There was a festival, the biggest one of the year. Where everyone comes together to celebrate. Everyone in this world has a hidden ability, like a talent but a bit more magical. This celebration shows off the most magical of them all, like the one who can take reindeer by just touching them, or the dude who can play any instrument without ever seeing said instrument before, etc etc. some are simple powers like reading fast, or able to draw anything, or even just a very good worker, but apparently I donât have an ability and am seen as worthless. Anyway, There are many people who are invited to this festival, but in this world there are monsters, who trap and kill people in many different ways. This is important for later. Each person invited to the festival, if they are related to one of the performers, must help out in some way shape or form. Last year I tried and failed to help, by being the end flag for the army race, where the soldiers who are invited, race to see who is the fastest. I was told to hold the flag and change it when 10, 20, 30, minutes have passed, while also stopping the clock when the winner passes me. However they never told me that last part and I got in trouble. So this year they want me to just hold a plate of mashed potatoes and hand it out.
So while we are waiting for things to start we need to find our seats. Me and my siblings are sat somewhere up higher, however there are only three seats. So Iâm told to just âsit near themâ on the ground, but donât literally sit on the ground cause itâll make the place look bad. After I join the walk with my mashed potatoes, about half way through Iâm out and tell the Sargent and he says âweâll go get more from up frontâ which btw this walk is like walking around a mega church building. So yeah, I get pissed and walk back with everyone looking at me. I get back and decide fuck it Iâm going to just sit and not do anything. So I climb in the seats where my siblings are, get yelled at by a dude who I have to pass by when getting to these seats cause âyou should know better than to walk on my seatâ bro itâs literally the only way to the other seats, if you know another path please show me. He just grumbles and says that I should know of another path. I ignore him and get to the seats and stand nearby cause my sibs are sitting there. The show starts then and thatâs my siblings cue to leave their seats so they can be carried away to perform. So Iâm left in the middle of the path that also acts as the stage and I just quickly get over to the side cause wtf else do I do. Only to get reprimanded by my aunt and mother that âI should be in my seat and not basically on the stageâ I just glare at them and say âwell maybe somebody should make sure there are ENOUGH seats for us thenâ only for them to say that there were and that Iâm being unhelpful and just want to complain. I finally snap and just walk along the path/stage, backwards. Iâm heading to my car and just running away cause I canât deal with these shits.
Anyway, Remember the monsters? Once outside I see a few roaming around, they are different sizes and different creatures. I donât care and just keep walking. Apparently last year I ran into one, it grabbed me and I thought that was it, but it just rubbed my head and cooed before putting me down, chasing another person, and then eating them. So I didnât care cause I felt pretty safe around them, which is saying something when the step on a car and it explodes.
Iâm making my way to my car when I hear that apparently my family is looking for me already. Iâm like âshitâ so start running across the town/city to get to my car. But once again the town is being swarmed by monsters. I get to an area where this grass tentacle monster thing is sitting, and thereâs a group of others trying to figure out how to pass it with getting caught. I tell them just donât get hit by the end of the grass thorn tentacle thing, cause thatâs whatâll grab you, as I start causally climbing over the already grown tentacles. A few tentacles have fallen apart and I grab a few and say âcheck this outâ before chucking them into a body of water. The tentacle then grow and form another monster, the exact same kind of monster that we just passed. I rub itâs little head and say itâs a good boy and needs to stay there until itâs big enough to leave the pond. The group is horrified that I just made more monsters and most run away from me in fear.
The more brave parts of the group quickly joins me and hopes I can get them to safety and I mention that the house next to the library has a spell on it that repels all monsters, and that Iâll be walking in that direction anyway so they can join me. Anyway we continue walking through the snow and crowds of people who are scurrying off to do whatever when another monster appears. This one is a classic giant who is seen chasing someone, he sees me and for a brief second considers going for me before returning to his original target. I donât get to see if he successfully catches them or not.
Eventually we get to the house and I drop them off before going to the library cause itâs a bit closer to my destination. I get yoinked in by someone who is panicking cause thereâs a monster running the library. I look over and itâs this little sand vampire lady monster. I recognize her cause a few years back she successfully trapped me in her sandpit. She started sucking out my youth before stopping and realizing that I wasnât getting older, but she was still getting younger. She is confused and asks whatâs going on and I just shrug and say that I have no idea but if she want she can keep trying until she feels she is at the youthful age she wants. She does and I still donât age, I then tell her if she acts human and doesnât attack anyone else, that Iâll help her maintain her youthâŚat least until I die. She agrees and starts to work in the library. She looks human but if you look closely you see her skin is actually sand. Anyway the person is freaking out and I just say hi to the librarian and ask how itâs going. She said fine and that she needs a little pick me up, so I allow her. Much to the horror of the other person.
We chat for a bit before another smaller monster runs in and grabs me and the shocked person shouting that another giant monster needs a sacrifice. He is this fur covered monster with horns and he rushes out, despite the librarianâs shouts. Then we see the a new monster, this giant tall skinny monster, their skin swirling with different darker colors (like dark blue, deep violet, black, and a hint of dark green too)
Thatâs when the monster carrying us puts us down and is about to shout at this bigger monster that he brought a sacrifice but freezes for two reasons, 1: monsters are not against attacking smaller monsters and mr fluff here was hoping to get on this big dudes good side but just witnessed the big guy rip another monster apart, and 2: he looks at me and says that I shouldnât be there and that he messed up by bringing me. Iâm still confused before it clicks in my brain. Iâm not useless, I do have an ability and a very rare one at that. I have a monster ability, itâs why I donât get attacked, itâs why I can walk by them, itâs why they hesitate and change their mind, itâs why their attacks donât affect me and why I know so much about them despite not seeing some of these monsters. I stare at the monster who was holding me cause we both realized what I am, just then the giant dark creature is looking at us with bright violet eyes. Iâm not scared and walk forward placing my hand in the middle of his face⌠I then wake up.