Chapter 1: Hope’s 16th Birthday
As the rays of the sun hits her eyes Hope Moonshine wakes up excited, she was waiting for this day for all her life
She jumps out of her bed and rushes to her mom's room excited and she accidentally flung the door open too fast making a loud cranking noise waking her mother, Queen Matilda up
"Oops didn't mean to wake you up" hope said awkwardly"Honey I know you are excited for your birthday but you need to be patient the sun has just risen everyone is still asleep" Matilda said tiredly, "please go back to sleep darling you will have a long day today and you will need the energy, your party wont be begin till noon"
"Ok mom, sorry for waking you up" said Hope as she was trying to close the door slowly enough that it doesn't crank but it still did "Not an issue dear", said Matilda
As the door closed Matilda took a deep breath and closed her eyes her emblem on her right shoulder a pink diamond glowed she opened her eyes and she made a finger gun with her right hand pointing at the hinges and a shiny pink light zaps comes out of her index and zaps the hinges, the beam turns into a hand and it open the door and then closes without making a cranking noise, "I should have done that a long time ago" said Matilda
She removes the blankets from her bed to reveal she is already clothed for a serious occasion, as she goes towards the mirror she is wearing a long cyan dress that trails all the way to her feed her top being smartly tight with short shoulder sleeves, she puts on long white gloves and glances over her diamond ring she lets out a small sigh and frown and puts it on, she trances over the mirror for a few seconds before snapping out of it, and she looks over to a miniature painting of her an her daughter when she was 6 she picks it up and smiles "I know you are eager dear you won't have to wait for long"
After Matilda ready's herself she open her window and conjures a light bird of the palm of her hand, the bird flew off to Hope's room where it sees her lying in her bed on her stomach, the bird soon returns to Matilda's room and land on her palm her eyes glows for a moment and the bird fizzes into a yellow cloud, "Well it looks like she actually listened not very common of her to do so, it means I can continue to do my plan unobstructed" she said with a smile.
Matilda leaves her room and walk across the hallway to the main hall then she claps her hand twice, and snap her finger, suddenly a figure jumps into the window it spins 180° and a muscular women stands up, she has a scar on her left cheek and short brown hair, she wore knight armour that cuts of at her shoulder emblem that looks like a dark grey shield.
"At your service my queen", she said with a salute
Matilda is startled for a moment, but then composes herself, "Sally there is no need for you to enter that way you can just wait for me at the hall entrance", she said.
"I was scouting the perimeter we have to make sure this place is safe and to make sure no one can harm the princess at her important day, I was up all night with my team searching every corner of the upper ring for any danger and-" Sally was abruptly cut off by Matilda.
"It was not your fault Sally, there is no need for you to prove yourself to me" Matilda said remorsefully, "You tried your best so you must eventually forgive yourself it wasn't anyone fault, it truly came from nowhere"
Sally's serious expression break into expression of regret as she shamefully looks at the ground
"Now is not time to punish ourselves over who we failed to protect but to make sure my daughter has a great birthday" Matilda said with determination
Sally's expressions of regret turned to a smile, "Yes my Queen, me and the royal guards have spent last few weeks clearing a safe path from the upper ring to the more presentable areas of the lower ring that ends at the great barrier" Sally says with a salute.
"Well I trust your judgement, you are now dismissed" said Matilda
Sally goes down the stairs of the central hall towards the doors "I won't mess up again" Sally said with determination
"Oh Houston" Matilda said while turning her head left and right, "where is he when I need him",
"I am right here your majesty" Houston whispered from behind, Matilda was startled and was annoyed on how everyone seems to sneak up on her, "Sorry for spooking you" said Houston as he polished his monocle "We are well prepared to begin celebration soon" he said as his hand pointed towards the empty hall.
Matilda stared at him, he then clapped his hands and an army of servants entered the hall setting up the chairs and tables, followed up by waiters quickly setting food on the table, and then 6 waiters came together to slowly lift the large 4 layered birthday cake with a milk white colour with chocolate cream on top of each layer, with "happy birthday Hope" spelled with strawberry topping on the side of each layer, with the glowing yellow number "16" candle at the top.
"As I was saying my Queen" Houston started "We just need to wait for the guests to arrive, I will let you know when you can call your daughter" Houston stops from a moment "Do you want anything else your majesty or am I dismissed?" he asked.
"You are dismissed Houston" said Matilda
Matilda walks up to Hope's room and slowly opens the door to find her laying in her bed
"One thousand one hundred and forty-two" Hope counted to herself, she paused and took a deep sigh, and tried to continue but then paused scratching her head "Um One-".
she was interrupted by her mother saying "Thousand one hundred and forty-three", "Unable to sleep dear?" She said with a smile, Hope gasped and she had the biggest smile in her face, her mother was a bit startled and asked "what is it you are smiling at?".
Hope pointed at her, jumped from her bed and as she was taking heavy breathes pointing at her mother clothes, "You don't sleep in this" she takes a deep breath and exclaims "which means I have got to get ready" and she runs to her closet to pick up something to wear.
Matilda takes a glance down at her clothes and rolls her eyes "so much for a surprise"
"I am ready mom" Hope said ecstatically, she was wearing a beautiful turquoise dress which complemented her hair colour styled in two plates with with joined with a pink band and wearing her favourite golden necklace,
"That was quick" her mother commented
As they enter the main hall a bunch of guests are seated drinking beverages and helping themselves to freshly baked foods, "Attention everybody, I would like you to welcome the birthday girl" said Houston, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their heads towards the princess.
She gets a bit nervous and let out an awkward "hey guys", she didn't recognize any of them but she had to pretend to know all of them while hoping they don't ask her if she knows them, they all continue to stare as she and her mother get seated.
Houston lets out a forced cough to break the awkward silence, he says "and now Princess that you have come here you may blow the candles", the table the cake was on was carried towards Hope and her mother seated on there high chair, Hope tries to mask her excitement as she takes a deep breath and gently blow the candles, which fire off the cake and make a small explosion spelling out "Happy Birthday Princess!", Hope's eyes lit with joy.
Trumpets play and two royal servants come into the hall holding a gold plated chest decorated with diamonds, the chest is slowly opened and a blinding bright light shined from inside it, "Go ahead dear" said Matilda as her eyes pointed to the chest.
Hope goes down towards the chest and slowly lowers her hand inside of it and grabs what inside, as she removes her hand from the chest it reveals her to be holding the magic wand, it had a purple handle with a sparkly cyan diamond at its back end and a translucent turquoise sphere at it top decorated with a white glowing shape which resembled the combination of a two star into two different planes inside, and topped off with a small yellow crown at the top
Hope's shoulder emblem a pink heart with a tiny crown on top of both curves starts glowing, she raises the top of the wand at eye level, "ooh what's this" she says as she tries to stick her finger inside it to touch the spinning star
"HOPE DONT" shouted her mother, as soon as hope touched it burnt her finger and she let out a painful screech and fires a yellow glowing beam fires from the wand at some guest who were quick enough to duck, it hits a glowing orange decorative plant crushing it against the wall,
"hehe this could have been worse", Hope said awkwardly, the wreckage catches fire...
"FIRE" yells Sally, the guards that were standing by the walls quickly moved and shoved away all nearby guest as Sally goes and faces the fire here shoulder emblem glows and she fires yellow beam at it from her hands she then she clenches her fist and the beam turns into water extinguishing the fire and a yellow cloud evaporates from it, she quickly turn over to Hope and rushes over to her "ARE YOU OKAY PRINCESS" she exclaimed worryingly.
"I am fine it's just my finger is a little -" before she finishes her sentence Sally picks her up and running with her in her arms and runs up to the door and out of the Palace.
Queen Matilda is left with the guests and lets out an awkward chuckle and says "so who wants some drinks?", "Please help yourself to the finest wines in the whole kingdom" she said as a servant reveals a bunch of wine bottles in gold coating, the guests all rushed to get a sip
"I am telling you I am fine it's just a little scratch its rude for me to leave suddenl-" Hope was interrupted by Sally kicking the door open.
"PA-" Sally yelled before being interrupted by a "SHHHH", she was shushed by a woman with a white robe that cut offs at the shoulder, and a hand crafted necklace made of cotton around her neck, she had red hair tied into a bun and a green plus sign as her shoulder emblem.
"Seriously Sally how many times do I have to tell you to be quiet in here" said healer Pam with frustration she lets out a sigh and asks, "So what seems to be the problem?" Sally pulls out Hope and holds her at arms length right Infront of her Hope lets out a "Hi".
Pam gasps "Oh my princess sorry I didn't know you were coming, are you hurt?"
"No not at all it's ju-" Hope was interrupted yet again it seems like although she is becoming a grownup no one seems to want to listen to her
"She burned herself quickly check up on her" commanded Sally as she lowered Hope to her feet, Pam glanced at her up and down
"Where was she hurt", asked her confused. Hope sheepishly pointed to her left index finger it was a bit red which could be easily seen as it contrasted with her smooth white skin, but it was also accompanied by a yellow 'liquid', Pam conjured a white napkin to clean the site of the injury and singled out the injured finger from Hope's hand and put her hand on it and made into a fist and then she took a deep breath and closed her eyes her shoulder mark started having a green glow for a few seconds and then it suddenly went dim, she opened her hand to find the finger fully healed like it was never even scratched.
"Oh wow t-thanks" said Hope with a smile.
"Oh it's nothing" said pam, she took out her napkin it had some yellow glowing spots of what looks like fluid except its it didn't soak in but floated around it, "I see you can use magic now, what was your first spell" Pam said with excitement.
"I-i just shot this out of the wand" she said as she pointed at liquid on the napkin that started evaporating considerably, she then lowered her voice and talked faster "and it hit a plant and set it on fire" she was saying as she looked at the floor, Pam laughed and Hope was starting to blush.
"Oh don't worry dear we all mess up at the start, when I first started I accidentally broke a boy's arm" Pam said with a laugh.
"Is he okay now?" Hope asked with curiosity
"Well when I was your age healing wasn't what it is today they just put his arm in a cast and said if he was lucky his arm would be usable in three years", "I never was interested in healing like my mom but I wanted to fix my mistake so I studied and practiced for months to focus my healing and one day it just clicked, I got back to him and I was able to heal his arm and this happiness a patient feels when they are treated makes this all worth it" she let out a calm sigh and continued "It was not an easy journey but in just 8 years I was able to reach my peak"
"Eight years?" Hope said in disbelief
"Don't worry your path is way longer than mine my peak is at least four levels lower than you" Pam said with a grin
"It isn't that huge difference right?" Hope inquired hoping her journey wont be in the double digits because that's a very long time
Pam laughed and then said "Oh it way larger than it looks, but don't worry royals don't have a peak at least not one that one knows off" she put her hand on Hope's shoulder "Don't let the long road overwhelm you as long as you are better than yesterday you will be a great princess"
Hope smiled at her and said, "Thanks a lot Pam"
"So is everything alright with her, she stuck her finger into the wand are you sure there wont be any complications" asked Sally
"She will be alright she might have lost her finger if she went deeper and then It will actually a challenge to fix, but this is what pain reflexes are for, it a blessing in disguise", replied Pam
Sally clapped her hands and said "Well we got to go now we cant keep the guests waiting thanks for your help Pam"
Hope looked over to her and said "You should come over it's my birthday you can go change the setting", "No dear being a Healer is big commitment what if someone is in need of assistance and I am not here but I appreciate the gesture, maybe I could arrange my schedule to be there next time, go enjoy yourself".
"Pam the amputee is ready for his second regeneration session" a voice called.
"The what?" exclaimed Hope.
"Oh it's a bit graphic you really don't want to see it, I got to go now send your mother my regards" replied Pam as she ran over to a patient
Sally and Hope went to the door and left.
"You know I was really fine, it was just a scratch" Hope said as she looked up to Sally, "It's kind of rude to just leave the guests hanging I could have just sucked it up-"
Hope tried to continue when Sally muttered under her breath "I won't forgive myself".
"What was that?" asked Hope.
"Nothing, it's just you can never be so sure and no one was stupid enough to stick there finger in the wand I was just making sure but since it wasn't serious we don't need to worry" Sally said with an anxious fake smile, Hope sensed there was something off about her tone but she didn't want to push Sally into an uncomfortable spot so she left it at that
Sally and Hope make it back to the palace and Matilda rushes to her daughter "Oh dear are you ok"
She said as she gave her girl a hug, Everyone was staring and Hope got a bit embarrassed "yeah Mom I am ok" Hope said, Matilda stood up and was about to say something before Hope pre-emptively said, "I know I know it was pretty stupid from me to to do what I did, I know the wand is not a toy and I promise I will be more careful with it" she said while avoiding eye contact
Matilda smiled and said "Well I appreciate that you understand that you messed up but that not what I wanted to say" Hope made eye contact and Matilda continued "As princess and future queen we will have you visit the LOWER RING" Matilda took her daughter's hand "Sure its not the safest or best place in the kingdom but a hermit ruler is a bad ruler"
Hope got extremely excited over this as she always wanted to see the rest of the kingdom the Lower ring, the Outer ring but she was always told no because Sally's word "It's way to dangerous, you are not ready, you aren't old enough" or her mother's word "Is there something there that you cant find at home?, The place isn't very hygienic" but how bad could it be it was still under the rule of the Moonshines. Life in the Upper ring and the palace get boring after a while, why would she wants to stay put there when there a whole world to explore?
