Teleportation Test

A sweet memory pops up of Ren and Akari. I think they watch what they call a movie, its static nature as vibrant as ever. It may be hard to understand what's going on but im not going to judge how their world looks.

After memorizing everything in it I hang it up on the wall with all the other memories. Oh, this place is turning out so nice.

I really like the pink walls. The fact that they slowly turn white the higher you look was a great idea too. Now with my ever-expanding wall of memories, it's really adding a special… Something.

Im so glad I figured out I can hang them around the headspace, they act like little movies and when Ren remembers something it gets added to a space in her mind and I can pull it out and visualize it.

The hero's past is so cool.

Maybe the static of the memories was a bit weird but when I thought about it what if that's just how their world looks like? I find it so cool that these staticky figures are a part of their world.

Actually speaking of.

I walk over to the stuffed animal decorated couch and sit down. After getting comfortable by picking out my favorite stuffed animal I activate the screen not too far away from the couch.

With that, an image of Ren's recent events are being shown to me. And would you look at this!

I concentrate on the image of my room. I think about its location, orientation, and items in it. All while I pour my magic into the new prototype magic circle I've just made.

With the insight of Akari and the trial of error of my experiments comes the most complicated magic circle yet. It's a multi-layered circle reaching about 7 layers and a size of about my arm span.

There is also another magic circle connected to the main one. This circle's job is to hold onto my mana and power this thing. Thankfully that gives me the ability to focus on my room.

I think about everything from the stuffed animal on my bed to the shirt on the floor and the markers that fell off my desk.

I feel a glow from the circle below me, I open my eyes but this time the sight of my room doesn't bother me. I proceed to fill in parts that are still blurry.

Once it's all opaque and most of my mana is gone I take a moment to look at the circle. I check my notes and hang on to my satchel.

I should be able to step in and by my calculations, I should be transported to my home. Thank you, Celestia.

I stand up from my place on the ground and take a step into the circle.

I flop into my room and land on my ankle wrong.

"Shit! Aurghhhhhh!"

The swear flies out of my mouth and I immediately cover my mouth, mom never liked it when we swore. I learned that the hard way.

I wait for any footsteps but nothing comes, I feel an intense amount of relief but also a strange feeling. Hmm, it's kind of odd.

There isnt even an angry shut up, no nothing. Guess nobody's home…

Still now that Im back it's time to activate step two of the plan. After all, we still need Akari. Thankfully the portal should last long enough for me to do what I need to and go back.

Even though the last thing I want to do is leave again I know I can't just leave someone that's helped me so much return back in the first place.

So activating the second phase of the plan I grab a few items from my room and head to other parts of the house to grab other items. The most important of these is a few books left behind by a certain someone.

It's a bit hard to walk around since I wasn't 100% acuate with the portal exit but I push through it.

I also take out a note and put it down on the table. By the amount of noise, I was making I expected someone to come check but since they didn't I use the letter to inform them of whats been going on.

The last items are in my mom's room. After that, I gata get out of here.

I open the door slightly and see. Mom? She's sitting on the bed on the phone with someone and crying slightly.

"Mom are you alright?" I say lowly but it looks like she doesn't notice me or hear me. I walk in fully and slightly moving the door a bit more to get in.

She gets spooked by something and looks up at me.

I stand there taking in her expression but instead of being happy and running up to me and kissing my face all over or even asking where me and Akari have been. She.

She looks disappointed…

She just looks back at the papers in her lap and goes back to her conversation.

I'm shocked, I'm more than shocked, I'm angry, sad, disappointed, and frazzled. A loud angry scream fills my head. M-Maybe she didn't see me? Im about to say something but I notice the papers in her hands.

I look at the papers in her hand. Missing posters, for me and Akari.

Did she actually notice me but decide not to care because I'm not Akari? Huh?! Is that why she doesn't bother to treat me like im here standing in her room?! I'm Right here!!

"Mom!!" I scream at her, but she doesn't react in the slightest.

I came all this way but my own dam mother doesn't bother to recognize her daughter! I've been gone for so long!

I stomp over to her and grab her upper arm, "Mom!!" I scream.

Nothing. Fucking nothing!!

I look at my hands on her arm and they look pale. I take my hands off and her arm where my hands have goosebumps. She simply brushes her arm with her hand. Again she fails to notice me.

I even try to wave my hands in front of her but she once again doesn't falter.

No, no, no, no, no. This can't be happening. It worked I'm back. I'm supposed to be here.

Did I fail? Is this not it? Will I have to again spend even more time away? Without realizing It I lean onto my mom and start crying.

I have tried, again and again, I let go of my own beliefs for this magic shit. And it has given me nothing! What the hell is this supposed to do for me?

I'm just so damn tired, this shit is so close to fucking working correctly. I'm wasting so much time trying to get back to a world that keeps refusing me.

I wipe my face and get up, I look over to mom.

She looks sad. Sadder than I'll ever be. It's not fair for me to give up when she hasn't.

I walk back to my room and look around. Guess it's going to be a bit longer than I thought. If I knew that I should have asked Akari if he wanted anything.

I look up at the magic circle on the roof and reach my hand out.

The circle comes down and I'm back I'm this world, a world that will happily accept me but I still refuse to accept it.

The portal flickers like a dying light. The second circle keeping the main one up is basically drained and so am I. The glow of the portal disappears and what's left is the chalk lining the ground.

I collapse to the floor, with my mana drained there's nothing I can do but lay there.

I bet this is what anemic people feel like... Hate those guys.

The vision on the corner of my vision grows black and I start to feel fuzzy in most of my body. Guess im going to pass out. It's a feeling I've gotten used to by now.

Looks like Magic Circle 40 was another failure. I try to take out a pen to write down what needs to be changed but I can't even raise my arm.

With only a few more corrections im sure, it's going to work. I'll just need to wait until tomorrow though because-

My vision then goes black.