I have invited you to read the first draft of my obituary, and my life's story. So pay strict attention to what I say, because I choose my words carefully and never repeat myself.

There is an old folk tale or bedtime story, as humans now like to call it, that parents like to tell their children, about the "greatest" battle to ever go down, gods, angels, devils, superhumans, and the ordinary human, all existing in one universe. Before we get ahead of ourselves we must set the scene.

One of the oldest cities in the world is known as the SMP. It had been regarded as one of the earth's greatest treasures, the capital of beauty and fame, a place where fortune came with ease for the ordinary man. A human could walk amongst the gods. It could be seen as a sanctuary from the rest of the world, a place where dreams came true for the weak, strong, poor, or wealthy. The desire for this holy power was unmatched, so the need for dreams grew, and so did the city.

Of course, with dreams come nightmares. I'm sure we have all felt the lasting effects of waking up in the middle of the night. Cold. Scared. Adrenaline pumping through your veins as you look around, gauging your surroundings, calming down when you realize it was only your mind that attacked you.

Such a scary concept isn't it? Not being able to live in a world of ignorance, finding there are both "good" and "bad" situations people must experience. After all, everything must have an equal and opposite reaction. It's a law of life. Now, I realize this might be a lot to process so before getting into that I would like to propose a question.

How is it possible?

How can the SMP be so pure, and create fame and fortune without creating problems?

It can't. You can't have dreams without the occasional nightmare much like you can't build a business with only an idea and no help. The true reality is that no one has ever climbed to the top without breaking bridges or picking up debts from bigger players.

This was the SMP's true colors, behind the technology, behind the vast parks and gardens, behind all the outer beauty the SMP gave, all that was left was the disgusting, vile, cruel reality that plagued the world.

Reality is that the SMP has the most powerful, ruthless, greedy men within its boundaries. Many of these men pulled the strings, counted favors, or used force to rise to power. These men use your weaknesses and exploit it, changing you into their puppet for their sick games and own personal entertainment.

One week. From my observation people figure it out in one week. One week of pure innocence before the world crushes them like a cockroach under and boot. You start to learn to look past the façade, into the inner cruelty the SMP brings.

A warning citizens give you as you move into the SMP, be careful who you trust.

It's really the best piece of life advice you could ever receive. Yet people live up to the stupidity of the human race and ignore the warnings of the citizens, these are the type of people who never leave the city border again. Either they've died a horrible death or have been put to work for the rest of their life trying to work off a debt...that also usually ends in them dying from suicide or an "accident", it really just depends on the day.

Though the people in political power don't like to report it, the SMP has the highest suicide rate, homicide rate, and criminal activity in the entire world. Not going to brag or anything but it's particularly fascinating. Also with these highest rates, the SMP has one of the best police systems, including, but not limited to, their own personal S.W.A.T, Coast Guard, State Police, and Behavioral Unit. If you couldn't tell, there's a bit of a problem within the SMP that the political people, whom-ever they are, have been trying to fix.

Not going very well if I do say so myself.

Anyways, there are also the people who take this to heart, letting fear and paranoia control them. They keep to themselves and hide in their homes, only going out for the necessities of life. Such a sad way to live.Then finally, the most dangerous kind, the ones who join the fight. They go into low life gangs, pledging themselves to the mafia, becoming pawns for the bigger game.

Like I said, living up to the stupidity of the human race.

In the SMP there are 3 main mafia's: Syndicate, Eggpire and Las Nevadas. Now remember when I had said that the old bedtime story was full of gods, angels, devils, and superhumans. These are the people it's based upon, they grew their fame from this fable. A smart move indeed. This is the only time I will ever give these disgraceful humans any praise.

The Syndicate is the strongest mafia, very closed off from the city but when it is active they use more physical aspects to seize power, it's run by Philza and his successor, Technoblade. Philza is associated with the fallen angels who invaded the SMP, specifically the Angel of Death. Created his own fortress, with his lovely wife, the goddess of death, and his most loyal knight, Technoblade. His wife had caught a disease and died in the prime of her beauty, she left behind two boys for Philza to raise. Technoblade or the "Blood God" is a merciless man, known to be calculating, cold and prepared, possibly bordering paranoid. Wilbur and Tommy Philza's sons, but are also Techno's "brothers" since they practically grew up with him as a role model, very protective of their family but some of the most chaotic humans in the whole group, both find explosives inspiring. They tend to follow the Thrones status of the angel hierarchy, according to the fable. Niki, Tubbo, Ranboo and Jack are the underlings, the angels of Dominions, they are timid and tend to stick to making threats, however, this doesn't make them weak, they shouldn't be underestimated.

