Prologue
I stood there in a shocked silence. This can't be happening. No, I'm the Once-ler. I'm too big to fail! People love me!
"Then why did they leave you?" a voice in my head asked.
I went pale. It was true. My family left me as soon as they figured out I was going to go broke. Even my friends left... if you could call them that. They weren't exactly human. Pipsqueak, the Lorax, even Melvin. Gone.
I looked around at the once beautiful valley. It used to be lush, and full of trees. Not to mention all the creatures that lived there. They had to leave, too. After all, who would want to live in a dump like this? Now it's just wreckage, and a reminder that I'm the one who destroyed it. I suppose that I have no choice, though. It's not like I can go back into town again. People would never accept me there after what I did.
Suddenly, something began to sink in.
"I'm completely alone," I muttered.
I angrily pulled at my hair.
I ruined... everything.
"What have I done?!"
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Double-Crossed
FanfictionAfter he cut down the last tree, everything changed. His humongous business came crashing down. Everything he took for granted all that time, gone. Everybody left. Guilt began to creep into his mind, refusing to let go until it consumed him entirely...
