The movie theater lights flickered back on, but I stayed frozen in my seat. Avatar. The world of Pandora—the Na'vi, Eywa, the oceans, the skies—it felt real to me. Too real.
"Man, if only I could live there," I muttered, rubbing my face. "Not as some weak human, but as someone who could protect it… someone powerful enough to change everything."
The night air was cold as I stepped out, still lost in thought. My earbuds drowned the city noise, but not the blaring horn—
SCREEEECH!
Then came the impact. Pain. Darkness.
When I opened my eyes, there was only light. Endless, cosmic light.
A figure appeared before me, shifting forms like it couldn't decide what to be—a man, a woman, a child, a star.
"I am… ROB," it said, voice echoing like the universe itself. "You died. But you interest me. So I shall grant you three wishes."
My breath caught. Three wishes? This is…
"Speak, mortal."
I didn't hesitate. "First—Superman's powers. All of them. No weakness. No limits."
The being smiled. "Ambitious."
"Second—I want eternal youth. Forever in my twenties."
"Done."
"And third—I want infinite potential. No ceiling to what I can become. Physically, mentally, spiritually, magically. I want to keep evolving."
The being laughed. The cosmos trembled. "Granted. Now go, Man of Tomorrow. Go… to Pandora."
I gasped awake.
Not in a bed. Not on Earth.
But under the bioluminescent glow of a forest alive with light. Trees taller than skyscrapers reached for the stars. Strange creatures prowled in the distance. And my body—
I stood, towering nine feet tall, my muscles lean yet sculpted like a predator's. My reflection shimmered faintly in a pool nearby. A face I recognized—Henry Cavill, but younger, sharper. My own, yet not my own.
I clenched my fist. The ground cracked beneath me. Power surged in my veins—heat vision, super strength, senses sharper than any blade.
A laugh escaped me. "This… this is real."
The wind carried the sounds of Pandora—the calls of beasts, the pulse of Eywa. I felt it all. And in that moment, one truth echoed in my mind:
I am not just a visitor here. I am destiny itself.
And thus began my story on Pandora.