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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

[SF] Sidekick

SHORT STORY☺

:So are you really me from the future? :Yes, you see as I'm alive you don't need to be afraid about 5th of May. Everyone will survive & you'll get to celebrate your birthday.

Two people were fortunate enough to communicate with each other through time & space. What granted them such fortune remained mystery to themselves for decades to one & minutes for another. It was rather fortunate or unfortunate for them to end up having to conversate with different aged versions of themselves with what at first seemed like some weird telepathy.

:Can I ask you anything I want, future me?

:I suppose but don't expect too much information as your actions may end up putting my existence in question.

:Do you still get mocked for your name?

:Thankfully for you grown ups don't do that. And you'll end up dropping that name from public use anyway. :Can I do that?

:You can but not at the moment, you need a new environment for that. You'll get it when the time is right.

:Am I still fat & ugly? Do I still get called mean things?

:At least you're not fat I guess. And for the mean people, one day you'll understand that every friend you ever had can be easily replaced, you don't need to endure to belong amongst people who'll never understand you. Carry on as you are doing, you'll find your way on your own.

:I don't know if I should ask this but are both of my parents still alive?

:Yes....I don't know why saying that is making me happy.

:I've dreamt of them dying so many times in recent times so I had to ask. This makes me so happy.

:Dreams are just dreams. Don't you ever put any weight on them.

:Are we still not rich?

:Sadly no but I promise your life will be better. You'll get your own huge room & all.

:Well I didn’t truly except us to get rich either. At least I'll get to sleep alone. Don't mind me asking but do I get a girl friend in college?

:You really should stop watching crap movies.

:So I'm some lonely loser as a grown up.

:Aren't you already that?

:Hey I'm still just a kid.

:I'm future you remember?

:Anyway, do I remain the same way I am right now?

:You'll change drastically. I don't know if it’s for the good or the bad though.

:Why would I change? I'm good at studies, I'm awesome at sports. Except for my looks I've got it all.

:That’s where you're wrong. You're some arrogant know nothing kid who only sees the things in front of him.

:Why are saying stuff like this? Wouldn’t making my mindset change now alter your whole existence?

:I want you to change earlier as I believe no matter how much you change you'll end up being me. Someone will make sure of that.

:Who are you talking about?

:A child who'll be born not long from now will make you see the world the way it’s meant to seen, to see that there are things bigger than you are. You won't like her at first but later you will come to value her way beyond your own life. I know you don't believe in destiny; I don't as well. But if there was a destiny for us, it would be to make sure that child reaches the pinnacle of her capabilities. As we're just some side characters in her story. I've accepted that fate, I hope you do as well.

:I don't think that can be true. Nobody can be that special.

:You'll have to wait some years before you'll the extraordinary capabilities of that child.

:If you say so I guess.

:Wait....I think I know why we're having this conversation.

:What?

:I don't think it's a coincidence that I'm talking to my younger self & not someone else from some different time. Because we don't matter but she does. I was meant to tell you about her existence. Forget everything I said. They'll try to hack into your mind to make you do something drastic to her.

The young boy heard a huge thud, after that he felt as if the man on the other side fell on the ground. The boy tried to remember the things he just heard. The only thing he could remember was the coming of a child.

A few months after that the boy got a new baby sister. The moment the boy looked into the child's eyes he felt as if he couldn’t see, feel or hear for a second. As if someone or something else had taken over his body for that split second.

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