The world in of it's self is built on the foundations of our beliefs.
Be it that your someone of Japanese descent, or someone who grew up in the tribes of Africa, there is this set of beliefs that established who we are as persons.
In this set of beliefs, we all have our versions of the higher power, be it the one true God according to the Catholics, or the Gods of Olympus according to the Greeks…everyone has their own Gods, believing that they are real.
Well the question is…are they real, who has the right set of beliefs…who is the supreme power above us?
Let me tell you this, yes…the Gods are real.
…And there is not one group who is correct, because all of them are right.
The Gods of the Greeks, the Gods of the Japanese, the Gods of the Egyptians, and all the other gods, they all exist…they really real.
Well…how do I know?
Let's just say…that I became one of these Gods.
No…I didn't became some sort of new god.
I literally now inhabit the body of one of the most powerful Gods in all the pantheons…
Zeus… I became…Zeus the Greek God of the Sky and Thunder.
And now…I have to deal with all his problems.
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My name is Jacob Bronston, a 26 year-old man who has nothing going with his life right now.
I've graduated college with a degree in economics and a minor in ancient history.
I've received multiple strange looks when I tell people that with my degree in economics, I also pursued ancient history….but so what.
I grew up reading all about the history of European life, their life style, battles, and their gods and beliefs.
I was fascinated by it and I really wanted to pursue it when I grew older, but realizing in this day and age where money is everything, I was convinced that I could get no where with having a major in Ancient history.
With no other option, I decided to try and be an entrepreneur pursuing a degree in economics, which did nothing for me.
I couldn't start up anything I'm not being able to get any loans form the bank due to my already existing enormous debt from college.
My life looked miserable right now.
However, just last year, the world received a shocking announcement out of no where.
"This…is the start of a new era…a new beginning…a new age…of the Gods." said a deep powerful voice that was heard throughout the world.
Everyone thought the aliens were taking over or something if that sort, but no one expected after such announcements, a new land form started forming in the Pacific Ocean along with many different structures around the world.
Forests were starting to be overgrown and popular cities were covered in vegetation.
The governments all over there world started to panic.
They no longer had the control they once had as everyone was in a panic.
To make things even worse, a sudden explosion of energy emerged from the Pacific Ocean, covering everyone in the world with a new energy similar to radiation in some sense.
Some people weren't able to hand the amount of energy that entered their body and were sent to the hospital.
While others were able to take what was given to them, and they gained "powers".
Some were able to fly, some were able to control plants and someone were even able to manifest water.
Not everyone was lucky and were able to manifest such powers, and were stuck as the typical civilian, but those that did have powers became the new leaders of the world, leading people as either in tyranny or as leaders.
Many people thanked the so called 'Gods' ,especially those with powers, but someone claimed it was their destiny, not even considering if these so called Gods exist as we only had one announcement talking about such events.
And guess what happened to we when all of this happened….nothing absolutely nothing.
When I felt the power that exploded form the pacific pass through me, I was excited at first until a felt that there was barely anything that I absorbed.
I felt it, then it basically disappeared after a few seconds.
That night I couldn't sleep.
The one chance to completely change my life was screwed.
When I woke up the next day, all over the news explained how everyone seemingly have powers now.
I felt like I could go die in a ditch, I was someone who can do nothing in this new era.
Coming back to the present, I am walking home from another failed attempt to start a new business.
A year has past and these people with powers were now the new leaders.
For the government to still have a say, they supported select individuals to still have some power.
Now…I have nothing to look forward too.
With constant failures and with no one to rely on, life is just getting hard at this point.
It is now night after another tough day and now I am about to head to bed.
"If anything…I just want a chance to live a better life." I tell myself solemnly as I feel like I might just give up one of these day.
I lay in my bed, turn off the light and close my eyes, thinking that the whole day will repeat itself like it always had for tomorrow.
However, on this silent night, rumbling could be heard in the sky, even though there wasn't any drip of rain.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning burst forth from the dark clouds, forcing it's through the home of Jacob, hitting him as he lay in his sleep.
The home exploded as if it were a bomb, leaving a large fire in it's wake, with no body in sight as if it was destroyed completely by the lightning.
Likely, Jacob didn't feel a thing and "died" peacefully in his sleep, expecting his day tomorrow to be the same mundane day as it always was.
However, he was wrong, completely wrong, and he will be in a surprise when he opens his eyes.