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The soul picker

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This novel is about a magician who takes the soul of youngsters for a purpose.

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Chapter 1 - The day we met

I was born to a middle class family.My family is like an average type.There are problems,fights and love among us.I was one of the brilliant students during my school time but as time passed I started to lose track in my studies.Then there came the virus "corona" which made many of us lazy.I became a person whom I never even imagined I would become.I lost my aim.I started scoring very less marks.I was fed up with my sister who always used to treat me like a piece of trash.By all means I was depressed and anxious about my future.I started losing my interest in everything.I even felt like why should I live this life where I am not even doing anything that my heart desires.I am just going with the flow.I want to do something like doing some kind of sports but unfortunately my parents don't support me.All they want me to do is study,study and study.Parents should also understand some kids are born for sports.They should understand their kid's talents and stop pressuring them.Days passed I started becoming more nervous and stressed.I wanted to become a famous personality but I gave up all this because achieving my dreams felt impossible for me.But I didn't knew that God had great plans for me ahead.

Turn over

I always go to sleep around 10:00pm because I don't have anything to do.I am neither a morning person nor a night person.I sleep alone and I love that.Around 1:00 am I suddenly woke up.from my sleep.I was a bit scared.I tried to sleep but I couldn't.Then I started moving towards my parent's bed but to my surprise they weren't there.I ran to the other room where my sister used to sleep there too the bed was empty and then suddenly the lights started to blink.I was scared to death.I felt like I was going to die that day.When I felt like I was near death I didn't wanted to die.Then I started looking for god's statues so that they I could escape.But I couldn't find any then I started crying loudly for help.Then there came a man in a black dress near me.I started running for my life but he grabbed me and struck a sword on my heart and took out a magical stone.I became unconscious.After some time I started hearing some noise and then I woke up.I found myself in a room which was very beautiful. I heard the announcement that we need to come out and assemble on the ground I went there.I saw many students like me there.They all were astonished, nervous and scared.We all started talking to each other.Before we could even complete our sentences there came the man who brought us here.He didn't even needed a mic such loud was his sound.He told us that he is a magician who can do anything in this world.He was fed up of seeing people who couldn't achieve their dreams.He wanted everyone to achieve their aim.Mostly his target was teenagers as they are in the phase of self doubt and suicide.He told us that we need to stay there till we achieve success.We all were surprised.We pinched each other to see that its a dream or not.Finally when we came to our consciousness we started screaming and shouting that we need to go home.We all started crying.We were all very sad and anxious.His next move was to make us feel happy and motivated.He started showing us the real world which was going on.There we all were in coma stage.He explained to us that there was a precious stone in our hearts which he took and only by that stone we could return back to our real world.The condition was achieve your dream and take the stone.Then after sometime we started seeing our parents who came to us happily and were telling us to stay there and listen to him.We all were surprised because our parents would never leave us alone.After some time I recognised that they were only illustrations.He made them to make us happy.We all started to protest but he never listened to it.We even tried to escape from there but there were more people with him so we couldn't.There were houses,a river flowing and a forest which was all like a magical world.There was a building in which the magician used to be there.One day a boy named John among us gathered all his courage and went to the building where the magician was there to take his stone.He went there and very cunningly he ran away with the stone.We all came to the building and blocked the path so the magician could not catch him.We became successful in that.He went back to his room and called the workers and told that a boy ran away and to catch him.The workers started to go everywhere they can to catch him.The workers just had the information that he was a boy.They didn't knew his name or his looks.In the forest they caught a boy who was just seeing the place.They took him and kept him in the jail.This was the punishment for those who try to escape but unfortunately they jailed the wrong person.John had escaped from the forest and reached the real world.He was running on a road where there was no one.Suddenly the magician appeared behind him on a black horse.He had the sword in his hand.John ran as fast as he could but the magician took the stone from his heart and took him back to his place.The boy who was jailed was removed from there and John was jailed.After seeing this scenario we all felt that its impossible to escape from there.Next day he again called us and told what we had to do.He told us that he know each and everyone's dreams so when we achieve it we can leave this place.Most of the students dreams was goof marks in exams so after you finish your study he will take us to the past life and there we can write our exams again and lead a good life.Listening to this we were happy but still we know that it would take a lot of time.During this period we were not allowed to watch tv or talk much to the opposite sex because he said it would make us distracted.He said that if we try to be oversmart and try to escape from here then he would even kill us.But somewhere I felt that life is full of ups and downs.Even a topper can sometime get less marks so it would make our difficult if he would bring each of us everytime we get less marks.So I wanted to end this not for the students with me but for the future students too.But for now I thought of not doing anything as it would only cause trouble but after some time when we gain his trust we can try to escape.He told us that he is a magician but I somewhere felt that he was more than a magician.He used to always wear hand gloves and his hands weren't normal like other human beings I felt like he has more fingers but I wasn't sure.I thought of being more friendly to him so that I can know more about him and this place.I used to never sleep alone in a room so it was very difficult for me to leave alone in a house.The house was a sufficient 2 rooms one well acquainted with books,a study table,an attached bathroom,another bedroom where clothes and personal belongings were there.Sometimes they tell us news which is going on in the real world.There are night people and morning people among us but we were forced to wake up in the morning and study.At morning sharp 5 am there is an alarm and if we don't wake up then water is poured on us.From 5 am to 6 am we all do exercises then from 6am to 7am we all study.Till 7 to 8 we have to bath and have our breakfast.