Plot arc
Exposition: Matt is living with Celia in a little house on the poppy fields of Opium. He does not realize that he is the last surviving clone of El Patron, the ruler of Opium. He has no real contact with the outside world. Mostly because he is a clone. Clones are hated in Opium by everyone except for El Patron. El Patron is well past 100 years old. He uses the clones body parts to keep him alive if anything would happen to him. If he has a heart attack he will get a heart transplant. That is what goes on in Opium. Matt has been living on the poppy fields. He has no contact with the outside world. Until he meets Steven, Emilia, and Maria. The three kids live in the Alacran estate. A massive mansion where El Patron and his family live. When Celia is out of the house Matt desperately tries to play with Steven, Emilia and Maria. Smashing a frying pan to break the window in a effort to go outside. He cuts his feet by stepping on glass in a attempt to get outside. Steven, Emilia and Maria carry Matt with his mutilated feet to the Alacran estate. The maid, Rosa and the Doctor realize he is a clone. They help the cuts on his feet and throw him outside. Then they bring him back in. Not to help him but to put him in a cage in the basement. Then Matt becomes a prisoner of Rosa and the Alacrans.
Rising Action: Matt is imprisoned by Rosa until Celia finds him and with the help of El Patron Matt is freed. Rosa becomes a eejit. Eejits are mind controlled people that are programmed and only obey certain orders. Matt had been inside prison for 6 months and had lost his power to speak. Prison had taken its toll. Matt also met Tam Lin and Daft Donald. Two of El Patrons bodyguards. Tam Lin becomes a new friend of Matt. Matt also becomes good friends with Maria, until El Patrons birthday party. Since Matt was El Patrons clone it was his birthday as well. He and Maria got into a fight at his party. Ever since the party Matt and Maria have not been friends. Everything seemed to be ok for a while until Steven and Emilia. Two people on the Alacran estate get married then everything in Matt's life changes.
Climax: El Patron had a heart attack at the wedding between Steven and Emilia. Matt realizes the purpose of him and the shocking conclusion about his purpose. He was meant to die. El Patron needs a new heart but Celia, Matt's caregiver had prepared. She poisoned Matt so his heart would not be healthy enough if it was transplanted. The poison would not harm Matt. El Patron dies and Mr. Alacran takes control of Opium. He is El Patrons great-grandson. With El Patron dying Matt has no more protection. He thinks Tam Lin will drown him in a toxic Oasis but he is wrong. Tam Lin brings him to the mountains and tells him to go to Atzlan another country bordering Opium. Matt heads on a new adventure in Atzlan.
Falling Action: Matt has arrived in Atzlan evading the Farm patrol. The Farmers are the soldiers of Opium. Matt manages to find work at a orphanage. The orphanages are ran by people called Keepers. The Keeper Raul is the first one Matt meets. He also meets two boys who become his friends. A little boy named Fidelito and a older boy named Chacho. The three become friends and help each other. When the three head to San Luis. Work becomes harder for the three in San Luis. The real problem is because of a Keeper named Jorge. Jorge beat a boy named Ton Ton for stealing hologame with a cane. Ton Ton was severely injured. Matt gets the same punishment. Later Jorge begins attacking Fidelito. But Matt and Chacho defend him by beating up Jorge. They are sent to the Boneyard. A sinkhole filled with whale bones. Matt and Chacho are rescued by Ton Ton and Fidelito with Chacho severely injured. They arrive at the Convent of Santa Clara and reunite with Maria and her mother Dona Esperanza. Then Matt heads home only to find something terrible awaiting.
Resolution: Matt returns home finding Celia, Daft Donald, and Mr. Ortega the music teacher in the kitchen, Daft Donald cannot speak but has a laptop to type up what he saw. He had a tragedy to tell. The Alacrans were taking out El Patrons coffin. Then celebrations began with wine. Tam Lin had a plan. He told Daft Donald not to drink the wine. When everyone drank it except for Daft Donald they collapsed dead. Matt was extremely angry about the death of his best friend Tam Lin but he realizes he is not alone in running Opium. He has Maria, Fidelito, Ton Ton, and Chacho along with Daft Donald, Celia as well as Mr. Ortega. Matt had a lot on his shoulders running Opium, but he knows he has people standing by his side to help him.
Resolution: Matt returns home finding Celia, Daft Donald, and Mr. Ortega the music teacher in the kitchen, Daft Donald cannot speak but has a laptop to type up what he saw. He had a tragedy to tell. The Alacrans were taking out El Patrons coffin. Then celebrations began with wine. Tam Lin had a plan. He told Daft Donald not to drink the wine. When everyone drank it except for Daft Donald they collapsed dead. Matt was extremely angry about the death of his best friend Tam Lin but he realizes he is not alone in running Opium. He has Maria, Fidelito, Ton Ton, and Chacho along with Daft Donald, Celia as well as Mr. Ortega. Matt had a lot on his shoulders running Opium, but he knows he has people standing by his side to help him.