The "Joker"

匚卄卂卩ㄒ乇尺 1

(Note: Constructive criticism is welcome! 'Ik it's a bad edit I tried-')

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John blinked drealy as the teacher droned on and on about the lesson. He had zoned out awhile ago trusting Sera to help him later.

He glanced at the clock time moving uncomfortably slow. He had a bad feeling in his gut today, and wanted to get boba with Sera to distract himself.

He inwardly held in a groan when he tuned back into the lesson only to get more confused.

'Only 20 more minutes-'

His thoughts were cut short as an announcement calling for him came.

"Can John Doe please report to the principal's office immediately, thank you."

He furrows his brows mind immediately searching for anything worth being sent to the office for.

Wracking up nothing he stood up and promptly left while others snickered assuming the worst.

"Maybe they finally realized a cripple doesn't belong here."

"They're probably tired of him getting sent to the nurse."

"Maybe he's finally being put in his place."

"Probably for corrupting Seraphina!"

He rolled his eyes as the others continued talking about how he'd get expelled.

'Harsh crowd'

Walking to the office was decently quick and he already prepared an apology for whatever he did.

Knocking on the door he waited for the "Come in." Before walking in.

Once he stepped one foot inside his gut feeling that something was wrong tripled as the atmosphere hung low.

There was Vaughn, Keene and even Doc staring at him all having a grim expression as they failed at hiding it.

"John please sit down."

He immediately complied nervous of what he must  have done wrong.

'Maybe I am getting expelled?'

"John, i'm sorry for sending you here on such short notice but have you seen the news recently?"

Shaking his head no too scared to let out a verbal reply as his thoughts ran awol.

'Maybe my rampage from new Bostin showed up? It was a pretty big event I sent over 30 students to the hospital. Are they rethinking letting me play cripple? Must I show my true power? Am I getting Expelled because they're scared I'll repeat new Boston again? Will I be Expelled twice? Am I moving?!'

His thoughts were immediately stopped when Vaughn spoke.

"John....I'm deeply sorry but early this morning you father was found dead in an alleyway. We will pay for travel costs back to New Bostin-"

"What."

The tone of his voice visibly made the elders flinch slightly. Doc had already started sweating he knew the kid could be scary and this was one of those moments.

"I said that I'm sorry for your loss John. We will pay for your-"

"My dad isn't dead. What are you talking about. He has to be alive."

He spoke as if it were a fact. Desperation clear in his eyes as he eyed the adults worriedly.

Vaughn sighed he was ready for his reactions as he turned his computer to show him the news reports.

John's eyes widened in horror as his thoughts spiraled feeling tears starting to pool at his eyes.

'Nonononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono..

...

this isn't real.This isn't happening. They're lying. He knows how to defend himself. He's innocent. He's safe. This is a sick prank because he's a cripple. They- i-'

His denial spread to self blame.

'This is my fault. If I had stayed in New Bostin he'd be safe. If I hadn't gotten expelled he'd be alive- If listened to adrion- if- i-'

His breathing became erratic as he couldn't control his own thoughts. He tried to cling onto the voices telling him to breath but his throat was failing, it felt closed. Lungs feeling constructed as his tears flowed down his face.

He clung onto his pounding skull tugging at his hair to try to stop the thoughts but he couldn't stop them. Breathing felt as if it were a chore as his heart beat continued to speed up and the thoughts were shouting at him.

Flashbacks completely taking over his vision as all he could see was himself pounding skulls in. The sick felling of bones crushing beneath his fists.

He didn't know if he was speaking out loud but all be could say is "stop","please" and "no". He tried to stop his past self but he couldn't move.

Then they switched to him in the dark room handcuffs heavy on his wrists as he got screamed at.

"TYRANT"

"HYPOCRITE"

"I WISH I NEVER MET YOU"

"YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF"

"ALL THIS POWER BUT YOU DON'T DESERVE ANY OF IT"

"I HATE YOU"

"ARE YOU GONNA BEAT ME LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?"

"All late bloomers like you are destined to fail."

"EVEN YOUR FRIENDS?!"

"Pathetic"

"All you do is leech off of others"

M̶̗̌͑͊̿̈̚̚̕̕O̷͍͑N̴̢̛̦̼͙̣̺̲͔͙̐͑͐͐̿̍̄̏̕S̵̭̼̫̘̱͚̠̞͇͌͆̎͝T̷̢̘̂̂͆̀̚͝Ę̷̛̖̜̫̻͔͎̇͆̆̋̂͐͘̚Ȓ̷̖̮͕̹̭̏̂̿̈́̂

He wasn't sure when he stopped breathing but soon the thoughts grew quiet.

He felt weightless.

As if he were flying.

It was quiet.

The world started to dim.

Huh.

Was that purple?

Purple said something.
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