All men are created 'equal'. What a lie. That is not complaining, but that line was fed to me hundreds of times over different eras, and it lost all meaning. In no time at all that phrase became an excuse for whatever was the flavor of the decade. I am not going to lie here but as a fun twist to this adventure we are about to go on, today I am going to die. Well that's not right death means the end and thanks to my totally cool not at all terrifying superpower... Quirk, I know that everything is going to continue when I die. Insight, that's what I call it, my superpower. To explain it I can see into the future.
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No, no, no, hear me out I am not one of those lame psychics you see on TV or a fortune teller, I am the real deal. Listen to this a couple of months back a bioluminescent baby was born in China, the talk of the entire world, I know you know where this story leads and we are going to skip to the best part, that baby was not the first, not by a long shot. There have been stories of mutants and flying people for a while now. Most of these people know how to hide themselves, or don't want to go through what that baby is going through, and I am one of those people.
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Well, that's normal for you because you come from an era where I could live freely making a lot of money with this gift, but enough about that we are talking about me unaliving today. Well, I guess you can call it a curse because knowing when, where, and how would drive the average person crazy let alone the strain of knowing that this is unavoidable... Well, it is but it's not at the same time. To make it easy for you I gave up on changing my fate long ago.
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Why you ask? Well, let me let you into a little secret. This is not my first rodeo partner, not even close if anything it's a relief that I know when I am going to die. That way I can take care of any loose ends that I will leave behind in my journey to the next life. That's right, but I don't like to look back, not at all. I am in the present type of person and presently I am a seventeen-year-old with a whole life ahead of her, or at least that's what I led the world to believe but you can call me Clarke.
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It's fine really, everything happens for a reason and it's not my time, I really liked this life, I liked being Clarke Thomas. You know, I finally found someone I liked, someone I would love for you to meet though I know that it's impossible, and someone who is going to fall apart once today is over, and that is the sad part about this. For the first time, I used my power on someone else... to see what they would become after I left, and... And it was hard, the hardest thing I have ever done. Today my mom, my dad, my brothers, and that girl, will never forget this day. Sure the pain will fade over time and they will live on but... Seeing myself, and seeing Clarke become a memory in the future is going to be rough. I really liked being me again for once.
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Oh... You don't have to worry about me... You have lived a far worse life than me, it's comical, isn't it? All of this knowledge can't prepare you for what comes next, everything happens for a reason right? And in my next life, I can see an end to it all, it's finally going to be over and I will find you at the end of it all. Just hold on a little longer, I am going to leave you with these three things for you to remember. No matter what anyone says, you are not a monster, I don't care what you do, never take the life of a living soul, that's something you can never come back from, and remember... No matter how hard life gets, you are going to find someone who needs you... So never give up hope. In the end, you are my hope, my reason to face today, my Insight. You have to see it through to the end, I am counting on you.
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I know, I know but are you going to argue with a person who can see through time? That lie is not always wrong, but it's not a blanket statement either. Look at us, we were built differently but we stand on opposite sides of the coin. Where you seek love... I am drowning in it, where you had despair I had hope. Therefore if I give you some you won't be lacking... Tell me, what kind of guys do you like?
(...)
"Clarke are you up?"
I could hear my mom calling me from downstairs, it was going to be an interesting day. I really need to get used to waking up early in the morning, living outside of North America is going to be interesting. I yawned, removing myself from the bed for the final time, combing my brown hair from my face with a hand as I looked tiredly at the clock with '7:15' on its face. "Did she really have to wake me up this early?" I asked myself, clearly ready to tackle my final day. I had begged my parents to let me have one day of school off so I could do whatever I wanted, but they were total hardasses and did not let me. I get it's a random Tuesday at the beginning of the year but come on. I thought that the only daughter in a house full of boys had special privileges, but I guess that I was wrong.
Moving towards the mirror in the weirdly girly room was a chore, to say the least, I don't know why it ended up like this but next time I am not going with the flow. I looked at the full-length mirror examining the appearance of a girl next door type, a little plain-looking, but that's fine. I was able to get the attention of many suitors regardless. "Clarke I swear to the Gods if you don't come down here..."
