The plan was
evil, innately vile.
Involving lying, coercing, betrayal and ultimately pain,
this plan was the product of a single, four letter word: pity.
She said it, and his idea grew.
He couldn't control it after the words had fallen from his
lips. This story thus has no happy ending, only the lesser of two evils.
[Landon] was
a boy who had never really felt comfortable with people. He lacked a modicum of
self-confidence making him depressive and cynical. Most of his friendships were superficial, even though he mostly convinced himself they held depth. He loved cartoons, some
video games, which he tried to like more so than did, simply because he wanted
to try and get better but most of the time just got frustrated, had a fit and then
walked away. Attempting to draw some of the characters from the cartoons,
reading some things like Harry Potter or the like, and imagining things in his
head filled his time. Whenever he would start doing something important, say
homework, or study for a test, he would simply just sit in a chair, lean back
and imagine some epic fight he was part of, always being the hero, dying in
some supremely heroic way, always to be honored or coming back to life from
some unforeseen powers he possessed. It was the only thing he really enjoyed
doing. He would have moments of laughs with family or his assortment of
friends, but when he was in this world, he could do whatever he wanted. He was
in control. Landon cherished control; it was sickening how much he despised being
told what to do, not knowing what came next or what to do from the start. He
didn't know why, he just did. From a young age, he had an ever occurring
inclination to lie, even about the smallest things. It always got him
attention, always made him the spotlight of any conversation. This is common
among children, younger children that is. His lies were noticed by many; their
knowledge of his lies unknown to him however. Through middle school he grew
lonelier by the day, increasing his time spent in the controlled world inside
his own head and how much he would lie to his own mother and friends. Landon
was troubled, and he wanted to milk it for every penny it was worth.