Here Comes SMILE :D

“Wake up you little shit, just a little tap and you’re already out of it.”

Everything is a bit blurry but I could somewhat hear her voice. It was none other than that bully. Right, I got bullied again today. If only I could just disappear and go to that place. I look to my right where my notebook lies.

“What’s this you’ve been day dreaming again? pfft a superhero? you? you can’t even take a punch. Ah, does that mean I'm the villain in your story? That's cruel of you.”

“Don’t touch that!”

“Lemme see, The hero who will protect everyone’s smile, SMILE, the childish hero who uses the power of rock paper scissors? What does that even mean? well you got one thing right childish. Isn’t it about time for you to learn more about reality anyway?”

I yelled at her, begging her to stop, but she kept on ripping my notebook slowly while her friends held me down. She dropped the ripped notebook in front of me. I don’t know what came over me but the next thing I did was barge in headbutting straight to her, but she deflected it and I hit the wall. The next thing I know was that I blacked out for a few hours. It was already night time the moment I woke up.

“Ahhh Penny what an idiot you are” I hit my head where it hurts, ashamed of myself.

“Come to think of it, there's something sticky on my face, what is it?” I pulled it out of my face revealing it’s a mask. Now that I see it more clearly I’m not even in my school uniform. “Wha- what is this? it looks like a superhero suit? No, it’s definitely a superhero suit and it’s none other than my design of a superhero suit?! Just what is going on? Did they feel like I needed to face my reality more by cosplaying? I get it, it’s embarrassing.”

Before I could even take in the idiocracy of what I’m wearing, a masked girl bumps into me.

“Ah, ouch, sorry for not looking..”

“SMILE?!! The number one hero?! just my luck to bump into you. Fine I’ll just pummel you down and make victory mine.”

“Number one hero? um sorry I think you got the wrong person, heck what are you even talking about?”

The masked girl makes her hand into a giant fist and starts to attack the ground or to be precise the school rooftop. The flooring starts to break and I lose my footing. I drop down to a level, debris everywhere.

“Ow, ow, ouch, hey be careful with your powers! huh? powers?”

Wait a minute, what kind of world am I living in right now? powers? That's not normal. Did I hit my head hard enough that I started to hallucinate? No, did I even wake up at all? Maybe I’m just dreaming.

“What’s this? I thought the number one was something to be scared of, she’s just some puny kid after all”

Right, maybe this is just a dream I’m having. What’s it called? A lucid dream? Well if it’s just a dream I might as well do everything that I always want.

“Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha”

“What the? Did the number one finally go cuckoo or something?”

“Brace yourself ms. Villain, for I, SMILE will defeat you and return those gems you stole to its rightful owner.”

“You’re all talk, let’s see some action more-”

I punched her hard enough that she got thrown and hit the wall in the next building. Right, this is my ‘Rock’ form, where I'm the most sturdy and have powerful strength. Didn’t think I was that hard though.

“That’s a nice fist you got there number one! Fine, let’s do this. My fist against yours! We’ll see who’s the strongest one!”

Before I knew it we were punching against each other. Her fist straight to my cheek, mines to her gut. Not only did we punch each other to see who’s stronger but also who can land more punches.

The battle was tense but the only thing I thought of was how fun it is to have these superpowers. While I was distracted she landed a hit on me, I was almost knocked out. But then i sweeped her legs when I got the chance. I fist both my arms hard enough and then.

I squashed her whole body.

Everything was a blur, what did I do? Kill? Did I kill her? No, it’s not blood that’s all over me. Is it something more akin to an ink? The color is black and it doesn’t smell metallic to me. What scares me the most was ‘how normal it feels to me’. Like it’s just my daily task.

I picked up the sack of gems stolen and went my way to the gem store. The owner smiled happily at me. He feels appreciated for my help on getting his stolen gems. He even held my hand. Even though my hands were all dirty from the ink.

Police and television reporters came to the scene. Thank me for all the help. I guess this is what’s normal. The police didn’t even check the dead body. They were all just happy that the number one hero had come to save the day again.

Just what is this feeling? This doesn’t feel real. Is this real? When will I wake up from this nightmare? I’m not SMILE, this isn’t my world, I’m just a regular 13th year old Penny Scribs.

When I said my name out loud, somehow I was on the school rooftop again. My ripped notebook in front of me. I guess my bullies went away when I was knocked out. I picked up my notebook and went home.

“I guess it was just a dream after all.”

Nothing happens when I sleep at night. No dreams about me being SMILE. I guess it was just a one time experience. A gruesome dream to wake me up to my reality.

I got to school like always. I thought it was just a normal day. When suddenly the bullies scream. Everyone ran into their direction, the school rooftop. And right before my eyes. The girl who always bullies me was in a state where it’s similar to what happened to the masked villain in my dream. She was all squashed up and blood splattered everywhere.

What? But I thought it was just a dream? Am I still dreaming?

Before I could even collect my heads, police rushed in and stopped everyone from entering the crime scene.

No, this is reality.

The girl is dead, they said. How she was dead is unknown, they said. It wasn’t captured in the camera, they said. The camera glitched when it happened and the second it’s on she was already in this state they said. It’s like a mysterious force, they said.

I was running, I don’t know where. But I ran as fast as I could, away from the crime scene.

I tripped and fell down the staircase when I woke up.

“Look, it’s SMILE, she’s back!”

“Now this world is safe again.”

“Welcome back SMILE, it’s nice having you here, especially after what you did last night, thank you for saving the day again.”

People were cheering for my return.