"The escorts are waiting for us outside those who want to go with us are welcome to go" Said Matilda looking at the guests with a forced smile almost knowing the reaction. All of them tried to mask there faces of disgust as if Matilda just asked them to bathe in mud or even worse she said that the food at the legendary "façade haut de gamme" was just an overpriced scam. They didn't look very impressed, Matilda coughed and asked "Well?".
One couple went towards the exit and when they got to Matilda the man said "We are truly flattered by your invite my queen but I am afraid we have something important to do" the man paused and scratched his head trying to think of an excuse Hope looked over him and asked
"What's more important to than a trip to see the rest of kingdom its not like we can always get to do it" with an ecstatic smile the woman who was scratching her head stopped as if she got an idea she went over looked to Hope with a stupid fake smile and said
"Well sweetie we forgot to sign up our son for school and registration will be closing today" she turned over to her husband and elbowed him in ribs and asked "Isn't that right honey?"
The man nodded in agreement and they walked out and they led out an audible sigh and when they were just outside of earshot the man told his wife "Moonshines huh? You would think after what happened a decade ago they would get the memo" the woman looked back at the Queen then waved and looked back at her husband and said
"She is weak if this happened to me I will make sure those pigs wish they weren't born".
Following into there footsteps and sensing an opening other guests decided to excuse themselves outside and at this point Matilda stopped resisting she knew some wouldn't want to go but she didn't think that many would go and she looked defeated Hope turned to her and said "Well mom we don't need those nose in the airers it's there loss anyways"
A woman walked up to them "She is right you know in-law" that woman was Hope's paternal aunt Mary, she had short blonde hair and brown eyes wearing a yellow dress for the occasion "The only reason any off these arrogant buffoons came here is societal expectations much like basically everything here" she said while rolling her eyes "and they all dipped the second they had the chance, come on lets go"
As they walked past the doors Sally was standing just outside the door scanning the setting with her eyes, her eyes wandered and locked with Mary "You should relax Sally no need for you to be so tense" she said with a smile she then changed her tone suddenly and said with a frown and a in a low voice that Hope and Matilda couldn't hear "Me and Matilda can protect ourselves and we aren't relying on you and my niece was under my protection since she was six, all you need to do is drive the horses and look menacing" and then she put her hand on her shoulder and smiled and said with an audible voice "So you can feel a lot more at ease dear", Sally tried hid her feeling of guilt with a fake smile "Let's go" said Mary joyfully
Everyone got on the horse driven chariot, just a classical chariot nothing magical about it, it's a very ineffective method of transport but one of the most relaxing ones
"HEEEEEY WAIT FOR ME" yelled a girl from as she was she surfing a purple cloud wearing a long sleeved purple sweater and blue pants as she got closer she tried to slow down by tilting her body backwards but she lost control and started flying at high speeds towards Hope
"EM SLOW DOWN" shouted Hope.
"I CANT BRACE FOR IMPACT" they both closed there eyes with their arms covering there eyes but just before contact she was caught effortlessly by Sally one hand and her cloud in the other she crushed the cloud in her fist into yellow mist that faded away and put the girl on her feet she then crossed her arms and looked down and barked
"Miss Emberlynn Springfield you should know how dangerous using magic without experience is, and you can't just rely on something you can't even responsibly use to make up for your own lack of punctuality"
Ember looked taken aback but she didn't want to look stupid so she snapped back with "I didn't know Hope is celebrating her birthday early in the morning, birthdays are a night activity".
Sally who was crossing her arms now raised her eyebrow and simply replied with,"Lies you were told everyday for the last week not my fault you can't seem to be able to be punctual friend's birthday, do you simply not care?".
Ember now looked embarrassed and now was rolling her finger around her dyed purple hair "M-M-My rooster didn't wake me up" she said with a smile while shrugging her shoulder as if she is asking question and the question was 'will Sally let the lecture go'.
"This doesn't matter now anyways it's that Ems is here" interjected Hope with excitement as she put her arm around Ember's shoulder "We shouldn't be wasting time let's go" she said as she punched her hand up in the sky.
Matilda, Hope, Ember and Mary entered the Chariot while Sally rode one of the two horses moving it while the other was being moved by an over-armoured and visibly nervous man.
"Calm down Edmund its just a short trip by a defined path we will be in an out in an hour or two" commanded Sally looking at Edmund clearly getting tired of his lack of confidence.
"I am trying but its such a big deal, escorting not one not two but three royals into the lower ring, I am not sure if I can do this, If I mess up-- I am too young for the consequences" he said clearly on the edge of panic
Sally slapped her hands on his cheeks "Edmund calm down you can do this I know you can" she said, Edmund seemed to calm down a bit "The whole path is being heavily guarded you and me are the last line of an extremely deep wall of defences we are most likely just going to be there for company" she looked back at the cart and said "and besides it's not like the royals can't protect themselves, they are much stronger than us after all"
"That's what they said about fre-" Edmund mumbled before putting his hand on his mouth mid sentence, Sally expression changed to that of anger.
"What did you just say?" she barked.
Edmund realising his mess up and started shaking "Um- I was talking about ---- the nice weather we are having" he said trying to pretend that this wasn't the stupidest attempt at backtracking, before Sally was going to give him a piece of her mind Mary stuck her head out and said in annoyed tone
"Hey I am not getting any younger here", Sally and Edmund looked forwards and shook the horse reins and they got moving forward
As they got to the edges of the Upper ring they reached translucent yellow barrier "We are reaching the barrier you might feel a tickle" proclaimed Sally.
As the horse crossed the barrier the barrier walls phased through the cart and it phased through Mary and Matilda there shoulder emblems glowed a four pointed star and a diamond respectfully in a yellow hue when it got to Hope and Ember the cart got to a sudden halt and they were thrown forwards Hope fell on her mother while Ember face was slapped into the barrier which was at this point halfway through the cart.
Sally opened the door "Everyone ok" she took one look at Ember and let out an annoyed sigh she dragged her hand out of the cart and asked while trying to hide her frustration "Show me your emblem"
Ember scoffed and tried to tuck back her long sleeves but she couldn't get back enough and said while crossing her arms "I can't and I am not removing my shirt".
Sally wasn't having any of it and from tip of her index made a sharp grey magic beam, she flattened Ember's sleeve and made a small cut in her right shoulder showing a yellow star rotated slightly to the left, after the cut yellow gas evaporated from it "And this is why emblems aren't covered it's common knowledge Springfield" said Sally annoyed.
"My favourite shirt! This was very unnecessary" whined Ember and before she could say anything Sally went back to her horse leaving her alone she scoffed and went back to the cart and sat next to Hope crossing her arms.
"You okay there", asked Hope concerned.
"Yeah I am fine just another lecture", said ember looking at the windows
As Hope looked out the window the lower ring didn't seem so different from home, people dressed and walked smartly roads were clean but something was off she couldn't help but notice everyone wore long sleeves even though it was a summer and it's not proper etiquette and that's something else it was surprisingly hot, She took her head out through the windows "Hello stranger" she greeted a man walking nearby he took one solid look at her and looked towards her mother and Sally who was frowning and her hands free with her emblem glowing, he didn't say anything and turned back and proceeded to speed walk away in a few seconds he ditched the subtlety and ran away, Hope was pretty disappointed and got her head into the cart
"What did I do wrong?", Hope asked.
"Girl it's either because you were too friendly it felt fake" said Ember, Hope looked down "Or they were made to feel unwelcome by misses buzzkill in the driving seat" she remarked
A loud sound of crashing wooden boxes was heard and cart went to a halt
"What was that" commented Mary
"Something that isn't boring" Hope said with excitement before leaving the cart.
"Make sure all of them stay put in the cart I will be gone for a short while" said Sally to Edmund before running to the source of the sound Hope tried to follow her but was body blocked by Edmund with his arms crossed
"Sorry I can't let you go princess, Superior's orders", he glanced to the left of him to seeing Ember touching a fancy table Infront of a café just for it to poof into a yellow cloud,
"Ow splinters" she cried, the yellow cloud fizzled reveal a wooden table barely clinging to its shape with a bunch of makeshift wooden fixes that don't even match in colour
Edmund looked like he just saw a ghost and ran towards Ember who was now transforming outdoor expensive furniture into splinter traps
"Stop touching it" said Edmund before shooting out a grey magical hands towards her subduing her, "What's your deal" he scolded annoyed.
"No what's this place deal why is everything here so fake?" snapped Ember "You hearing this Hope this place is fa-" she then stopped and asked "Aye were is Hope?"
Edmund let her go and pulled on his hair "Oh no no no no no no no" he cried
"Is everything alright where is my daughter?" asked Matilda concerned, Edmund didn't know what to say but before he could make up an explanation Mary interjected
"Oh don't worry Mati she will be ok she is probably with Sally and besides she still has this necklace I gave her so I am sure she will be just fine" Mary said with her hand on Matilda's shoulder "and we can go have some tea and chit-chat while we wait I heard that Gilbert's tea shop has actually potable tea" she suggested Matilda sighed and decided to go with what Mary said and walked towards the shop. "What about me?" asked Ember, Edmund turned towards her with anger and barked "You are staying right here!".
"Sally where are you?" called Hope as she was walking she saw a little girl wearing a cute pink dress and smooth brown hair walking alone Infront of her, she approached her and asked
"Hey do you happen to see a tall lady around here?" she tapped on her shoulder to get her attention and suddenly a cloud of yellow gas evaporated out of her Hope and the little girl coughed and as the smoke cleared the little girl was wearing a poorly knit patchwork of randoms scraps of fabric and her hair was covered in dirt she had a brown circle on the side of her shoulder, Hope froze in shock "I- I am so sorry, it was an accident" she apologised "I can go get you a new dress or--" the girl just looked at Hope her eyes glanced her wand which was in her right hand as well as her royal emblem and then she started hyperventilating and burst into tears.
Hope got on to her knees and she gently put her hands on the girl's shoulder "Calm down calm down, it's alright, It's not your fault but mine"
"P-P-pwease do-don hu-hur meeee" the girl sobbed.
"What hurt you? no no no no" Hope explained trying to figure out from where the girl got the idea
Hope hugged the girl "Here calm down see I am friendly" she soothed, the girl seemed to calm down a bit and she started sniffing
She let her go and asked "So what's your name?"
"R-R-Rosie" replied Rosie.
"Ok Rosie I am so sorry for ruining your dress, do you remember were you got it from?" she asked
"Ms Bea had guys gib it to us" Rosie said
"Misses Bea huh" she wondered out loud "Well can you tell me were misses Bea is"
"Sowwy I can't tell you misses moonnnn" Rosie was saying before she looked she wanted to cry again
"Please don't cry" Hope pleaded "You don't need to tell me where you live just wait" Hope passed her wand to her left hand and put her now free hand to her pocket and pulled out a purple wallet and she pulled out a golden note with 50 written on it she passed the note to Rosie and said "Here give this to misses Bea and tell her I am so sorry for destroying your dress also" Rosie grabbed the note and stared at it, Hope pulled some wrapped candy she got from the party "Her have some candy too" the girl put her the note in her pocket and grabbed the wrapped candy she struggled with it a bit and she then passed it back
"Open it please" Rosie asked
"Oh you can't? it's quite simple here" Hope said she gently tapped the candy her emblem glowed for a moment and the wrapping fizzed out.
Rosie put the candy in her mouth and quickly chewed and swallowed it, she then gave Hope a hug, she let go after a moment "Thank you miss, Ms Bea says Moosines are scawy but aren't scawy"
"Scary why would we be scary" Hope asked in disbelief with a smile
Rosie looked around and said "I am sowwy I need to go" she turned back and ran away and took a turn and was just out of sight.
"You couldn't just stop causing trouble for one day? what did we pay you for?" Hope heard Sally barking.
The sound of Sally's voice came from an alleyway, as Hope entered the alley the clean white paint started fading into rotting maroon bricks and the smell became foul coming from the open dumpster "Ewwwww" Hope said as she lowered the lid to try and lessen the stench
"Hey you know it's rude to close the lid on someone trying to fetch themselves a meal" a bald man barked as he popped out like a jack in the box he had a white beard wearing over shoulder strapped brown pants with a black plastic bag for a shirt and a metal can of beans for a hat and his left eye with a grey iris spinning his shoulder emblem only consisted of a simple brown circle, Hope screamed and ran away "Oh beans was that a Moonshine?" the man asked himself "Well I probably should skip town" he said to himself with a goofy smile while snapping his fingers.
Hope stopped running and started panting "Now you are lucky I am not here in head bashing duty or I would have sent you to a one way trip to the Outer ring and the monsters there could deal with you" Hope heard Sally scolding, she walked to the end of the alleyway the place beyond it was extremely different people clothes were worn out in which the holes were covered up by half baked sewn rotting fabric the road didn't exist it was simply a dirt undefined path and walls were all made of rotting bricks same as that of the alley, windows were broken and the stench of garbage filled the air, Hope saw Sally tying up a bunch of muscular men with a magic rope.
Sally glanced over and saw Hope "Princess what are you doing here?" she asked with dismay the rope holding the gangsters vanished they got up and shook of the dust and looked up and saw Hope and they all ran away in terror "Moonshine here run awway". All of a sudden all the people went indoors and the windows were sealed shut with wood and hammered with nails and just like that the place looked like a ghost town.

