Y/n was a handsome young man. 23 and trying to support his mother who was reaching her later years, He walked the halls of his old highschool. looking around as old memories filled his mind.

God, how young and clueless he had been. Now to be back in this place for a highschool reunion all while seeing the pictures of himself in the past...
He was filled with anxiety

He entered the gymnasium where the reunion was being held.

"HEEEEYYY SHITHEAD!!!!" Clark called to him, shouldering his way through a crowd of adults.

"H...Hi Clark..." Y/n's expression faltered as the hope drained from his eyes...
His highschool bully, Clark. He had hoped to avoid him or at the very least pay him no mind but the bastard was still as childish as ever, can you believe he was the mayor now?

Y/n tried to pretend to get a text and did his best to show disinterest or at the very least that he was busy.
He even tried to get past Clark but to no avail.
"Stop ignoring me, Gloomsville! Hey~ What's this~?"

Clark took the phone right out of Y/n's hands and started going through it.
"HAH! HEY KATRINA, GET A LOOK AT THIS!" He waved the phone in the air as Katrina, his new wife made her way through the crowd and took it from her smaller husband.
She looked at what was on the screen then started laughing aloud. "You? A musician? You barely pass as a waiter and you think you can be a musician? That's so pathetic, it's so... you."

She then passed it back to her husband who refused to return it childishly while his red face revealed how drunk he truly was.

He wagged it above Y/N. "Let it go! please Clark!" Y/n begged sadly and tried to grab it but Clark was taller than him

Clark chortled and then said.
"I gotta show this to everybody!"

Y/N chased after him as the asswad ran through the crowd with his phone.

It was close to midnight...
Y/n had no intention of interacting with anyone but some old friends much less the entire fucking class.

Clark ran into the smoke filled floor of testosterone and estrogen...
Lust was in the air and glitter decorated the crowd...
soda and alcohol that was sneakily brought in made the floor sticky and gross and affected the scent of the floor...

food and wrappers were also lost to the floor as the neon lights and speakers so loud you could feel your heart move to the beat panicked Y/n.

Clark laughed as Y/n chased, fear in his eyes and desperation in his expression.

but Clark pushed over some barely touched punch onto the floor and got Y/n to slip in it.

Y/n landed stomach down onto the soaked dance floor.
people laughed at him and asked him if he was okay through giggles.

then as Y/n got up....
He found he was too late to stop Clark.
"HOW ARE YOU ALL TONIGHT!?" Clark yelled into the microphone and then laughed as everyone roared greetings and happy words back to him.

He grinned as he pointed to Y/n.
"THIS IS A LITTLE SOMETHING CREATED BY Y/N EVERYBODY PUT YOUR HANDS UP FOR Y/N'S MIXTAPE!!" He laughed aloud to the crowd of adults egging him on.

He then put it in as the spotlight was put on Y/n...
he heard his embarassing greeting at the beginning... and then his awful singing... he started to cry...
he had been using a crystal he found to provide a wicked sound to it...
everybody started laughing at him...

everybody was staring at him...

some people seemed to pity him...
when he saw the crowd, he tried to run... he hated that face... the look of pity... those people calling him a failure... those people...
all those people... he tried to befriend or to reach out to that turned their backs to him.

they treated it like he was trying to get their attention...
he had wanted help... soon he stopped and bottled it up... now it was overflowing as Clark pulled him onto the stage...
then he did the unspeakable.

He pointed out Y/N's ex girlfriend from highschool.

He watched her walk up... and she glared at him... tears in her eyes as she screamed at him...

"How could you do this to me!?"

She told him he was embarassing.

She said she hated him and wished they'd never met.
She claimed had it not been for him goofing off like when they were kids then this party would have been fine but he made a fool out of himself and those connected to him.
Then she finally said.
"I WISH YOU WOULD JUST DIE!!"

His mind became cloudy, the party got quiet....

dead quiet...

everyone stared at her, it had gone too far...
Y/n was so embarassed he grabbed his phone from Clark and elbowed him aside before running out of the highschool.

he ran past the people in the gym...
past the people he once knew...
he just... ran...

And he didnt stop until he got to the park nearby where he lived...

the tears streamed down his face as the dark, abandoned park sorrounded him in a hug of midnight. Not even the moon's glow showed in the sky.

the tears in his eyes didn't stop.

and he didn't leave for a long time.
that was when he got a text.

he stared down at his phone and hesitantly looked at the notification. He'd been in the park for two hours at this point and didn't want to go to sleep just yet.

The text read as follows.

( Hello? Is this PurpleAura?)

Y/n remembered his profile name he chose for his song making and texted back.

( Y...Yes and who is this? )

(...)

The other person replied.

( I prefer to remain anonymous. )

( F...Fair enough. what
can I help you with? )

( I'd like to know where you got this? )

Y/n noticed the hand of the girl who had just told him to kill himself two hours ago... holding the gem they found as kids.
she hadn't wanted it but Y/n had taken it right away and was happy to do so...
it made such a beautiful noise when tapped with a small metal rod.

( Y..Yes... that's a gem my ex friend and I found... )

( Ex Friend? I do not understand. )

( She and I are no longer friends. )

( Oh... )
( Yeah... but I'm fine... we found
it in the pond in a park near
where I live I'm actually at
that park right now...)

( I see... but right now it is 1:30 am where you live... is that not a good time to be awake? )

( Haha yeah... but it's alright...
I just need to rest and I'll be
fine. )

(I see... would you like to talk more
about yourself and your world?)

(No not really... I actually
wanna know more about
you considering you dming me out of the blue.)

And that was when you two started talking...

however...

beyond that screen... there stood a tall being, thin and intimidating... his sleek design matched his quick typing as he stood expressionless. Watching the computer and typing back with this sad little human he had found,
a human...
of which he could manipulate easily.
and get that crystal from.
for that crystal would make his leader a happy mech.