Earthbound [COMPLETED]

EARTHBOUND

     our society, has kept us locked here since the start of humanity. there's no escaping. no one knows who the person behind all of this is. we're being brainwashed into thinking this is a good place, and must at all times obey the rules.

     if only everyone else knew what the OVERWORLD looks like. i've tried describing what it looks like to other people who have obviously never been there. i've seen it myself, and no one believes it. life in the OVERWORLD is full of life, with her striking and intense colors of grass and trees like emeralds, and petals in different vibrant colors like vermilion and cerise. marine life in the ocean, mammals of carnivores and herbivores, the feeling of fresh air pushing against you, the natural light from the sun warming your skin.

how are my people missing out on this?

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     "no, you can't say that!" the professor yells at me as she yanks the ruler on my desk making me jump. she motions me to stand up and pull my knee high socks down. she slaps the ruler on my leg. i grimace at the stinging sensation on my calf. she gives me a dirty look. she has a deep-seated aversion towards me. ugh, here we go again. she makes me stand up to face all the students.

     "i apologize to all my classmates for my discourteous behavior." i roll my eyes as i loudly and clearly say the word discourteous. well i think it's discourteous to not have feelings at all!! we're not allowed to have feelings or even mention anything that has to do with "love."

     the teacher again remind me, "there's no such thing as happiness or love." sure, whatever. think what you want but somewhere out there in the OVERWORLD it does exist. the bell rings and i hurry out of the class. i inhale and exhale loudly glad that class is over.

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     "c'est la vie." my friend Bronwen says unsurprised. i sigh loudly again. if only he knew what the OVERWORLD looks, feels, smells, and sounds like. i hate all these rules we have to live by, it's SO inhuman and frustrating. they expect us to act like robots. this is so unfair, i bet EARTHLINGS don't have to do any of this.

     "i've always wanted to show you the OVERWORLD." i say in the saddest way possible.

     "are you being fucking serious right now, Krypton???" he yells at me while nervously laughing and losing his shit. maybe i shouldn't have said that yikkkeesss.

     "yes, for your information i always mean serious business." i try not yell at him.

     "we could get killed. there's no way i'm going. you can't convince me to go and you never will. i am not risking anything to see some repulsive universe that doesn't even exist." he says fumingly. that was enough to make me angry too. of course no one believes in other worlds.

     "there's no such thing as the OVERWORLD," Bronwen explains to me clearly mad, "it's just a myth."

     "no it's not!! i've seen it myself!! i'll show you." i glare at him.

     "you're very funny." he teases me.

     "bye." i say without looking back at him .

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     today, i've decided i would take Bronwen to the OVERWORLD. there are guards here around the library where the fountain to the portal is but i know how to stealthily make my way around here. i've visited the OVERWORLD several times when i felt like i needed a break from this what's so called a "society". no one here is authorized to go to the library anymore after so many of our people have escaped to the OVERWORLD several years ago. this caused them to change a lot of rules. they keep a fountain here that leads to an exit into the other world.

     Bronwen and i enter a small 3 cornered dark room with a water fountain.

     "what's so special about a water fountain?" Bronwen asks as he caresses the clear liquid.

     "just wait. there's a few steps to this and i need your help." i jump excitedly out of the room to look for the spell book.

     i later return with a massive book filled with lots of information about almost everything. i start to rethink my decision. what if Bronwen gets hurt. that's going to be all my fault.

     "on second thought, i don't know if this is a good idea." i say anxiously.

     "there's no going back now." he sighs as he sits on the hard white marbled edge of the fountain.

     i sigh, again, as i open the book to the TERRENE page. i re-read the instructions making sure i won't fuck things up any further. i close the book and put it on the floor next to me. i gesture him to hold hands with me. he gives me a confused and disgusted look but shakes it off and holds my hands. we close our eyes and focus on the sound of the water stop. we open our eyes to see hues of glistening violet, ultramarine, and pink forming into a galaxy. Bronwen gazes down at the stars in the cluster and looks at me. i regret this. i really fucked up big time. i don't want to do this. i really don't want to hurt anybody. but if it's the last thing i'm going to do i might as well show this to him.

     he steps into the fountain and looks at me.

     "are you coming?"