21st Destiny: Onto The End

Before it All Began

Brown eyes snapped open with a start. The owner of the eyes tried to control their breathing as they laid in bed, covered in sweat. "What was that? Was it all a dream?" The person asked themselves​. They stared at the white painted ceiling, lost in thought. "It all felt so real though." They said as they sat up in their bed and looked around.

The room was pretty small, a TV on its stand sat on a sturdy shelf directly in front of them, with a window directly to their right, morning light shining through. The door to the exit, behind and to the left of them, was currently closed. A white Xbox One can be seen on one of the many shelves. Two controllers, one black and the other white, sat on top of the gaming console. Many cases with different games were stacked neatly on the side of the Xbox.

Getting off the bed and looking left was a closet. The door was missing as there were two grey totes stacked inside it. Above them was a wooden shelf, filled only with pants. Just below the shelf was a bar with a few hoodies and jackets on hangers. Next to them was a light blue towel and a white wash cloth.

Grabbing both, the person looked back to their bed in search of something. Spotting it, they grabbed a black Android phone from under the pillow. Above the screen read the words 'Kyocera'. Pressing a button on the right of the phone, the screen came to life. There was a time displayed currently saying '4:42am'. The date read 'Monday, December 18th 2017' along with an alarm clock set to go off at 6:10am.

"I woke up early for once." the figure said to themself, placing the phone on the pillow and moving to the closed door. Opening it they came to a living room, an open hallway a few feet in front and to the left leading somewhere. To their right was an open door, the lights in there were off. She left out early again today. Where could she have gone? They thought, walking down into the hall. A door to the right was locked shut. Ahead was another hall one leading left and right.

Taking the right path, they came upon two more doors, one immediately to the left and one directly ahead. Both were wide open. The door ahead had a mirror on it and led to another room, the bed a few feet away from the door with a window behind it. The bed was currently unoccupied. Of course mom already left out for work. I must have just missed her. They mused, grabbing the door handle and closing the door shut.

Entering the other door they came to the bathroom. Ahead was the tub reaching both sides of the wall to the right and left, purple and clear shower curtains hanging above it. Purple on the outside and clear on the inside. Next to the tub was the toilet against the left wall. Beside that was the sink with a cabinet below and a mirror cabinet above it. Placing the towel and wash cloth on top of the toilet, the person opened the mirror cabinet and grabbed the toothpaste. Without looking in the mirror, they looked down to the sink. On it was a plastic cup with three toothbrushes inside, each with a different color. Red, purple, and dark blue toothbrushes sat inside it. Taking the red toothbrush, the person looked into the mirror and almost dropped the toothbrush.

"What the fuck!" They yelled, eyes wide. In the mirror staring back was a teenage boy of 5'9". His eyebrows were raised up towards his forehead. His curly hair was styled to look like a short afro, yet the hair wasn't fully grown out. His skin tone was that of a caramel. He didn't have on a shirt so you could see he wasn't much. His stomach was poking out a bit, making him just a little chubby, though he was of an average male body.

His chest was his only concern. On the left side where his heart was, a large black lined tattoo could be seen. The shape of it was a fennec fox, its body facing the right while its head looked off to the left. The tail seemed to hang of his nipple. With his right hand he traced the tattoo. "Where the hell did this come from?" He asked himself admiring the style of the fox. "Could this be connected to the dream I had? But who were those other two? What was that giant mass and who was that man?"