Narrator (PSI Queen):

  “The universe does not sleep. Every breath we take echoes across realities. And sometimes… those echoes answer back.”

  —PSI QUEEN

  Scene 1 – Visions of the Unknown

  Darkness. Cold, distant stars blink in the void. Cole Montgomery floats in a dreamlike haze, surrounded by nothing—and yet, everything.

  Suddenly, flashes.

  Someone with silver eyes stands atop a crumbling floating city. Their hands glow. The city is silent. Too silent. Cole steps forward, but the vision distorts.

  A monstrous shadow looms behind the boy, whispering in a guttural voice:“It begins again…”

  The image shifts violently. Cole now sees General Abraxus, kneeling in front of a towering figure veiled in shadow. Reality cracks around him like glass.

  The PSI King.

  Even without seeing his face, Cole feels the pressure of his presence—

  like drowning in gravity.Abraxus raises his head.“Forgive me… I failed.”

  Then everything shatters.

  Cole gasps, shooting up from his makeshift bed in the PSI Queen’s training fields. Morning light drips through golden clouds. The PSI Queen sits nearby, legs crossed, eyes closed—yet aware.

  PSI Queen (without opening her eyes): “You saw it, didn’t you?”

  Cole’s heart pounds. “Y-Yeah…“

  She finally opens her eyes.

  PSI Queen: “The universe is echoing. What you saw wasn’t just a dream. It was a premonition. A warning.”

  Over the next week, Cole is pushed to his mental and physical limits. The PSI Queen trains him under the sky, through the rain, in the silence of night.

  ? Telepathy – Feeling the emotions of a nearby injured bird.

  ? Mind Push – Shoving boulders the size of washing machines.

  Each session ends with him flat on the grass, panting.

  But he grows stronger.

  Elsewhere—across the stars…

  Abraxus limps through a battlefield on an alien world, black smoke rising behind him. He kneels before a holographic tribunal of alien warlords.

  Warlord: “The PSI Queen was never meant to interfere directly.”

  Abraxus: “She’s training the boy… the one The Truth chose! I couldn’t..”

  Warlord: “Then it’s time we accelerate the plan. Release Threxian the Mind Piercer. Let him feast.”

  Abraxus: “No! I’ve got a better plan. Our lord would love this..”

  Back to PSI Queen and Cole

  A call echoes across the training fields.

  PSI Queen: “Something’s wrong.”

  A purple fog swirls through Tteno Middle School, where Cole goes to. Students walk in circles. Teachers chant nonsense. Their eyes glow purple.

  Cole (in his mind): “What is that?!”

  PSI Queen: “your first mission..”

  Before Cole could react, The PSI Queen snapped her fingers and Cole was immediately in the school. Wielding his Baseball Bat and Slingshot.

  Cole (In his mind): “What?!”

  Inside, screams echo in silence. Cole steps through fog, gripping a baseball bat and his slingshot.

  A voice slithers into his ears:???: “Such sorrow in you, child. Delicious. You are not a hero… just grief in a costume.”

  Students stagger toward him like puppets. He hesitates—but then breathes deeply.

  Cole (in his mind): “Use emotion. Grief = strength.”

  He closes his eyes. Remembers the fire. The screams. The loss.

  And explodes.

  A telekinetic pulse bursts outward, snapping the illusions like glass. The voice screeches and appears—a floating creature of tendrils and eyes.

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  ???: “That… hurt.”

  Cole (in his mind): “There’s more where that came from!”

  He launches into battle. Cole swung his bat 5 times, barley missing him.

  ???: “You little brat! I’ll kill you!”

  The Entity disappears, Cole is left standing there

  The PSI Queen appears, as an illusion.

  Cole (in his mind): “I’m not ready for this…”

  PSI Queen: “You don’t have to be. You just have to keep standing.”

  He looks up. The sun begins to rise.

  Far above them, a star flickers unnaturally.

  A meteor—no, a ship—descends toward Earth.

  Cole then looks down at his baseball bat.

  Cole (in his mind): “Okay!”

  Cole then heard a scream from a student in a classroom. He rushes only to find sealing moving across the classroom rapidly, in the air, or even being thrown out the window.

  Cole (in his mind): “H-Huh?!”

  2 students, girls, sit in a corner shielding themselves with their backpacks and books.

  Girl 1: “What the hell is going on!? Someone!! Help!”

  Cole looks at the entity from earlier.

  Cole (in his mind): “You!”

  The Entity turns his head at Cole, his expression turns from an evil happy—to a pissed expression.

  ???: “You again? I’ll make this quick ya little shit!”

  The entity tosses the desks at Cole, but he easily dodges them with his improved acrobatic skills.

  The Entity gets cocky and spouts words to throw Cole off, but this has no affect on him. Instead, the Entity tries to possess Cole.

  Cole (in his mind): “Oh no!!”

  Cole resists by remembering PSI Queen’s words:

  

  “try focusing on your willpower, then you’ll do some crazy stuff!”

  Cole’s determination on beating the entity and saving everyone grows stronger, he unleashed a powerful shockwave of Psychic Energy, the Entity is thrown back by this and gets heavily injured.

  Cole: “got you now!”

  Cole leaps towards the Entity and whacks him with his baseball bat hard enough to crater the school floors. The girls watched in shock.

  ???: “Gahhh!!!”

  The Entity then fades away, Cole then poses in victory after its defeat. After that, he reassures the girls that they’re safe. Cole heads off to other classrooms defeating more and more entities. Slowly, growing.

