“Turn to page 157 class”, Coach Johnson states to those who are listening.

I prop my head up with the palm of my left hand and face towards the front of the room, making eye contact with the teacher. I have to at least act like I’m paying attention so I don’t get singled out and called upon. Sigh. In the meanwhile, I sneak up headphones from my pocket, up my shirt, and around the back of my neck, content with some background music to listen to. My right hand silently mashes a and b on the gameboy sitting in my lap and my first period setup is complete. Happily now, I look out the window and daydream of life after school.

Rain clouds sit close to the bottom of the horizon, foretelling of the days weather. The shapeless rain clouds do look a bit different though, they have no density, shaded only in the color of a dark gray. I stare out the window longer than I probably should, my gaze stuck. Am I hallucinating this? Clouds do not move this fast. I hear muted voices directed at me in the background but It does not deter me, my eyes now glued to the scene. This grey mass of color has moved too intelligently, becoming evenly spread throughout half the sky. When looking closer, you can see no light passing through, the light seemingly being absorbed by it’s grayness..

A slam on my desk wakes me up from my thoughts as I turn around with a jump and a yelp. The teacher and class now glare at me with smiles of mockery. “Listen Mae, you can’t be dozing off in -”. But before another sound is made, the world became plunged in absolute darkness, time now sitting at a standstill.

A blue box appeared in front of my vision, approximately two feet away.

[Skill Gained: Foresight]

A scrolling message appeared immediately thereafter.

[Welcome to Earth v 2.0.0]

[Earth has prestiged to the next level. Well done!]

[You have passed our initial intelligence test and are now considered to have intelligent life. Earth will now be integrated into the universe and you’ll be moved to a temporary space for you to adjust to your new reality. ]

[Teleport commencing…]