Or would this fit more as a rant? Because I feel pretty frustrated and ranty right now.
Saw post by a creator on social media, a stay at home mom. A commenter asked how she was contributing to society, in what way, after the woman said being able to stay home with her children is "the greatest honored contribution of my lifetime."
She replied: "My contribution to society is the children I'm raising."
And I thought..."All someone has to do is give birth, and they have contributed to society? All you have to do is raise children in a system - where maternal care, female bodily autonomy, childcare, healthcare, or access to food, adequate shelter, or safety - is or is not guaranteed, depending on location and other variables...and solely by doing this, raising other people that you very likely chose to have, you have made a societal contribution?"
Could this woman or others not made a contribution to society by helping children or other people who are already here, for example? Is creating new people the main way, the "best" way to contribute?
Most children become adults; most adults do not actually "contribute to society" or the world in ways that will greatly change, promote, or advance society. Both their existence and (ordinary) contributions, just by living their lives, will not get them into history books. It will not mean they will have their own well-known Wikipedia entrys as a person. Most adults are not, and will not be, a Maria Montessori, Marie Currie, Martin Luther King Jr, William Shakespeare, Oprah, Jeff Bezos, James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson (Mr. Beast), Prince William or Princess Charlotte of any subject, industry, topic, discovery, or breakthrough.
But having children, people tend to think, by the Natalism and Child Worship that is present and interwoven almost everywhere...will do exactly those things.
I find it odd that raising children is considered a contribution, outside of raising them to where they'll be able to work and keep the economy going or make wealthy people more wealthier. That's it? Someone is a child, then grows up, becomes a worker, and is a "contribution," in part just because they were once a child?
What if her child grows up to be a serial killer? What if one of them grows up and struggles with addiction and dies of a Fentanyl overdose? Is just a mean person that no one likes? What if her child drinks and drives, is caught DUI'ing 5 separate times, and still keeps their license?
What if this creator's child (ren) grows up, gets a job, supports themselves, decides to marry or not, have kids of their own or not, retires, and then dies of old age, unknown well at all, outside of, say 1,000 people - like most humans have, do, and will?
Where's the contribution in raising children that she chose to have? She has four children currently under age age three, with one soon to be born. How is creating and raising five children, who for most of their lifetime, will not actually be children, a positive contribution to society?
She's contributing to creating a larger carbon footprint, one could argue.
If raising children is a contribution to society, could it not be argued that A) maybe this is a low bar to aspire to? and B) that I, and everyone else who chooses not to have or raise children, including the childless who have no biological children to raise, are also contributing to society? Because I could make a list of how I'm contributing to society, the planet, and the greater good by not creating children, frankly.
Why is just being able to reproduce, birth, and raise other people considered a societal contribution in and of itself?
Outside of "keep our species going" and "(my) legacy!" what's the point?
I don't understand how reproducing and raising children is automatically a contribution to society, and a necessarily positive or worthy one at that - for both society and the children born, never mind to and for the parents who regret becoming parents.