  Cole (In his mind): “Finally, now the Cafeteria..”

  Cole entered the cafeteria, He noticed his old bully: “Tom Boy”, she stood in front of a Robot-Alien Creature. The Alien stood tall, alarming them not to attack

  Tom Boy: “Get the hell back you freak!”

  Alien-Robot: “Recede, young one, lest I weave the tapestry of your end with swiftness and sorrow.”

  Cole (In his mind): “The heck is even going on in this school? Random things just keep happening!”

  The Alien charges a beam at Tom, but Cole swoops in and saves her just in time before he was vaporized

  Tom Boy: “Gah!”

  The Alien was surprised and impressed.

  Alien-Robot: “By what celestial grace didst thou rescue her from the shadow’s grasp? Thy swiftness doth shine like a comet in the night, young one. Who, pray tell, art thou in this grand tapestry of existence?”

  Cole (In his mind): “What the hell is he saying? Is he calling me fast?”

  Cole: “I’m Cole, Cole Montgomery.”

  Alien-Robot: “Cole, Cole, Cole.. You sound familiar. O Divine Spirit, I shall weave a shield of sanctity, rendering all mortal endeavors ineffectual that dare to disrupt the sacred tapestry of my toil.”

  Tom Boy: “What YOU doing here?!”

  Cole: “Wanna kick his butt?”

  Tom Boy: “Sure.”

  A Battle ensues between Cole, Tom and The Alien-Robot. The Robot charges several beams as attacks, Cole and Tom easily dodge. Tom Boy rushes in for a “head bash”, knocking the robot back. It resists and knocks them away with a telekinetic wave.

  Cole: “Gah!”

  Tom: “W-Woah!!!”

  Alien-Robot: (Laughs hysterically)

  Cole regains his position. He then closes ibis eyes, meanwhile Tom rushes for a charged punch, severely damaging the Robot, but it remains its composure.

  Alien-Robot: “O valiant spirit, thou dost strike with fervor, yet behold, I SHALL UNLEASH MINE OWN celestial fury!”

  The Alien pulls two lunch tables and tosses them at her.

  Tom Boy: “Ah!!”

  Cole then opens his eyes

  Cole (in his mind): “I remember those words..”

  “learning PSI isn’t just about training your body or mind—it’s about aligning your soul, emotion, and willpower with the rhythm of the universe.”-PSI Queen

  Suddenly, Cole’s body glows a bright green light. His hands are filled with psychic energy aura. He then sprints towards the Alien at a fast speed!

  Alien-Robot: “W-Wha-?!”

  Cole punches the Alien clean in the face, knocking him far away and hard enough to create a hole in the thick concrete walls of the school.

  Alien-Robot: “ACK!!”

  Tom Boy: “Woah!!”

  The Alien struggles to regain its strength back, the punch had caused him to be unable to heal at the moment.

  Tom Boy: “Now’s your chance!”

  Cole rushes towards the Alien again

  Cole (In his mind): “PK…”

  He charges up, green energy surrounds him. He then flashes a bright green light that bursts the area around them.

  Cole: “…Flash!!!”

  Alien-Robot: “NGH—AAAHHH!!!!”

  The Alien is then killed, no remains left.

  Cole: “Oops..”

  Suddenly, after that, a voice shouts out

  ???: “Excellent!!”

  Cole (In his mind): “H-Huh?!”

  The PSI Queen appears out of a portal.

  PSI Queen: You passed.. (Says this whole clapping)

  Cole looks confused as the PSI Queen appears.

  Tom Boy: “Who is that??”

  The PSI Queen waves her hand around in the air, the school suddenly reverts back to normal. Cole and Tom’s injuries are gone, so are the entities and Alien Cole defeated.

  PSI Queen: “No witnesses yet..”

  PSI Queen then flashes a bright light at Tom, knocking her unconscious. Cole is still confused.

  PSI Queen: “This was all a test! I entities and Alien I made were fake, I made them! You passed Cole, I think you’re ready..”

  Cole (In his mind): “A… Test?”

  PSI Queen: “You managed to learn a simple PSI Technique: PK Flash! Just by concentrating your mind and clearing all the bad thoughts! You’re development is improving each fight!”

  Cole smiles under his scarf, He nods at her words.

  Cole (In his mind): “What am I gonna do next..?”

  Hours later after the Test, the scene cuts to Cole’s home. He’s in front of the house, standing next to Sora with a small backpack.

  Sora: “Cole.. I’m gonna miss ya..”

  Cole: “I don’t know what I’m gonna do without you.. “

  Sora: “You’re just a kid.”

  Cole (smirking): “You said that when I tried to make toast by myself.”

  Sora (laughs, then sighs):“Yeah… and you nearly set the kitchen on fire.”

  They both chuckle, but the silence afterward is heavy.

  Sora: “Are you scared?”

  Cole: “…Yeah. A little. But I think that’s okay.”

  Sora pulls him into a hug, squeezing tightly. For a moment, Cole lets go of the “Chosen One” image for now and just becomes her little brother again.

  Sora (whispers): “Don’t forget who you are… or where home is. Got it?”

  Cole (Muffled): “Mhm…”

  She pulls back, holding his shoulders.

  Sora (smiling): “You’re gonna do amazing things, you stubborn dork. Later!!”

  Cole nods. He takes one last look at Sora, Doug wagging his tail beside her, Katie meowing lazily from her arms.

  He waves. They all wave back. So now, Cole heads to Tteno first to start his long journey to save the Multiverse…

  END OF CHAPTER 2