I.iii.i | one prize i'd cheat to win

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ACT ONE, SCENE THREE, part one
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ACT ONE, SCENE THREE, part one❛ brand new world ❜

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I MARVELED AT the carnival. it was very well put together. surprisingly, since caroline wasn't involved whatsoever. i saw jeremy at a food stand, but i didn't stop to say hi. i looked around, trying to spot a specific salvatore with hero hair.

i would've jumped when i felt someone throw their arm over my shoulders, had i not recognized the arm. i turned with a smile and saw my night in shining armor. the beauty to my beast—or, technically, the beast to my beauty, but that just sounds so conceited. "hey steffie!" i greeted.

"hello, darling," he greeted back and i felt butterflies. "is this 'normal teenage girl' enough for you?"

"not quite," i told him before grasping his shirt and pulling him in to kiss me. his hands found their way to the sides of my face and i could feel him smirk. when we pulled apart, i stated, "now we're one-fifth of the way there!"

"one-fifth?!" he asked incredulously as i pulled him along towards one of the games.

"duh!" i replied. "we just kissed, now you have to win me a giant stuffed-animal, we have to share a milkshake, we have to kiss atop the ferris wheel, and i just added: you have to walk me to my door, kiss me, and then pretend to leave before coming back into my room so i can get a peaceful nights sleep!"

he let out a laugh. "alright, it doesn't sound so crazy once you explained how there are five parts."

"it's not that crazy," i stated. "we've got the whole night ahead of us!"

"i feel like you overestimate how much time is in a night and underestimate how chaotic our lives are," stefan retorted.

we stood in front of one of the carnival games and i paused for a moment, considering what he was saying. "d'you think this would be the time to try to manipulate reality? i mean, i know i'm no doctor strange and i don't have the time stone but, c'mon, i've got to have some ability to control time under my belt."

stefan's eyebrows furrowed. "doctor strange? time stone?"

my face fell. the reminder that lae and i weren't originally from this universe hit me like a truck. the blood drained from my body, and my veins froze over. this universe had nothing to do with powers like thor with his asgardian-god-of-thunder-ness and doctor strange with his sorcerer-supreme-(though he technically didn't hold that title)-ness. it also didn't have anything like people making technology that gave them powers (i.e. iron man, black panther, or black widow).

there was also no recollection of our previous universe in any form. sometimes, other universes showed up in one in the form of media. there was no books, movies, tv shows, or comic books of superheroes from our original reality. there was superman, batman, and other heroes, but i didn't know of any of them prior to my arrival here.

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