World With No Emotion

Fantasy Fiction Horror

Written in response to: "Write a dual-perspective story or a dual-timeline story." as part of A Matter of Time with K. M. Fajardo.

physical violence, gore, or abuse or and technically self-harm

world with no emotion

A world where no one ever feels anything but sorrow and emptiness… how was this to come?

Let’s see.

Long ago, on a beautiful day, a woman emerged from the hospital holding a beautiful, healthy baby girl named Bella. Heading for the car, she smiled at her baby. You’ll be perfect, she thought. I won’t let you down… Bella.

A man opens the car door for her and says, “Come in, madam, your husband is waiting for you.”

She enters the car door, and they both gush over their newborn child. While on the road, they crash. The authorities arrived, and the other family was okay. However, they can’t say for the baby’s family: the child was the only survivor. She was put into the system like every other child without parents of that time, but where most find the slightesthappinesss she only found great sorrow and anger.

One day, she arrived at someone’s house: they were beautiful and caring, perfect. She was very happy. She loved her new parents they fed her well spoiled her to no ends and loved her with all their heart when they went to try to officaly adopt her they were both over the moon when the judge said yes but a few days later on her birthday they were singing happy birthday and a man came in he was crazy drunk and drugged out couldn’t tell what he was doing bella’s parents told her to hide so she did she hid all she could hear were screams blood splashing gunshots and her mom’s last words “i’m sorry bella” and her dad’s last words “happy birthday bella” she was sad and mad and she only had one thoght perfect for revenge killing the man and every one he ever loved when she ended up doing so his last words were” i’m sorry i didn’t mean to” that won’t have you now she said and ended his life she felt empty like it wasn’t enogh so she decided she would kill every adult parent and gaurdien leaving none of the discription spared and she started with the very officals that had been there on the night of the crash she could barely remember their faces she broke into the police department while barely anyone was in there the few that were she had to permantly silence till it was their time to greet death after she searched the computer’s database for the officals adresses she earased the footage of her. The next day, she dressed in all black to prevent having the blood seen. She walked to the first man's house, which was tall and beautiful. When she walked in, she imagined it covered in blood, and a grin crept up her face, and she began to cackle.

“ Who's there! “

“Well, oficcer scott, don’t you remember me?”

“Sorry, but no, would you mind reminding me?”

“But of course I'm the little girl from that day, the only survivor of my family’s accident.”

“Oh, I remember you know it was such a shame only you lived, but I still don’t know why you're here?”

“You couldn’t help them, or at least that's what you said all those years ago.”

“Pardon, but what do you mean?”

You really seem oblivios scott but you know you could you just didn’t want to tell the doctors who had been there their puls was completely normal they were just in a coma or thats what the files said scott so i hope you say your prayers because i’m gonna make sure you no longer have a pulse also is your wife here i would love to kill her next!”

So with all her emotions that were just let out, she decided to instead give him some time to say his prayers while she tortured the living soul out of him. A couple 2 hours later she says “ aw is he already dead we were just geting the fun started and look how bloody the room already is oh well now time for his wife i will make her death nice and quik its not her fault she married such a horible greedy man she should be asleep still i will kill her while she is sleeping” and with that she held he digger above the womans heart and stoped in her tracks she realised that if all adults and gaurdiens died then their would be no more children relizing this she went back home to find a way to go to or creat another dimension so that she would be able to keep the world populated after 2 and a half years she realised it would take to long so in stead she would build a building with the highest security in stead so a year later it was perfect she took abit to long with decor and making it with a huge butiful back yard with plenty of sunlight so they wouldn’t get to depressed she felt bad for killing the people so alongside the back yard there was a cemetery she would still continue the killing of most adults but spare some and bury each one she killed later she grew emotinless to stopb the hurting when ever she killed somone she was only 38 many many people figured out this patern and tried to stop her but she had gained great power and they all just got killed to children learned to stop loving knowing they and everyone else would just be killed in the end soon she beacame th ruler of her nation and was just the way of life now when she died she chose her seccesor out of a few children she chose A boy named philp he was verykind hearted wich is somthing she didn’t want so she would make him somone with out a kind heart

.. “ philp”

she said

” We are going to have to start forcing you to stop being kind if you don’t shove down your remorse yourself. You have 4 weeks to do so, or we will do it for you.”

