting on top of the bun digging into the small sesame seed goodness imaginable. It was the strangest day that I had so far as my mind imagining food the sizes of houses and tool sheds were a one time only thing, but I wanted it to end very soon.

"This thinking of giant food is getting out of hand," I said.

"Your childhood thoughts about giant food appearing is a godsend and an omen, Sam," said Castiel as he jumped down and broke off a piece of meat, cheese, and bacon from the slider. "There's no getting around it, for it will last until tomorrow morning when the sun rises at dawn."

"I only thought about bigger food when I was four years old at the time, but when I woke up to giant jelly beans, my thoughts became true."

"Let's hope that this food problem doesn't get out of hand, for the only source is in the Marshlands."

Without warning, Barca jumped on top of the large burger slider as he began to eat the rest of it due to his size. Even though Castiel wanted the huge slider all to himself, he was no match for the warg who got the best of him as he dominated the food piece on display so readily. Even though I was getting tired of seeing food growing to the size of tool sheds, I saw Kerza arriving as he noticed the giant food that was being eaten after he got off from his giant wolf. The sight of the turnover and the burger slider that Barca ate for himself reminded him of the small package of Oreo cookies that grew in the size of a house in the clearing where the Marshlands were.

"There goes the neighborhood," he said as his wolf howled.

"Kerza, we have a problem," I said as I approached him in front.

"If you thought that the pastry and large hamburger was bad, the package of cookies was a lot worse when I saw it grow into the size of a house. Do you know how many milk and cookies jokes I've heard along the way? Plenty, but recently, Koryo was complaining about a disturbance near his ramen stand."

The sound of Kerza's words alarmed me as I sprinted out of the castle and ran towards the pathway to Kanto Village. By the time I got there, I noticed a giant bowl of ramen sitting there as I noticed it there piping hot in all its glory. By the time Kerza got there with his wolf, he was staring at the piping hot bowl of goodness as it was more than enough for me to attempt to cancel out my raw power that was starting to get out of control for some odd reason.

"Sterling's gonna flip when he sees that in front of the ramen stand," he said.

"Now, this is getting monotonous here," I said.

"Has it occurred to you that your imagination is getting out of control lately?"

"It's hell, but I have to deal with it."

At that moment, we noticed several of the townsfolk arriving to see the giant bowl of ramen as it was too much for them. In my point, enough was enough for me as I was thinking out loud by imagining myself to be a giant that towered the town with a pair of chopsticks in my hand. With the townsfolk standing back for safety reasons, I sat down as I began to eat at the bowl of ramen that was on display with fervent results. The taste of the ramen in the bowl made me humble for it as I was eating it all up while slurping up the broth that was made with it. By the time I was finished with it, I reverted back to my normal six-foot-four frame as I conquered this monstrosity that was in front of me and everyone else. The townsfolk didn't know what to think as they noticed me at full capacity with the raw power that I had within me, for I was ready to keep it that way, too.

"Now, that is a ramen bowl that is fit for the gods," said Kerza.

"I had to think of something after all the factor of giant food appearing out of nowhere," I said as I set down the chopsticks in my hand. "Oh, the ramen hit the spot like it didn't believe."

"It's a good call to slurp the ramen, but your raw power is still out of control," said Kazuo as he appeared on the scene. "This phenomenon lasts for twenty-four hours, but in your own predicament, it might last until the next day."

"The next day?! Are you nuts?! This is insane for you to talk about right now!"

"I saw the results on your scan, Sam. Your brain activity is giving off extra traces of raw power in which the very imagination that you once dreamt of has become a reality in the making. The only bet that you have to do is to either keep it under control or get a lobotomy to do so."

"Look! There's a giant peanut butter cup!" cried one of the townsfolk.

"There goes the neighborhood…," I said.

I sprinted towards the sight of it as it was one of those miniature peanut butter cups with the gold wrapper all over it. I never expected it to be here, but it was as I had a feeling that my imagination about giant food would be over the edge so far. In that moment, I saw some of the townsfolk going towards the peanut butter cup as they were unwrapping part of it to reveal the chocolate outside in full force. In that moment, I was ready to go towards the peanut butter cup until I was stopped by Kazuo, who wasn't convinced that my imagination wasn't brought under control.

"You can't bar me from embracing my imagination on the sly, Kazuo," I said.

"Then you give me no choice but to give you a lobotomy," he said.

"Wait, let his imagination run free for the time being," said Castiel as he appeared out of nowhere.