The Eggpire is the popular mafia, they tend to rely on mind tricks and your deepest desires to control you. Badboyhalo or 'Bad' for short is the leader of the Eggpire along with his husband Skeppy, they have two children who have joined the business at a young age. The highest ranking Devils, focused on greed and power through expansionism and an extensive network. George and Sapnap, Bad's children, are two strong fighters and tend to cause trouble within this city, but that gets filtered out with age. They learned. I made sure of it (Before being able to help the family business they have to go to college and learn more about the world and the art of business). Punz is their bodyguard who is attending the college, getting an education while keeping a close eye on the boy's. Ponk, Antfrost and Hannah are friends who joined after helping out in the past. From my understanding of the old fable they seemed to contort to the 7 sins.

Las Nevadas uses a casino base, they use gambling, debts, and greed to gain foot workers, as much power as they have it is a very risk-based mafia, too many variables to count for. Not that my opinion matters much. Quackity is the leader as well as the owner. He is a level 10 madman who loves the adrenaline that gambling with your life gives. Also has a knack for torture, his little greedy habit. Sam is the right hand, one of the very few people Quackity trusts. Fundy and Foolish are the main attractors, they bring people into the casinos and start stealing, creating this trap for any poor soul who walks into them, sometimes they even launder money. Purpled and Charlie are in the same jobs as Fundy and Foolish but have just recently joined and are still on the green side of the casino, not fully trusted yet to be rewarded with the company secrets.

All 3 are powerful, I will give them that but there's always something better than you.

XD.

The Creator.

A name befitting of a god who seems to know everything, holds the power of both life and death. Who's powers surpass time itself. Defying the laws of life.

Something unknown. A shadow. Apparently it slowly takes over your mind, turning you insane as you are watched, used, and moved like pawns across a chessboard until the ultimate checkmate.

No one knows for certain because no one has ever lived to tell the tale of the beast that haunts the city.

The old folklore about XD was that he used to be a God, watching over the world and the 3 realms. The Nether, the Aether, the End and the Overworld. Many many many years ago there was a battle in the Aether, it was said that XD fought against the other gods, after the battle the Aether was wiped from existence. Almost all the gods were wiped out while XD escaped to the overworld, trapping the remaining gods in the forgotten Aether. XD delegated his power into other beings, ones who held unimaginable power.

So I don't have to go through the horror of explaining this later. I'll tell you now: XD was still the main holder of his power, keeping grasp of reality, destruction, and creation. His delegation was to 3 beings, one of time, one of humanity, and one of power. Time's control seems very easy to understand so I'll move on to humanity. According to the fable, Humanity is like a combination of Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena; a strong-willed character that encompasses the heart of perseverance, and connects to the beauty of humility and family. The acknowledgment of weakness. Power is seen as a combination of Ares, Hermes, and Dionysus; the representation of rage, power, lust, and passion within all races, trickery and cunningness are well-used traits (in all of them for that matter), however the bloodlust for status is Power's true status.

Anyways back to the story, it was said XD closed the portal to the End but had left the Nether open for those brave enough to traverse, and stayed in the Overworld. Watching over the portals, keeping track of the souls who entered the Nether and made sure no one would find the End. There was no evidence to back it up so it stayed a stupid folklore tale told to kids. But all stories had to come from a bit of truth.

According to the common folk, one thing is for sure, whether the story is true or made up, XD is real. Everyone knows the name and very few know the face, it is one of the most well kept secrets within the SMP. But is a secret ever really a secret?

Oh, my apologies. It seems I had only skimmed over this. Those political people actually contribute quite a bit to the story, surprising I know, I don't know why I let that happen. The main political person whose of importance is the mayor, Mrs. Penelope Dumas. A strong-willed woman, charismatic but realistic, in a sense. Her goal during her office term was to address the famous XD, while I am still unsure of why she involved them in her political mess; I'll explain it to the best of my ability. Mrs. Dumas wanted to show the public that XD wasn't a threat, in fact that he could be an asset against the crime rates. She wanted the police and, rumored, crime boss to work together to set the SMP back on track. A hilarious effort. You can't fix the bad of the world like Mrs. Dumas dreamed. I'm sure she realized that once her nightmares caught up to her. Rest of them are as unimportant as their work within the city.

Now, I know I have been jumping all around and stopped you from seeing my apparent "death" earlier. It's just...the moment is so...bland without the context, I would hate to ruin the surprise for you. Since I have invited you into my mind, to see these series of events through my eyes, it's only fair I treat you a part of it.

Our story starts with Dream and Karl. For now these two are only seen as old friends, going to Pogchamp college, they're roommates and live on campus. Dream and Karl work part time jobs at a coffee shop where they make minimum wage. Fuck the economy. It's their second year at college and things for them are about to get a lot more interesting especially when heads of the most powerful mafias transfer into their college.

As much as I would love to sum up events, you deserve to know the full story.

One last piece of advice:

Pay attention. The mindset we need to keep throughout this story is something we rarely figured out before reading and looking at someone's life. Forget our humanity, forget our morality, and answer this simple question:

Does humanity consist of inherently good or bad?

Chapter 1 is updated; School is almost over so after exam's I should be free to write. (These stories and 3 other essays). Thank you for reading, love Luna!

(Let me know if there are any mistakes down here, I wrote this on caffeine and  chips)