Claus’ Diary? ?/?/20XX
W….Where am I? A….am I lost….or simply at home? It feels warm…I never want to leave….
“Claus! You gotta wake up! You can’t sleep in all day!”
“Huh? What?” Claus was sleeping, he began to rub his eyes. He was still in his pajamas while laying in a bed that felt, home-y. Claus opened his eyes to be greeted by a young boy. “Claus! The Dragos are here! Let’s go play with them! Come on!” Claus got out of bed. He looked in the mirror that was in the room. Same Bedhead as always. He thought. He walked down stairs to the scent of some sweet nut bread in the kitchen. The aroma caught him in a trance, and he ended up finding that everything seemed so big to him now. Maybe this is just a dream?
“Oh! Claus honey, you’re up!” a woman greeted to him, “Lucas already ran outside to go play with the Dragos, are you going to go out too?” She then looked back towards the table and handed Claus a piece of nut bread. “Here Claus, I hope you aren’t planning on going out in your pajama’s. Scoot upstairs and go change.” Don’t really have a choice. Claus thought. He headed upstairs to change into his daily attire.
Lookin’ handsome. Claus checked the mirror one last time. Something seemed to be off, somewhat recognizable to him too. “Why…why do I look so….young?” He stammered. “Wait…why am I here? Was that actually Lucas calling to me?” His reflection reached out for Claus, and grabbed him by his shirt collar, “Do you honestly feel guilty for what you did to Lucas? Disgusting.” The vision disappeared, and Claus rubbed his eyes. “Did…did I just imagine that? I did something horrible to Lucas…?” The woman’s voice called back to him one last time. “Claus! Lucas is waiting for you! Are you ready?” Claus quickly ran down the stairs. Everything seemed so recognizable to him. He was in absolute shock when he went downstairs. “M-M-Mommy!?” Claus exclaimed as he hugged Hinawa tightly. “Feeling more affectionate than usual Claus? You always loved the attention.” She smiled and wrapped her arms around him.
Claus began to sob violently. Hinawa grabbed Claus by the hand, “Here, I’ll take you to Lucas, you always were a bit afraid of going places alone.” Claus nodded, trying to wipe the tears out of his eyes with his little hands. They began to walk outside the door. The scenery changed, both of the boys were hiding behind Hinawa. “Why are they acting like this!? We’ve been running for so long and we now have no where to go!” In front of Claus was the Mecha Drago, he remembered this scene quite well. The forest was on fire, and the Mecha Drago kept approaching them slowly.
Claus instantly jumped in front of Hinawa with a stick. “Y-y-you stay away from her you meanie!” He tried to charge at the Drago, but Hinawa grabbed him by the hand and smiled. “There’s nothing you could’ve done Claus.” She grabbed both of the boys and threw them into the river. “Mom! MOM!” Claus screamed. He couldn’t swim, he was beginning to drown. He fell under the water and stayed there. Everything was just, pitch black.
“Claus, you tried, that’s all you can do.” “Claus, you aren’t what they say you are.” “Claus, you’re worthless.” “Claus, you really messed up this time huh?” “Claus, you’re going to kill them all.” “Claus, this is all your fault.” The comments in the shadows began to grow even bolder and more insulting. “Claus, you’ll always be known as…t..h..e…m..a..s..k..”
Claus woke up again, this time, not in a bed, but on the floor. The bright lights began to shine onto him. He lifted himself up, only to see he was scratched up. I was…laying on the road….just now? An intercom spoke up, “WELCOME TO NEW CLAUS CITY! WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY! ESPECIALLY YOU CLAUS! WE LOVE YOU!” Claus couldn’t believe his eyes, he was in a metropolis that was all about him. A sign stood in front of him that read, “Who is the masked man? Why does he hurt us so? Why did he kill Hinawa?” Claus gasped and began to walk backwards. He bumped into something that was behind him, the sign again, the signs were all over the place! Another sign read, “Welcome to Magicant.” He wondered what the heck Magicant was, is this where he was? Claus began to get super scared of the place he stumbled upon. He began to run, faster and faster, until he ran into a huge skyscraper. The cold air shook him, he didn’t know what to do, he was scared. “Oh, Claus you’re here.” A voice called out. “Come in, I’ve been expecting my little minion to come back.”
Claus called back to the voice, “Who, who are you?” A snorting laugh came out, and soon the squeals of pigs began to get louder and louder. “You’re worst nightmare. Come into the elevator, you don’t look so cool. In fact, I can make you soooo much better.” Claus began to walk towards the elevator, he couldn’t do anything. He wasn’t moving himself, in fact, it seemed like his body was moving on it’s own.
The elevator doors closed, and Claus pressed the only button that was available. The elevator began to rise, and the doors opened to reveal nothing but darkness. Claus began to wonder into the darkness until he saw something in front of him. The final needle, all Claus had to do was pull it. He proceeded to put his hands onto it. HMPH, It’s stuck!
A large beam rushed towards Claus, he dodged it quickly, that’s when he saw his inner demon. The one thing he could never forget about, and where all his guilt resides.