"This isn't your concern, Castiel. Sam's imagination about giant food has caused enough damage to those who have been through the ringer."

"Although you are resistant to sudden urges in your position as Medic General of the Medical Corps, your primal weakness is in the peanut butter cup in front of you."

Kazuo was unfazed until he noticed some of the townsfolk getting a few bits of chocolate with peanut butter mixed into it. The smell of the sinful confection made him sprint to the piece of giant heaven as he grabbed a chunk of it and began to eat it. I knew now of Kazuo's obsession of peanut butter cups as he wasn't the type that can go down lightly without a fight over the confection with a chocolate casing all over. Still, my day of avoiding a lobotomy was over for now, but I also had to control my imagination before it got out of hand. In one fell swoop, I began to take charge of the imagination that my raw power fueled as I was ready to put my foot down.

Even though I did so, I saw the townsfolk seeing the peanut butter cup disappear before it was polished off as they were disappointed in its vanishing. Still, I had to keep it under control as I wasn't about to let my abilities get out of hand anytime soon. By the time I was about to get home, I noticed a giant chocolate covered cherry standing in my way as I had a feeling that my imagination about food being the size of houses and tool sheds was getting more monotonous than normal. In other words, enough was enough as I used my raw power to suppress my huge thoughts in order to make the chocolate covered cherry disappear before anything else got out of control. It was my reason to keep things from getting out of hand until I spotted Nimi standing in front of me as he punched me in the face in which I fell to the ground. He was not too happy with me for trying to suppress the raw power that I had as I felt that it was getting out of control due to the giant food getting out of proportions.

"You're suppressing your raw power again?!" he yelled. "What kind of fucking fruitcake are you to do so in which you're condemning the universe for it?!"

"The thoughts of me thinking of giant food has gotten out of control," I said as I got up on my feet. "I can't just stand by and allow more calamities in the form of giant burgers and turnovers to be appearing out of nowhere."

"Didn't you hear Yashamaru telling you almost three months ago that you and your raw power is connected on a much bigger scale that can tip the scales in the balance? It's like with the long hair in which if it's cut, then a calamity will occur. It's just like the giant food that's been popping up lately and that includes the gazpacho soup that fell on Crowley."

"But it's getting out of control, Nimi. You know that I can't just go around and simply just think of giant bowls of ramen or bits of chocolate like that. It's just wrong and I should've dreamt of something else when I was younger."

"If you did that, then you're condemning the universe for not using your raw power for a while. It's like when you refused to use it out in public after Darbus imposed that bogus bounty on your head the moment you took off to Shiganshina almost ten months ago. It's not you or your friends and family that depend on the raw power to get people out of a bind, it's the rest of the galaxy that are rooting for you, so I suggest that you get with the program and let it all out. I know that it's a bitch just to keep it bottled up, but this notion about you dreaming up giant burger sliders and chocolate candies are just what is about to come forth in hindsight. Your raw power is shifting your ass towards being the status of a god, but you're afraid of what would happen next. And no, you're not gonna get a fucking lobotomy 'cause Kazuo would invoke the further wrath of God's Heavenly Host in a heartbeat. First and foremost, you gotta step up to the plate if you're gonna be utilizing what's in your body in which it's the most powerful weapon that can even put Ailnoth in his place if need be..., but you gotta have faith in yourself or else you'll not only be dooming yourself, but everyone else in the galaxy as well."

Nimi's words were clear as he wasn't about to let me slide after trying to suppress the raw power that I had within me, especially when it came to having my thoughts of giant food appearing in front of me like that. By the time it reached almost one in the afternoon, I was starting to get hungry as I couldn't wait to try a cinnamon roll that would soon be baking in the oven. When I returned back home to the castle grounds, I noticed a cinnamon roll that had cream cheese icing on it as it was the same size as the burger slider that Castiel and Barca got into. It wasn't long until I noticed Reiko coming out of the main house to see the cinnamon bun put out on display as she didn't know what to think.

"There goes the neighborhood again," I said.

"I never seen a cinnamon roll that big before, but it's so tasty," said Reiko as she tore off a piece of it and gave it to me. "Here, Sammy, you should try it before the townsfolk eat it."

"It tastes pretty good..." I was eating at the piece of cinnamon roll as I couldn't get enough of it. "As usual, my imagination has its perks, but after being fueled by my raw power, there's a ton of possibilities that are there to stay."

