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A Play byIris C.
(surprised) Mom, what are you doing here? TONANZIN (tired) Well, I came to see how you are feeling. TENOCHTITLAN (mad) About what? About how you too Tecultlis light and killed him? Is that what you want to talk about? TONANZIN Well, kind of, and about other things too. TENOCHTITLAN (irritated) Oh, so now you care after hundreds of years you care. Great, just great, when I’m about to die you care. TONANZIN What do you mean you’re goin to die? Let’s not worry about it. What do you want to tell me? TONANZIN Well, I want to say sorry. TENOCHTITLAN (surprised) What, you’re saying sorry? Is this a dream? I can’t believe this. TONANZIN Well, look, I been doing some thinking and well I made some mistakes. TENOCHTITLAN You know what I don’t to hear it! TONANZIN (sad) Okay, I guess I’ll leave then. TENOCHTITLAN No, no wait. TONANZIN Well, do you want to listen or what? TENOCHTITLAN (mad) Okay, go ahead I guess I can. Even though I’m still mad. TONANZIN You know how it seem like I never paid attention to you when you came to visit me. TENOCHTITLAN Yeah! TONANZIN I always paid attention but I couldn’t let you in right that minute. I had goals to achieve. TENOCHTITLAN Hold on, what? So, your goals are before your kids? TONANZIN No! Hold on just listen. TENOCHTITLAN So what were your goals? TONANZIN They’re not really goals, it was something that I needed to achieve to be good with myself. TENOCHTITLAN And what was that? TONANZIN Before I tell you, you got to know a couple of things. TENOCHTITLAN (resigned) Here we go, more secrets. TONANZIN You have a grandmother here name is Xochipilli. TENOCHTITLAN What? What is wrong with you, why didn’t you tell me sooner? If you ever paid attention to me when I visited you, you should know how much family means to me. TONANZIN Is not only that, you also have other siblings. TENOCHTITLAN TONANZIN Now here is where my goal comes in. TENOCHTITLAN Oh god, I hope is nothing bad. TONANZIN See, me and your grandma had many problems. I could say I was really upset with her. She umm, abandoned me when I was young because I wasn’t bright enough. So I came up with a plan that when I got older I will use up all of my kids’ energy light to overpower her. By taking their light and combining it with mine I would be more powerful than her over some time. TENOCHTITLAN Mom but why? TONANZIN (sad) I was mad. What was I supposed to do? When I tried to talk to her she pushed me away. TENOCHTITLAN Wait, hold on. Don’t you realize what you have been doing? TONANZIN What? TENOCHTITLAN You kind of been doing the same thing she did to you. TONANZIN How? TENOCHTITLAN Well first, you abandoned me and my brothers, then you kill them and use their power to achieve some anger you have with your mom. You’re so selfish. Is just you, you, and you. TONANZIN That’s not true. TENOCHTITLAN Oh yeah, then what exactly were you doing? Thinking of all us? You never even had a conversation with us. You never even thought about us. TONANZIN Don’t you talk to me like that young man. TENOCHTITLAN What are you going to do if I don’t stop kill me and take my light? TONANZIN Look, I’m really powerful and I can get rid of you if I wanted to. TENOCHTITLAN What are you waiting for go ahead and do it. TONANZIN But I want… TENOCHTITLAN And why is that… TONANZIN Because I have realized… TENOCHTITLAN Realized what, how you can trick me to believe in your stupid stories? No, listen I have realized what I have done wrong. How I never wanted to become this. TENOCHTITLAN What do you mean? TONANZIN I never really wanted to become a mean, selfish, uncaring mother, but my anger took over me. TENOCHTITLAN Then why didn’t you change it? TONANZIN Because it was like an addiction, that wouldn’t let me see no other way out, something that I was stuck with for life. But after you came to visit me and all those sweet words you said to me made me realize how much I needed someone to show me love. But the most important thing is how I needed to learn how to give out the love I had put away for so long. TENOCHTITLAN So mom, can I ask you a question? TONANZIN Ok, but make it an easy one. TENOCHTITLAN Do you want to have a relationship with me, do you really want to change? TONANZIN That’s why I came down here. Because I know how much you loved your brother and how I took him away from you. And how I realized I made a mistake. I…I…want to make up for the past. TENOCHTITLAN Here goes the hard question. Are you willing to give up your power for our relationship? TONANZIN What? Come on, my power that the most precious thing I have. TENOCHTITLAN See, I told you, you’re fake, you really don’t want to change. TONANZIN I do, I do, I really do. Okay give me another thing to give up I promise I’ll do it. TENOCHTITLAN Why, why another thing? Why can’t you just give up your power? We can be normal we can start new. TONANZIN No, Tenochtitlan, not my power. I have worked hard to get it. I can’t just let it go like that. TENOCHTITLAN Ok, I guess I understand you have never given up anything. Is hard for you. TONANZIN Ok, me too. I can see you’re mad at me but you got to understand we all have made mistakes. I need someone to be here with me. I’m so powerful but I don’t feel that way at times, I have an emptiness deep inside that can be filled up with love. And I think the only person that really understands me, has been there for me, and well, now know my secret is you. TENOCHTITLAN Ok, mom I can really see that you’re trying to change. And I got to tell you that I’ve always wanted to have a loving understanding relationship. TONANZIN But didn’t you have one with Tecultli? TENOCHTITLAN Yeah, but our relationship was different. You know it was more manly and rough. I want a more sweet, calm relationship with you. TONANZIN Ok son, let’s start this. TENOCHTITLAN Mom, but before we start I gots to tell you something. TONANZIN What is it? TENOCHTITLAN Awww… TONANZIN What’s wrong? TENOCHTITLAN My light is going away TONANZIN No, everything is going to be alright, don’t worry. TENOCHTITLAN Mom, is my time. TONANZIN No, don’t say that not now. TENOCHTITLAN Yes, I’ve been sick for a while now. TONANZIN Is there any way I can give you some of my light to bring you back? TENOCHTITLAN No, I don’t think so. TONANZIN There has to be a way, there has to be a way. Oh god why do you do this to me why now when everything is going by fine? TENOCHTITLAN Mom I think this is it but remember what we talked about. Don’t ever give up and don’t do the same mistake again. Mom, I love you and I’ll always keep you in my starheart. TONANZIN Tenochtitlan I love you and I promise you to change for the best don’t ever forget about me. (Tenochtitlan dies) TONANZIN Goodbye Tenochtitlan, I love you. I guess now I’m going to change. I got a new life to make. I’m going to have a new healthy, strong, bright star, name him Tenochtitlan and treat him the right way. Give him all my love and respect, play with him and the most important thing never abandon him. And I’m going to do this in the name of my most beloved son, Tenochtitlan. THE END |
