Tyler absentmindedly taps his pencil.
The doubt and everything that swirls inside him feels so tiny, like a little speck in his heart.
And that's enough for him to try.
He doesn't know how much time flies by as he writes things down in his messy handwriting, about hope and fear, neon lights and scarlet robes, yellow and freedom.
Somehow now it's easy.
By the time his hand hurts he's covered nearly two pages.
He immediately decides he needs to show Josh.
So he does. Him and Jenna both.
"Thank you," Josh says. "Seriously."
"But what I don't get," Tyler says, "Is this: You were in Dema too. How do you not know as much-oh. You-you weren't in nearly as deep. They couldn't influence you nearly as much."
"Yes," Josh says, "Here's the truth, though, someone will always have it better than you, but someone will also have it worse than you."
Tyler nods.
"Do you think you'll be able to help anyone still stuck there?" he asks quietly.
Josh sighs. "I really can't say. I'll try, though. Thank you."
Tyler smiles.
"But no matter what happens," Jenna adds, "I promise they won't win. I promise."
That resonates around his head for a moment.
They can try, but they won't win. What they're doing is wrong. They're going to lose.
He writes something else down in his notebook, right then and there, about how the neon of the city, everything in the city, tries to call to him.
Neon gravestones...
He pauses. Thinks.
This could work...
any idea of what he's writing about? i bet you clikkies can guess.
N ow I'm going to continue
Overturning the lies
Vialism won't win
E verything will work out
L isten to what your soul tells you
H eat and lightning and storms can't stop you
D o what you want to do
A nything can be yours if you try hard enough
R each for the stars and don't stop reaching
E ven though things are hard, you'll get through this
T ime will go by and you will change but that's okay
H ang all your doubts outside-don't listen
I f you do what you love you'll be happy
E xcitement and happiness are part of life, go on an adventure
V enture into the unknown
E xhale, inhale, exhale, inhale
S tart doing what you enjoy
YOU ARE READING
Øverturning the lies (a twenty one pilots fanfiction)
FanfictionTyler is alone in the city of Dema. He can't remember who he was before then. All he knows now is trying to survive in this world. He sees others around him who are struggling too, and he wants to help them. But he can't. He can't even seem to help...