I was finishing up my cinnamon roll piece as I noticed that Dean and Kevin were staring at us the moment they spotted it on sight. They were going forth as they were tearing into the cinnamon roll just like us while eating the sweet strips of dough that were on it. Even though the giant food debacle was not as bad as perceived to be, I couldn't get enough of what was going on so far as I tore into another piece of the cinnamon roll in front of me. The sight of it was heaven as I even noticed a blob of cream cheese frosting dropping another piece of it that I tore off.

"This is the best thing that ever happened since the relief effort came to Kanto Village," said Kevin as he tore off another piece of cinnamon roll. "The giant food is amazing, but it won't last long."

"I got word that my imagination is connected to the galaxy in many ways than one," I said as I was feeling where Nimi punched me earlier. "I even had some sense knocked into me after what happened so far."

"It's like you tried to suppress your raw power and not expose it out to the public during your exile on Shiganshina, but at least Nimi made his point by clocking you."

"I know how it feels..."

"Hey, Sammy!" cried Dean as he was tearing into the cinnamon roll. "This roll is heaven on the ground!"

Without warning, I saw Castiel appear out of nowhere as he grabbed me in which we teleported towards the Marshlands directly. The scenery of it was vague as I found myself in a childhood memory that took me back to being four years old at the time. Still, the place was teeming with swamp life as we noticed a lone alligator passing by, for we ignored it and set off towards a familiar place from my youth. I saw the clearing out in the open as it was glowing with raw power that spilled over all over the surrounding ground. I never expected it to be filled with such intensity before as I walked closer towards it.

"Do you finally see what you made here?" asked Castiel.

"I've been here before...," I said. "It's where I got lost once."

"Your thoughts of food growing to the size of houses and tool sheds have once became a reality before, Sam, for the first results of it were into fruition already."

I walked towards an old package of jelly beans as they were the same size as they are today. Still, they were there, but eaten by various insects and other animals in the Marshlands as I noticed several dragonflies buzzing over the nearly eaten jelly beans. This was my handiwork as I also felt guilty for my mistakes, but I had to own up to them sooner or later. I was ready to make the old jelly beans disappear until I was stopped by a High Elf with navy hair and purple eyes. He was concerned about the safety of the flora and fauna here in the Marshlands as he wasn't about to let me use my raw power to fix the mistake I made.

"You shouldn't do that, Sam," he said. "If you did that, then there would be no dragonflies here."

"I take it that you're the Elder here in the Marshlands," I said. "Still, I made this mistake and I'm correcting it so there won't be any consequences afterwards."

"Do you know how many years this place went without dragonflies? It was longer before you came here as a small child with a small package of jelly beans that grew to the size of a house. And there weren't any flies for the frogs and lizards to eat until now, for if you didn't put those here, there wouldn't be no further life here to thrive in the Marshlands."

"Are you saying that my old jelly beans were a godsend?"

"That package of jelly beans that was left behind became a treat that attracted the return of the dragonflies that were once wiped out during the Galvanic Uprising long ago. For years, this place's ecosystem was in tatters, but luckily, you brought back the dragonflies that were once scarce after the Galvanic Uprising. It's been ages since they returned, for the omen in the form of a small child with jelly beans made it possible in the end."

I was seeing the many dragonflies and normal flies buzzing all over what was left of the jelly beans as I noticed some frogs jumping towards them with ease. When I noticed the frog extend its tongue out to a normal fly, it ate it as it hopped off to further surroundings. I never expected to see anything like this before as the High Elf who oversaw the Marshlands had his reasons to keep his land filled with the same ecosystem that needed to be balanced for the rest of its days. By the time Castiel returned me back home, I noticed Kazuo standing in front of me as he was considering to do the lobotomy on me after all that has happened, but I would soon refrain from doing so.

"So, are you ready to proceed with the lobotomy?" I asked.

"I changed my mind on it after getting word from Neil Jacobson from the Marshlands earlier," said Kazuo. "It seems that your raw power within you is connected to many things that became a godsend after all that talk of the dragonflies returning to that place."

"I see what you mean..." I noticed Dean on top of the cinnamon roll as he was covered in cream cheese frosting. "It seems that a lot of good came out of what I put on display so far..."

"The raw power within you had caused a return in the Marsh dragonflies that were on the verge of extinction once. Now, that they've returned, the ecosystem in the Marshlands has maintained its much needed balance so far."

I was seeing the fun coming from everyone as they were going at it with the cinnamon roll on display. Still, I didn't complain for the rest of the day as my thoughts were a symbol of my reasons to bring happiness to those who needed it the most. It was fleeting, but I had my moments become part of the galaxy in which it was intertwined with destiny till the end...

To be continued...