“But why isn’t it good to love and care for your people?”

“You have been readingtooystoriestoriesphilp”

Why does the world have to be so emotionless? Why am I the only one in this place who feels remorse and love? Am I just broken?”

Don’t worry, Philp you're still young you're only 4 that's why i chose you at this age because you will have a new fresh veiw but we can’t have you telling me to feel remorse so i truley am sorry but we will have to stop you from feeling these things you don’t wanna end up like jack or hannah or alex they are dead for trying to stop me and your my secsecor do you know how bad that would sound and look good night philp”

“Good night, Mo..m”

“Adopted mom, Philp, I didn't have you; someone else did.”

“Right, sorry, good night.”

“Goodnight”

“ Xander Philp starts training tomorrow. Make sure he doesn’t wake up late.”

“Very well, your highness, will that be all?

“That is all, Xander..”

“Then I will be taking my leave if you don’t mind, your highness, farewell.”

“Farewell”

The next morning it is time for prince philp’s training he is forced to wear an outfit in all black (insert photo here) all his training is just learning how to defend himself and other stuff it tookmany years but he eventauly learned to stop caring and feeling bad for others together philp and bella were terifying rulers making the population more fearful, terified, and easier than ever to manipulate eventauly bella died and somthing reawoke in philp he cared he was sad angered soon a funeral was held the thron had to be passed down to a new ruler her chosen succesor Philp his cornation would be held he would be the new crowned king and philp knowing he wouldent be given time to mourndecided to sneak out the palace on the night before the coranation his coranation would be held in three days and planed his escape plan for 2 days and the night that he fineshed planing he escaped the gaurds looked all over for him throughout his traveles he found a forest wherehe found many friends and a woman who greatly cared for him the two ended up geting married the gaurds did end finding him and when he was found his new found friends were all tourtered brutally and philp was forced to watch he broke free from the gaurds grip and killed the executioner he decide from then on the people of this land would be able to do whatever they wanted and for the rest of his days he fixed all the wrongs that had been done so he spent the rest of his doing so but for the rest of his life he would never be freed from grief of his friends and wife’s deaths he spent the rest of his freetime finding a potion that would resurect at least his wife everyday he grew more weak having to use his life to make the potion was incredibly draining when he finally made it he was on the verge of death he knew by the time he brought his wife back to life he would be dead so he went to an old friends house and asked them where was the cemetery that their son was buryed in after he was told he said to them..

“I have a potion that can bring someone back to life.. Ii know it sounds absurd, but it’s true. IIroriginallyade this for my wifeebut seeing as I am about to die mymyselfcided I would bring your son back from the dead if that's with you.”

“Of course, we would love that, but may we have your permission to put your photo on the offrenda”?

“Sure, why not? Do you need a picture?”

“Yes, let's take one.”

So they took the photo and said their final goodbyes. Turns out the grave he was buried in was at the top of a mountain, so he climbed the mountain. It took him 3 days with his slow speed. When he finally got there, he grabbed his potion and found the son's grave. He dug him up and poured it on him. The boy woke up and said

“Aren't you Philp? You're both my dad's friend, right?”

“Yes,” Philp replied,” your dads are Alex and Matt, right?”

“Yeah, I missed them. Thank you for bringing me back to lifePhilp.“ No problem now, let's go to your house.”

And so the decended the mountin philep had returned the son and it was time for his own deat so he went to a lake where his wife was buried it was their favrot place in the woods he beagan digging and he layed him self in the hole beside his wife he had died and in the after life he was the hapiest he had been in a while his friends went to get a drink with him every few days and him and his wife would go to the beach whenever they liked he could finally put his soul to rest.

Posted Nov 08, 2025
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Neenee Hu
20:25 Nov 13, 2025

Hello! Great job here. What I recommend is to separate the paragraphs a little more and use varying words, and also perhaps improve capitalization and spelling. However, I love the idea and know that you'll do great things! Nice work!

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Grim Darkwood
04:11 Nov 08, 2025

Excellent work on composing this story. Considerable effort and dedication were invested in the writing.

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Moony Gonzalez
17:44 Nov 11, 2025

thank you so much

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