"Ah!"
Jolting up. What the hell? What kind of dream was that?
"Marcy! Wake up and get ready for breakfast!"
Hearing my mothers voice coming from downstairs, i realize im back in my old bedroom.
"O-oh, yeah give me a second!"
Slowly getting up from my bed, my body felt heavier than normal. Seeing a mirror, i walk up to see the reason why
"So it really was a dream..."
My body was young, safe to say i was a bit chubby back then.
"Whats the 『TIME』?"
Walking back to my bedside table, i grab my phone that was charging.
"7:50, Monday."
Wait, monday? Isnt that a school day? Im going to be late...
"Im going to be late!"
Rushing to get my uniform on, i rush downstairs to see my family eating breakfast.
"Finally, jeez, could you get ready any slower?"
My little sister announces annoyedly
"Come now, its time to eat."
Dad says while signalling for me to sit down on the chair next to my sister.
"We're going to be late!"
"What?"
"We have ten minutes left before i'm late!"
"What're you saying bro? Its 7:20."
She confused.
"What?"
Replying confused, i check my phone and check the time again.
"Oh... 7:20... i swear it said 7:50 though."
"Ma, i think Marcy really lost it."
"Dont say that about your brother, come sit down and eat."
Still dazed, i sit down and quietly begin eating.
Yum, mother always made the best food.
"Seriously bro, is your head screwed on properly?"
"Alright! I get it! I messed up, i got the 『TIME』wrong, i get it!"
"Leave your brother alone, Emily."
"Tch, boring."
Yup, thats just like her...
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After a while, we finally make it to school.
"Dont get in trouble Em."
"I wont, i wont!"
After that... lackluster reassurance, i head inside and go through my day like normal.
"Marc!"
Hearing my name being called, i turn to the source to see my friend waving to me.
"Andre!"
It felt like seeing him for the first time in years... strange...
"Dude come on! Were gonna be late!"
Walking to him, we begin walking together to our first class.
"Calm down dude, its so boring though..."
"Scared of a little maths?"
"Shut up."
I punch his arm, although it never had any real strength in it.
"Haha, calm down dude, gonna be pissed already?"
I dont miss this.
"Ha. Ha. Alright dude enough joking."
Tired of him laughing, i contemplate wether to actually punch him.
"Alright alright, phew, anyways dude, real talk. Have you noticed anything weird lately?"
"Like what?"
Confused by his sudden switch in tone, i respond confused.
"Like... stuff not... being right? Yknow? Like 『TIME』acting strange?"
Now that he mentioned it, it was strange.
Why was everything so familiar yet so different, like i've already lived through it...
"Huh, are you doing weed again?"
"...man shut up!"
Although it was strange, i reply nonchalantly, it was strange but it was just speculation.
"We're here, see ya after class Andre."
"Yeah, see ya, im not crazy dude."
After bidding farewell, i headed inside my classroom, 2L, and found my seat.
Thankfully, i wasnt late and i sat in the middle like always.
'Like... 『TIME』acting strange?'
I guess it has been weird lately... and it started with that dream too.
All i remember was a screen saying...
"...error..."
Without realizing, i mumbled out those words, strangely, i saw a middle aged man sitting in one of the desks, he seemed relatively well built but also familiar.
The teacher began taking attendance.
"Alex?"
"Here."
Everything was normal, except for him... no one noticed anything strange though.
"Amira?"
"Here."
"Camille?"
"Here."
"Elijah?"
"Here."
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Then after a few more names, his name was called.
"Nimara?"
"Here."
Nirama? That Nirama? The scrawny kid with glasses? Thats not possible.
Strangely enough, no one else thought it was strange.
"...error."
Muttering the word again, i felt my spine grow cold...
'What if that dream... wasnt a dream? What if...'
"Urgh..."
Suddenly, my head began hurting.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE—
A continuous ringing echoes in my head, it hurt... it hurt so much.
. . .?
It stopped? Looking up, everyone was frozen.
Looking up, i saw a man... with robotic hands? And a blindfold on, he had a crown symbol hovering ovwr his head.
Outstretching his hand, it came close to my face but before he could touch me...
「ERROR FOUND!」
A window was inbetween me and his hand, inches away from me.
「BEGIN CORRECTION」
「ATTEMPT 1」
My vision began to blur... then, as if a brick to my head, all my memories came back with the window issuing one word... again.
「ERROR」
It hurt...
Not again... my body felt like it was being incinerated but also reparing itself.
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'Man, my brother is so weird'
I think to myself as i walk to my class, i cant believe i am in highschool now.
"EmEm!"
Hearing my bestie, i run to her.
"RiRi! How are you doing!"
"Nothing much! How are you doing!"
"Urgh, yknow my bro?"
"Marcen?"
"Yeah, him. He was acting strange this morning! He ran downstairs saying he was going to be late."
"Pft, thats so weird! Cmon, lets head to class now."
Walking side by side, we chat and walk, making it to class we sit beside eachother.
"Oh. My. God. Not this teacher..."
My friend whispers to me as the teacher walks in, i couldnt agree more.
Taking attendance, his voice was so monotone, i could sleep!
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After taking attendance, he began his lecture... finally
"Finally..."
I whisper to my frie–
「SCANNING」
...what? Scanning? Who... what said that?
"What?-"
「ERROR FOUND」
"What...?"
"Yo EmEm, what're you whispering?"
My friend whispers to me after hearing my own muttering.
「BEGINNING CORRECTION」
「ATTEMPT 1」
"I-im seeing a... screen? Hologram? I think my brother would call it a... window? Like those weird system webnovels he reads..."
Trying to explain what i see, i whisper back to my friend, Mitari.
"H-hey EmEm..."
Noticing my friends shaking voice, i ask, wondering why she isnt whispering anymore.
"What...? Do you want to get caught?"
"N-no... its just that everyone is..."
She points to the people around us.
Everyone. Was. Frozen.
"...what the."
Not hiding my own voice of confusion
"W-what is going o-"
Glancing at my friend who suddenly stopped speaking, i saw that she also became frozen
「ERROR」
"...what th-"