A white void is all that greeted Steven. Its endless expanse was devoid of anything, other than himself. He doesn't know how he got here or why he is here. His memories before the void alluded him, no matter how hard he tried to remember. With nothing else to do he began to wander.
Step by step he moved, walking aimlessly without stop into the void. He doesn't know exactly where he's going but he still kept moving. What felt like minutes passing turned into hours. Hours became days. Days became weeks. Weeks became months. And months became years. Soon time no longer held any meaning to him, but still he continued walking through the void.
Then he felt as though he was being watched, but by who or what he doesn't know. As he slowed to a halt he began looking around his surroundings in the hopes of finding the source of this feeling. Sadly nothing was within his sights, nothing but endless white. He let out a sigh, thinking he was beginning to go insane.
"̷̪͐Ḯ̵̙n̸͉̾t̴̮̀ȩ̶̇r̵̪̈́e̴̥͂s̷͇͘t̵͚̊i̸̖̔n̷͕̏g̸̚͜.̶̝̆"̴̺͘
Steven quickly whirled around at the sound of the voice that originated directly behind him and quickly came face to face with... a child. Curly brown hair on the top of his head. Skin that's a normal human hue. Eyes filled with childlike innocence. A short and chubby stature. Adorned with a red shirt that has a yellow star in the center and a pair of blue jeans. Sandals on his feet. And a smile that radiated happiness.
Steven was looking at himself, before the corruption.
Steven was a lost for words. Here standing before him... was himself, looking as though he was never corrupted to begin with. His normal self looked as happy as any child could be. The sight has Steven feel great sadness as he gazes upon what was taken from him. A time when things were much simpler and his life was relatively normal, for the most part.
"̷̩̈́Î̷͎ ̷̝͠b̵̪̽e̴̮̔ľ̴͇ỉ̶̙ē̴̫v̶̎͜e̵̟̽ ̴̗̏t̸̰́h̷̘͒i̶͚͝š̶̹ ̸̭́į̷͐s̶͉̄ ̸̣͊t̷̯̅h̸̹͝e̴̪͗ ̵̠͑f̵̛̥i̸͔͠r̷̟̐s̴͕̃ť̵̝ ̶͕͌ẗ̵̩́ĭ̸̱m̶͕̐e̴̻̓ ̸̩̈ẇ̷̰ẻ̴̲'̵͚̃v̸̱̆e̴̹͆ ̸̺͝ǎ̴͉c̴̖͌t̵̹́ǘ̷̪ã̴̹l̴͎̆l̵͚̋y̵͗͜ ̴̣̚b̶̫͌e̷̠͆ȩ̷̿ṅ̵̫ ̷͕́a̷͇͆b̴̫̆l̷̦̍e̶̽͜ ̷̱̋t̴̬͌o̴͉̐ ̴̳̆c̷̞͌o̴͚̅n̸͔̒v̷͉͝e̸͈͠r̸͎͆s̴̟̽e̷̠͋ ̷̹̕w̸̳̓i̶̫͑ṭ̵̍h̸̞̓ ̸͖͘ó̷̺n̴͖̆è̷̼ ̸͚̃à̴̢n̵͓̒o̸̠̎t̸͓̄h̴͉̒ê̶̟ř̷̩.̷͕̅"̶͇͝
Steven was taken aback by this. His normal self seems to have spoken without moving his mouth. He went on guard and carefully eyed this other Steven in case he turned hostile.
"̷̙̋N̵̛͚o̵̘̽w̸̹̿ ̴̥̃w̴̧͋h̶̦̑ỷ̸͇ ̷̣̏w̶̟̾o̴͕̅u̴͔̇l̸͍̋d̷͈̅ ̶̲́Ǐ̵̻ ̴̪͋d̶͕̎ŏ̴̻ ̵̡͛t̶͇̎h̴̻̾å̵͖t̸̫͂.̴͙͘"̸̙̃
Steven's eyes widen in shock. "How did you-"
"̷͎̌K̸̙͑n̷̗͝o̴̺͌w̷̜̐ ̴̳̽w̷̻̕ȟ̵̙a̸͙̾t̵͇̚ ̸͚͠ỵ̶̍o̷͓̚ṷ̸̉ ̸̧̈́ẇ̵̞e̶͘ͅr̸̹̕ȅ̶͚ ̵͚̊t̶̝̓h̴͕̎ȉ̶̢ṅ̵̨k̶̙͝i̵̢̊n̸̈ͅg̵͓̽?̵͓͌"̷̯͗ Said his 'normal' self while tilting his head, face remaining the same as it was before. "̵̱́Ĕ̸̼a̶͎̚s̷̪̅y̵̨͝.̶̖̊ ̶̮̈I̷̞̔t̸̡̕'̷̣̽s̵͈̀ ̸̨̍b̶̹͐e̶͊͜c̵̯̿a̵͎͗ủ̷̯s̴̰͗ë̶͇́ ̵̩̊I̸̩̊ ̷̥̈ä̶͉́m̵̠͆ ̸̒͜ÿ̴̜́ȍ̶̥u̵̪̾.̷̩͂"̵͕̅
Steven took a step back. "Impossible." His gaze became a glare. "You can't be me when I look like this!" He gestured to himself. "And you look like that!" He pointed at the 'normal' Steven.
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A Fractured Reflection
FanfikceA simple mission that goes horribly wrong changes Stevens life forever. How will he cope with the aftermath and how will it affect his life going forward?
