Kayden is a young warlock who used to look at the world with amazed, loving, innocent and naive eyes. He thought that the world was perfect, that everyone had a great purpose to fulfill and that society was set up to allow everyone the chance to do so. He thought that the world was fair. He was young, he was foolish, and unfortunately, he was wrong. His parents always had alot of money to spend on him and they always got him nice books and clothes, and he was happy. He loved to learn the way of the world, He thirsted for knowledge, was in love with it. He spent hours reading and learning, studying. In school, he was the smartest kid in his class,even correcting the teacher at times One sunny day, when he was 12, his parents went into town, and he was supposed to stay home and watch the house. This never bothered him though, he loved it in fact. It gave him a perfectly quiet house to read in.. After an hour of reading, something strange began to take place. Kaydens thoughts became extremely fuzzy, he had a massive head ache and ringing in his ears that was so loud he couldn't hear his own thoughts, and it would not go away. He couldn't figure out what was going on, so he went outside to get fresh air and to see if it helped. He noticed that when he walked in one direction,the ringing got louder, and quieter in the other. So he began to walk, confused as to what was happening but desperate to get this ringing out of his ears. After a minute of walking in the "right" direction, he could finally hear his thoughts, and he was terrified. For he didn't hear "his" thoughts, instead, when he tried to think of something, he heard a very deep voice in his head speak. It said "Shhhh. Don't think, not yet. There will be plenty of time for that later. But first, there is something you must see. Let me guide you. I will give you the knowledge you seek, so let me guide you." Kayden complied, guided by this presence in his head, until he came to an alley. "Quietly now, look into the alley," the voice commanded. Confused but curious, he snuck around the corner and looked into the alley, his eyes slowly filling up with horror. He saw a man sobbing on the ground, stripped to his underwear, grunting and screaming while he was being beaten. A man was punching and kicking him repeatedly, and a woman was standing by, looking through his clothes, taking money from it and putting it in her pocket. As horrific as this scene was, a slow realization crept into his mind. The man that was beating him, and the woman looking through his clothes, were his parents. He couldn't move. He was screaming in his mind to run, to run far away, but his body wouldn't listen. He was too shocked to move, his jaw hanging out and tears welling in his eyes. After a minute, his mother was changing from looking through one article of clothing to another and she noticed Kayden. "What are you doing here??!!" She yelled. His dadd stopped punching the man, who was in fetal position now, and turned around and saw Kayden too. "Son, why didn't you stay in the house like we said to?" He sounded angry. They both did. How can THEY be the ones that are upset. Stuttering and speaking breathily Kayden spoke, hardly able to get the words out. "<a href="http://Www" rel="nofollow">Www</a>.. wwwwhhyyyyy aaaarrreeee yy..yy.. you bbbbbeating him?" "Son, go home, NOW!" His dad yelled. Kayden started running, not in any particular direction, he just ran, and ran, and ran, and ran. After what felt like hours of running, he sat down by a building, crying intensely, trying to collect his thoughts. Why were his parents being so mean to that man? Why were they being so mean to me??? How can they be so sweet to me, and then go and do something like that? Did they do that every time they left. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING??!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Do you see now?" That voice in his head was back. "Do you understand? The world is a cruel place, everyone hides dark secrets, and nothing is fair. The only thing that is pure in this world is knowledge. Only by understanding the universe can you hope to change it. You can wallow and give up, or you can continue on. Only you can make this choice." Overwhelmed, Kayden asked in his mind "But how would I even start? Where would I go? What would I do? I can't go home, where do I go?" "You are right, you can't go home. Let me teach you the world, give you the tools you need to learn and see it yourself. I can give you the power to change it too, make things right. What do you say?" After Kayden finally caught his breath, he considered the offer carefully, considering everything good and bad about it. "I accept."
