Author: Edald Peterman

Let me tell you about my first evil experience as a villain… it all started when I noticed a happy family living in a home. This family was so chipper. They were always unbearably happy whenever I flew by and it started to drive me nuts.

I decided that I needed to devise a plan to take them down as a unit somehow. I spent many nights brainstorming what I could do that would ruin their lives forever. Finally, one night I came up with the perfect plan.

They lived in a wooden home and were constantly proud and showing off their establishment. I devised a plan to slowly release termites into their home. These termites would then slowly nibble away at their home. You might be thinking… Gayle, you are a dragon… you could just simply burn down the house with your fiery breath. You’re not wrong, but see the key to being evil is to really ruin their lives. Burning their house down would be too quick and they could potentially have insurance refund it or help rebuild their house. I used termites because they would destroy their house slowly and without alerting the family of any damage. 

I eventually released enough termites that their house was completely destroyed. They returned to their establishment only to find that their home did not exist anymore. I hid in some clouds and watched as they mourned what was left of their perfect wooden home. I flew home laughing maliciously and feeling extremely satisfied.

Now full disclaimer, I love Raven but… she was a happy accident. It all started when I was in my twenties. I was in my prime and living the single life but deep down I truly wanted to find love. So I started signing up for dating apps such as Tinder. I matched with a couple different people but nothing really ever came of it until I swiped right on a human named Jon. We went out for food and we just seemed compatible. We dated for a year and were very serious. One day I went to the doctor’s and I found out that I was pregnant.

I told Jon the good news but sadly, it was not good news to Jon. He freaked out and began packing his things. He left without saying another word and never reached out again. I was scared and alone; left to raise this child by myself. How devastating.

It wasn’t until Raven was born would I realize how much of a blessing being a single mom truly was. Without Jon in the picture, I could raise Raven to become the strongest woman in the world. Not to mention, I could raise her with my evil values. 

Raising Raven made me realize that I found love. By raising her, I realized that true love doesn’t have to come from a romantic relationship but rather can come from the love of a daughter.

You know… I wasn’t always like this. I used to be like Raven… young and crushing on the town’s hero. When I was about eleven years old, there was this boy who caught my eye. His name was Theodore. He was charming and brave. Everyone in the town liked him… including me. He would always defend the town and protect the citizens from danger. He was a very popular guy in town. We both went to the same school but I wasn’t nearly as popular as him. Honestly I only had a few close friends whereas he had the whole town on his side. 

It was the week of the middle school dance and everyone was asking out their crushes to be their date to the dance. As expected, all of the popular girls were asking Theodore to be their date, however, he had not accepted any offers. My friends were insisting that I ask him. They convinced me that the reason he hasn’t said yes was because he was waiting for me to ask him out. I got all excited and decided to stay up late making a cute poster to ask him with. 

The next morning I wore my best outfit and even put on some perfume that I stole from my mom. I got to school and went to my friends for a pep talk because I was starting to get cold feet. They convinced me for the second time and I approached Theodore. He was at his locker. I went ahead and unrolled my poster asking him to the dance. He stared at it, then back at me, then back at it and then quickly burst out laughing. He said and I quote “why would I ever go to the dance with you? You’re ugly.” I ran out of the school and flew home crying. 

From that day forward I vowed to never let a hero humiliate me like that again. Matter of fact, I vowed to embody all that Theodore hated. I wanted revenge on the whole city. I wanted to be the one in power, so that is why I became a villain.

There’s this hero… a kid hero who spends his days helping the city. His name is Argus. I hate Argus. Who in their right mind would volunteer their personal free time to HELP the city? Everyday I work hard to make sure the city is in shambles and that the citizens are well terrified…but yet here he is undoing all that I’ve done. He makes the people feel welcome and even worse, SAFE. The thought of the citizens being safe really got me down in the dumps; for a couple of weeks, I didn’t even want to get out of bed to go do the thing I love – scaring the city. 

Of course during these two weeks something atrocious happened. My sweet precious Raven started mingling with that horrible boy, Argus. Raven was on the right path before she met him. She was just like her Mother, making sure the city was scared out of their minds and  was a truly evil little girl, however, she started to change around him. Argus was a bad influence on her. The day I really snapped was when I witnessed them work together to take down a mutual enemy. But that wasn’t even the worst part, the worst was after they defeated said enemy they went and got ice cream together! No enemies would simply sit down and have ice cream together — that’s being wayyy too civil. I just had to intervene. I swooped down to defend her but she told me not to worry. I will be having a stern talk with Raven once home.