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Reflection: I’ve always wanted to be a Hero is ... I have no clue honestly. Is it a poem? A speech? That's why I just called it a Reflection. Anyway, the following is about a character's history from their point of view. It's something else, something different then what I usually do lol. I don't know why I wrote this, I kinda just did. It is also a sequel (in a sense) to this previous reflection. Written by Sci100.
I’ve always wanted to be a Hero
Since I was young, I loved watching cartoons
Reading Sumo Slammers and pretending I could be one
I was a boy with a dream in a town that was dreamless
And I was without hope
Stuck in a school where I was at the bottom
A place I didn’t belong to
A place without heroes
I’ve always wanted to be a Hero
I found something one night
It changed my life forever
It changed me, literally
I could do things unlike anyone had seen
I could use fire and water
I could spin and grow
I could become anything I wanted
Be the hero I had dreamed of
It was a gift I thought
To be the hero
But then he lied to me
He kept a secret from me
Even a family can have secrets
I had one of my own
I’ve always wanted to be a hero
But I didn’t realize how hard it was
The pain I would feel
The tears I should shed
The danger of losing those I care for
At ten I was scared
As the innocence faded away
I found out being a hero was dangerous
I almost lost my cousin
I almost lost my grandfather
I almost lost myself.
Being a hero really is dangerous
Because one day
A virus will come up to you
And will kill that one part of you that remained a child
Hope gone, the thrill of being a hero disappearing
Until you put it up and normalcy resumes
I’ve always wanted to be a hero
I guess I couldn’t keep away
But the stakes were higher
It was as if the world had gotten darker
The mood had shifted into that of a PG-13 film
As if it was always night and never day
As it was when he disappeared in a flash of light
Gone forever I thought
The loss striking the heart
My youthful joy and hope dying with him once more
Worse yet, I didn’t understand life anymore
A monster now ally
An annoying family member now one of my best friends
A world without a strange squid-cooking grandfather
And then she came into my life
And for a while, I thought she was the one
She helped me when I faced one of my greatest threats
They all helped me
But war changes people
It changed me too
I’ve always wanted to be a hero
Now I was
My old enemy came back
A rivalry burning with tension
The fires scorching the earth in battle.
I made my friend a monster.
I caused her to make mistakes.
I stopped the squid
But at a great cost
I wondered if I could still be a hero
Without the item that made me a hero
I’ve always wanted to be a hero
My goal was to become the ultimate hero
But I turned to be the ultimate pain in the ass.
It was my fault that I made him a monster.
Gave him the curse.
I knew I had to stop him
But even as I thought about how to do it
I knew I didn’t want to hurt my best friend
I didn’t want to kill anyone
Fear went through me
As I questioned if putting him down would ruin my soul
Break the soul and harm my chances of a good afterlife
I didn’t have to, but I was truly terrified
Almost as terrified as when I met a demon
Not the red monster to rip everything apart
Or the giant kraken shooting red fire at me
But myself
Two minutes I had power
Two minutes I could be a god
But I feared that by becoming a god, I would turn as a monster
A fallen angel descending from the heavens
Devilish desire to make the world in my vision
Would I turn into the villain that my arch-nemesis wanted me to become?
Or would I be the hero I always wanted to be?
I’ve always wanted to be a hero
I did remake the world, only because it was being torn apart at the same time
I stayed a hero, but I lost the girl who had been there for me for two years
Color and vibrancy returned, a new era beginning with the arrival of a new friend
A friend that had no inner demons
A bud I could depend on, regardless of his love for Ants.
Then the predator came.
Then the monster came.
Then the mad crab came.
They tried to kill me.
Use me.
Hunt me.
They tried to kill my mentor
My ally whom I depend on
The creator of a hero
I had to fight frogs
I had to fight a twin
I had to fight ghosts
I had to fight evil versions of myself
All dangers
Then something happened.
They took my friend
They messed with his mind
They told him that I was the coming storm
A threat that no one else could stop
A universe in danger from a hero
I thought to myself: Am I a threat?
I’m one of the most powerful beings
But is it because of who I am
Or What I have
Am I a hero because of my personality?
Or Am I Hero because of the watch?
I’ve always wanted to be a Hero
I’ve fought in many battles
Many wars, one even taking place in Time itself
But the greatest battle I feel
Has been inside myself
For six years I’ve asked myself
What makes you a Hero?
The Watch? Or You?
For the longest time, I’ve thought that it was the watch.
But it’s not the watch that makes me the hero.
I’m a hero because of the kind of person I am.
I’m a hero because of the kind of people my family is.
I’m a hero because of the kind of people my friends are.
I’ve always wanted to be a hero
But without the people I can depend upon,
I, Ben Tennyson, would never have been the hero I am today
And will be in the future.