“Mom!” Archie called as he came rushing down the stairs. His red hair was soaked with water. He was made, though. For the second time this week, the water had been shut off.
“The water is off again.” Archie groaned to Bethany.
He waited for a moment and called again, “Mom!”
Archie narrowed his eyes. “Ma?” He called with a lighter tone. He thought that his mom was mad at his tone. Maybe he came off too harsh?
Archie turned and walked back to his bedroom. Luckily, he was able to get most of the soap off of his body before the water was shut off.
He got dressed, and Archie tried to listen out for his mother. After getting dressed, he walked down the stairs and listened to the various creaks.
“Left.” a voice whispered.
Archie had been hearing this voice for months. Ever since they moved into their new home in Salem. He told his mother about it once; she sent him to a therapist. He never spoke about it again.
Archie sighed loudly when he heard the voice. Once he reached the first floor he walked around the stairs and to the left.
“Dad?” Archie called out to his father, Logan.
As he reached his father’s office, Archie could hear his father fighting with somebody on the phone.
“I have the money to make this investment happen. You’re supposed to help me, not argue with my choices!” Archie heard his father yell.
He was no doubt fighting with his trusted financial adviser, Samson.
Archie had only met Samson a handful of times, but he didn’t seem like a bad guy. A little weird, a little off in a way he couldn’t explain, but still, Archie could tell that Samson was a good man.
It was a weird feeling to know someone without knowing them. To have such a vivid painting of someone’s existence.
“We have the money! Alistar Incorporated is a good investment and you know it. You’re just mad that I thought about it before you did,” Archie heard his father accuse.
Archie shook his head and walked away. He knew better than to bother his father when he was on the phone.
As Archie got back to the main room of their home, he stopped and turned to the stairs. Standing at the top was a woman with long black hair and dark eyes.
Her long black dress had various rips in it. Her skin was a bright blue.
She moved her hand to put a finger to her lips.
Archie understood. He was about to remain quiet. He only gave the woman a nod and walked off to the living room.
Just beyond the living room was his office. A place that Archie begged his father to make for him. In a way, he wanted to be like his father.
As Archie walked into his office, his shoulders sagged. He knew exactly where his mother was: she was with Mr. Brown. She had been sleeping with him. Archie knew because he caught them fucking in the car.
He thought it was gross for a variety of reasons. How his mother could be with someone fine with destroying a family was beyond Archie’s understanding.
Archie didn’t consider his father to be any better than Mr. Brown.
Both were men without integrity. Both were men without conviction. Weak.
Neither looked at Archie and saw what he really was, what he was becoming.
Archie sat at his red desk. He once had a red table. He broke it and used it to help build his desk.
His mother hated this desk. It didn’t match anything. It stood out and in a way so did Archie.
He cracked his fingers and began to type on his typewriter. The click of the keys brought his heart to a standstill for a moment. Archie finally felt at ease.
I see her almost every day now. The woman who I assume is Mary McBride. My mom assumes I’m crazy and, for the most part, she leaves me alone now.
I am thankful for her though. Her endless need to seek pleasure means that she leaves me alone to work on this book. The one you’re reading right now.
Every week I write a new book. This week I decided to write this, I like to think it’s like a memoir of sorts.
Anyway, the woman appeared to me again. She keeps telling me to be quiet. I’m not sure why-
Archie paused. Someone had entered the house, he heard the front door open and close.
Archie got up and slowly left his office, making sure to lock the door behind him.
“Ma?” Archie called out.
“Run-“ The voice told Archie but it was too late.
The moment he turned his head to see what was going on with the front door, Archie felt something slam into his stomach.
He coughed, grabbed his stomach, and fell to his knees.
He quickly tried to scramble to his feet, to get to the door. But as soon as reached it, something grabbed him by his shirt and tossed him backward.
Archie cried out as his back hit the steps.
“Where is the object?” A man asked Archie. But Archie couldn’t see who was attacking him.
He pulled himself up and ran up the stairs.
“Dad!” Archie screamed as he scrambled up the stairs.
As he reached the top and looked back, he could see a form flickering at the bottom of the stairs.
For a moment, and only a moment, he could see a person wearing a black hoodie at the bottom of the steps.
“This is the end of your story-!” A squeaky voice called to Archie.
His eye twitched, and he slowly turned his head. There was a blue puppet sitting on the railing next to him.
“What the fuck-” Archie mumbled before being taken into the wall behind him.
His body crashed into the wall behind him. The back of his head hit the wall with enough force to crack the wall.
Archie was shocked, it felt like he had no control over his body.
His feet left the ground and he cried out as he was slammed into the floor. Once again, his head was hit with enough force to crack what was under it.
Archie felt himself being brought back to his feet.
“Where is the object?” The voice asked again.
Archie only spit out some blood.
“Stupid kid.” The puppet tsked.
A force hit Archie in the chest. His body hit the stairs a few times before he eventually hit the floor.

