Don't Hug Me I'm The Chosen One: The Prophecy Begins (Book 1)

queen of creativity

I ignored the shadow yelling at me and fought to gain back the control I have over my body. Some strong invisible forces grasped on me and tried really hard to pull me away from the hologram. My head started to feel like it's being squeezed over by a powerful machine as I took out my energy to fight the opposing power. Swirls of green dust fluttered around this corrupted place.

"CURSE YOU, DAVID!" shrieked the shadow as it got hit by the green dust.

I don't know who the hell is David but I'm glad that I'm starting to break free from this thing pulling me away from the hologram. The green dust danced around me. Sooner than I've thought, I finally got my hands on the hologram and I'm able to take control over my physical body. I went towards the sliced cake.

My consciousness went out for a very short while. The second I gained back into my senses, I'm back in the house myself, agressively scratching the cake into pieces like a dog digging into the dirt. The cake went down into crumbs and scattered everywhere. My hands are full of frostings and blood. Despite all that effort, I still haven't found the green key.

Suddenly, I heard a clank as soon as I turned around. I looked down and saw something shiny green. It's the key! Before I could pick it up, a huge duck foot steps on it. Robin stares at me with black souless eyes.

"Papa..."

"That key is not important to us," he muttered in a creepy voice that sounds way too far from his real voice. "Leave that thing alone."

"But you said earlier that it could be a clue to our escape!" I argued.

"It's now I realized it's not! Instead, it unlocks destruction to us all! Now come with me and I'll take you away from this place!"

Robin seizes me. Instead of heading to the living room, he pulls me towards an open door that leads to a room which looks like a torture chamber. I gasped in horror and tried hard to break free from Robin's grip. Harry, on the other hand, seem like as if he's trying to unpossess himself.

PAPA! PLEASE FIGHT IT! I screamed internally. DON'T LET WHATEVER THAT ENTITY IS TO TAKE FULL CONTROL OVER YOUR BODY!

"Your dear 'papa' got nothing to do against me anymore, fool!" laughed the possessed Robin.

Something grabs my other arm. Turns out, it was just Harry. He and Robin pulled and fought over me like as if they're playing tug-o-war. I desperately tried to make them stop and pursue over the green key.

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! THROW HIM IN THERE NOW!" commanded Paige, who was suddenly back at the dining, now in her human form.

I felt my anger help me gain lots of energy. I used it to push Robin and Harry aside and ran away. However, Harry pounded on me. His head twitched 5 times before pulling one of the straps of my overalls. I kicked him in the stomach and headed towards where the green key is but Paige blocks my way.

"I'm done playing games with you, little boy," she said. "Why don't you just surrender to end this all?"

"NEVER!!" I yelled stubbornly and jumped to punch her on her face.

All of a sudden, my fist glowed and formed connection with the 619 tattoo below her right ear, the same tattoo I saw on Tony and my real dad. I closed my eyes as the glow grew brighter. I also heard a loud monstrous shriek. It went for a few seconds and I fell on the floor, panting. Everything went back to normal.

In front of me was a notepad lying facedown, few pages fallen off. I watched as the notepad stands up on its own and transforms into a woman, Paige. The 619 tattoo on her was gone. She looks at herself and then looks around.

"Am I...free?" she asked nervously.

I stared at her, bamboozled. "Free from what?"

Paige looks down at me. "Are you...the boy from the prophecy?"

"Uhh...yeah?"

I got even more confused when a smile, not so evil smile, forms in her face and pulled me into a hug.

"W-what's going on?" I asked.

"You-know-who has conquered the realm of spies, the very realm where I live," said Paige. "He has captured everyone of us. If he fails to suck out one's power for himself, he forcefully manipulates that captive to become one of his minions."

"What he's gonna do if he gets his hands on me?"

She sighed with worry. "I'm afraid to tell you this but it's a big uncertainty. He'd probably kill you since it's said in the prophecy that you'd end his reign and the darkness and destruction he causes. But if he's not able to kill you...you'll end up becoming part of his army by force and he'll control you physically and mentally. Can you imagine how horrible it would be? Begging to be freed from his chains as he continues to use you to destroy your own kind and forcing you to do things you don't wanna do?"

All of a sudden, I felt a pair of arms grab me from behind. Turns out it was just Robin, wanting to hug me tight. He's no longer possessed and I could see in his face that he's very proud of me.

"The very first being you've ever freed is the queen of creativity! How wonderful!" he announced happily.

"She's a queen?"

Robin nodded. "The realm of spies got a handful of supreme leaders for things like time, dreams, and music. All of them were great rulers and magicians of that realm before they got abducted and turned into you-know-who's servants."

Paige picks up the green key. I couldn't calculate the amount of disbelief and happiness I have when she hands it to me. All of a sudden, I hear the ticking sound, again.

"Hurry up and leave, all 3 of you! Go find the locked door that only that key can open while I go distract Tony!" she commanded.

I sprint out of the dining room, with Harry and Robin running after, and searched for the specific door. But all of them don't have locks at all. I decided to peek back before heading upstairs and saw Paige slicing several flying knives with a flaming axe. Harry motioned for the stairs. Robin and I went up after him.

The hallway has a hella lot of doors but none of them were locked either. At the end of the hallway was a majestic door, which caught my attention. It was secured by chains and a padlock. We're getting one step near to freedom! I clutched the key as I excitedly ran towards the door.

"THIS IS IT! THIS IS IT!" Robin shouted happily. "WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THIS HORRIBLE PLACE! FUCK YOURSELF, YOU-K...!"

"Shhh! They might hear us," warned Harry.

My heart was pounding against my chest. Excitement seemed to have joined forces with anxiety. My hands were shaking as I inserted the green key into the hole of the padlock. I heard a click, which indicates that I have unlocked the door. All the chains blocking the way fell on the door.

I took a deep breath. As soon as I opened the door, the knob glowed like as if I'm a Madrigal getting the gift, except I'm too powerful to need gifts and the door was already designed of ancient art long before we arrived. Beyond the door was a small but grand room. Torches lit themselves the second I entered. Vines crawl through the walls. In the middle of the room is a golden statue's hand displayed on top of the platform with weird patterns on top of it.

"Woah," I whispered as I went near the platform and lifted the hand off.

"Careful, there might be traps around," said Harry.

"I know, daddy."

Perhaps this room have been around for years because damn! This platform is filled with dust. I brushed the dust off with my hand and squinted my eyes due to the glow. The patterns were arranged in rows, meaning it's probably saying something in a certain language I can't understand. Before I could completely uncover it, I felt something stab through my back.

(A/n: I hid 2 references in here [the Encanto one doesn't count, sorry]. One is from DuckTales and the other from Tangles: The Series. Have fun searching for them :>)