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"Fuck, I shouldn't have done it, I muttered, as I sprinted away from Thomas.
Thomas had asked me to make him cheat sheets and to help him during the exam, I had done it, but a teacher caught me when I was handing it out to Thomas, so he got punished.
The exam's had not yet started, but seeing me handing the cheat sheets to Thomas, made the teacher angry, as Thomas, was not a student who had a good relation with the teachers, and also was a moron.
He was chasing me in the hallway of my school.
Thomas was the bully of my class, he had bright yellow hair and a jacked up body.
His looks suggested that he would punch the teachers
Thomas was the least smart person in our class, and he always had a big fat zero on the exams.
The school, which we were attending was Alukas.
Alukas was the prominent school which specialised in, both magic and sword art.
Because of Thomas's golden luck, his father was the owner of the school.
It was the only reason a person like Thomas could even attend an institute like this.
As I was running, I felt a hand holding my shoulder, I turned around, It was Mr.Aren.
Mr.Aren was the father of Thomas.
He smiled at me and asked, "Where are you running son?, Is someone trying to beat you up?".
He saw Thomas running, he took out his wand and he made a smooth action with it.
Suddenly the wand started to produce a light green light, Mr. Aren then muttered, "Thomas, veng eem", he muttered it as pointing towards Thomas.
As soon as Mr. Aren said it, the light was now glowing from Thomas, and his body started to break down, each of his cells teleported in front of us.
Seeing his father, Thomas's face looked as if he has seen a ghost.
Thomas then started to say, "Father, I.. I'm., I waa, was tryin, no playing, yes Playing with Shank".
Thomas then looked at me, his face which looked white from fear was saying with me to act along.
Mr.Aren then looked at me and said, "Don't you have an exam to attend today, Shank?, leave this matter to me, I will teach him a lesson, you please go and have your exam, Best of luck".
He said it, as he summoned himself a thick wooden cane.
The wooden cane was about three to four feet long, and it was made from hardwood, looking at it my body got hurt, and my brain suddenly started to remember the old days when the beating was normal.
Just seeing the dark, long, thick, wooden came made me shiver, seeing my state, Mr.Aren, calmed me down and said it was only going to be used on Thomas.
Just a few years ago, the government of Student Education had decided that, Schools could not longer use corporal punishment on students as it would be giving the students and unfair treatment like animals or something.
As I started to walk to my exam room, I did not even want to look back. It was due to the sound of his screaming, it was too much, I could feel his pain from his screams.
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I took my seat, my room was 15-B. The room had three rows, and on each row, there were eight desks, the rows had been named as R1, R2, and R3.
On R1 and R2 there were two students on each desk, while on R3, there was only one student per desk.
The invigilator, then entered our room, he was holding a package, it had the symbol of the Magician's Union, a branding of a cat.
He then tore open the package and gave each of us a question paper, I got set 3.
There were 3 question papers, which were set 1, set 2, set 3 and set 4. The questions in the different question paper were different, as different teachers made different sets.
The question papers were mixed and then randomly the question paper packages were sent to the schools, there was set-1, set-2, set-3, and set-4 for each school.
On top of the question paper there were some details written, first was the serial number, then next was the code, and then the set was written, and on the next line, there was a line to write the Roll number.
Then it was written as 'Theory Exam of Magic Studies', then were some instructions, like the allotted time to read the question paper and to not write during the first twenty minutes...
and there was a note.
The note read,
i) Please check that this question paper contains 27 pages.
ii) Please check that this question paper contains 100 questions.
iii) 20 minutes have been allocated to read this question paper. The answer book will be distributed after the allotted reading time.
iv) Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer book before attempting to answer the questions in the answer book.
I then opened the question paper, and on the first page, there was a section, written as General Instructions.
The General Instructions were,
i) Please read the instructions carefully,
ii) This question paper consists of 100 questions in six sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D, Section E, and Section F . All questions are compulsory.
In total there are:-
iii) Section A - Questions number 1 to 30 are Multiple Choice type questions. Each question carries 1 mark.
iv) Section B - Questions number 31 to 40 are Very Short Answer-type Questions. Each question carries 1 mark.
v) Section C - Questions number 41 to 50 are Short Answer type Questions. Each question carries a 2 mark.
vi) Section D - Questions numbers 51 to 70 are Long Answer type Questions. Each question carries a 3 mark.
vii) Section E - Questions number 71 to 80 are Very Long Answer Type Questions. Each question carries a 4 mark.
viii) Section F - Questions number 81 to 100 are Picture Based Questions.