We've been in a healthy relationship for almost 1.5yrs, and I never felt the way I felt with her ever before. I know her for years as she was my childhood friend. We were on a date in a cafe, it was like a casual date, nothing much. A friend of my mom saw us and told my mom immediately that I'm in a cafe with a girl (ofc my mom knows the girl and her family, but she was unaware of us dating). I got calls from mom but i was unaware as my phone was on silent, then she called my gf's mom and talked in very inappropriate way as if my gf is spoiling me and she should focus on her study instead of me.
My gf's mom was okay with her daughter being with me but after that call from my mom, everything changed. Things got even worse when my gf's dad knew about it, he got furious and asked my gf to block me and not be in contact with me. He also added "jis ghar mein bahu ki maan nhi hoti aur bahu ko dusro ki maan rakhne ki jagh nhi hoti uss ghar mein mai apni beti nhi dunga".
after all of these, she still talked to me (or let's just say, i gave her hope and reassured her). its been a month since that incident, we're doing fine but today she blocked me out of nowhere from all sources. we used to have few arguments on this topic but still she used to leave a place for me to text. i dont know what to do, i love her immensely and ready to do everything it takes to be with her. and she is just hopeless that her family wont allow us due to what happened before and said "I cannot hurt my family, even if i did and married you it wont be worth it because inlaws are very important and i wont get caring and loving inlaws, I've already seen much and that will definitely make my parents miserable more than me" she also added "and if we wont end up marrying then what's the whole point of dating now??", after hearing this, i too felt hopeless and i cannot process anything either..dont know what's wrong and right.. im totally messed up.... how do i get through this situation please help..
( i know some of you will say "focus on your goal rather than girl at your age" i know that, and I'm managing it pretty well but there's a side of me that want her so bad, she's everything i ever wanted as a soulmate.)

