Kit's First AI Dungeon Story

I eat my morning cereal. I get ready for school, as I always do. My mom is already at work. I quietly ask my dad if I can go see a movie with some friends after school today. The movie is Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I really want to see it. He agrees, so I quickly finish my breakfast and rush out the door. There is one boy, named Kyle. He is one of my best friends. However, most kids at school don't get along with him because he is so different from everyone else. By the time I get to his house, he is already there. We go outside and walk to the parking lot. > You say "So how's it been since the accident?" "Oh, you know. I still can't talk to people. Some people avoid me. I know its because of my injury and stuff, but it still sucks." > You remember the day it happened. "Remember that day? When you tried to show me how to fly?" I nod. It was a sunny day. I remember because we were supposed to go to the park after school. Ever since I figured out how to fly, everyone had wanted to learn from me, but I only wanted my closest friends and family to know the secret. "Well," Kyle says. "Remember how I got hurt?" I shake my head. "Don't you remember the day we first met?" He laughs. We had both been at a group therapy session for people like us. I was sitting in the back of the room. He had been sitting alone at a table. We had never talked before that day. At the beginning of the session, I had been very outgoing, wanting to know everyone's powers. Kyle had just started to open up, and he told me he could make things float. I was so sure we would become good friends. And after some chatting, we discovered we both loved Sonic the Hedgehog. "What happened after that?" "Well, you left the group session, and we sat on a bench by the swings. I think you were going to tell me how to fly." > You say "And I was like 'You know how Tails does it, right?' "Yeah, something like that. Anyway, Tails was the first one I knew I could fly like. I mean, I could talk to the birds and stuff, but Tails just seemed to understand me. I've tried, but it just doesn't feel the same." "Oh, it's pretty easy. You just think happy thoughts, and you start spinning your tail in one direction. > You say "I mean, I guess the 'oil' method is a bit easier, but that only works when it's raining." "Well, yeah. We could try the oil method if you wanted." We decide to sneak out of his house and head to the park. We both have the rest of the day to figure it out. Fortunately, the forecast did call for rain. "Why don't you sit in the car," I suggest. "I'll go in first. I don't want you getting hurt anymore, since I can't be sure that I won't fall, either." "But wait," Kyle exclaims, "we forgot the oil!" "Oh, right. I found some in my dad's garage. I'll go get it." I sneak into the garage. I find the oil and put it in my backpack. I return to the park to the sound of thunder in the sky. "Are you ready?" "Yeah." "Okay. Close your eyes and start thinking happy thoughts." I close my eyes and try to think happy thoughts. > You think about the movie you're going to see later today. I think about the movie I'm going to see later. It's the only thing I can think about. I can't think about anything else. It starts to rain. But it isn't water. The rain falls upward, like angel's tears. I can hear a voice in the rain. "I am the rain. You are the sunshine. I bring peace and harmony to the world." I open my eyes. We're floating. Kyle and I are floating in the air. Angel wings sprout from our backs. We are flying. We soar over the park and the city, and we see the sun. We see a rainbow. In my euphoria, the rainbow reminds me of something I've wanted to say for a long time. "Reach for the rainbow, Kyle. It leads to a pot of gold." We land gracefully on a patch of grass. Kyle turns to me. We both smile. I can't stop smiling. I suppressed it before, but he makes me feel that way. I can't control it and fly away to join the birds and the sky and the clouds. > You say "Join me, Kyle. We can do it together." "Together?" He looks nervous. "Yeah. If we work together, we can make the world a better place. No more wars or hunger or anything like that." "Well, uh." "Don't we have a movie to catch?" "Yeah, but--" "You know what? Never mind. How about I meet you back here at eight?" "Okay." "Great. See you then, Kyle." I fly away.