Each question carries 1 mark.
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After 3 hours
I along with my peers, came outside, Thomas also came outside, he saw me, but did not react and get angry but went along with others, he did not react to me as he would normally, I guess the beatings were a little bad huh?
I then went straight to my dorm, where my two friends were waiting patiently for me, as I got inside my room, my two friends, rushed to me and asked me about my exam.
I answered positively, and my friends were happy for me, we then thought of sneaking out and going to a PC cafe which was located in our city.
It was still school time, and we exited the school gate, pretty easily as it was not guarded as today there was a school festival afterwards as today was also the day our school was founded.
As we reached the cafe and sat on our computers, after paying the required amount of 26 silka.
We three, after discussing the issue of choosing a game for some time decided to play a battle royal. It was Lethium.
Lethium was a pretty popular battle royale game, it was famous for its gameplay and story, it was story-based even though it was a battle royal.
Lethium was a mystery puzzle-solving, battle royal game.
A player challenged us to a 3v1, the player had the username, Big_Le_Boss.
The amazing, pro players we were, we accepted it, after about five rounds, we removed our headphones, and we went near the player, it was to beg the unknown player, we wanted him or her, to carry us the next match, and to make the player accept our friend request. We decided it with our peaceful talk.
As we went towards him, my two friends ran from that place, as I was about to run away I got caught. The Player caught my jacket, and made me sit next to him, the player was...
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I opened the door, feeling lost.
As I could not decipher the letter. I went outside, it was to get a fresh air, or a fresh sight.
There was a Bard, who was singing a nice song, I tossed a coin in the air, and it fell on his hat, he bowed a little.
He did not stop singing but was happy as I was the only one who gave my time.
As I was walking through the busy streets, I felt an eye on me, it was quite sharp, I stopped by a simple bookshop, inside was the cold, cool shade, with numerous books surrounding me.
I heard the voice of the old owner, he said "Didja, Come ere tho, yu hang around end klot buya boogs? ya juat whant the shade, cool, and ell and no boog?",
As he talked, I could smell the strong tobacco from his mouth, it was making me uneasy.
After hearing all of his kind words I left the store, while he was saying, "No do't ja eave, I was not ya shodeing ryu".
He came out of his shop, held my hand, and said, "Letya eomt what ya oped for? The lottor? The Lottor of God?" He asked me twice.
I looked him at his eyes. I then spoke, "No, ryutalli I wasa about to dhie infact if ya haad aa ghood, place and no thorne Lottor, you aold Mun", after saying it I left and went back to the old store, which I had made my house.
As soon as I was near my house, I saw a weird-looking door, leaving it, I went past it, I looked back and it was not there, as I walked and was about to open my door, there was a loud sound.
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The sky started to turn dark, the desert which had no rainfall, started to have dark clouds.
The loud sound was thunder, with the clouds the sun got hidden, and the land started to have no light, as everything started to become dark as night.
From the clouds, a lighting struck down. It made the shops burn, a large red coloured circle started to form, it started to spit fire.
The burning shops, got worse.
The circle then started to spin, then it started to suck our hardwork, leaving the natural products, it started to suck out our products, made with our hands.
Another sound came, this time it was words, "Aii, van, Loo,...".
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I came to my house, I opened the door, expecting only to see my little brother and the cat.
I was expecting only them, because my mother and father had work, as soon as I entered, I was greeted by my scar-faced sleeping cat and my little brother, on the thin mattress, my brother was wearing only shorts, and he was not wearing a shirt.
I then also wanted to sleep with them, but first I changed my clothes to my homeware as I did not wish to dirty the mattress by sleeping on it with my old clothes which I used to go out,
After changing, I went to sleep, together with them, as I lay down, my cat opened its eyes, it wanted pets, I knew, so I started to pet it, I did it till it got satisfied.
I then got up, and then went to the kitchen and I cleaned my hands and then I took a container, the container contained oats, it was a day old, as it was made yesterday.
I took a bowl from the cupboard and ate the oats as breakfast.
As I had not eaten during the morning as I had to attend school early, it made me hungry now, so I ate the oats.
As a child I hated oats, but seeing the other kids my age, having not even a single meal a day, made me sad.
So from seeing all that, I started to eat oats with making no trouble to my parents and clean my plate.
I was quite lucky, my family could have three meals a day, as I was earning a lot at my age, and my mother and father had good-paying jobs too.