Questions nahi ho rahe🤡. kisi ne bola tha ki 2 mahina nahi padhoge to basics chud jayenge but maine to 5 din nahi padhke apni poori chemistry chudwa li(2 chapters padhe the unmein sab kuch bhul gaya🤡).
Btw mein coaching nahi jata, join karne ka soch raha hun kar lunga june 1st week mein
Happily physics 2 chapter(motion in plane, dimension) with pyq(both jee and neet) kar liye aur thoda khush hun. motion in straight line karna hai but pehle chemistry to ho.
Please seniors chemistry ke liye kuch batado nahi ho rahi hai. 10 hours lagataar baithno ko bhi taiyaar hun but please koi advice do chem bachane ke liye.
haan but bio mein living world and morphology and frog complete kar liya hai aage tabhi badhunga jab chemistry chodunga.

Hello guys I just want to share something really serious. So rn I’m 23 years and I live in Delhi. I have been born and bought up in a very toxic and traumatising environment like mentally I’ve never been happy my parents are most of the time fighting. My dad has a major superiority complex because (he is the main bread earner) even I’ve started earning but not a lot but I’ll no with time as I grow I’ll start earning well too. So financially everything is great but mentally nothing is right everything is wrong sometimes I really feel like leaving my family and settle somewhere but again obviously for that I have to be independent first that I know. (Also I’ve to be okay with the fact that I can’t move out rn as I’m not independent and in future I’ll maybe I’ll get married or move out alone as I’m really looking forward for a peaceful life) my mom is a sweetheart but half of the time she is sad because of my dad’s behaviour.
Also my dad has a lot of ego issues just because he earns. It is not even that he has earned everything all by himself it’s mostly family wealth still he is extremely egoist. Always passing negative comments to my brother mom and me because of him I’ve seriously started hating him. Tbh internally this is his bad side but the only good thing is ki voh sab se bana kr chalte h and he is very manipulative and sab manipulate hojate h unki baat and our relatives feel ki my dad is a very nice person. I mean he just say mean things to us and never to his friends and relatives. Somehow idk how but most of his friends are lower than him financially and I’ve seen ki mere papa ki kabhi sahi insaan se nhi banti h and jinse inki baanti h voh kabhi inko bolte nhi ki aap galat ho they’re always like sahii hain which is weird and inse unka ego or bhaad jata h.
According to fathers duty he does take us to trips,I can shop without any restrictions but again I’ve felt like it’s an temporary happiness I’ve never been truly happy because of the my family environment because of this I never want to marry according my dads choice because he will just see money and nothing else. He does care about us but it seems in a very weird way. Like sometimes he will ask me “kyaa hua kyu pareshaan h bata na mujhe” and ik as soon as I’ll tell him my problems he will start scolding me ki aise nhi vaise and kyu kr rhi h aise kaam and all. He never accepts his mistake. Most of the time he makes my mother feel useless. Also my mother is a housewife. After seeing all of this I’m really scared of people who are rich or has money. Because I think yeh log Sache and ache log Nhii hote. I’ve seen people who are financially lower than us and very happy and I really want to feel that.
I’ve been traumatised all my life because of my parents but mainly dad because he also one of the reasons why my mother is mostly sad. So if I get independent is it okay if I’ll opt for a normal family then a wealthy family. Because all I want is peace and happiness nothing else. Also please I need some suggestions how deal with such parents.
I’m really concerned about my mother’s future as I know once I’ll move out it will be very difficult for her to bare my dad. Even if I’ll ask her to come along me she will say nahi nahi because a) society b) vohi na husband aise kaise na dhyaan I’ve to be there for him. Also the only thing which I’m sure about is never want to marry a guy who is like my father.
Also if I’ll marry according to me like into a normal family he might never talk to me. My mom and brother will he will not because it’s not a wealthy family. So I am really scared and confused what to do
So please please give me suggestions regarding what to do how to deal and is it okay if I’ll choose a normal family then a wealthy one (if I’ll ever want to marry). Ik it’s a long paragraph but if you’ve read it all then thank you so much. God bless you 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Dosto, today I lost some money on stake. Aur ab kaafi guilty feel ho rha hai. Aise nahi hai paise jaane ka dukh hai but the thing is, mujhe guilty iss baat ka hai maine gambling kheli pehli baar apni zindagi mein aur mujhe aise feel ho Raha hai ki jaise Maine koi bada paap kar Diya hai. Today, i disappointed myself.

I’m new to Reddit and i turned to it as my last resort to finding this game. Apologies in advance if i’m doing this wrong.
I’m looking for a mystery game. In this game you’re in this lost or secret garden that you have to navigate through and solve puzzles to get items.
Some really important things i remember about the game was that there was this stone statue of a woman (looked like mother Mary) that was missing a heart. And when you find her heart and place it, it starts to glow green (glows green through the cracks of the stone). When you place the heart it opens up a door i think to this secret garden or like this forest. More like an abandoned garden kinda forest.
Another thing i remember was that there was this fountain made of stone, and it was a head. The water comes out from the mouth.
I also remember that there was this treehouse you could unlock, and one you place a looking glass you could over the other side to a mountain or something.
One of the puzzels was that you had to turn snakes. The snakes were placed in a circle where the longest was the snake was the rim on the circle and the other snakes were placed from longest to shortest. And you could turn the wheels (snakes).
i can provide a picture if needed, ik i can be bad at explaining.
I think the main character was the daughter of an explorer.
The inventory button was a brown sachel.
I played this a long time ago, around 2014-17 and i played it again around the year 2020.
An important thing about the game was that the first part of the game was free, and if you were going to continue you had to pay for it. So i remember that there were two apps for the same game where one was free and one had to be payed for.
This game is so important to me, since i played it with my mom and it is the reason for why i found interest in mysteries and secrets.
Hopefully someone will find out what it was called so i can finally play the rest of the game. My best guess is lost garden or hidden garden but it wasn’t any of those.
I’ll take all the help i can get. Thank you :)

1. Eemadhya em choostunnaru meerantha Mari? Or em chaduvuthunnaru?

Na feed lo Gatha varam nunchi Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken vi postlu paduthuune unnai. Inka na burra ki brakes leka poyi light novel chadavatam modalupettesa. Rojuko volume aipothundi.
Anime ki oste Hibike Euphonium rewatch chesa kottha season kosam. Liz and the Blue bird movie ki aithe daarunanga padipoya Nenu. Ah last lo mizore dhi oboe part roju vintunna.

1. Mee all time favorites enti?

Manga lo aithe naku Act-Age ante chaala ishtam untunde. Heck I still looove the series but alas can't do anything about its situation. Stupid fking writer.
Yona of the Dawn, Grand Blue are some other favs.
Ippudu Inka active ga chaduvuthunnavi ante Tower of God and Kubera are the shit. Meelo evaranna manchi Manhwa chadavalani choostunte I suggest Kubera. It's written with the level of detail you would expect from a book series not a weekly Manhwa. Asalu mind bend aipoddhi.
Movies lo I love Your Name, Mononoke Hime, and Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda the most.
And overall aithe Dragon Ball is closest to my heart. RIP Toriyama Sensei.

1. Eppudu modalettaaru eeh prayanam?

Nenu aithe inter 1st year lo padda eeh loyalo. 2016 lo. Main culprits for my descent into this loya are Dragon Ball Super and Your Name.

1. Other Hobbies?

naaku high fantasy books chadavadam ante ishtam. WOT ni oka 3 times chadiva total. Mistborn first 3 books kooda chaala ishtam naku reread 2 times.
Cradle ane series untundhi bros. It's like anime in book format. Chaala baguntadhi.
You might see a common pattern here. I like rereading and rewatching stuff. Kotthavi start cheyadam Kanna already nacchinavi Malli Malli experience cheyadam ishtam naku.
Antha active ga maintain cheyatledhu but here's my MAL

Edit: Jo bhi personal remarks karne me lage pade hain aur apni baato pe khud hi lot lot ke hase ja rahe hain, kindly read the rules of the sub. Topic pe focus karein na ki mujhpe.
BURDEN OF TRUTH LIES WITH THE ACCUSER - the person who brings a claim in a dispute. Classist ppl who are 'well educated' and throw around words like 'uneducated/illiterate' in a mocking manner don't know this or what?
Didn't want to get into this, but kya karein ab! sigh
Aaj tak ek bhi RUMOUR ka proof nahi diya hai. Not even a single one. Hum to ready bai IBs ki pol khulte dekhne ke liye par you give us nothing. Zilch! Bina proof diye bole ja rahe ho and muft ke note kamaye ja rahe ho.
Since you are so well educated and have good jobs acc. to your fans, you must be knowing a basic fact - burden of proof lies on prosecution(accuser). Ye maine pehla case dekha hain jaha jispe allegation laga hai wo pehle proof dega!
And it's okay if you don't have proof or don't want to show it. Mujhe to personally chahiye bhi nahi, your fans only forced me to make this topic. Please ask your fans not to bully and use cheap language to attack people who don't believe you and are just on this sub to discuss IBs based on what they see.
Aur hum to likhenge paragraph. Bohot free time hai hamare paas. Apne paise ka internet hai. And ye sub kisi ki private property nahi hai. 🙏🏻