"Mom, I am getting ready, I will be right down," I shouted looking at Clarke Thomas in the mirror for the final time, smirking at what's next for me. 'Fucking superheroes Clarke, we are going to make it big. It's going to be tough but we are the strongest in the world, and I promise that I will never forget about you.' I thought, fist-bumping my own reflection. "And don't worry we are not going to feel a thing today, I promise. I will leave evidence of that asshole for Dad to find. We can't control who our parents make friends with after all."
After some time I came downstairs in a school uniform, a private school's, don't ask. "Well look at what the cat dragged in."
"Good morning to you Mother," I said walking into the kitchen as my mom popped my breakfast into the microwave, walking past her to get me a glass of orange juice from the fridge. "I did say I wanted today off, maybe I am coming down with something."
"Maybe you are, maybe you are not, I still don't believe in your little gut feelings." She retorted as I sat at the table on the other side of the island separating the kitchen from the dining room, chuckling that she doesn't believe in insight. "You can fool all the people you want about your magic powers but you can't fool your dear old mom, which of your brothers put you up to it." Mom said, pulling out a VR headset and a copy of a shooter that is popular overseas.
'Oh, that's right.' I completely forgot about that, since I was the 'good child' my brothers and I would trade favors for things we wanted. At some point, our parents caught on and we had to be sneaky about our deals, at least the ones that were 'totally within the rules'. It was fun as it lasted so for a final time I was going to take the rep for this one. "Hahaha... I don't know what you are talking about Mom."
"Come now, girly. I know you four like the back of my hand." She said coming close and moving to whisper in my ear. "What did Josh promise you that you two would plan for this?"
My older brother Joshua, the gamer of the family, the pillar I am going to leave behind. "Nothing much, a movie, and a day with his mustang," I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"You two and your little games, do I want to know what you were giving him in return?" Mom questioned, rubbing her head at why Josh would lend me the project car that he has been building for the last four years now.
I smiled trying to act coy. "I wouldn't say I had to do much, but as a loving sister I will respect my brother's wishes and take this to my grave," I said, being literal despite my tone.
"You two are going to be the death of me." She said, handing me the French toast that she had cooked for the family after the microwave timer had gone off. "Now eat up before you are late for school."
"Love you, mom."
"Yeah whatever..."
(...)
It's not every day that I get a ride to school, but today is special. I love my best friend a lot, from her quirky ditzy personality to her amazing bod. What? I know what I like, I have been alive long enough to. What's that saying it is what it is. Well, don't quote me on it... Anyway, one of the rare times that I was getting a ride to school from my bestie I was excited and dreading it all at the same time. Her car was nothing that special, a mid-sized sedan, but she was so proud of it even though as she pulled up in our driveway she had the cheapest-looking car there. "Well hello, beautiful. What can I do for you today?" I asked when I got to her front driver's door, getting a laugh.
"Hello, Clarke. Get in before I leave you behind you weirdo." She said unlocking her doors while I leaned on the driver's door taking in the pretty blonde, admiring her for the last time.
Never been into blondes at first but after an endless amount of years, the whole physical appearance did not matter as much. Walking to the passenger side was a long ass walk despite the distance. When I got in and put my seatbelt on I looked at her with an enormous grin that hurt to keep going. "You like me that way. We wouldn't have been friends if I wasn't."
"Oh right... The gut feelings. It's been a while since you got one of those." She said pulling out of the driveway.
"Really?" I laughed knowing what I was like as a kid, I was probably fucking annoying to everyone, but it was always how I acted. Every time I thank whatever god that had been watching over me that I don't remember the first three years of each life or I would have gone nuts a long time ago, a four-year-old Kazue Mori is going to run this shit when I wake up, I laughed internally like a maniac. "You wanna know what my gut feeling is now?"
"Spare me?"
I know the answer to this next question but I still want to ask it anyway, because this is not the last time our souls are going to be together. "Tell me, Sara. What kind of guys are you into."
(...)
'I used to be a spiritual person, but now I am what I am. I am Infinite.'
A/N: I wanted to try out first person for this Project Hue Story, tell me if you like the third person narrative better...