A pleasant day, full of happiness. But happiness for other people, not for the boy, me. Exams are over, and I topped again in my class. Some of my friends praised me, but others teased me because I was a fat boy and also not good at sports.
"It will be over," Rohan said. "These kids will get tired one day of bullying you and just quit after that. Don't be sad now. Celebrate; you have topped once again."
"Bro, but it was all my fault. I became fat according to my choice, and now I can't get fit anymore. I tried exercising, but it is not my thing."
"Bro, Blaze, just stop blaming yourself. You will get fit. You just need some motivation and consistency.
Come to my house at evening every day. We will exercise together.
"Ha ha ha, bro, don't expect too much from him. He's fat and he will always be," Ritik said.
"You go away, you dumb! What you know about? Have you even tried to solve algebra? Oh sorry, I know, bro, you are dumb as a potato and you can't even solve it," Rohan said.
"Huh? You wanna fight? You wanna fight, you little bastard?" Ritik said.
(suddenly, a teacher came into our class. )
"I told you to stop fighting, and you won't listen."teacher said. "Five exercises of algebra to both of you."
"Oh, damn,"rohan said.
(After school, everyone went home, including me.)
(In my room)
"God, why are you not helping me? Why am I like this?
I am ugly. No one likes me; everyone bullies me. Why? Why, God?
I also want to be like you. I want powers so that I can help the weak. What if there were supernatural creatures and demons in this world? Then I would fight them and prove to everyone that I am strong.
"Shut up the bullshit, Blaze. It can't be possible.
(At nighttime, Blaze was studying
suddenly, he hears a loud thunder.)Everything around him changed. Light starts to flicker and no one was near him. He tried calling his mom and asked "Why are the lights flickering? Has there been a power outage?" but no response came.
He went downstairs and saw that no one was there. Blaze quickly realized that he was not in the real-time world; he was in an imagination, but he knew for sure that he was in a trance controlled by someone.He went outside and saw that the sky had turned red and loud thunders could be heard.
Then a strange voice spoke to him from the clouds. It said, "Child, you want powers, right? So I give you the ultimate amount of power. I give you the Nexus. It has all the powers that you will need. It has the powers that you can imagine; your imagination is your power. Whatever you imagine becomes your power.
"The day when demons arrive, you can see them in front of your eyes. But you don't panic. You should fight. You have to fight. "You cannot use your powers now. You cannot use it tomorrow. . You cannot see me, but I can see you. I am giving you this power to fight the demons that are coming into your world to destroy and conquer it."
"God, how can I believe you? I am in an imagination. I am in a trance controlled by you. I could be dreaming. And these demons, I believe in science and these supernatural beings do not exist on our planet. Are you joking with me?"
"Child, I know you are scared, but wait for the time to come. When the time comes, you will get your powers and you can also see the demons.""But for you to gain this power, you have to believe me. You have to believe in us."
I shouted back, "I believe you, and thank you for choosing me as your vessel. But why cannot you come to Earth and destroy these demons?"
"Why are you choosing me?" I shouted back.
The thunder striked and voice came back, 'You are far stronger than me. You are the perfect vessel. You are so strong that you can hold the power of a galaxy, the power of a universe—a power that no one on this planet can hold.
"Okay, God," I replied. "If it is all real, I will fight. I will protect the weak, and I will kill those demons."
In a blink, the thunder vanished, and everything went to normal. I was back at my desk surrounded by the books.But the thing that I didn't notice was a locket with a sign of Nexus on it.
I was shocked. After having dinner, I went to sleep. In my dreams, I could see the perfect replay of what happened before.
The next day, I woke up, and when I was packing my things from the table, I noticed a Nexus. I was reminded of the "Nexus thing" the gods had told me. I was confused, so I grabbed it, locked it, and wore it.When I went downstairs, nobody asked anything about it, and I was confused. I asked my mother if there was anything on my neck, and she said"nothing was there."
("Everything went normal for the next month.")
I also believe the fact that everything that happened on that day was just a dream, and the Nexus that I was wearing on my neck was also a fake and I was imagining things.
Until that day everything was normal, that day I have to give a speech in front of the whole school. It is pretty normal for me, because I give speeches at a regular interval of 2-3 months, and this speech was about freedom.Just the night before the speech, when I was practicing it, I felt a cold shiver down my head. My eyes went blank,then suddenly, I caught some supernatural creatures for a second. They were traveling.I didn't understood the fact.And I begin to practice for my speech next day.
The next day, I was prepared. I went on the stage and started talking about freedom.
Suddenly, a bang appeared on the ground. An earthquake, everyone believed. Everyone went down on their knees and covered their heads. Because we were in the ground, we did not have to go anywhere.
But I felt that cold shiver again. I knew it was coming. Everything that happened last month was reminded in my head, and I knew it was the demons that were coming.