Idi god and devotion ki related first cheppesthuna.
So, the thing is my life is somewhat at a low side. Constant failures konni vachinayi. My mom, she is a devotional lady. Anni amma chuskuntadi, nuvvu mantram cheyi prathi roju oka 10 minutes antaru. Mundu chesevadini endukante nenu nammanu ananu ala ani nammutanu ani kooda ananu. Aa renditi madyalo unanu and I cant say no to mom. So chesevadini. Slow ga em ayindo manesa. She scolds me till this day that I dont chant these mantras.
Nenu just reply ista that force cheyakandi nannu naku inka aa amma buddi ivaledu buddi isthe kachitamga chesta. Antati varaku nannu idi cheyi adi cheyi anadu anta. But you know indian moms making children do their things by gaslighting or whatever term used.
So what can I say to my mom and mainly to my grandma that I believe in god but sometimes these things that you make me do does not make any sense? And just indake oka post chusa deism meeda. So does deism applies in my case or not?

In previous articles, I have explained my belief that love is an infinite resource and has the ability to multiply again and again. For example, when a widow/widower is ready, they will expand their ability to love, and without guilt, they will be able to love two people simultaneously. If you’re wondering, I mean their late spouse and new partner.
Now that I have reasoned that, I can begin dating again. Here are a few personal observations for anyone brave enough to date a widow/widower:
It’s not a competition.
Mary’s pictures are scattered throughout my house, her clothes and shoes fill the closets, and the kitchen is stacked with her favorite blue Churchill plates. It is safe to say my entire house reflects Mary’s passion and style.
Firstly, and most importantly, you’re not in a competition. It’s not you or their late spouse. Don’t downplay their late spouse’s importance in their life while finding ways to increase your significance. That importance, and those memories, are ingrained in their life — forever!
Please don’t ignore the existence of their late spouse. Find ways to merge their late wife/husband’s memory into the new relationship and focus on building new memories. Ask them if they would like to do activities that they did with their late spouse or would prefer to steer clear of things that might conjure up sad memories.
If that makes you uncomfortable or feel threatened, maybe dating a widow/widower isn’t for you.
Let them grieve special anniversaries.
I’m not sure if this will change, but for now, I take time off to honor and remember special anniversaries such as Mary’s birthday, our wedding anniversary, and the date of her funeral. These days will always be filled with happiness, sadness, and grief.
I often spend these anniversaries with my children. My tip is to let them spend these days grieving. Don’t get upset if the anniversary doesn’t include you or take their “mood” personally. These anniversary dates are about them and their late spouse. If you’re divorced, I’m sure some dates induce memories and feelings of sadness and grief.
Children.
For me, my children are the most sensitive part of dating.
As many of you know, I have three children. Their reactions were mixed when I shared my dating plan with my adult kids. One fully supported the idea, but the other two were upset and unwilling to continue the discussion. They admitted that dating was my decision, but they were not ready to accept another woman coming into our family home and acting like their mom (or my wife).
I assured the two protesters that no one would ever replace their mom, nor would I ever try to erase their mom’s memories.
Last Christmas, I noticed a shift, a softening of their views. All three kids, including the objectors, took an interest in my new relationship. I’m not exactly sure what caused the change, but I think they are beginning to feel that my new relationship doesn’t mean the end of my love for their mom nor forgetting her memories.
As parents, we are supremely protective of them. They will always be our main love. Whether you’re dating a widow/widower or a divorcee, my observation would be to treat their kids very carefully. Don’t try to become their new parent.
Mine, Yours, and Ours.
Mary and I worked very hard during our 33-year marriage, and we accumulated enough money in our estate for a comfortable retirement. Our business, homes, rental properties, assets, savings, and investments are for my use and, when I die, will pass to my children. I’m quite clear that they’re not destined for anyone else.
To minimize financial conflicts, I believe the “money” discussion should be had very early on in a new relationship. My assets are mine, her assets are hers, and if we buy anything together (like a house), it’s “our” asset. Upon my death, my children will inherit my assets (the same applies to her assets), and all joint expenses will be shared equally or as per a mutually agreed plan.
Take it slow.
You’re dealing with their late spouse, their children, their family, and their friends. You’re also dating their emotions (e.g., grief and guilt), so it’s normal for them to be a little testy at times, and it’s normal for you to be impatient occasionally.
Take it slow. Don’t rush, don’t push, and don’t feel the need to be involved in every facet of their life. Let them set the pace.

bruh I am going to live in a PG alone after 3 months. I am looking for a gym near my area and visit them along with a friend(popular in all gyms, might help to reduce fees too).
Now, this decision doesnt come with just going to gym, I am also making some changes in my diet(cutting). On which, my parents are imposing their fucked up knowledge on nutrition(if they had some, I wouldnt be an obese mf). They are telling me 4 eggs a day is harmful bruh wtf. I somehow ignore it and do what I should do.
Yesterday at night, I told my mom I am deciding to fix XYZ gym. Then she told me ki, "apne papa ko bhi gym me leja". On which I said ki kya jrurat hai, mai dekh aaunga na(I am going today evening). To which she said okay but atleast inform your father what ur doing. Ab papa subah subah jaldi nikalte h, mai sota reheta hu toh mai bola ki mummy aap hee bta dena.
Now, in today's morning when I told her ki mai shaam mai jaunga XYZ dekhne toh she said ki papa bhi jayenge saath mai+Tu apna attitude thoda kam dikhaya kar . Nothing more nothing less, the words were PAPA bhi jayenge saath mai. To which I told ki yaar ek baar toh khud se decision lene doh, aur gym mai papa ko leke jaunga toh thodi sharam si ayegi(+aur bohot sare reasons h joh maine bole nahi like imposing their half fucked up knowledge, saying its not necessary blah blah).
Toh she ignored it first but I was furious as hell ki ek decision toh lelene doh yaar. Then she reminded me how my room is a mess on which I said ki "decisions lene doge toh kuch karunga na(i shouldnt have said that)". On which she came and asked what are u mumbling. Toh mai boldiya joh bola tha aur ye bhi bola ki ek decision lene doh 3 mahine baad akela rehena h mujhe.
Ab she said ki, I was saying to take ur father so that u can pay the fees. I was like what the fuck? Ye kab bola? Fees ka toh mai QR code whatsapp krne wala tha... Ye kahan se aa gaya... Now the arguement finishes on ki "I dont listen to mom properly and I am wrong"
Btw tumlogo ke ghar mai bhi decisions nahi lene diye jate kya chote mote?

