1 The Town Of 1500

A small town, "Maple Town", around 1500 residents large, had a dam where all the residents obtained their water from. At this moment, however, a suspicious-looking man in a black suit, a clearly painted white face, bizarre-looking red lips, a red nose, and red hair at his sides, stood over that river, bleeding at his side while holding an arrow.

He looked over to his side, nothing clearly visible, but he still muttered, "If you want this arrow... then no one can have it." With his left arm over the arrow, he slammed down, shattering the arrow with an unusual power, the remains crumbling into the river. Despite nothing being nearby, he had a short glimpse of fear appear across his face before he was suddenly sent flying back with a hole through his body. Nearby his corpse, a woman in an all green body-suit appeared, audibly cursing, "Damn, now that this clown destroyed the arrow, all my efforts were for nothing..." The woman seemingly dissipated into the environment, with disappointment on her face.

...

Meanwhile, in the town's only school, "East Maple High", there was this 16 year old black boy with short, black hair, currently making a clown out of himself. "AHAHAHHAAA, SEE THIS KIDS! I, CHARLES, AM A GOD! HOW ELSE COULD I HAVE PREDICTED THE ANSWER TO YOUR EMOTIONS!?!" The teenagers around him looked at him strangely. Charles pointed to a kid in the crowd, and exclaimed, "HEHEHE, DANIEL! YOU CAN'T DENY MY POWERS ANYMORE! NO LONGER CAN YOU CALL ME A CLOWN, A BABOON, A CHICKEN, I AM GOD, GOD ALL MIGHTY, I WILL RULE OVER YOU, AND YOU SHALL RUE THE DAY YOU DEFIED ME AND MY PLOT TO RULE THE LUNCH ROOM!" The kid who got pointed at, Daniel, looked back at Charles with a look that oozed disdain, and simply said, "Shut up Charles, come back when you have a hairline."

In the corner of the room, a kid with a complicated expression sat. His hair was black, his skin pale, and his pupils were a deep crimson. His gaze was determined, yet his pose was uncertain, as if lacking something. Looking at his fellow students having fun, he looked down and muttered something indecipherable to himself.

A Latino teen walked into the classroom, his mustache swirling, and he wore a sombrero, he looked over to Charles and Daniel, sitting down near them, saying, "I am the school." His comment was met with confused "Huh"s and people calling him a clown.

Charles sat down and loudly exclaimed, "Wow, where's Andrew, Gianni, and Nick? Why are they all absent on the same day? That's pretty sus."

"What do you mean it's sus?" Daniel exclaimed, "You mean they're getting it on?" As he said that, he took a sip of water from his water bottle.

....

The next day, 6 teens gathered around a table. Charles started, "Hey, why were the three of you absent yesterday, wink wink." As he said that, he suddenly collapsed on the floor.

He was caught by one of his friends, a boy dressed in short navy blue pants and a blue shirt, who said, "Hey Charles, you good?" He put his fingertips up to Charles's throat and pressed down. "Gianni, what are you doing to his throat?" Andrew asked him confusedly. "Ah, you see, Andrew, I'm trying to see if he has a heartbeat still, which he does." Gianni said this while visibly sweating. "Actually, guys, I don't feel so goo--" Gianni collapsed to the floor.

"What??!" Everyone was confused.

*PLOP*

The sound of someone dropping to the floor was heard behind them. They turned around.. and...

*PLOP* *PLOP* *PLOP* PLOP*

...made it just in time to see many people falling to the floor.

"What!?" "What's happening?!"

Unfortunately, these questions would not be answered for now, as the last people fell to the floor.

....

At this moment, the town was completely quiet. Apart from some loud noises from cars crashing or other miscellaneous things, not a sound was heard.

If one could hear the sounds of hearts beating, they would be alarmed to find that heartbeats were slowly disappearing, leaving only a few.

While everyone was unconscious, around those whose hearts were still beating, a strange ghost-like apparition appeared, flashing in and out of existence. Their shapes, colors, and designs all varied, but one thing in common with all of them, was that they all seemed to [STAND] behind whoever they were near.

...

Rubbing his eyes, Gianni wondered where he was. Looking down and seeing the wooden floor beneath him, he then wondered why he was on the floor. Suddenly, everything hit him. How Charles randomly collapsed, before he suddenly saw the floor getting closer.

Getting up with a pained body, he looked around, and saw many people on the floor, including all his friends. "What... what happened? What's this feeling I have? As if... I can do more as if I have a whole body part I'm not using..." Focusing on that faint feeling, he found it getting closer and closer. This feeling rushed into his blood, one of power and ecstasy. Slowly losing his ability to think, just focusing on this feeling, he felt an unprecedented sense of power, one that can rule over the world. Suddenly, pain hit.

Gianni's concentration broke, and the power seemed to stop. "aaaAAAAHHHHHH!" He couldn't help but scream out from the pain, as his knees hit the floor. Holding himself up with his hands, he saw blood dripping down. "WhAt... my vision.... my body... what's wrong with it all!? Are my eyes bleeding?! IS this why I'm seeing red!?"

Under a sense of weakness and the pain of his body, his arms gave out and he hit the floor. "HaaAH, HaaAH" Breathing heavily, he eventually fainted once more from the pain.

Waking up once more, he was met by a blinding yellow light. On a bed and indoors, Gianni looked around and saw his friends with solemn expressions, which brightened up when they saw Gianni wake.

"You guys.... do you know what happened?"

Andrew stood up, even paler than usual, his glasses which usually make him look smart only making the mood even more serious, nearly whispering, "Well first, almost everyone has died."