This power was incredible! Lucia felt as if she could do anything, and that anything was going to be what she wanted all along! The cityscape faded away, and bits and bits of Paldea slowly phased back in. Everything was picturesque, down to the last detail.
She didn't answer Doug at first, crafting the very world she wanted. They were at a school at first, with other kids walking about, unaware of their presence. Lucia smiled, tugging Doug along by the sleeve as they roamed around.
"I'm making a world where I can do anything! So now I can show you around Paldea!"They came to a wide deck where the rest of the academy could be seen, with its wide buildings and more housing many such students. Lucia was happy to be back, though Doug could maybe see through that happy visage, beneath the words she spoke so freely.
There was something in the back of her mind, keeping her from relinquishing control. Any attempt to draw them from her by subduing her wasn't working.
The landscape changed again, this time in the middle of her birthplace, Cascarrafa City. The wide walkways were interrupted by various waterways between them, with bridges being the only way across. But Lucia was busy tugging Doug along again, pointing out places and more. She even formed one of their perfect dishes from memory and tried to take a bite of it, only for it to disappear.
"Huh? But I'm in charge! It's supposed to stay like that!" Lucia fussed.
"Damn it, fine. But I can do what I wanted to do anyway!"
Around them, they came to be alone on a road, leading outside of a fairly lavish looking home. It wasn't as lavish as somebody with billions to their name, but a nice piece of property. The walls and foundation imploded, as they formed the interior of the house before the walls came in, followed by the ceiling.
Lucia looked at it and froze. Just wincing.
"Th-This is just an old house." she began, then shook it off.
"Ah-I'll just destroy it! No biggie, right?"Except, it wouldn't work. Lucia focused hard on destroying the house, smashing it to smithereens, but it refused to yield. This was supposed to be
HER realm, damn it! Why wasn't this working? Was this still a dream of some kind?
Instead, a younger version of Lucia appeared behind them, though with short white hair instead of her current black. Dressed in a pink clefairy shirt with shorts and sandals on, several bruises littered her body. She was in tears, sniffling while two silhouettes were in front of the home, which she ran towards.
It was only identifiable of who they were based off of clothing and features alone,
as their faces were but a hollow, invasive void.The one dressed as a male held presents and balloons galore, with the female holding a chocolate cake. Both of their stands were neutral, though when the younger Lucia neared, they took on a more welcoming approach. Lucia hugged them, which they did return. But off to the sides as another older male, one who shared Lucia's features. His face wasn't entirely clad in darkness, and had features visible, though just barely.
One big happy family unit, going inside with the door closing behind them.
Lucia said nothing to Doug, a look of dejection present on her face. The elation was fully gone, replaced by a look of longing again before she seemed to return to normal.
"S-So what? I'm a god here! I'll just wipe out this house and make a new one! I'll m-make new parents, ones that don't care if I'm not in the Dean's List!"The Paldean landscape faltered, the Megaopolis skyline slowly darkening the once cheery landscape as Lucia's control was slipping. She began to walk away, clenching her teeth while swiping the buildings away, bit by bit, until the Megaopolan landscape took their place.
"A-And I'll grow up to be a Champion, be a doctor..."Her voice cracked, a burning sensation in her throat that she swallowed back down, now punching a hole where the fenced in community was, as it became the concrete jungle once more.
"A-And I'll get married to somebody who doesn't care what, have a million kids..."Her voice cracked, raising an arm to the sun and closing her fist as the bright suun had turned a sickened ebony color, blotting out the landscape while
"And I'll be a better parent than they ever were, because I don't need them! AND I SURE AS HELL DON'T NEED THEM TO TEACH ME ABOUT HOW TO LOVE MY KIDS!"Lucia was screaming, out of breath while facing the Megaopolan city, where it had all started at. She remained quiet, just standing in front of Doug, not talking. But after a moment of just standing there, she turned back around, back to the sulking mess that she was. Torn down to the most basic form of herself that she was.
A hurt, lost kid in a world that she wasn't sure where she belonged.
"Wh-Why don't they love me?" she asked, her grasp on the godhood available for the taking.