Ab almost sabke paper ho gaye honge too congratulations sabko jiska bhi aacha aaya. Aur jiska nhi bhi aaya dw ye padhloge too thoda aacha lagega jaanke ki sabse bada retard kon h.
9th class se coaching bhejna ka soch liya tha ghar walo ne aur bina kuch knowledge me bhi ghus gaya coaching karne. Me padhai me teez tha bohot bachpan me (sab hote h ig) too unko laga mera ho jayega. And mujhe bhi yahi laga ki ab too ho hi jayega tension kis cheez ka. 9th class me aacha perform kara ki tabhi 10th class me jate time aaya sabka favourite year 2020. Classes lagne se pehle hi holiday kardiya covid ka bolke. Hum dost log maze me din kaatne lage. Ab 10th thi too bus board jitna padha aur zyada kuch nhi kara bus GAMES se addict ho gaye the. Full on year nikalne ke baad boards ka time aaya. Lawde ka kuch padh rakha tha but daar bhi nhi tha kyuki cancel hone ke chances the. Fun fact ho gaye the cancel boards aur pre board ke marks par de diya result. Aa gaye 90 percent wow bohot mehnat se aaye h bhai.
Ab aati h 11th ki baari. Full serious hokar waiting chal rhi h classes start hoti h. Unit and dimensions khatam ho usse pehle hi ghar me new variant ka covid ho gaya. Jo bimar padha me ki 1 month too kuch class attend nhi hue. Ghar me upar se uncle ki death ho gayi too next 15 days aur kharab ho gaye. Classes me gaya too mechanics me kuch too chal rha tha ab gadhe 11th wale ko jisne class nhi attend kari kya samjh aayega. Same with maths and chemistry. Mene dosto se bola padhne ko too jiska aata bhi tha usse bhi samjh nhi aaya. Phir too wapas game me lag gaye ab kya karte socha 12th me padh lenge 11th ka cover karenge jitna ho rha karlenge. 11th ka exam hua 93 percent aaye ( easiest paper tha ).
Ab 12th ki baari inshort 12th me bhi cover nhi hua kuch bus boards ka criteria jitna padha tha wo nikal gaya aur seedha drop lene ka soch liya. Jee me 62 percentile hogi shayd.
Drop year me dusri city gaya padhne ki bhai atleast coaching aabhi mile. Starting me itna badiya padh rha tha ki kya batau. 150 180 marks touch ho rhe the. August me baarish hue aur room me jo baithe ki classes jana bandh bc. Saara time dosto ke saath baat me nikal gaya utne me jan attempt hi aa gaya. Ab jan attempt me thi 27 ki shift. Well uska naa hi batau too aacha h. Laude lagne ke baad mains 2 ke liye mehnat kari ki advance nikale. Sirf 92 par aake aatak gaya. Ab na cutoff hua na nit milega.
Dusre colleges ke form bhare aur ghar wale sab merese pareshan. Mene comedk diya cuet mhcet ugee diya sab diya. Kisime kuch khass nhi hua. Ugee me 8 marks se rhe gaya, comedk me subject nhi mil rha cuet ke college nhi pasand mhcet ka quota hi nhi. Vit me category 3 kardi saalo ne itne kam nhi aaye the mere. Ab bus private colleges ke exam bhar rha hun mil rha h bohot jagah but not satisfactory. Jo ki mujhe acceptable tha kyuki meri galti thi and me college me mehnat karta. But mummy ko ab manzur hi nhi ki aache college me na jau aur local college me admission karwa ke jee ka prepare karne ka bol rhi. I can't do anything kyuki mummy h aur agar unhe nit me mujhe dekhna h too it is what it is. Do I hate this? Yes. College life 2 saal peeche ho gayi. Saath wale dosto ko maze karte hue dekh kar pain hota h. Worthless feel hota h. Socha tha khatam ho gaya badiya but nhi one more year to go. Bus kabhi kabhi lagta h mere jaisa beta kyu hi mil gaya ho. Itna bekar aadmi ho gaya hun. Na dimaag use karta hun na kuch. Agar me suicide karlu too koi question bhi nhi karega. Why... tho how are people happy? Me last time dosto ke saath chill marke padhai ke aalwa kuch baat kari ho wo yaad bhi nhi. Apni mummy se college ke aalwa kitne din se baat nhi kuch aur cheez ki wo yaad nhi. What a interesting life I have jo koi jeena nhi chahega. Ab jab koi colleges padak bhi liye h too nhi bhej rha. Great....
Lagta h ab khudko please karne ka zamana nhi h bhai 😂.
Chalo hopefully sabko aacha college mila ho aur actually life ho tumhare pass. Unlike me the saddest piece of shit.
Tldr - Colleges mil rhe h but mummy ko nit se neeche ke bhejne ka mann nhi bilkul kyuki apparently I am retarded enough ki khudse kuch nhi kar paunga life me too atleast nit ka tag too mile. Probably going to take double drop and ik worst decision and nhi lena chahiye. Mera h hi nhi decision.

as the title suggets this is my first drop aur maine allen liya mere batch mai mostly bacho ke 400-500 ki range mai marks hai (90 students total) but 1-2 bacche class mai aise hi jo teacher apni tarf se que bana kar deta hai usse sunte hi ans de dete hai jaise reflex action ho jab tak mai que samj pata hu tab tak to unka ans aajata hai and im kinda scared because of this....what should i do ignore karu ya uuse dosti karlu?

Jaisa ki humare aas pass aajkl har koi kisi na kisi ki jeet par paise laga rha hai, vaise hi chlo Aaj aap sab bhai bhi apni apni prediction de dyo, Jin seats k baare mein main ghnna sun rya hoo vo hain Rohtak/Sirsa/HisaSonepat, mere hisab se to saayd 6-4 rhega bjp k paksh me, baaki aap bhi apni apni rai bta dyo

Mai 25tard hu aur regular school going waala hu. Mera school bahut strict hai attendance aur homework completion ko leke. Toh mere ko roj school jana padhta hai, homework karna padta hai. Upar se faltu ke events karate rehte hai tabhi bhi sabko school aane ko bolte hai (even I have no involvement with it) toh mai bina kisi ke pata chutti maardeta hu kabhi kabhi jab bhi mera kuch kaam nahi hota hai. Maine abhi tak 3 chutti li hai jab se 12th start hui hai.
School se aane ke baad mai 4:00 PM se 9:00 PM tak daily online unacademy plus JEE ki class karta hu. Fir school ka kaam karna padhta hai aur fir 11:30 PM ko sojata hu. Mai coaching ka hw bhi complete nahi kar pata aur mai online class ke saath pace nahi bana pata hw ki wajah se. Mai jab bhi coaching ka hw karne Beth ta hu to tab kuch samjh nahi aata hai kese question solve karna hota hai concept yaad nhi reh paate kyuki class 5th lecture tak pahuch jaata hai mai 1st lecture ke hw mai atakta rehta hu fir hw karna chod deta hu. Mere ko feel hota hai aage jaake jee mai kuch nahi hone waala mera. Meri question practice bahut kam aur upar se mere ko kabhi kabhi lectures samjh nahi aate due to lack of revision. Sab kuch ghoch poch ho rakha hai. Na hw banta, na beech beech mai lecture samjh nahi aata.
Mere ko lgta hai mera jan attempt kachra jaayenga kyuki time hi nhi milega tab bhi last minute tayari karne ko nahi milega. Mai February ko hi shayad free ho pau school se bhale hi march mai firse school waale school bulake board dilaweyenge aur fir school mai waapas aake teachers ki chapad chapad (discussion) suni hogi paper ke baare mai. Mera bas theory syllabus cover ho jaayenga par practice nahi kar paaunga. February ke baad hi full grind kar paaunga June tak jee ka. Mere pe reservation bhi hai toh esliye thoda optimism bhi hai future ko leke. Mere parents khehre hai ki jitna ho sakta hai utna karle. Mai apni full potential nahi kar paunga preparation. Mai drop bhi nahi lena aur na ki parents, mere ko bahut isolated feel hoga aur mere school je dosto se probably contact cut jaayega.
Bas yeh batado, ki apne basics end tak clear kaise rakhu aur lecture samjhne mai koi problem naa aaye.

Is it compulsory to have a domicile certificate for home state quota? Maine apni 12th up ke school se ki aur mere parents bhi up ke h Toh kya mujhe domicile certificate chaiye hoga Aur agar chaiye hoga toh parents ka chaiye ya mera khud ka domicile certificate hona chahiye?